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Investments
12 Months Ended
Nov. 30, 2017
Investments, All Other Investments [Abstract]  
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On September 1, 2016, Trilogy acquired 5,000,000 common shares of GoldMining Inc. (“GMI”), formerly Brazil Resources Inc., a public company listed on the TSX-Venture exchange, and 1,000,000 warrants, with each warrant exercisable into one common share of GMI until September 1, 2018 at an exercise price of CDN$3.50, through its sale of Sunward Investments. Sunward Investments, through a subsidiary, owned 100% of the Titiribi gold-copper exploration project (note 7).
 
The common shares and warrants received have been designated as held-for-trading financial assets. The fair value of the common shares is determined based on the closing price at each period end. The fair value of the GMI warrants is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model at each period end.
 
in thousands of dollars
 
 
November 30, 2017
$
 
November 30, 2016
$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current investments
 
 
2,516
 
 
7,538
 
Long-term investments
 
 
-
 
 
297
 
Investments
 
 
2,516
 
 
7,835
 
 
During the year ended November 30, 2017, the Company sold 2,525,000 common shares of GMI for proceeds of $3.5 million and realized a loss on sale of $0.6 million. During the year ended November 30, 2016, the Company sold 110,000 common shares of GMI for net proceeds of $0.2 million and realized a gain on sale of $0.06 million. For the year ended November 30, 2017, the Company recorded an unrealized loss on the common shares and warrants of GMI of $1.6 million (2016 - gain of $0.1 million).
 
As at November 30, 2017, the Company held 2,365,000 (2016 – 4,890,000) common shares of GMI and 1,000,000 (2016 – 1,000,000) warrants.