Exam 9: Intangible Assets, goodwill, mineral Resources, and Government Grants

Kryan Corp.mines and produces aluminum.During 2018,the company explored two new sites and evaluated them for aluminum ore potential.By the December 31,2018 year-end,both sites remained in the evaluation stage.During 2019,evaluation of site Apollo was completed and the site was deemed to have sufficient quantities of ore;consequently,development of the site began.However,site Braeden was determined to have ore concentrations too low to be commercially viable.The following is the cost of exploration and evaluation incurred on the two sites: Required: Record the journal entries in 2018 and 2019 relating to the exploration and evaluation costs using the successful efforts method.Assume that Kryan has a policy of capitalizing the costs of exploration and evaluation.

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