INCOME TAXES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2018

Statements Line Items

Disclosure of deferred taxes [Table Text Block]

		December31, 2018			December31, 2017
Deferred income tax assets
Non-capital loss carry-forwards	$	137,251		$	372,616
Deferred income tax assets	$	137,251		$	372,616
Deficiency (excess) of carrying value over tax value of property, plant and equipment	$	(112,422	)	$	(154,043	)
Excess of carrying value over tax value of intangible assets		(24,829	)		(218,573	)
Deferred income tax liability	$	(137,251	)	$	(372,616	)
Net deferred tax asset (liability)	$	-		$	-

Disclosure of temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [Table Text Block]

		December31, 2018		December31, 2017
Excess of tax value over carrying value of mineral properties	$	12,708	$	13,807
Non-capital losses carried forward		4,660,241		4,126,977
Unrealized foreign exchange gain		-		115,642
Unrecognized deductible temporary differences	$	4,672,949	$	4,256,426

Disclosure of detailed information about effective income tax expense recovery [Table Text Block]

		December31, 2018			December31, 2017			December31, 2016
Income (loss) before income taxes	$	(56,711	)	$	(5,166,207	)	$	(3,454,778	)
Statutory income tax rate		27.00%			26.00%			26.00%
Income tax (benefit) expense computed at statutory tax rate		(15,312	)		(1,343,214	)		(898,242	)
Items not deductible for income tax purposes		77,417			(100,626	)		114,580
Under/(over) provision of taxes in prior years		-			-			(824,607	)
Change in timing differences		(80,965	)		187,473			372,451
Impact on foreign exchange on tax assets and liabilities		(90,212	)		117,313			162,359
Difference between Canadian and foreign taxes		3,403			(464,959	)		(119,976	)
Effect of change in tax rates		(42,564	)		-			-
Unused tax losses and tax offsets not recognized		148,233			1,431,580			(414,825	)
Income tax expense (recovery)		-			(172,433	)		(1,608,260	)
Penalties and interest included in income tax expense (recovery)		(290,818	)		-			614,283
Texas margin tax and branch tax		39,654			22,137			4,791
Income tax expense (recovery)	$	(251,164	)	$	(150,296	)	$	(989,186	)