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STOCK BASED COMPENSATION (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
STOCK BASED COMPENSATION |
Summary of outstanding stock options activity |
|  | Year Ended December 31, 2017 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2016 |
|  | Number of Stock Options |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Number of Stock Options |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
Outstanding, beginning of year |  | 5,478,837 |  | C$ | 34.40 |  | 12,082,212 |  | C$ | 43.65 |
Granted |  | 2,018,140 |  |  | 56.57 |  | 2,160,075 |  |  | 36.65 |
Exercised |  | (1,538,729 | ) |  | 37.18 |  | (6,492,907 | ) |  | 38.48 |
Forfeited |  | (99,644 | ) |  | 42.09 |  | (141,038 | ) |  | 38.42 |
Expired |  | (1,100 | ) |  | 37.05 |  | (2,129,505 | ) |  | 76.46 |
Outstanding, end of year |  | 5,857,504 |  | C$ | 41.18 |  | 5,478,837 |  | C$ | 34.40 |
Options exercisable, end of year |  | 2,628,998 |  | C$ | 37.66 |  | 1,606,558 |  | C$ | 40.27 |
Summary of stock options outstanding and exercisable |
|  | Stock Options Outstanding |  | Stock Options Exercisable |
Range of Exercise Prices |  | Number Outstanding |  | Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |  | Number Exercisable |  |  | Weighted Average Exercise Price |
C$28.03 – C$38.15 |  | 3,638,052 |  | 2.30 years |  | C$ | 32.10 |  | 1,903,646 |  | C$ | 31.05 |
C$40.66 – C$66.57 |  | 2,219,452 |  | 3.52 years |  |  | 56.05 |  | 725,352 |  |  | 55.01 |
C$28.03 – C$66.57 |  | 5,857,504 |  | 2.76 years |  | C$ | 41.18 |  | 2,628,998 |  | C$ | 37.66 |
Summary of significant assumptions used to estimate the fair value |
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Risk-free interest rate |  | 1.15% |  | 0.89% |
Expected life of stock options (in years) |  | 2.3 |  | 2.5 |
Expected volatility of Agnico Eagle's share price |  | 45.0% |  | 45.0% |
Expected dividend yield |  | 1.09% |  | 1.33% |

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