Provisions and other liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of other provisions [abstract]

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19. Provisions and other liabilities

						2019						2018
		Restricted share units⁽ⁱ⁾		Deferred share units⁽ⁱ⁾		Environmental rehabilitation⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾		Lease liabilities⁽ⁱⁱⁱ⁾		Total		Restricted share units		Deferred share units		Total
		$		$		$		$		$		$		$		$
Balance - Beginning of period		32		3,462		-		-		3,494		4,343		3,325		7,668
	Acquisition of Barkerville (Note 7)	-		-		20,549		-		20,549		-		-		-
	Adoption of IFRS 16 (Note 4)	-		-		-		10,893		10,893		-		-		-
	New liabilities	11		416		-		-		427		1,906		1,323		3,229
	Accretion	-		-		89		-		89		-		-		-
	Settlement of liabilities	(45	)	(544	)	-		(766	)	(1,355	)	(2,618	)	(499	)	(3,117	)
	RSU to be settled in equity	-		-		-		-		-		(2,426	)	-		(2,426	)
	DSU to be settled in equity	-		(3,722	)	-		-		(3,722	)	-		-		-
	Revision of estimates	2		388		(111	)	-		279		(1,173	)	(687	)	(1,860	)
Balance - End of period		-		-		20,527		10,127		30,654		32		3,462		3,494
Current portion		-		-		493		796		1,289		32		3,462		3,494
Non-current portion		-		-		20,034		9,331		29,365		-		-		-
		-		-		20,527		10,127		30,654		32		3,462		3,494

(i) Additional information on the Deferred Share Units ("DSU") and Restricted Share Units ("RSU") are presented in Note 21.

(ii) The environmental rehabilitation provision represents the legal and contractual obligations associated with the eventual closure of the Company's mining interests, plant and equipment and exploration and evaluation assets. As at December 31, 2019, the estimated inflation-adjusted undiscounted cash flows required to settle the environmental rehabilitation amounts to $23.4 million. The weighted average actualization rate used is 4.2% and the disbursements are expected to be made between 2020 and 2024 as per the current closure plans.

(iii) The lease liabilities are described in Note 4.