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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2016
Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract] |
ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS |
| 9. | ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS
The following is a reconciliation of the changes in the Company’s liabilities for asset retirement obligations for the years ended December 31, 2016 and 2015:
|  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
|  | Oil and Gas |  |  | Mining |  |  | Oil and Gas |  |  | Mining |
Balance, beginning of year |  | $ | 1,038 |  |  | $ | 204 |  |  | $ | 945 |  |  | $ | 188 |
Accretion of discount |  |  | 33 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 32 |  |  |  | 16 |
Sold/Plugged |  |  | (26) |  |  |  | (204) |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |
Liabilities incurred |  |  | - |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 61 |  |  |  | - |
Balance, end of year |  | $ | 1,045 |  |  | $ | - |  |  | $ | 1,038 |  |  | $ | 204 |
As discussed further in Note 6, asset retirement obligations related to the Company’s mining segment are presented as discontinued operations in the accompanying balance sheets.

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- Definition The entire disclosure for an asset retirement obligation and the associated long-lived asset. An asset retirement obligation is a legal obligation associated with the disposal or retirement from service of a tangible long-lived asset that results from the acquisition, construction or development, or the normal operations of a long-lived asset, except for certain obligations of lessees. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 1 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7535-110849 Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 410 -SubTopic 20 -Section 50 -Paragraph 2 -URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6392692&loc=d3e7569-110849 + Details
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