ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

Schedule of number of stock options issued and outstanding [Table Text Block]

	As at December 31, 2022			As at December 31, 2021
	Number of options		Weighted average exercise price (CAD)	Number of options		Weighted average exercise price (CAD)
Outstanding, beginning of year	19,915,000		0.12	14,690,000		0.08
Granted	11,394,283		0.08	12,900,000		0.16
Expired	(1,695,000	)	0.10	(275,000	)	0.65
Cancelled	-		-	(2,515,000	)	0.15
Exercised	-		-	(4,885,000	)	0.07
Outstanding, end of year	29,614,283		0.11	19,915,000		0.12

Schedule of number of outstanding and exercisable stock options based on expiry date [Table Text Block]

Expiry date	Exercise price (CAD)	Number of options outstanding	Remaining contractual life in years	Number of options exercisable
September 20, 2023	0.06	1,470,000	0.72	1,470,000
June 21, 2024	0.07	1,900,000	1.47	1,900,000
August 8, 2024	0.06	500,000	1.61	500,000
June 20, 2025	0.08	2,450,000	2.47	2,450,000
August 18, 2025	0.072	2,394,283	2.63	2,394,283
June 18, 2026	0.25	3,950,000	3.47	3,950,000
September 17, 2026	0.11	4,500,000	3.72	4,500,000
October 21, 2026	0.09	2,700,000	3.81	2,700,000
December 12, 2026	0.12	750,000	3.95	750,000
May 25, 2027	0.085	9,000,000	4.40	9,000,000
Outstanding, December 31, 2022		29,614,283		29,614,283

Expiry date	Exercise price (CAD)	Number of options outstanding	Remaining contractual life in years	Number of options exercisable
June 23, 2022	0.10	1,695,000	0.48	1,695,000
September 20, 2023	0.06	1,470,000	1.72	1,470,000
June 21, 2024	0.07	1,900,000	2.47	1,900,000
August 8, 2024	0.06	500,000	2.61	500,000
June 20, 2025	0.08	2,450,000	3.47	2,450,000
June 18, 2026	0.25	3,950,000	4.47	1,975,000
September 17, 2026	0.11	4,500,000	4.72	2,250,000
October 21, 2026	0.09	2,700,000	4.81	675,000
December 12, 2026	0.12	750,000	4.95	187,500
Outstanding, December 31, 2021		19,915,000		13,102,500

Schedule of assumptions used to calculate fair value of stock options granted [Table Text Block]

	Year ended December 31, 2022	Year ended December 31, 2021
Risk-free interest rate	2.58% - 3.28%	0.97% - 1.33%
Expected life (years)	3 - 5	5
Annualized volatility	147% - 150%	101% - 107%
Forfeiture rate	0%	0%
Dividend yield	0%	0%

Schedule of number of warrants issued and outstanding [Table Text Block]

	December 31, 2022				December 31, 2021
	Number of warrants			Weighted average exercise price	Number of warrants			Weighted average exercise price
Outstanding, beginning of year	83,083,504		$	0.09	12,769,230		$	0.05
Issued	29,850,738			0.067	71,314,274			0.10
Exercised	(2,000,000	)		0.05	(1,000,000	)		0.05
Expired	(9,769,230	)		0.05	-			-
Outstanding, end of year	101,165,012		$	0.09	83,083,504		$	0.09

Schedule of number of outstanding warrants based on expiry date [Table Text Block]

Expiry date	Currency	Exercise price	December 31, 2022	December 31, 2021
August 28, 2022	USD	0.05	-	11,000,000
September 20, 2022	CAD	0.065	-	769,230
September 13, 2024	USD	0.10	26,488,733	26,488,733
September 27, 2024	USD	0.10	13,152,909	13,152,909
October 21, 2024	USD	0.10	31,672,632	31,672,632
February 17, 2024	USD	0.067	16,044,774	-
March 8, 2024	USD	0.067	13,805,964	-
Outstanding at the end of the year			101,165,012	83,083,504

Schedule of number of RSUs issued and outstanding [Table Text Block]

	Number of RSUs
Outstanding at December 31, 2021	-
Granted	8,000,000
Released	(1,333,333	)
Cancelled	(1,333,333	)
Outstanding at December 31, 2022	5,333,334