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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS AND RESTRICTED CASH | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
Asset Retirement Obligations and Restricted Cash | ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS AND RESTRICTED CASH The following table summarizes the Company’s asset retirement obligations:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Asset retirement obligation, beginning of period | $ | 8,573 |  |  | $ | 5,683 |
Revision of estimate | 71 |  |  | 877 |
Acquired in asset acquisitions or business combinations | 5,454 |  |  | 2,145 |
Accretion of liabilities | 526 |  |  | 494 |
Settlements | (1,375 | ) |  | (626 | )
Asset retirement obligation, end of period | $ | 13,249 |  |  | $ | 8,573 |
Asset retirement obligation: |  |  |
Current | $ | 360 |  |  | $ | 1,000 |
Non-current | 12,889 |  |  | 7,573 |
Asset retirement obligation, end of period | $ | 13,249 |  |  | $ | 8,573 |
Revision of estimates is as a result of a change in estimates of the amount or timing of cash flows to settle asset retirement obligations. Changes to the asset retirement obligations are recorded in profit and loss. The asset retirement obligations of the Company are subject to legal and regulatory requirements. Estimates of the costs of reclamation are reviewed periodically by the Company and the applicable regulatory authorities. The above provision represents the Company’s best estimate of the present value of future reclamation costs, discounted using credit adjusted risk-free interest rates ranging from 9.5% to 11.5% and an inflation rate of 2.0% (December 31, 2015 – 2.0%). The total undiscounted decommissioning liability at September 30, 2016 is $41.54 million (December 31, 2015 - $32.30 million). Reclamation costs are expected to be incurred between 2016 and 2038 in the following manner: 2016 – 2020 - $5.19 million, 2021 – 2025 - $9.41 million, 2026 – 2030 - $2.69 million, 2031 – 2035 - $8.17 million, 2036 – 2038 - $16.08 million. The following table summarizes the Company’s restricted cash:
| September 30, 2016 |  | December 31, 2015
Restricted cash, beginning of period | $ | 12,980 |  |  | $ | 16,148 |
Restricted cash from acquisitions | 4,478 |  |  | 2,100 |
Refunds of collateral | — |  |  | (5,268 | )
Additional collateral posted | 4,115 |  |  | — |
Restricted cash, end of period | $ | 21,573 |  |  | $ | 12,980 |
The Company has cash, cash equivalents and fixed income securities as collateral for various bonds posted in favor of the State of Utah, the State of Wyoming, the applicable state regulatory agencies in Colorado and Arizona and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for estimated reclamation costs associated with the White Mesa Mill, Nichols Ranch, Alta Mesa and mining properties. Cash equivalents are short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less. The restricted cash will be released when the Company has reclaimed a mineral property or restructured the surety and collateral arrangements. See Note 11 for a discussion of the Company’s surety bond commitments.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7569-110849 + Details
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