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Represents the amount of annual advance royalty payment.

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Represents the period for annual advance royalty payment.

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Represents the average gross value per pound.

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Cumulative amount paid for Construction Royalty Fee.

No definition available.

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The minimum annual advance royalty payment required under specified conditions.

No definition available.

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Period of time after notification before termination of lease is effective.

No definition available.

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Represents the maximum number of days for receipt of notice.

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Represents the maximum number of days for receipt of notice of default in non-payment obligation

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Represents the molybdenum price per pound.

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Represents the number of installments of royalty payments.

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The percentage of cash payment of total gross payments received from the purchaser of ores mined/removed/sold from property net of certain deductions.

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The period of time advance royalties will be consumed after commercial construction commences.

No definition available.

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Represents the period of commercial production.

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Represents the production royalty as percentage of net returns.

No definition available.

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Royalty Advance Percentage Of Production Royalties.

No definition available.

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The royalty advance percentage required by long-term Lessor.

No definition available.

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Represents the threshold limit for production royalty payment.

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Carrying value as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and payable for royalties.

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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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Term of lessee's operating lease, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days.

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The amount of cash paid for royalties during the current period.

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