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Stockholders' Equity (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2024
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of Stock-based compensation expense, general and administrative expenses [Table Text Block]
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2024     2023  
    $     $  
RSUs   1,616,421     1,561,070  
PSUs   825,633     712,114  
Stock options   571,004     1,323,652  
Other   131,639     -  
Allocated to general and administrative expense   3,144,697     3,596,836  
             
RSUs   305,557     265,798  
PSUs   211,982     194,436  
Stock options   114,043     265,925  
Allocated to exploration expense   631,582     726,159  
Total stock-based compensation expense   3,776,279     4,322,995  
Schedule of unrecognized compensation expense and weighted-average vesting period for stock-based compensation awards [Table Text Block]
   

Unrecognized
Compensation

Expense

   

Weighted-
average

Vesting Period

 
    $     Years  
RSUs   1,285,525     1.37  
PSUs   608,895     1.43  
Stock options   372,101     1.26  
Schedule of stock option activity and related information [Table Text Block]
    Number    

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

   

Weighted

Average

Remaining

Contractual

Life

   

Aggregate

Intrinsic

Value

 
    #     $     Years     $  
Outstanding as of December 31, 2022   3,999,572     3.89              
Options granted   333,588     2.81              
Options forfeited/cancelled   (62,500 )   3.34              
Options exercised   (68,750 )   1.05              
Outstanding as of December 31, 2023   4,201,910     3.86              
Options granted   445,966     2.12              
Options forfeited/cancelled   (387,500 )   4.76              
Options exercised   (82,500 )   1.92              
Outstanding as of December 31, 2024   4,177,876     3.63     2.13     196,327  
Options exercisable as of December 31, 2024   3,252,364     3.92     1.73     160,650  
Schedule of options outstanding [Table Text Block]
Expiry Date  

Number of

Options

   

Exercise

Price

   

Remaining

Life

 
    #     $     Years  
March 15, 2026   573,750     1.92     1.21  
May 17, 2026   1,453,125     4.76     1.38  
September 13, 2026   200,000     5.09     1.70  
October 18, 2026   300,000     4.64     1.80  
September 2, 2027   571,447     3.01     2.67  
November 18, 2027   300,000     3.74     2.88  
March 1, 2028   333,588     2.81     3.17  
March 1, 2029   445,966     2.12     4.17  
    4,177,876              
Schedule of company stock price performance relative to index performance [Table Text Block]

Company Stock Price

Performance Relative to

Index Performance by:

Index Multiplier

>=50%

200%

Equals

100%

negative 50%

50%

<negative 50%

0%

Schedule of RSU and PSU awards activity [Table Text Block]
   

Number of
RSU Awards

   

Weighted-

average Grant

Date Fair

Value per

Award

   

Number of

PSU Awards

   

Weighted-

average

Grant

Date Fair

Value per

Award

 
    #     $     #     $  
Non-vested, January 1, 2023   545,259     3.17     112,842     2.99  
Granted   635,567     2.83     329,182     3.72  
Vested   (226,048 )   3.14     (37,615 )   2.95  
Non-vested, December 31, 2023   954,778     2.95     404,409     3.59  
Granted   919,944     2.12     442,217     2.45  
Vested   (371,453 )   2.99     (147,337 )   3.48  
Forfeited/cancelled   (38,006 )   2.82     -     -  
Non-vested, December 31, 2024   1,465,263     2.42     699,289     2.89  
Schedule of changes of warrant activity [Table Text Block]
    Warrants    

Weighted

Average

Exercise Price

 
    #     $  
Balance, December 31, 2022   7,612,111     2.08  
Exercised   (9,018 )   2.08  
Balance, December 31, 2023   7,603,093     2.08  
Exercised   (100 )   2.08  
Balance, December 31, 2024   7,602,993     2.08  
Stock options [Member]  
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of share-based payment award, stock options, valuation assumptions [Table Text Block]
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2024     2023  
             
Weighted-average expected volatility   65.6%     65.0%  
Weighted-average expected life in years   3.5     3.5  
Weighted-average dividend yield   0.0%     0.0%  
Weighted-average risk-free interest rate   4.26%     3.99%  
PSUs [Member]  
Share-Based Compensation Arrangement by Share-Based Payment Award [Line Items]  
Schedule of share-based payment award, stock options, valuation assumptions [Table Text Block]
    Years Ended December 31,  
    2024     2023  
             
Weighted-average expected volatility   65.6%     73.3%  
Discount period in years   1.83     1.83  
Weighted-average dividend yield   0.0%     0.0%  
Risk-free rate   4.37%     4.65%