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RENTAL EXPENSE, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
RENTAL EXPENSE, COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
Schedule of minimum amounts under purchase commitments, long term leases covering office space, exploration expenditures, option payments on properties |
|  | Payments due by period |
|  | 2016 |  | 2017 |  | 2018 |  | 2019 |  | 2020 |
Lease Obligations |  | $ | 2,510 |  | $ | 545 |  | $ | 554 |  | $ | 558 |  | $ | 555 |
Purchase Commitments |  |  | 267 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Total |  | $ | 2,777 |  | $ | 545 |  | $ | 554 |  | $ | 558 |  | $ | 555 |

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