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Commitments | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disclosure Of Commitments [Abstract] |
Commitments | Commitments As at December 31, 2018, the Company had the following commitments (in addition to those disclosed elsewhere in these financial statements):
• | For payments of $7 million for capital spares, $4 million for mobile equipment and $1 million for the oxygen plant at the Fekola Mine, all of which is expected to be incurred in 2019.
• | For payments of $2 million for completion of the plant expansion at the Masbate Mine, all of which is expected to be incurred in 2019.
• | For payments of $7 million for the tailings storage facility at La Libertad Mine, all of which is expected to be incurred in 2019.

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