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Investments
9 Months Ended
Aug. 31, 2017
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract]  
Disposition of Sunward Investments Ltd. [Text Block]
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Investments
 
On September 1, 2016, Trilogy completed the sale to GoldMining Inc. (“GMI”), formerly Brazil Resources Inc., a public company listed on the TSX-Venture exchange, of all of the issued and outstanding shares of Sunward Investments for consideration of 5,000,000 common shares of GMI valued at $7.8 million and 1,000,000 warrants, with each warrant exercisable into one common share of GMI for a period of two years at an exercise price of CDN$3.50, valued at $0.3 million, for total consideration of $8.1 million. Of the common shares received, 2,500,000 common shares were saleable immediately with the remaining 2,500,000 common shares saleable six months following the close. Sunward Investments, through a subsidiary, owns 100% of the Titiribi gold-copper exploration project.
 
The common shares and warrants received have been designated as held-for-trading financial assets, with the classification as current investments and long-term investments, respectively.
 
in thousands of dollars
 
 
August 31, 2017
$
 
November 30, 2016
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current investments
 
 
4,571
 
 
7,538
 
Long-term investments
 
 
81
 
 
297
 
Investments
 
 
4,652
 
 
7,835
 
 
The fair value of the common shares is determined based on the closing price at each period end. The fair value of the BRI warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at each period end.
 
During the nine months ended August 31, 2017, the Company sold 1,519,000 common shares of GMI during the period for proceeds of $2.2 million and realized a loss on sale of $0.2 million. For the nine months ended August 31, 2017, the Company recorded an unrealized loss on the common shares and warrants of GMI of $1.3 million.