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3. Inventories (Details) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Inventories	$ 939,880	$ 855,637
Antimony Oxide - Finished
Inventories	452,871	326,126
Antimony Metal [Member]
Inventories	0	112,300
Antimony Concentrates
Inventories	19,017	30,815
Antimony Ore [Member]
Inventories	151,841	181,815
Antimony [Member]
Inventories	623,729	651,056
Zeolite [Member]
Inventories	$ 316,151	$ 204,581

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Gross amount, as of the balance sheet date, of merchandise, goods, commodities, or supplies held for future sale or to be used in manufacturing, servicing or production process.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.6(a))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682

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