Corporate and Administrative Expenses

12 Months Ended

Aug. 31, 2020

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15. Corporate and Administrative Expenses

Corporate and administrative expenses for the years ended August 31, 2020, 2019 and 2018 consist of the following:

		August 31, 2020		August 31, 2019		August 31, 2018

Salaries and benefits ⁽¹⁾	$	1,007,016	$	1,433,624	$	1,387,249
Directors' fees ⁽²⁾		12,060		63,800		78,850
Consulting and professional fees		373,912		231,814		398,244
Office, insurance and other expenses		229,874		174,227		286,460
Occupancy		—		343,673		317,305
Shareholders' communications and filing fees		145,590		135,237		159,060
Travel and related costs		60,519		32,628		97,591

	$	1,828,971	$	2,415,003	$	2,724,759

⁽¹⁾ These figures do not include share based compensation and are net of the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy ("CEWS") of $176,294 (2019 - $Nil, 2018 - $Nil). Employees' salaries and benefits including share based compensation expensed for the Year totaled $1,074,999 (2019 - $1,485,977, 2018 - $1,463,258).

⁽²⁾ These figures are net of the CEWS of $8,677 (2019 - $Nil, 2018 - $Nil).