ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSALS - Narrative (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($) $ / shares shares
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Fair value of the NSR Royalty and NPI
Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park \| Uranium business
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Consideration received	742,642
Cash collateral held to secure such indemnity obligations	3,796,788
Escrow Deposit	333,120
Threshold limit for single transaction for sale of shares	$ 250,000
Discount applied to enCore Shares, percent	21.00%
Discounted amount applied to enCore shares	$ 375,000
Adjusted fair value of enCore shares	$ 1,520,000
Percentage of loan proceeds utilized for payroll related costs	100.00%
Expected loan forgiveness, percent	100.00%
Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park \| Uranium business \| NSR Royalty on production from the uranium properties held by Uranco, Inc.
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Consideration received	$ 2
Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park \| Uranium business \| NPI on the profits from operations of Neutron Energy, Inc.’s Juan Tafoya and Cebolleta Projects
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Consideration received	2.5
Common Stock \| Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park \| Uranium business
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Consideration received	1,795,000
enCore \| Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Fair value of contingent consideration	$ 333,000
enCore \| Securities Purchase Agreement with Lincoln Park \| Uranium business
Sale of Uranium Business to enCore Energy and Disposals
Number of shares issued at closing \| shares	2,571,598
Pricing formula, number of trading days	10 days
Sale of stock price per share \| $ / shares	$ 0.698
Closing price \| $ / shares	$ 0.736
Fair value of shares	$ 1,895,000
Fair value of contingent consideration	$ 333,120

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