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CAPITAL STOCK (Details 1) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
CAPITAL STOCK (Details 1) - USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2017	Jul. 31, 2016	Jul. 31, 2015
Gross Proceeds	$ 26,889,996	$ 10,209,632	$ 9,650,530
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
Shares	19,421,351	8,365,037	7,659,139
Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds	32,563,419
Gross Proceeds	25,996,254
Share Issuance Costs - Cash	(1,550,843)
Net Cash Proceeds Received	24,445,411
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
Shares	20,035,841
Share Purchase Warrants	4,409,570
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity, Total	24,445,411
Warrant [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds	5,873,932
Common Stock [Member]
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
Shares	17,331	12,365	5,280
Common Stock [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds	$ 26,689,487
2016 Offering [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds		11,954,405
Gross Proceeds		10,510,000
Share Issuance Costs - Cash		(525,483)
Net Cash Proceeds Received		9,984,517
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
Shares		8,365,037
Share Purchase Warrants		1,619,480
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity, Total		9,984,517
2016 Offering [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds		1,938,995
2016 Offering [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds		$ 10,015,410
2015 Offering [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds			9,475,235
Gross Proceeds			10,000,000
Share Issuance Costs - Cash			(891,635)
Net Cash Proceeds Received			9,108,365
Relative Fair Value Allocation to:
Shares			7,690,249
Share Purchase Warrants			1,418,116
Proceeds from Issuance or Sale of Equity, Total			9,108,365
2015 Offering [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds			1,475,235
2015 Offering [Member] \| Common Stock [Member] \| Warrant [Member] \| Equity Financing [Member]
Total Fair Value Before Allocation to Net Proceeds			$ 8,000,000