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Share capital (Schedule of Fair Value Weighted-average Assumptions) (Details) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017 USD ($) yr | Dec. 31, 2016 USD ($) yr
Disclosure of classes of share capital [abstract] |  |  |
Expected stock price volatility | [1] | 83.00% | 83.00%
Risk free interest rate |  | 0.87% | 0.47%
Expected life | yr |  | 3 | 3
Expected forfeiture rate |  | 4.18% | 4.97%
Expected dividend yield |  | 0.00% | 0.00%
Share-based payments included in cost of sales |  |  | $ 19
Share-based payments included in general and administrative expenses |  | 1,491 | 566
Total share-based payments |  | $ 1,491 | $ 585
[1] | Expected volatility has been based on historical volatility of the Company's publicly traded shares.

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- Definition The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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- Definition The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IFRS -Number 2 -IssueDate 2017-01-01 -Paragraph 47 -Subparagraph a -Clause i -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=2&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_47_a_i&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2017-03-09 + Details
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