Interest, advances and promissory notes payable (Details) - Summary of Interest Payable Activity - USD ($)	9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Summary of Interest Payable Activity [Abstract]
Beginning Balance	$ 5,364,997	$ 4,836,127
Interest incurred on promissory notes payable	396,653	528,870
Interest applied to purchase shares of common stock (note 6)	(2,318,542)
Ending Balance	$ 3,443,108	$ 5,364,997

Amount of interest payable on debt, including, but not limited to, trade payables.

Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 942
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.9-03.15(5))
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6876686&loc=d3e534808-122878

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
-SubTopic 210
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.15(a))
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