COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Additional Information (Detail)	1 Months Ended								3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
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Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net			$ 88,408	¥ 576,000			$ 300,000	¥ 2,300,000	$ 62,888		$ 197,811
Lessee, Operating Lease, Term of Contract							5 years	5 years												5 months
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 145,600,000								145,600,000		$ 145,600,000		$ 145,600,000	¥ 1,000,000			¥ 1,000,000,000
Long-term Debt, Percentage Bearing Fixed Interest, Percentage Rate													10.50%	10.50%				11.00%
Debt Instrument, Term	1 month										18 months
Gold Lease Outstanding													5,356	5,356	4,974	57,476
Long-term Debt	$ 166,000,000								166,000,000		$ 166,000,000		$ 208,000,000	¥ 1,400,000			1,140,200,000				$ 145,596
Restricted Deposit	1,500,000								1,500,000		1,500,000						¥ 10,000,000
Wuhan Kingold Industrial Group [Member]
Commitments And Contingencies [Line Items]
Operating Leases, Rent Expense, Net										$ 108,567		$ 278,251
Accrued Liabilities and Other Liabilities	$ 440,000								$ 440,000		$ 440,000								$ 260,000
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity					$ 1,350,000,000	¥ 800,000,000
Debt Instrument, Term		5 years			5 years	5 years