Note 12 - Property and Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Statement Line Items [Line Items]

Disclosure of property and equipment and leases [text block]

12. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

As at December 31, 2022, the following is the continuity of the Company’s property and equipment:

Cost	Office and computer equipment		Exploration camp and equipment		Right of use asset (see Lease Obligation below)			Total
		$		$		$			$
Balance, January 1, 2021		487		411		550			1,448
Additions		2		3		(5	)		-
Balance, December 31, 2021		489		414		545			1,448
Additions		-		35		8			43
Balance, December 31, 2022		489		449		553			1,491

Accumulated depreciation and amortization	Office and computer equipment		Exploration camp and equipment		Right of use asset		Total
		$		$		$		$
Balance, January 1, 2021		460		111		202		773
Depreciation and amortization		8		45		138		191
Balance, December 31, 2021		468		156		340		964
Depreciation and amortization		6		43		130		179
Balance, December 31, 2022		474		199		470		1,143

Carrying amounts	Office and computer equipment		Exploration camp and equipment		Right of use asset		Total
		$		$		$		$
At December 31, 2021		21		258		205		484
At December 31, 2022		15		250		83		348

Lease obligation

Minimum lease payments in respect of the lease obligation and the effect of discounting are as follows:

	December 31,			December 31,
	2022			2021
		$			$
Undiscounted minimum lease payments
Less than one year		143			154
Two to three years		150			314
		293			468
Effect of discounting		(32	)		(83	)
Present value of minimum lease payments - total lease obligation		261			385
Less: current portion		(121	)		(110	)
Long-term lease obligation		140			275

For the year ended December 31, 2022, the Company recognized $42 ( December 31, 2021: $58) of interest expense on the lease obligation which is included in ‘General office expenses’.