20-F/A

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 20-F/A

(Amendment No.1)

[   ] REGISTRATION STATEMENT PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR 12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

OR

[X] ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2017

OR

[   ] TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

OR

[   ] SHELL COMPANY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of event requiring this shell company report ____________

Commission file number 000-52326

GIGA METALS CORPORATION
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Not Applicable
(Translation of Registrant’s name into English)

British Columbia, Canada
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

203 – 700 West Pender Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6C 1G8 Canada
(Address of principal executive offices)

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Copy of communications to:
Bernard Pinsky, Esq.
Clark Wilson LLP
Barristers and Solicitors
Suite 800 – 885 West Georgia Street
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6C 3H1
Telephone: 604-687-5700 Facsimile: 604-687-6314

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act.

Title of Class	Name of each exchange on which registered
Not Applicable	Not Applicable

Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act.

Common Shares Without Par Value
(Title of Class)

Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act.

Not Applicable
(Title of Class)

Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer’s classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report.

40,664,015 Common Shares without par value issued and outstanding as at December 31, 2017.

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.
YES [   ]     NO [X]

If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
[   ] YES     [X] NO

Note – Checking the box above will not relieve any registrant required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 from their obligations under those Sections.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
[X] YES     [   ] NO

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).
[X] YES     [   ] NO

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one): Large accelerated filer [   ]
[   ] Accelerated filer [   ] Non-accelerated filer [X]

Indicate by check mark which basis of accounting the registrant has used to prepare the financial statements included in this filing:

U.S. GAAP [   ]	Other [   ]
International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board [X]

If “Other” has been checked in response to the previous question, indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow.
[   ] ITEM 17     [X] ITEM 18

If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
[   ] YES     [X] NO

Explanatory Note

Giga Metals Corporation is filing this Amendment No. 1 to its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ended December 31, 2017 (the “Form 20-F”), which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2018, to submit the Interactive Data File (as defined in Rule 11 of Regulation S-T) for that fiscal year as Exhibit 101 to the Form 20-F in accordance with Rule 405 of Regulation S-T. Exhibit 101 was omitted from the Form 20-F in accordance with the 30-day grace period provided under Rule 405(a)(2)(ii) of Regulation S-T.

Except as set forth above, this Form 20-F/A does not modify or update any of the disclosure in the Form 20-F. This Form 20-F/A speaks as of the time of filing of the Form 20-F, does not reflect events that may have occurred subsequent to such filing and does not modify or update in any way disclosure made in the Form 20-F.

Item 19        Exhibits

The following exhibits are furnished as part of this Amendment No. 1 to the Form 20-F:

Exhibit
Number	Description
101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

SIGNATURE

The registrant hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly caused and authorized the undersigned to sign this annual report on its behalf.

GIGA METALS CORPORATION

“Matthew Anderson”

/s/ Matthew Anderson
Matthew Anderson

Chief Financial Officer
Date: May 24, 2018

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Document and Entity Information	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 shares
Statement [Line Items]
Document Type	20-F
Amendment Flag	false
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2017
Trading Symbol	giga
Entity Registrant Name	Giga Metals Corp
Entity Central Index Key	0001336364
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding	40,664,015
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Well Known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2017
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY

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Consolidated Statements of Financial Position - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Current assets
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,066,588	$ 85,758
Receivables	30,651	10,504
Prepaid expenses	361,425	8,406
Total current assets	4,458,664	104,668
Non-current assets
Reclamation deposits	187,900	187,900
Equipment	9,463	10,320
Exploration and evaluation assets	1	1
Total Noncurrent Assets	197,364	198,221
TOTAL ASSETS	4,656,028	302,889
Current liabilities
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	144,982	14,970
TOTAL LIABILITIES	144,982	14,970
EQUITY
Share capital	53,218,158	48,887,797
Share-based payment reserve	6,745,535	6,196,470
Subscriptions received	27,000	0
Deficit	(55,479,647)	(54,796,348)
TOTAL EQUITY	4,511,046	287,919
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND EQUITY	$ 4,656,028	$ 302,889

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Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Operating expenses
Amortization	$ 1,713	$ 2,968
Consulting	44,141	26,692
Investor relations	33,429	12,540
Legal and audit	21,167	18,178
Management fees	53,600	18,000
Office and general	123,067	75,112
Stock-based compensation	360,493	42,831
Operating expenses, total	637,610	196,321
Other items
Exploration property impairments	51,964	29,093
Interest income	(6,275)	(1,302)
Other operating income (expense)	45,689	27,791
Loss and comprehensive loss for the year	$ (683,299)	$ (224,112)
Loss per share basic and diluted	$ (0.03)	$ (0.01)
Weighted average number of shares outstanding basic and diluted	25,986,111	18,347,211

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Consolidated Statement of Changes in Equity - CAD ($)	Total	Share capital [Member]	Share-based payment reserve [Member]	Subscriptions received [Member]	Deficit [Member]
Beginning Balance at Dec. 31, 2015	$ 223,816	$ 48,642,413	$ 6,153,639		$ (54,572,236)
Beginning Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2015		9,037,349
Statement [Line Items]
Private placement	250,000	$ 250,000
Private placement (Shares)		12,500,000
Share issuance costs	(4,616)	$ (4,616)
Stock-based compensation	42,831		42,831
Comprehensive loss for the year	(224,112)				(224,112)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2016	287,919	$ 48,887,797	6,196,470		(54,796,348)
Ending Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2016		21,537,349
Statement [Line Items]
Private placement	4,727,500	$ 4,664,233	36,267	$ 27,000
Private placement (Shares)		18,146,666
Cash finders fees	(230,473)	$ (230,473)
Cash brokers warrants		(152,305)	152,305
Other fees	(26,594)	(26,594)
Exercise of warrants	63,000	$ 63,000
Exercise of warrants (Shares)		855,000
Exercise of options	12,500	$ 12,500
Exercise of options (Shares)		125,000
Stock-based compensation	360,493		360,493
Comprehensive loss for the year	(683,299)				(683,299)
Ending Balance at Dec. 31, 2017	$ 4,511,046	$ 53,218,158	$ 6,745,535	$ 27,000	$ (55,479,647)
Ending Balance (Shares) at Dec. 31, 2017		40,664,015

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Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Operating activities
Loss for the year	$ (683,299)	$ (224,112)
Adjustments for:
Amortization	1,713	2,968
Stock-based compensation	360,493	42,831
Exploration property impairment and expenditures	51,964	29,093
Changes in non-cash working capital items:
Receivables	(20,147)	9,412
Prepaid expense	(353,019)	(1,810)
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	130,012	(879)
Net cash flows used in operating activities	(512,283)	(142,497)
Investing activities
Expenditures on exploration and evaluation assets	(51,964)	(29,093)
Purchase of equipment	(856)	0
Net cash flows used in investing activities	(52,820)	(29,093)
Financing activities
Proceeds on issuance of common shares	4,803,000	250,000
Share issue costs	(257,067)	(4,616)
Net cash flows from financing activities	4,545,933	245,384
Increase in cash and cash equivalents	3,980,830	73,794
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning	85,758	11,964
Cash and cash equivalents, ending	4,066,588	85,758
Cash	1,555,088	85,758
Cash equivalents	$ 2,511,500	$ 0

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Nature and continuance of operations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Nature and continuance of operations [Text Block]

1. Nature and continuance of operations

Giga Metals Corporation (the “Company”) was incorporated on January 17, 1983, under the laws of the province of British Columbia, Canada, and its principal activity is the acquisition and exploration of mineral properties in Canada. On August 28, 2017, the Company changed its name to Giga Metals Corporation from Hard Creek Nickel Corporation. The Company’s common shares are listed for trading on the TSX Venture Exchange (“TSXV”) under the symbol “GIGA”.

The head office, principal address and records office of the Company are located at 700 West Pender Street, Suite 203, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 1G8. The Company’s registered address is 885 West Georgia Street, Suite 800, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6C 3H1.

These consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the Company and its subsidiary will continue as a going concern, meaning it will continue in operation for the foreseeable future and will be able to realize assets and discharge liabilities in the ordinary course of operations. As at December 31, 2017, the Company had working capital of $4,313,682 but the Company had not advanced its mineral properties to commercial production. The Company’s continuation as a going concern is dependent upon the successful results from its mineral property exploration activities and its ability to attain profitable operations and generate funds there from and/or raise equity capital or borrowings sufficient to meet current and future obligations. Management intends to finance operating costs over the next twelve months using existing cash.

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Significant accounting policies and basis of preparation

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Significant accounting policies and basis of preparation [Text Block]

2. Significant accounting policies and basis of preparation

These financial statements were authorized for issue on April 30, 2018 by the directors of the Company.

Statement of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards

The consolidated financial statements of the Company comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”).

Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared on an accrual basis and are based on historical costs, modified where applicable. The consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Canadian Metals Exploration Ltd. Inter-company balances and transactions, including unrealized income and expenses arising from inter-company transactions, are eliminated on consolidation.

Significant estimates and assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The Company’s management reviews these estimates and underlying assumptions on an ongoing basis, based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Revisions to estimates are adjusted prospectively in the period in which the estimates are revised.

Estimates and assumptions where there is significant risk of material adjustments to assets and liabilities in future accounting periods include the useful lives of plant and equipment, the recoverability of the carrying value of exploration and evaluation assets, fair value measurements for financial instruments, the recoverability and measurement of deferred tax assets, provisions for restoration and environmental obligations and contingent liabilities.

Significant judgments

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the Company to make judgments, apart from those involving estimates, in applying accounting policies. The most significant judgments in applying the Company’s financial statements include:

- The assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and whether there are events or conditions that may give rise to significant uncertainty;

- the classification / allocation of expenditures as exploration and evaluation expenditures or operating expenses; and

- the classification of financial instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investments held in the form of money market investments and certificates of deposit with investment terms that allow for penalty free redemption after one month.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures

Costs incurred before the Company has obtained the legal rights to explore an area are expensed as incurred.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures include the costs of acquiring licenses and costs associated with exploration and evaluation activity. Option payments are considered acquisition costs provided that the Company has the intention of exercising the underlying option.

Property option agreements are exercisable entirely at the option of the optionee. Therefore, option payments (or recoveries) are recorded when payment is made (or received) and are not accrued.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures are capitalized. The Company capitalizes costs to specific blocks of claims or areas of geological interest. Government tax credits received are recorded as a reduction to the cumulative costs incurred and capitalized on the related property.

Exploration and evaluation assets are tested for impairment if facts or circumstances indicate that impairment exists. Examples of such facts and circumstances are as follows:

- the period for which the Company has the right to explore in the specific area has expired during the period or will expire in the near future, and is not expected to be renewed;

- substantive expenditure on further exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area is neither budgeted nor planned;

- exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area have not led to the discovery of commercially viable quantities of mineral resources and the entity has decided to discontinue such activities in the specific area; and

- sufficient data exist to indicate that, although a development in the specific area is likely to proceed, the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset is unlikely to be recovered in full from successful development or by sale.

After technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable, the Company stops capitalizing expenditures for the applicable block of claims or geological area of interest and tests the asset for impairment. The capitalized balance, net of any impairment recognized, is then reclassified to either tangible or intangible mine development assets according to the nature of the asset.

Share-based payments

The Company operates an employee stock option plan. Share-based payments to employees are measured at the fair value of the instruments issued and amortized over the vesting periods. Share-based payments to non-employees are measured at the fair value of goods or services received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, if it is determined the fair value of the goods or services cannot be reliably measured, and are recorded at the date the goods or services are received. The corresponding amount is recorded to the share-based payment reserve. The fair value of options is determined using the Black–Scholes option pricing model which incorporates all market vesting conditions. The number of shares and options expected to vest is reviewed and adjusted at the end of each reporting period such that the amount recognized for services received as consideration for the equity instruments granted shall be based on the number of equity instruments that eventually vest.

Loss per share

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding in the period. For all periods presented, the loss attributable to common shareholders equals the reported loss attributable to owners of the Company. Diluted loss per share is calculated by the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the calculation of diluted loss per share assumes that the proceeds to be received on the exercise of dilutive share options and warrants are used to repurchase common shares at the average market price during the period.

Financial instruments

The Company classifies its financial instruments in the following categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial assets and financial liabilities. The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial instruments were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial instruments at initial recognition.

Financial assets are classified at fair value through profit or loss when they are either held for trading for the purpose of short-term profit taking, derivatives not held for hedging purposes, or when they are designated as such to avoid an accounting mismatch or to enable performance evaluation where a group of financial assets is managed by key management personnel on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy. Such assets are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in carrying value being included in profit or loss.

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market and are subsequently measured at amortized cost. They are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the end of the reporting period. These are classified as non-current assets.

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available-for-sale or are not suitable to be classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables or held-to-maturity investments and are subsequently measured at fair value. These are included in current assets to the extent they are expected to be realized within 12 months after the end of the reporting period. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive income, except for impairment losses and foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary financial assets.

Non-derivative financial liabilities (excluding financial guarantees) are subsequently measured at amortized cost. Regular purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade-date – the date on which the group commits to purchase the asset.

Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

At each reporting date, the Company assesses whether there is objective evidence that a financial instrument has been impaired. In the case of available-for-sale financial instruments, a significant and prolonged decline in the value of the instrument is considered to determine whether an impairment has arisen.

The Company does not have any derivative financial assets and liabilities.

Impairment of assets

The carrying amount of the Company’s assets (which include plant and equipment and exploration and evaluation assets) is reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. An impairment loss is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an asset or its cash generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognized in the statement of comprehensive loss.

The recoverable amount of assets is the greater of an asset’s fair value less cost to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects the current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For an asset that does not generate cash inflows largely independent of those from other assets, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

An impairment loss is only reversed if there is an indication that the impairment loss may no longer exist and there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. Any reversal of impairment cannot increase the carrying value of the asset to an amount higher than the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized in previous years.

Assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortization and are tested annually for impairment.

Income taxes

Current income tax:
Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current period are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date, in the countries where the Company operates and generates taxable income.

Current income tax relating to items recognized directly in other comprehensive income or equity is recognized in other comprehensive income or equity and not in profit or loss. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.

Deferred income tax:
Deferred income tax is recognized, using the asset and liability method, on temporary differences at the reporting date arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.

The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized only to the extent that it is probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred income tax asset to be utilized.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the year when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.

Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets against current income tax liabilities and the deferred income taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation authority.

Flow-through shares:
On the issuance of flow-through shares, any premium received in excess of the market price of the Company’s common shares is initially recorded as a liability (“flow-through tax liability”). Provided that the Company has renounced the related expenditures, or that there is a reasonable expectation that it will do so, the flow-through tax liability is reduced on a pro-rata basis as the expenditures are incurred. If such expenditures are capitalized, a deferred tax liability is recognized. To the extent that the Company has suitable unrecognized deductible temporary differences, an offsetting recovery of deferred income taxes would be recorded.

Restoration and environmental obligations
The Company recognizes liabilities for statutory, contractual, constructive or legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-term assets, when those obligations result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of the assets. The net present value of future restoration cost estimates arising from the decommissioning of plant and other site preparation work is capitalized to the related asset along with a corresponding increase in the restoration provision in the period incurred. Discount rates using a pre-tax rate that reflect the time value of money are used to calculate the net present value.

The Company’s estimates of restoration costs could change as a result of changes in regulatory requirements, discount rates and assumptions regarding the amount and timing of the future expenditures. These changes are recorded directly to the related asset with a corresponding entry to the restoration provision. The Company’s estimates are reviewed annually for changes in regulatory requirements, discount rates, effects of inflation and changes in estimates.

Changes in the net present value, excluding changes in the Company’s estimates of restoration costs, are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss for the period.

The net present value of restoration costs arising from subsequent site damage that is incurred on an ongoing basis during production are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss in the period incurred.

The costs of restoration projects that were included in the provision are recorded against the provision as incurred. The costs to prevent and control environmental impacts at specific properties are capitalized in accordance with the Company’s accounting policy for exploration and evaluation assets.

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no material restoration and environmental obligations.

Equipment

Plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss during the financial period in which they are incurred.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized in the statement of comprehensive loss.

Amortization is calculated on a declining balance method to write off the cost of the assets to their residual values over their estimated useful lives. The amortization rates applicable to each category of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

Class of equipment	Amortization rate
Motor vehicles	30% declining balance
Computer equipment	30% declining balance
Exploration and office equipment	20% declining balance

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Accounting standards issued but not yet effective

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Accounting standards issued but not yet effective [Text Block]

3. Accounting standards issued but not yet effective

New standard IFRS 9 “Financial Instruments” is a partial replacement of IAS 39 “Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement”. IFRS 9 uses a single approach to determine whether a financial asset is measured at amortized cost or fair value, replacing the multiple rules in IAS 39. The approach in IFRS 9 is based on how an entity manages its financial instruments in the context of its business model and the contractual cash flow characteristics of the financial assets.

The new standard also requires a singleimpairment method to be used, replacing the multiple impairment methods in IAS 39. IFRS 9 is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2018. The Company does not expect the adoption of IFRS 9 to have a material effect on the financial statements.

IFRS 16 “Leases” replaces IAS 17 “Leases” and the related interpretative guidance. IFRS 16 applies a control model to the identification of leases, distinguishing between a lease and a service contract on the basis of whether the customer controls the asset being leased. For those assets

determined to meet the definition of a lease, IFRS 16 introduces significant changes to the accounting by lessees, introducing a single, on-balance sheet accounting model that is similar to current finance lease accounting, with limited exceptions for short-term leases or leases of low value assets. Lessor accounting is not substantially changed. The standard is effective for annual periods beginning on or after January 1, 2019, with early adoption permitted for entities that have adopted IFRS 15. The Company has not yet assessed the future impact of this new standard on its financial statements.

Other accounting standards or amendments to existing accounting standards that have been issued but have future effective dates are either not applicable or are not expected to have a significant impact on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.

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Receivables

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Receivables [Text Block]

4. Receivables

	2017	2016
	$	$
Goods and Service sales tax	5,177	1,141
British Columbia mining tax credits	20,264	7,273
Interest receivable	5,210	-
Other receivables	-	2,090
	30,651	10,504

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Equipment

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Equipment [Text Block]

5. Equipment

			Exploration
	Motor	Computer	and office
	Vehicles	equipment	equipment	Total
	$	$	$	$
Cost:
At December 31, 2016 and 2015	20,330	28,809	61,984	111,123
Additions	-	856	-	856
At December 31, 2017	20,330	29,665	61,984	111,979
Depreciation:
At January 1, 2015	19,422	25,619	51,794	97,835
Charge for the year	272	660	2,036	2,968
At December 31, 2016	19,694	27,279	53,830	100,803
Charge for the year	144	348	1,221	1,713
At December 31, 2017	19,838	27,627	55,051	102,516
Net book value:
At December 31, 2016	636	1,530	8,154	10,320
At December 31, 2017	492	2,038	6,933	9,463

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Exploration and evaluation assets

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Exploration and evaluation assets [Text Block]

6. Exploration and evaluation assets

The Company’s deferred exploration costs are as follows:

	Balance,				Balance,				Balance,
	December 31,		Change in year		December 31,		Change in year		December 31,
	2015		2016		2016		2017		2017
	$		$		$		$		$
Mineral property interests	179,500		-		179,500		-		179,500
Assays and testing	2,052,292		-		2,052,292		-		2,052,292
Claims renewal / staking	459,261		-		459,261		-		459,261
Drilling	12,488,967		-		12,488,967		-		12,488,967
Environmental studies	1,256,621		-		1,256,621		-		1,256,621
Exploration data management	917,422		-		917,422		-		917,422
First Nations	166,444		-		166,444		-		166,444
Geochemistry	111,066		-		111,066		-		111,066
Geological and engineering services	8,779,898		18,000		8,779,898		54,358		8,834,256
Geophysical services	743,515		-		743,515		-		743,515
Metallurgy	3,792,672		7,500		3,792,672		-		3,792,672
Petrographic work	43,957		-		43,957		-		43,957
Project management	106,015		-		106,015		-		106,015
Survey, mapping and camp	1,617,849		10,866		1,617,849		10,597		1,628,446
Transportation	2,604,549		-		2,604,549		-		2,604,549
Cost recovery	(56,480	)	-		(56,480	)	-		(56,480	)
Property impairments	(33,006,960	)	(29,093	)	(33,006,960	)	(51,964	)	(33,058,924	)
BC refundable mining tax credits	(2,195,403	)	(7,273	)	(2,195,403	)	(12,991	)	(2,208,394	)
Federal non-refundable mining tax credits, net
of valuation allowance	(61,185	)	-		(61,185	)	-		(61,185	)
	1		-		1		-		1

The Company has a 100% interest in certain mineral claims, located along the Turnagain River in British Columbia, Canada. One claim is subject to a 4% net smelter return royalty (“NSR”). The Company has the option to purchase all or part of the NSR within four years of commercial production for a price of $1,000,000 per 1% NSR.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the Company incurred costs totalling $29,093 net of B.C. Mineral Exploration Tax Credits on the Turnagain mineral claims, which were impaired based on the indicators discussed below.

At December 31, 2016, the Company determined that impairment indicators existed and reduced he carrying value of the Turnagain mineral claims by $29,093 to $1 based on management’s assessment of current nickel prices, the global over-supply of nickel held in inventories and the weaker than expected Chinese and European demand for nickel. Future changes to this estimate could have a significant impact on the carrying value of the Turnagain mineral claims.

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company incurred $51,964 of exploration and evaluation expenditures. All of the expenditures were recorded to the statement of loss as exploration property impairments.

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Trade payables and accrued liabilities

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Trade payables and accrued liabilities [Text Block]

7. Trade payables and accrued liabilities

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Trade payables	134,982	4,970
Accrued liabilities	10,000	10,000
	144,982	14,970

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Sublease obligations

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Sublease obligations [Text Block]

8. Sublease obligations

Sublease obligations relate to the Company’s rent of office space. The term of the lease expires on March 31, 2019. A schedule of the Company’s minimum lease payments is as follows:

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Payable not later than one year	53,159	53,159
Payable later than one year and not later than five years	13,290	79,738
	66,449	132,897

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Income taxes and mining tax credits

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Income taxes and mining tax credits [Text Block]

9. Income taxes and mining tax credits

The actual income tax provision differs from the expected amounts calculated by applying the Canadian combined statutory federal and provincial corporate income tax rates to the Company’s loss before income taxes. The components of the Company’s income tax recovery are as follows:

	Year ended		Year ended
	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	$		$
Loss before income taxes	683,299		224,112
Statutory tax rate	26%		26%
Expected income tax recovery at the statutory tax rate	(177,658	)	(58,269	)
Tax pool not recognized	13,511		7,564
Other	164,147		50,705
Income tax recovery	-		-

The Company has the following deferred tax assets and liabilities:

	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	$		$
Federal investment tax credits	663,144		663,144
Exploration and evaluation assets	3,804,616		3,674,149
Non-capital loss carryforwards	4,129,727		4,056,879
Other	84,875		85,439
Valuation allowance	(8,682,363	)	(8,479,611	)
	-		-

The tax pools relating to these deferred tax assets expire as follows:

				Canadian federal
	Canadian			investment tax credit
	resource pools	Non-capital losses	Other	losses
	$	$	$	$
2025	-	-	-	25,187
2026	-	1,664,306	-	92,277
2027	-	3,323,364	-	58,467
2028	-	2,559,941	-	237,882
2029	-	2,621,029	-	249,331
2030	-	2,388,895	-	-
2031	-	1,392,745	-	-
2032	-	818,329	-	-
2033	-	202,411	-	-
2034	-	266,149	-	-
2035	-	173,814	-	-
2036	-	152,243	-	-
2037	-	320,131	-	-
No
expiry	14,633,140	-	335,907	-
	14,633,140	15,883,566	335,907	663,144

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Share capital

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Share capital [Text Block]

10. Share capital

Authorized share capital

Unlimited number of common shares without par value.

Issued share capital

On August 28, 2017, the Company consolidated its common shares on a basis of one (1) new common share for two (2) old common shares held. Reference to common shares, per share amounts and other securities have been retroactively restated.

At December 31, 2017 there were 40,664,015 issued and fully paid common shares (2016 – 21,537,349).

Financings

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the following equity financings were completed:

I)	On August 30, 2017, the Company closed a private placement of 8,333,333 units at a price of $0.06 per unit for gross proceeds of $500,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.07 during the first year and $0.08 during years two and three. The Company used the residual method to value the share purchase warrants, allocating a value of $nil. As part of the private placement, the Company incurred other cash issuance costs of $4,575.
II)	On October 24, 2017, the Company closed a private placement of 6,750,000 units at a price of $0.35 per unit for gross proceeds of $2,362,500. Each unit consists of one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.45 with an expiry date of three years after the closing date. The Company used the residual method to value the share purchase warrants, allocating a value of $nil.
	As part of the private placement, the Company paid $126,313 in finder’s fees and other cash issuance costs of $16,663. In addition, the Company issued 396,000 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. The fair value of $111,210 for the broker warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and was charged to share issue costs and credited to contributed surplus. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model were as follows: share price of $0.54 ; exercise price of $0.35 ; expected volatility of 100%; expected life of 1 year; a risk-free interest rate of 0.73%; and an expected dividend rate of nil.
III)	On December 20, 2017, the Company closed a private placement of 1,813,333 units at a price of $0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of $1,088,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.70 with an expiry date of three years after the closing date. The Company used the residual method to value the share purchase warrants, allocating a value of $36,267.

As part of the private placement, the Company paid $59,160 in finder’s fees and other cash issuance costs of $2,306. In addition, the Company issued 98,600 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. The fair value of $18,762 for the broker warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and was charged to share issue costs and credited to contributed surplus. The assumptions used in the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model were as follows: share price of $0.58 ; exercise price of $0.70 ; expected volatility of 100%; expected life of 1 year; a risk-free interest rate of 0.73%; and an expected dividend rate of nil.

IV)

On December 27, 2017, the Company closed a private placement of 1,250,000 units at a price of $0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of $750,000. Each unit consists of one common share and one half of one share purchase warrant. Each whole warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.70 with an expiry date of three years after the closing date. The Company used the residual method to value the share purchase warrants, allocating a value of $nil.

As part of the private placement, the Company paid $45,000 in finder’s fees and other cash issuance costs of $3,050. In addition, the Company issued 75,000 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. The fair value of $22,333 for the broker warrants was estimated using the Black-Scholes Option Pricing Model and was charged to share issue costs and credited to contributed surplus. The assumptions used in the Black- Scholes Option Pricing Model were as follows: share price of $0.74 ; exercise price of $0.70 ; expected volatility of 100%; expected life of 1 year; a risk-free interest rate of 0.73%; and an expected dividend rate of nil.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, the following equity financings were completed:

I)

In March 2016, the Company closed a private placement of 9,120,000 units at a price of $0.02 per unit for gross proceeds of $182,400. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.10 for a period of five years after the closing date. The Company did not separately value the warrants issued as part of this private placement. Included in the private placement were 2,700,000 shares issued to officers and directors of the Company. As part of the private placement, the Company paid $1,800 in finder’s fees and issued 90,000 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. The Company determined that the value of the broker warrants was insignificant.

II)

In April 2016, the Company closed a private placement of 3,380,000 units at a price of $0.02 per unit for gross proceeds of $67,600. Each unit consists of one common share and one share purchase warrant exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.10 for a period of five years after the closing date. The Company did not separately value the warrants issued as part of this private placement. As part of the private placement, the Company paid $2,816 in finder’s fees and issued 10,800 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. The Company determined that the value of the broker warrants was insignificant.

Basic and diluted loss per share

The calculation of basic and diluted loss per share for the year ended December 31, 2017 was based on the loss attributable to common shareholders of $683,299 (2016 - $224,112) and the weighted average number of common shares outstanding of 25,986,111 (2016 – 18,347,211).

Diluted loss per share did not include the effect of 2,662,500 stock options and 25,454,600 warrants as the effect would be anti-dilutive.

Stock options

The Company has adopted an incentive stock option plan, which provides that the Board of Directors of the Company may from time to time, in its discretion, and in accordance with the Exchange requirements, grant to directors, officers, employees and technical consultants to the Company, non-transferable stock options to purchase common shares, provided that the number of common shares reserved for issuance will not exceed 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares. Such options will be exercisable for a period of up to 5 years from the date of grant. In connection with the foregoing, the number of common shares reserved for issuance to any one optionee will not exceed five percent ( 5%) of the issued and outstanding common shares and the number of common shares reserved for issuance to all investor relations and technical consultants will not exceed two percent ( 2%) of the issued and outstanding common shares. Options may be exercised no later than 90 days following cessation of the optionee’s position with the Company or 30 days following cessation of an optionee conducting investor relations activities’ position.

On exercise, each option allows the holder to purchase one common share of the Company. The changes in options during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	Year ended				Year ended
	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
				Weighted				Weighted
				average				average
	Number of			exercise	Number of			exercise
	options			price	options			price
Options outstanding, beginning	1,640,000		$	0.19	234,700		$	2.16
Options granted	1,150,000			0.50	1,475,000			0.10
Options exercised	(125,000	)		0.10	-			-
Options expired/forfeited	(2,500	)		1.00	(69,700	)		4.88
Options outstanding, ending	2,662,500		$	0.33	1,640,000		$	0.19
Options exercisable, ending	2,602,500		$	0.32	902,500		$	0.26

The weighted average share price on the date of option exercise during the year ended December 31, 2017 was $0.56.

Details of options outstanding as at December 31, 2017 are as follows:

Weighted average	Weighted average	Number of options
exercise price	contractual life	outstanding
$1.00	0.01 years	162,500
$0.10	3.50 years	1,350,000
$0.22	4.70 years	100,000
$0.40	4.76 years	550,000
$0.60	4.81 years	325,000
$0.80	4.87 years	175,000
$0.33	3.50 years	2,662,500

Stock-based compensation

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company granted 1,150,000 stock options (2016 – 1,475,000 stock options), the weighted average grant date fair value of the options was $0.32 per option (2016 - $0.04 per option). The fair value was determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model using the following weighted average assumptions:

	2017	2016
Share price	$0.44	$0.06
Exercise price	$0.50	$0.10
Expected life of options	5 years	5 years
Annualized volatility	100%	102%
Risk-free interest rate	1.60%	0.62%
Dividend rate	0%	0%

During the year ended December 31, 2017, the Company recorded $360,493 (2016 - $42,831) of stock-based compensation to the statement of loss and comprehensive loss based on the vesting of stock options granted.

Warrants

On exercise, each warrant allows the holder to purchase one common share of the Company. The changes in warrants outstanding during the years ended December 31, 2017 and 2016 are as follows:

	Year				Year ended
	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
				Average				Average
	Number of			exercise	Number of			exercise
	warrants			price	warrants			price
Warrants outstanding, beginning	13,444,147		$	0.10	1,052,680		$	0.24
Warrants issued	13,809,600			0.25	12,600,800			0.10
Warrants exercised	(855,000	)		0.06	-			-
Warrants expired	(944,147	)		0.10	(209,333	)		0.80
Warrants outstanding, ending	25,454,600		$	0.18	13,444,147		$	0.10

Details of warrants outstanding as at December 31, 2017 are as follows:

Weighted average	Weighted average	Number of warrants
exercise price	contractual life	outstanding
$0.35	0.81 years	396,000
$0.70	0.98 years	173,600
$0.07	2.67 years	7,583,333
$0.45	2.82 years	3,375,000
$0.70	2.98 years	1,531,667
$0.10	3.27 years	12,395,000
$0.18	2.95 years	25,454,600

Refer to Note 17 – Subsequent Events.

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Share-based payment reserve

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Share-based payment reserve [Text Block]

11. Share-based payment reserve

The share-based payment reserve records items recognized as stock-based compensation expense and the fair value of agent’s warrants until such time that the stock options or warrants are exercised, at which time the corresponding amount will be transferred to share capital.

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Related party transactions

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Related party transactions [Text Block]

12. Related party transactions

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Consulting fees	2,500	8,000
Interest expense	551	-
Management fees	53,600	18,000
Stock-based compensation	41,163	28,312
	97,814	54,312

There were no amounts owing to related parties at December 31, 2017 or 2016. See also Note 10.

Key management includes the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer and the directors of the Company. Compensation paid or payable to key management for services during the year amounted to $37,700 (2016 - $17,000) for short-term benefits and $41,163 (2016 - $28,312) for stock-based compensation.

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Financial instruments and financial risk management

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Financial instruments and financial risk management [Text Block]

13. Financial instruments and financial risk management

The Company is exposed in varying degrees to a variety of financial instrument related risks. The Board of Directors approves and monitors the risk management processes, inclusive of documented investment policies, counterparty limits, and controlling and reporting structures. The type of risk exposure and the way in which such exposure is managed is provided as follows:

Credit risk

Credit risk is the risk that one party to a financial instrument will fail to discharge an obligation and cause the other party to incur a financial loss. The Company’s primary exposure to credit risk is on its cash held in bank accounts. All of the cash is deposited in bank accounts held with one major bank in Canada. Since all of the Company’s cash is held by one bank there is a concentration of credit risk. This risk is managed by using major banks that are high credit quality financial institutions as determined by rating agencies. The Company’s secondary exposure to risk is on its other receivables. This risk is minimal as receivables consist primarily of refundable government taxes.

Liquidity risk

Liquidity risk is the risk that the Company will not be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due. The Company has a planning and budgeting process in place to help determine the funds required to support the Company’s normal operating requirements on an ongoing basis. The Company ensures that there are sufficient funds to meet its short-term business requirements, taking into account its anticipated cash flows from operations and its holdings of cash and cash equivalents.

Historically, the Company's sole source of funding has been the issuance of equity securities for cash, primarily through private placements. The Company’s access to financing is always uncertain. There can be no assurance of continued access to significant equity funding.

The following is an analysis of the contractual maturities of the Company’s non-derivative financial liabilities as at December 31, 2017:

		Within one		Between one
		year		and five		More than
				years		five years
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$	144,982	$	-	$	-

Foreign exchange risk

Foreign currency risk is the risk that the fair values of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because they are denominated in currencies that differ from the respective functional currency. The Company does not have any direct exposure to foreign exchange risk.

Interest rate risk

Interest rate risk is the risk that the fair value of future cash flows of a financial instrument will fluctuate because of changes in market interest rates. The Company does not have any significant interest rate risk.

Classification of financial instruments

Financial assets included in the statement of financial position are as follows:

		December 31,		December 31,
		2017		2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,066,588	$	85,758
Loans and receivables:
Reclamation deposits		187,900		187,900
	$	4,254,488	$	273,658

Financial liabilities included in the statement of financial position are as follows:

		December 31,		December 31,
		2017		2016
Non-derivative financial liabilities:
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$	144,982	$	14,970

Fair value

The fair value of the Company’s financial assets and liabilities approximates the carrying amount. Financial instruments measured at fair value are classified into one of three levels in the fair value hierarchy according to the relative reliability of the inputs used to estimate the fair values. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are:

• Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

• Level 2 – Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability either directly or indirectly; and

• Level 3 – Inputs that are not based on observable market data.

The following is an analysis of the Company’s financial assets measured at fair value as at December 31, 2017 and 2016:

		As at December 31, 2017
		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Cash	$	4,066,588	$	-	$	-

		As at December 31, 2016
		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Cash	$	85,758	$	-	$	-

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Capital management

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Capital management [Text Block]

14. Capital management

The Company's policy is to maintain a strong capital base so as to maintain investor and creditor confidence, safeguard the Company’s ability to support the exploration and development of its exploration and evaluation assets and to sustain future development of the business. The capital structure of the Company consists of equity and debt obligations, net of cash.

There were no changes in the Company's approach to capital management during the year ended December 31, 2017 and no restrictions.

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Supplemental cash flow information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Supplemental cash flow information [Text Block]

15. Supplemental cash flow information

Investing and financing activities that do not have a direct impact on current cash flows are excluded from the statements of cash flows. During the year ended December 31, 2017, the following transactions were excluded from the statement of cash flows:

a) The issuance of 569,600 broker warrants at the fair value of $152,305.

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Segmented information

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Segmented information [Text Block]

16. Segmented information

Operating segments

The Company operates in a single reportable operating segment – the acquisition, exploration and development of mineral properties.

Geographic segments

All of the Company's assets are located in Canada.

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Subsequent events

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Subsequent events [Text Block]

17. Subsequent events

Private placement

In January 2018, the Company completed a non-brokered private placement of 960,000 units at a price of $0.60 per unit for gross proceeds of $576,000. Each unit consisted of one common share and one-half share purchase warrant. Each full warrant is exercisable into one common share at a price of $0.70 for three years after the closing date. As part of the private placement, the Company paid $22,080 in finder’s fees. In addition, the Company issued 36,800 in broker warrants with an expiry date of one year after the closing date. As at December 31, 2017, proceeds of $27,000 had been received as subscriptions for this private placement.

Exercise of warrants

Subsequent to December 31, 2017, the Company issued 300,000 common shares for the exercise of 300,000 share purchase warrants at $0.10 and 100,000 common shares for the exercise of 100,000 share purchase warrants at $0.07.

Grant of options

On February 5, 2018, the Company granted 850,000 stock options to directors, officers, employees and consultants at a price of $0.55 per share exercisable up to February 5, 2023. Of the 850,000 stock options granted, 600,000 vested immediately and the remaining 250,000 vest as to 25% every three months from the date of grant.

On April 3, 2018, the Company granted 200,000 stock options to an employee at a price of $0.60 per share exercisable up to April 3, 2023. The options vest as to 25,000 on the date of grant and 25,000 every three months thereafter.

On April 20, 2018, the Company granted 75,000 stock options to an officer and a consultant at a price of $0.60 per share exercisable up to April 20, 2023. The options vest on October 20, 2018.

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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Statement of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards [Policy Text Block]

Statement of compliance with International Financial Reporting Standards

The consolidated financial statements of the Company comply with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (“IASB”) and interpretations of the International Financial Reporting Interpretations Committee (“IFRIC”).

Basis of preparation [Policy Text Block]

Basis of preparation

The consolidated financial statements of the Company have been prepared on an accrual basis and are based on historical costs, modified where applicable. The consolidated financial statements are presented in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

Consolidation [Policy Text Block]

Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned Canadian subsidiary, Canadian Metals Exploration Ltd. Inter-company balances and transactions, including unrealized income and expenses arising from inter-company transactions, are eliminated on consolidation.

Significant estimates and assumptions [Policy Text Block]

Significant estimates and assumptions

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the Company to make estimates and assumptions concerning the future. The Company’s management reviews these estimates and underlying assumptions on an ongoing basis, based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances. Revisions to estimates are adjusted prospectively in the period in which the estimates are revised.

Estimates and assumptions where there is significant risk of material adjustments to assets and liabilities in future accounting periods include the useful lives of plant and equipment, the recoverability of the carrying value of exploration and evaluation assets, fair value measurements for financial instruments, the recoverability and measurement of deferred tax assets, provisions for restoration and environmental obligations and contingent liabilities.

Significant judgments [Policy Text Block]

Significant judgments

The preparation of financial statements in accordance with IFRS requires the Company to make judgments, apart from those involving estimates, in applying accounting policies. The most significant judgments in applying the Company’s financial statements include:

- The assessment of the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern and whether there are events or conditions that may give rise to significant uncertainty;

- the classification / allocation of expenditures as exploration and evaluation expenditures or operating expenses; and

- the classification of financial instruments.

Cash and cash equivalents [Policy Text Block]

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents include cash and highly liquid investments held in the form of money market investments and certificates of deposit with investment terms that allow for penalty free redemption after one month.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures [Policy Text Block]

Exploration and evaluation expenditures

Costs incurred before the Company has obtained the legal rights to explore an area are expensed as incurred.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures include the costs of acquiring licenses and costs associated with exploration and evaluation activity. Option payments are considered acquisition costs provided that the Company has the intention of exercising the underlying option.

Property option agreements are exercisable entirely at the option of the optionee. Therefore, option payments (or recoveries) are recorded when payment is made (or received) and are not accrued.

Exploration and evaluation expenditures are capitalized. The Company capitalizes costs to specific blocks of claims or areas of geological interest. Government tax credits received are recorded as a reduction to the cumulative costs incurred and capitalized on the related property.

Exploration and evaluation assets are tested for impairment if facts or circumstances indicate that impairment exists. Examples of such facts and circumstances are as follows:

- the period for which the Company has the right to explore in the specific area has expired during the period or will expire in the near future, and is not expected to be renewed;

- substantive expenditure on further exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area is neither budgeted nor planned;

- exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources in the specific area have not led to the discovery of commercially viable quantities of mineral resources and the entity has decided to discontinue such activities in the specific area; and

- sufficient data exist to indicate that, although a development in the specific area is likely to proceed, the carrying amount of the exploration and evaluation asset is unlikely to be recovered in full from successful development or by sale.

After technical feasibility and commercial viability of extracting a mineral resource are demonstrable, the Company stops capitalizing expenditures for the applicable block of claims or geological area of interest and tests the asset for impairment. The capitalized balance, net of any impairment recognized, is then reclassified to either tangible or intangible mine development assets according to the nature of the asset.

Share-based payments [Policy Text Block]

Share-based payments

The Company operates an employee stock option plan. Share-based payments to employees are measured at the fair value of the instruments issued and amortized over the vesting periods. Share-based payments to non-employees are measured at the fair value of goods or services received or the fair value of the equity instruments issued, if it is determined the fair value of the goods or services cannot be reliably measured, and are recorded at the date the goods or services are received. The corresponding amount is recorded to the share-based payment reserve. The fair value of options is determined using the Black–Scholes option pricing model which incorporates all market vesting conditions. The number of shares and options expected to vest is reviewed and adjusted at the end of each reporting period such that the amount recognized for services received as consideration for the equity instruments granted shall be based on the number of equity instruments that eventually vest.

Loss per share [Policy Text Block]

Loss per share

Basic loss per share is calculated by dividing the loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding in the period. For all periods presented, the loss attributable to common shareholders equals the reported loss attributable to owners of the Company. Diluted loss per share is calculated by the treasury stock method. Under the treasury stock method, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding for the calculation of diluted loss per share assumes that the proceeds to be received on the exercise of dilutive share options and warrants are used to repurchase common shares at the average market price during the period.

Financial instruments [Policy Text Block]

Financial instruments

The Company classifies its financial instruments in the following categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables, held-to-maturity investments, available-for-sale financial assets and financial liabilities. The classification depends on the purpose for which the financial instruments were acquired. Management determines the classification of its financial instruments at initial recognition.

Financial assets are classified at fair value through profit or loss when they are either held for trading for the purpose of short-term profit taking, derivatives not held for hedging purposes, or when they are designated as such to avoid an accounting mismatch or to enable performance evaluation where a group of financial assets is managed by key management personnel on a fair value basis in accordance with a documented risk management or investment strategy. Such assets are subsequently measured at fair value with changes in carrying value being included in profit or loss.

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market and are subsequently measured at amortized cost. They are included in current assets, except for maturities greater than 12 months after the end of the reporting period. These are classified as non-current assets.

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivative financial assets that are designated as available-for-sale or are not suitable to be classified as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, loans and receivables or held-to-maturity investments and are subsequently measured at fair value. These are included in current assets to the extent they are expected to be realized within 12 months after the end of the reporting period. Unrealized gains and losses are recognized in other comprehensive income, except for impairment losses and foreign exchange gains and losses on monetary financial assets.

Non-derivative financial liabilities (excluding financial guarantees) are subsequently measured at amortized cost. Regular purchases and sales of financial assets are recognized on the trade-date – the date on which the group commits to purchase the asset.

Financial assets are derecognized when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the Company has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

At each reporting date, the Company assesses whether there is objective evidence that a financial instrument has been impaired. In the case of available-for-sale financial instruments, a significant and prolonged decline in the value of the instrument is considered to determine whether an impairment has arisen.

The Company does not have any derivative financial assets and liabilities.

Impairment of assets [Policy Text Block]

Impairment of assets

The carrying amount of the Company’s assets (which include plant and equipment and exploration and evaluation assets) is reviewed at each reporting date to determine whether there is any indication of impairment. If such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss. An impairment loss is recognized whenever the carrying amount of an asset or its cash generating unit exceeds its recoverable amount. Impairment losses are recognized in the statement of comprehensive loss.

The recoverable amount of assets is the greater of an asset’s fair value less cost to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects the current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset. For an asset that does not generate cash inflows largely independent of those from other assets, the recoverable amount is determined for the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.

An impairment loss is only reversed if there is an indication that the impairment loss may no longer exist and there has been a change in the estimates used to determine the recoverable amount. Any reversal of impairment cannot increase the carrying value of the asset to an amount higher than the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognized in previous years.

Assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortization and are tested annually for impairment.

Income taxes [Policy Text Block]

Income taxes

Current income tax:
Current income tax assets and liabilities for the current period are measured at the amount expected to be recovered from or paid to the taxation authorities. The tax rates and tax laws used to compute the amount are those that are enacted or substantively enacted, at the reporting date, in the countries where the Company operates and generates taxable income.

Current income tax relating to items recognized directly in other comprehensive income or equity is recognized in other comprehensive income or equity and not in profit or loss. Management periodically evaluates positions taken in the tax returns with respect to situations in which applicable tax regulations are subject to interpretation and establishes provisions where appropriate.

Deferred income tax:
Deferred income tax is recognized, using the asset and liability method, on temporary differences at the reporting date arising between the tax bases of assets and liabilities and their carrying amounts for financial reporting purposes.

The carrying amount of deferred income tax assets is reviewed at the end of each reporting period and recognized only to the extent that it is probable that sufficient taxable profit will be available to allow all or part of the deferred income tax asset to be utilized.

Deferred income tax assets and liabilities are measured at the tax rates that are expected to apply to the year when the asset is realized or the liability is settled, based on tax rates (and tax laws) that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the end of the reporting period.

Deferred income tax assets and deferred income tax liabilities are offset, if a legally enforceable right exists to set off current tax assets against current income tax liabilities and the deferred income taxes relate to the same taxable entity and the same taxation authority.

Flow-through shares:
On the issuance of flow-through shares, any premium received in excess of the market price of the Company’s common shares is initially recorded as a liability (“flow-through tax liability”). Provided that the Company has renounced the related expenditures, or that there is a reasonable expectation that it will do so, the flow-through tax liability is reduced on a pro-rata basis as the expenditures are incurred. If such expenditures are capitalized, a deferred tax liability is recognized. To the extent that the Company has suitable unrecognized deductible temporary differences, an offsetting recovery of deferred income taxes would be recorded.

Restoration and environmental obligations [Policy Text Block]

Restoration and environmental obligations
The Company recognizes liabilities for statutory, contractual, constructive or legal obligations associated with the retirement of long-term assets, when those obligations result from the acquisition, construction, development or normal operation of the assets. The net present value of future restoration cost estimates arising from the decommissioning of plant and other site preparation work is capitalized to the related asset along with a corresponding increase in the restoration provision in the period incurred. Discount rates using a pre-tax rate that reflect the time value of money are used to calculate the net present value.

The Company’s estimates of restoration costs could change as a result of changes in regulatory requirements, discount rates and assumptions regarding the amount and timing of the future expenditures. These changes are recorded directly to the related asset with a corresponding entry to the restoration provision. The Company’s estimates are reviewed annually for changes in regulatory requirements, discount rates, effects of inflation and changes in estimates.

Changes in the net present value, excluding changes in the Company’s estimates of restoration costs, are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss for the period.

The net present value of restoration costs arising from subsequent site damage that is incurred on an ongoing basis during production are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss in the period incurred.

The costs of restoration projects that were included in the provision are recorded against the provision as incurred. The costs to prevent and control environmental impacts at specific properties are capitalized in accordance with the Company’s accounting policy for exploration and evaluation assets.

At December 31, 2017 and 2016, the Company had no material restoration and environmental obligations.

Equipment [Policy Text Block]

Equipment

Plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and accumulated impairment losses.

Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognized as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits associated with the item will flow to the Company and the cost of the item can be measured reliably. The carrying amount of the replaced part is derecognized. All other repairs and maintenance are charged to the statement of comprehensive loss during the financial period in which they are incurred.

Gains and losses on disposals are determined by comparing the proceeds with the carrying amount and are recognized in the statement of comprehensive loss.

Amortization is calculated on a declining balance method to write off the cost of the assets to their residual values over their estimated useful lives. The amortization rates applicable to each category of property, plant and equipment are as follows:

Class of equipment	Amortization rate
Motor vehicles	30% declining balance
Computer equipment	30% declining balance
Exploration and office equipment	20% declining balance

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Significant accounting policies and basis of preparation (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about estimated useful life or depreciation rate [Table Text Block]

Class of equipment	Amortization rate
Motor vehicles	30% declining balance
Computer equipment	30% declining balance
Exploration and office equipment	20% declining balance

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Receivables (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about trade and other receivables [Table Text Block]

	2017	2016
	$	$
Goods and Service sales tax	5,177	1,141
British Columbia mining tax credits	20,264	7,273
Interest receivable	5,210	-
Other receivables	-	2,090
	30,651	10,504

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Equipment (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment [Table Text Block]

			Exploration
	Motor	Computer	and office
	Vehicles	equipment	equipment	Total
	$	$	$	$
Cost:
At December 31, 2016 and 2015	20,330	28,809	61,984	111,123
Additions	-	856	-	856
At December 31, 2017	20,330	29,665	61,984	111,979
Depreciation:
At January 1, 2015	19,422	25,619	51,794	97,835
Charge for the year	272	660	2,036	2,968
At December 31, 2016	19,694	27,279	53,830	100,803
Charge for the year	144	348	1,221	1,713
At December 31, 2017	19,838	27,627	55,051	102,516
Net book value:
At December 31, 2016	636	1,530	8,154	10,320
At December 31, 2017	492	2,038	6,933	9,463

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Exploration and evaluation assets (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about deferred exploration costs [Table Text Block]

	Balance,				Balance,				Balance,
	December 31,		Change in year		December 31,		Change in year		December 31,
	2015		2016		2016		2017		2017
	$		$		$		$		$
Mineral property interests	179,500		-		179,500		-		179,500
Assays and testing	2,052,292		-		2,052,292		-		2,052,292
Claims renewal / staking	459,261		-		459,261		-		459,261
Drilling	12,488,967		-		12,488,967		-		12,488,967
Environmental studies	1,256,621		-		1,256,621		-		1,256,621
Exploration data management	917,422		-		917,422		-		917,422
First Nations	166,444		-		166,444		-		166,444
Geochemistry	111,066		-		111,066		-		111,066
Geological and engineering services	8,779,898		18,000		8,779,898		54,358		8,834,256
Geophysical services	743,515		-		743,515		-		743,515
Metallurgy	3,792,672		7,500		3,792,672		-		3,792,672
Petrographic work	43,957		-		43,957		-		43,957
Project management	106,015		-		106,015		-		106,015
Survey, mapping and camp	1,617,849		10,866		1,617,849		10,597		1,628,446
Transportation	2,604,549		-		2,604,549		-		2,604,549
Cost recovery	(56,480	)	-		(56,480	)	-		(56,480	)
Property impairments	(33,006,960	)	(29,093	)	(33,006,960	)	(51,964	)	(33,058,924	)
BC refundable mining tax credits	(2,195,403	)	(7,273	)	(2,195,403	)	(12,991	)	(2,208,394	)
Federal non-refundable mining tax credits, net
of valuation allowance	(61,185	)	-		(61,185	)	-		(61,185	)
	1		-		1		-		1

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Trade payables and accrued liabilities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about trade and other payables [Table Text Block]

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Trade payables	134,982	4,970
Accrued liabilities	10,000	10,000
	144,982	14,970

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Sublease obligations (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of lease prepayments [Table Text Block]

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Payable not later than one year	53,159	53,159
Payable later than one year and not later than five years	13,290	79,738
	66,449	132,897

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Income taxes and mining tax credits (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of detailed information about effective income tax expense recovery [Table Text Block]

	Year ended		Year ended
	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	$		$
Loss before income taxes	683,299		224,112
Statutory tax rate	26%		26%
Expected income tax recovery at the statutory tax rate	(177,658	)	(58,269	)
Tax pool not recognized	13,511		7,564
Other	164,147		50,705
Income tax recovery	-		-

Disclosure of deferred taxes [Table Text Block]

	December 31,		December 31,
	2017		2016
	$		$
Federal investment tax credits	663,144		663,144
Exploration and evaluation assets	3,804,616		3,674,149
Non-capital loss carryforwards	4,129,727		4,056,879
Other	84,875		85,439
Valuation allowance	(8,682,363	)	(8,479,611	)
	-		-

Disclosure of detailed information about tax pools available [Table Text Block]

				Canadian federal
	Canadian			investment tax credit
	resource pools	Non-capital losses	Other	losses
	$	$	$	$
2025	-	-	-	25,187
2026	-	1,664,306	-	92,277
2027	-	3,323,364	-	58,467
2028	-	2,559,941	-	237,882
2029	-	2,621,029	-	249,331
2030	-	2,388,895	-	-
2031	-	1,392,745	-	-
2032	-	818,329	-	-
2033	-	202,411	-	-
2034	-	266,149	-	-
2035	-	173,814	-	-
2036	-	152,243	-	-
2037	-	320,131	-	-
No
expiry	14,633,140	-	335,907	-
	14,633,140	15,883,566	335,907	663,144

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Share capital (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of share options [Table Text Block]

	Year ended				Year ended
	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
				Weighted				Weighted
				average				average
	Number of			exercise	Number of			exercise
	options			price	options			price
Options outstanding, beginning	1,640,000		$	0.19	234,700		$	2.16
Options granted	1,150,000			0.50	1,475,000			0.10
Options exercised	(125,000	)		0.10	-			-
Options expired/forfeited	(2,500	)		1.00	(69,700	)		4.88
Options outstanding, ending	2,662,500		$	0.33	1,640,000		$	0.19
Options exercisable, ending	2,602,500		$	0.32	902,500		$	0.26

Disclosure of number and weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding share options [Table Text Block]

Weighted average	Weighted average	Number of options
exercise price	contractual life	outstanding
$1.00	0.01 years	162,500
$0.10	3.50 years	1,350,000
$0.22	4.70 years	100,000
$0.40	4.76 years	550,000
$0.60	4.81 years	325,000
$0.80	4.87 years	175,000
$0.33	3.50 years	2,662,500

Disclosure of detailed information about options, valuation assumptions [Table Text Block]

	2017	2016
Share price	$0.44	$0.06
Exercise price	$0.50	$0.10
Expected life of options	5 years	5 years
Annualized volatility	100%	102%
Risk-free interest rate	1.60%	0.62%
Dividend rate	0%	0%

Disclosure of detailed information about warrants, activity [Table Text Block]

	Year				Year ended
	December 31, 2017				December 31, 2016
				Average				Average
	Number of			exercise	Number of			exercise
	warrants			price	warrants			price
Warrants outstanding, beginning	13,444,147		$	0.10	1,052,680		$	0.24
Warrants issued	13,809,600			0.25	12,600,800			0.10
Warrants exercised	(855,000	)		0.06	-			-
Warrants expired	(944,147	)		0.10	(209,333	)		0.80
Warrants outstanding, ending	25,454,600		$	0.18	13,444,147		$	0.10

Disclosure of detailed information about warrants outstanding [Table Text Block]

Weighted average	Weighted average	Number of warrants
exercise price	contractual life	outstanding
$0.35	0.81 years	396,000
$0.70	0.98 years	173,600
$0.07	2.67 years	7,583,333
$0.45	2.82 years	3,375,000
$0.70	2.98 years	1,531,667
$0.10	3.27 years	12,395,000
$0.18	2.95 years	25,454,600

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Related party transactions (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of information about key management personnel [Table Text Block]

	December 31,	December 31,
	2017	2016
	$	$
Consulting fees	2,500	8,000
Interest expense	551	-
Management fees	53,600	18,000
Stock-based compensation	41,163	28,312
	97,814	54,312

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Financial instruments and financial risk management (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

Dec. 31, 2016

Statement [Line Items]

Disclosure of maturity analysis for derivative financial liabilities [Table Text Block]

		Within one		Between one
		year		and five		More than
				years		five years
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$	144,982	$	-	$	-

Disclosure of financial assets [Table Text Block]

		December 31,		December 31,
		2017		2016
Cash and cash equivalents	$	4,066,588	$	85,758
Loans and receivables:
Reclamation deposits		187,900		187,900
	$	4,254,488	$	273,658

Disclosure of financial liabilities [Table Text Block]

		December 31,		December 31,
		2017		2016
Non-derivative financial liabilities:
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$	144,982	$	14,970

Disclosure of fair value measurement of assets [Table Text Block]

		As at December 31, 2017
		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Cash	$	4,066,588	$	-	$	-

		As at December 31, 2016
		Level 1		Level 2		Level 3
Cash	$	85,758	$	-	$	-

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Nature and continuance of operations (Narrative) (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Working capital	$ 4,313,682

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Exploration and evaluation assets (Narrative) (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Statement [Line Items]
Expenditures on exploration and evaluation assets	$ 51,964	$ 29,093
Exploration property impairments	51,964	29,093
Exploration and evaluation assets	1	$ 1	$ 1
Exploration and evaluation expenditures	$ 51,964
Turnagain mineral claims [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Mineral claim, ownership percentage	100.00%
Net smelter return royalty	4.00%
Price per percentage of net smelter return royalty	$ 1,000,000
Expenditures on exploration and evaluation assets	29,093
Exploration property impairments	29,093
Exploration and evaluation assets	$ 1

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Share capital (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended						12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 20, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 24, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 30, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Apr. 30, 2016 CAD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016 CAD ($) $ / shares shares	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($) shares
Statement [Line Items]
Number of shares issued | shares							40,664,015	21,537,349
Number of units granted in share-based payment arrangement	1,250,000	1,813,333	6,750,000	8,333,333	3,380,000	9,120,000
Equity Issuance, Price per Unit | $ / shares	$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 0.35	$ 0.06	$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Proceeds from issuance of units	$ 750,000	$ 1,088,000	$ 2,362,500	$ 500,000	$ 67,600	$ 182,400
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement	0.70	0.70	0.45		0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.25	$ 0.10
Increase (decrease) in number of shares outstanding | shares						2,700,000
Fair value of warrants granted during period	0	36,267	0	0
Payments for finder's fees	45,000	59,160	126,313
Payments for share issue costs	$ 3,050	$ 2,306	$ 16,663	4,575	$ 2,816	$ 1,800	$ 257,067	4,616
Number of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement	75,000	98,600	396,000		10,800	90,000	569,600
Fair value of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement	$ 22,333	$ 18,762	$ 111,210				$ 152,305
Weighted average share price, warrants granted	0.74	0.58	0.54				0.56
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 0.35
Expected volatility, warrants granted	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%
Expected life, warrants granted	1 year	1 year	1 year
Risk free interest rate, warrants granted	0.73%	0.73%	0.73%
Expected dividend as percentage, warrants granted	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%
Loss for the year							$ 683,299	$ 224,112
Weighted average number of shares outstanding basic and diluted | shares							25,986,111	18,347,211
Description of instruments with potential future dilutive effect not included in calculation of diluted earnings per share							Diluted loss per share did not include the effect of 2,662,500 stock options and 25,454,600 warrants as the effect would be anti-dilutive.
Description of maximum term of options granted for share-based payment arrangement							The Company has adopted an incentive stock option plan, which provides that the Board of Directors of the Company may from time to time, in its discretion, and in accordance with the Exchange requirements, grant to directors, officers, employees and technical consultants to the Company, non-transferable stock options to purchase common shares, provided that the number of common shares reserved for issuance will not exceed 10% of the Company’s issued and outstanding common shares. Such options will be exercisable for a period of up to 5 years from the date of grant. In connection with the foregoing, the number of common shares reserved for issuance to any one optionee will not exceed five percent (5%) of the issued and outstanding common shares and the number of common shares reserved for issuance to all investor relations and technical consultants will not exceed two percent (2%) of the issued and outstanding common shares. Options may be exercised no later than 90 days following cessation of the optionee’s position with the Company or 30 days following cessation of an optionee conducting investor relations activities’ position.
Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement							1,150,000	1,475,000
Weighted average fair value at measurement date, share options granted							$ 0.32	$ 0.04
Stock-based compensation							$ 360,493	$ 42,831
Bottom of range [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement				0.07
Top of range [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement				$ 0.08

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Related party transactions (Narrative) (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Key management personnel compensation, short-term employee benefits	$ 37,700	$ 17,000
Key management personnel compensation, stock-based compensation	$ 41,163	$ 28,312

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Supplemental cash flow information (Narrative) (Details)	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2017 CAD ($)	Dec. 20, 2017 CAD ($)	Oct. 24, 2017 CAD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016	Mar. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Number of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement	75,000	98,600	396,000	10,800	90,000	569,600
Fair value of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement	$ 22,333	$ 18,762	$ 111,210			$ 152,305

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Subsequent events (Narrative) (Details)			1 Months Ended								12 Months Ended
	Apr. 03, 2018 CAD ($)	Feb. 05, 2018 CAD ($)	Apr. 20, 2018 CAD ($)	Jan. 31, 2018 CAD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 27, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 20, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Oct. 24, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Aug. 30, 2017 CAD ($) $ / shares	Apr. 30, 2016 CAD ($) $ / shares	Mar. 31, 2016 CAD ($) $ / shares	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($) shares	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Number of units granted					1,250,000	1,813,333	6,750,000	8,333,333	3,380,000	9,120,000
Equity Issuance, Price per Unit | $ / shares					$ 0.60	$ 0.60	$ 0.35	$ 0.06	$ 0.02	$ 0.02
Proceeds from issuance of units					$ 750,000	$ 1,088,000	$ 2,362,500	$ 500,000	$ 67,600	$ 182,400
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement					0.70	0.70	0.45		$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.25	$ 0.10
Payments for finder's fees					$ 45,000	$ 59,160	$ 126,313
Number of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement					75,000	98,600	396,000		10,800	90,000	569,600
Subscriptions received											$ 27,000	$ 0
Number of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											855,000	0
Weighted average exercise price of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											$ 0.06	$ 0
Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement											1,150,000	1,475,000
Subsequent events [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Number of units granted				960,000
Equity Issuance, Price per Unit | $ / shares				$ 0.60
Proceeds from issuance of units				$ 576,000
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement				0.70
Payments for finder's fees				$ 22,080
Number of broker warrants granted in share based payment arrangement				36,800
Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement	200,000	850,000	75,000
Price of share options granted	$ 0.60	$ 0.55	$ 0.60
Description of vesting requirements for share-based payment arrangement	The options vest as to 25,000 on the date of grant and 25,000 every three months thereafter.	Of the 850,000 stock options granted, 600,000 vested immediately and the remaining 250,000 vest as to 25% every three months from the date of grant.	The options vest on October 20, 2018.
Subsequent events - exercise of warrants 1 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exercise of warrants (Shares) | shares											300,000
Number of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											300,000
Weighted average exercise price of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											$ 0.10
Subsequent events - exercise of warrants 2 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exercise of warrants (Shares) | shares											100,000
Number of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											100,000
Weighted average exercise price of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement											$ 0.07

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Disclosure of detailed information about estimated useful life or depreciation rate (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017
Motor vehicles [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Useful lives or depreciation rates, property, plant and equipment	30% declining balance
Computer equipment [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Useful lives or depreciation rates, property, plant and equipment	30% declining balance
Exploration and office equipment [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Useful lives or depreciation rates, property, plant and equipment	20% declining balance

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Disclosure of detailed information about trade and other receivables (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Goods and Service sales tax	$ 5,177	$ 1,141
British Columbia mining tax credits	20,264	7,273
Interest receivable	5,210	0
Other receivable	0	2,090
Trade and other current receivables	$ 30,651	$ 10,504

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Disclosure of detailed information about property, plant and equipment (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	$ 10,320
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	9,463	$ 10,320
Cost [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	111,123
Additions	856
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	111,979	111,123
Depreciation [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	100,803	97,835
Charge for the year	1,713	2,968
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	102,516	100,803
Motor vehicles [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	636
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	492	636
Motor vehicles [Member] | Cost [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	20,330
Additions	0
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	20,330	20,330
Motor vehicles [Member] | Depreciation [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	19,694	19,422
Charge for the year	144	272
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	19,838	19,694
Computer equipment [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	1,530
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	2,038	1,530
Computer equipment [Member] | Cost [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	28,809
Additions	856
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	29,665	28,809
Computer equipment [Member] | Depreciation [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	27,279	25,619
Charge for the year	348	660
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	27,627	27,279
Exploration and office equipment [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	8,154
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	6,933	8,154
Exploration and office equipment [Member] | Cost [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	61,984
Additions	0
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	61,984	61,984
Exploration and office equipment [Member] | Depreciation [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Property, plant and equipment at beginning of period	53,830	51,794
Charge for the year	1,221	2,036
Property, plant and equipment at end of period	$ 55,051	$ 53,830

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Disclosure of detailed information about deferred exploration costs (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	$ 1	$ 1
Property impairments	(51,964)	(29,093)
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	1	1
Mineral property interests [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	179,500	179,500
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	179,500	179,500
Assays and testing [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	2,052,292	2,052,292
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	2,052,292	2,052,292
Claims renewal / staking [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	459,261	459,261
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	459,261	459,261
Drilling [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	12,488,967	12,488,967
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	12,488,967	12,488,967
Environmental studies [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	1,256,621	1,256,621
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	1,256,621	1,256,621
Exploration data management [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	917,422	917,422
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	917,422	917,422
First Nations [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	166,444	166,444
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	166,444	166,444
Geochemistry [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	111,066	111,066
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	111,066	111,066
Geological and engineering services [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	8,779,898	8,779,898
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	54,358	18,000
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	8,834,256	8,779,898
Geophysical services [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	743,515	743,515
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	743,515	743,515
Metallurgy [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	3,792,672	3,792,672
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	7,500
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	3,792,672	3,792,672
Petrographic work [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	43,957	43,957
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	43,957	43,957
Project management [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	106,015	106,015
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	106,015	106,015
Survey, mapping and camp [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	1,617,849	1,617,849
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	10,597	10,866
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	1,628,446	1,617,849
Transportation [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	2,604,549	2,604,549
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	2,604,549	2,604,549
Cost recovery [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	(56,480)	(56,480)
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	(56,480)	(56,480)
Property impairments [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	(33,006,960)	(33,006,960)
Property impairments	(51,964)	(29,093)
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	(33,058,924)	(33,006,960)
BC refundable mining tax credits [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	(2,195,403)	(2,195,403)
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	(12,991)	(7,273)
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	(2,208,394)	(2,195,403)
Federal non-refundable mining tax credits, net of valuation allowance [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Exploration and evaluation assets, beginning balance	(61,185)	(61,185)
Change in exploration and evaluation assets	0	0
Exploration and evaluation assets, ending balance	$ (61,185)	$ (61,185)

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Disclosure of detailed information about trade and other payables (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables	$ 134,982	$ 4,970
Accrued liabilities	10,000	10,000
Total trade and other current payables	$ 144,982	$ 14,970

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Disclosure of lease prepayments (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Minimum operating lease payments	$ 66,449	$ 132,897
Payable not later than one year [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Minimum operating lease payments	53,159	53,159
Payable later than one year and not later than five years [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Minimum operating lease payments	$ 13,290	$ 79,738

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Disclosure of detailed information about effective income tax expense recovery (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Loss before income taxes	$ 683,299	$ 224,112
Statutory tax rate	26.00%	26.00%
Expected income tax recovery at the statutory tax rate	$ (177,658)	$ (58,269)
Tax pool not recognized	13,511	7,564
Other	164,147	50,705
Income tax recovery	$ 0	$ 0

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Disclosure of deferred taxes (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	$ 0	$ 0
Federal investment tax credits [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	663,144	663,144
Exploration and office equipment [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	3,804,616	3,674,149
Non-capital loss carryforwards [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	4,129,727	4,056,879
Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	84,875	85,439
Valuation allowance [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deferred tax assets and liabilities	$ (8,682,363)	$ (8,479,611)

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Disclosure of detailed information about tax pools available (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)
Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	$ 14,633,140
Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	15,883,566
Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	335,907
Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	663,144
2025 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2025 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2025 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2025 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	25,187
2026 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2026 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	1,664,306
2026 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2026 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	92,277
2027 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2027 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	3,323,364
2027 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2027 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	58,467
2028 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2028 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	2,559,941
2028 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2028 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	237,882
2029 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2029 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	2,621,029
2029 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2029 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	249,331
2030 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2030 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	2,388,895
2030 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2030 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2031 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2031 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	1,392,745
2031 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2031 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2032 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2032 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	818,329
2032 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2032 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2033 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2033 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	202,411
2033 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2033 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2034 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2034 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	266,149
2034 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2034 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2035 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2035 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	173,814
2035 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2035 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2036 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2036 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	152,243
2036 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2036 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
No expiry [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	14,633,140
No expiry [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
No expiry [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	335,907
No expiry [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	0
2037 [Member] | Canadian resource pools [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2037 [Member] | Non-capital losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax losses for which no deferred tax asset recognised	320,131
2037 [Member] | Other [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised	0
2037 [Member] | Canadian federal investment tax credit losses [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Unused tax credits for which no deferred tax asset recognised	$ 0

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Disclosure of number and weighted average exercise prices of share options (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Number of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at beginning of period	1,640,000	234,700
Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at beginning of period	$ 0.19	$ 2.16
Number of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement	1,150,000	1,475,000
Weighted average exercise price of share options granted in share-based payment arrangement	$ 0.50	$ 0.10
Number of share options exercised in share-based payment arrangement	(125,000)	0
Weighted average exercise price of share options exercised in share-based payment arrangement	$ 0.10	$ 0
Number of share options expired in share-based payment arrangement	(2,500)	(69,700)
Weighted average exercise price of share options expired in share-based payment arrangement	$ 1.00	$ 4.88
Number of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period	2,662,500	1,640,000
Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement at end of period	$ 0.33	$ 0.19
Number of share options exercisable in share-based payment arrangement	2,602,500	902,500
Weighted average exercise price of share options exercisable in share-based payment arrangement	$ 0.32	$ 0.26

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Disclosure of number and weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding share options (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($) yr	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.33	$ 0.19	$ 2.16
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	3.50
Number of options outstanding	2,662,500	1,640,000	234,700
Range 1 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 1.00
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	0.01
Number of options outstanding	162,500
Range 2 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.10
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	3.50
Number of options outstanding	1,350,000
Range 3 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.22
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	4.70
Number of options outstanding	100,000
Range 4 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.40
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	4.76
Number of options outstanding	550,000
Range 5 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.60
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	4.81
Number of options outstanding	325,000
Range 6 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price | $	$ 0.80
Weighted average contractual life (years) | yr	4.87
Number of options outstanding	175,000

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Disclosure of detailed information about options, valuation assumptions (Details)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($) yr	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($) yr
Statement [Line Items]
Share price	$ 0.44	$ 0.06
Exercise price	$ 0.50	$ 0.10
Expected life of options (years) | yr	5	5
Annualized volatility	100.00%	102.00%
Risk-free interest rate	1.60%	0.62%
Dividend rate	0.00%	0.00%

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Disclosure of detailed information about warrants, activity (Details)	1 Months Ended					12 Months Ended
	Dec. 27, 2017 CAD ($)	Dec. 20, 2017 CAD ($)	Oct. 24, 2017 CAD ($)	Apr. 30, 2016 CAD ($)	Mar. 31, 2016 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Number of warrants outstanding in share-based payment arrangement						13,444,147	1,052,680
Weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding in share-based payment arrangement						$ 0.10	$ 0.24
Number of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement						13,809,600	12,600,800
Weighted average exercise price of warrants granted in share-based payment arrangement	$ 0.70	$ 0.70	$ 0.45	$ 0.10	$ 0.10	$ 0.25	$ 0.10
Number of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement						(855,000)	0
Weighted average exercise price of warrants exercised in share-based payment arrangement						$ 0.06	$ 0
Number of warrants expired in share-based payment arrangement						(944,147)	(209,333)
Weighted average exercise price of warrants expired in share-based payment arrangement						$ 0.10	$ 0.80
Number of warrants outstanding in share-based payment arrangement						25,454,600	13,444,147
Weighted average exercise price of warrants outstanding in share-based payment arrangement						$ 0.18	$ 0.10

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Disclosure of detailed information about warrants outstanding (Details)	Dec. 31, 2017 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2016 CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 CAD ($)
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.18	$ 0.10	$ 0.24
Weighted average contractual life	2.95
Number of warrants outstanding	25,454,600	13,444,147	1,052,680
Range 1 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.35
Weighted average contractual life	0.81
Number of warrants outstanding	396,000
Range 2 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.70
Weighted average contractual life	0.98
Number of warrants outstanding	173,600
Range 3 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.07
Weighted average contractual life	2.67
Number of warrants outstanding	7,583,333
Range 4 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.45
Weighted average contractual life	2.82
Number of warrants outstanding	3,375,000
Range 5 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.70
Weighted average contractual life	2.98
Number of warrants outstanding	1,531,667
Range 6 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Weighted average exercise price	$ 0.10
Weighted average contractual life	3.27
Number of warrants outstanding	12,395,000

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Disclosure of information about key management personnel (Details) - CAD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Consulting fees (include in office and general)	$ 2,500	$ 8,000
Interest expense	551	0
Management fees	53,600	18,000
Key management personnel compensation, stock-based compensation	41,163	28,312
Key management personnel compensation	$ 97,814	$ 54,312

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Disclosure of maturity analysis for derivative financial liabilities (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$ 144,982	$ 14,970
Within one year [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	144,982
Between one and five years [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	0
More than five years [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$ 0

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Disclosure of financial assets (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Statement [Line Items]
Cash and cash equivalents	$ 4,066,588	$ 85,758	$ 11,964
Reclamation deposits	187,900	187,900
Financial assets	$ 4,254,488	$ 273,658

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Disclosure of financial liabilities (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Trade payables and accrued liabilities	$ 144,982	$ 14,970

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Disclosure of fair value measurement of assets (Details) - CAD ($)	Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Statement [Line Items]
Cash	$ 1,555,088	$ 85,758
Level 1 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash	4,066,588	85,758
Level 2 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash	0	0
Level 3 [Member]
Statement [Line Items]
Cash	$ 0	$ 0