Consideration for Ambler Property

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Discount on consideration

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Fair value of cash payments to acquire mineral properties

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Mineral property, fair value of consideration

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Ambler Property Ownership

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Mineral Property, Shares Issued, Shares

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Mineral Property, Shares Issued, Value

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Net proceeds royalty

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Net smelter return royalty

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Purchase price of the net smelter royalty

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Amount of direct costs of the business combination including legal, accounting, and other costs incurred to consummate the business acquisition.

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Exploration expenses (including prospecting) related to the mining industry would be included in operating expenses. Exploration costs include costs incurred in identifying areas that may warrant examination and in examining specific areas that are considered to have prospects of mineral reserves.

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Interest rate used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure fair value. For example, but not limited to, weighted average cost of capital (WACC), cost of capital, cost of equity and cost of debt.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a mineral right which is the right to extract a mineral from the earth or to receive payment, in the form of royalty, for the extraction of minerals.

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Mineral properties and development costs (Narrative) (Details) (USD $)	12 Months Ended			128 Months Ended	1 Months Ended		8 Months Ended	1 Months Ended
	Nov. 30, 2014	Nov. 30, 2013	Nov. 30, 2012	Nov. 30, 2014	Jan. 31, 2011	Jan. 31, 2010	Aug. 05, 2012	Oct. 31, 2011	Jan. 11, 2010	Jan. 31, 2012	Aug. 05, 2011	Dec. 31, 2009	Oct. 19, 2011
Mineral property interest percentage									100.00%
Payments for mineral property	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireMineralRights	$ 0us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireMineralRights	$ 39,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireMineralRights	$ 4,116,000us-gaap_PaymentsToAcquireMineralRights
Consideration for Ambler property									29,000,000ncq_ConsiderationForMineralProperty
Mineral properties expense	2,512,000us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining	8,894,000us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining	15,327,000us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining	53,769,000us-gaap_ExplorationExpenseMining
Approximations [Member]
Mineral properties expense				53,800,000
Ambler Property [Member]
Mineral property interest percentage									100.00%			51.00%
Mineral Property, Shares Issued, Shares						931,098
Mineral Property, Shares Issued, Value						5,000,000
Payments for mineral property					12,000,000
Consideration for Ambler property										29,000,000
Fair value of cash payments to acquire mineral properties					11,100,000					10,300,000
Discount rate used					8.00%
Mineral property, fair value of consideration							26,500,000
Transaction costs											100,000
Net smelter return royalty									1.00%
Purchase price of the net smelter royalty									10,000,000
Bornite Property [Member]
Payments for mineral property								4,000,000
Net proceeds royalty													15.00%
Discount on consideration													$ 40,000,000
Bornite Property [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Mineral property interest percentage													16.00%
Net smelter return royalty													1.00%
Bornite Property [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Mineral property interest percentage													25.00%
Net smelter return royalty													2.50%