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The current carrying amount of the liability for the freestanding or embedded guarantor's obligations under the guarantee or each group of similar guarantees.

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Term of guarantee or group of similar guarantees, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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Minimum amount of other commitment not otherwise specified in the taxonomy. Excludes commitments explicitly modeled in the taxonomy, including but not limited to, long-term and short-term purchase commitments, recorded and unrecorded purchase obligations, supply commitments, registration payment arrangements, leases, debt, product warranties, guarantees, environmental remediation obligations, and pensions.

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Line items represent financial concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes to the table.

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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT - March Fairbanks Agreement (Details)	1 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2025	Mar. 31, 2025 USD ($) claim	Dec. 31, 2025 USD ($)
Mineral rights and interests
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Additional spend commitment period	39 months
March Fairbanks Agreement
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			$ 425,000
Number of mining claims \| claim		25
Additional spend commitment		$ 250,000
Additional spend commitment period		41 months
March Fairbanks Agreement \| March 2025
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			50,000
March Fairbanks Agreement \| September 2025
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			25,000
March Fairbanks Agreement \| March 2026
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			25,000
March Fairbanks Agreement \| March 2027
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			25,000
March Fairbanks Agreement \| March 2028
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			25,000
March Fairbanks Agreement \| March 2029
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Commitment payments to acquire claims			$ 275,000