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Loans Payable - Schedule of Allocation of Cash Proceeds to Derivative Components at their Fair Values - Promissory Note (Detail) - Promissory Note [Member] - USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016	May 11, 2015
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds		$ 14,750,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	$ 14,750,001
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	383,148
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | First Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	2,000,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | First Tranche [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	67,241
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Second Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	6,000,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Second Tranche [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	173,659
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Third Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	3,000,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Third Tranche [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	75,828
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Fourth Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	2,000,000
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Fourth Tranche [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	39,911
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Fifth Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	17,500,001
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | Fifth Tranche [Member] | Deferred Income Call Option [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	26,509
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	14,366,853
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | First Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	1,932,759
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | Second Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	5,826,341
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | Third Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	2,924,172
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | Fourth Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	1,960,089
Oceanica Resources S. de. R.L [Member] | 2014 Convertible Promissory Notes [Member] | Fifth Tranche [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Cash proceeds	$ 1,723,492

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