Montana mining co. (mmc) paid $200 million for the right to explore and extract rare metals from land owned by the state of montana. to obtain the rights, mmc agreed to restore the land to a suitable condition for other uses after its exploration and extraction activities. mmc incurred exploration and development costs of $60 million on the project. mmc has a credit-adjusted risk free interest rate is 7%. it estimates the possible cash flows for restoring the land, three years after its extraction activities begin, as follows: the asset retirement obligation (rounded) that should be recognized by mmc at the beginning of the extraction activities is:
1. $8.2 million.
2. $14.7 million.
3. $18 million.
4. $30 million.