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Accounts Receivable (Details)	3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended			3 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2012 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2012 GBP (£)	Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Operations and Research [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Shantaram [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 DOR Receivable [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 Gairsoppa [Member] USD ($) T	Mar. 31, 2012 Recovery Percentage From First 100 Million [Member]	Mar. 31, 2012 Recovery Percentage Distributions After Recovery Costs [Member]
Accounts Receivable (Textual) [Abstract]
Accounts receivable, net	$ 15,758,070		$ 500,626
Reserves for doubtful accounts	4,820,593		6,390,593		1,570,000	4,820,593
Outstanding debt	8,227,675
Loss Contingency, Estimated Recovery from Third Party		Right to receive additional participation amounts, if any, up to approximately 11% from the first £100 million and approximately 7% thereafter from recovery distributions after recovery costs.
Recovery percentage								11.00%	7.00%
Recovery Amount		100,000,000
Silver Quantity							48
Accounts receivable, net	17,832,420
Marketing, general and administrative Related To Project	110,848
Operations and research				17,721,572
Remaining amount of account receivable							$ 15,314,200

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