Inventories

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Inventory Disclosure [Abstract]

Inventories

	December 31, 2019			December 31, 2018
	$’000			$’000
Gold held on carbon		$	1,422		$	1,571
Silver and gold concentrate			157			-
Material stockpiles			-			2,996
Materials and supplies			1,768			1,719
		$	3,347		$	6,286

During the year ended December 31, 2019, the Company closed the Lomada project and put the Cap-Oeste project into care and maintenance. As a result, the carrying value of inventory for these projects has been reviewed for impairment. The net realizable value of the inventory is less than the costs incurred in establishing the ore stockpile and therefore a write down of $2.37 million was required and is recorded in cost of sales in these consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive income (loss).