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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

(in thousands)		2019				2018
Deferred tax assets:
Loss carryovers		$	13,284			$	12,432
Investment in Mineral Property			1,669				1,669
Capitalized Exploration Costs			652				877
Stock option compensation expense			228				150
Unrealized loss on derivative securities			237				60
Other			135				135
Valuation allowance			(15,999	)			(15,099	)
Total deferred tax assets			206				224
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unrealized gains on marketable equity securities			198				209
Other			8				15
Total deferred tax liabilities			206				224
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	-			$	-

Income tax from continuing operations

(in thousands)		2019				2018
Expected income tax benefit		$	(691	)		$	(756	)
Equity based compensation			7				-
Foreign tax rate differences			(116	)			(27	)
State income tax			(84	)			(143	)
Expiration of Capital Loss Carryovers			66				-
Adjustment to Deferred Taxes			(101	)			2,058
Change in Tax Rate			-				53
Change in valuation allowance			900				(1,164	)
Permanent differences and other			19				(21	)
Income tax (benefit) expense		$	-			$	-

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Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years.

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Tabular disclosure of the components of net deferred tax asset or liability recognized in an entity's statement of financial position, including the following: the total of all deferred tax liabilities, the total of all deferred tax assets, the total valuation allowance recognized for deferred tax assets.

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