Financial instruments (Details) - 3 months ended Mar. 31, 2018 |
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| Financial Instruments | |||
| Cash, insured amount | $ 600,000 | ||
| Accounts Payable, Trade, Current | $ 1,500,000 | ||
| Sales agreement maximum sales proceeds of stock issuance and sales | $ 10,000,000 | ||
| Common shares issued for cash, net of issue costs (in shares) | shares | 1,536,169 | ||
| Share Price | (per share) | $ 0.77 | $ 0.76 | |
| Proceeds from shares issued | $ 1,100,000 | ||
| Sensitivity Analysis Of Fair Value Of Interests Continued To Be Held By Transferor Servicing Assets Or Liabilities Change In Basis Points | item | 100 | ||
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| Cash, uninsured amount | $ 16,000,000 | ||
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| Financial Liabilities Trade Terms Period | 30 days | ||
| Minimum | Credit Availability Concentration Risk | |||
| Financial Instruments | |||
| Debt Instrument, Term | 4 years | ||
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| Financial Liabilities Trade Terms Period | 60 days |
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- Definition Financial Liabilities Trade Terms Period No definition available.
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- Definition Sales Agreement Maximum Sales Proceeds Of Stock Issuance And Sales No definition available.
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- Definition The change in basis points in the sensitivity analysis. No definition available.
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- Definition Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received that are used in an entity's business. Used to reflect the current portion of the liabilities (due within one year or within the normal operating cycle if longer). Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition The amount of cash deposited in financial institutions as of the balance sheet date that is insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. No definition available.
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- Definition The amount of cash as of the balance sheet date that is not insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. No definition available.
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- Definition Period of time between issuance and maturity of debt instrument, in PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. No definition available.
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- Definition The cash inflow from the additional capital contribution to the entity. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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- Definition 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. No definition available.
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- Definition Price of a single share of a number of saleable stocks of a company. No definition available.
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- Definition Number of new stock issued during the period. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
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