SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SEC Filing Page | XBRL Cloud Viewer | XBRL Instance)

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45 003 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS Network

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64 Net and comprehensive loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
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66 Weighted average number of common shares outstanding Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
67 004 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Network

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81 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAccountPayable
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91 Capital stock issued Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
92 Capital stock issuance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsForShareIssueCosts
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94 Change in cash and cash equivalents, during the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
95 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
96 Cash and cash equivalents, end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
97 005 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS (Supplemental) Network

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103 Total cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
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106 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit sil:AccountsPayableAndAccruedLiabilitiesCapitalizedToExplorationAndEvaluationAssets
107 Fair value of shares issued for mineral property Concept (Monetary) For Period sil:FairValueOfSharesIssuedForMineralProperty
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112 006 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY Network

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135 007 - Disclosure - NATURE OF OPERATIONS Network

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141 008 - Disclosure - SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES Network

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147 009 - Disclosure - CRITICAL JUDGMENTS AND ESTIMATES Network

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153 010 - Disclosure - NEW STANDARDS NOT YET ADOPTED Network

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159 011 - Disclosure - EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS Network

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165 012 - Disclosure - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT Network

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171 013 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS Network

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177 014 - Disclosure - CAPITAL STOCK Network

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183 015 - Disclosure - INCOME TAXES Network

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189 016 - Disclosure - SEGMENTED INFORMATION Network

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195 017 - Disclosure - COMMITMENT Network

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207 019 - Disclosure - MANAGEMENT OF CAPITAL Network

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213 020 - Disclosure - SUBSEQUENT EVENTS Network

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594 Prior option payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:PriorOptionPayments
595 Total option payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:MineralPropertyInterestOptionConsideration
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601 Mining concessions [Axis] Axis sil:MiningConcessionsAxis
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610 Mineral property interest Concept (Percent) As Of sil:MineralPropertyInterest
611 Future option payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:FutureOptionPayments
612 Concession paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfExplorationAndEvaluationAssets
613 Prior option payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:PriorOptionPayments
614 Total option payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:MineralPropertyInterestOptionConsideration
615 046 - Disclosure - Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment (Details) Network

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620 Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:OfficeEquipmentMember
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622 Land [Member] Member ifrs-full:LandMember
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626 Accumulated depreciation [Member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAndAmortisationMember
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628 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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632 Depreciation for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
633 Property and equipment at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
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640 Management remuneration Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
641 Director fees Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DirectorsRemunerationExpense
642 Share-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
643 Key management compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
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651 Number of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period sil:NumberOfWarrantsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
652 Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit sil:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfWarrantsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
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654 Weighted average exercise price of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit sil:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfWarrantsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
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656 Weighted average exercise price of warrants expired in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit sil:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfWarrantsExpiredInShare-BasedPaymentArrangement
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658 Weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfWarrantsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
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666 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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670 Number of warrants Concept (Decimal) As Of sil:NumberOfOutstandingWarrants
671 050 - Disclosure - Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of share options (Details) Network

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674 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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677 Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at beginning of period Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
678 Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
679 Weighted average exercise price of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
680 Number of share options exercised in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
681 Weighted average exercise price of share options exercised in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
682 Number of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
683 Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
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686 Stock options by expiry date [Axis] Axis sil:StockOptionsByExpiryDateAxis
687 Stock options by expiry date [Domain] Member sil:StockOptionsByExpiryDateDomain
688 Expire December 9, 2020 [Member] Member sil:ExpireDecemberNineTwoZeroTwoZeroMember
689 Expire October 17, 2021 [Member] Member sil:ExpireOctoberOneSevenTwoZeroTwoOneMember
690 Expire December 9, 2021 [Member] Member sil:ExpireDecemberNineTwoZeroTwoOneMember
691 Expire January 3, 2022 [Member] Member sil:ExpireJanuaryThreeTwoZeroTwoTwoMember
692 Expire August 4, 2022 [Member] Member sil:ExpireAugustFourTwoZeroTwoTwoMember
693 Expire January 2, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireJanuaryTwoTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
694 Expire January 4, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireJanuaryFourTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
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696 Expire May 31, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireMayThreeOneTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
697 Expire November 11, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireNovemberOneOneTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
698 Expire November 13, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireNovemberOneThreeTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
699 Expire December 14, 2023 [Member] Member sil:ExpireDecemberOneFourTwoZeroTwoThreeMember
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701 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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703 Exercise price Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:ExercisePriceOfOutstandingShareOptions
704 Options outstanding Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
705 Remaining life (years) Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageRemainingContractualLifeOfOutstandingShareOptions
706 Options exerciseable Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
707 052 - Disclosure - Disclosure of detailed information about options, valuation assumptions (Details) Network

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713 Expected volatility Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfExpectedVolatilityShareOptionsGranted
714 Expected dividend yield Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ExpectedDividendShareOptionsGranted
715 Risk-free interestrate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfRiskFreeInterestRateShareOptionsGranted
716 Expected forfeiture rate Concept (Percent) For Period sil:DescriptionOfExpectedForfeitureRateShareOptionsGranted
717 Fair value per share Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:WeightedAverageFairValueAtMeasurementDateShareOptionsGranted
718 Total fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit sil:FairValueAtMeasurementDateShareOptionsGranted
719 053 - Disclosure - Disclosure of share capital, reserves and other equity interest (Details) Network

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723 Share-based payment reserve [Member] Member ifrs-full:ReserveOfSharebasedPaymentsMember
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725 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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727 Beginning Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
728 Share-based compensation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
729 Stock options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
730 Ending Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
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736 Net loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AccountingProfit
737 Expected income tax (recovery) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
738 Change instatutory, foreign tax, foreign exchange rates and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
739 Permanent differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfExpenseNotDeductibleInDeterminingTaxableProfitTaxLoss
740 Share issue costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit sil:TaxEffectOfShareIssueCosts
741 Adjustment to prior years provision versus statutory tax returns Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
742 Change in unrecognized deductible temporary differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit sil:TaxEffectOfChangeInUnrecognizedDeductibleTemporaryDifferences
743 Total income tax expense (recovery) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
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747 Temporary differences [Domain] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceMember
748 Exploration and evaluation assets [Member] Member sil:ExplorationsAndEvaluationsAssetsMember
749 Property and equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:OtherPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
750 Share issue costs [Member] Member sil:ShareIssueCostsAndOtherMember
751 Non-capital losses available for future period [Member] Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
752 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
753 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
754 Statements [Line Items] LineItems sil:StatementsLineItems
755 Unrecognized deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:DeductibleTemporaryDifferencesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetIsRecognised
756 Net deferred tax asset (liabilities) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
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760 Geographical areas [Domain] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
761 Canada [Member] Member country:CA
762 Mexico [Member] Member country:MX
763 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
764 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
765 Statements [Line Items] LineItems sil:StatementsLineItems
766 Net loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
767 Taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ValueAddedTaxReceivables
768 Deposits Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:LongtermDeposits
769 Property and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
770 Exploration and evaluation assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
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774 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
775 Within one year Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
776 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
777 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
778 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
779 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
780 Statements [Line Items] LineItems sil:StatementsLineItems
781 Lease payments Abstract sil:LeasePaymentsAbstract
782 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsPayableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
783 Sub-Lease payments Abstract sil:Sub-LeasePaymentsAbstract
784 Future minimum lease payments to be received in relation to non-cancellable sub-leases of operating leases Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsReceivableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
785 058 - Disclosure - Disclosure of effect of changes in foreign exchange rates (Details) Network

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790 US Dollar [Member] Member currency:USD
791 Mexican Peso [Member] Member currency:MXN
792 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
793 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
794 Statements [Line Items] LineItems sil:StatementsLineItems
795 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
796 Amounts receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
797 Taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ReceivablesFromTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
798 Total financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssets
799 Less: accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
800 Net financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
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806 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
807 FVTPL Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLossCategoryMember
808 Classes of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
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816 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
817 Amounts receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
818 Total financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
819 Financial liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:LiabilitiesAbstract
820 Accounts payable and accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables

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