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Note 5 - Deferred Charges, Net | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2012
Deferred Charges [Text Block] |
5. | Deferred Charges, net
“Deferred charges, net” consist of loan arrangement fees which are amortized over the duration of the loan and deferred offering expenses related to the filing of the Company’s shelf registration which was charged against the proceeds of our offering of the Company’s securities completed in 2012.
|  | 2011 |  |  | 2012 |
Balance, beginning of year |  |  | 599,374 |  |  |  | 697,951 |
Additions, deferred offering expenses |  |  | 243,392 |  |  |  | - |
Amortization of loan arrangement fees |  |  | (144,815 | ) |  |  | (135,981 | )
Deferred offering expenses reclassified to paid-in capital |  |  | - |  |  |  | (243,392 | )
Balance, end of year |  |  | 697,951 |  |  |  | 318,578 |

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