U.S. GoldMining Inc. Commitments Disclosure

Note 15: Commitments and Contingencies

 

Payments Required to Maintain the Whistler Project

 

The Company is required to make annual land payments to the Department of Natural Resources of Alaska in the amount of $230,605 in 2025 and thereafter, to keep the Whistler Project in good standing. Additionally, the Company has an annual labor requirement of $135,200 for 2025 and thereafter, for which a cash-in-lieu payment equal to the value of the annual labor requirement may be made instead. The Company has excess labor carry forwards of $61,674 expiring in 2026, $1,736,956 expiring in 2027, and $4,572,319 expiring in 2028, of which up to $135,200 can be applied each year to the Company’s annual labor requirements.

 

 

U.S. GOLDMINING INC.

NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(Expressed in U.S. Dollars)

 

 

Future Commitments

 

On November 27, 2020, GoldMining agreed to cause the Company to issue a 1.0% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty on its Whistler Project to Gold Royalty U.S. Corp. (a subsidiary of Gold Royalty Corp.). The Company also assigned certain buyback rights relating to an existing third party royalty on the Whistler Project such that Gold Royalty U.S. Corp. has a right to acquire a 0.75% NSR (including an area of interest) on the Whistler Project for $5,000,000 pursuant to such buyback rights. The royalty was subsequently assigned to Nevada Select Royalty, Inc. (a subsidiary of Gold Royalty Corp.).

 

In August 2015 the Company acquired rights to the Whistler Project and associated equipment pursuant to an asset purchase agreement by and among the Company, GoldMining, Kiska Metals Corporation (“Kiska”) and Geoinformatics Alaska Exploration Inc. (“Geoinformatics”). Pursuant to such agreement, the Company acquired rights and assumed obligations under two related underlying agreements. The first underlying agreement is a Royalty Purchase Agreement between Kiska, Geoinformatics. and MF2 LLC. (“MF2”), dated December 16, 2014. This agreement grants MF2 a 2.75 percent NSR royalty over the Whistler Project area. The MF2 royalty was subsequently assigned to Osisko Mining (USA) Inc.. The second underlying agreement is an earlier agreement between Cominco American Incorporated and Mr. Kent Turner (whose rights and obligations thereunder were assumed by the Company) dated October 1, 1999. This agreement concerns a 2.0 percent net profit interest to Teck Resources, recently purchased by Sandstorm Gold, in connection with an area of interest specified by standard township sub-division.