Mineral properties and development costs (Tables)

6 Months Ended

May 31, 2020

Mineral properties and development costs

Schedule of mineral properties and development costs

			in thousands of dollars
	November 30, 2019	Acquisition costs	Assets	May 31, 2020
		reimbursable	derecognized
		from Ambler	note 4(a)
		Metals LLC
	$		$	$
Alaska, USA
Ambler (a)	26,631	(44)	(26,587)	—
Bornite (b)	4,000	—	(4,000)	—
	30,631	(44)	(30,587)	—

			in thousands of dollars
	November 30, 2018	Acquisition costs	November 30, 2019
	$	$	$
Alaska, USA
Ambler (a)	26,587	44	26,631
Bornite (b)	4,000	—	4,000
	30,587	44	30,631

Schedule of mineral property expenses

	In thousands of dollars
	Three months ended		Three months ended		Six months ended		Six months ended
	May 31, 2020		May 31, 2019		May 31, 2020		May 31, 2019
		$		$		$		$
Alaska, USA
Community		—		146		137		264
Drilling		—		173		—		173
Engineering		—		303		723		624
Environmental		—		136		99		271
Geochemistry and geophysics		—		593		12		758
Land and permitting		—		174		134		360
Project support		—		778		249		1,004
Other income		—		—		—		(1)
Wages and benefits		—		603		191		988
		—		2,906		1,545		4,441