Key management personnel are persons responsible for planning, directing and controlling activities of an entity, and include management executives of the Company. Compensation provided to key management is as follows:

 

		2017				2016
Short-term employee benefits, including salaries and fees		$	417			$	264
Professional fees			234				171
Stock-based payments (i)			899				208
		$	1,550			$	643

 

(i)	Stock-based payments are comprised of $Nil (2016 - $129) of shares issued in lieu of compensation, and $899 (2016 - $79) in stock options provided to key management of the Company. Refer to Note 16.