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Conversion of debt to equity amount.

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Earnest deposit breakup fee payable in percent.

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Earnest Deposit Received During The Period

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Amount, before allowance for credit loss, of right to consideration from customer for product sold and service rendered in normal course of business, classified as current.

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A fee charged for services from professionals such as doctors, lawyers and accountants. The term is often expanded to include other professions, for example, pharmacists charging to maintain a medicinal profile of a client or customer.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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Related Party Transactions - Additional Information (Detail) - USD ($)	1 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Professional fees			$ 230,500
Additional professional fees due in accounts payable		$ 80,509
Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earnest Deposit Fee Payable		145,000
Professional fees		258,009
Deep Sea Mineral Company, CIC, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts receivable		911,838
Option to convert receivable to equity		747,333
Back Office Technical and Support Services [Member] \| Deep Sea Mineral Company, CIC, LLC [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Accounts receivable		$ 911,838
Entity Controlled By Independent Director [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earnest Money Deposit Received	$ 150,000
Entity Controlled By Independent Director [Member] \| Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earnest Money Deposit Received	$ 150,000
Earnest deposit breakup fee payable in percent	10.00%
Greg Stemm Past Chairman [Member]
Related Party Transaction [Line Items]
Earnest Deposit Fee Payable	$ 450,000