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Joint Venture Arrangements | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Joint Venture Arrangements |
Joint Venture Arrangements | 8. Joint Venture Arrangements NJMJV Agreement In January 2011, the Company and Crescent (formerly United Mine Services, Inc.) entered into a JV agreement relating to the New Jersey Mill. To earn a 35 percent interest in the JV, Crescent provided $3.2 million in funding to expand the processing plant to 15 tonnes/hr. The Company is the operator of the JV and charges operating costs to Crescent for milling its ore up to 7,000 tonnes/month, retain a milling capacity of 3,000 tonnes/month, and as the operator of the JV, receive a fee of $2.50/tonne milled. No ore has been milled for Crescent since 2013. As of December 31, 2023 and 2022, an account receivable existed with the NJMJV from Crescent for $2,080 and $1,926, respectively. Butte Highlands JV On January 29, 2016, the Company purchased a 50% interest in Butte Highlands JV, LLC (“BHJV”) for a total consideration of $435,000. Highland Mining, LLC (“Highland”) is the other 50% owner and manager of the JV. Under the operating agreement, Highland will fund all future project exploration and mine development costs. The Agreement stipulates that Highland is manager of the JV and will manage BHJV until such time as all mine development costs, less $2 million are distributed to Highland out of the proceeds from future mine production. The Company has determined that because it does not currently have significant influence over the JV’s activities and accounts, it will continue to account for its investment on a cost basis.

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