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INCOME TAXES
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Income taxes paid (refund) [abstract]  
INCOME TAXES [Text Block]

15. INCOME TAXES

a. Rate reconciliation

The income tax expense or recovery reported by the Company differs from the amounts obtained by applying statutory rates to the loss and comprehensive loss.  A reconciliation of the income tax provision computed at statutory rates to the reported income tax provision is provided below:

For the year ended December 31,   2019     2018  
             
Statutory tax rate   27.00%     27.00%  
             
Loss before taxes   1,766,447     2,856,161  
             
Income tax recovery calculated at statutory rate   476,941     771,163  
             
Non-deductible expenditures   299,464   (200,062 )
Flow-through premium (207,207 ) -
Other   26,702     8,253  
Unrecognized tax benefit   (595,900 )   (579,354 )
             
INCOME TAX   -     -  
 

b. Unrecognized deferred income tax asset

Future potential tax deductions that are not used to offset deferred income tax liabilities are considered to be unrecognized deferred income tax assets.  The significant components of the Company's unrecognized deferred income tax asset are as follows:

As at December 31,   2019     2018  
    $     $  
Mineral property interests   400,811     1,212,247  
Non-capital losses   5,437,407     4,848,123  
Property and equipment   189,043     187,968  
Other items   245,740     180,194  
             
UNRECOGNIZED DEFERRED INCOME TAX ASSET   6,273,001     6,428,532  

The Company estimates that the realization of income tax benefits related to these deferred income tax assets is uncertain and cannot be considered to be probable.  Accordingly, no deferred income tax asset has been recorded.

c. Non-capital losses

The Company has incurred non-capital losses that may be carried forward and used to reduce taxable income of future years.  These losses totaled $20.1 million as at December 31, 2019 (2018 - $18.0 million) and will expire between 2030 and 2039.

The Company has $34.8 million in Canadian exploration and development expenditures (2018 - $34.2 million), and cumulative eligible capital and undepreciated capital cost balances totaling $1.25 million (2018 - $1.24 million).  These amounts are available to reduce future taxable income and do not expire.