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Assets Held For Sale, Aggregate Purchase Price, Non-Refundable Option Payment

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Amount classified as assets attributable to disposal group held for sale or disposed of, expected to be disposed of after one year or the normal operating cycle, if longer.

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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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The cash inflow from the sale of formerly productive land held for sale, anything permanently fixed to it, including buildings, structures on it, and so forth.

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Assets Held For Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	1 Months Ended		6 Months Ended
Assets Held For Sale (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	Jun. 30, 2022	Feb. 28, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	$ 10,298		$ 10,298		$ 11,558
Proceeds from assets held for sale			1,890	$ 0
Regrind Mill
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from assets held for sale		$ 1,300
Dual Pinion Ball Mill
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Proceeds from assets held for sale	600
Aggregate purchase price	6,300
Non-refundable option payment	4,800
Non-refundable payment due	900
Equipment not in use \| Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	9,913		9,913		11,163
Mine equipment \| Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	115		115		125
Materials and supplies \| Held-for-sale
Income Statement, Balance Sheet and Additional Disclosures by Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Line Items]
Assets held for sale	$ 270		$ 270		$ 270