8. INCOME TAX (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2015

Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

			As of December 31,	As of December 31,
			2015	2014
Deferred tax assets:
	Current:
		Accrued vacation	$                        26	$                        39
		Reclamation provision	52	57
			78	96
	Non-current:
		Noncapital loss carryforwards, Canada	2,640	2,546
		Capital loss carryforwards, Canada	7	7
		Net operating loss carryforwards, U.S.	14,784	11,053
		Mineral properties	13,017	14,244
		Reclamation provision	70	69
		Equipment	131	115
		Share based compensation	3,362	4,020
		Research and development	2,358	1,882
			36,369	33,936
	Deferred tax assets		36,447	34,032
	Valuation allowance		(36,447)	(34,032)
	Net		$                         -	$                           -
Deferred tax liabilities:
	Non-Current:
		Other	-	-
	Deferred tax liabilities		-	-
Net deferred tax asset/(liability)			-	-

Valuation allowance by tax jurisdiction

	As of December 31,
	2015	2014
Canada	$             3,148	$             3,055
United States	33,299	30,977
Total valuation allowance	$           36,447	$           34,032

Income/(loss) from continuing operations before income taxes

	For the years ended December 31,
	2015	2014
Canada	$                 (617)	$                (623)
United States	(9,061)	(13,406)
	$              (9,678)	$           (14,029)

Income tax provision

		As of December 31,
		2015	2014
Current
	Canada	$                    -	$                    -
	United States	-	-
		-	-
Deferred
	Canada	$                    -	$                    -
	United States	-	-
		-	-
Income tax expense (recovery)		$                    -	$                    -

Income tax reconciliation

	As of December 31,	As of December 31,
	2015	2014
Net income (loss)	$             (9,678)	$             (14,029)
Statutory tax rate	26.00%	26.00%
Tax expense (recovery) at statutory rate	(2,516)	(3,648)
Foreign tax rates	(591)	(928)
Change in tax rates	166	27
Share issuance costs amortization	(103)	(220)
Stock-based compensation	569	155
Nondeductible expenses	17	5
Prior year true-up for loss carryovers	43	20
Prior year true-up for property basis adjustments	-	(63)
Unrecognized benefit of non-capital losses	-	-
Other	-	-
Change in valuation allowance	2,415	4,652
Income tax expense (recovery)	$                         -	$                           -