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Related Party Transactions (Details) (USD $)	9 Months Ended		1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended		9 Months Ended			9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013	Feb. 25, 2014 NTR Loan Agreement [Member]	Jul. 19, 2012 NTR Loan Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 NTR Loan Agreement [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 NTR Loan Agreement [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Elemetal [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Elemetal [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Elemetal [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Elemetal [Member] Sales [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Elemetal [Member] Sales [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Elemetal [Member] Purchases [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Elemetal [Member] Purchases [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Estate Gold [Member]	Sep. 30, 2014 Estate Gold [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Concentration risk, percentage										24.00%	32.00%	25.00%	39.00%
Due to related party							$ 3,449,246		$ 3,332,858
Interest paid	223,880	59,468					175,400
Annual interest rate							5.00%
Interest recognized								68,975
Issuance date					Jul. 19, 2012
Credit facility amount, maximum					7,500,000
Interest rate, credit					2.00%
Debt issuance costs				56,150
Period in which debt issuance costs are to be amortized					2 years
Maturity			Aug. 01, 2015	Aug. 01, 2014	Aug. 01, 2015
Long-term Line of Credit					2,303,359	2,383,359
Percentage of ownership															25.00%
Proceeds from fees and services from related party														47,060
Related party revenue														63,817
Purchases from related party														$ 69,286

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