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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
INVESTMENTS |
INVESTMENTS | NOTE 3 INVESTMENTS The Company’s investment portfolio consists of marketable equity securities and warrants of certain publicly-traded companies. The Company classifies the marketable equity securities as available-for-sale securities, which are recorded at fair value based upon quoted market prices. The warrants are recorded at fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The following is a summary of the balances as of December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  | Statement of |  |  |
|  | Opening |  | Additions |  | Disposals |  | Comprehensive |  | Operations |  | Fair Value
|  | balance |  | during |  | during |  | Income (Loss) |  | (Loss) |  | end of the
As of December 31, 2016 |  | (January 1) |  | year |  | year |  | (pre-tax) |  | Income |  | year
Marketable equity securities |  | $ | 1,032 |  | $ | 4,004 |  | $ | (470) |  | $ | 3,043 |  | $ | (860) |  | $ | 6,749
Warrants |  |  | — |  |  | 415 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 1,379 |  |  | 1,794
Investments |  | $ | 1,032 |  | $ | 4,419 |  | $ | (470) |  | $ | 3,043 |  | $ | 519 |  | $ | 8,543
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | Other |  | Statement of |  |  |
|  | Opening |  | Additions |  | Disposals |  | Comprehensive |  | Operations |  | Fair Value
|  | balance |  | during |  | during |  | Income (Loss) |  | (Loss) |  | end of the
As of December 31, 2015 |  | (January 1) |  | period |  | period |  | (pre-tax) |  | Income |  | period
Marketable equity securities |  | $ | 1,082 |  | $ | 1,114 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,164) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,032
Warrants |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | —
Investments |  | $ | 1,082 |  | $ | 1,114 |  | $ | — |  | $ | (1,164) |  | $ | — |  | $ | 1,032
As of December 31, 2016, the cost of the marketable equity securities and warrants was approximately $4.9 million (December 31, 2015 - $1.9 million). On May 13, 2016, the Company participated in a private placement with Golden Predator Mining Corp. (“Golden Predator”) under which it acquired 3,125,000 units, each unit consisting of one common share and one common share purchase warrant (“warrant”), for a total cost of $0.4 million. Using proportional allocation, the Company allocated $0.2 million as the cost base for each of the common shares and warrants. Subsequently, on July 21, 2016, the Company participated in another private placement with Golden Predator under which it acquired an additional 1,500,000 units, each unit consisting of one common share and one-half of one warrant, for a total cost of $0.9 million. Using proportional allocation, the Company allocated $0.7 million as the cost base to the common shares and $0.2 million to the warrants. The Company’s warrant holdings meet the definition of derivative instruments, and as a result, unrealized gains or losses arising from their revaluation are recorded in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded an unrealized gain of $1.4 million (December 31, 2015 and 2014 – $nil, respectively). The gains and losses for available-for-sale securities are not reported in Net Income (Loss) of the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss) until the securities are sold or if there is an other-than-temporary decline in fair value below cost. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company recorded a gain, net of tax, in other comprehensive income, of $1.6 million. The gain was recorded in accumulated other comprehensive income and is reported as a separate line item in the shareholders' equity section of the balance sheet. In the comparable period ending December 31, 2015, the Company recorded a loss, net of tax, in other comprehensive income, of $0.9 million. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company sold marketable equity securities for proceeds of $0.5 million. The Company realized a gain of $0.1 million, which is included in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss). The Company did not sell any marketable equity securities during the years ended December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014. During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company reviewed its investment portfolio to determine if any security was other-than-temporarily impaired (“OTTI”). An OTTI security would require the Company to record an impairment charge in the Statement of Operations and Consolidated Income (Loss) in the period any such determination is made. In making this judgment, the Company evaluated, among other things, the duration and extent to which the fair value of a security was less than its cost; the financial condition of the issuer and any changes thereto; and the Company’s intent to sell, or whether it will more likely than not be required to sell, the security before recovery of its amortized cost basis. From this assessment, the Company concluded that the fair value of certain marketable equity securities exhibited a prolonged decline in share price due to deterioration of the issuer’s results; therefore, the decline in these marketable equity securities was considered OTTI. Accordingly, the Company recognized an impairment loss of $0.9 million in the Consolidated Statement of Operations and Comprehensive Income (Loss), for the year ended December 31, 2016. In the comparable periods ending December 31, 2015 and 2014, the Company recorded no impairment loss.

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