Convertible Promissory Notes [Text Block] | 10. Convertible Promissory Notes September 30, 2022 December 31, 2021 (a) Convertible promissory note-March 31, 2021 - 553,453 (b) Convertible promissory note-April 1, 2021 - 455,072 (c) Convertible promissory note-June 16, 2021 - 460,418 (d) Convertible promissory note-August 26, 2021 - 143,109 (e) Convertible promissory notes-October 28 and 29, 2021 2,196,851 1,852,495 (f) Convertible promissory notes-December 2, 2021 - 333,969 (g) Convertible promissory notes-March 3 and 7, 2022 2,961,864 - (h) Convertible promissory notes- June 23, 2022 1,409,274 - $ 6,567,989 $ 3,798,516 a) The maturity date of the March 2021 Investor Note was September 30, 2021. The March 2021 Investor Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the "March 2021 Interest Rate"). The March 2021 Investor is entitled to, at its option, at any time after issuance of the March 2021 Investor Note, convert all or any amount of the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest of the March 2021 Investor Note into Common Stock, at a conversion price of $0.20 per share. Under the original terms of the March 2021 Investor Note may be prepaid until 180 days from its issue date at a prepayment premium of 120%. Any portion of the March 2021 Investor Note which is not repaid by the maturity date will bear interest at the default interest rate of 18% per annum. The Company initially reserved 5,000,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "March 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of the March 2021 Investor Note. On November 22, 2021, the March 2021 Investor extended the maturity date to March 31, 2022 in exchange for a payment of $486,474. On April 7, 2022, the March 2021 Investor extended the maturity date of the March 2021 Investor Note to April 30, 2022. On May 5, 2022, the March 2021 Investor converted a portion of his March 2021 Investor Note, in the amount of $300,000 for 1,500,000 common shares of the Company, at a conversion price of $0.20 per share as stipulated in the March 2021 SPA and forgave the balance of the March 2021 Investor Note. Contemporaneously with the forgiveness of the remaining balance of the March 2021 Investor Note, the March 2021 Investor subscribed for 1,000,000 common shares of the Company that have a 6-month trading restriction for cash proceeds of $300,000. The shares were issued on May 3, 2022 at a price of $0.30 per share. These transactions have been accounted for as a single transaction, that together resulted in the extinguishment of the March 2021 Investor Note. The shares issued as described above have been recognized at their respective fair values. The Company recognized a revaluation loss of $1,138,308 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 and a related gain on extinguishment of $1,010,761, resulting in a net fair value loss of $127,547 on the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under other expenses. b) The maturity date of the April 2021 Investor Note was September 30, 2021. The April 2021 Investor Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the "April 2021 Interest Rate"). The April 2021 Investor is entitled to, at its option, at any time after issuance of the April 2021 Investor Note, convert all or any amount of the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest of the April 2021 Investor Note into Common Stock, at a conversion price of $0.20 per share. The original terms of the April 2021 Investor Note may be prepaid until 180 days from its issue date at a prepayment premium of 120%. Any portion of the April 2021 Investor Note which is not repaid by the maturity date will bear interest at the default interest rate of 18% per annum. On December 9, 2021, the April 2021 Investor agreed to adjust the balance of the note, as it was past due, to $400,000. On January 4, 2022, the April 2021 Investor provided the Company with a request to convert the April 2021 Investor Note into 2,000,000 common shares of the Company issued on January 17, 2022, at a conversion price of $0.20 per share, as stipulated in the April 2021 SPA. On conversion, the fair value of the April 2021 Investor Note was $8,790 higher than the balance at December 31, 2021. This increase is included in the loss on revaluation of convertible promissory notes in the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under other expenses. c) The maturity date of the June 2021 Investor Note is June 16, 2022. The June 2021 Investor Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the "June 2021 Interest Rate"), which shall be paid by the Company to the June 2021 Investor on a monthly basis, commencing on the first of the month following issuance. The June 2021 Investor may convert the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest into the Company's common stock from time to time following an event of default (as defined in the June 2021 Investor Note), with interest accruing at the default interest rate of 15% per annum from an event of default, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to the lesser of 90% (representing a 10% discount) multiplied by the lowest trading price (i) during the previous twenty (20) trading day (as defined in the June 2021 Investor Note) period ending on the issuance date of the June 2021 Investor Note, or (ii) during the previous twenty (20) trading day period ending on date of conversion of the June 2021 Investor Note. The June 2021 Investor Note may be prepaid at any time in cash equal to the sum of (a) the then outstanding principal amount of the June 2021 Investor Note plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of the June 2021 Investor Note plus (c) default interest (as defined in the June 2021 Investor note on the occurrence of a default), if any. The Company initially reserved 7,000,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "June 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of the June 2021 Investor Note. On June 23, 2022, the Company and the June 2021 Investor executed one convertible promissory note (the "June 2022 Investor Note") in the amount of $1,200,000, bearing interest at 10% and having an OID of 10%. The maturity date of the June 2022 Investor Note is the earlier of December 23, 2022 and the date of the Company's uplist to a national securities exchange. The proceeds from the June 2022 Investor Note were used to repay this investor's June 2021 Investor Note and their December 2021 Investor Note which matured June 2, 2022 and June 16, 2022 respectively. The net proceeds, after repaying the December 2021 Investor Note and the June 2021 Investor Note and related disbursements totaled approximately $204,000. The net proceeds were received on June 28, 2022. In addition, the Company issued 1,333,333 common shares to the June 2022 Investor on June 29, 2022. which were included in the determination of the gain on extinguishment and recognized at fair value. The extinguishment is discussed under paragraph (h) below. d) The maturity date of the August 2021 Investor Note is August 26, 2022. The August 2021 Investor Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the "August 2021 Interest Rate"). The August 2021 Investor Note will include a one-time interest charge of $14,220, which shall be at repayable by the Company in 10 equal monthly amounts of $15,642 (including principal and interest) commencing October 15, 2021. The August 2021 Investor may convert the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest into the Company's common stock from time to time following an event of default (as defined in the August 2021 Investor Note), with default interest accruing at the default interest rate of 22% per annum, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to 75% (representing a 25% discount) multiplied by the lowest trading price (i) during the previous five (5) trading day (as defined in the August 2021 Investor Note), period prior to conversion. The Company has the right to accelerate the monthly payments or prepay the August 2021 Investor Note at any time without penalty. On May 5, 2022, the August 2021 Investor settled the balance of his August 2021 Investor Note for 141,878 common shares of the Company. The settlement was accounted for as an extinguishment because it was settled through the issuance of shares, which were recognized at their fair value in the determination of the gain on extinguishment. The Company recognized a revaluation loss of $1,615 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 and a related gain on extinguishment of $18,311, resulting in a net fair value gain of $16,696 on the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under other expenses. The Company initially reserved 2,972,951 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "August 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of the August 2021 Investor Note. e) The maturity date of the October 2021 Investor Notes is the earlier of (i) July 28 and 29, 2022 and (ii) the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, as described above (the "Maturity Date"). Upon the occurrence of a Liquidity Event, the October 2021 Investors are entitled to convert all or a portion of their October 2021 Investor Notes including any accrued and unpaid interest at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to 70% (representing a 30% discount) multiplied by the price per share of the Common Stock at the public offering associated with the Liquidity Event. Upon the occurrence of an event of default, the interest rate on the October 2021 Investor Notes will immediately accrue at 24% per annum and be paid in cash monthly to the October 2021 Investors, until the default is cured. And, the Conversion Price will be reset to 85% of the lowest volume weighted average price for the ten consecutive trading days ending on the trading day that is immediately prior to the applicable conversion date. The Company initially reserved 1,585,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "October 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to be issued upon conversion of the October 2021 Investor Notes. On May 11, 2022, the holder of the October 29, 2021 Investor Note, provided an amendment for an optional conversion of his investor notes. The conversion price was amended to be (i) the product of the Liquidity Event price multiplied by the discount of 35% (previously 30%) or (2) the greater of (i) the product of the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the applicable trading market on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date multiplied by the discount (35%) or $1.70 multiplied by the discount (35%), provided that in the event of a conversion, of his investor note, at a time that a Liquidity Event shall not have previously occurred and be continuing, the conversion price for such conversion shall be as provide in (2)(i) above. On August 16, 2022, the Company was sent a notice of default from one of the October 2021 Investors, whose investor note was issued on October 29, 2021. And, on September 15, 2022, the Company and the investor of the October 2021 investor note entered into an amendment to the October 2021 investor note which served as a cure to the previously issued default notice. Pursuant to the September 15, 2022 amendment, the Company and the October 29, 2021 investor, agreed that the outstanding principal amount of his October 29, 2021 investor note would increase by 10% to $1,618,100 from the previously issued principal amount of $1,471,000. The new agreed upon maturity date is now November 15, 2022, subject to certain conditions and the maturity date would automatically be extended to January 15, 2023 provided that the October 29, 2021 investor does not notify the Company in writing prior to the maturity date that the automatic extension of the maturity date has been cancelled. In connection with this amendment, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to promptly facilitate the conversion of the October 29, 2021 investor note into shares of the Company's common stock. Further, the October 29, 2021 investor agreed not to convert more than $100,000 in any one conversion notice and the October 29, 2021 investor agreed not to issue an additional conversion notice unless and until any previously issued conversion shares have been sold by the October 29, 2021 investor or exceed 10% of the daily trading volume in selling the shares of the Company's common stock. On September 21, 2022, the October 29, 2021 investor issued a conversion notice to the Company and the Company issued 106,838 common shares at a conversion price of $0.234 per shares on the conversion of $25,000 of the October 29, 2021 investor note, have a fair market value of $28,003 on conversion. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company recognized revaluation losses of $349,155 in the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under other expenses. f) The maturity date of the December 2021 Investor Note is June 2, 2022. The December 2021 Investor Note bears interest at a rate of 10% per annum (the "December 2021 Interest Rate"), which shall be paid by the Company to the December 2021 Investor on a monthly basis, commencing on the first of the month following issuance. The December 2021 Investor may convert the principal amount and any accrued but unpaid interest into the Company's common stock from time to time following an event of default (as defined in the December 2021 Investor Note), with interest accruing at the default interest rate of 15% per annum from the event of default, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to the lesser of 90% (representing a 10% discount) multiplied by the lowest trading price (i) during the previous twenty (20) trading day (as defined in the December 2021 Investor Note) period ending on the issuance date of the December 2021 Investor Note, or (ii) during the previous twenty (20) trading day period ending on date of conversion of the December 2021 Investor Note. The December 2021 Investor Note may be prepaid at any time in cash equal to the sum of (a) the then outstanding principal amount of the December 2021 Investor Note plus (b) accrued and unpaid interest on the unpaid principal balance of the December 2021 Investor Note plus (c) default interest (as defined in the December 2021 Investor Note) on the occurrence of an event of default), if any. The Company initially reserved 5,000,000 of its authorized and unissued Common Stock (the "December 2021 Reserved Amount"), free from pre-emptive rights, to provide for the issuance of Common Stock upon the full conversion of the December 2021 Investor Note. As noted above under paragraph (c), on June 23, 2022, this December 2021 Investor Note and the June 2021 Investor Note were fully repaid with accrued interest from a portion of the proceeds on the issuance of the June 2022 Investor Note in the principal amount of $1,200,000. The extinguishment is discussed under paragraph (h) below. g) The maturity date of the Notes is the earlier of (i) June 3 and 7, 2022, and (ii) the occurrence of a Liquidity Event (as defined in the Notes) (the "Maturity Date"). The final payment of the Principal Amount (and default interest, if any) shall be paid by the Company to the Investors on the Maturity Date. On an event of default, the principal amount of the March 2020 Investor Notes will increase to 120% of their original principal amounts. The Investors are entitled to, following an event of default, (as defined in the March 2022 Investor Notes) to convert all or any amount of the Principal Amount and any interest accruing at the default interest rate of 24% per annum into Common Stock, at a conversion price (the "Conversion Price") equal to 70% (representing a 30% discount) multiplied by the price per share of the Common Stock at any national security exchange or over-the-counter marketplace for the five (5) trading days immediately prior to the March 2022 Investors' notice of conversion. On May 11, 2022, the holder of the March 3, 2022 Investor Note and on May 13, 2022, the holder of the March 7, 2022 Investor Note, each provided an amendment for an optional conversion of their investor notes. The conversion price was amended to be (i) the product of the Liquidity Event price multiplied by the discount of 35% (previously 30%) or (2) the greater of (i) the product of the closing price per share of the Company's Common Stock as reported by the applicable trading market on the trading day immediately prior to the conversion date multiplied by the discount (35%) or $1.70 multiplied by the discount (35%), provided that in the event of a conversion, of his investor note, at a time that a Liquidity Event shall not have previously occurred and be continuing, the conversion price for such conversion shall be as provide in (2)(i) above. Further, on June 29, 2022, the March 2022 Investors revised their March 2022 Investor Notes, to extend the maturity date to August 15, 2022 and increase the principal amount of each of the March 2022 Investor Notes by twenty percent (20%). In addition, the Company agreed to issue 100,000 common shares to the March 2022 Investor. These restricted shares of the Company's common stock will survive a reverse stock split prior to listing. The common shares recorded as shares to be issued for the period ended June 30, 2022, and were subsequently issued on July 11, 2022. The restructurings were accounted for as extinguishments as they were renegotiated after maturity. The Company recognized revaluation losses on these notes of $3,116,458 during the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022 and a related gain on extinguishment of $1,532,583, resulting in a net fair value loss of $1,583,875 on the interim condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss under other expenses. On August 16, 2022, the Company was sent notices of default from the March 2022 Investors. And, on September 15, 2022, the Company and the March 2022 Investors entered into an amendment to the March 2022 Investor Notes which served as a cure to the previously issued default notices. Pursuant to the September 15, 2022 amendment, the Company and the March 2022 Investors, agreed that the outstanding principal amounts totaling $2,400,000 would increase by 10% to $2,640,000. The new agreed upon maturity date is now November 15, 2022, subject to certain conditions and the maturity date would automatically be extended to January 15, 2023 provided that the March 2022 Investors do not notify the Company in writing prior to the maturity date that the automatic extension of the maturity date has been cancelled. In connection with this amendment, the Company agreed to use its best efforts to promptly facilitate the conversion of the March 2022 Investor Notes into shares of the Company's common stock only after the October 29, 2021 investor note, as described under paragraph (e) above, has been fully converted. Further, in the event that the October 29, 2021 investor note has been fully converted and the conversion shares sold, thereafter, the March 2022 Investor Notes may both be converted at the March 2022 Investors' discretion on a pari-passu basis, provided, however, that no conversion shall exceed $50,000 for each of the March 2022 Investor Notes and each of the March 2022 Investors shall not sell more than 5% of the daily trading volume in selling the Company's shares of common stock. h) Pursuant to the terms of the security purchase agreements for the convertible promissory notes described above, for so long as the noted investors own any shares of Common Stock issued upon the conversion of the applicable investor notes, the Company has covenanted to secure and maintain the listing of such shares of Common Stock. The Company is also subject to certain customary negative covenants under the investor notes and the security purchase agreements, including but not limited to the requirement to maintain its corporate existence and assets, require registration of or stockholder approval for the investor notes or the Common Stock upon the conversion of the applicable investor notes. The convertible promissory notes described above, contain certain representations, warranties, covenants and events of default including if the Company is delinquent in its periodic report filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission which would increase the amount of the principal and interest rates under the convertible promissory notes in the event of such defaults. In the event of a default, at the option of the applicable investor and in their sole discretion, the applicable investor may consider any of their convertible promissory notes immediately due and payable. For the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022, the Company issued 106,838 and 2,106,838 common shares respectively, on the conversion of convertible promissory notes, having fair values on conversion in the amount of $28,003 and $491,865, at conversion prices ranging from $0.20 to $0.234 per share. And, for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2021, the Company issued 591,905 and 3,767,029 common shares respectively, on the conversion of convertible promissory notes, in the amount of $809,901, including accrued interest and related costs of $68,901. The share conversion prices ranged from $0.156 to $0.26 per share (on the 2019 convertible promissory notes). In addition, 3,975,211 share were issued on the issuance of debt on extinguishment of existing debt having a fair value on issuance of $1,591,245. For the three and nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, the Company incurred interest of $nil and $nil (2021-$60,693 and $104,412 on the 2019 convertible promissory notes). Fair value option for the 2021 convertible promissory notes The Company is eligible to elect the fair value option under ASC 825, Financial Instruments Gains and losses attributable to changes in credit risk were insignificant during all periods presented. The Company recognized a loss of $659,526 at the time of issuance of the convertible promissory notes, and an additional loss of $1,447,619 and $6,572,564 attributed to the change in fair value of the convertible promissory notes for the three and nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022. The Company incurred debt issuance costs for the three and nine-month periods of $nil and $101,000 respectively (2021-$3,750 and $36,250 respectively) which were expensed as incurred. |