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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Schedule of change in the balance of the restoration and reclamation liability

		December 31,
		2012			2011
Reserve for future restoration and reclamation costs at January 1,		$	4,735,759		$	5,043,645
Changes in cash flow estimates		1,444,406			1,101,234
Costs incurred		(1,767,289		)	(1,530,303		)
Accretion expense		85,181			121,183
Reserve for future restoration and reclamation costs at December 31,		$	4,498,057		$	4,735,759

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 410

-SubTopic 30

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6393242&loc=d3e13201-110859

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