Annual reports filed by certain Canadian issuers pursuant to Section 15(d) and Rule 15d-4

Capital assets

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Capital assets
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]  
Capital assets
6. Capital assets

 

The Company’s capital assets consist of the following:

    December 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
          Accumulated     Net Book           Accumulated     Net Book  
    Cost     Depreciation     Value     Cost     Depreciation     Value  
    $     $     $     $     $     $  
                                     
Rolling stock     3,391,524       1,816,212       1,575,312       1,922,483       1,465,362       457,121  
Machinery and equipment     418,143       338,594       79,549       296,233       265,578       30,655  
Furniture, fixtures and leasehold improvements     81,516       54,929       26,587       74,992       45,880       29,112  
Information technology     715,828       510,492       205,336       566,457       430,372       136,085  
Construction in progress     14,683,612       -       14,683,612       2,881,336       -       2,881,336  
                                                 
      19,290,623       2,720,227       16,570,396       5,741,501       2,207,192       3,534,309  

 

In October 2012, the Company received the Record of Decision from the Bureau of Land Management which was the final approval required to begin construction at the Lost Creek project. Construction began immediately on the permitted wellfields, additional disposal wells and main plant site include grading, road construction, power lines and fencing. Construction in progress includes all the expenditures incurred prior to receiving the final approval related to plant design and engineering, off-site header house construction and payments on long lead time equipment as well as costs incurred during the quarter. Capitalized costs include direct and supervisory labor including benefits, materials, subcontracts, drilling, depreciation on equipment used exclusively in the construction process and overhead directly attributable to either the facilities or the equipment used in the construction of the facilities.