Decommissioning liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

Decommissioning Liabilities [Abstract]

Disclosure of detailed information about decommissioning liabilities [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2021			December 31, 2020
Balance, beginning of the year	$	864,000		$	247,000
Liabilities incurred and acquired		1,081,218			685,000
Disposals		-			(74,000	)
Liabilities settled		(29,913	)
Accretion (note 18)		19,589			6,000
Change in estimates		11,412			-
Balance, end of the year	$	1,946,306		$	864,000