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Long-Term Investments (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Long-Term Investments [Abstract] |
Summarized financial information for Midas |
|  | March 31, 2012 |
Current assets |  |  |
Cash and cash equivalents |  | $ | 61,855 |
Trade and other receivables |  |  | 290 |
Prepaid expenses |  |  | 99 |
Total current assets |  |  | 62,244 |
Non-current assets |  |  |  |
Buildings and equipment |  |  | 2,951 |
Exploration and evaluation assets |  |  | 129,679 |
Reclamation bond |  |  | 18 |
Total non-current assets |  |  | 132,648 |
Total assets |  | $ | 194,892 |
Liabilities and Equity |  |  |  |
Current liabilities |  |  |  |
Trade and other payables |  | $ | 3,569 |
Current portion of notes payable |  |  | 182 |
Accrued interest |  |  | 18 |
Total current liabilities |  |  | 3,769 |
Long-term portion of notes payable |  |  | 561 |
Share capital |  |  | 193,509 |
Equity reserve |  |  | 13,787 |
Deficit |  |  | (16,734 | )
Total equity |  |  | 190,562 |
Total liabilities and equity |  | $ | 194,892 |
|  | Three Months Ended |
|  | March 31, |  |  | December 31, |  |  | September 30, |  |  | June 30, |
|  | 2012 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2011 |  |  | 2011 |
Operating expense |  | $ | (2,927 | ) |  | $ | (3,949 | ) |  | $ | (2,988 | ) |  | $ | (3,349 | )
Other income/(expense) |  |  | 482 |  |  |  | 1,645 |  |  |  | (3,768 | ) |  |  | (52 | )
Net loss |  | $ | (2,445 | ) |  | $ | (2,304 | ) |  | $ | (6,756 | ) |  | $ | (3,401 | )
Net loss per share, basic and diluted |  | $ | (0.02 | ) |  | $ | (0.02 | ) |  | $ | (0.07 | ) |  | $ | (0.04 | )
Weighted average number of shares outstanding, basic and diluted |  |  | 107,008,000 |  |  |  | 105,248,000 |  |  |  | 102,557,000 |  |  |  | 86,903,000 |

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