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In December 2004 the International Accounting Standards Board issued IFRS 6 Exploration for and Evaluation of Mineral Resources. Other Standards have made minor consequential amendments to IFRS 6, including. Amendments to References to the Conceptual Framework in IFRS Standards (issued March 2018).
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.
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.
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.
The objective of this IFRS is to specify the financial reporting for the exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources. In particular, the IFRS requires: . limited improvements to existing accounting practices for exploration and evaluation expenditures.
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.
The IFRS permits an entity recognising exploration and evaluation assets to measure such assets, after recognition, using either the cost model or the revaluation model in IAS 16 and IAS 38. The model chosen should be consistent with how the entity classifies the exploration and evaluation assets.
