Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

Mineral Properties

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Mineral Properties
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2013
Mineral Industries Disclosures [Abstract]  
Mineral properties
9.      Mineral Properties
 
The Company’s mineral properties consist of the following:
 
 
USA
 
Canada
 
Total
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Lost Creek
 
Pathfinder
 
Other US
 
Canadian
 
 
 
 
 
Property
 
Mines
 
Properties
 
Properties
 
 
 
 
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2011 (a)
 
13,917
 
-
 
17,050
 
513
 
31,480
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capitalized reclamation costs (a)
 
292
 
-
 
28
 
-
 
320
 
Property acquired in asset exchange (a)
 
971
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
971
 
Reporting exchange rate adjustment (a)
 
325
 
-
 
393
 
12
 
730
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2012(a)
 
15,505
 
-
 
17,471
 
525
 
33,501
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Capitalized reclamation costs
 
10,276
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
10,276
 
Royalty acquired for common stock
 
783
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
783
 
Property write-offs
 
-
 
-
 
(1,430)
 
-
 
(1,430)
 
Functional Currency exchange rate adjustment (b)
 
(2,443)
 
-
 
(2,831)
 
 
 
(5,274)
 
Reporting exchange rate adjustment (b)
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
(36)
 
(36)
 
Amortization
 
(435)
 
-
 
-
 
-
 
(435)
 
Purchase of Pathfinder Mines
 
-
 
15,317
 
-
 
-
 
15,317
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
-
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, December 31, 2013
 
23,686
 
15,317
 
13,210
 
489
 
52,702
 
 
(a)
As a result of the change in reporting balances, the above was restated to reflect the change from Canadian reporting currency to U.S. dollar reporting currency.
(b)
As a result of the change in functional currency, a CTA as of the date of conversion reduced the reported cost of the U.S. mineral properties by $5.3 million.  The above adjustments reflect both the functional currency adjustment in U.S. properties and adjustments due to changes in the year end spot rate in Canadian properties (see note 4).
 
United States
 
Lost Creek Property
 
The Company acquired certain Wyoming properties when Ur-Energy USA Inc. entered into the Membership Interest Purchase Agreement (“MIPA”) with New Frontiers Uranium, LLC in 2005.  Under the terms of the MIPA, the Company purchased 100% of NFU Wyoming, LLC.  Assets acquired in this transaction include the Lost Creek Project, other Wyoming properties and development databases.  NFU Wyoming, LLC was acquired for aggregate consideration of $20 million plus interest. Since 2005, the Company has increased its holdings adjacent to the initial Lost Creek acquisition through staking additional claims and additional property purchases and leases.
 
In April 2013, the Company executed a royalty purchase agreement with the royalty holder who owned the only private royalty reserved on the Lost Creek Project. The 1.67% royalty had existed with respect to future production of uranium on 20 mining claims at the Lost Creek Project. The Company issued one million common shares of the Company with a fair value of $763 in full consideration of the conveyance and termination of the royalty interest. There is a royalty on each of the State of Wyoming sections under lease at the Lost Creek, LC West and EN Projects, as required by law.  Other royalties exist on certain mining claims at the LC South and EN Projects.  There are no royalties on the mining claims in the LC North, LC East or LC West Projects.
 
In September 2013, after the Company commenced mineral extraction and production at the Lost Creek Project, it began amortizing the related mineral properties on a straight-line basis.
 
Pathfinder Mines Corporation
 
The Company acquired additional Wyoming properties when Ur-Energy USA, Inc. closed a Share Purchase Agreement (“SPA”) with an AREVA Mining affiliate in December 2013.  Under the terms of the SPA, the Company purchased Pathfinder Mines Corporation (“Pathfinder”)  to acquire additional proven mineral properties.  Assets acquired in this transaction include the Shirley Basin Mine, portions of the Lucky Mc mine, machinery and equipment, vehicles, office equipment and development databases.  Pathfinder was acquired for aggregate consideration of $6.7 million, a 5% production royalty under certain circumstances and the assumption of $5.7 million in estimated asset reclamation obligations. The purchase price allocation attributed $5.7 million to asset retirement obligations, $3.3 million to deferred tax liabilities, $15.3 million to mineral properties and the balance to the remaining assets and liabilities. We have performed a preliminary allocation of the purchase price to the underlying assets and liabilities acquired. These amounts are preliminary and adjustments may be necessary when the allocation is finalized.
 
Other U.S. properties
 
In June 2013, the Company decided to abandon the South Granite Mountain project by not paying the claim fees due later in 2013. The cost of that project of $261 was written off.
 
At the January 2014 meeting, the Board of Directors determined that the Company will be terminating the Mustang project in Nebraska.  The Company is in the process of notifying the leaseholders of the terminations when the lease renewals become due.  The cost of that project of $1,168 was written off in 2013 as there was no value to the Company as of December 31, 2013.
 
Canada
 
The Company's Canadian properties include Screech Lake and Gravel Hill, which are located in the Thelon Basin, Northwest Territories and Bugs, which is located in the Baker Lake Basin, Nunavut.