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Exploration and Evaluation Assets | 12 Months Ended
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9. | EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS
Exploration and evaluation assets are comprised of acquisition costs for the following properties:
|  | December 31, 2019 |  |  | December 31, 2018 |
Castle Mountain |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 133,060 |
Aurizona |  |  | 13,750 |  |  |  | 13,750 |
Elk Gold |  |  | - |  |  |  | 5,000 |
Solaris |  |  | - |  |  |  | 19,899 |
|  | $ | 13,750 |  |  | $ | 171,709 |
In October 2019, the Board of Directors approved construction of Phase 1 at Castle Mountain. As a result, the Company transferred $133.1 million in Castle Mountain from exploration and evaluation assets to mineral properties (note 10).

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