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Employee Stock Compensation Plans (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2013
Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Abstract] |
Employee Stock - Grant Date Fair Value of Options |
Grant Date | 12/17/12 | 5/5/10 | 5/19/09
Option – grant date price (Cdn$) | $1.49 | $2.40 | $1.55
Options granted | 165,000 | 2,065,000 | 519,000
Expected life yrs. | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0
Expected volatility | 68% | 56% | 56%
Risk free interest rate | 0.7% | 2.2% | 1.9%
Weighted average fair value | $0.84 | $1.19 | $0.65
Grant date fair value | $139,000 | $2,449,000 | $339,000
Employee Stock - Stock Option Activity |
| 2013 | 2012
|  | Weighted |  |  | Weighted |
|  | Average | Aggregate |  | Average | Aggregate
|  | Exercise | Intrinsic |  | Exercise | intrinsic
| Options | Price (Cdn$) | value(1) | Options | Price (Cdn)$ | Value(1)
2006 Plan |  |  |  |  |  |
Outstanding, beginning of year | 2,598,400 | $2.22 |  | 2,433,400 | $2.27 |
Granted | - | - |  | 165,000 | $1.49 |
Exercised | (117,500) | 1.55 |  | - | - |
Cancelled | - | - |  | - | - |
Forfeited | (61,900) | 2.40 |  | - | - |
Outstanding, end of year | 2,419,000 | $2.25 | $ - | 2,598,400 | $2.22 | $1,650
Exercisable, end of year | 2,336,500 | $2.27 | $ - | 1,958,400 | $2.22 | $ 413
Employee Stock - Grant Date Fair Value as of Grant Date |
Grant Date | 6/18/13 | 10/21/13
Option – grant date price | $1.14 | $0.94
Options outstanding | 120,000 | 1,280,000
Expected life yrs. | 5.0 | 5.0
Expected volatility | 68% | 67%
Risk free interest rate | 1.24% | 1.39%
Weighted average fair value | $0.65 | $0.53
Grant date fair value | $78,000 | $674,000
Employee Stock - Current Year Stock Option Activity |
| 2013
|  | Weighted |
|  | Average | Aggregate
|  | Exercise | Intrinsic
| Options | Price | value(1)
20013 Plan |  |  |
Outstanding, beginning of year | - | - |
Granted | 1,400,000 | 0.96 |
Exercised | - | - |
Cancelled | - | - |
Forfeited | - | - |
Outstanding, end of year | 1,400,000 | $0.96 | $ -
Exercisable, end of year | 350,000 | $0.96 | $ -

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