PLANT AND EQUIPMENT AND MINERAL PROPERTIES (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant and Equipment

The following is a summary of plant and equipment:



	September 30, 2018							December 31, 2017
	Cost		Accumulated Depreciation			Net Book Value		Cost		Accumulated Depreciation			Net Book Value
Plant and equipment
Nichols Ranch	$	29,210	$	(11,508	)	$	17,702	$	29,210	$	(9,971	)	$	19,239
Alta Mesa	13,626		(2,086		)	11,540		13,626		(1,388		)	12,238
Equipment and other	13,416		(12,042		)	1,374		13,367		(11,768		)	1,599
Plant and equipment total	$	56,252	$	(25,636	)	$	30,616	$	56,203	$	(23,127	)	$	33,076

Schedule of Summary of Mineral Properties

The following is a summary of mineral properties:



	September 30, 2018		December 31, 2017
Mineral properties
Uranerz ISR properties (a)	$	25,974	$	25,974
Sheep Mountain	34,183		34,183
Roca Honda	22,095		22,095
Other	1,287		1,287
Mineral properties total	$	83,539	$	83,539

a) In the three and nine months ended September 30, 2017, the Company did not renew certain mineral leases and recorded abandonment expense of $Nil and $0.29 million, respectively, in the statement of operations.