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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Income Taxes

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

(in thousands)		2024				2023
Deferred tax assets:
Loss carryovers		$	12,806			$	12,403
Mineral Property			1,669				1,669
Capitalized Exploration Costs			1,771				841
Stock option compensation expense			292				129
Other			162				175
Unrealized loss on short-term investments			29				100
Lease Liability			12				19
Valuation allowance			(16,722	)			(15,301	)
Total deferred tax assets			19				35
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unrealized gains on marketable equity securities			-				1
Lease Asset			11				21
Basis difference on fixed assets			8				13
Total deferred tax liabilities			19				35
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	-			$	-

Income tax from continuing operations

(in thousands)		2024				2023
Expected income tax benefit		$	(1,127	)		$	(788	)
Equity based compensation			-				(23	)
Foreign tax rate differences			(7	)			(19	)
State income tax			(181	)			(160	)
Change in valuation allowance			1,421				992
Prior year return reconciliation			(104	)			-
Permanent differences and other			(2	)			(2	)
Income tax (benefit) expense		$	-			$	-

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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