The number of equipment's acquired by the entity during the period.

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- Definition

Percentage of pre-tax purchase price included in down payments.

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- Definition

Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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- Definition

The cash outflow for purchases of and capital improvements on property, plant and equipment (capital expenditures), software, and other intangible assets.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Glossary Investing Activities
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6516133

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Section 45
-Paragraph 13
-Subparagraph (c)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=66902209&loc=d3e3213-108585

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Loan Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
Loan Payable (Details Textual) - USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2016	Sep. 30, 2015
Komatsu Mobile Mining Equipment [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Payments to Acquire Productive Assets, Total	$ 0	$ 1,606,452	$ 57,313	$ 2,525,921
Number Of Equipments Acquired			1
Percentage Of Pretax Purchase Price			10.00%
Komatsu Mobile Mining Equipment [Member] \| Loans Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			4 years
Mining Drill Loan [Member] \| Loans Payable [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Debt Instrument, Term			3 years