DYNR Dynaresource Inc (QX)

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 MARCH 31, 2023

NOTE 1 - NATURE OF ACTIVITIES AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Nature of Activities, History and Organization

DynaResource, Inc. (the “Company” or “DynaResource”) was organized September 28, 1937, as a California corporation under the name of West Coast Mines, Inc. In 1998, the Company re-domiciled to Delaware and changed its name to DynaResource, Inc. The Company is in the business of acquiring, investing in, and developing precious metal properties, and the production of precious metals.

In 2000, the Company formed a wholly owned subsidiary, DynaResource de México S.A. de C.V., chartered in México (“DynaMéxico”). This Company was formed to acquire, invest in and develop resource properties in México. DynaMéxico owns a portfolio of mining concessions that currently includes its interests in the San José de Gracia Project (“SJG”) in northern Sinaloa State, México. The SJG District covers 9,920 hectares (24,513 acres) on the west side of the Sierra Madre Mountain range. The Company currently owns 100% of the outstanding capital of DynaMéxico.

In 2005, the Company formed DynaResource Operaciones de San José De Gracia S.A. de C.V. (“DynaOperaciones”) and acquired control of Mineras de DynaResource, S.A. de C.V. (formerly Minera Finesterre S.A. de C.V., “DynaMineras”). The Company owns 100% of DynaMineras.

The Company elected to become a voluntary reporting issuer in Canada in order to avail itself of Canadian regulations regarding reporting for mining properties and, more specifically, National Instrument 43-101 (“NI 43-101”). This regulation sets forth standards for reporting resources in a mineral property and is a reporting standard widely recognized in the mining industry.

Significant Accounting Policies

The Company’s management selects accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America and adopts methods for their application. The application of accounting principles requires the estimating, matching and timing of revenues and expenses. The accounting policies used conform to generally accepted accounting principles which have been consistently applied in the preparation of these financial statements.

The financial statements and notes are representations of the Company’s management, which is responsible for their integrity and objectivity. Management acknowledges that it is solely responsible for adopting sound accounting practices, establishing and maintaining a system of internal accounting control and preventing and detecting fraud. The Company’s system of internal accounting control is designed to assure, among other items, that: (1) recorded transactions are valid; (2) valid transactions are recorded; and (3) transactions are recorded in the proper period in a timely manner to produce financial statements which present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company for the respective periods presented.

Basis of Presentation

The Company prepares its unaudited consolidated financial statements on the accrual basis of accounting in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States.

Correction of an Error

The derivative liability in the Company’s December 31, 2022 balance sheet presented herein has been corrected to $2,172,417 from $2,334,377 from the Company’s Form 10-K which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 17, 2023. The error was a typographical error made in that single line item and it did not impact any other financial statement balances including total liabilities, net income, earnings per share, or management compensation.

Use of Estimates

In order to prepare unaudited consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, management must make estimates, judgments and assumptions that affect the amounts reported in the unaudited consolidated financial statements and determines whether contingent assets and liabilities, if any, are disclosed in the unaudited consolidated financial statements. The ultimate resolution of issues requiring these estimates and assumptions could differ significantly from resolution currently anticipated by management and on which the financial statements are based.

Principles of Consolidation

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include the accounts of DynaResource, Inc., as well as DynaResource de México, S.A. de C.V. (100% ownership), DynaResource Operaciones S.A. de C.V. (100% ownership) and Mineras de DynaResource S.A. de C.V. (100% ownership). All significant inter-company transactions have been eliminated. All amounts are presented in U.S. Dollars unless otherwise stated.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents. At times, cash balances may be in excess of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance limits. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has $18,113,393 in deposits in U.S. banks in excess of the FDIC limit. The Company reduces this risk by maintaining such deposits at high quality financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy.

Accounts Receivable and Allowances for Doubtful Accounts

The Company maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts based upon its customers’ financial condition and payment history, and its historical collection experience and expected collectability. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no allowance has been deemed necessary.

Foreign Tax Receivable

Foreign Tax Receivable is comprised of recoverable value-added taxes (“IVA”) charged by the Mexican government on goods and services rendered. Under certain circumstances, these taxes are recoverable by filing a tax return. Amounts paid for IVA are tracked and held as receivables until the funds are remitted.

Inventory

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or net realizable value and consist of mined tonnage, gravity and flotation concentrates, and gravity tailings or flotation feed material.

Exploration Stage Issuer (No Reserves Disclosed)

The definitions of Measured Mineral Resource, Mineral Reserve and Mineral Resource are set forth in SEC Regulation S-K, Item 1300 (“Reg. S-K, Item 1300”).

Measured mineral resource is that part of a mineral resource for which quantity and grade or quality are estimated on the basis of conclusive geological evidence and sampling. The level of geological certainty associated with a measured mineral resource is sufficient to allow a qualified person to apply modifying factors in sufficient detail to support detailed mine planning and final evaluation of the economic viability of the deposit. Because a measured mineral resource has a higher level of confidence than the level of confidence of either an indicated mineral resource or an inferred mineral resource, a measured mineral resource may be converted to a proven mineral reserve or to a probable mineral reserve.

Mineral reserve is an estimate of tonnage and grade or quality of indicated and measured mineral resources that, in the opinion of the qualified person, can be the basis of an economically viable project. More specifically, it is the economically mineable part of a measured or indicated mineral resource, which includes diluting materials and allowances for losses that may occur when the material is mined or extracted.

Mineral resource is a concentration or occurrence of material of economic interest in or on the Earth’s crust in such form, grade or quality, and quantity that there are reasonable prospects for economic extraction. A mineral resource is a reasonable estimate of mineralization, taking into account relevant factors such as cut-off grade, likely mining dimensions, location or continuity, that, with the assumed and justifiable technical and economic conditions, is likely to, in whole or in part, become economically extractable. It is not merely an inventory of all mineralization drilled or sampled.

As of March 31, 2023, the Company meets the definition of an exploration stage issuer which is defined as an issuer that has no material property with established proven and probable mineral reserves as defined by Regulation S-K, Item 1300.

Property, Plant & Equipment

Substantially all property, plant and equipment at the Company’s mines, including design, engineering, mine construction, and installation of equipment are expensed as incurred, as the Company has not established proven and probable reserves on any of its properties. Only certain types of mining equipment which have alternative uses or significant salvage value, may be capitalized without proven and probable reserves.

Office furniture and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line method over estimated economic lives ranging from 3 to 5 years. Leasehold improvements, which relate to the Company’s corporate office, are being amortized over the term of the lease of 10 years. As of March 31, 2023, all property, plant and equipment are fully depreciated or amortized.

Design, Construction, and Development Costs: Mine development costs include engineering and metallurgical studies, drilling and other related costs to delineate an ore body, the removal of overburden to initially expose an ore body at open pit surface mines, and the building of access ways, shafts, lateral access, drifts, ramps and other infrastructure at underground mines.

When proven and probable reserves (as defined by Reg. S-K, Item 1300) exist, development costs are capitalized. Mine development costs incurred either to develop new ore deposits, expand the capacity of operating mines, or to develop mine areas substantially in advance of current production would also be capitalized. Costs of start-up activities and costs incurred to maintain current production or to maintain assets on a standby basis are charged to operations as incurred. Costs of abandoned projects are charged to operations upon abandonment. All capitalized costs would be amortized using the units of production method over the estimated life of the ore body based on recoverable ounces to be mined from proven and probable reserves.

Certain costs to design and construct mining and processing facilities may be incurred prior to establishing proven and probable reserves. As no proven and probable reserves have been established on any of the Company’s properties, the design, construction and development costs are not capitalized at any of the Company’s properties, and accordingly, substantially all such costs are expensed as incurred, resulting in the Company reporting higher operating costs than if such expenditures had been capitalized. Additionally, the Company does not have a corresponding depreciation or amortization of these costs going forward since such costs were expensed as incurred as opposed to being capitalized. As a result of these and other differences, the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of mining companies that have established reserves.

Mineral Property Interests

Mineral property interests include acquired interests in development and exploration stage properties and are considered tangible assets. The amount capitalized relating to a mineral property interest represents its fair value at the time of acquisition. Mining properties consist of 33 mining concessions covering approximately 9,920 hectares at the San José de Gracia property.  If it is determined that the deferred costs related to a property are not recoverable over its productive life, those costs will be written down to fair value as a charge to operations in the period in which the determination is made. The amounts at which mineral properties and the related costs are recorded do not necessarily reflect present or future values.

Impairment of Assets: The Company reviews and evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Mineral properties are monitored for impairment based on factors such as mineral prices, government regulation and taxation, the Company’s continued right to explore the area, exploration reports, assays, technical reports, drill results and its continued plans to fund exploration programs on the property.

For operating mines, recoverability is measured by comparing the undiscounted future net cash flows to the net book value. When the net book value exceeds future net undiscounted cash flows, an impairment loss is measured and recorded based on the excess of the net book value over fair value. Fair value for operating mines is determined using a combined approach, which uses a discounted cash flow model for the existing operations and a market approach for the fair value assessment of exploration land claims. Future cash flows are estimated based on quantities of recoverable mineralized material, expected gold and silver prices (considering current and historical prices, trends and related factors), production levels, operating costs, capital requirements and reclamation costs, all based on life-of-mine plans. The term “recoverable mineralized material” refers to the estimated amount of gold or other commodities that will be obtained after considering losses during processing and treatment of mineralized material. In estimating future cash flows, assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there are identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of future cash flows from other asset groups. The Company’s estimates of future cash flows are based on numerous assumptions, and it is possible that actual future cash flows will be significantly different than the estimates, as actual future quantities of recoverable minerals, gold, and silver, commodity prices, production levels and costs and capital are each subject to significant risks and uncertainties.

The recoverability of the book value of each property will be assessed annually for indicators of impairment such as adverse changes to any of the following:

A write-down to fair value will be recorded when the expected future cash flow is less than the net book value of the property, or when events or changes in the property indicate that carrying amounts are not recoverable. This analysis will be completed as needed. As of the date of this filing, no events have occurred that would require the write-down of any assets. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, no indications of impairment existed.

Asset Retirement Obligation

As the Company is not obligated to remediate the mining properties, no Asset Retirement Obligation (“ARO”) has been established. Changes in regulations or laws, any instances of non-compliance with laws or regulations that result in fines, or any unforeseen environmental contamination could result in a material impact to the amounts charged to operations for reclamation and remediation. Significant judgments and estimates are made when estimating the fair value of AROs. Expected cash flows relating to AROs could occur over long periods of time and the assessment of the extent of environmental remediation work is highly subjective. Considering all of these factors that go into the determination of an ARO, the fair value of the AROs can materially change over time.

Property Holding Costs

Holding costs to maintain a property on a care and maintenance basis are expensed in the period they are incurred. These costs include security and maintenance expenses, lease and claim fees and payments, and environmental monitoring and reporting costs.

Exploration Costs

Exploration costs, including exploration, development, direct field costs and related administrative costs are expensed in the period incurred.

Leases

Effective January 1, 2019, the Company adopted ASC 842, which requires recognition of a right-of-use asset and lease liability for all leases at the commencement date based on the present value of lease payments over the lease term. Additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures regarding the Company’s leasing arrangements are also required. The Company adopted ASC 842 prospectively and elected the package of transition practical expedients that does not require reassessment of (1) whether any existing or expired contracts are or contain leases, (2) lease classification and (3) initial direct costs. In addition, the Company has elected other available practical expedients to not separate lease and non-lease components, which consist principally of common area maintenance charges, for all classes of underlying assets and to exclude leases with an initial term of 12 months or less.

Transactions in and Translations of Foreign Currency

The functional currency for the subsidiaries of the Company is the Mexican Peso. As a result, the financial statements of the subsidiaries have been translated from Mexican Pesos into U.S. dollars using (i) year-end exchange rates for balance sheet accounts, and (ii) the weighted average exchange rate of the reporting period for all income statement accounts. Foreign currency translation gains and losses are reported as a separate component of stockholders’ equity and comprehensive income (loss).

The unaudited financial statements of the subsidiaries should not be construed as representations that Mexican Pesos have been, could have been or may in the future be converted into U.S. dollars at such rates or any other rates.

Relevant exchange rates used in the preparation of the unaudited financial statements for the subsidiaries are as follows for the periods ended March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022 (Mexican Pesos per one U.S. dollar):

Relevant exchange rates used in the preparation of the income statement portion of unaudited financial statements for the subsidiaries are as follows for the periods ended March 31, 2023 and 2022 (Mexican Pesos per one U.S. dollar):

The Company recorded currency transaction gains (losses) of $18,254 and $(2,402) for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, respectively.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes under ASC 740 “Income Taxes” using the liability method, recognizing certain temporary differences between the financial reporting basis of liabilities and assets and the related income tax basis for such liabilities and assets. This method generates either a net deferred income tax liability or asset for the Company, as measured by the statutory tax rates in effect. The Company derives the deferred income tax charge or benefit by recording the change in either the net deferred income tax liability or asset balance for the year. The Company records a valuation allowance against any portion of those deferred income tax assets when it believes, based on the weight of available evidence, it is more likely than not that some portion or all of the deferred income tax asset will not be realized.

Income from the Company’s subsidiaries in México is taxed in accordance with applicable Mexican tax law and enacted rates.

Comprehensive Income (Loss)

ASC 220 “Comprehensive Income” establishes standards for reporting and display of comprehensive income and its components in a full set of general-purpose financial statements. The Company’s comprehensive income (loss) consists of net income (loss) and other comprehensive income (loss), consisting of unrealized net gains and losses on the translation of the assets and liabilities of its foreign operations.

Revenue Recognition

The Company follows ASC 606 “Revenue from Contracts with Customers”. The Company generates revenue by selling gold and silver concentrate material produced from its mining operations. The Company recognizes revenue for gold and silver concentrate production, net of treatment and refining costs, when it satisfies the performance obligation of transferring control of the concentrate to the customer. This is generally when the material is delivered to the customer facility for treatment and processing, as the customer has the ability (upon such delivery) to direct the use of and obtain substantially all the remaining benefits from the material and the customer has the risk of loss.

The amount of revenue recognized is initially recorded on a provisional basis based on the contract price and the estimated metal quantities based on assay data. The revenue is adjusted upon final settlement of the sale. The chief risk associated with the recognition of sales on a provisional basis is the fluctuation (if any) between the estimated quantities of precious metals base on the initial assay and the actual recovery from treatment and processing.

As of March 31, 2023, there are $9,200,000 in customer deposit liabilities for payments received in advance, all of which are expected to be settled, by the delivery of product, in the second quarter of 2023.

During the three months ended March 31, 2023, and the year ended December 31, 2022, there was $9,350,000 and $9,250,000, respectively of revenue recognized during the period from customer deposit liabilities (deferred contract revenue) from prior periods, and no customer deposits were refunded to the customer due to order cancellation.

Shipping and handling costs are considered fulfillment costs after the customer obtains control of the goods.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The Company’s financial instruments consist of cash, receivables, payables and long-term debt. Cash, receivables and payables approximate fair value because of the short-term nature of these items.   As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no long-term assets or liabilities, measured at their estimated fair value.

Earnings (Loss) Per Share

Earnings (loss) per share, attributable to the common equity holders of DynaResource, are calculated in accordance with ASC 260 “Earnings per Share”. The weighted average number of common shares outstanding during each period is used to compute basic earnings (loss) per share. Diluted earnings (loss) per share is computed using the weighted average number of shares and potentially dilutive common shares outstanding. Potentially dilutive common shares are additional common shares assumed to be exercised. Potentially dilutive common shares consist of stock warrants and convertible preferred shares and are excluded from diluted earnings (loss) per share computation in periods where the Company has incurred a net loss attributable to the common equity holders or where the average stock price was below the exercise price of the respective potentially dilutive common share, as their effect would be considered anti-dilutive.   For the three months ended March 31, 2023, the Company had 3,433,482 of potentially dilutive common shares that have been excluded from diluted earnings per share, as their effect would be considered anti-dilutive due to the net loss for the quarter attributable to the common equity holders.

Related Party Transactions

ASC 850, “Related Party Disclosures” requires companies to include in their financial statements, disclosures of material related party transactions. The Company discloses all material related party transactions. A party is considered to be related to the Company if the party directly or indirectly or through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Company. Related parties also include principal owners of the Company, its management, members of the immediate families of principal owners of the Company and its management and other parties with which the Company may deal if one party controls or can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the other to an extent that one of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests. A party is also a related party if it can significantly influence the management or operating policies of the transacting parties or if it has an ownership interest in one of the transacting parties and can significantly influence the other to an extent that one or more of the transacting parties might be prevented from fully pursuing its own separate interests.

NOTE 2 - INVENTORIES

Inventories are carried at the lower of cost or fair value and consist of mined tonnage, gravity-flotation concentrates, and gravity tailings (or flotation feed material). Inventory balances of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 were as follows:

NOTE 3 – PROPERTY, PLANT & EQUIPMENT 

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, all the Company’s property, plant and equipment have been fully depreciated, amortized or expensed, as discussed in “Property, Plant and Equipment” in Note 1 above.

NOTE 4 - MINING CONCESSIONS

Mining properties consist of the San José de Gracia concessions. Mining Concessions were $4,132,678 as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022. There was no depletion expense during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, as the Company is an exploration stage issuer (See Note 1). 

NOTE 5- INCOME TAXES

The Company has adopted ASC 740-10, “Income Taxes”, which requires the use of the liability method in the computation of income tax expense and the current and deferred income taxes payable (deferred tax liability) or benefit (deferred tax asset). Valuation allowances are established when necessary to reduce deferred tax assets to the amount expected to be realized. 

Our income tax expense and effective income tax rate are significantly impacted by the mix of our domestic and foreign earnings before income taxes. The Mexican applicable statutory rate is 30% which is higher than the U.S. federal and state combined statutory rate of approximately 21%. For the quarter, the increase in the effective benefit rate is primarily due to the beneficial impact of mark to market discrete items booked in the quarter when compared to the net loss before income taxes of $45,318.

NOTE 6 - STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock which the corporation has the authority to issue is 60,001,000 shares, consisting of (i) 20,001,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Preferred Stock”), of which 1,000 shares are designated as Series A Preferred Stock, 1,734,992 are designated as Series C Preferred Stock, and 3,000,000 shares are designated as Series D Preferred Stock and (ii) 40,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share (“Common Stock”). As of March 31, 2023, 15,265,008 shares of Preferred Stock remain undesignated.

Series A Preferred Stock

The Company has designated 1,000 shares of its Preferred Stock as Series A, having a par value of $0.0001 per share. Holders of the Series A Preferred Stock have the right to elect a majority of the Board of Directors of the Company. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were 1,000 shares of Series A Preferred Stock outstanding.  On April 19, 2023, the Company repurchased the Series A Preferred Stock, as discussed in Note 14 – “Subsequent Events”.

Series C Senior Convertible Preferred Stock

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 there were 1,734,992 Series C Preferred shares outstanding. As of March 31, 2023, these Series C Preferred Shares are convertible to common shares at $2.04 per share or redeemable in cash at the shareholder’s option and include anti-dilution protection. The Series C Preferred Shares may receive a 4% per annum dividend, payable if available, and in arrears. The dividend is calculated at 4.0% of $4,337,480 payable annually on June 30th. As of March 31, 2023, dividends for the years 2016 to 2022 totaling $1,053,777 were in arrears.

Due to the nature of the Series C Preferred Shares as mandatorily redeemable, the Series C Preferred Shares are classified as “temporary equity” on the balance sheet.

Series D Senior Convertible Preferred Stock

On May 14, 2020, the Company closed an additional financing and related agreements with certain shareholders. On October 7, 2021, the Company paid $2,500,000 to repurchase one note.

The remaining ten noteholders of notes convertible into Series D Preferred Stock elected to convert their notes totaling $1,520,000 into Series D Preferred Stock at $2.00 per share. On October 18, 2021, the Company issued 760,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock for these notes. The Series D Preferred Stock may receive a 4% per annum dividend, payable if available, and in arrears. The dividend is calculated at 4.0% of $1,520,000 payable annually on October 18^th.  As of March 31, 2023 dividends for the year 2022 totaling $60,800 were in arrears.

Due to the nature of the Series D Preferred as mandatorily redeemable by the Company at the election of the Series D Preferred stockholder at any time following maturity, the Series D Preferred Stock is classified as “temporary equity” on the balance sheet.

The deemed dividends on the Series C and D Preferred Stock for the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, were $58,575 and $58,575, respectively. As the Company has not declared these dividends, it is required as an item “below” the net income amount on the accompanying consolidated statements of income.

Preferred Stock (Undesignated)

In addition to the 1,000 shares designated as Series A Preferred Stock, and the 1,734,992 shares designated as Series C Preferred Stock, and the 3,000,000 shares designated as Series D Preferred Stock, the Company is authorized to issue an additional 15,265,008 shares of Preferred Stock, having a par value of $0.0001 per share. The Board of Directors of the Company has authority to issue the Preferred Stock from time to time in one or more series, and with respect to each series of the Preferred Stock, to fix and state by the resolution the terms attached to the Preferred Stock. As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, there were no other shares of Preferred Stock outstanding.

The shares of each series of Preferred Stock may vary from the shares of any other series thereof in any or all the foregoing respects and in any other manner. The Board of Directors may increase the number of shares of Preferred Stock designated for any existing series by a resolution adding to such series authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock not designated for any other series. Unless otherwise provided in a particular Preferred Stock designation, the Board of Directors may decrease the number of shares of Preferred Stock designated for any existing series by a resolution subtracting from such series authorized and unissued shares of Preferred Stock designated for such existing series, and the shares so subtracted shall become authorized, unissued and undesignated shares of Preferred Stock.

Common Stock

The Company is authorized to issue 40,000,000 common shares at a par value of $0.01 per share. These shares have full voting rights. As of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, there were 22,246,654 shares outstanding. No dividends were declared or paid during the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022.

Preferred Rights

The Company issued “Preferred Rights” for the rights to percentages of revenues generated from the San José de Gracia Pilot Production Plant and received $784,500 for these rights. The “Preferred Rights” are reflected in stockholders’ equity. As of March 31, 2023, $744,500 had been repaid, leaving a current balance of $40,000 and $40,000 as of March 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, respectively.

Stock Issuances

There were no issuances of stock during the three months ended March 31, 2023.

Treasury Stock 

During the three months ended March 31, 2023 no shares of treasury stock were purchased.

There were 12,180 shares of Treasury Stock outstanding as of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

Warrants

2023 activity

As of March 31, 2023, the Company had outstanding warrants, which were a part of the issuance of notes convertible into Series D Convertible Preferred Stock in 2020, to purchase 892,165 shares of common stock:

NOTE 7 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Concession Taxes

The Company is required to pay taxes in México in order to maintain mining concessions owned by DynaMéxico. Additionally, the Company is required to incur a minimum amount of expenditures each year for all concessions held. The minimum expenditures are calculated based upon the land area, as well as the age of the concessions. Amounts spent in excess of the minimum may be carried forward indefinitely over the life of the concessions and are adjusted annually for inflation. Based on Management’s recent business activities and current and forward plans and considering expenditures on mining concessions from 2002 to 2017 and continuing expenditures in current and forward activities, the Company does not anticipate that DynaMéxico will have any difficulties meeting the minimum annual expenditures for the concessions ($388 - $2,400 Mexican Pesos per hectare). DynaMéxico retains sufficient carry- forward amounts to cover over 10 years of the minimum annual expenditure (as calculated at the 2017 minimum, adjusted for annual inflation of 4%).

Leases

In addition to the surface rights held by DynaMéxico pursuant to the Mining Act of México and its Regulations (Ley Minera y su Reglamento), DynaMineras maintains access and surface rights to the SJG Project pursuant to a 20-year Land Lease Agreement with the Santa Maria Ejido Community, the owners of the surface rights. The Land Lease Agreement was dated January 6, 2014 and continues through January 2033. It covers an area of 4,399 hectares surrounding the main mineral resource areas of SJG and provides for annual lease payments on January 1^st each year by DynaMineras, in the amount of $1,359,443 Pesos (approximately $73,000 USD) adjusted for inflation based on the Mexico minimum wage increase. Rent was $4,414,124 Pesos (approximately  $236,000 USD) for the year ended December 31, 2023, which was paid during the first quarter of 2023. The Land Lease Agreement provides DynaMineras with surface access to the core resource areas of SJG (4,399 hectares) and allows for all permitted mining and exploration activities.

The Company determines if a contract is or contains a lease at inception. As of March 31, 2023, the Company has two operating leases: corporate office space and a twenty-year ground lease in association with its México mining operations. An agreement for the lease of expanded office space was signed in the first quarter of 2023 and will commence when the build-out of the space is complete, which is anticipated to be during the second quarter of 2023. Until that time, the existing space is being leased on a month-to-month basis. The ground lease has a remaining term of approximately 10 years. Variable lease costs consist primarily of variable common area maintenance, storage parking and utilities. The Company’s leases do not have any residual value guarantees or restrictive covenants.

As the implicit rate is not readily determinable for most of the Company’s lease agreements, the Company uses an estimated incremental borrowing rate to determine the initial present value of lease payments. These discount rates for leases are calculated using the Company’s interest rate of promissory notes

NOTE 8 - DERIVATIVE LIABILITY 

Warrants Issued With the Notes Convertible Into Series D Preferred

As discussed in Note 6, the Company analyzed the conversion features of the promissory notes convertible into Series D Preferred and determined that the Warrants issued with such notes qualified as a derivative liability. The fair value was required to be allocated among the notes, the notes’ conversion features, and the warrants, and then remeasured at each reporting date. The Company performed a valuation of the conversion feature. In performing the valuation, the Company applied the guidance in ASC 820, “Fair Value Measurements”, to nonfinancial assets and liabilities that are recognized or disclosed at fair value on a nonrecurring basis. ASC 820 defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (exit price). To measure fair value, the Company incorporates assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability and utilizes market data to the maximum extent possible.

In instances where the determination of the fair value measurement is based on inputs from different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the entire fair value measurement falls is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

The Company considered the inputs in this valuation to be level 3 in the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 and used an equity simulation model to determine the value of conversion feature of the Warrants issued with the notes convertible into Series D Preferred based on the assumptions below:

For the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, an active market for the Company’s common stock did not exist. Accordingly, the fair value of the Company’s common stock was estimated using a valuation model with level 3 inputs.

The below table represents the change in the fair value of the derivative liability during the three and twelve months ended March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022.

NOTE 9 - FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS

The ASC 820 guidance for fair value measurements and disclosure establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1 measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (Level 3 measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

Level 1 Inputs - Quoted prices for identical instruments in active markets.

Level 2 Inputs - Quoted prices for similar instruments in active markets; quoted prices for identical or similar instruments in markets that are not active; and model-derived valuations whose inputs are observable or whose significant value drivers are observable.

Level 3 Inputs - Instruments with primarily unobservable value drivers.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s financial assets and liabilities were measured at fair value using Level 3 inputs, with the exception of cash, which was valued using Level 1 inputs. A description of the valuation of the Level 3 inputs is discussed in Note 8.

The Company had certain customers whose revenue individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total revenue, or whose accounts receivable balances individually represented 10% or more of the Company’s total accounts receivable, as follows:

For each of the three months ended March 31, 2023 and 2022, one customer accounted for 100% of revenue.

As of March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, one customer accounted for 100% of accounts receivable.

NOTE 11 - NOTES PAYABLE

In September 2018, the Company entered into financing agreements for the unpaid mining concession taxes on the Francisco Arturo mining concession for the year ended December 31, 2017 and the period ending September 30, 2018 in the amount of $1,739,392. The Company paid an initial 20% payment of $347,826 and financed the balance over 36 months at an interest rate of  21.84% per annum.

In February 2019, the Company entered into a financing agreement for unpaid mining concession taxes on the Francisco Arturo mining concession for the year ended December 31, 2018 in the amount of $335,350. The Company paid an initial 20% payment of $67,070 and financed the balance over 36 months at an interest rate of 22% per annum.

In September 2018, the Company applied for a reduction of the Francisco Arturo mining concession, from 69,121 hectares to 3,280 hectares. On July 31, 2018, the application for reduction was approved and the Company paid an initial amount of 985,116 MNP (Pesos), for the second semester 2018 mining concessions taxes on the reduced Francisco Arturo mining concession. The Company continues to accrue an amount of $22,500 (USD) per semester on the reduced Francisco Arturo mining concession.

As of September 2019, the Company ceased making monthly payments on the above noted Francisco Arturo concession notes and has petitioned the Hacienda (Mexican federal tax authority) for a reduction in the liability which is pro-rata to the reduction in the Francisco Arturo concession. For financial reporting purposes the Company continues to carry all notes (to finance unpaid mining concession taxes) at their unpaid principal amount and accrues interest on a monthly basis. As of March 31, 2023, $1,777,164 of accrued interest on the notes was    included in accrued liabilities on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet.

In October 2019, the Company entered into a financing agreement for unpaid mining concession taxes on the core mining concessions in the amount of $299,474. The Company paid an initial 20% payment of $59,895 and financed the balance over 36 months at an interest rate of 22%.

The following is a summary of the activity during the three months ended March 31, 2023:

NOTE 12 - REVOLVING CREDIT LINE FACILITY

On February 4, 2021, the Company (through DynaMineras) entered into a Revolving Credit Line Facility and Commercial Offtake Agreement (the “RCL”), with a commercial buyer. The RCL was extended in December 2022 through December 2023. Under the terms of the RCL:

The RCL is included under Customer Advances on the unaudited consolidated balance sheet.

Deposits under Revolving Credit Line Facility

Under the terms of the RCL, DynaMineras received the following advances from the buyer (in millions):

NOTE 13 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Dynacap Group Ltd.

The Company paid $43,750 to Dynacap Group, Ltd. (“Dynacap”, an entity formerly controlled by the CEO of the Company) for consulting and other fees during the periods ended March 31, 2022.  There were no fees paid to Dynacap or any other related party for the quarter ended March 31, 2023.    

There are no other related party transactions that require disclosure.