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Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

(in thousands)		2020				2019
Deferred tax assets:
Loss carryovers		$	12,636			$	13,284
Investment in Mineral Property			1,669				1,669
Capitalized Exploration Costs			410				652
Stock option compensation expense			286				228
Unrealized loss on derivative securities			148				237
Other			110				135
Valuation allowance			(15,050	)			(15,999	)
Total deferred tax assets			209				206
Deferred tax liabilities:
Unrealized gains on marketable equity securities			207				198
Other			2				8
Total deferred tax liabilities			209				206
Net deferred tax liabilities		$	-			$	-

Income tax from continuing operations

(in thousands)		2020				2019
Expected income tax benefit		$	(197	)		$	(691	)
Equity based compensation			7				7
Foreign tax rate differences			(8	)			(116	)
State income tax			(37	)			(84	)
Expiration of Capital Loss Carryovers			1,225				66
Adjustment to Deferred Taxes			(23	)			(101	)
Change in valuation allowance			(949	)			900
Permanent differences and other			(18	)			19
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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