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MINERAL PROPERTY INTEREST AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2016
MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS AND ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS |
Schedule of reconciliation of asset retirement obligations |
|  | Nine months ended September 30, 2016 |  | Year ended December 31, 2015 |
Asset retirement obligation liability, beginning balance |  | $ | 7,784 |  | $ | 7,471 |
Settlements |  |  | (41) |  |  | — |
Accretion of liability |  |  | 382 |  |  | 429 |
Adjustment reflecting updated estimates |  |  | — |  |  | (116) |
Asset retirement obligation liability, ending balance |  | $ | 8,125 |  | $ | 7,784 |

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