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14. Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

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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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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Tabular disclosure of the reconciliation using percentage or dollar amounts of the reported amount of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for the year to the amount of income tax expense that would result from applying domestic federal statutory tax rates to pretax income from continuing operations.

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