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14. Forward Gold Contracts

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Notes

14. Forward Gold Contracts

14. Forward Gold Contracts

Prior to 2018, the Company entered into some forward gold contracts which called for the Company to deliver ounces of gold. Under the terms of the contracts, the gold to be delivered did not need to be produced from the Golden Chest property. In addition, the counterparties could request cash payment instead of gold ounces for each quarterly payment. The cash payments were based on average gold prices for the applicable quarter. The contracts were accounted for as derivatives requiring their value to be adjusted to fair value each period end.

One of the forward gold contracts was with Ophir Holdings LLC, (“Ophir”) a company owned by three of the Company’s officers at the time of the transaction. On January 1, 2018, Ophir agreed to convert their Forward Gold Contract which at that time had an outstanding balance of 419.5 ounces with a fair value of $492,784 to a conventional debt structure at 6% interest (see Note 12).

The change in balance for the forward gold contracts for the year ended December 31, 2018 is as follows:

		2018
Beginning balance	$	920,579
Conversion to note payable		(492,784)
Payments in cash		(185,798)
Payments in gold purchased by the Company		(257,981)
Change in fair value		15,984
Ending balance	$	-

The final gold ounces due under these contracts were delivered in September 2018.

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