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PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2012
PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT |
Schedule of property and equipment |
At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, property and equipment consisted of the following (in thousands):
|  | September 30, 2012 |  | December 31, 2011 |
Trucks and trailers |  | $ | 1,417 |  | $ | 1,247 |
Office furniture and equipment |  | 1,054 |  | 638 |
Drill rigs |  | 1,869 |  | 998 |
Building |  | 1,469 |  | 853 |
Land |  | 8,669 |  | 8,619 |
Mining equipment |  | 1,026 |  | 956 |
Inactive milling equipment |  | 644 |  | 778 |
Subtotal |  | $ | 16,148 |  | $ | 14,089 |
Less: accumulated depreciation |  | (2,665 | ) | (2,317 | )
Total |  | $ | 13,483 |  | $ | 11,772 |

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