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Note 8 - Production Costs (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of components for cost of sales [text block] |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Salaries and wages |  |  | 13,440 |  |  |  | 12,206 |  |  |  | 11,908 |
Cash-settled share-based payments (note 23.2) |  |  | 311 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Consumable materials |  |  | 18,617 |  |  |  | 16,291 |  |  |  | 14,479 |
Site restoration |  |  | 58 |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | - |
Pre-feasibility exploration cost |  |  | 410 |  |  |  | 408 |  |  |  | 380 |
Safety |  |  | 323 |  |  |  | 221 |  |  |  | 551 |
On mine administration |  |  | 3,004 |  |  |  | 2,898 |  |  |  | 2,701 |
Other production cost |  |  | 17 |  |  |  | 30 |  |  |  | - |
Total |  |  | 36,180 |  |  |  | 32,086 |  |  |  | 30,019 |

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