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Accrued Expenses
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Payables and Accruals [Abstract]  
Accrued Expenses

NOTE 10 – ACCRUED EXPENSES

 

Accrued expenses consist of the following:

 

December 31,
2022

 

 

December 31,
2021

 

Compensation and incentives

 

$

439,206

 

 

$

354,187

 

Professional services

 

 

393,628

 

 

 

470,546

 

Deposit

 

 

843,242

 

 

 

657,331

 

Interest

 

 

26,392,827

 

 

 

35,131,587

 

Accrued exploration license fees

 

 

4,741,094

 

 

 

3,867,553

 

Total accrued expenses

 

$

32,809,997

 

 

$

40,481,204

 

 

Deposits primarily consists 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 agreed upon or consummated.