Asset Retirement Obligations and Financial Reclamation Assurance (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2016

Asset Retirement Obligation Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Change in Asset Retirement Obligation [Table Text Block]

The following is a summary of asset retirement obligations:

	June 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Balance, beginning of the period	$	978,453	$	624,142
Accretion		45,058		-
Changes in cash flow estimates		148,334		278,240
Balance, end of the period	$	1,171,845	$	978,453