6. Property and Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

Property and Equipment

	December 31, 2013			December 31, 2012
Buildings	$	163,600		$	164,726
Furniture & fixtures		21,951			24,023
Vehicles		120,048			131,376
Machinery and mining equipment		397,879			423,453
Plants (crushing and agglomeration plant, heap leaching area, chemical plant and Solvent Extraction and Crystallization (SX - CR - RCR) plant) / property improvements		3,404,244			3,928,356
Computers		34,324			37,018
Lab equipment		60,828			65,675
Total fixed assets	$	4,202,874		$	4,774,626
Less depreciation		(716,163	)		(126,810	)
Net fixed assets	$	3,486,711		$	4,647,816
Land	$	534,596		$	585,040
Congo right to use	$	0		$	360,000
Mining property - Anica Mine	$	0		$	3,720,011
Net property and equipment	$	4,021,307		$	9,312,867