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RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2019
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS |
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | NOTE 5 RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS The following is a breakdown of balances in receivables and other current assets as at September 30, 2019 and December 31, 2018: ​
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​ |  | September 30, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Government sales tax receivable | ​ | $ | 2,457 | ​ | $ | 2,079
Marketable equity securities receivable | ​ | ​ | 939 | ​ | ​ | —
Other current assets | ​ | ​ | 2,872 | ​ | ​ | 1,686
Receivables and other current assets | ​ | $ | 6,268 | ​ | $ | 3,765
​ Government sales tax receivable includes $1.2 million of Mexican value added tax (“VAT”) at September 30, 2019 (December 31, 2018 – $1.1 million). The Company collected $1.3 million of VAT during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 (September 30, 2018 – $6.1 million).

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