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MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2019
MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS |
MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS | NOTE 4 MINERAL PROPERTY INTERESTS, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS The definition of proven and probable reserves is set forth in the SEC Industry Guide 7. If proven and probable reserves exist at the Company’s properties, the relevant capitalized mineral property interests and asset retirement costs are charged to expense based on the units of production method upon commencement of production. The Company’s Gold Bar, Black Fox and San José properties have proven and probable reserves compliant with SEC Industry Guide 7. The Company conducts a review of potential triggering events for impairment on all its mineral projects on a quarterly basis. When events or changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable, the Company carries out a review and evaluation of these assets for impairment, in accordance with its accounting policy. During the three months ended March 31, 2019, no such triggering events were identified with respect to the carrying values of the Company’s properties. The following table summarizes mineral property interests, plant and equipment and construction in progress at March 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018:
|  | March 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018 |
Mineral property interests |  | $ | 336,372 |  | $ | 326,086 |
Land |  |  | 8,708 |  |  | 8,699 |
Construction in progress |  |  | 2,508 |  |  | 74,643 |
Plant and equipment |  |  | 128,855 |  |  | 49,578 |
Subtotal |  | $ | 476,443 |  | $ | 459,006 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  |  | (40,784) |  |  | (35,127) |
Net carrying value |  | $ | 435,659 |  | $ | 423,879 |
As at March 31, 2019, $1.4 million of capitalized interest in plant and equipment related to the Gold Bar mine (December 31, 2018 – $0.8 million). During the three months ended March 31, 2019, first production occurred at the Gold Bar mine and costs were transferred out of construction-in-progress into the appropriate category of plant and equipment and amortized.

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