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11. Related Party Transactions (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Related Party Transactions Tables |
Amounts due to (due from) related parties | 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 |
Transactions affecting the payable to related party | 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 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of related party transactions. Examples of related party transactions include, but are not limited to, 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 No definition available. + Details
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