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1. NATURE OF BUSINESS AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details Narrative) (USD $)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Nature Of Business And Summary Of Significant Accounting Policies Details Narrative    
Allowance for doubtful accounts $ 0  
Percentage of accounts receivable outstanding for less than 91 days About 68.5% and 100% of the balances of accounts receivable as of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively, were outstanding for less than 91 days. For the balances of accounts receivable aged more than 90 days as of December 31, 2012, all was settled in the two months ended February 28, 2013.  
Property, plant and machinery replaced during period 1,042,138  
Impairment of long lived assets Assets held and used with a carrying amount of $9,421,857 were written down to their fair value of $7,616,259, resulting in an impairment charge of $1,805,598, which was included in earnings for the year ended December 31, 2011; and (ii) long-lived assets held and used under capital lease with a carrying amount of $3,051,054 were written down to their fair value of $2,368,008, resulting in an impairment charge of $683,046, which was included in earnings for the year ended December 31, 2011.  
Company contributions for retirement benefits 469,958 431,428
Exploration costs 7,034,153  
Shipping and handling costs $ 80,607 $ 506,331
Anti-dilutive common stock equivalents which were excluded from the calculation of number of dilutive common stock equivalents 3,069,929 535,449