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Income Taxes (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2023
Income Taxes [Abstract] |
Schedule of Components of Loss Before Income Taxes | The components of loss before income taxes are as follows:
|  | Year Ended December 31,
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
Domestic |  | $ | (8,925,899 | ) |  | $ | (20,999,110 | )
Foreign |  |  | (1,586,258 | ) |  |  | (1,474,082 | )
Total |  | $ | (10,512,157 | ) |  | $ | (22,473,192 | )
Schedule of Income Taxes at Statutory Rates | For purposes of reconciling the Company’s provision for income taxes at the statutory rate and the Company’s provision (benefit) for income taxes at the effective tax rate, a notional 27% tax rate was applied as follows:
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  | ($) |  | ($)
Loss for the year |  | (10,512,157 | ) |  | (22,473,192 | )
Income tax at federal statutory rate |  | (2,838,000 | ) |  | (5,876,000 | )
Increase (decrease) in tax resulting from: |  |  |  |  |  |
Change in statutory, foreign tax, foreign exchange rates and other |  | 536,000 |  |  | (12,000 | )
Permanent differences |  | (218,000 | ) |  | 1,875,000 |
Share issue costs |  | — |  |  | 370,000 |
Change in unrecognized deductible temporary differences |  | 2,686,000 |  |  | 3,643,000 |
Other |  | (166,000 | ) |  | — |
Income tax expense |  | — |  |  | — |
Schedule of Net Deferred Tax Assets (Liabilities) | The net deferred tax assets (liabilities) are comprised of the following:
|  | 2023 |  | 2022
|  | ($) |  | ($)
Deferred tax assets: |  |  |  |  |  |
Non-capital losses carry-forward |  | 15,769,000 |  |  | 14,379,000 |
Exploration and Evaluation assets |  | 1,470,000 |  |  | 1,470,000 |
Share issuance costs |  | 733,000 |  |  | 789,000 |
Intangible assets |  | 2,047,000 |  |  | 622,000 |
Other deferreds |  | 1,000 |  |  | 12,000 |
Allowable capital losses |  | 3,635,000 |  |  | 3,558,000 |
Property and equipment |  | 77,000 |  |  | 76,000 |
Valuation allowance |  | (23,732,000 | ) |  | (20,906,000 | )
Total deferred income taxes |  | — |  |  | — |
Schedule of Unused Tax Credits and Unused Tax Losses | The significant components of the Company’s temporary differences, unused tax credits and unused tax losses that have not been included on the consolidated balance sheets are as follows:
Temporary Differences |  | 2023 |  | Expiry Date Range |  | 2022 |  | Expiry Date Range
|  | ($) |  |  |  | ($) |  |
Non-capital losses available for future periods – US |  | 45,697,000 |  | 2036 to indefinite |  | 41,188,000 |  | 2036 to indefinite
Non-capital losses available for future periods – Canada |  | 22,862,000 |  | 2026 to 2043 |  | 21,739,000 |  | 2026 to 2041
Allowable capital losses |  | 13,463,000 |  | No expiry date |  | 13,178,000 |  | No expiry date
Property and equipment |  | 280,000 |  | No expiry date |  | 270,000 |  | No expiry date
Intangible assets |  | 9,747,000 |  | No expiry date |  | 2,962,000 |  | No expiry date
Exploration and evaluation assets |  | 5,446,000 |  | No expiry date |  | 5,446,000 |  | No expiry date
Share issuance costs |  | 2,715,000 |  | No expiry date |  | 2,922,000 |  | No expiry date

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