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3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments
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Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
3. Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Authoritative accounting guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and establishes a fair value hierarchy. Fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between participants at the measurement date. Fair value measurements are not adjusted for transaction costs. The fair value hierarchy prioritizes inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels:

 

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2 – Inputs, other than quoted prices that are observable, either directly or indirectly, and reasonably available.

 

Level 3 – Unobservable inputs, which reflect the assumptions that management develops based on available information about the assumptions market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability.

 

The Company estimates that fair value approximates carrying value for cash and cash equivalents, receivable from broker, and accounts payable and accrued liabilities due to the relatively short maturity of the instruments.