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INCOME TAX EXPENSE (RECOVERY) - Reconciliation of the combined Canadian federal and provincial statutory income tax rate to the effective tax rate (Details) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016
Reconciliation of average effective tax rate and applicable tax rate |  |
Combined statutory income tax rate (as a percent) | 26.50% | 26.50%
Increase (decrease) resulting from: |  |
Mining taxes (as a percent) | 5.00% | 4.40%
Resource allowance and depletion (as a percent) | 0.00% | 1.10%
Difference in foreign tax rates and foreign exchange on deferred income taxes within income tax expense (as a percent) | (19.10%) | 94.00%
Benefit of losses not recognized (as a percent) | 33.90% | (160.10%)
Recognition of tax attributes not previously benefited (as a percent) | (3.50%) | (44.00%)
Under (over) provided in prior periods (as a percent) | (8.90%) | (8.20%)
Income not subject to tax (as a percent) | (3.00%) | 109.20%
Effect of non-taxable impairment reversal (as a percent) | (17.60%) | 0.00%
Enacted rate change (as a percent) | 0.10% |
Accounting expenses disallowed for tax (as a percent) | 9.80% | (17.20%)
Taxes on repatriation of foreign earnings (as a percent) | 3.80% | (79.90%)
AMT Credit recovery due to U.S. Tax Reform (as a percent) | (29.70%) | 0.00%
Other (as a percent) | (2.80%) | (9.20%)
Effective tax rate (as a percent) | (5.50%) | (83.40%)

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- Definition The tax expense (income) divided by the accounting profit. [Refer: Accounting profit] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph c -Clause ii -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_81_c_ii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition Tax rate effects, in aggregate, on the reconciliation between the average effective tax rate and the applicable tax rate that the entity does not separately disclose in the reconciliation. [Refer: Average effective tax rate; Applicable tax rate] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph c -Clause ii -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_81_c_ii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The tax rate effect on the reconciliation between the average effective tax rate and the applicable tax rate resulting from a change in tax rate. [Refer: Average effective tax rate; Applicable tax rate] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 12 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 81 -Subparagraph c -Clause ii -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=12&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_81_c_ii&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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