Income Taxes (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2012

Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation [Table Text Block]

		December 31,			December 31,			December 31,
		2012			2011			2010
					(Restated - Note 17)
Net loss before taxes	$	( 14,874,429	)	$	( 18,624,346	)	$	( 15,239,402	)
Statutory rate		35%			35%			35%
Computed expected tax (recovery)	$	( 5,206,050	)	$	( 6,518,521	)	$	( 5,333,791	)
Stock-based compensation		409,686			(192,618	)		1,311,158
Depreciation		38,180			–			–
Joint venture chargeback		106,713			86,917			75,154
Miscellaneous		778,166			(2,455,577	)		(511,202	)
Increase (decrease) in valuation allowance:
Net operating loss		2,173,138			5,472,168			2,127,013
Exploration and mineral property costs		1,746,217			3,607,631			2,331,668
Capital assets		30,440			–			–
Construction in progress		(76,490	)		–			–
Reported income taxes	$			$	–		$	–

Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31,		December 31,		December 31,
	2012		2011		2010
	$		$		$
Deferred tax assets and liabilities
- Net operating losses	15,421,142		13,248,004		7,775,836
- Mineral property acquisition and exploration	23,032,848		21,286,631		17,679,000
- Capital assets	30,440		–		–
- Construction in progress	(76,490	)	–		–
- Less valuation allowance	(38,407,940	)	(34,534,635	)	(25,454,836	)
Net deferred tax asset	–		–		–

Summary of Operating Loss Carryforwards [Table Text Block]

		Net	Expiration
		Loss	Date
1999	$	329	2019
2000		493	2020
2001		18,389	2021
2002		46,564	2022
2003		23,560	2023
2004		18,367	2024
2005		4,420,398	2025
2006		1,438,511	2026
2007		2,828,339	2027
2008		3,870,989	2028
2009		4,934,131	2029
2010		6,765,005	2030
2011		14,489,696	2031
2012		5,205,634	2032
	$	44,060,405