Asset Retirement Obligations and Financial Reclamation Assurance (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 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:

	September 30, 2016		December 31, 2015
Balance, beginning of the period	$	978,453	$	624,142
Accretion		45,059		-
Changes in cash flow estimates		245,029		354,311
Balance, end of the period	$	1,268,541	$	978,453