Shareholders' Equity and Capital Stock - Schedule of outstanding stock options (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands	6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.32	$ 1.31
Number of options, Outstanding	8,395,704	8,883,608
Equity Option
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.32
Number of options, Outstanding	8,395,704
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	3 years
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 832,357
Number of options, Exercisable	3,718,913
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	1 year 8 months 12 days
Aggregate intrinsic value, exercisable	$ 667,570
Exercise Price $1.01
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.01
Number of options, Outstanding	905,598
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	2 months 12 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 313,163
Number of options, Exercisable	905,598
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	2 months 12 days
Aggregate intrinsic value, exercisable	$ 313,163
Expiry	Aug. 27, 2026
Exercise Price $1.57
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.57
Number of options, Outstanding	175,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	8 months 12 days
Number of options, Exercisable	175,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	8 months 12 days
Expiry	Mar. 14, 2027
Exercise Price $1.09
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.09
Number of options, Outstanding	1,080,700
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	1 year 6 months
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 289,990
Number of options, Exercisable	1,080,700
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	1 year 6 months
Aggregate intrinsic value, exercisable	$ 289,990
Expiry	Jan. 04, 2028
Exercise Price $1.45
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.45
Number of options, Outstanding	994,811
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	2 years 4 months 24 days
Number of options, Exercisable	656,176
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	2 years 4 months 24 days
Expiry	Dec. 07, 2028
Exercise Price $1.73
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.73
Number of options, Outstanding	500,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	2 years 10 months 24 days
Number of options, Exercisable	333,332
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	2 years 10 months 24 days
Expiry	May 08, 2029
Exercise Price $1.25
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.25
Number of options, Outstanding	1,792,043
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	3 years 6 months
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 203,198
Number of options, Exercisable	568,107
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Exercisable	3 years 6 months
Aggregate intrinsic value, exercisable	$ 64,417
Expiry	Dec. 12, 2029
Exercise Price $1.21
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.21
Number of options, Outstanding	175,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	4 years 1 month 6 days
Aggregate Intrinsic Value, Outstanding	$ 26,006
Expiry	Aug. 07, 2030
Exercise Price $1.47
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.47
Number of options, Outstanding	120,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	4 years 2 months 12 days
Expiry	Sep. 19, 2030
Exercise Price $1.42
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.42
Number of options, Outstanding	2,532,552
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	4 years 6 months
Expiry	Dec. 22, 2030
Exercise Price $1.61
Shareholders Equity and Capital Stock
Weighted-average exercise Price	$ 1.61
Number of options, Outstanding	120,000
Weighted- average remaining contractual life (years), Outstanding	4 years 6 months
Expiry	Jan. 12, 2031

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