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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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INVESTMENTS [Text Block] | 3. INVESTMENTS For the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had the following investments:
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
December 31, 2017 |  | Cost |  |  | unrealized loss |  |  | Fair value |
Fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities | $ | 2,396,251 |  | $ | (1,256,804 | ) | $ | 1,139,447 |
Total Fair value through profit or loss |  | 2,396,251 |  |  | (1,256,804 | ) |  | 1,139,447 |
Available-for-sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities |  | 2,287,141 |  |  | (87,942 | ) |  | 2,199,199 |
Total investments | $ | 4,683,392 |  | $ | (1,344,746 | ) | $ | 3,338,646 |
|  |  |  |  | Accumulated |  |  |  |
December 31, 2016 |  | Cost |  |  | unrealized loss |  |  | Fair value |
Fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities | $ | 1,641,751 |  | $ | (1,378,995 | ) | $ | 262,756 |
Total Fair value through profit or loss |  | 1,641,751 |  |  | (1,378,995 | ) |  | 262,756 |
Available-for-sale |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities |  | 910,473 |  |  | (697,675 | ) |  | 212,798 |
Total investments | $ | 2,552,224 |  | $ | (2,076,670 | ) | $ | 475,554 |
During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded a loss of $Nil (2016 - $697,675) related to the permanent impairment of certain available-for-sale marketable securities. The Company had sustained significant unrealized losses for which there was no expectation of reversal in the forseable future.

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