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EXPLORATION AND EVALUATION ASSETS (Details Narrative) |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 9 Months Ended | 12 Months Ended | 48 Months Ended
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Feb. 18, 2020 CAD ($) | Feb. 18, 2020 DKK (kr) | Sep. 25, 2019 CAD ($) shares | May 04, 2018 CAD ($) | May 04, 2018 DKK (kr) | Apr. 11, 2016 | Aug. 01, 2015 CAD ($) | Mar. 04, 2012 CAD ($) | Mar. 04, 2012 DKK (kr) | Aug. 15, 2011 CAD ($) | Aug. 15, 2011 DKK (kr) | Sep. 30, 2021 CAD ($) | Sep. 30, 2020 CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2020 DKK (kr) | Dec. 31, 2019 CAD ($) shares | Dec. 31, 2018 CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2016 DKK (kr) | Dec. 31, 2015 CAD ($) | Dec. 31, 2015 DKK (kr)
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and exploration related cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 124,000 | $ 603,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quetico East [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 39,835 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quetico West [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration credit |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 21,948 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Post Creek Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advances payable annually on net smelter return royalties |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 10,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments made in advance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10,000 | 10,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 19,016 | 36,944 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Halcyon Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Advances payable annually on net smelter return royalties |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 8,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payments made in advance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 8,000 | 8,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 17,016 | 23,257 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Quetico Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 11,668 | 102,715 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and exploration related cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 64,256 |  |  |  |
Exploration claim description |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | By the second anniversary of the recording of a claim and by each anniversary thereafter, a minimum of $400 worth of exploration activity per claim unit must be reported to the Provincial Recording Office. | By the second anniversary of the recording of a claim and by each anniversary thereafter, a minimum of $400 worth of exploration activity per claim unit must be reported to the Provincial Recording Office. |  |  |  |  |  |
Quetico Property [Member] | Prior to April 26, 2021 [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total annual work requirement cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 324,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Loveland (Enid Creek) Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and exploration related cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 4,500,000 |  | $ 437,897 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of interest in property to be acquired on basis of option agreement |  |  | 100.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition costs |  |  | $ 1,525,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Issuance of common shares | shares |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 300,000 |  |  |  |  |
Payment to acquire property |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 25,000 |  |  |  |  |
Common shares fair value |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 51,000 |  |  |  |  |
Loveland (Enid Creek) Property [Member] | NSR [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of interest in property to be acquired on basis of option agreement |  |  | 1.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Lingman Lake Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Acquisition and exploration related cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maniitsoq Property [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 98,001 | 126,074 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of net smelter return royalties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 2.50% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Percentage of net smelter return royalties after reduction |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 1.00% |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Payment required to reduce net smelter return royalties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Number of days from decision to commence commercial production to reduce net smelter return royalties |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 60 days |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License period description |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | At the expiration of the first license period, the Company may apply for a second license period (years 6-10), and the Company may apply for a further 3-year license for years 11 to 13. Thereafter, the Company may apply for additional 3-year licenses for years 14 to 16, 17 to 19 and 20 to 22. The Company will be required to pay additional license fees and will be obligated to incur minimum eligible exploration expenses for such years. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period of additional license application for years 11-13 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Period of additional license application after year 13 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 3 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Restoration obligations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 267,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Actual cleanup costs |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 172,394 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reversal of excess provision |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 94,606 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sulussugut License [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 81,604 | 103,414 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License period description |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License fee paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,742 | kr 31,400 |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 7,982 | kr 40,400 |  |
Period of additional license application after first period |  |  |  |  |  | 5 years |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration requirement |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 15,808,386 | kr 83,809,340
Exploration cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 56,262,968 |  |  |  |  |  | $ 26,115,831 |
Total carried credits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 58,776,729 | kr 283,945,553 |  |  |  |  |  |
Approved exploration expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 179,076 | 865,100 |  |  |  |  |  |
Ininngui License [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 16,397 | 17,230 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License period description |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | The Ininngui License was valid for an initial 5 years until December 31, 2016, with December 31, 2012 being the first year. The license was extended for a further 5 years, until December 31, 2021, with December 31, 2017 being the first year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2022. | The Ininngui License was valid for an initial 5 years until December 31, 2016, with December 31, 2012 being the first year. The license was extended for a further 5 years, until December 31, 2021, with December 31, 2017 being the first year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2022. |  |  | The credits available from each year may be carried forward for 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2022 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License fee paid |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 5,755 | kr 32,200 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 5,199,578 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total carried credits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,297,882 | kr 30,424,551 |  |  |  |  |  |
Minimum exploration expenditures and actual spend on exploration costs payable in cash, description |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | the minimum exploration expenditures on the license in any one year from years 2-5, the Company may pay 50% of the difference in cash to BMP as full compensation for that year. This procedure may not be used for more than 2 consecutive calendar years and as at December 31, 2020, the Company has not used the procedure for the license | the minimum exploration expenditures on the license in any one year from years 2-5, the Company may pay 50% of the difference in cash to BMP as full compensation for that year. This procedure may not be used for more than 2 consecutive calendar years and as at December 31, 2020, the Company has not used the procedure for the license |  |  |  |  |  |
Carbonatite License [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 6,068 | 5,430 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License period description |  |  |  | The Carbonatite License is valid for 5 years until December 31, 2022, with December 31, 2020 being the third year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2023. | The Carbonatite License is valid for 5 years until December 31, 2022, with December 31, 2020 being the third year. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company received one year period license extension, which provides for renewal period until 2023. |  |  |  |  |  |  | The credit available from each year may be carried forward 3 years plus 1 year extension and expire between December 31, 2023 to December 2024. The Company has no exploration commitment for 2021 year. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License fee paid |  |  |  | $ 6,523 | kr 31,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration cost |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 1,504,317 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total carried credits | kr |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | kr 10,544,473 |  |  |  |  |  |
Carbonatite License [Member] | Danish krone [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Total carried credits |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 2,182,706 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
West Greenland Prospecting License [Member] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Reserve Quantities [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Exploration and license related expenditures |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 396 | $ 4,301 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License period description | the Company was granted new prospective license No. 2020/05, by the BMP of Greenland for a period of 5 years ending December 31, 2024. | the Company was granted new prospective license No. 2020/05, by the BMP of Greenland for a period of 5 years ending December 31, 2024. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
License fee paid | $ 4,301 | kr 21,900 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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