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Mineral Property (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2019

Extractive Industries [Abstract]

Investment in mineral property

(in thousands)		September 30,				December 31,
		2019				2018
Exploration
Lik project (Alaska – US)		$	15,611			$	15,611
La Promesa (Peru)			6				6
Montana Royalty property (US)			-				40
Total exploration mineral property		$	15,617			$	15,657

Exploration expense

(in thousands)		Three months ended September 30,								Nine months ended September 30,
		2019				2018				2019				2018
Geologic and field expenses		$	794			$	322			$	1,621			$	619
Administrative			21				22				59				67
Total exploration costs		$	815			$	344			$	1,680			$	686

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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