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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
12 Months Ended
Jul. 31, 2014
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NOTE 5: PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Property, plant and equipment consist of the following:

          July 31, 2014                 July 31, 2013        
          Accumulated     Net Book           Accumulated     Net Book  
    Cost     Depreciation     Value     Cost     Depreciation     Value  
Hobson Processing Facility $ 7,107,717   $ (595,169 ) $ 6,512,548   $ 7,107,717   $ (416,403 ) $ 6,691,314  
Mining Equipment   2,587,206     (1,678,958 )   908,248     2,333,572     (1,227,989 )   1,105,583  
Vehicles   1,855,451     (1,559,850 )   295,601     1,852,764     (1,334,418 )   518,346  
Computer Equipment   645,622     (551,633 )   93,989     648,567     (495,455 )   153,112  
Furniture and Fixtures   182,568     (163,278 )   19,290     193,013     (142,001 )   51,012  
Land   175,144     -     175,144     175,144     -     175,144  
Leasehold Improvements   1,242     (725 )   517     9,970     (9,204 )   766  
  $ 12,554,950   $ (4,549,613 ) $ 8,005,337   $ 12,320,747   $ (3,625,470 ) $ 8,695,277  

Hobson Processing Facility

The Company acquired the Hobson Processing Facility (“Hobson”) as part of the acquisition of South Texas Mining Venture, L.L.P. in December 2009 and commenced processing uranium-loaded resins from the Palangana Mine in November 2010, at which point the Company began depreciating the capitalized costs of Hobson on a straight-line basis over an expected useful life of ten years, subsequently extended to 12 years effective August 1, 2013 upon further review of the Company’s anticipated satellite mining activities in Texas.