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DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS AND PREFERRED STOCK ISSUANCE (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 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 September 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 | Presented below are the components for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2016 and 2015:
|  | Three Months Ended |  |  | Nine Months Ended |
|  | September 30: |  |  | September 30: |
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Issuance of preferred stock to induce disposition |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (1,999 | ) |  | $ | - |
Operating expenses of mining segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water treatment plant |  |  | - |  |  |  | (470 | ) |  |  | (256 | ) |  |  | (1,383 | )
Mine property holding costs |  |  | - |  |  |  | (365 | ) |  |  | (117 | ) |  |  | (912 | )
Depreciation of mine equipment |  |  | - |  |  |  | (30 | ) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (90 | )
Professional fees related to disposition |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | (76 | ) |  |  | - |
Total results for discontinued operations |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | (865 | ) |  | $ | (2,448 | ) |  | $ | (2,385 | )

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