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| | | | | | | | | Current and non-current portion December 31, 2023 | $136.8 | Liability assumed on Argonaut acquisition (Note 6) | 18.0 | | | Reclamation expenditures | (10.6) | | | Accretion expense | 8.9 | | Revisions to expected discounted cash flows1 | 2.8 | | Foreign exchange revaluation | (4.3) | | | Current and non-current portion December 31, 2024 | $151.6 | | | | Reclamation expenditures | (12.2) | | | Accretion expense | 9.6 | | Revisions to expected discounted cash flows1 | 11.2 | | Foreign exchange revaluation | 1.3 | | | Current and non-current portion December 31, 2025 | $161.5 | | Less: Current portion of decommissioning liability | (8.1) | | Non-current portion December 31, 2025 | $153.4 | | | | | 1. Included in the revisions to expected discounted cash flows for the year ended December 31, 2025 are costs of $0.6 million related to closed sites with a corresponding expense recorded in Other Loss (Note 21) (year ended December 31, 2024 - $0.2 million).All of the expenditures are expected to occur between 2026 and 2069. The discount rates used in discounting the estimated reclamation and closure cost obligations were between 3.9% and 7.7% for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024 – 3.3% and 8.6%), and the inflation rate used was between 2.0% and 3.7% for the year ended December 31, 2025 (2024 – 1.8% and 3.7%). The total undiscounted value of the decommissioning liabilities at December 31, 2025 was $207.5 million (2024 - $193.8 million).
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