---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001558370-24-000245"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MSB"
cik: "0000065172"
company_name: "MESABI TRUST"
filed_at: "2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T00:13:08.416647+00:00"
event_type: "dividend"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mesabi Trust declares $0.37 per unit distribution, resuming from zero last year

## Summary
- Distribution of $0.37 per unit payable Feb 20, 2024 to holders of record Jan 30, 2024.
- No distribution was declared for the same period last year.
- Resumption driven by Northshore mine restart in April 2023 and $5.67M royalty payment in Oct 2023 vs $0 in Oct 2022.
- Trustees cite uncertainties including Cliffs' swing operation plans and pending arbitration costs.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001558370-24-000245
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MSB
- cik: 0000065172
- company_name: MESABI TRUST
- filed_at: 2024-01-12T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: dividend
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65172/000155837024000245/0001558370-24-000245-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65172/000155837024000245/msb-20240112x8k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-000245
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-000245.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001558370-24-000245.txt

## Key facts
- Earnings Releases
  MESABI TRUST reported same period last year results: EPS thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per Unit.
  - Period: same period last year
  - EPS: thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per Unit
  - Result: preliminary results
  source text: The Trustees of Mesabi Trust declared a distribution of thirty-seven cents ($0.37) per Unit of Beneficial Interest payable on February 20, 2024 to Mesabi Trust Unitholders of record at the close of business on January 30, 2024. This compares to no distribution declared for the same period last year.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/65172/000155837024000245/0001558370-24-000245-index.htm

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