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Capital management (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure of objectives, policies and processes for managing capital [abstract] |
Schedule of Capital Structure | The following summarizes the Company’s capital structure:
|  | December 31, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Equity attributable to shareholders of the Company |  | $ | 88,058 |  |  | $ | 87,144 |

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