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Other Assets

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2017

Deferred Costs, Capitalized, Prepaid, and Other Assets Disclosure [Abstract]

Other Assets

4.        Other Assets

The following items comprised other assets:

(in thousands)	June 30,	December 31,
	2017	2016
Furniture and Fixtures, net of accumulated depreciation	$   30	$ 32
Vendetta Mining Corp warrants	673	735
Exploration bonds and other assets	4	4
Total other assets	$ 707	$ 771

During the six months ended June 30, 2016 Solitario purchased 7,240,000 units of Vendetta for $289,000. Each unit included one common share and one purchase warrant which allows the holder to purchase one share of Vendetta common stock at a price of Cdn$0.10 per share for a period of two years (the “Vendetta Warrants”). As of June 30, 2017, the Vendetta shares are carried at their fair value and included in marketable equity securities, see Note 3, above. The Vendetta Warrants are carried at their fair value, based upon a Black-Scholes valuation model.

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Tabular disclosure of the carrying amounts of other assets. This disclosure includes other current assets and other noncurrent assets.

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