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14. Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2015
Income Taxes Tables |
Deferred tax assets |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Deferred tax asset: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign exploration costs |  | $ | 87,494 |  |  |  | 127,936 |
Foreign net operating loss carry forward |  |  | 2,515,954 |  |  |  | 1,926,341 |
loss carry forward |  |  | 185,472 |  |  |  | 337,890 |
Deferred tax asset |  |  | 2,788,920 |  |  |  | 2,392,167 |
Valuation allowance (foreign) |  |  | (2,515,954 | ) |  |  | (1,926,341 | )
Valuation allowance (federal) |  |  | (90,220 | ) |  |  | (266,711 | )
Total deferred tax asset |  |  | 182,746 |  |  |  | 199,115 |
Deferred tax liability: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | (181,224 | ) |  |  | (197,593 | )
Other |  |  | (1,522 | ) |  |  | (1,522 | )
Total deferred tax liability |  |  | (182,746 | ) |  |  | (199,115 | )
Net Deferred Tax Asset |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation |
|  | 2015 |  |  | 2014 |
Computed expected tax provision (benefit) |  | $ | (293,486 | ) |  |  | 35 | % |  | $ | (558,409 | ) |  |  | 35 | %
State taxes |  |  | (32,283 | ) |  |  | 4 | % |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign taxes |  |  | 91,072 |  |  |  | -11 | % |  |  | 62,508 |  |  |  | -4 | %
Other (1) |  |  | (178,414 | ) |  |  | 21 | % |  |  | (1,346,130 | ) |  |  | 84 | %
Change in valuation allowance U.S. |  |  | (176,502 | ) |  |  | 21 | % |  |  | 194,925 |  |  |  | -12 | %
Change in valuation allowance Foreign |  |  | 589,613 |  |  |  | -70 | % |  |  | 1,647,106 |  |  |  | -103 | %
Total |  | $ | (0 | ) |  |  | 0 | % |  | $ | (0 | ) |  | $ | 0 |
(1) In 2015 and 2014 there were revisions to estimates of foreign net operating loss carry forwards and adjsutments made based upon the US Income tax return filed. |

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