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Plant And Equipment | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2014
Plant And Equipment [Abstract] |
Plant And Equipment | 6. Plant and Equipment
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013
|  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated depreciation |  |  | Net |  |  | Cost |  |  | Accumulated depreciation |  |  | Net
Mt Todd, Australia | $ | 5,483 |  | $ | 2,578 |  | $ | 2,905 |  | $ | 5,476 |  | $ | 1,993 |  | $ | 3,483
Guadalupe de los Reyes, Mexico |  | 17 |  |  | 7 |  |  | 10 |  |  | 17 |  |  | 5 |  |  | 12
Corporate, United States |  | 403 |  |  | 273 |  |  | 130 |  |  | 780 |  |  | 577 |  |  | 203
| $ | 5,903 |  | $ | 2,858 |  | $ | 3,045 |  | $ | 6,273 |  | $ | 2,575 |  | $ | 3,698
|  | September 30, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013
|  | Book value beginning of period |  |  | Write-downs during the period |  |  | Book value end of period |  |  | Book value beginning of period |  |  | Write-downs during the period |  |  | Book value end of period
Assets held for sale (mill equipment) | $ | 6,500 |  | $ | - |  | $ | 6,500 |  | $ | 10,000 |  | $ | 3,500 |  | $ | 6,500
During the year ended December 31, 2013, given the relatively weak market conditions in the gold mining sector, and based on an updated independent assessment from a third party, we recorded a Level 3 impairment charge of $3,500 to write-down the value of the mill equipment which is held for sale (Note 11).

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- Definition The entire disclosure for long-lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, accounting policies and methodology, roll forwards, depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, including composite depreciation, accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization expense, useful lives and method used, income statement disclosures, assets held for sale and public utility disclosures. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391035&loc=d3e2868-110229 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 360 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6391110&loc=d3e2921-110230 Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 205 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6360339&loc=d3e1361-107760 Reference 4: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 210 -SubTopic 10 -Section S99 -Paragraph 1 -Subparagraph (SX 210.5-02.13-14) -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6877327&loc=d3e13212-122682 + Details
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