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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2018
Notes to Financial Statements  
Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]
3.
Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
 
The Company
’s significant accounting policies are described below
.
 
Management Estimates.
 The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates
.
 
Cash Equivalents.
 Cash equivalents are considered to be highly liquid securities having an original maturity of
90
days or less at the date of acquisition
.
 
Stock-Based Compensation
. The Company applies the fair value method of accounting for stock-based compensation. Under this method, compensation cost is measured at the grant date based on the fair value of the award and is recognized over the award vesting period. The Company classifies the benefits of tax deductions in excess of the compensation cost recognized for the options (excess tax benefit) as financing cash flows. The fair value of each option award is estimated as of the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option-pricing model.  The fair value of each restricted stock award is equal to the Company's stock price on the date the award is granted
.
 
Income Taxes.
 The Company follows the liability method of accounting for income taxes under which deferred tax assets and liabilities are recognized for the future tax consequences of (i) temporary differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their reported amounts in the consolidated financial statements and (ii) operating loss and tax credit carry-forwards for tax purposes. Deferred tax assets are reduced by a valuation allowance when, based upon management’s estimates, it is more likely than
not
that a portion of the deferred tax assets will
not
be realized in a future period. The Company recognized a full valuation allowance as of
June 30, 2018 
and
June 
30,
2017
 and has
not
recognized any tax provision or benefit for any of the periods. The Company reviews its tax positions quarterly for tax uncertainties. The Company did
not
have any uncertain tax positions as of 
June 30, 2018 
or
June 
30,
2017.
  
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was signed into law on 
December 22, 2017, 
and enacts significant changes to U.S. income tax and related laws. Among other things, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act reduces the top U.S. corporate income tax rate from 
35.0%
 to 
21.0%,
 and makes changes to certain other business-related exclusions, deductions and credits. The Company has assessed the impact of the tax bill on the financial statements as of 
June 30, 2018.   
Due to the Company’s full valuation allowance, the changes to the income tax provision as a result of the bill are 
not
 expected to have a consolidated financial statement impact.  
 
Investment in the Joint Venture Company.
 
The Company’s consolidated financial statements include the investment in Peak Gold, LLC which is accounted for under the equity method. The Company has designated
one
of the
three
members of the Management Committee and on 
June 30, 2018 
held a
60.0%
ownership interest in Peak Gold. Royal Gold will initially serve as the Manager of the Joint Venture Company and will manage, direct, and control operations of the Joint Venture Company. The Company recorded its investment at the historical cost of the assets contributed. The cumulative losses of the Joint Venture Company exceed the historical cost of the assets contributed to the Joint Venture Company; therefore the Company's investment in Peak Gold, LLC as of
June 30, 2018 
and
2017
 is
zero
. The portion of the cumulative loss that exceeds the Company's investment will be suspended and recognized against earnings, if any, from the investment in the Joint Venture Company in future periods
.
 
 
             Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements. 
 
In
August 2016,
the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update ("ASU")
No.
2016
-
15:
Statement of Cash Flows (Topic
230
), Classification of Certain Cash Receipts and Cash Payments. The main objective of this update is to reduce the diversity in practice in how certain cash receipts and cash payments are presented and classified in the statement of cash flows under Topic
230,
Statement of Cash Flows, and other Topics. This update addresses
eight
specific cash flow issues with the objective of reducing the existing diversity in practice. The
eight
cash flow updates relate to the following issues:
1
) debt prepayment or debt extinguishment costs;
2
) settlement of
zero
-coupon debt instruments or other debt instruments with coupon interest rates that are insignificant in relation to the effective interest rate of the borrowing;
3
) contingent consideration payments made after a business combination;
4
) proceeds from the settlement of insurance claims;
5
) proceeds from the settlement of corporate-owned life insurance policies, including bank-owned life insurance policies;
6
) distributions received from equity method investees;
7
) beneficial interest in securitization transactions; and
8
) separately identifiable cash flows and application of the predominance principle. The amendments in this update are effective for public business entities for fiscal years beginning after
December 15, 2017,
and interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company will continue to assess the impact this
may
have on its consolidated statement of cash flows.
 
The Company has evaluated all other recent accounting pronouncements and believes that
none
of them will have a significant effect on the Company's consolidated financial statements.