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MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2015

MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Schedule of impairment charges on mineral property

				Three months ended June 30,						Six months ended June 30,
Name of Property/Complex		Segment		2015			2014			2015			2014
				(in thousands)
Gold Bar Project		Nevada		$	19,686		$	—		$	19,686		$	—
Tonkin Project		Nevada		8,856			—			8,856			—
Los Azules Copper Project		Argentina		—			120,398			—			120,398
Total impairments				$	28,542		$	120,398		$	28,542		$	120,398

Schedule of reconciliation of asset retirement obligations

		Six months ended			Year ended
		June 30, 2015			December 31, 2014
		(in thousands)
Asset retirement obligation liability, beginning balance		$	7,471		$	7,247
Settlements		—			(52		)
Accretion of liability		232			407
Adjustment reflecting updated estimates		354			(131		)
Asset retirement obligation liability, ending balance		$	8,057		$	7,471

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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-Publisher FASB



-Name Accounting Standards Codification



-Topic 410



-SubTopic 30



-Section 50



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