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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS  
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

NOTE 11 ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

The Company is responsible for the reclamation of certain past and future disturbances at its properties. The most significant properties subject to these obligations are the Gold Bar and Tonkin properties in Nevada, the Timmins properties in Canada and the El Gallo Project in Mexico.

A reconciliation of the Company’s asset retirement obligations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

    

September 30, 2021

    

December 31, 2020

    

Asset retirement obligation liability, beginning balance

$

34,000

$

32,201

Settlements

 

(2,138)

 

(267)

Accretion of liability

 

1,470

 

1,901

Revisions to estimates and discount rate

 

1,256

 

(54)

Foreign exchange revaluation

(8)

219

Asset retirement obligation liability, ending balance

$

34,580

$

34,000

Less current portion

4,894

3,232

Long-term portion

$

29,686

$

30,768

The Company’s reclamation expenses for the periods presented consisted of the following:

Three months ended September 30,

Nine months ended September 30,

    

2021

    

2020

2021

2020

Reclamation adjustment reflecting updated estimates

$

830

$

411

$

1,256

$

614

Reclamation accretion

479

475

1,470

1,389

Total

$

1,309

$

886

$

2,725

2,003