Disclosure of subsidiaries (Details)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Asanko Gold South Africa (PTY) Ltd. [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Asanko International (Barbados) Inc. [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Asanko Gold (Barbados) Inc. [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	100.00%
Asanko Gold Exploration Ghana Limited [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	45.00%
Adansi Gold Company Ghana Limited [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	50.00%
Shika Group Finance Limited [Member]
Statements [Line Items]
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary	50.00%

The proportion of ownership interest in a subsidiary attributable to the entity. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]]

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 27
-IssueDate 2018-01-01
-Paragraph 17
-Subparagraph b
-Clause iii
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=27&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_17_b_iii&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2018-03-16

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 27
-IssueDate 2018-01-01
-Paragraph 16
-Subparagraph b
-Clause iii
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=27&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_16_b_iii&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2018-03-16

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IFRS
-Number 12
-IssueDate 2018-01-01
-Paragraph 19B
-Subparagraph c
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IFRS&num=12&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_19B_c&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2018-03-16

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