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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY - USD ($) | Common Stock [Member] | Additional Paid-in Capital [Member] | Common Shares to be Issued [Member] | Accumulated Deficit [Member] | Total
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Balance Beginning at Sep. 30, 2013 | $ 9,309 | $ 38,672,452 | $ 60,000 | $ (41,204,972) | $ (2,463,211)
Balance Beginning (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2013 | 9,309,400 |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement | $ 100 | 188,070 |  |  | 188,170
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 100,000 |  |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement | $ 1 | (1) |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 628 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued for cash - at $2.00 | $ 30 | 59,970 | (60,000) |  |
Capital stock issued for cash - at $2.00 (in shares) | 30,000 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued for cash - at $1.20 | $ 125 | 149,875 | 30,000 |  | 180,000
Capital stock issued for cash - at $1.20 (in shares) | 125,000 |  |  |  |
Share issue costs, net of recovery |  | (2,452) |  |  | (2,452)
Issuance of detachable warrants |  | 5,989,900 |  |  | 5,989,900
Agent's warrants issued in connection with convertible debentures |  | 334,900 |  |  | 334,900
Beneficial conversion feature on convertible debentures issued, net of deferred income tax |  | 2,610,100 |  |  | 2,610,100
Reclassification of derivative financial instruments upon modification of warrant terms |  | 221,000 |  |  | 221,000
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.20 | $ 1,595 | 1,911,932 |  |  | 1,913,527
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.20 (in shares) | 1,594,607 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 | $ 640 | 550,480 |  |  | $ 551,120
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 (in shares) | 640,428 |  |  |  | 640,428
Stock based compensation |  | 27,925 | 610,000 |  | $ 637,925
Net loss |  |  |  | (9,968,353) | (9,968,353)
Balance Ending at Sep. 30, 2014 | $ 11,800 | 50,714,151 | 640,000 | (51,173,325) | 192,626
Balance Ending (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2014 | 11,800,063 |  |  |  |
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement | $ 1,825 | 8,125,440 |  |  | 8,127,265
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 1,825,000 |  |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement | $ 27 | (27) |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 27,144 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.20 | $ 25 | 29,975 | (30,000) |  |
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.20 (in shares) | 25,000 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 | $ 7,272 | 6,587,850 | 167,415 |  | 6,762,537
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 (in shares) | 7,272,487 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued for cash - at $1.00 | $ 500 | 1,500 |  |  | 2,000
Capital stock issued for cash - at $1.00 (in shares) | 500,000 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - at $1.20 | $ 3,097 | 3,713,629 |  |  | 3,716,726
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - at $1.20 (in shares) | 3,097,275 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - cashless | $ 6,839 | (6,839) |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - cashless (in shares) | 6,838,632 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to favored nations provision | $ 659 | (659) |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to favored nations provision (in shares) | 658,612 |  |  |  | 658,612
Reclassification of derivative liability |  | 4,482,000 |  |  | $ 4,482,000
Stock based compensation |  | 413,979 | 1,220,000 |  | 1,633,979
Net loss |  |  |  | (12,108,130) | (12,108,130)
Balance Ending at Sep. 30, 2015 | $ 32,044 | 74,060,999 | 1,997,415 | (63,281,455) | $ 12,809,003
Balance Ending (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2015 | 32,044,213 |  |  |  | 32,044,213
Increase (Decrease) in Stockholders' Equity [Roll Forward] |  |  |  |  |
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement | $ 741 | 3,041,619 |  |  | $ 3,042,360
Equity units issued under Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 740,523 |  |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement | $ 188 | (188) |  |  |
Commitment shares issued under terms of Purchase Agreement (in shares) | 187,616 |  |  |  |
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 | $ 173 | 173,404 | (167,415) |  | 6,162
Capital stock issued pursuant to debt conversions - at $1.00 (in shares) | 173,577 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants | $ 42 | 125,020 |  |  | 125,062
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants (in shares) | 41,687 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - cashless | $ 1,979 | (1,979) |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to the exercise of warrants - cashless (in shares) | 1,979,246 |  |  |  |
Shares issued pursuant to employment agreement | $ 1,000 | 2,439,000 | (1,830,000) |  | 610,000
Shares issued pursuant to employment agreement (in shares) | 1,000,000 |  |  |  |
Shares issued for rounding in connection with 4:1 reverse stock split | $ 2 | (2) |  |  |
Shares issued for rounding in connection with 4:1 reverse stock split (in shares) | 1,437 |  |  |  |
Stock based compensation |  | 4,452,267 |  |  | 4,452,267
Net loss |  |  |  | (14,736,698) | (14,736,698)
Balance Ending at Sep. 30, 2016 | $ 36,169 | $ 84,290,140 |  | $ (78,018,153) | $ 6,308,156
Balance Ending (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2016 | 36,168,299 |  |  |  | 36,168,299

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