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Note 9 - Production Costs
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Statement Line Items [Line Items]  
Disclosure of cost of sales [text block]

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Production costs

 

  

2022

  

2021

  

2020

 
             

Salaries and wages*

  23,037   20,609   16,122 

Consumable materials – Operations*

  23,601   17,375   14,938 

Consumable materials – COVID-19

  311   297   824 

Electricity costs*

  9,634   10,407   8,312 

Safety

  998   774   708 

Cash-settled share-based expense (note 12.1(a))

  853   692   634 

On mine administration*

  2,736   1,806   1,304 

Security costs

  1,093   826   496 

Obsolete inventory (note 20)

  563   36   - 

Pre-feasibility exploration costs

  172   304   373 
   62,998   53,126   43,711 

 

 

 

* Gold work in progress included in the production cost amounts above were:

 

  

2022

  

2021

  

2020

 
             

Salaries and wages

  (151)  94   311 

Consumable materials – Operations

  (226)  87   580 

Electricity costs

  (43)  44   241 

On mine administration

  (26)  18   34 
   (446)  243   1,166 

 

The gold work in progress movement is negative in 2022 due to the high gold work in progress ounces at year end.