ALMADEN MINERALS LTD | CIK:0001015647 | 3

  • Filed: 3/29/2018
  • Entity registrant name: ALMADEN MINERALS LTD (CIK: 0001015647)
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  • ifrs-full:DisclosureOfExplorationAndEvaluationAssetsExplanatory

    11.
    Exploration and evaluation assets
     
        Tuligtic     Other
    Property
        Total  
    Exploration and evaluation assets   $     $     $  
    Acquisition costs:                        
    Opening balance - (December 31, 2016)    
    4,780,570
         
    1
         
    4,780,571
     
    Additions    
    2,757,007
         
    -
         
    2,757,007
     
    Closing balance - (December 31, 2017)    
    7,537,577
         
    1
         
    7,537,578
     
    Deferred exploration costs:                        
    Opening balance - (December 31, 2016)    
    31,204,785
         
    -
         
    31,204,785
     
    Costs incurred during the period                        
    Drilling and related costs    
    1,053,771
         
    -
         
    1,053,771
     
    Professional/technical fees    
    112,191
         
    -
         
    112,191
     
    Claim maintenance/lease costs    
    160,251
         
    -
         
    160,251
     
    Geochemical, metallurgy    
    746,103
         
    -
         
    746,103
     
    Technical studies    
    1,698,055
         
    -
         
    1,698,055
     
    Travel and accommodation    
    390,927
         
    -
         
    390,927
     
    Geology, geophysics and exploration    
    795,731
         
    -
         
    795,731
     
    Supplies and misc.    
    118,015
         
    -
         
    118,015
     
    Water exploration    
    7,981
         
    -
         
    7,981
     
    Environmental    
    534,081
         
    -
         
    534,081
     
    Value-added tax (Note 5)    
    444,729
         
    -
         
    444,729
     
    Total deferred exploration costs during the period    
    6,061,835
         
    -
         
    6,061,835
     
    Closing balance - (December 31, 2017)    
    37,266,620
         
    -
         
    37,266,620
     
    Total exploration and evaluation assets    
    44,804,197
         
    1
         
    44,804,198
     
     
     
     
        Tuligtic     Other Property     Total  
    Exploration and evaluation assets   $     $     $  
    Acquisition costs:                        
    Opening balance - (December 31, 2015)    
    3,202,134
         
    1
         
    3,202,135
     
    Additions    
    1,578,436
         
    -
         
    1,578,436
     
    Closing balance - (December 31, 2016)    
    4,780,570
         
    1
         
    4,780,571
     
    Deferred exploration costs:                        
    Opening balance - (December 31, 2015)    
    27,335,875
         
    -
         
    27,335,875
     
    Costs incurred during the period                        
    Drilling and related costs    
    666,210
         
    -
         
    666,210
     
    Professional/technical fees    
    139,916
         
    -
         
    139,916
     
    Claim maintenance/lease costs    
    138,901
         
    -
         
    138,901
     
    Geochemical, metallurgy    
    611,344
         
    -
         
    611,344
     
    Technical studies    
    1,048,807
         
    -
         
    1,048,807
     
    Travel and accommodation    
    273,178
         
    -
         
    273,178
     
    Geology, geophysics and exploration    
    489,919
         
    -
         
    489,919
     
    Supplies and misc.    
    31,636
         
    -
         
    31,636
     
    Water exploration    
    97,232
         
    -
         
    97,232
     
    Reclamation, environmental    
    123,625
         
    -
         
    123,625
     
    Value-added tax (Note 5)    
    248,142
         
    -
         
    248,142
     
    Total deferred exploration costs during the period    
    3,868,910
         
    -
         
    3,868,910
     
    Closing balance - (December 31, 2016)    
    31,204,785
         
    -
         
    31,204,785
     
    Total exploration and evaluation assets    
    35,985,355
         
    1
         
    35,985,356
     
     
    During the year ended
    December 31, 2016,
    the Company entered into
    two
    option agreements to secure land holdings on the Tuligtic project. The Company has the option to acquire a
    100%
    ownership of
    two
    land holdings for total cash payments of
    $25,000,000
    Mexico pesos (MXN) as follows:
     
    Dates   Payments (MXN)     CAD     Payment Status
    November 28, 2016   $
    10,000,000
        $
    651,200
       
    Paid
    November 28, 2018   $
    15,000,000
        $
    976,500
       
    Outstanding
     
    Payments are
    not
    refundable upon termination of the option agreement.
    The following is a description of the Company’s most significant property interests and related spending commitments:
     
    (a)       Tuligtic
     
    In
    2001,
    the Company acquired by staking a
    100%
    interest in the Tuligtic property in Puebla, Mexico. The property contains the Ixtaca Zone.
     
    (b)       Other Property
     
    The Company holds a
    40%
    carried interest in the Logan property located in the Yukon Territory, Canada. The project is carried at a nominal value of
    $1.