CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Sep. 30, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 40,839	$ 27,153
Investments (note 2)	3,162	7,971
Value added taxes receivable	2,751	5,250
Inventories (note 3)	27,806	31,951
Restricted cash (note 8 and 16)		10,000
Other current assets	3,212	4,539
Total current assets	77,770	86,864
Mineral property interests, net (note 4)	301,704	293,437
Plant and equipment, mine development and construction in progress, net	101,037	51,046
Investment in Minera Santa Cruz S.A. (note 5)	133,254	150,064
Other assets (note 3 and note 14)	6,881	10,718
TOTAL ASSETS	620,646	592,129
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities	37,608	34,880
Flow-through share premium (note 8)		1,643
Current portion of capital lease liabilities (note 15)	1,039	470
Current portion of asset retirement obligation (note 6)	1,233	646
Total current liabilities	39,880	37,639
Asset retirement obligation, less current portion (note 6)	28,060	24,076
Deferred income and mining tax liability (note 7)	5,286	8,430
Capital lease liabilities, less current portion (note 15)	3,078	81
Long-term debt (note 18)	24,566
Long-term debt from related party (note 11 and note 18)	24,566
Other liabilities	554	630
Total liabilities	125,990	70,856
Shareholders’ equity:
Common stock, no par value, 500,000 shares authorized (in thousands); Common: 337,286 as of September 30, 2018 and 337,051 as of December 31, 2017 issued and outstanding (in thousands) (note 8)	1,445,143	1,447,879
Accumulated deficit	(950,487)	(929,606)
Accumulated other comprehensive income		3,000
Total shareholders' equity	494,656	521,273
TOTAL LIABILITIES & SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY	$ 620,646	$ 592,129