Consolidated Balance Sheets - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 27,576	$ 10,057
Certificates of deposit	252,298	251,641
Accounts receivable, net	496,397	552,119
Inventories	939,880	855,637
Other current assets	23,890	23,101
Total current assets	1,740,041	1,692,555
Properties, plants and equipment, net	15,338,206	15,695,966
Restricted cash for reclamation bonds	63,275	63,274
Foreign value added tax refund receivable	365,120	276,500
Other assets	32,520	37,703
Total assets	17,539,162	17,765,998
Current liabilities:
Checks issued and payable	48,408	35,682
Accounts payable	2,199,458	1,797,251
Due to factor	163,737	150,399
Accrued payroll, taxes and interest	162,833	213,695
Other accrued liabilities	153,273	122,968
Payables to related parties	16,322	14,525
Deferred revenue	78,730	78,730
Notes payable to bank	103,026	167,317
Income taxes payable (Note 11)	459,510	410,510
Long-term debt, current portion, net of discount	495,134	391,046
Total current liabilities	3,880,431	3,382,123
Long-term debt, net of discount and current portion	1,282,981	1,472,869
Hillgrove advances payable (Note 8)	1,134,196	1,134,221
Common stock payable to directors for services	131,250	168,750
Asset retirement obligations and accrued reclamation costs	270,124	265,782
Total liabilities	6,698,982	6,423,745
Commitments and contingencies (Note 5 and 11)
Stockholders' equity:
Preferred stock $0.01 par value, 10,000,000 shares authorized: Series A: -0- shares issued and outstanding	0	0
Series B: 750,000 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference $909,375 and $907,500 respectively)	7,500	7,500
Series C: 177,904 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference $97,847)	1,779	1,779
Series D: 1,751,005 shares issued and outstanding (liquidation preference $5,014,692 and $4,920,178 respectively)	17,509	17,509
Common stock, $0.01 par value, 90,000,000 shares authorized; 67,488,153 and 67,066,278 shares issued and outstanding, respectively	674,881	670,662
Additional paid-in capital	36,239,264	36,074,733
Accumulated deficit	(26,100,753)	(25,429,930)
Total stockholders' equity	10,840,180	11,342,253
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$ 17,539,162	$ 17,765,998