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INCOME TAXES (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2023
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 September 30, |  | Nine-Month Period Ended September 30,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022 |  | 2023 |  | 2022
Current taxes – PRC |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred tax – PRC entities |  |  | 483,524 |  |  |  | (3,010,967 | ) |  |  | 876,779 |  |  |  | (4,356,283 | )
Income Tax (Expense) Benefit |  | $ | 483,524 |  |  | $ | (3,010,967 | ) |  | $ | 876,779 |  |  | $ | (4,356,283 | )
Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities | Significant components of the Company’s deferred tax assets and liabilities at September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are as follows: Income Taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities
|  | September 30, |  | December 31,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
Deferred tax liabilities |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | — |
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration costs |  |  | 1,736,028 |  |  |  | 1,787,571 |
PRC tax losses |  |  | 12,948,587 |  |  |  | 12,211,867 |
US federal net operating loss |  |  | 1,569,617 |  |  |  | 1,336,405 |
Total deferred tax assets |  |  | 16,254,232 |  |  |  | 15,335,843 |
Valuation allowance |  |  | (10,250,146 | ) |  |  | (10,016,934 | )
Net deferred tax asset |  | $ | 6,004,086 |  |  | $ | 5,318,909 |

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