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For presentations that combine terminations, the number of shares under options that were cancelled during the reporting period as a result of occurrence of a terminating event specified in contractual agreements pertaining to the stock option plan or that expired.

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Share capital (Narrative) (Details)	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2016 USD ($) $ / shares CAD / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2015 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2015 CAD CAD / shares shares	Nov. 30, 2014 USD ($)
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Proceeds from stock options exercised \| $	$ 0		$ 0		$ 16,000
Stock options granted, weighted average exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.38
Stock-based compensation \| $	$ 615,000		$ 831,000		887,000
Non-vested stock options outstanding	6,049,433	6,049,433	5,288,350
Weighted average exercise price options outstanding \| $ / shares	$ 0.50	CAD 0.50	$ 0.57
Percent of issued and outstanding shares threshold	10.00%
Aggregate intrinsic value, vested options \| $	$ 600,000	CAD 600,000	$ 0		0
Aggregate intrinsic value, options exercised \| $	$ 100,000
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Weighted average exercise price options outstanding \| $ / shares	$ 0.37	CAD 0.37
Number of RSU's [Member]
Granted	600,000
Number of DSU's [Member]
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Granted	239,582
Class of Warrant or Right, Number of Securities Called by Warrants or Rights	3,447	3,447
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NovaGold Arrangement Options [Member]
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Weighted average exercise price options outstanding \| $ / shares	$ 4.28	CAD 4.28	$ 4.77
Aggregate intrinsic value, vested options \| $	$ 0	CAD 0	$ 0		0
Options expired	169,878
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Stock-based compensation \| $	$ 300,000
Aggregate intrinsic value, vested options \| $			$ 10,000
Options expired			2,157,001	2,157,001
Share-based Compensation Arrangement by Share-based Payment Award, Options, Forfeitures and Expirations in Period	2,505,000
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Approximationss [Member] \| Non-Vested Options [Member]
Stock option expense \| $	$ 0.05
Director [Member] \| Number of DSU's [Member]
Granted	164,582
New Employees [Member]
Stock options granted	1,785,000		3,813,350	3,813,350
Stock options granted, weighted average exercise price \| $ / shares	$ 0.13		$ 0.17
New Directors [Member] \| Number of DSU's [Member]
Granted	75,000