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10. Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Income Taxes Tables |
Income tax provision (benefit) |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Federal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Deferred |  |  | 151,915 |  |  |  | 87,675 |  |  |  | (448,182 | )
Total |  | $ | 151,915 |  |  | $ | 87,675 |  |  | $ | (448,182 | )
State |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 9,168 |  |  | $ | - |
Deferred |  |  | 15,192 |  |  |  | 8,767 |  |  |  | (44,818 | )
Total |  | $ | 15,192 |  |  | $ | 17,935 |  |  | $ | (44,818 | )
Foreign |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Total provision (benefit) |  | $ | 167,107 |  |  | $ | 105,610 |  |  | $ | (493,000 | )
Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes | Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011, and 2010 are as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Domestic |  | $ | 301,391 |  |  | $ | 1,342,530 |  |  | $ | 890,101 |
Foreign |  |  | (692,820 | ) |  |  | (600,000 | ) |  |  | (577,888 | )
Total |  | $ | (391,429 | ) |  | $ | 742,530 |  |  | $ | 312,213 |
Deferred tax assets | At December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Company had net deferred tax assets as follows:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Deferred tax asset: |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 79,164 |
Other |  |  | 11,151 |  |  |  | 2,926 |
Foreign exploration costs |  |  | 208,855 |  |  |  | 249,309 |
Foreign net operating loss carryforward |  |  | 374,110 |  |  |  | 390,000 |
Foreign property, plant, and equipment |  |  | 217,887 |  |  |  |  |
Federal and state net net operating |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
loss carry forward |  |  | 39,824 |  |  |  | 65,159 |
Deferred tax asset |  |  | 851,827 |  |  |  | 786,558 |
Valuation allowance (foreign) |  |  | (605,496 | ) |  |  | (390,000 | )
Valuation allowance (federal) |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Total deferred tax asset |  |  | 246,331 |  |  |  | 396,558 |
Deferred tax liability: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | (16,880 | ) |  |  | - |
Total deferred tax liability |  |  | (16,880 | ) |  |  | - |
Net Deferred Tax Asset |  | $ | 229,451 |  |  | $ | 396,558 |
Income tax provision (benefit) difference | The income tax provision (benefit) differs from the amount of income tax determined by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate to pretax income (loss) for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 due to the following:
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2010 |
Computed expected tax provision (benefit) |  | $ | (137,000 | ) |  |  | -35.0 | % |  | $ | 259,886 |  |  |  | 35.0 | % |  | $ | 106,000 |  |  |  | 34.0 | %
Effect of permanent differences |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 4,662 |  |  |  | 0.6 | % |  |  | 30,000 |  |  |  | 9.6 | %
Foreign taxes |  |  | 34,641 |  |  |  | 8.9 | % |  |  | 24,000 |  |  |  | 3.2 | % |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Other(1) |  |  | 61,770 |  |  |  | 15.8 | % |  |  | 126,062 |  |  |  | 17.0 | % |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Increase in valuation allowance |  |  | 207,696 |  |  |  | 53.1 | % |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Release of valuation allowance |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | (309,000 | ) |  |  | -41.6 | % |  |  | (629,000 | ) |  |  | -202.0 | %
Total |  | $ | 167,107 |  |  |  | 42.7 | % |  | $ | 105,610 |  |  |  | 14.2 | % |  | $ | (493,000 | ) |  |  | -158.4 | %

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