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Exploration and Evaluation Costs

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Note 14: Exploration and evaluation costs

For the years ended December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Company’s exploration and evaluation costs were as follows:

	Quebec		Nunavut		British Columbia		Total		Peru^(a)
Assaying	$	2,502	$	264	$	21	$	2,787	$	-
Exploration drilling^(b)		3,448		601		125		4,174		-
Camp cost, equipment and field supplies		1,280		377		124		1,781		-
Geological consulting services		481		312		3		796		-
Geophysical analysis		185		-		-		185		-
Permit, environment, and social		186		184		53		423		-
Expediting and mobilization		79		170		6		255		-
Salaries and wages		1,921		458		100		2,479		-
Fuel and consumables		462		30		-		492		-
Aircraft and travel		429		1,079		2		1,510		-
Share-based compensation		346		88		39		473		-
Total for the year ended December 31, 2021	$	11,319	$	3,563	$	473	$	15,355	$	-

	Quebec		Nunavut		British Columbia		Total		Peru^(a)
Assaying	$	83	$	118	$	27	$	228	$	16
Exploration drilling		599		28		-		627		-
Camp cost, equipment and field supplies		163		245		28		436		340
Geological consulting services		124		2		194		320		291
Geophysical analysis		110		-		-		110		46
Permitting, environmental and community costs		-		54		69		123		1,372
Expediting and mobilization		-		5		-		5		10
Salaries and wages		506		369		116		991		543
Fuel and consumables		190		-		-		190		9
Aircraft and travel		98		-		2		100		53
Share-based compensation		383		116		29		528		212
Total for the year ended December 31, 2020	$	2,256	$	937	$	465	$	3,658	$	2,892

^(a)	Peruvian operations were spun out to the Spincos as part of the Eastmain October 2020 Transaction on October 9, 2020 and are disclosed as discontinued operations in the consolidated statements of loss and comprehensive loss and consolidated statements of cash flows (note 6).
^(b)	Exploration drilling expense incurred at the Homestake Ridge project comprised of the expensing of a drilling contract deposit of $125.