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RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS |
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | NOTE 6 RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Receivables and other current assets as at December 31, 2019 and 2018 consisted of the following: ​
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​ |  | December 31, 2019 |  | December 31, 2018
Government sales tax receivable | ​ | $ | 2,658 | ​ | $ | 2,079
Other current assets | ​ | ​ | 2,607 | ​ | ​ | 1,686
Receivables and other current assets | ​ | $ | 5,265 | ​ | $ | 3,765
​ Government sales tax receivable includes $0.7 million of Mexican VAT at December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018 – $1.1 million). The Company collected $2.2 million of VAT during the year ended December 31, 2019 (December 31, 2018 and 2017 – $8.3 million and $5.9 million, respectively).

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