Trade and other payables

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Statements [Line Items]

Trade and other payables [text block]

13. Trade and other payables

		Dec. 31, 2018		Dec. 31, 2017		Jan. 1, 2017
Trade payables	$	61,395	$	71,336	$	80,509
Accruals and payables		68,386		86,078		78,154
Accrued interest		34,662		34,848		4,300
Exploration and evaluation payables		185		186		64
Embedded derivatives - provisional pricing (note 27c)		—		373		86
Statutory payables		7,324		6,296		6,549
	$	171,952	$	199,117	$	169,662

Accruals and payables include operational and capital costs and employee benefit amounts owing.