Related Party Transactions (Details 4) - USD ($)		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
		Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accretion of discounts and interest on loan, advance and convertible debenture	[1]	$ 1,814,561	$ 1,906,122	$ 5,374,249	$ 5,509,153
Less: Interest costs capitalized	[2]	0	(924,732)	(1,005,223)	(2,509,899)
Interest expense		$ 1,814,561	$ 981,390	$ 4,369,026	$ 2,999,254

[1] Komatsu is not a related party and has only been included in the above table to reconcile the total interest expense incurred for the period to the amounts capitalized and expensed.

[2] Interest capitalization ended on March 31, 2016 as the mine went into production on April 1, 2016.