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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2022
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: Income Taxes - Schedule of Components of Income Tax Expense Benefit
|  | Three-Month Period Ended June 30, |  | Six-Month Period Ended June 30,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021 |  | 2022 |  | 2021
Current taxes – PRC |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred taxes |  |  | 1,249,621 |  |  |  | (356,480 | ) |  |  | 1,345,316 |  |  |  | 387,229 |
Change in valuation allowance |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Tax Expense Benefit |  | $ | 1,249,621 |  |  | $ | (356,480 | ) |  | $ | 1,345,316 |  |  | $ | 387,229 |
Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at June 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021 are as follows: Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
|  | June 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2022 |  | 2021
Deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration costs |  |  | 1,855,050 |  |  |  | 1,952,783 |
PRC tax losses |  |  | 17,400,838 |  |  |  | 19,621,674 |
US federal net operating loss |  |  | 1,336,405 |  |  |  | 1,308,335 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 20,592,293 |  |  |  | 22,882,792 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (10,016,934 | ) |  |  | (9,982,758 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  | $ | 10,575,359 |  |  | $ | 12,900,034 |

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- Definition Tabular disclosure of the components of income tax expense attributable to continuing operations for each year presented including, but not limited to: current tax expense (benefit), deferred tax expense (benefit), investment tax credits, government grants, the benefits of operating loss carryforwards, tax expense that results from allocating certain tax benefits either directly to contributed capital or to reduce goodwill or other noncurrent intangible assets of an acquired entity, adjustments of a deferred tax liability or asset for enacted changes in tax laws or rates or a change in the tax status of the entity, and adjustments of the beginning-of-the-year balances of a valuation allowance because of a change in circumstances that causes a change in judgment about the realizability of the related deferred tax asset in future years. + References Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef -Publisher FASB -Name Accounting Standards Codification -Topic 740 -SubTopic 10 -Section 50 -Paragraph 9 -URI https://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=121826272&loc=d3e32639-109319 + Details
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