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INVESTMENTS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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INVESTMENTS [Text Block] | 3. INVESTMENTS At December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2017, the Company had the following investments:
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December 31, 2018 |  | Cost |  |  | unrealized loss |  |  | Fair value |
Fair value through profit or loss |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities | $ | 1,682,327 |  | $ | (1,057,768 | ) | $ | 624,559 |
Private company investments |  | 911,477 |  |  | - |  |  | 911,477 |
Total fair value through profit or loss |  | 2,593,804 |  |  | (1,057,768 | ) |  | 1,536,036 |
Fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities |  | 910,473 |  |  | (877,735 | ) |  | 32,738 |
Total investments | $ | 3,504,277 |  | $ | (1,935,503 | ) | $ | 1,568,774 |
|  |  |  |  | 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 |
Fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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 |
Fair value through other comprehensive income |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Marketable securities |  | 910,473 |  |  | (697,675 | ) |  | 212,798 |
Total investments | $ | 2,552,224 |  | $ | (2,076,670 | ) | $ | 475,554 |
As a result of the adoption of IFRS 9 (Note 2), $1,376,667 and $740,685 previously recorded in cost and accumulated unrealized loss respectively and was previously classified as available-for-sale as at December 31, 2017 was reclassified to FVTPL as at January 1, 2018. This resulted in the reclassification of $740,685 in other comprehensive income to opening deficit. Included in investments for the year ended December 31, 2018 is $911,477 being the fair value of an investment in IG Copper LLC (“IGC”) previously recorded as an investment in an associated entity (Note 8). During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded a loss of $Nil (2017 - $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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