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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2021
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense Benefit

The components of the income tax benefit from continuing operations are:

                                 
   Three-Month Period Ended September 30,  Nine-Month Period Ended September 30,
   2021  2020  2021  2020
Current taxes – PRC  $—     $—     $—     $—   
Deferred taxes   (1,750,283)   484,792    (1,363,054)   2,196,079 
Change in valuation allowance   —      (702,117)   —      (484,328)
Tax Expense Benefit  $(1,750,283)  $(217,325)  $(1,363,054)  $1,711,751 

Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

   September 30,  December 31,
   2021  2020
Deferred tax liabilities  $     $   
           
Deferred tax assets:          
Impairment on property, plant and equipment      2,907,548 
Impairment on prepaid land lease   877,244    883,884 
Exploration costs   1,919,666    1,908,087 
Compensation costs of unexercised stock options   1,614    74,883 
Miscellaneous   (77,241)    
PRC tax losses   23,352,679    21,643,028 
US federal net operating loss   1,267,960    1,045,503 
Total deferred tax assets   27,341,922    28,462,933 
Valuation allowance   (9,943,998)   (9,872,706)
Net deferred tax asset  $17,397,924   $18,590,227