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11. Related Party Transactions | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions [Abstract] |
Related Party Transactions | Amounts due to (due from) related parties at December 31, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Payable to officer for antimony ore |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 54,131 |
John C. Lawrence, president and director(1) |  |  | 17,522 |  |  |  | 47,843 |
Net related party liabilities |  | $ | 17,522 |  |  | $ | 101,974 |
(1)Transactions affecting the payable to Mr. Lawrence during 2012, 2011 and 2010 were as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 47,843 |  |  | $ | 18,060 |  |  | $ | 8,394 |
Aircraft rental charges |  |  | 74,490 |  |  |  | 86,058 |  |  |  | 129,177 |
Payments and advances, net |  |  | (104,811 | ) |  |  | (56,275 | ) |  |  | (119,511 | )
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 17,522 |  |  | $ | 47,843 |  |  | $ | 18,060 |
In addition to transactions described above, during 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company had the following transactions with related parties: Members of the audit committee received $24,000 in cash for 2011. During 2012, 2011, and 2010, the Company paid $89,204, $107,359, and $55,469, respectively, to a director for development of Mexican mill sites and consulting fees. A director of the Company acted on behalf of the Company as laison to Mexican officials through the year ended 2011. During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, fees and expenses to this director were $37,083 and $32,000, respectively. Royalty expense, based on sales of zeolite, of $61,678, $45,515, and $54,587, was incurred for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, respectively, to a company controlled by the estate of Al Dugan, formerly a significant stockholder and the father of a former director.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include transactions between (a) a parent company and its subsidiary; (b) subsidiaries of a common parent; (c) and entity and its principal owners; and (d) affiliates. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 6 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39691-107864 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 4 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39622-107864 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Statement of Financial Accounting Standard (FAS) -Number 57 -Paragraph 1-4 -LegacyDoc This reference is SUPERSEDED by the Accounting Standards Codification effective for interim and annual periods ending after September 15, 2009. This reference is included to help users transition from the previous accounting hierarchy and will be removed from future versions of this taxonomy. Reference 5: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 3 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39603-107864 Reference 6: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 850 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 5 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39678-107864 Reference 7: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 235 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(k)) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6881521&loc=d3e23780-122690 Reference 8: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 04 -Paragraph b -Article 3A Reference 9: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher SEC -Name Regulation S-X (SX) -Number 210 -Section 08 -Paragraph k -Article 4 + Details
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