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Maximum Amount Of Financing Available From Future Issuance Of Convertible Preferred Stock

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Working capital deficit.

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Aggregate number of common shares reserved for future issuance.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Maximum borrowing capacity under the credit facility without consideration of any current restrictions on the amount that could be borrowed or the amounts currently outstanding under the facility.

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Commitments and Contingencies - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($) shares in Millions	Mar. 11, 2015	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Mar. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents		$ 2,765,215	$ 2,241,317	$ 704,452	$ 3,143,550
Working capital deficit		19,000,000
Total assets		$ 7,244,351	$ 6,913,016
Penelope Mining LLC [Member]
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Investment in convertible preferred stock	$ 101,000,000
Investment agreement period	3 years
MINOSA [Member]
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Amount of debt financed	$ 14,750,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]
Gain Contingencies [Line Items]
Grant and issuance of new equity shares		3.0