CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 27,153	$ 37,440
Investments (note 3)	7,971	8,543
Value added taxes receivable	5,250	4,304
Inventories (note 4)	31,951	26,620
Restricted cash (note 21)	10,000
Other current assets	4,539	1,667
Total current assets	86,864	78,574
Mineral property interests, net (note 5)	293,437	242,640
Plant and equipment, mine development and construction in progress, net (note 6)	51,046	14,252
Investment in Minera Santa Cruz S.A. (note 7)	150,064	162,320
Other assets (note 4 and note 13)	10,718	532
TOTAL ASSETS	592,129	498,318
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	34,880	20,044
Flow-through share premium (note 10)	1,643
Current portion of capital lease liabilities (note 20)	470
Current portion of asset retirement obligation (note 8)	646	537
Total current liabilities	37,639	20,581
Asset retirement obligation, less current portion (note 8)	24,076	9,306
Deferred income and mining tax liability (note 9)	8,430	23,665
Capital lease liabilities, less current portion (note 20)	81
Other liabilities	630	1,727
Total liabilities	70,856	55,279
Shareholders' equity:
Common stock, no par value, 500,000 shares authorized (in thousands); Common: 337,051 as of December 31, 2017 and 299,570 as of December 31, 2016 issued and outstanding (in thousands) (note 10)	1,444,056	1,360,345
Warrants (note 10)	3,823
Accumulated deficit	(929,606)	(918,972)
Accumulated other comprehensive income	3,000	1,666
Total shareholders' equity	521,273	443,039
TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY	$ 592,129	$ 498,318