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INVESTMENTS
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
INVESTMENTS  
INVESTMENTS

NOTE 5 INVESTMENTS

The Company’s investment portfolio consisted of marketable equity securities and warrants of certain publicly-traded companies.

The following is a summary of the activity in investments for the years ended December 31, 2022 and 2021:

As at

Additions/

Disposals/

Unrealized

Fair value

December 31,

transfers during

Net gain (loss) on

transfers during

loss on

December 31,

    

2021

    

period

    

securities sold

    

year

    

securities held

    

2022

Marketable equity securities

$

1,644

$

$

$

$

(511)

$

1,133

Warrants

 

162

 

 

 

 

 

162

Investments

$

1,806

$

$

$

$

(511)

$

1,295

As at

Additions/

Disposals/

Unrealized

Fair value

December 31,

transfers during

Net gain (loss) on

transfers during

gain on

December 31,

    

2020

    

period

    

securities sold

year

securities held

2021

Marketable equity securities

$

$

1,616

$

$

$

28

$

1,644

Warrants

 

162

162

Investments

$

$

1,778

$

$

$

28

$

1,806

On June 23, 2021, the Company closed the sale of two projects in Nevada, Limousine Butte and Cedar Wash, with Nevgold Corp. (“Nevgold”, formerly Silver Mountain Mines Inc.). In addition to $0.5 million of cash received as part of the consideration, the Company received 4,963,455 common shares and 2,481,727 warrants of Nevgold. The warrants have an exercise price of $0.60 per share and are exercisable until June 23, 2023. The common shares trade on the TSX Venture Exchange.

During the years ended December 31, 2022, 2021 and 2020, the Company sold marketable equity securities for proceeds of $nil, $nil and $1.3 million, respectively.