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TERM FACILITY
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
13. TERM FACILITY

13.

TERM FACILITY

 

 

 

In July 2015, the Company entered into a ten million dollar term facility with Samsung C&T U.K. Limited (“Samsung”). Interest is charged on the facility at a rate of US dollar LIBOR (3 month) plus 4.75%. The agreement was later amended in 2018 to extend the repayment period and modify the monthly payments. Other material terms of the facility remained unchanged. The Company paid the remaining balance in monthly instalments of $278 ending September 2021. The Company is committed to selling Avino Mine concentrate on an exclusive basis to Samsung until December 31, 2024.

 

The facility is secured by the concentrates produced under the agreement and by 33% of the common shares of the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Compañía Minera Mexicana de Avino, S.A. de C.V.. The facility with Samsung relates to the sale of concentrates produced from the Avino Mine only.

 

The continuity of the term facility with Samsung for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the year ended December 31, 2020, is as follows:

  

 

 

December 31,

 

 

December 31,

 

 

 

2021

 

 

2020

 

Balance at beginning of the period

 

$2,513

 

 

$5,897

 

Repayments

 

 

(2,500)

 

 

(3,333)

Unwinding of fair value adjustment

 

 

(13)

 

 

(51)

Balance at end of the period

 

 

-

 

 

 

2,513

 

Less: Current portion

 

 

-

 

 

 

(2,513)

Non-current portion

 

$-

 

 

$-