Included in prepayments and other current assets are cash deposits of $1,907,000 (acting through its wholly owned subsidiary, TMC Capital LLC (“TMC”), for the acquisition of 100% of the operating rights under U.S. federal oil and gas leases, administered by the U.S. department of Interiors’ Bureau of Land Management in Garfield and Wayne Counties covering approximately 8,480 gross acres in P.R. Springs and the Tar Sands Triangle within the State of Utah. The total consideration of $3,000,000 has been partially settled by a cash payment of $1,907,000, with the balance of $1,093,000 still outstanding.

In terms of a letter agreement dated April 17, 2020 between the transferor of the oil and gas leases and TMC, as transferee, due to uncertainty as to whether all of the 10 leases which the Company had initially paid deposits for are available, an adjustment to the purchase price has been agreed upon as follows: (i) should all 10 of the leases be available, the Company will pay the additional $1,093,000 for the rights under the leases; (ii) if only a portion of the leases ranging from 4 to 9 of the leases are available, the Company will adjust the final purchase price of the leases to between $1.5 million and $2.5 million; and (iii) notwithstanding the above, if after a period of 7 years from April 17, 2020, if at least six of the leases are not available to the Company, then the Company may demand a refund of $1.2 million or instruct the Seller to acquire other leases in the same area for up to $1.2 million.

In addition, included in prepayments and other current assets is an amount of $500,000 paid during the period July 8, 2021 and August 11, 2021, in terms of the agreements governing reciprocal assignment of mineral leases dated as of October 15, 2021 under which TMC and POR agreed to; (i) assign all of its interest in the TMC mineral leases and the short term mining lease dated August 10, 2020 as amended on July 1, 2021, sub-leased from Valkor and two mineral leases entered into between the State of Utah’s School and Institutional Trust Land Administration (“SITLA”), as lessor, and POR, as lessee, covering lands in Asphalt Ridge that largely adjoin the lands held under the TMC Mineral Lease and Valkor agreed to assign to TMC Capital LLC, the record lease title and all of its rights and interest under three SITLA Utah state oil sands leases located in an area referred to as “Asphalt Ridge Northwest” in Uintah County Utah.

The assignment of the SITLA leases are subject to approval by SITLA before the agreement comes into effect. See Subsequent events note 34.