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Amount of investment in debt and equity securities categorized neither as held-to-maturity nor trading.

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Amount of currency on hand as well as demand deposits with banks or financial institutions. Includes other kinds of accounts that have the general characteristics of demand deposits. Excludes cash and cash equivalents within disposal group and discontinued operation.

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Date when the debt instrument is scheduled to be fully repaid, in CCYY-MM-DD format.

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The cash inflow associated with the amount received from entity's first offering of stock to the public.

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The cash inflow from the sale of property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Liquidity and Going Concern (Details Narrative) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 18, 2015	Nov. 09, 2015	Mar. 06, 2015	Feb. 28, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Cash balances						$ 900
Working capital deficit						8,900
Net proceeds from direct offering	$ 6,100		$ 6,100	$ 9,300
Purchase of common stock						$ 6,393	$ 11,880
Convertible Secured Debt Facility [Member]
Debt maturity date					Dec. 31, 2016
Secured loan agreement					$ 8,000
February 4, 2016 [Member]
Number of shares sold by company during peirod						296,667
Sale of stock price per share						$ 2.82
Net proceeds from direct offering						$ 800
March 31, 2016 [Member]
Cash balances						900
Net proceeds from direct offering						$ 800
Two Common Stock Purchase Agreements [Member] \| February 3, 2016 [Member] \| Aspire Capital [Member]
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Purchase of common stock						$ 10,000
ATM Sales Agreement [Member]
Available for future sales						5,600
ATM Sales Agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Net proceeds from direct offering						15,000
ATM Sales Agreement [Member] \| March 12, 2016 [Member]
Available for future sales						5,600
SPAs [Member]
Available for future sales						$ 10,000
Resource Capital Fund V LP [Member] \| Loan Agreement [Member]
Debt maturity date						Dec. 31, 2016
Laramide Resources [Member] \| Letter of Intent [Member]
Proceeds from sale properties		$ 5,250