Liquidity	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2014
Nature Of Operations And Basis Of Presentation [Abstract]
Liquidity	2. Liquidity These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under which an entity is considered to be able to realize its assets and satisfy its liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon our ability to secure sufficient funding and to generate future profits from operations. The underlying value and recoverability of the amounts shown as mineral properties, plant and equipment, assets held for sale, investments and other property interests in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are also dependent on our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations and to continue to fund exploration and development activities that would lead to profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of these assets. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in disposing of these assets or securing additional funding on terms acceptable to us or at all or developing profitable operations in the future. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or liabilities which might be necessary should we not be able to continue as a going-concern. Management is strongly committed to careful cash management and maintaining liquidity. The Company’s cash burn rate has been dramatically reduced since 2013 as several cash intensive programs at the Mt Todd gold project such as water treatment and preparation of the preliminary feasibility study have been completed. In addition, several significant cost cutting measures have been introduced including a reduction of management positions, significant reductions in cash compensation for executives, senior management and the Company’s Board of Directors, and the delay or elimination of discretionary programs, including exploration activities. Other aggressive cost cutting measures, particularly at the Mt Todd gold project, are being pursued. In addition, the Company is advancing discussions with the government of the Northern Territory of Australia aimed at establishing a mechanism for sharing the ongoing costs of water management and the associated environmental monitoring at the Mt Todd gold project. The Company’s cash burn rate is expected to average less than $2,000 per quarter through the remainder of 2014, assuming a normal start of the 2014-2015 wet season in the Northern Territory of Australia. Subject to this assumption, the Company believes that it can sustain this burn rate through 2015, if necessary. The Company will need additional financing to meet these costs in 2015 and hopes to receive $850 in two installments over the next seven months pursuant to the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold/silver project option agreement with Cangold Limited (Note 5). The Company also hopes to receive $6,000 related to the 2013 sale of the Los Cardones gold project, subject to the Purchaser’s option to elect to not make this payment (Note 5). In addition, the Company will continue to seek additional financing with priority given to non-dilutive sources such as the sale of non-core assets, including our used mill equipment. However, there can be no assurance that we will receive any of these payments or timely monetize our non-core assets at a value acceptable to us or at all. However, given our ability to liquidate the other investments component of working capital beginning in February 2015, if insufficient capital is available from all other sources, we believe that the Company’s other investments could provide access to sufficient funding for us to operate well into 2016.

2. Liquidity

These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis under which an entity is considered to be able to realize its assets and satisfy its liabilities in the normal course of business. Accordingly, the continuing operations of the Company are dependent upon our ability to secure sufficient funding and to generate future profits from operations. The underlying value and recoverability of the amounts shown as mineral properties, plant and equipment, assets held for sale, investments and other property interests in the condensed consolidated balance sheets are also dependent on our ability to generate positive cash flow from operations and to continue to fund exploration and development activities that would lead to profitable production or proceeds from the disposition of these assets. There can be no assurance that we will be successful in disposing of these assets or securing additional funding on terms acceptable to us or at all or developing profitable operations in the future. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments relating to the recoverability and classification of recorded assets or liabilities which might be necessary should we not be able to continue as a going-concern.

Management is strongly committed to careful cash management and maintaining liquidity. The Company’s cash burn rate has been dramatically reduced since 2013 as several cash intensive programs at the Mt Todd gold project such as water treatment and preparation of the preliminary feasibility study have been completed. In addition, several significant cost cutting measures have been introduced including a reduction of management positions, significant reductions in cash compensation for executives, senior management and the Company’s Board of Directors, and the delay or elimination of discretionary programs, including exploration activities. Other aggressive cost cutting measures, particularly at the Mt Todd gold project, are being pursued. In addition, the Company is advancing discussions with the government of the Northern Territory of Australia aimed at establishing a mechanism for sharing the ongoing costs of water management and the associated environmental monitoring at the Mt Todd gold project.

The Company’s cash burn rate is expected to average less than $2,000 per quarter through the remainder of 2014, assuming a normal start of the 2014-2015 wet season in the Northern Territory of Australia. Subject to this assumption, the Company believes that it can sustain this burn rate through 2015, if necessary. The Company will need additional financing to meet these costs in 2015 and hopes to receive $850 in two installments over the next seven months pursuant to the Guadalupe de los Reyes gold/silver project option agreement with Cangold Limited (Note 5). The Company also hopes to receive $6,000 related to the 2013 sale of the Los Cardones gold project, subject to the Purchaser’s option to elect to not make this payment (Note 5). In addition, the Company will continue to seek additional financing with priority given to non-dilutive sources such as the sale of non-core assets, including our used mill equipment. However, there can be no assurance that we will receive any of these payments or timely monetize our non-core assets at a value acceptable to us or at all. However, given our ability to liquidate the other investments component of working capital beginning in February 2015, if insufficient capital is available from all other sources, we believe that the Company’s other investments could provide access to sufficient funding for us to operate well into 2016.