8. STOCK OPTIONS AND WARRANTS: Schedule of Warrants Activity (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2019 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2018 $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2017 $ / shares shares
Weighted average contractual remaining life of warrants in years	1.44	1.48	1.95
Warrants
Outstanding	20,069,732	19,657,232	18,892,833
Issued	18,820,000	5,155,000	3,614,732
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	(1,200,000)	(4,742,500)	(2,850,333)
Outstanding	37,689,732	20,069,732	19,657,232
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price, Beginning Balance \| $ / shares	$ 0.16	$ 0.23	$ 0.37
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Grants in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	0.10	0.15	0.20
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Exercises in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	0	0	0
Share-based Compensation Arrangements by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Forfeitures in Period, Weighted Average Exercise Price \| $ / shares	0.20	0.44	1.13
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Outstanding, Weighted Average Exercise Price, Ending Balance \| $ / shares	0.13	0.16	0.23
Warrants \| Expiry Date, September 28, 2019
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Outstanding	1,200,000	1,200,000	1,200,000
Issued	0	0	0
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	(1,200,000)	0	0
Outstanding	0	1,200,000	1,200,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, March 6, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Outstanding	2,500,000	2,500,000	0
Issued	0	0	2,500,000
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	0	0	0
Outstanding	2,500,000	2,500,000	2,500,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, March 8, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15
Outstanding	7,221,875	7,221,875	7,000,000
Issued	0	0	221,875
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	0	0	0
Outstanding	7,221,875	7,221,875	7,221,875
Warrants \| Expiry Date, April 7, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.15	$ 0.15	$ 0.15
Outstanding	3,255,000	3,100,000	3,100,000
Issued	0	155,000	0
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	0	0	0
Outstanding	3,255,000	3,255,000	3,100,000
Warrants \| April 25, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.15
Outstanding	5,000,000
Issued	0
Exercised	0
Expired	0
Outstanding	5,000,000	5,000,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, August 16, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.20	$ 0.20	$ 0.20
Outstanding	892,857	892,857	0
Issued	0	0	892,857
Exercised	0	0	0
Expired	0	0	0
Outstanding	892,857	892,857	892,857
Warrants \| December 24, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.10
Outstanding	0
Issued	5,000,000
Exercised	0
Expired	0
Outstanding	5,000,000	0
Warrants \| July 9, 2022
Exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.10
Outstanding	0
Issued	13,820,000
Exercised	0
Expired	0
Outstanding	13,820,000	0
Warrants \| Expiry Date, October 3, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 0.40	$ 0.40
Outstanding	0	687,000	687,000
Issued		0	0
Exercised		0	0
Expired		(687,000)	0
Outstanding		0	687,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, October 9, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 0.40	$ 0.40
Outstanding	0	755,500	755,500
Issued		0	0
Exercised		0	0
Expired		(755,500)	0
Outstanding		0	755,500
Warrants \| Expiry Date, December 24, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 1.00	$ 1.00
Outstanding	0	300,000	300,000
Issued		0	0
Exercised		0	0
Expired		(300,000)	0
Outstanding		0	300,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, April 29, 2018
Exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 0.40	$ 0.40
Outstanding	0	3,000,000	3,000,000
Issued		0	0
Exercised		0	0
Expired		(3,000,000)	0
Outstanding		0	3,000,000
Warrants \| Expiry Date, March 25, 2020
Exercise price \| $ / shares		$ 0.15
Outstanding	5,000,000	0
Issued		5,000,000
Exercised		0
Expired		0
Outstanding		5,000,000	0
Warrants \| Expiry Date, December 16, 2016
Exercise price \| $ / shares			$ 1.50
Outstanding		0	483,666
Issued			0
Exercised			0
Expired			(483,666)
Outstanding			0
Warrants \| Expiry Date, March 17, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares			$ 1.50
Outstanding		0	266,667
Issued			0
Exercised			0
Expired			(266,667)
Outstanding			0
Warrants \| Expiry Date, May 15, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares			$ 1.00
Outstanding		0	1,200,000
Issued			0
Exercised			0
Expired			(1,200,000)
Outstanding			0
Warrants \| Expiry Date, September 11, 2017
Exercise price \| $ / shares			$ 1.00
Outstanding		0	900,000
Issued			0
Exercised			0
Expired			(900,000)
Outstanding			0

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