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14. Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Income Taxes Tables Abstract |
Domestic and foreign components of income (loss) from operations before income taxes |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Domestic |  | $ | 3,675,095 |  |  | $ | (374,478 | )
Foreign |  |  | (3,134,202 | ) |  |  | (759,916 | )
Total |  | $ | 540,893 |  |  | $ | (1,134,394 | )
Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense (Benefit) |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Tax benefit at federal statutory rate |  | $ | 113,588 |  |  | $ | (397,038 | )
State income tax effect |  |  | 12,602 |  |  |  | (34,609 | )
Foreign income tax effect |  |  | (102,078 | ) |  |  | 37,996 |
Non-deductible items |  |  | 492 |  |  |  | 930 |
Percentage depletion |  |  | (47,341 | ) |  |  | (58,056 | )
Impact on change in federal tax rate |  |  | - |  |  |  | (6,660 | )
Change in prior year estimate |  |  | (95,687 | ) |  |  | - |
Change in valuation allowance - Domestic |  |  | (221,837 | ) |  |  | 229,462 |
Change in valuation allowance - Foreign |  |  | 340,261 |  |  |  | 227,975 |
Gain on settlement of foreign tax assessment |  |  | (332,332 | ) |  |  | - |
Income tax provision (benefit) |  | $ | (332,332 | ) |  | $ | - |
Deferred tax assets |
|  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Foreign net operating loss carry forward |  | $ | 1,877,681 |  |  | $ | 1,537,420 |
Domestic net operating loss carry forward |  |  | 219,666 |  |  |  | 443,100 |
Other |  |  | 1,006 |  |  |  | 16,827 |
Deferred tax assets |  |  | 2,098,353 |  |  |  | 1,997,347 |
Valuation allowance (foreign) |  |  | (1,877,681 | ) |  |  | (1,537,420 | )
Valuation allowance (domestic) |  |  | (94,956 | ) |  |  | (316,793 | )
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 125,716 |  |  |  | 143,134 |
Deferred tax liabilities: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Property, plant, and equipment |  |  | (125,716 | ) |  |  | (143,134 | )
Net deferred tax assets |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |

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