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Nature of Operations and Basis of Presentation (Details)	9 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2017
Midas Gold Shares [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Holding percentage	4.20%
Mt Todd, Australia [Member]
Property, Plant and Equipment [Line Items]
Percentage of ownership in project	100.00%

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