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RECEIVABLES AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS

12 Months Ended

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

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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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