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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PREFERRED STOCK ISSUANCE (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2016
Discontinued Operations and Disposal Groups [Abstract] |
Schedule of assets and liabilities associated with the mining segment | Presented below are the assets and liabilities associated with the Company’s mining segment as of June 30, 2016 and December 31, 2015:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Assets retained by the Company: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Performance bonds and refundable deposits |  | $ | 135 |  |  | $ | 114 |
Net assets conveyed to Purchaser: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Undeveloped mining claims |  |  | - |  |  |  | 21,942 |
Mining equipment |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1,774 |
Less accumulated depreciation of mining equipment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (892 | )
Less write-down due to impairment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (22,620 | )
Net book value of assets conveyed |  |  | - |  |  |  | 204 |
Total assets of discontinued operations |  | $ | 135 |  |  | $ | 318 |
Asset retirement obligations assumed by Purchaser |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 204 |
Schedule of components of discontinued operations | The results of operations of the discontinued mining operations are presented separately in the accompanying financial statements. Presented below are the components for the three and six months ended June 30, 2016 and 2015:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Six Months Ended |
|  | June 30: |  |  | June 30: |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Issuance of preferred stock to induce dispostion |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (1,999 | ) |  | $ | - |
Operating expenses of mining segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water treatment plant |  |  | - |  |  |  | (424 | ) |  |  | (256 | ) |  |  | (852 | )
Mine property holding costs |  |  | - |  |  |  | (252 | ) |  |  | (117 | ) |  |  | (545 | )
Depreciation of mine equipment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (31 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (62 | )
Professional fees related to disposition |  |  | (10 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (76 | ) |  |  | - |
Total results for discontinued operations |  | $ | (10 | ) |  | $ | (707 | ) |  | $ | (2,448 | ) |  | $ | (1,459 | )

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