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Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources. In December 2004 the International Accounting Standards Board issued IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources. Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards (issued March 2018).
Overview. IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources has the effect of allowing entities adopting the standard for the first time to use accounting policies for exploration and evaluation assets that were applied before adopting IFRSs.
A principal purpose of IFRS 6 is to specify the circumstances in which entities should test exploration and evaluation costs for impairment, and when to require disclosure of information about such assets.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARD 6 EXPLORATION FOR AND EVALUATION OF MINERAL RESOURCES. OBJECTIVE. 1. SCOPE. 3. RECOGNITION OF EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS. 6. Temporary exemption from IAS 8 paragraphs 11 and 12. 6. MEASUREMENT OF EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS. 8. Measurement at recognition. 8.
OBJECTIVE. IFRS 6 specifies the financial reporting for the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources. SCOPE. apply to exploration and evaluation expenditures incurr. before the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources, e.g. expenditures incurred before the entity has obtained the legal rights to explore a specific area.
IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources. The objective of this IFRS is to specify the financial reporting for the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources.
IFRS 6 is an interim standard, and is a short-term solution to the problem of accounting for the exploration and evaluation of mineral resource assets.
