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STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY: - Directors' Stock Award Plan (Details) - shares |  | 6 Months Ended
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Apr. 26, 2018 | Jun. 30, 2021
Directors' Stock Award Plan |  |
Share based Compensation Plan |  |
Common shares received on election as director | 1,200 | 1,600
Additional shares issued at each annual general meeting |  | 1,600
Total SCC shares reserved for the plan |  | 600,000
Period of extension of plan |  | 5 years
Increased share awards issued to directors |  | 1,600
New 2021 grant [Member] |  |
Share based Compensation Plan |  |
Numbers of shares shall be granted quarterly and conditioned upon the attendance of each director to each Board meeting |  | 1,600

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