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Commitments and Contingencies
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
Commitments and Contingencies

NOTE 11 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Legal Proceedings

The Company may be subject to a variety of claims and suits that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of business. We are not a party to any litigation as a defendant where a loss contingency is required to be reflected in our consolidated financial statements.

Contingency

ExO owes consultants contingent success fees of up to $0.7 million that are contingent upon the approval and issuance of the Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”). The EIA has not been approved as of the date of this report and the contingent success fees have not been accrued.

Lease commitment

The Company's non-cancellable operating lease for its corporate office space expired in August 2024 and was extended for a one-year period ended in July 31, 2025. As a result, using the short-term exception under ASC 842, the Company did not record a right-of-use (“ROU”) asset and lease obligation as of December 31, 2024.

We recognized approximately $0.2 million and $0.2 million in rent expense associated with the operating leases for the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023, respectively, which was recorded in Marketing, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations. Short-term lease expense under the renewed lease amounted to $68,327 for the year ended December 31, 2024, which is recorded in Marketing, general and administrative expenses on the consolidated statement of operations.

Future payments under the short-term leases will be $95,658 for 2025.

Joint Venture Agreement

On December 23, 2024, the Company and Capital Latinoamericano, S.A. de C.V. (“CapLat”) entered into a Joint Venture Agreement (the “JV Agreement”) pursuant to which Odyssey and CapLat will work together to develop a strategic fertilizer production project in Mexico (the “Project”) building on the work completed by the Company to validate a high-quality subsea phosphate resource within Mexico’s Exclusive Economic Zone (“EEZ”). Pursuant to the JV Agreement, the Company and CapLat will work together to develop the Project and, subject to satisfaction of certain conditions, including certain regulatory approvals from Mexican governmental authorities, subsidiaries of each party will invest as equal partners, subject to adjustment based on final contributions, in a newly formed joint venture entity that will own and continue to develop and operate the Project. As of December 31, 2024, this newly formed entity had not been created, and Odyssey has not contributed any funds, assets or capital to a joint venture entity in connection with the JV Agreement.

Each of the parties has the right to terminate the JV Agreement if the investment into the joint venture entity does not occur on or prior to December 31, 2026, or if there is a change of control of either party. In the event of a termination based on a change of control, the non-terminating party would be entitled to a termination fee of $10.0 million. The JV Agreement also sets forth representations and warranties, covenants, conditions, termination provisions, and other provisions customary for comparable transactions.