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Long-term debt | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
LONG-TERM DEBT |
Long-term debt | Long-term debt Long-term debt consists of the following:
| As at December 31 | As at December 31
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | 2021 | 2020
LONG-TERM DEBT |  |
Senior unsecured notes - due May 15, 2025 (a) | 97.1 |  | 96.3 |
Senior unsecured notes - due July 15, 2027 (b) | 393.9 |  | 392.9 |
Credit Facility (c) | — |  | — |
Total long-term debt | 491.0 |  | 489.2 |
(a) Senior Unsecured Notes – due May 15, 2025 As at December 31, 2021 the Company has $100.0 million of senior unsecured notes outstanding that mature and become due and payable on May 15, 2025 (the "2025 Unsecured Notes”). The 2025 Unsecured Notes are denominated in U.S. dollars and bear interest at the rate of 6.375% per annum. Interest is payable in arrears in equal semi-annual installments on May 15 and November 15 of each year. The 2025 Unsecured Notes are subject to a minimum interest coverage incurrence covenant of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment, and other non-cash adjustments to interest of 2:1. The test is applied on a pro-forma basis prior to the Company incurring additional debt, entering into business combinations or acquiring significant assets, or certain other corporate actions. There are no maintenance covenants. The 2025 Unsecured Notes are redeemable by the Company in whole or in part: •During the 12-month period beginning on May 15 of the years indicated at the redemption prices below, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the 2025 Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date.
Date | Redemption prices (%)
2021 | 103.19 |
2022 | 101.59 |
2023 and thereafter | 100.00 |
(b) Senior Unsecured Notes - due July 15, 2027 As at December 31, 2021 the Company has $400.0 million of senior unsecured notes outstanding that mature and become due and payable on July 15, 2027 (the "2027 Unsecured Notes"). The 2027 Unsecured Notes are denominated in U.S. dollars and bear interest at the rate of 7.50% per annum. Interest is payable in arrears in equal semi-annual installments on January 15 and July 15 of each year. The 2027 Unsecured Notes are subject to a minimum interest coverage incurrence covenant of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, impairment, and other non-cash adjustments to interest of 2:1. The test is applied on a pro-forma basis prior to the Company incurring additional debt, entering into business combinations or acquiring significant assets, or certain other corporate actions. There are no maintenance covenants. The 2027 Unsecured Notes are redeemable by the Company in whole or in part: •At any time prior to July 15, 2023 at a redemption price of 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the 2027 Unsecured Notes, plus a make-whole premium (consisting of the redemption price as described below, and future interest that would have been paid up to the first call date of July 15, 2023), plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date. •During the 12-month period beginning on July 15 of the years indicated at the redemption prices below, expressed as a percentage of the principal amount of the 2027 Unsecured Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to the redemption date:
Date | Redemption prices (%)
2023 | 103.75 |
2024 | 101.88 |
2025 and thereafter | 100.00 |
(c) Credit Facility In the fourth quarter of 2021, the Company entered into a third amended and restated credit agreement in respect of its revolving credit facility with a syndicate of financial institutions which extended the maturity date from October 2023 to December 2025 and modified the maximum borrowing limit from $350.0 to $400.0 million (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility contains various covenants customary for a loan facility of this nature, including limits on indebtedness, asset sales, and liens. The Credit Facility contains three covenant tests all of which are measured on a rolling four-quarter basis at the end of every quarter: •The minimum interest coverage ratio, being earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, amortization, exploration, impairment, and other non-cash adjustments (“Adjusted EBITDA”) to interest; •The maximum net debt to Adjusted EBITDA ratio (“Leverage Ratio”); and •The maximum gross secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA (“Secured Leverage Ratio”). Significant financial covenants are as follows:
| Twelve months ended December 31 | Twelve months ended December 31
Financial Covenant | 2021 | 2020
FINANCIAL COVENANTS |  |  |
Minimum interest coverage ratio (Adjusted EBITDA to interest) | >3.0:1.0 | 7.2 : 1 | 5.0 : 1
Maximum leverage ratio (net debt to Adjusted EBITDA) | <4.5:1.0 | 0.6 : 1 | 1.8 : 1
Maximum secured leverage ratio (secured debt to Adjusted EBITDA) | <2.0:1.0 | 0.1 : 1 | 0.3 : 1
The interest margin on drawings under the Credit Facility ranges from 1.25% to 3.75% over LIBOR, the Prime Rate or the Base Rate based on the Company’s Leverage Ratio, and the currency and type of credit selected by the Company. Based on the Company’s Leverage Ratio, the rate is 2.25% over LIBOR as at December 31, 2021 (December 31, 2020 – 3.00%). The standby fees on undrawn amounts under the Credit Facility range from 0.51% to 0.84%, depending on the Company’s Leverage Ratio. Based on the Company’s Leverage Ratio, the rate is 0.51% as at December 31, 2021 (December 31, 2020 – 0.68%). For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company had borrowe d $nil u nder the Credit Facility with $nil being drawn down. The Credit Facility has been used to issue letters of credit amounting to $24.1 million (December 31, 2020 - $46.0 million). Letters of credit relate to reclamation bonds, and other financial assurances required with various government agencies. The following is a summary of the changes in liabilities arising from financing activities for the year ended December 31, 2021:
| As at December 31, 2020 | Borrowings | Repayments | Fair Value changes | Interest & Accretion |  | As at December 31, 2021
Liabilities arising from financing activities |  |  |  |  |
Long-term debt | 489.2 | — |  | — |  | — |  | 1.8 |  | 491.0
Interest payable | 16.7 | — |  | (38.1) |  | — |  | 36.3 |  | 14.9 |
Gold stream obligation | 217.9 | — |  | (26.8) |  | 2.9 |  | — |  |  | 194.0
New Afton free cash flow interest obligation | 436.1 |  | — |  | (4.8) |  | 36.1 | — |  |  | 467.4 |
Total | 1,159.9 |  | — |  | (69.7) |  | 39.0 |  | 38.1 |  | 1,167.3 |

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