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Financial instruments by category (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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Summary of Carrying Value and Fair Value of Financial Instruments | The following table provides the carrying value and the fair value of financial instruments at December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2016:
|  | December 31, 2017 |  |  |  |  | December 31, 2016 |
|  | Carrying amount |  |  | Fair value |  |  |  |  | Carrying amount |  |  | Fair value |
|  | $ |  |  | $ |  |  |  |  | $ |  |  | $ |
Financial Assets |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Available-for-sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities |  |  | 5,010 |  |  |  | 5,010 |  |  |  |  |  | 28,327 |  |  |  | 28,327 |
Loans and receivables |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | 479,501 |  |  |  | 479,501 |  |  |  |  |  | 883,171 |  |  |  | 883,171 |
Term deposit |  |  | 5,508 |  |  |  | 5,508 |  |  |  |  |  | 5,292 |  |  |  | 5,292 |
Restricted cash |  |  | 310 |  |  |  | 310 |  |  |  |  |  | 240 |  |  |  | 240 |
Accounts receivable and other |  |  | 33,627 |  |  |  | 33,627 |  |  |  |  |  | 32,159 |  |  |  | 32,159 |
Other assets |  |  | 17,517 |  |  |  | 17,517 |  |  |  |  |  | 1,810 |  |  |  | 1,810 |
Financial Liabilities at amortized cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |  |  | 110,651 |  |  |  | 110,651 |  |  |  |  |  | 90,705 |  |  |  | 90,705 |
Debt |  |  | 593,783 |  |  |  | 595,698 |  |  |  |  |  | 591,589 |  |  |  | 609,000 |

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- Definition The disclosure of information about the extent of possible differences between the carrying amount and fair value of: (a) investments in equity instruments that do not have a quoted market price in an active market (or derivatives linked to such equity instruments) that are measured at cost because their fair value cannot be measured reliably; and (b) contracts containing a discretionary participation feature if the fair value of that feature cannot be measured reliably. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 7 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 30 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=7&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_30&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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