The Company’s restricted cash consists of the following:
| | | As at December 31, | | | | | 2013 | | 2012 | | | | | $ | | $ | | | | | | | (Restated) | | | Money market accounts (a) | | 4,955 | | 1,942 | | | Certificate of deposit (b) | | 100 | | 112 | | | | | | | | | | | | 5,055 | | 2,054 | |
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The bonding requirements for reclamation obligations on various properties have been agreed to by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality, United States Department of the Interior and United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission. The restricted money market accounts are pledged as collateral against performance surety bonds which are used to secure the potential costs of reclamation related to those properties. Surety bonds providing $9,900 of coverage towards specific reclamation obligations are collateralized by $4,955 of the restricted cash at December 31, 2013. | | (b) | A certificate of deposit ($100) provides security for the Company’s credit cards. |
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