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13. Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Income Taxes Tables |
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Federal |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Deferred |  |  | 196,113 |  |  |  | 151,915 |  |  |  | 87,675 |
Total |  | $ | 196,113 |  |  | $ | 151,915 |  |  | $ | 87,675 |
State |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Current |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 9,168 |
Deferred |  |  | 33,338 |  |  |  | 15,192 |  |  |  | 8,767 |
Total |  | $ | 33,338 |  |  | $ | 15,192 |  |  | $ | 17,935 |
Foreign |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Total provision (benefit) |  | $ | 229,451 |  |  | $ | 167,107 |  |  | $ | 105,610 |
Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Domestic |  | $ | 163,632 |  |  | $ | 301,391 |  |  | $ | 1,342,530 |
Foreign |  |  | (1,575,351 | ) |  |  | (692,820 | ) |  |  | (600,000 | )
Total |  | $ | (1,411,719 | ) |  | $ | (391,429 | ) |  | $ | 742,530 |
Deferred tax assets |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Deferred tax asset: |  |  |  |  |  |
Other |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 11,151 |
Foreign exploration costs |  |  | 168,401 |  |  |  | 208,855 |
Foreign net operating loss carry forward |  |  | 232,723 |  |  |  | 374,110 |
Foreign other |  |  | 42,612 |  |  |  | 217,887 |
Federal and state net operating |  |  |  |  |
loss carry forward |  |  | 35,424 |  |  |  | 39,824 |
Deferred tax asset |  |  | 479,160 |  |  |  | 851,827 |
Valuation allowance (foreign) |  |  | (279,235 | ) |  |  | (605,496 | )
Valuation allowance (federal) |  |  | (71,786 | ) |  |  | - |
Total deferred tax asset |  |  | 128,139 |  |  |  | 246,331 |
Deferred tax liability: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | (128,139 | ) |  |  | (16,880 | )
Total deferred tax liability |  |  | (128,139 | ) |  |  | (16,880 | )
Net Deferred Tax Asset |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 229,451 |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation |
| 2013 |  |  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |
Computed expected tax provision (benefit) | $ | (494,102 | ) |  | -35.0 | % |  | $ | (137,000 | ) | -35.0 | % |  | $ | 259,886 |  |  | 35.0 | %
Effect of permanent differences |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |  | 0.0 | % |  |  | 4,662 |  |  | 0.6 | %
Foreign taxes |  | 78,768 |  |  | 5.6 | % |  |  | 34,641 |  | 8.9 | % |  |  | 24,000 |  |  | 3.2 | %
Other (1) |  | 899,260 |  |  | 63.7 | % |  |  | 61,770 |  | 15.8 | % |  |  | 126,062 |  |  | 17.0 | %
Increase in valuation allowance foreign |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 207,696 |  | 53.1 | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Increase in valuation allowance U.S. |  | 71,786 |  |  | 5.1 | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | - |  |  | - |
Release of valuation allowance U.S. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | (309,000 | ) |  | -41.6 | %
Release of valuation allowance Foreign |  | (326,261 | ) |  | -23.1 | % |  |  | - |  | 0.0 | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total | $ | 229,451 |  |  | 16 | % |  | $ | 167,107 |  | 42.7 | % |  | $ | 105,610 |  |  | 14.2 | %
(1) In 2013 there were revisions to estimates of foreign net operating loss carry forwards. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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