Equity Investment |
3 Months Ended |
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Mar. 31, 2016 | |
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8.Equity Investment
Following its earn-in to the Bootheel Project in 2009, Jet Metals Corp was required to fund 75% of the project’s expenditures and the Company the remaining 25%. The project has been accounted for using the equity accounting method with the Company’s pro rata share of the project’s loss included in the Statement of Operations since the date of earn-in and the Company’s net investment reflected on the Balance Sheet. Under the terms of the operating agreement, the Company elected not to participate financially for the year ended September 30, 2012 which reduced the Company’s ownership percentage to approximately 19%. The equity accounting method has been continued because the Company has an equal number of members on the management committee as the other member and can directly influence the budget, expenditures and operations of the project.
In March 2016, the Company performed an impairment analysis based on the mineralization at the Bootheel property and the current spot price. It determined that an impairment reflecting the then current spot price was warranted which is reflected as a $189 thousand decrease in the investment.
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