Marketable securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2019

Disclosure Of Marketable Securities [Abstract]

Disclosure of detailed information about marketable securities [Table Text Block]

	# of shares		Value $
Marketable securities at December 31, 2017	-		-
Received on sale of net smelter return royalty (Note 7)	1,125,000		8,325,000
Sale of securities	(311,800	)	(2,307,320	)
Fair market value adjustment	-		(3,334,120	)
Marketable securities at December 31, 2018	813,200		2,683,560
Sale of securities	(813,200	)	(6,017,680	)
Fair market value adjustment	-		3,334,120
Marketable securities at December 31, 2019	-		-