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RESTRICTED CASH | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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RESTRICTED CASH [Text Block] | 5. RESTRICTED CASH At December 31, 2017, the Company classified $771,434 (2016 - $359,172) as restricted cash. This amount is comprised of $179,502 (2016 - $189,233) held as collateral for its corporate credit cards, $Nil (2016 - $65,706) held as a security deposit for the Company’s Haiti exploration program, and $591,932 (2016 – $104,233) cash held by wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Company whose full amount is for use and credit to the Company’s exploration venture partners in USA pursuant to expenditure requirements for ongoing option agreements.

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