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EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS |
Schedule of summary of the carrying costs of acquisition costs and exploration expenditures incurred to date for each exploration and evaluation asset | ​
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Newfoundland | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Queensway(i) | ​ | Other(ii) | ​ | Ontario(iii) | ​ | Total
Year ended December 31, 2021 |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $
Exploration and evaluation assets |  |  |  |  | ​ |  |  |
Balance as at December 31, 2020 | ​ | 685,930 |  | 13,100 | ​ | 300,204 |  | 999,234
Additions | ​ |  |  |  | ​ |  |  |
Acquisition costs | ​ | 7,444,306 |  | — | ​ | — |  | 7,444,306
Claim staking and license renewal costs | ​ | 106,530 |  | 4,600 | ​ | — |  | 111,130
Disposal of exploration and evaluation assets | ​ | (585) |  | — | ​ | — |  | (585)
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets | ​ | — |  | — | ​ | (28,604) |  | (28,604)
Balance as at December 31, 2021 | ​ | 8,236,181 |  | 17,700 | ​ | 271,600 |  | 8,525,481
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Exploration and evaluation expenditures | ​ |  |  |  | ​ |  |  |
Cumulative exploration expense – December 31, 2020 | ​ | 10,245,545 |  | 45,851 | ​ | 1,286,951 |  | 11,578,347
Assays | ​ | 5,611,068 |  | — | ​ | 53,447 |  | 5,664,515
Drilling | ​ | 19,102,621 |  | — | ​ | 277,748 |  | 19,380,369
Environmental studies | ​ | 395,015 | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | 395,015
Geophysics | ​ | 3,257,813 |  | — | ​ | 374,660 |  | 3,632,473
Imagery and mapping | ​ | 104,665 | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | 104,665
Office and general | ​ | 512,922 |  | — | ​ | 1,631 |  | 514,553
Property taxes, mining leases and rent | ​ | 59,997 |  | — | ​ | — |  | 59,997
Petrography | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | 7,996 | ​ | 7,996
Reclamation | ​ | 335,783 |  | — | ​ | 732 |  | 336,515
Salaries and consulting | ​ | 6,391,133 |  | 12,295 | ​ | 165,863 |  | 6,569,291
Supplies and equipment | ​ | 3,893,748 |  | 923 | ​ | 62,338 |  | 3,957,009
Technical reports | ​ | 854,541 | ​ | — | ​ | 22,479 | ​ | 877,020
Travel and accommodations | ​ | 742,796 |  | 577 | ​ | 18,641 |  | 762,014
Trenching | ​ | 9,860 |  | — | ​ | 77,715 |  | 87,575
Exploration cost recovery | ​ | (77,550) | ​ | — | ​ | — | ​ | (77,550)
​ | ​ | 41,194,412 |  | 13,795 | ​ | 1,063,250 |  | 42,271,457
Cumulative exploration expense – December 31, 2021 | ​ | 51,439,957 |  | 59,646 | ​ | 2,350,201 |  | 53,849,804
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3. | EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (continued)
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ |  | Newfoundland | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
​ | ​ | Queensway (i) | ​ | Other(ii) | ​ | Ontario(iii) | ​ | Total
Year ended December 31, 2020 |  | $ |  | $ |  | $ |  | $
Exploration and evaluation assets | ​ |  |  |  |  |  | ​ |
Balance as at December 31, 2019 | ​ | 658,700 | ​ | 16,500 |  | 425,516 | ​ | 1,100,716
Additions | ​ |  | ​ |  |  |  | ​ |
Acquisition costs | ​ | 75,000 | ​ | — |  | 25,000 | ​ | 100,000
Claim staking and license renewal costs | ​ | 37,230 | ​ | 2,100 |  | 3,600 | ​ | 42,930
Disposal of exploration and evaluation assets | ​ | (75,000) | ​ | (2,750) |  | — | ​ | (77,750)
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets | ​ | (10,000) | ​ | (2,750) |  | (153,912) | ​ | (166,662)
Balance as at December 31, 2020 | ​ | 685,930 | ​ | 13,100 |  | 300,204 | ​ | 999,234
​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​ | ​
Exploration and evaluation expenditures | ​ |  | ​ |  |  |  | ​ |
Cumulative exploration expense – December 31, 2019 | ​ | 2,633,775 | ​ | — |  | 837,133 | ​ | 3,470,908
Assays | ​ | 848,000 | ​ | 963 |  | 209,159 | ​ | 1,058,122
Drilling | ​ | 2,560,406 | ​ | — |  | — | ​ | 2,560,406
Geochemistry | ​ | — | ​ | — |  | 5,330 | ​ | 5,330
Geophysics | ​ | 838,235 | ​ | — |  | — | ​ | 838,235
Office and general | ​ | 47,130 | ​ | 499 |  | 714 | ​ | 48,343
Property taxes, mining leases and rent | ​ | 46,217 | ​ | — |  | 5,812 | ​ | 52,029
Reclamation | ​ | 163,598 | ​ | — |  | — | ​ | 163,598
Salaries and consulting | ​ | 1,801,863 | ​ | 37,870 |  | 115,985 | ​ | 1,955,718
Supplies and equipment | ​ | 879,816 | ​ | 6,470 |  | 80,803 | ​ | 967,089
Travel and accommodations | ​ | 225,550 | ​ | 49 |  | 150 | ​ | 225,749
Trenching | ​ | 231,635 | ​ | — |  | 31,865 | ​ | 263,500
Exploration cost recovery | ​ | (30,680) | ​ | — |  | — | ​ | (30,680)
​ | ​ | 7,611,770 | ​ | 45,851 |  | 449,818 | ​ | 8,107,439
Cumulative exploration expense – December 31, 2020 | ​ | 10,245,545 | ​ | 45,851 |  | 1,286,951 | ​ | 11,578,347
(i)Queensway Project – Gander, Newfoundland

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