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Cash received on stock transaction after deduction of issuance costs.

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Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company.

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COMMON STOCK (Details Narrative) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands, $ in Thousands				1 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Nov. 09, 2017 CAD ($) shares	Sep. 05, 2017 USD ($) shares	Jul. 26, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares shares	Jul. 31, 2017 USD ($) shares	Jul. 31, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares shares	Mar. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Mar. 31, 2018 $ / shares	Sep. 05, 2017 $ / shares
Number of outstanding \| shares						16,049,909
Warrant [Member] \| Northcott Capital Limited [Member]
Number of units issued \| shares		415,747
Warrant [Member] \| Secured Convertible Security [Member] \| Lind Asset Management IV, LLC [Member]
Number of outstanding \| shares						3,825,590
Non-Brokered Private Placement [Member] \| Tranche One [Member]
Number of units issued \| shares			2,962,500
Private Placement [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Mackie Research Capital Corporation [Member]
Number of units issued \| shares				192,562	192,562
Fair value of Broker Warrants				$ 41
Cash commissions paid				$ 189
Risk free interest rate				1.32%	1.32%
Volatility				60.30%	60.30%
Expected dividend yield				0.00%	0.00%
Expected life				4 years	4 years
Broker warrant exercise date				Jul. 26, 2021	Jul. 26, 2021
Percentage paid on warrant issued				6.50%	6.50%
Percentage paid on cash commission				6.50%	6.50%
Canada \| Warrant [Member] \| Northcott Capital Limited [Member]
Unit price (in dollars per unit) \| $ / shares								$ 0.61
Debt settlement		$ 254
Description of share price		The shares issued to Northcott were priced at C$0.61 per share, which represents a 10% premium over the five-day Volume Weighted Average Price of the Common Shares of C$0.5571 as of the date of the agreement.
Canada \| Non-Brokered Private Placement [Member] \| Tranche One [Member]
Unit price (in dollars per unit) \| $ / shares			$ 0.65
Additional unit price (in dollars per unit) \| $ / shares			$ 0.79
Gross proceeds from units issued			$ 1,926
Broker warrant exercise date			Jul. 26, 2021
Canada \| Private Placement [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Mackie Research Capital Corporation [Member]
Unit price (in dollars per unit) \| $ / shares					$ 0.79
Gross proceeds from units issued					$ 125
Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Non-Employee Director [Member]
Maximum number of shares issued upon the exercise of options \| shares	20,451,895
Long-Term Incentive Plan [Member] \| Canada \| Non-Employee Director [Member]
Number of Shares issued	$ 150
Number of Shares issued within one year	$ 100
Stock Option Plan [Member]
Number of vested and exercisable options \| shares						3,925,000
Total intrinsic value options exercised
Unrecognized compensation cost						$ 109
Cost recognized weighted average period						4 months 24 days
Stock Option Plan [Member] \| Canada
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 0.60