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EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Details) - CAD ($)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2023
Dec. 31, 2022
Exploration and evaluation assets    
Exploration and evaluation assets at beginning of the year $ 8,936,609 $ 8,525,481
Additions    
Acquisition costs 412,013 394,834
Claim staking and license renewal costs 16,565 16,294
Disposals    
Disposal of exploration and evaluation assets 264,000  
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets (8,000)  
Exploration and evaluation assets at end of the year 9,093,187 8,936,609
Cumulative exploration expense at beginning of the year 125,270,350 53,849,804
Assays 16,117,389 9,987,468
Drilling 41,121,168 36,919,743
Environmental studies 1,280,147 537,234
Geochemistry 857,555 48,116
Geophysics 814,877 2,071,926
Imagery and mapping 654,137 95,893
Metallurgy 950,855 65,644
Office and general 856,046 676,880
Other 590,575  
Permitting 225,162  
Property taxes, mining leases and rent 148,925 106,955
Petrography   9,372
Reclamation 2,122,598 2,464,985
Salaries and consulting 13,267,530 11,365,711
Seismic survey 8,118,668  
Supplies and equipment 4,439,059 5,311,357
Technical reports 55,025 468,006
Travel and accommodations 1,481,863 1,351,256
Trenching 982,148  
Exploration cost recovery (45,450) (60,000)
Cumulative exploration expense 94,038,277 71,420,546
Cumulative exploration expense at end of the year 219,308,627 125,270,350
Queensway    
Exploration and evaluation assets    
Exploration and evaluation assets at beginning of the year 8,616,693 8,236,181
Additions    
Acquisition costs 381,220 364,738
Claim staking and license renewal costs 16,565 15,774
Disposals    
Exploration and evaluation assets at end of the year 9,014,478 8,616,693
Cumulative exploration expense at beginning of the year 121,302,318 51,439,957
Assays 16,102,874 9,741,609
Drilling 41,121,168 36,118,624
Environmental studies 1,280,147 537,234
Geochemistry 857,555 48,116
Geophysics 814,877 1,894,010
Imagery and mapping 644,205 95,893
Metallurgy 950,855 65,644
Office and general 855,902 672,019
Other 590,575  
Permitting 225,162  
Property taxes, mining leases and rent 143,010 103,750
Petrography   9,372
Reclamation 2,122,598 2,464,985
Salaries and consulting 13,243,577 11,166,116
Seismic survey 8,118,668  
Supplies and equipment 4,438,579 5,204,988
Technical reports 55,025 458,439
Travel and accommodations 1,481,399 1,341,562
Trenching 982,148  
Exploration cost recovery (45,450) (60,000)
Cumulative exploration expense 93,982,874 69,862,361
Cumulative exploration expense at end of the year 215,285,192 121,302,318
Other    
Exploration and evaluation assets    
Exploration and evaluation assets at beginning of the year 47,916 17,700
Additions    
Acquisition costs 30,793 30,096
Claim staking and license renewal costs   120
Disposals    
Exploration and evaluation assets at end of the year 78,709 47,916
Cumulative exploration expense at beginning of the year 539,998 59,646
Assays 14,515 12,545
Drilling   352,056
Imagery and mapping 9,932  
Office and general   50
Salaries and consulting 10,103 43,866
Supplies and equipment   71,187
Travel and accommodations 309 648
Cumulative exploration expense 34,859 480,352
Cumulative exploration expense at end of the year 574,857 539,998
Ontario    
Exploration and evaluation assets    
Exploration and evaluation assets at beginning of the year 272,000 271,600
Additions    
Claim staking and license renewal costs   400
Disposals    
Disposal of exploration and evaluation assets 264,000  
Impairment of exploration and evaluation assets (8,000)  
Exploration and evaluation assets at end of the year   272,000
Cumulative exploration expense at beginning of the year 3,428,034 2,350,201
Assays   233,314
Drilling   449,063
Geophysics   177,916
Office and general 144 4,811
Property taxes, mining leases and rent 5,915 3,205
Salaries and consulting 13,850 155,729
Supplies and equipment 480 35,182
Technical reports   9,567
Travel and accommodations 155 9,046
Cumulative exploration expense 20,544 1,077,833
Cumulative exploration expense at end of the year $ 3,448,578 $ 3,428,034