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Mineral Properties (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Extractive Industries [Abstract]

Mineral property

(in thousands)		December 31,
		2020				2019
Exploration
Lik project (Alaska – US)		$	15,611			$	15,611
Gold Coin (Arizona – US)			17				-
La Promesa (Peru)			-				6
Total exploration mineral property		$	15,628			$	15,617

Exploration expense

		For the year ended December 31,
(in thousands)		2020				2019
Geologic and field expenses		$	326			$	1,726
Administrative			87				81
Total exploration expense		$	413			$	1,807

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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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