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Mineral Property (Tables)

3 Months Ended

Mar. 31, 2015

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Investment in Mineral Property

(in thousands)	March 31,	December 31,
	2015	2014
Development (United States)
Mt. Hamilton	$14,968	$14,641
Exploration
La Promesa (Peru)	5	5
Norcan (Mexico)	6	6
Aconchi (Mexico)	5	5
Canta Colorado (Mexico)	3	3
Total exploration	19	19
Total mineral property	$14,987	$14,660

Capitalized Development Costs

(in thousands)	Three months ended March 31,
	2015	2014
Development expenditures	$156	$ 485
Capitalized interest	169	153
Capitalized depreciation	2	8
Total capitalized costs	$ 327	$ 646

Exploration Expense

(in thousands)	Three months ended  March 31,
	2015	2014
Geologic and field expenses	$18	$26
Administrative	7	22
Total exploration costs	$ 25	$ 48

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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Tabular disclosure of the capitalized costs of unproved properties and major development projects that are excluded from capitalized costs being amortized. This includes the total costs excluded and, at a minimum, these categories of costs: acquisition costs, exploration costs, development costs in the case of significant development projects, and capitalized interest.

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