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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION AND ACCRUED RECLAMATION COSTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION AND ACCRUED RECLAMATION COSTS |
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION AND ACCRUED RECLAMATION COSTS | NOTE 8 – ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATION AND ACCRUED RECLAMATION COSTS Changes in the asset retirement obligation for the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021 are as follows:
|  | Year ended December 31, |
|  | 2022 |  |  | 2021 |
Asset retirement obligation, beginning of period |  | $ | 191,149 |  |  | $ | 184,219 |
Change in estimated retirement costs |  |  | 15,596 |  |  |  | - |
Accretion expense |  |  | 17,766 |  |  |  | 6,930 |
Asset retirement obligation, end of period |  | $ | 224,511 |  |  | $ | 191,149 |
The Company’s total asset retirement obligation and accrued reclamation costs of $332,011 and $298,649, at December 31, 2022 and December 31, 2021, respectively, include reclamation obligations for the Idaho and Montana operations of $107,500. During the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company revised its estimate on asset retirement costs.

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