Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2014

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Schedule of Benefit for Income Taxes and Effective Income Tax Rate

The provision (benefit) for income taxes from continued operations for the years ended December 31, 2014, 2013 and 2012 consist of the following:

	2014			2013			2012
Current:
Federal	$	—		$	—		$	—
Deferred:
Federal	—			—			—
Income taxes provision	$	—		$	—		$	—
Federal statutory rate	(34.0		)%	(34.0		)%	(34.0		)%
Change in valuation allowance	32.0		%	32.0		%	33.9		%
Other	2.0		%	2.0		%	0.1		%
	—		%	—		%	—		%

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets

Deferred income taxes at December 31, 2014 and 2013 consisted of the following:

	December 31, 2014			December 31, 2013
Asset retirement obligation	$	1,458,464		$	997,035
Mineral rights and properties, plant, and equipment	(747,474		)	(846,679		)
Mining exploration, development, claims, and permit costs	8,404,645			7,812,828
Derivatives - change in fair value	(39,722		)	30,600
Stock-based compensation	—			1,720,564
Net operating loss carryforward	49,441,098			45,411,753
Transaction costs	1,077,037			1,392,079
Other	198,039			194,145
Valuation allowance	(59,792,087		)	(56,712,325		)
Total net deferred tax assets	$	—		$	—