The management agreement automatic renewal period for successive periods.

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The annual fee charged by the management services company .

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Percentage deposit of contract price made to vendor to purchase equipment.

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The performance bonus expense charged during the period.

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The minimum period notice required pursuant to the termination provision of the management agreement.

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This element represents equipment expense including depreciation, repairs, rentals, and service contract costs. This item also includes equipment purchases which do not qualify for capitalization in accordance with the entity's accounting policy. This item may also include furniture expenses.

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The minimum amount the entity agreed to spend under the long-term purchase commitment.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the next fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the third fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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Amount of required minimum rental payments maturing in the second fiscal year following the latest fiscal year for operating leases having an initial or remaining non-cancelable letter-terms in excess of one year.

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The amount of assets, typically cash, provided to suppliers of goods in advance of receipt and acceptance, or services (such as research facilities, lawyers or consultants), which is held by such parties until the entity either effects full payment (including applying the retainer) or obtains release from liability.

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The amount of an asset, typically cash, provided to a counterparty to provide certain assurance of performance by the entity pursuant to the terms of a written or oral agreement, such as a lease.

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Period which an employee's right to exercise an award is no longer contingent on satisfaction of either a service condition, market condition or a performance condition, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Gross number of share options (or share units) granted during the period.

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)		9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended	1 Months Ended	9 Months Ended
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Details) (USD $)	Sep. 30, 2012	Sep. 30, 2012 Stock Options [Member]	Jan. 31, 2012 Material Advisors, LLC [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Material Advisors, LLC [Member]	Feb. 28, 2011 Material Advisors, LLC [Member] Stock Options [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Material Advisors, LLC [Member] Stock Options [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contract to Purchase Milling Equipment [Member]	Sep. 30, 2012 Contract to Purchase Milling Facility [Member]
Purchase Commitment, Excluding Long-term Commitment [Line Items]
Management agreement automatic renewal period for successive periods				1 year
Prior notice cancellation period				90 days
Manager annual fee				$ 1,000,000
Monthly installments for manager annual fee				83,333
Weighted average grant date fair value (in dollars per share)					$ 0.83	$ 0.70
Issued (in shares)		855,000			2,904,653	6,583,277
Option vesting period					12 months	3 years
Performance bonus			750,000
Contract price for purchase of milling equipment and facility							956,000	330,659
Percentage deposit (in hundredths)							30.00%
Engineering services							15,000
Deposit made to purchase milling equipment							301,800
Lease security deposit	68,958
Future Minimum Payments Due [Abstract]
2012	11,614
2013	11,963
2014	$ 12,322