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MINERAL PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS (Tables)
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2012
MINERAL PROPERTIES AND INTERESTS (Tables)  
Mineral Properties and Interest

Mineral properties and interests as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 are as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2012

 

December 31, 2011

     Yellow Hammer Site

 

 

 

 

          Initial Lease Fee

$

175,000

$

175,000

          Asset Retirement Obligation

 

30,908

 

30,908

               Total

 

205,908

 

205,908

 

 

 

 

 

     Kiewit, Cactus Mill and all other sites

 

 

 

 

          Initial Lease Fee

 

600,000

 

600,000

          Annual Lease Payment

 

50,000

 

-

          Asset Retirement Obligation

 

26,913

 

26,594

               Total

 

676,913

 

626,594

 

 

 

 

 

     Blue Fin Claims

 

 

 

 

         Initial Claim Fee

 

2,735

 

2,735

 

 

 

 

 

               Total

 

2,735

 

2,735

 

 

 

 

 

Total Mineral Properties and Leases

$

885,556

$

835,237

Exploration Expenditures

Exploration Expenditures

 

Exploration expenditures incurred by the Company during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30, 2011

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2012

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2011

Assaying

 

$

940

 

$

3,390

 

$

13,541

 

$

15,609

Permitting

 

 

56,406

 

 

50,557

 

 

203,247

 

 

98,485

Geological consulting fees

 

 

-

 

 

20,579

 

 

-

 

 

84,759

Maps and miscellaneous

 

 

-

 

 

473

 

 

77

 

 

5,782

Total Exploration Expenditures

 

$

57,346

 

$

74,999

 

$

216,865

 

$

204,635