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Revenue Participation Rights (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2012

Revenue Participation Rights [Abstract]

Participating revenue rights

		June 30, 2012				December 31, 2011
“Cambridge” project		$	825,000			$	825,000
“Republic” (now “Seattle”) project			62,500				62,500
Galt Resources, LLC			7,512,500				7,512,500
Total participating revenue rights		$	8,400,000			$	8,400,000

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