LIQUIDITY (Details) (USD $)	3 Months Ended				0 Months Ended					0 Months Ended		0 Months Ended		3 Months Ended								0 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2014	Mar. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2013	Dec. 31, 2012	Feb. 12, 2014 Registered direct offering	Jan. 31, 2014 BTIG, LLC ATM Sales Agreement	Mar. 31, 2014 BTIG, LLC ATM Sales Agreement	Oct. 31, 2011 BTIG, LLC ATM Sales Agreement Maximum	Oct. 28, 2011 BTIG, LLC ATM Sales Agreement Maximum	Nov. 13, 2013 Loan Agreement RCF tranche	Mar. 31, 2014 Loan Agreement RCF	Feb. 04, 2014 Loan Agreement Tranche one RCF	Nov. 13, 2013 Loan Agreement Tranche one RCF	Jan. 28, 2014 Loan Agreement Tranche one RCF	Mar. 31, 2014 Loan Agreement Tranche two RCF	Nov. 13, 2013 Loan Agreement Tranche two RCF	Mar. 31, 2014 Loan Agreement Tranche three RCF	Nov. 13, 2013 Loan Agreement Tranche three RCF	May 06, 2014 Subsequent event	Apr. 30, 2014 Subsequent event Loan Agreement RCF	Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent event Loan Agreement RCF	Apr. 30, 2014 Subsequent event Loan Agreement Tranche two RCF	Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent event Loan Agreement Tranche two RCF	Apr. 29, 2014 Subsequent event Loan Agreement Tranche three RCF
LIQUIDITY
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 10,612,270	$ 4,350,219	$ 1,117,303	$ 4,664,596															$ 11,900,000
Uranium inventory	0
Aggregate offering price of the shares of common stock available to be sold under ATM Sales Agreement							7,100,000	15,000,000	15,000,000
Shares of common stock sold					3,960,000	523,350
Net proceeds from sale of shares of common stock	11,248,711	3,633,883			9,372,885	1,875,826
Price per share (in dollars per share)					$ 2.60
Maximum borrowing capacity										15,000,000	15,000,000		5,000,000		5,000,000	5,000,000	5,000,000	5,000,000			8,000,000		3,000,000	0
Number of tranches										3
Additional amounts that may be drawn																				0
Proceeds from borrowings												$ 2,000,000	$ 3,000,000	$ 3,000,000								$ 3,000,000