Pure Cycle Corporation Annual report pursuant to Section 13 and 15(d)

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Number of platted lots sold during the period.

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Area of land held.

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Capitalized costs of proved properties that include fee ownership or a lease, concession, or other interest representing the right to extract oil or gas subject to such terms as may be imposed by the conveyance of that interest.

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Fractional interest owned based on working interests or other economic arrangements of lease area on which wells have not been drilled or completed to a point that would permit the production of commercial quantities of oil and gas regardless of whether or not such area contains proved reserves.

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Cost of real estate projects incurred for projects for eventual sale or transfer (condominium or time share projects, vacation clubs).

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Amount before accumulated depletion of real estate held for productive use, excluding land held for sale.

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Amount before accumulated deprecation and depletion of real estate held for productive use and additions or improvements to real estate held for productive use, examples include, but are not limited to, walkways, driveways, fences, and parking lots. Excludes land held for sale.

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Carrying amount at the balance sheet date of mineral rights, or rights to extract a mineral from the earth or to receive payment in the form of a royalty for the extraction of minerals, net of amortization.

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