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Mineral Property (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2016

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Investment in Mineral Property

(in thousands)	September  30,	December 31,
	2016	2015
Exploration
La Promesa (Peru)	$  6	$  6
Montana royalty property	40	-
Canta Colorado (Peru)	3	3
Norcan (Mexico)	-	5
Aconchi (Mexico)	-	5
Total exploration mineral property	$49	$19

Capitalized Development Costs

(in thousands)	Three months ended September 30,	Nine months ended September 30,
	2015	2015
Development expenditures	$201	$692
Capitalized interest	154	493
Property payments	-	190
Capitalized depreciation	2	7
Total capitalized costs	$ 357	$ 1,382

Exploration Expense

(in thousands)	Three months ended September 30,		Nine months ended September 30,
	2016	2015	2016	2015
Geologic and field expenses	$72	$  9	$320	$24
Administrative	60	7	154	24
Total exploration costs	$ 132	$ 16	$ 474	$ 48

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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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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-10(c)(7)(ii))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=50486907&loc=d3e511914-122862

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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 932
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-Section S99
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