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 \| 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
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
Percentage of net smelter return royalty	2.00%
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
Percentage of net profits interest	2.50%
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

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