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Lithium Extraction Technology Asset Purchase and Intangible Assets
6 Months Ended 12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2025
Mar. 31, 2025
Lithium Extraction Technology Asset Purchase And Intangible Assets    
Lithium Extraction Technology Asset Purchase and Intangible Assets

 

8. Lithium Extraction Technology Asset Purchase and Intangible Assets

 

On April 12, 2018, the Company closed an asset purchase agreement with North American Lithium, Inc. (“NAL”) and Selective Adsorption Lithium, Inc. (“SAL”), a company formerly controlled by shareholders of NAL, pursuant to which the Company acquired NAL’s data, analysis and reports related to lithium extraction from oilfield brines and all the outstanding shares of SAL, which held certain intellectual property (the “Acquisition”). The consideration for the Acquisition consisted of $875,000 cash, a 5% royalty on future product income, as defined, 4,700,000 common shares at closing and 20,609,488 common shares (“Milestone Shares”) based on the Company achieving certain milestones related to the filing of additional patents and raising additional financing. The total value of the Acquisition, including the Milestone Shares, was valued at approximately $9.1 million and recorded as intellectual property (the, “Intellectual Property”).

 

Additionally, the Company has filed additional patents to expand its intellectual property for the development of lithium extraction technologies. The Company’s intangible assets as of September 30, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):

 

  
Gross Assets
  
Accumulated Amortization
  
Net Assets
   Weighted Average Remaining Life
(Years)
 
               

Weighted

Average

Remaining

 
   Gross
Assets
   Accumulated
Amortization
   Net
Assets
   Life
(Years)
 
Intellectual property  $9,276   $(6,557)  $2,719    2.9 
Patents   11    (2)   9    15.9 
   $9,287   $(6,559)  $2,728      

 

The Company’s intangible assets as of March 31, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):

 

   Gross
Assets
   Accumulated
Amortization
   Net
Assets
   Weighted Average Remaining Life
(Years)
 
                     

Weighted

Average

Remaining

 
    Gross
Assets
    Accumulated
Amortization
    Net
Assets
    Life
(Years)
 
Intellectual property   $ 9,276     $ (6,019 )   $ 3,257       3.5  
Patents     11       (2 )     9       16.5  
    $ 9,287     $ (6,021 )   $ 3,266          

 

 

8. Lithium Extraction Technology Asset Purchase and Intangible Assets

 

On April 12, 2018, the Company closed an asset purchase agreement with North American Lithium, Inc. (“NAL”) and Selective Adsorption Lithium, Inc. (“SAL”), a company formerly controlled by shareholders of NAL, pursuant to which the Company acquired NAL’s data, analysis and reports related to lithium extraction from oilfield brines and all the outstanding shares of SAL, which held certain intellectual property (the “Acquisition”). The consideration for the Acquisition consisted of $875,000 cash, a 5% royalty on future product income, as defined, 4,700,000 common shares at closing and 20,609,488 common shares (“Milestone Shares”) based on the Company achieving certain milestones related to the filing of additional patents and raising additional financing. The total value of the Acquisition, including the Milestone Shares, was valued at approximately $9.1 million and recorded as intellectual property (the, “Intellectual Property”).

 

Additionally, the Company has filed additional patents to expand its intellectual property for the development of lithium extraction technologies. The Company’s intangible assets as of March 31, 2025, are as follows (in thousands):

 

  
Gross Assets
  
Accumulated Amortization
  
Net Assets
   Weighted Average Remaining Life
(Years)
 
   Gross   Accumulated   Net  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

 
   Assets   Amortization   Assets   Life (Years) 
Intellectual property  $9,276   $(6,019)  $3,257    3.5 
Patents   11    (2)   9    16.5 
   $9,287   $(6,021)  $3,266      

 

The Company’s intangible assets as of March 31, 2024, are as follows (in thousands):

 

   Gross
Assets
   Accumulated
Amortization
   Net
Assets
   Weighted Average Remaining Life
(Years)
 
   Gross   Accumulated   Net  

Weighted

Average

Remaining

 
   Assets   Amortization   Assets   Life (Years) 
Intellectual property  $9,276   $(4,945)  $4,331    4.5 
Patents   11    (1)   10    17.5 
   $9,287   $(4,946)  $4,341