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Note 12 - Commitments and Contingencies (Details Textual)						1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended	31 Months Ended
	Aug. 02, 2023 oz $ / oz	Jul. 11, 2023 USD ($)	Aug. 24, 2021 USD ($) oz	Dec. 31, 2020 USD ($)	Jul. 15, 2012 USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2008 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2024 USD ($)	Aug. 04, 2023 USD ($)	Jun. 10, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 06, 2020 USD ($)	Feb. 28, 2019 USD ($)
Contingent Salary and Compensation, Retention Agreement												$ 1,250,000
Designated as Hedging Instrument [Member]
Derivative, Nonmonetary Notional Amount, Mass (Ounce) \| oz	124,600
Underlying, Derivative Mass (in USD per Ounce) \| $ / oz	2,025
Interest in Projected Production, Percentage	45.00%
Chief Executive Officer [Member]
Contingent Salary and Compensation, Retention Agreement										$ 350,000	$ 1,000,000
Short Term Incentive Plan, Payout, Percentage Cash							50.00%	50.00%
Short Term Incentive Plan, Payout, Percentage Restricted Stock							50.00%	50.00%
Short Term Incentive Plan, Change of Control, Percentage of Base Salary							200.00%	200.00%
Short Term Incentive Plan, Change of Control, Maximum Period of Payment (Day)							30 days
Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Short Term Incentive Plan, Minimum Performance Target, Payout, Percentage of Base Salary							0.00%	0.00%
Chief Executive Officer [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Short Term Incentive Plan, Minimum Performance Target, Payout, Percentage of Base Salary							200.00%	200.00%
Chief Financial Officer [Member]
Contingent Salary and Compensation, Retention Agreement											$ 250,000
Chief Financial Officer and One Other Employee [Member]
Contingent Salary and Compensation, Retention Agreement									$ 540,000
Executive Vice President [Member]
Annual Base Salary		$ 300,000
Production Threshold, One [Member] \| Alaska Gold Torrent, LLC [Member]
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Production Threshold, Mineral Resource (Ounce) \| oz			500,000
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Production Threshold, Output, Gold (Ounce) \| oz			30,000
Gold to Silver Ratio								1:65
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred, Contingent Consideration			$ 5,000,000
Production Threshold, One [Member] \| Alaska Gold Torrent, LLC [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest Issued and Issuable			$ 3,750,000
Production Threshold, Two [Member] \| Alaska Gold Torrent, LLC [Member]
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Production Threshold, Mineral Resource (Ounce) \| oz			1,000,000
Asset Acquisition, Contingent Consideration Arrangements, Production Threshold, Output, Gold (Ounce) \| oz			60,000
Gold to Silver Ratio								1:65
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred, Contingent Consideration			$ 5,000,000
Production Threshold, Two [Member] \| Alaska Gold Torrent, LLC [Member] \| Common Stock [Member]
Asset Acquisition, Consideration Transferred, Equity Interest Issued and Issuable			$ 5,000,000
Tetlin Lease [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Advance Royalties to Be Paid Per Year					$ 75,000
Tetlin Lease [Member] \| Scenario 3 [Member]
Payment that Lessor May Pay to Lessee to Increase Royalty Rate				$ 450,000
Percentage of Production Royalty Rate Increase				0.75%
Tetlin Lease [Member] \| The Joint Venture Company [Member]
Contractual Annual Exploration Costs						$ 350,000
Tetlin Lease [Member] \| The Joint Venture Company [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Royalty Rate						3.00%
Tetlin Lease [Member] \| The Joint Venture Company [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Royalty Rate						5.00%
Tetlin Lease and Certain Other Properties [Member]
Annual Claim Rentals							$ 362,465	$ 362,465
Tetlin Lease and Certain Other Properties [Member] \| The Joint Venture Company [Member] \| Royal Gold [Member]
Overriding Royalty Interest							3.00%	3.00%
Additional Properties [Member] \| The Joint Venture Company [Member] \| Royal Gold [Member]
Net Smelter Returns Silver Royalty, Percent							28.00%	28.00%