RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure of transactions between related parties [abstract]

Disclosure of information about key management personnel [Table Text Block]

				Share-based
For the year ended December 31, 2019		Salary or Fees		Payments		Total
Management	$	650	$	568	$	1,218
Outside directors *		152		282		434
Seabord Services Corp.**		437		-		437
Total	$	1,239	$	850	$	2,089

		Salary or Fees &		Share-based
For the year ended December 31, 2018		Bonus		Payments		Total
Management	$	2,693	$	571	$	3,264
Outside directors *		1,513		247		1,760
Seabord Services Corp.**		434		-		434
Total	$	4,640	$	818	$	5,458

* Directors fees include US$5 per month paid to the Company’s non-Executive Chairman, who does not receive the fees paid to the other independent directors.

** Seabord Services Corp. (“Seabord”) is a management services company controlled by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company. Seabord provides a Chief Financial Officer, accounting and administration staff, and office space to the Company. The Chief Financial Officer is an employee of Seabord and is not paid directly by the Company.

Disclosure of detailed information about accounts payable and accrued liabilities [Table Text Block]

Related Party Assets and Liabilities	Service or Term		December 31, 2019		December 31, 2018
Amounts due to:
David M. Cole, President and CEO	Salary and bonus accrual	$	12	$	1,501
Christina Cepeliauskas, CFO	Bonus and expense reimbursement		-		238
Jan Steiert, Chief Legal Officer	Salary and bonus accrual		-		239
Directors	Fees and bonus accruals		24		1,387
		$	36	$	3,365