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The expected volatility of the share price used to calculate the fair value of the share options granted. Expected volatility is a measure of the amount by which a price is expected to fluctuate during a period. The measure of volatility used in option pricing models is the annualised standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a period of time.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 2
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 47
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-URIDate 2017-03-09

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The implied yield currently available on zero-coupon government issues of the country in whose currency the exercise price for share options granted is expressed, with a remaining term equal to the expected term of the option being valued (based on the option's remaining contractual life and taking into account the effects of expected early exercise). [Refer: Government [member]]

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The percentage of an expected dividend used to calculate the fair value of share options granted.

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Rye Patch Acquisition - Summary of Replacement Warrants (Details)		12 Months Ended
	May 25, 2018	Dec. 31, 2018	Dec. 31, 2017
Disclosure Of Business Combinations [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate		2.20%	1.20%
Annualized volatility		47.40%	75.40%
Dividend rate		0.00%	0.00%
Rye Patch [member] \| Warrants [Member]
Disclosure Of Business Combinations [Line Items]
Risk-free interest rate	1.90%
Dividend rate	0.00%
Rye Patch [member] \| Minimum [Member] \| Warrants [Member]
Disclosure Of Business Combinations [Line Items]
Expected life of warrants	2 months 12 days
Annualized volatility	25.90%
Rye Patch [member] \| Maximum [Member] \| Warrants [Member]
Disclosure Of Business Combinations [Line Items]
Expected life of warrants	3 years 2 months 12 days
Annualized volatility	45.70%