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Weighted average basic and diluted number of common shares outstanding (Tables)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2018

Weighted average basic and diluted number of common shares outstanding [abstract]

Schedule of Weighted Average Basic and Diluted Number of Common Shares Outstanding

	Three-month		Three-month		Nine-month		Nine-month
	period ended		period ended		period ended		period ended
	September 30,		September 30,		September 30,		September 30,
	2018		2017		2018		2017
Basic weighted average number of shares	43,019,794		40,137,013		42,424,147		39,862,124
Effect of dilutive stock options and warrants	-		-		-		-
Diluted weighted average number of shares	43,019,794		40,137,013		42,424,147		39,862,124

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