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Note 10 - Other Income | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of other operating income [text block] | 10 Other income
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Government grant – Gold sale export incentive |  |  | 6,482 |  |  |  | 2,446 |  |  |  | 1,104 |
Eersteling rock dump sale |  |  | 217 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Greenstone Provident Fund pay-out |  |  | 363 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Other |  |  | 39 |  |  |  | 148 |  |  |  | 226 |
|  |  | 7,101 |  |  |  | 2,594 |  |  |  | 1,330 |
Government grant – Gold sale export incentive From May, 2016 the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe announced an export credit incentive on the gold proceeds received for all large scale gold mine producers. On January 1, 2018 the export credit incentive decreased from 3,5% to 2,5% and on February 1, 2018, increased to 10%. All incentives granted by the Zimbabwean government were included in other income when determined receivable. All receipts were received in Blanket Mine’s RTGS$ account. In the monetary policy statement issued on February 20, 2019 the RBZ announced the cancellation of the ECI. Eersteling rock dump sale On May 31, 2018 the Group entered into an agreement with SH Minerals to sell two Eersteling rock dumps. The two rock dumps were sold for ZAR 1 million ( $79 ) and ZAR 2 million ( $138 ) each and were fully received as at December 31, 2018. Greenstone Provident Fund pay-out The Greenstone Provident Fund (the “Fund”) was established with the aim to provide pension benefits to employees of mines previously owned by Caledonia Mining South Africa Proprietary Limited. A surplus remained in the Fund after all members were retrenched or terminated in 1997 when the mines were closed. The Financial Services Board in South Africa appointed a tribunal that liquidated the Fund and concluded that the surplus of ZAR 4,8 million ( $363 ) that remained in the Fund to be paid out to the former employer. On October 15, 2018 the surplus was paid out to Caledonia Mining South Africa Proprietary Limited.

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