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PLANT EQUIPMENT AND MINING PROPERTIES

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2023

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PLANT, EQUIPMENT AND MINING PROPERTIES

	Mining properties		Office equipment, furniture, and fixtures			Computer equipment			Mine machinery and transportation equipment			Mill machinery and processing equipment			Buildings and construction in process		Total
	$		$			$			$			$			$		$
COST
Balance at January 1, 2022		13,038		595			335			14,240			18,613			11,778		58,599
Additions / Transfers		1,649		185			441			2,383			4,781			2,907		12,346
Writedowns Effect of movements in										(1,692	)		(100	)		-		(1,792	)
Effect of movements in exchange rates		-		(17	)		(2	)		(1	)		-			8		(12	)
Balance at December 31, 2022		14,687		763			774			14,930			23,294			14,693		69,141
Additions / Transfers		698		46			12			1,998			2,429			62		5,245
Effect of movements in exchange rates		-		-			-			-			-			4		4
Balance at March 31, 2023		15,385		809			786			16,928			25,723			14,759		74,390

ACCUMULATED DEPLETION AND DEPRECIATION
Balance at January 1, 2022		8,856		294			267			4,944			6,667			1,896		22,924
Additions / Transfers		250		147			331			1,616			146			1,133		3,623
Effect of movements in exchange rates		-		-			-			(1,382	)		(80	)		-		(1,462	)
Balance at December 31, 2022		9,106		441			598			5,178			6,733			3,029		25,085
Additions / Transfers		85		29			14			24			475			70		697
Effect of movements in exchange rates		-		-			-			-			-			-		-
Balance at March 31, 2023		9,191		470			612			5,202			7,208			3,099		25,782

NET BOOK VALUE
At March 31, 2023		6,194		339			174			11,726			18,515			11,660		48,608
At December 31, 2022		5,581		322			176			9,752			16,561			11,664		44,056
At January 1, 2022		4,182		301			68			9,296			11,946			9,882		35,675

Included in Buildings above are assets under construction of $3,966 as at March 31, 2023 (December 31, 2022 - $3,817) on which no depreciation was charged in the periods then ended. Once the assets are available for use, they will be transferred to the appropriate class of plant, equipment and mining properties.

As at March 31, 2023, plant, equipment and mining properties included a net carrying amount of $4,507 (December 31, 2022 - $2,417) for mining equipment and right of use assets under finance lease and equipment loan.