Mineral property, plant and equipment

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2022

Mineral Property Plant And Equipment

Mineral property, plant and equipment

8. Mineral property, plant and equipment

	Construction in progress(1)			Processing plant and related infrastructure		Machinery and equipment			Other			Total
Cost
As at September 1, 2020	$	-		$	2,657	$	1,220		$	161		$	4,038
Additions		-			622		437			-			1,059
Disposals		-			-		(703	)		(79	)		(782	)
As at August 31, 2021	$	-		$	3,279	$	954		$	82		$	4,315
Additions		7,097			3,797		507			61			11,462
Disposals		-			-		(65	)		-			(65	)
Transfer from E&E assets		40,563			-		-			-			40,563
Reclassification to other long-term asset(2)		(2,421	)		-		-			-			(2,421	)
As at August 31, 2022	$	45,239		$	7,076	$	1,396		$	143		$	53,854
Accumulated depreciation
As at September 1, 2020	$	-		$	1,212	$	1,015		$	73		$	2,300
Depreciation expense		-			128		144			14			286
Disposals		-			-		(686	)		(67	)		(753	)
As at August 31, 2021	$	-		$	1,340	$	473		$	20		$	1,833
Depreciation expense		-			226		175			15			416
Disposals		-			-		(29	)		-			(29	)
August 31, 2022	$	-		$	1,566	$	619		$	35		$	2,220
Net book value
As at August 31, 2021	$	-		$	1,939	$	481		$	62		$	2,482
As at August 31, 2022	$	45,239		$	5,510	$	777		$	108		$	51,634

⁽¹⁾ No depreciation or depletion has been recorded for construction in progress assets, including transferred E&E assets, as they are not ready for use as intended by management. Depreciation for construction in progress assets will commence subsequent to commercial production declaration.

⁽²⁾ As noted in Note 5, certain VAT amounts previously capitalized as E&E assets were reclassified to Other long-term asset.