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Accrued Expenses
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses

NOTE 11 – ACCRUED EXPENSES

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

 

 

December 31,
2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

Compensation and incentives

 

$

354,187

 

 

$

1,655,761

 

Professional services

 

 

470,546

 

 

 

1,475,522

 

Deposit

 

 

657,331

 

 

 

450,000

 

Interest

 

 

35,131,587

 

 

 

21,875,753

 

Accrued exploration license fees

 

 

3,867,553

 

 

 

1,765,301

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

40,481,204

 

 

$

27,222,337

 

 

Deposits is primarily comprised of an earnest money deposit of $450,000 from CIC. The earnest money deposit relates to a draft agreement related to potential sale of a stake of our equity in CIC. This transaction has not yet been consummated.