Disclosure of Compensation Related Costs, Share-based Payments [Text Block] | 11. STOCK OPTIONS The purpose of the Company’s equity incentive plan, is to attract, retain and motivate persons of training, experience and leadership to the Company, including their directors, officers and employees, and to advance the interests of the Company by providing such persons with the opportunity, through share options, to acquire an increased proprietary interest in the Company. Options or other securities may be granted in respect of authorized and unissued shares, provided that the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of all options or other securities granted under the Plan shall not exceed 15% of the shares of common stock and Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding (determined as of January 1 of each year). Optioned shares in respect of which options are not exercised shall be available for subsequent options. On April 11, 2014 and June 20, 2014, the Company issued 657,430 and 264,230 options to employees and a consultant at an exercise price of $0.165 and $0.23, respectively, with a term of seven years. The options vest one-third on grant date and two thirds equally over the subsequent two years on the anniversary date. During the nine-month period ended December 31, 2014, 125,824 of the 657,430 options were cancelled. On February 26, 2015, as a result of the Merger, the options were re-valued. The fair value, as re-measured, of the 531,606 options issued in April 2014 and the 264,230 options issued in June 2014, was $230,930 and $118,957 respectively. An additional 62,912 options were cancelled during the year ended March 31, 2017. Share compensation has been fully expensed on these options. On July 1, 2014, the Company issued 2,972,592 options to management of the Company, at an exercise price of $0.23 with a term of 7 years, which vested May 27, 2015. On February 26, 2015, as result of the Merger, the options were re-valued at a fair value of $ 1,259,487,which vested immediately and were previously expensed as share compensation expense in 2015. On October 8, 2016, 990,864 of these options were cancelled. On February 17, 2015, the Company granted 314,560 options to a director, employees and a consultant with an exercise price of $0.23, that vested one third immediately and two thirds over the next two anniversary dates with an expiry date of seven years. The grant date fair value of the options was $136,613. Previously 110,100 options were cancelled and share compensation has been fully expensed on these options. On November 24, 2015, the Company granted 650,000 options granted to employees that vest over three years at the anniversary date. The grant date fair value of the options was $694,384. During the year ended March 31, 2016, 250,000 options were cancelled and in the three and six months ended September 30, 2017 35,609 and $71,219 in share compensation expense was recognized. On December 14, 2015, the Company granted 2,495,000 options to employees, directors and consultants that vest over three years at the anniversary date. The grant date fair value of the options was $1,260,437. During the years ended March 31, 2016 and 2017, 25,000 options and 40,000 options, respectively, were cancelled, and in the first three months, 83,334 options were cancelled and $100,289 of share compensation expense was recognized; on September 1, 2017, 666,667 options that were to vest equally December 14, 2017 and 2018 immediately vested. In the three and six months ended September 30, 2017 $298,573 and $396,523 compensation was recognized. On April 21, 2016, the Company granted 3,000,000 stock options to employees of Bionik, Inc., the Company’s wholly-owned subsidiary (formerly IMT) in exchange for 3,895,000 options that existed before the Company purchased IMT of which 1,000,000 have an exercise price of $0.25, 1,000,000 have an exercise price of $0.95 and 1,000,000 have an exercise price of $1.05. The grant date fair value of vested options was $2,582,890 and has been recorded as part of the acquisition equation (Note 3). For options that have not yet vested, share compensation expense in the first three months and the six months ended September 30, 2017 was $10,169 and $20,338 was recognized. On April 26, 2016, the Company granted 250,000 options to an employee with an exercise price of $1.00 that vests over three years at the anniversary date. The grant date fair value was $213,750. During the three and six months ended September 30, 2017, $17,813 and $35,625 was recognized as share compensation expense. On August 8, 2016, the Company granted 750,000 options to an employee with an exercise price of $1.00 that vests over three years at the anniversary date. The grant date fair value was $652,068. During the three months and six months ended September 30, 2017 $54,339 and $108,678 of share compensation expense was recognized. On February 6, 2017, the Company granted 400,000 options to an employee with an exercise price of $0.70 that vests over three years at the anniversary date. The grant date fair value was $245,200. Share compensation expense was recognized for the three and six months ended September 30, 2017 of $20,433 and $40,867 was recognized. On February 13, 2017, the Company granted 250,000 options to a consultant with an exercise price of $0.68 that vests over one and one-half years, every six months. The grant date fair value was $148,750. During the three months and six months ended September 30, 2017, $12,396 and $24,792 of share compensation expense was recognized. On August 3, 2017, 1,500,000 options at $0.21 to an executive officer, which vest equally over three future years. In addition, this executive officer was also granted up to 500,000 additional performance options based on meeting sales targets for the years ending March 31, 2018 and 2019. The performance options will vest at market price if the performance objectives are met. This grant had a grant date fair value of $387,209 and a share compensation expense of $15,093 was recognized for the three months ended September 30, 2017. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes model and the following inputs: expected life of 7 years, expected volatility 114% and a risk-free rate of 1.73%. On September 1, 2017, the Company granted 12,215,354 options at $0.161 equally to an executive officer and a consultant. 2,035,892 options have vested and 50% of the remaining options vest on performance being met and 50% vest annually over 5 years. The grant date fair value was $1,832,304 and $305,384 is the current expenses for the three months ended September 30, 2017. These options were valued using the Black-Scholes model and the following inputs: expected life of 10 years, expected volatility 114% and a risk-free rate of 1.73%. During the three and six month ended September 30, 2017, the Company recorded $762,208 and $1,013,256 in share-based compensation related to the vesting of stock options (September 30, 2016 - $204,842 and $424,090). Exercise Price ($) Number of Options Expiry Date Exercisable Options 0.165 264,230 April 1, 2021 264,230 0.23 97,514 June 20, 2021 97,514 0.23 1,981,728 July 1, 2021 1,981,728 0.23 204,471 February 17, 2022 204,471 1.22 400,000 November 24, 2022 133,333 1.00 1,650,000 December 14, 2022 1,476,661 0.95 111,937 March 28, 2023 111,937 1.05 433,027 March 28, 2023 433,027 1.00 250,000 April 26, 2023 83,333 1.00 750,000 August 8, 2023 250,000 0.70 400,000 February 6, 2024 - 0.68 250,000 February 13, 2024 83,333 0.95 31,620 March 3, 2024 31,620 1.05 122,324 March 3, 2024 122,324 0.95 15,810 March 14, 2024 15,810 1.05 61,162 March 14, 2024 61,162 0.95 82,213 September 30, 2024 82,213 1.05 318,042 September 30, 2024 318,042 0.95 7,431 June 2, 2025 7,431 1.05 28,747 June 2, 2025 28,747 0.25 906,077 July 28, 2025 906,077 0.95 671,859 July 29, 2025 671,859 0.25 66,298 December 30, 2025 53,909 0.95 49,160 December 30, 2025 27,261 0.21 2,000,000 August 3, 2024 - 0.161 12,215,354 September 1, 2027 2,035,892 23,369,004 9,481,915 The weighted-average remaining contractual term of the outstanding options was 8.07 (March 31, 2017 5.12) and for the options that are exercisable the weighted average was 6.55 (March 31, 2017 6.02) | 11. STOCK OPTIONS The purpose of the Company’s equity incentive plan, is to attract, retain and motivate persons of training, experience and leadership to the Company, including their directors, officers and employees, and to advance the interests of the Company by providing such persons with the opportunity, through share options, to acquire an increased proprietary interest in the Company. Options or other securities may be granted in respect of authorized and unissued shares, provided that the aggregate number of shares reserved for issuance upon the exercise of all options or other securities granted under the Plan shall not exceed 15% of the shares of common stock and Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding (determined as of January 1 of each year). Optioned shares in respect of which options are not exercised shall be available for subsequent options. On April 11, 2014 and June 20, 2014, the Company issued 657,430 264,230 0.165 0.23 125,824 531,606 264,230 230,930 118,957 62,912 On July 1, 2014, the Company issued 2,972,592 0.23 7 1,259,487 990,864 On February 17, 2015, the Company issued 314,560 0.23 136,613 110,100 26,164 On November 24, 2015, the Company issued 650,000 694,384 250,000 62,317 142,438 On December 14, 2015, the Company issued 2,495,000 1,260,437 25,000 40,000 407,208 On April 21, 2016, the Company issued 3,000,000 3,895,000 1,000,000 0.25 1,000,000 0.95 1,000,000 1.05 2,582,890 102,989 On April 26, 2016, the Company issued 250,000 1.00 213,750 66,104 On August 8, 2016, the Company issued 750,000 1.00 652,068 140,230 On February 6, 2017, the Company issued 400,000 0.70 245,200 12,163 On February 13, 2017, the Company issued 250,000 0.68 148,750 6,345 During the year ended March 31, 2017, the Company recorded $ 844,162 1,495,837 59,479 Expected life Risk Dividend Forfeiture Expected Grant date Grant date in years free rate rate rate volatility fair value February 17, 2015 4 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 136,613 July 1, 2014 3.35 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 1,259,487 June 20, 2014 5.32 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 118,957 April 11, 2014 3.14 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 230,930 November 24, 2015 6.00 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 694,384 December 14, 2015 6.00 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 1,260,437 April 21, 2016 8.50 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 2,582,890 April 26, 2016 8.50 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 213,750 August 8, 2016 6.30 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 652,068 February 6, 2017 6.86 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 245,200 February 13, 2017 6.86 1.59 % 0 % 0 % 114 % $ 148,750 Weighted-Average Number of Options Exercise Price ($) Outstanding, March 31, 2016 6,604,880 0.57 Issued 4,650,000 0.54 Exercised (110,096) 0.17 Expired (1,037,047) 0.27 Cancelled (204,087) 0.55 Outstanding, March 31, 2017 9,903,650 0.59 Exercise Price ($) Number of Options Expiry Date Exercisable Options 0.165 264,230 April 1, 2021 264,230 0.23 97,514 June 20, 2021 97,514 0.23 1,981,728 July 1, 2021 1,981,728 0.23 204,471 February 17, 2022 204,471 1.22 400,000 November 24, 2022 133,333 1.00 2,400,000 December 14, 2022 809,994 0.95 111,937 March 28, 2023 111,937 1.05 433,027 March 28, 2023 433,027 1.00 250,000 April 26, 2023 - 1.00 750,000 August 8, 2023 - 0.70 400,000 February 6, 2024 - 0.68 250,000 February 13, 2024 - 0.95 31,620 March 3, 2024 31,620 1.05 122,324 March 3, 2024 122,324 0.95 15,810 March 14, 2024 15,810 1.05 61,162 March 14, 2024 61,162 0.95 82,213 September 30, 2024 82,213 1.05 318,042 September 30, 2024 318,042 0.95 7,431 June 2, 2025 7,431 1.05 28,747 June 2, 2025 28,747 0.25 906,077 July 28, 2025 906,077 0.95 671,859 July 29, 2025 671,859 0.25 66,298 December 30, 2025 53,909 0.95 49,160 December 30, 2025 27,261 9,903,650 6,362,689 The weighted-average remaining contractual term of the outstanding options is 5.12 5.89 6.02 5.26 |