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Note 11 - Sale of Blanket Mine Treasury Bills | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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11 |  | Sale of Blanket Mine treasury bills
On May 16, 2016 the Company announced that Blanket Mine had sold treasury bills (“Bills”) issued by the Government of Zimbabwe for a gross value of approximately $3,202. The Bills were issued to Blanket in 2015 which replaced the Special Tradeable Gold Bonds (“Bonds”) which were issued to Blanket in 2009 as part consideration for gold sales that were made by Blanket in 2008 under the terms of the sales mechanism that existed at that time for Zimbabwean gold producers. The Bonds were carried at a fair value of nil in previous years.

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