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Investment in Unconsolidated Entities
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Equity Method Investments and Joint Ventures [Abstract]  
Investment in Unconsolidated Entities

NOTE 6 – INVESTMENT IN UNCONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

 

 

 

June 30, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Phosagmex, S.A.P.I. de C.V.

 

$

157

 

 

$

 

CIC Limited

 

 

5,228,449

 

 

 

5,003,449

 

Ocean Minerals, LLC

 

 

4,609,222

 

 

 

4,882,330

 

Chatham Rock Phosphate, Limited

 

 

 

 

 

 

Neptune Minerals, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in unconsolidated entities

 

$

9,837,828

 

 

$

9,885,779

 

Phosagmex, S.A.P.I. de C.V.

On June 4, 2025, the Company and certain of its affiliates formed Phosagmex as the joint venture contemplated by the JV Agreement. Refer to Note 7 – Joint Venture for further information.

CIC Limited

Due to the structure of CIC, we determined this venture to be a VIE consistent with ASC 810, Consolidations. We have determined we are not the primary beneficiary of the VIE and, therefore, we have not consolidated this entity. We record our investment under the cost method as this company is incorporated, and we have determined we do not exercise significant influence over the entity. We provided services to CIC during 2025, as detailed in Note 5 – Related Party Transactions. We assess our investment for impairment annually and, if a loss in value is deemed other than temporary, an impairment charge will be recorded.

Ocean Minerals, LLC

On June 4, 2023, Odyssey, Odyssey Minerals Cayman Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Odyssey (the “Purchaser”), and OML entered into a Unit Purchase Agreement (as amended, the “OML Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which the Purchaser agreed to purchase, and OML agreed to issue and sell to the Purchaser, an aggregate of 733,497 membership interest units of OML (the “Purchased Units”) for a total purchase price of $15.0 million. After giving effect to the issuance and sale of all the Purchased Units, the Purchased Units would have represented approximately 15.0% of the issued and outstanding membership interest units of OML (based upon the number of membership interest units outstanding on June 1, 2023). On July 3, 2023, the Purchaser

purchased 293,399 of the Purchased Units (the “Initial OML Units”) in exchange for its equity interests in Odyssey Retriever, Inc. (“ORI”) and a cash payment.

On October 18, 2024, Odyssey and OML entered into a Termination Agreement pursuant to which the parties terminated the OML Purchase Agreement (the “Termination Agreement”). The Termination Agreement terminated the parties’ respective rights and obligations relating to the Second OML Units, the Third OML Units and the Optional Units (each as defined in the OML Purchase Agreement), but did not affect Odyssey’s ownership of the Initial OML Units or the obligation to pay the lease payments for the ORI asset as described below. The Termination Agreement did not affect the Equity Exchange Agreement or the Contribution Agreement (each as defined below).

At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, Odyssey owned approximately 7.0% and 7.0%, respectively, of the issued and outstanding membership interest units of OML. The Company determined that OML is a VIE as it does not have sufficient equity at-risk to permit OML to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support. However, Odyssey lacks the power to direct the activities that most significantly impact OML’s economic performance, it is not the primary beneficiary of OML and therefore is not required to consolidate OML. We record our investment under the equity method.

Equity Exchange Agreement

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the OML Purchase Agreement, Odyssey and the existing members of OML entered into an Equity Exchange Agreement (the “Equity Exchange Agreement”) pursuant to which such members of OML had the right, but not the obligation, to exchange membership interest units of OML held by them for shares of Odyssey’s common stock.

The Equity Exchange Agreement expired by its terms on January 3, 2025. Prior to its expiration, it was recorded as a liability within the scope of ASC 480, Distinguishing Liabilities from Equity, that was initially measured at fair value, and subsequent changes in the fair value of the liability were recognized in earnings. Because the value was determined to be zero as of December 31, 2024 and its expiration on January 3, 2025, there was no change recognized in the put option liability for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025. For the three and six months ended June 30, 2024, the Company recognized an increase of $1.0 million and a decrease of $0.2 million, respectively, in the put option liability assumed in the condensed consolidated statement of operations to record the fair value adjustment of the Equity Exchange Agreement.

Contribution Agreement

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the OML Purchase Agreement, Odyssey, the Purchaser, and OML also entered into a Contribution Agreement pursuant to which additional membership interest units of OML may be issued to the Purchaser in consideration of the contribution to OML by Odyssey from time to time of certain property or other assets and services with an aggregate value of up to $10.0 million (the “Contribution Agreement”). We concluded that the Contribution Agreement is within the scope of ASC 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers, as the services provided are within Odyssey’s ordinary activities, and OML is therefore considered a customer of Odyssey.

Equity Method of Accounting

The Company has determined that OML operates more as a partnership in substance, and as the Company holds more than 3%—5% and has greater than virtually no influence over OML, the investment is within the scope of ASC 323, Investments – Equity and Joint Ventures. Odyssey applied the equity method investment accounting for its interest in OML, starting on July 3, 2023. As a result, OML is considered a related party.

At June 30, 2025 and December 31, 2024, the Company’s investment in OML was $4.6 million and $4.9 million, respectively, which was classified as an investment in unconsolidated entities in our condensed consolidated balance sheets.

Based on estimated financial information for our equity-method investee, we recognized losses on equity method investment of $0.2 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, and $0.3 million and $0.3 million, for the six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024, respectively, in the condensed consolidated statements of operations for our proportionate share of the net loss of our equity method investee, which decreased our net income for the three and six months ended June 30, 2025 and 2024 in our condensed consolidated statements of operations. Our proportionate share of the net loss of our equity method investee can have a significant impact on the amount of Loss on Equity Method Investment in our condensed consolidated statements of operations and our carrying value of those investments. We eliminated from our financial results all significant intercompany transactions to the extent of our ownership interest.

The following tables provide summarized financial information for OML, the Company’s equity method accounted investee, not adjusted for the percentage ownership of the Company, compiled from OML’s financial statements.

 

 

 

Three Months Ended June 30,

 

 

Six Months Ended June 30,

 

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

 

2025

 

 

2024

 

Revenue

 

$

32,151

 

 

$

4,132,817

 

 

$

405,849

 

 

$

4,179,655

 

General expenses

 

$

(307,183

)

 

$

(1,492,410

)

 

$

(1,050,608

)

 

$

(2,073,508

)

Payroll expenses

 

$

(602,563

)

 

$

(605,677

)

 

$

(1,204,283

)

 

$

(1,219,624

)

Net (Loss) Income

 

$

(2,750,783

)

 

$

885,113

 

 

$

(4,433,468

)

 

$

(923,085

)

 

 

 

As of

 

 

 

June 30, 2025

 

 

December 31, 2024

 

Total Assets

 

$

33,986,660

 

 

$

37,328,006

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

11,951,912

 

 

$

11,329,642

 

Neptune Minerals, Inc.

We have an ownership interest of approximately 14.0% in Neptune Minerals, Inc. (“NMI”). We currently apply the cost method of accounting for this investment. Previously, when we accounted for this investment using the equity method of accounting, we accumulated and did not recognize $21.3 million in our income statement because these losses exceeded our investment in NMI. Our investment has a carrying value of zero as a result of the recognition of our share of prior losses incurred by NMI under the equity method of accounting. If we recognize value on our balance sheet for any future incremental NMI investment, we would expect to allocate the loss carryforward of $21.3 million to that investment because the loss occurred when we accounted for NMI ownership as an equity-method investment.

Chatham Rock Phosphate, Limited.

We have an ownership interest of approximately 1.0% in Chatham Rock Phosphate, Limited (“CRPL”). We record our investment under the cost method. During 2012, we performed deep-sea exploratory services for Chatham Rock Phosphate, Ltd. (“CRP”) valued at $1.7 million. As payment for these services, CRP issued 9,320,348 ordinary shares to us. During March 2017, Antipodes Gold Limited completed the acquisition of CRP. The surviving entity is now CRPL. In exchange for our 9,320,348 shares of CRP, we received 141,884 shares of CPRL, which represents equity ownership of, at most, approximately 1.0% of the surviving entity with zero value. We continue to carry the value of our investment in CPRL at zero in our condensed consolidated financial statements.