PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [abstract]

Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [text block]

The Company’s property, plant and equipment as at December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	Property,		Assets under
	plant and equipment		construction		Total
Cost
At January 1, 2016	$	90,625	$	377,283	$	467,908
Decommissioning and restoration adjustment		726		-		726
Additions		585		213,397		213,982
At December 31, 2016		91,936		590,680		682,616
Decommissioning and restoration adjustment		2,979		-		2,979
Transfers		537,293		(537,293)		-
Additions*		75,191		(29,408)		45,783
At December 31, 2017	$	707,399	$	23,979	$	731,378
Accumulated depreciation
At January 1, 2016	$	(4,651)	$	-	$	(4,651)
Depreciation		(1,912)		-		(1,912)
At December 31, 2016		(6,563)		-		(6,563)
Depreciation and depletion		(62,157)		-		(62,157)
At December 31, 2017	$	(68,720)	$	-	$	(68,720)
Carrying amounts
At December 31, 2016	$	85,373	$	590,680	$	676,053
At December 31, 2017	$	638,679	$	23,979	$	662,658

*Included in the additions of assets under construction for the year ended December 31, 2017 is $10,168 (2016 - $34,750) of borrowing and other costs, and is net of $67,493 (2016 - $3,622) of pre-production sales. Amounts were transferred to their appropriate asset class upon the declaration of commercial production.