Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements Disclosure [Text Block] | Note 1 Organization and Nature of Business and Basis of Presentation Organization and Nature of Business SMG Indium Resources Ltd. (the Company) is a corporation established pursuant to the laws of the State of Delaware on January 7, 2008. From inception through December 31, 2014, the Company operated in a single-segment business, the primary business purpose of which was to stockpile indium, a specialty metal that is being increasingly used as a raw material in a wide variety of consumer electronics manufacturing applications. As of December 31, 2014, the Company sold all of the indium held in its stockpile. As a result, the Company is no longer in the business of purchasing and selling indium. The Company’s board of directors has begun evaluating strategic options including the acquisition of a new line of business or the sale or full liquidation of the Company. In January 2016, the Company entered into an agreement with Brack Advisors LLC (Brack), a company owned by Richard A. Biele, one of our directors, to assist the Company in identifying, evaluating and negotiating strategic transactions, including but not limited to the acquisition of a new line of business and/or a reverse merger. However, there can be no assurance that the Company will enter into any such transaction, and if so, on terms favorable to the Company. In December 2014, the Company repurchased 6,678,358 78 16.1 2.41 1,883,639 650 139,070 0.2 1.40 450 1,744,569 In December 2015, the Company's board of directors approved a cash distribution to stockholders in the amount of $ 1.75 3.05 In March 2015, the Company’s chief executive officer and chief operating officer resigned and Ailon Grushkin, the Company’s chairman of the board of directors and president, was named chief executive officer. In March 2015, the Company also entered into a consulting agreement (2015 Nano Agreement) with Nano-Cap Advisors LLC (Nano) Mr. Grushkin is the only member of Nano. Pursuant to the terms of the 2015 Nano Agreement, Nano provided services normally provided by a chief executive officer of the Company, as determined and directed by the Company, and provided office facilities for the Company. The Company paid Nano $ 90 70 At September 30, 2016, we had approximately $ 0.7 0.4 Basis of Presentation The accompanying interim unaudited condensed financial statements have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP) and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X as promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Accordingly, these interim unaudited condensed financial statements do not include all of the disclosures required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. These interim unaudited condensed financial statements should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited financial statements included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC. In the opinion of management, the interim unaudited condensed financial statements included herein include all adjustments, all of which are of a normal recurring nature, necessary for a fair presentation of the results of operations for the interim periods presented. The condensed balance sheet at December 31, 2015 has been derived from the Company’s audited balance sheet as of December 31, 2015 included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2015, as filed with the SEC. Operating results for the nine months ended September 30, 2016 are not necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for the year ending December 31, 2016 or any interim period. |