Consolidated Statements of Operations - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Operating expenses:
Mine preparation costs	$ 72,711	$ 255,918
Exploration expense	7,698
Depreciation		716
Management fees and salaries	207,219	210,563
Professional services	123,930	111,273
General and administrative	352,818	346,737
Office supplies and other	23,659	13,883
Directors’ fees	23,500	13,200
Mineral property maintenance	106,010	115,055
Reclamation expense		48,096
Arbitration costs (Note 4)	80,318	173,877
Total operating expenses	997,863	1,289,318
Other (income) expense:
CARES Act grant income		(2,000)
Change in fair value of notes payable in gold	(21,810)	97,271
Interest expense and finance costs	249,886	249,239
Interest expense and finance costs – related party	584,355	535,712
Gain on forgiveness of CARES Act PPP loan	(51,135)
Total other (income) expense	761,296	880,222
Net loss	(1,759,159)	(2,169,540)
Preferred dividends	(7,604)	(7,625)
Net loss available to common stockholders	$ (1,766,763)	$ (2,177,165)
Net loss per common share – basic and diluted	$ (0.01)	$ (0.01)
Weighted average common shares outstanding-basic and diluted	173,356,424	147,251,503