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11. RESTRICTED CASH AND INVESTMENTS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Restricted Cash And Investments Tables |
Restricted cash and investments |
|  |  |  | At December 31 |  | At December 31
(in thousands) |  |  |  | 2017 |  | 2016
Cash and cash equivalents |  |  | $ | 2,431 | $ | 277
Investments |  |  |  | 7,281 |  | 2,037
|  |  | $ | 9,712 | $ | 2,314
Restricted cash and investments-by item: |  |  |  |  |  |
Elliot Lake reclamation trust fund |  |  | $ | 2,431 | $ | 2,213
Letters of credit facility pledged assets |  |  |  | 7,174 |  | -
Letters of credit additional collateral |  |  |  | 107 |  | 101
|  |  | $ | 9,712 | $ | 2,314

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