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Note 22 - Eersteling
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Statement Line Items [Line Items]  
Disclosure of non-current assets or disposal groups classified as held for sale [text block]
22
Eersteling
 
22.1
Sale of subsidiary
 
 
On
May 31, 2018
the Group entered into an amended share sale agreement with SH Mineral Investments Proprietary Limited (“SH Minerals”) to sell the shares and claims of Eersteling Gold Mining Company Limited (“Eersteling”), a South African subsidiary previously consolidated as part of the Group, that has been on care and maintenance since
1997.
The amended share sale agreement allowed for a purchase price of
$3
million which would be settled by
three
payments of
$1
million payable on the completion date,
12
and
18
months after the completion date. On
January 31, 2019
all suspensive conditions for the sale were met and the Group transferred the registered and beneficial ownership of Eersteling to SH Minerals. During
2019,
$1
million was received and
$901
was received post year end as payment towards the purchase price.
 
Details of the disposal are as follows:
 
Carrying amounts of net assets over which control was lost:   2019  
Non-current assets        
Property, plant and equipment    
227
 
         
Current assets        
Trade and other receivables    
84
 
Total assets    
311
 
         
Non-current liabilities        
Rehabilitation provision    
650
 
         
Current liabilities        
Trade and other payables    
8
 
Total liabilities    
658
 
         
Consideration receivable:        
Cash received    
1,000
 
Deferred consideration (at January 31, 2019)    
1,953
 
Total consideration    
2,953
 
         
Profit on sale of subsidiary:        
Net liabilities derecognised    
347
 
Cumulative exchange differences in respect of the net liabilities of the subsidiary reclassified from equity on loss of control of subsidiary    
2,109
 
Fair value of consideration receivable (at January 31, 2019)    
2,953
 
Profit on sale of subsidiary    
5,409
 
 
 
At the date of approval of these financial statements
$1,000
remained outstanding from SH Minerals and is expected to be received in
July
of
2020
and a further
$99
remains outstanding from SH Minerals from the amount payable in
January 2020
and is expected to be received shortly.
 
22.2
Disposal group held for sale
 
As at
December 31, 2018,
management concluded that the Eersteling disposal group will be recovered principally through a sale transaction rather than through continuing use and that the sale of Eersteling had become highly probable as
one
of the
two
suspensive conditions in the new share sale agreement had been met.
 
As at
December 31, 2018
the disposal group held for sale was stated at its carrying amount.
 
    2019     2018  
Non-current assets                
Property, plant, and equipment    
-
     
214
 
                 
Current assets                
Trade and other receivables    
-
     
80
 
Cash and cash equivalents    
-
     
2
 
Assets held for sale    
-
     
296
 
                 
Non-current liabilities                
Rehabilitation provision    
-
     
602
 
                 
Current liabilities                
Trade and other payables    
-
     
7
 
Liabilities associated with assets held for sale    
-
     
609