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Income taxes (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Reconciliation of Income Taxes

The items causing this difference for the years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 are as follows:

 

    Year ended December 31, 2018   Year ended December 31, 2017
         
Tax credit at the federal and state statutory rate     (2,219,152 )     (1,288,471 )
Foreign taxation     121,579       (1,325,577 )
Permanent differences     1,280,902       1,606,144  
Foreign net operating losses utilized     (19,347 )     —    
Foreign tax rate differential     —         (203,943 )
Valuation allowance     938,250       1,211,846  
      102,232       —    
Future Tax Asset

Significant components of deferred tax assets and liabilities at December 31, 2018 and 2017 are as follows: 

 

    December 31, 2018   December 31, 2017
Net operating losses                
Net operating loss carry forward     20,556,758       20,303,013  
Net Operating Loss utilized - Discontinued operations     —         (2,775,870 )
Net operating loss utilized – continuing operations     (73,007 )     —    
Foreign exchange differential     (68,925 )     —    
Net taxable loss     3,608,654       3,029,615  
Valuation allowance     (24,023,480 )     (20,556,758 )
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