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RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS |
RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | NOTE 7 RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS Receivables and other current assets as at December 31, 2020 and 2019 consisted of the following: ​
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​ |  | December 31, 2020 |  | December 31, 2019
Government sales tax receivable | ​ | $ | 1,810 | ​ | $ | 2,658
Prepaids and other assets | ​ | ​ | 3,880 | ​ | ​ | 2,607
Receivables and other current assets | ​ | $ | 5,690 | ​ | $ | 5,265
​ Government sales tax receivable includes $0.9 million of Mexican VAT at December 31, 2020 (December 31, 2019 – $0.7 million). The Company collected $1.4 million of VAT during the year ended December 31, 2020 (December 31, 2019 and 2018 – $2.2 million and $8.3 million, respectively). Prepaids and other assets primarily contains $2.2 million in prepaid insurance and $1.1 million property holding and other miscellaneous deposits (December 31, 2019 – $0.7 and $1.4 million respectively). ​

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