MESABI TRUST
For the period ended Oct 31, 2025. Filed Dec 12, 2025.
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Oct 31, 2025 · Filed Dec 12, 2025
What changed in Risk Factors?
Read the current filingPrevious report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-07-31; filed 2025-09-15.
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Item 1A. Risk FactorsCurrent report: 10-Q
Period ended 2025-10-31; filed 2025-12-12.
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Item 1A. Risk FactorsThe baseline is this issuer’s latest earlier reporting period of the same form that was filed before the current report. A previous 10-Q is a different quarter, not a year-over-year comparison. Amendments are excluded.
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Current report
Limited bona fide third-party sales transactions of iron ore products (processed at Northshore using Mesabi Trust iron ore) by Cliffs at prices below the annual bonus royalty threshold price could reduce or even eliminate bonus royalties historically paid to the Trust.
Current report
Since 2005, the Trust has consistently been paid bonus royalties by the mine operator pursuant to the Royalty Agreement. The Trust recognizes bonus royalties on a quarterly basis, based on the volume of shipments for each fiscal quarter at the actual royalty percentage for those shipments and based on the anticipated prices for iron ore products sold by Cliffs in bona-fide third-party transactions. The Trust is paid royalty bonuses when iron ore products shipped are sold at anticipated prices above a bonus threshold price per ton, which is calculated annually. The royalty bonus is based on a percentage of the gross proceeds of all iron ore product shipped that quarter. The royalty bonus percentage ranges from 1/2 of one percent of the gross proceeds (on all tons of iron ore shipped for sale at prices between the threshold price and $2.00 above the threshold price) to 3% of the gross proceeds (on all tonnage shipped for sale at prices $10 or more above the threshold price). The threshold price is adjusted annually for inflation and is $69.41 per ton for calendar year 2025. Although 98.3% of all the iron ore products shipped from Silver Bay during calendar 2024 were sold at prices higher than the 2024 adjusted threshold price, the Trustees are unable to project whether Cliffs will continue to sell iron ore products at prices above the applicable adjusted threshold price, entitling the Trust to any future bonus royalty payments. Limited third-party customer sale transactions of iron ore products produced with iron ore mined from Mesabi Lands at prices below the adjusted threshold price could lead to uncertainty under the Royalty Agreement regarding the calculation of bonus royalties, which in turn could result in potential disputes regarding the amount of bonus royalties owed to the Trust. Furthermore, such developments could potentially reduce or even eliminate bonus royalties payable to the Trust during a particular quarter or year.
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Previous wording
There have been no material changes in the Trust’s risk factors as described in “Risk Factors” set forth on pages 4 through 19 of Mesabi Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 (filed April 24, 2025).
Current wording
The following Risk Factor supplements the Trust’s Risk Factors as described in “Risk Factors” as set forth in pages 4 to 19 of Mesabi Trust’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2025 (filed April 24, 2025).