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Contributed Capital	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2013
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Contributed Capital	13. Contributed capital Contributed capital includes the impact of share-based awards. See Note 16 for further discussion. Also included in contributed capital is the grant date fair value of warrants issued in 2008 which expired on April 13, 2013.

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