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Common Shares, Summary Of The Status Of Unvested Stock Options (Details) - $ / shares	3 Months Ended
	Mar. 31, 2018	Mar. 31, 2017
Unvested, Number of options, beginning of period (in shares)	246,250
Granted, Number of options (in shares)	820,000
Vested, Number of options (in shares)	(266,662)
Unvested, Number of options, end of period (in shares)	799,588
Unvested, Weighted average grant date fair value, beginning of period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.22
Granted, Weighted average grant-date fair value per option (in dollars per share)	0.48
Vested, Weighted average grant-date fair value per option (in dollars per share)	0.48
Unvested, Weighted average grant date fair value per option, end of period (in dollars per share)	$ 0.40
Stock Options [Member]
Granted, Number of options (in shares)		0

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The weighted average grant-date fair value of options granted during the reporting period as calculated by applying the disclosed option pricing methodology.

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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 (d)(1)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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Non vested options at the beginning of the period that vest during the period.

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