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Income taxes (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Income Taxes [abstract]

Schedule of Components of Deferred Tax Liabilities

The Company’s net deferred tax liability relates to the Mexican mining royalty and arises principally from the following:

		September 30,				December 31,
		2018				2017
Property, plant and equipment		$	837			$	900
Other			25				-
Total deferred tax liabilities			862				900
Alternative minimum tax credits			626				626
Other			-				28
Total deferred tax assets			626				654
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	236			$	246

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The disclosure of types of temporary differences, unused tax losses and unused tax credits. [Refer: Unused tax credits [member]; Unused tax losses [member]; Temporary differences [member]]

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