Note 22: Income taxes

Income tax recovery provision

The reconciliation of the income tax recovery computed at statutory rates to the reported income tax recovery is:

					Years ended December 31
		2023			2022			2021
(Earnings) Loss before income taxes	$	17,502		$	(24,721	)	$	20,625
Canadian federal and provincial income tax rates		27%			27%			27%
Expected income tax expense (recovery)		(4,725	)		6,675			(5,569	)
Increase (decrease) in income tax recovery resulting from:
Share-based compensation		432			448			552
Share issuance costs		(246	)		(37	)		(60	)
Adjustment to tax estimates		934			114			1,170
Amortization of flow-through share premium		(903	)		(844	)		(1,220	)
Flow-through expenditures renunciation		1,995			1,934			2,856
Difference in future and foreign tax rates		42			81			(172	)
Sale of Homestake Resource Corporation		-			(3,021	)		-
Other		503			497			(2,948	)
Increase (decrease) in unrecognized tax asset		1,679			(6,034	)		1,556
Income tax expense (recovery)	$	(289	)	$	(187	)	$	(3,835	)

Significant components of deferred tax asset and liabilities are:

		December 31 2022			Net loss			December 31 2023
Deferred income tax assets
Non-capital losses carried forward	$	13,635		$	557		$	14,192
Capital losses carried forward		73			(18	)		55
Share issuance costs and CEC		317			39			356
Investments		22			76			98
Investments in associates		633			839			1,472
Site reclamation obligations		1,145			61			1,206
Property and equipment		427			52			479
Mineral property interests		4,973			30			5,003
Capital lease obligation		104			(43	)		61
		21,329			1,594			22,923
Deferred income tax liabilities
Property and equipment		(53	)		29			(24	)
Mineral property interests		(545	)		28			(517	)
Investments		(28	)		28			-
Net deferred tax assets		20,702			1,679			22,381
Unrecognized deferred tax assets		(20,702	)		(1,679	)		(22,381	)
Net deferred tax balance	$	-		$	-		$	-

		December 31 2021			Net loss			December 31 2022
Deferred income tax assets
Non-capital losses carried forward	$	21,032		$	(7,397	)	$	13,635
Capital losses carried forward		183			(110	)		73
Share issuance costs and CEC		552			(235	)		317
Investments		18			4			22
Investments in associates		-			633			633
Site reclamation obligations		1,121			24			1,145
Property and equipment		376			51			427
Mineral property interests		5,001			(28	)		4,973
Capital lease obligation		124			(20	)		104
Other		63			(63	)		-
		28,470			(7,141	)		21,329
Deferred income tax liabilities
Property and equipment		(86	)		33			(53	)
Mineral property interests		(1,606	)		1,061			(545	)
Investments		(42	)		14			(28	)
Net deferred tax assets		26,736			(6,034	)		20,702
Unrecognized deferred tax assets		(26,736	)		6,034			(20,702	)
Net deferred tax balance	$	-		$	-		$	-

		December 31 2020			Net loss			December 31 2021
Deferred income tax assets
Non-capital losses carried forward	$	19,846		$	1,186			21,032
Capital losses carried forward		82			101			183
Share issuance costs and CEC		833			(281	)		552
Investments		44			(26	)		18
Site reclamation obligations		1,137			(16	)		1,121
Property and equipment		312			64			376
Mineral property interests		3,985			1,016			5,001
Capital lease obligation		66			58			124
Other		-			63			63
		26,305			2,165			28,470
Deferred income tax liabilities
Property and equipment		(52	)		(34	)		(86	)
Mineral property interests		(877	)		(729	)		(1,606	)
Investments		(196	)		154			(42	)
Net deferred tax assets		25,180			1,556			26,736
Unrecognized deferred tax assets		(25,180	)		(1,556	)		(26,736	)
Net deferred tax balance	$	-		$	-		$	-

The Company has accumulated non-capital tax losses of approximately $54,073 (December 31, 2022 - $51,335, December 31, 2021 - $79,718) in Canada, which may be carried forward to reduce taxable income of future years. The non-capital tax losses will, if unused, expire between 2025 and 2043. The Company has not recognized any deferred tax assets at December 31, 2023, in respect of these non-capital losses due to the uncertainty that future operations will generate sufficient taxable income to utilize these non-capital losses.

The Company has $111 accumulated tax capital losses (December 31, 2022 - $247, December 31, 2021 - $1,312) in Canada which may be carried forward indefinitely and used to reduce capital gains in future years.