Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Shareholders' Equity, Non-controlling Interest and Redeemable Portion of Non-controlling Interest - USD ($)	Total	Common Stock [Member]	Additional Paid-in Capital [Member]	Deficit Accumulated [Member]	Total Shareholders' Equity attributable to GQM Ltd [Member]	Non-controlling Interest [Member]	Redeemable Portion of Non-controlling Interest [Member]
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	$ 65,983,177	$ 62,709,015	$ 43,468,510	$ (74,444,816)	$ 31,732,709	$ 34,250,468	$ 22,833,645
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		99,778,683
Balance at Sep. 30, 2015	68,283,389
Balance at Dec. 31, 2014	65,983,177	$ 62,709,015	43,468,510	(74,444,816)	31,732,709	34,250,468	22,833,645
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2014		99,778,683
Issuance of common shares as part of management agreement (Note 6)	151,428	$ 151,428	0	0	151,428	0	0
Issuance of common shares as part of management agreement (Note 6) (in shares)		150,000
Stock-based compensation	7,500,000	$ 0	0	0	0	7,500,000	5,000,000
Capital contribution from non-controlling interest (Note 7(v))	159,001	0	159,001	0	159,001		0
Net loss for the period	(6,526,062)	0	0	(5,461,205)	(5,461,205)	(1,064,857)	(709,904)
Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	67,267,544	$ 62,860,443	43,627,511	(79,906,021)	26,581,933	40,685,611	27,123,741
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		99,928,683
Issuance of common shares, private placement net of share issuance cost (Note 4)	8,206,552	$ 8,206,552	0	0	8,206,552	0	0
Issuance of common shares, private placement net of share issuance cost (Note 4) (in shares)		11,120,000
Stock-based compensation	11,396	$ 0	11,396	0	11,396		0
Net loss for the period	(8,872,869)	0	0	(8,296,349)	(8,296,349)	(576,520)	(384,347)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2016	$ 66,612,623	$ 71,066,995	$ 43,638,907	$ (88,202,370)	$ 26,503,532	$ 40,109,091	$ 26,739,394
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2016		111,048,683