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Common Shares, Warrants (Details) - Warrants [Member] - $ / shares	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Aug. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
Warrants outstanding, beginning of period (in shares)		6,514,625		15,219,802
Warrants expired (in shares)				(15,219,802)
Issued (in shares)	6,514,625		6,514,625
Warrants outstanding, end of period (in shares)		6,514,625	6,514,625		15,219,802
Weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding (in dollars per share)	$ 1.92	$ 1.92	$ 1.92		$ 5.00
Weighted average remaining life, warrants outstanding		1 year 7 months 6 days	2 years 7 months 6 days		9 months 18 days

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- Definition

Exercise price per share or per unit of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i)(4))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=26873400&loc=d3e23780-122690

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Number of warrants or rights outstanding.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.4-08.(i))
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Number of shares under non-option equity instrument agreements that were either cancelled or expired.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (c)(1)(iv)(3)-(4)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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- Definition

Weighted average remaining contractual term for equity-based awards excluding options, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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