8. LEASES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2023

Leases [Abstract]

Lease costs

The Company's lease costs recognized during the nine months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022 in the unaudited Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss consist of the following:

	For the three months ended				For the nine months ended
($ in thousands)	June 30, 2023		June 30, 2022		June 30, 2023		June 30, 2022
Operating lease cost (1)	$	62	$	194	$	221	$	250
Finance lease cost:
Depreciation expense of financed assets	$	37	$	94	$	156	$	284
Interest on lease obligations	$	20	$	9	$	30	$	30

(1) Included in general and administrative expenses

Other Lease Information

Other lease information is as follows:

	For the nine months ended
($ in thousands)	June 30, 2023		June 30, 2022
Cash paid for amounts included in    measurement of lease obligations:
Operating cash outflows from operating leases	$	240	$	237
Operating cash outflows from finance leases	$	30	$	237
Financing cash outflows from finance leases	$	249	$	448

Weighted-average Remaining Lease Terms

	June 30, 2023			September 30, 2022
Weighted-average remaining lease term -    operating leases	4.0 years			3.2 years
Weighted-average remaining lease term -    finance leases	2.1 years			1.5 years
Weighted-average discount rate - operating leases		5.40	%		4.50	%
Weighted-average discount rate - finance leases		5.50	%		5.50	%

Contractual Maturity of Lease Liability

The following is a schedule of the Company's lease liabilities by contractual maturity as of June 30, 2023:

($ in thousands) Fiscal Year	Operating Leases			Finance Leases
Remainder of Fiscal 2023	$	67		$	54
2024		214			134
2025		201			9
2026		204			—
2027		106			—
Thereafter		32			—
Gross lease liabilities		824			197
Less: imputed interest		(72	)		(6	)
Present value of lease liabilities	$	752		$	191
Less: Current portion of lease liabilities		(194	)		(168	)
Total lease liabilities, net of current portion	$	558		$	23