UNAUDITED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF LOSS AND COMPREHENSIVE LOSS (USD $) In Thousands, except Share data	3 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	118 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011	Sep. 30, 2010	Sep. 30, 2011
Operating income and (expenses):
Exploration, property evaluation and holding costs	$ (5,803)	$ (3,324)	$ (13,606)	$ (9,860)	$ (49,957)
Corporate administration and investor relations	(1,312)	(837)	(4,069)	(2,904)	(30,641)
Depreciation and amortization	(87)	(70)	(247)	(202)	(1,167)
Loss on extinguishment of convertible debt	0	0	0	(1,565)	(1,218)
Gain/(loss) on currency translation	17	152	53	70	(110)
Gain/(loss) on disposal of mineral property, net (Note 3)	(5)	0	77,802	0	79,663
Total operating income/(loss)	(7,190)	(4,079)	59,933	(14,461)	(3,430)
Non-operating income and (expenses):
Gain/(loss) on sale of marketable securities	(2)	52	445	265	7,788
Unrealized gain on long-term investment (Note 3)	27,762	0	27,762	0	27,762
Write down of marketable securities	0	0	0	0	(849)
Interest income	11	17	37	106	2,800
Interest expense	0	(174)	(120)	(889)	(4,096)
Other income/(expense)	109	39	109	135	(5,147)
Total non-operating income/(loss)	27,880	(66)	28,233	(383)	28,258
Income/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes	20,690	(4,145)	88,166	(14,844)	24,828
Deferred income tax (expense)	(9,957)	0	(33,546)	0	(33,546)
Income/(loss) from continuing operations after income taxes	10,733	(4,145)	54,620	(14,844)	(8,718)
Loss from discontinued operations	0	0	0	0	(12,863)
Net income/(loss)	10,733	(4,145)	54,620	(14,844)	(21,581)
Unrealized fair-value increase/(decrease) on available-for-sale securities	(319)	233	(446)	202
Realized (gain)/loss on available-for-sale securities	2	(46)	(445)	(233)
Other comprehensive income/(loss)	(317)	187	(891)	(31)
Comprehensive income/(loss)	$ 10,416	$ (3,958)	$ 53,729	$ (14,875)
Basic:
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (Note 16)	71,213,543	46,586,708	67,441,707	45,897,307
Income/(loss) per share	$ 0.15	$ (0.09)	$ 0.81	$ (0.32)
Diluted:
Weighted average number of shares outstanding (Note 16)	72,781,902	46,586,708	68,202,974	45,897,307
Income/(loss) per share	$ 0.15	$ (0.09)	$ 0.80	$ (0.32)

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