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Note 20 - Inventories | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of inventories [text block] |
20 | Inventories
|  | 2021 |  |  | 2020 |
Consumable stores |  |  | 21,516 |  |  |  | 16,543 |
Gold in progress |  |  | 243 |  |  |  | 1,166 |
Provision for obsolete stock |  |  | (947 | ) |  |  | (911 | )
|  |  | 20,812 |  |  |  | 16,798 |
Consumable stores at December 31, 2021 from December 31, 2020 increased due to increases to safety stock accumulated during 2021. Additional safety stock were purchased due to potential supply line disruptions in South Africa as a result of the riots and looting that occurred in 2021.

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