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	Dec. 07, 2017	Oct. 04, 2017	Sep. 08, 2017	Jan. 25, 2018	Oct. 20, 2017	Oct. 19, 2017	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 05, 2017
Quest [Member]
Advances given by an officer							$ 50,000
Quest [Member] \| Surface equipment [Member]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity	$ 56,900			$ 346,660	$ 50,250	$ 90,400
Interest rate					10.60%	9.95%
Maturity date	Jan. 07, 2021			Dec. 25, 2020	Oct. 20, 2019	Oct. 19, 2019
Quest [Member] \| Underground mining equipments [Member] \| Equipment purchase agreement [Member]
Credit facility maximum borrowing capacity			$ 600,000
Periodic payment payable under agreement to an unaffiliated entity			$ 30,000
Frequency of periodic payments under agreement to an unaffiliated entity			Monthly
Quest [Member] \| Underground mining equipments [Member] \| Equipment purchase agreement [Member] \| Upon execution [Member]
Amount payable under agreement to an unaffiliated entity			$ 80,000
Unaffiliated entity [Member] \| Consolidated loan agreement [Member]
Interest rate		7.00%
Notes and loans payable		$ 5,444,632
Unaffiliated entity [Member] \| Consolidated loan agreement [Member] \| After March 31, 2017 [Member]
Amount receivable under agreement		$ 5,240,000
Warrant [Member] \| Unaffiliated entity [Member] \| Consolidated loan agreement [Member]
Common stock shares issuable upon exercise of warrants or rights		5,017,006
Expiration date of contract		Oct. 02, 2020
Warrant [Member] \| Unaffiliated entity [Member] \| Consolidated loan agreement [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Exercise price		$ 0.01
Warrant [Member] \| Unaffiliated entity [Member] \| Consolidated loan agreement [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Exercise price		$ 11.44
Unrelated consulting company [Member]
Common stock shares issued								13,333
Unrelated consulting company [Member] \| Warrant [Member]
Exercise price								$ 3.60
Class of warrants or rights issued								33,333