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Common Stock (Details Narrative) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands											9 Months Ended
	Aug. 07, 2018 shares	Jun. 14, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 14, 2018 USD ($) $ / shares shares	May 03, 2018 USD ($) shares	Apr. 23, 2018 shares	Apr. 18, 2018 USD ($) a shares	Sep. 27, 2017 USD ($) shares	Sep. 25, 2017 USD ($) shares	Apr. 14, 2017 USD ($)	Mar. 09, 2017 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2017 USD ($)
Proceeds from common stock											$ 5,917	$ 16,395
Fair value of shares issued											95	$ 300
Number of shares issued for services \| shares				172,727
Number of shares issued for services, value				$ 95							95
Option Agreement [Member]
Number of common stock issued \| shares						200,000
Fair value of shares issued						$ 114
Mining claims covering area \| a						3,000
ATM Offering [Member]
Net proceeds from direct offering									$ 30,000	$ 8,000
Sales commission percentage									2.50%
ATM Offering [Member] \| October 31, 2018 [Member]
Proceeds from common stock											$ 4,600
Number of common stock sold \| shares											16,078,900
Common Stock [Member]
Number of common stock issued \| shares											17,695,448
Number of shares issued for services \| shares											172,727
Number of shares issued for services, value
Common Stock [Member] \| ATM Offering [Member]
Proceeds from common stock											$ 1,800
Number of common stock sold \| shares											6,577,070
Available for future sales											$ 25,300
Common stock registered for sale, value											$ 4,500
Aspire Capital Fund LLC [Member]
Net proceeds from direct offering		$ 2,900
Number of common stock issued \| shares	4,825,509	3,717,773
Average price per shares issued \| $ / shares		$ 0.34	$ 0.34
Proceeds from common stock		$ 1,300
Warrant purchase price per share \| $ / shares		$ 0.01	$ 0.01
Aspire Capital Fund LLC [Member] \| Common Stock Purchase Agreement [Member]
Net proceeds from direct offering								$ 22,000
Number of common stock issued \| shares			2,725,096				1,428,571	880,000			2,575,096
Proceeds from common stock			$ 1,500				$ 2,000				$ 1,300
Aspire Capital Fund LLC [Member] \| Common Stock Warrants [Member]
Number of warrants issued for common stock \| shares		4,968,518	4,968,518
Prefunded warrants price per share \| $ / shares		$ 0.33	$ 0.33
Net proceeds of warrants		$ 1,600
Alabama Graphite [Member]
Number of common stock issued \| shares					11,625,210
Ownership percentage					100.00%