ADDITIONAL PAID-IN CAPITAL (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Share-Based Payment Arrangement [Abstract]

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

	As at December 31, 2023			As at December 31, 2022
	Number of options		Weighted average exercise price (CAD)	Number of options		Weighted average exercise price (CAD)
Outstanding, beginning of year	29,614,283		0.11	19,915,000		0.12
Granted	23,544,737		0.08	11,394,283		0.08
Expired	(1,370,000	)	0.06	(1,695,000	)	0.06
Cancelled	(2,450,000	)	0.10	-		-
Exercised	(100,000	)	0.06	-		-
Outstanding, end of year	49,239,020		0.10	29,614,283		0.11

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

As of December 31, 2023, and December 31, 2022, the number of stock options outstanding and exercisable were:

Expiry date	Exercise price (CAD)	Number of options outstanding	Remaining contractual life in years	Number of options exercisable
June 21, 2024	0.07	1,900,000	0.47	1,900,000
August 8, 2024	0.06	500,000	0.61	500,000
June 20, 2025	0.08	2,450,000	1.47	2,450,000
August 18, 2025	0.072	2,394,283	1.63	2,394,283
June 18, 2026	0.25	3,950,000	2.47	3,950,000
September 17, 2026	0.11	4,500,000	2.72	4,500,000
October 21, 2026	0.09	2,700,000	2.81	2,700,000
May 25, 2027	0.085	8,300,000	3.40	8,300,000
March 2, 2028	0.095	350,000	4.17	350,000
July 21, 2028	0.080	22,194,737	4.56	22,194,737
Outstanding, December 31, 2023		49,239,020		49,239,020

 

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

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

	Year ended December 31, 2023	Year ended December 31, 2022
Risk-free interest rate	3.66 - 3.81%	2.58 - 3.28%
Expected life (years)	5	3 - 5
Annualized volatility	145%	147 - 150%
Forfeiture rate	0%	0%
Dividend yield	0%	0%

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

	December 31, 2023			December 31, 2022
	Number of warrants		Weighted average exercise price	Number of warrants			Weighted average exercise price
Outstanding, beginning of year	101,165,012	$	0.09	83,083,504		$	0.09
Issued	18,461,015		0.07	29,850,738			0.067
Exercised	-		-	(2,000,000	)		0.05
Expired	-		-	(9,769,230	)		0.05
Outstanding, end of year	119,626,027		0.09	101,165,012		$	0.09

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

Expiry date	Currency	Exercise price	December 31, 2023	December 31, 2022
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	16,044,774
March 8, 2024	USD	0.067	13,805,964	13,805,964
November 2, 2024	USD	0.070	18,461,015	-
Outstanding at the end of the year			119,626,027	101,165,012

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
Cancelled	(5,333,334	)
Outstanding at December 31, 2023	-