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STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY (Tables)

Summary of restricted stock unit activity

		Number of Shares				Weighted-Average Grant Date Fair Value
Balance of restricted stock units outstanding at December 31, 2018			505,000			$	2.17
Grants of restricted stock units			70,000				2.45
Vested restricted stock units			(235,000	)			(2.29	)
Balance of unvested restricted stock units at December 31, 2019			340,000			$	2.15

Schedule of stock option activity

		2019				2018
						Weighted								Weighted
						Average								Average
		Options				Exercise				Options				Exercise
		Outstanding				Price				Outstanding				Price
Options outstanding at beginning of year			1,635,000			$	1.18				2,010,000			$	1.28
Granted			―				__				―				―
Expired			—				__				—				―
Exercised			(1,030,000	)		$	1.05				(375,000	)		$	1.74
Options outstanding at end of year			605,000			$	1.39				1,635,000			$	1.18
Options exercisable at end of year			605,000			$	1.39				1,635,000			$	1.18

Summary of information of stock options outstanding and exercisable

			Weighted
		Weighted	Average
Range of		Average	Remaining
Exercise	Options	Exercise	Life in	Options
Price	Outstanding	Price	Years	Exercisable
$1.19 - $2.34	605,000	$1.39	2.36	605,000

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