7. STOCK COMPENSATION Assumptions (Details)	12 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2015	Sep. 30, 2014	Sep. 30, 2013
Stock Compensation Assumptions Details
Expected stock price volatility, min	73.38%	72.81%	84.41%
Expected stock price volatility, max	86.19%	86.87%	92.28%
Risk-free interest rate, min	0.93%	0.59%	0.75%
Risk-free interest rate, max	2.35%	2.65%	2.73%
Expected life of options, min	3 years	3 years	4 years 10 months 6 days
Expected life of options, max	9 years 9 months 4 days	9 years 9 months 4 days	9 years 9 months 7 days
Expected dividend yield	0.00%	0.00%	0.00%

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The estimated dividend rate (a percentage of the share price) to be paid (expected dividends) to holders of the underlying shares over the option's term.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 718
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-Subparagraph (f)(2)(iii)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6415400&loc=d3e5070-113901

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The estimated measure of the maximum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The estimated measure of the minimum percentage by which a share price is expected to fluctuate during a period. Volatility also may be defined as a probability-weighted measure of the dispersion of returns about the mean. The volatility of a share price is the standard deviation of the continuously compounded rates of return on the share over a specified period. That is the same as the standard deviation of the differences in the natural logarithms of the stock prices plus dividends, if any, over the period.

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The maximum risk-free interest rate assumption that is used in valuing an option on its own shares.

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