Condensed Consolidated Interim Statements of Shareholders’ Equity, Non-controlling Interest and Redeemable Portion of Non-controlling Interest - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Total	Common shares [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, 2015	$ 67,268	$ 62,860	$ 43,628	$ (79,906)	$ 26,582	$ 40,686	$ 27,124
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		99,928,683
Issuance of common shares, private placement net of share issuance cost (Note 4)	8,207	$ 8,207	0	0	8,207	0	0
Issuance of common shares, private placement net of share issuance cost (Note 4) (in shares)		11,120,000
Stock-based compensation	11	$ 0	11	0	11	0	0
Net loss for the period	(8,873)	0	0	(8,296)	(8,296)	(577)	(384)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2016	66,613	$ 71,067	43,639	(88,202)	26,504	40,109	26,740
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2016		111,048,683
Balance at Dec. 31, 2016	66,711	$ 71,067	43,652	(87,335)	27,384	39,327	26,220
Balance (in shares) at Dec. 31, 2016		111,048,683
Issuance of common shares (Note 7)	59	$ 59	0	0	59	0	0
Issuance of common shares (Note 7) (in shares)		100,000
Stock-based compensation	133	$ 0	133	0	133	0	0
Net loss for the period	(4,249)	0	0	(3,352)	(3,352)	(897)	(599)
Balance at Sep. 30, 2017	$ 62,654	$ 71,126	$ 43,785	$ (90,687)	$ 24,224	$ 38,430	$ 25,621
Balance (in shares) at Sep. 30, 2017		111,148,683