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Commitments (Details 2)	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2018 $ / shares shares
First Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	30,000
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 4.00
Expiry Date	Feb. 24, 2019
Second Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	277,127
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 1.20
Expiry Date	Mar. 13, 2019
Third Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	1,252
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 1.68
Expiry Date	Mar. 13, 2019
Four Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	12,500
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 1.24
Expiry Date	May 31, 2019
Five Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	7,500
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 1.04
Expiry Date	May 31, 2019
Six Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	350,000
Exercise Price | $ / shares	$ 4.19
Expiry Date	Jun. 30, 2021
Purchase Warrants [Member]
Number	678,379

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (a)(2)
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