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REVENUES FROM MINING OPERATIONS AND TRADE RECEIVABLES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
REVENUES FROM MINING OPERATIONS AND TRADE RECEIVABLES |
Schedule of revenue from mining operations |
|  |  | Year Ended December 31,
|  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Revenues from mining operations: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Gold |  | $ | 2,140,890 |  | $ | 2,049,871 |
Silver |  |  | 86,262 |  |  | 85,096 |
Zinc |  |  | 9,177 |  |  | 1,413 |
Copper |  |  | 6,275 |  |  | 1,852 |
Total revenues from mining operations |  | $ | 2,242,604 |  | $ | 2,138,232 |

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