Disclosure of detailed information about exploration and evaluation expenditures (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning of period	$ 38,722,318	$ 36,389,795
Acquisition costs		617,767
Claims maintenance	10,605	21,314
Engineering	183,165	337,039
Permitting	1,317,578	766,263
Salary and wages	347,887	540,744
Share-based payments	68,994	49,396
Exploration and evaluation assets, end of period	$ 40,650,547	$ 38,722,318

The amount of assets arising from the search for mineral resources, including minerals, oil, natural gas and similar non-regenerative resources after the entity has obtained legal rights to explore in a specific area, as well as the determination of the technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting the mineral resource.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 6
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 24
-Subparagraph b
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=6&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_24_b&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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