Summary of Accounting Policies and Estimates and Judgements

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2019

Significant Accounting Policies [Text Block]

Summary of Accounting Policies and Estimates and Judgements

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with US GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Significant estimates and judgements have been made by Management in several areas including the accounting for the joint venture transaction and determination of the temporary and permanent non-controlling interest, the recoverability of mineral properties interests, royalty obligations, inventory valuation, asset retirement obligations, and derivative liability – warrants. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Adopted

(i)

February 2016, FASB issued ASC 842 that requires lessees to recognize lease assets and corresponding lease liabilities on the balance sheet for all leases with terms of more than 12 months. The update, which supersedes existing lease guidance, will continue to classify leases as either finance or operating, with the classification determining the pattern of expense recognition in the income statement.

The ASU was effective for annual and interim periods beginning January 1, 2019 and is applicable on a modified retrospective basis. The Company adopted the guidance effective January 1, 2019 and has applied the guidance on a modified retrospective basis. There was an immaterial impact on the financial statements from adoption of this guidance.

Not Yet Adopted

None