Asset Retirement Obligation, Estimated Cash Flows Expected To Be Incurred

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Asset Retirement Obligation, Estimated Undiscounted Cash Flows

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Asset Retirement Obligation, Measurement Input

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Amount of increase (decrease) in the asset retirement obligation from changes in the amount or timing of the estimated cash flows associated with the settlement of the obligation.

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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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Useful life of property, plant, and equipment, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Includes, but is not limited to, land and land improvement; building; machinery and equipment; furniture and fixture; and work of art, historical treasure, or similar asset classified as collection.

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Asset retirement obligation - Narrative (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended	6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jun. 30, 2026	Jun. 30, 2026	Dec. 31, 2025	May 14, 2026	May 13, 2026
Long-Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Change in estimates	$ 5,700	$ 5,736	$ 2,675
Estimated undiscounted cash flows	333,500	333,500
Estimated cash flows expected to be incurred	$ 6,600	$ 6,600
Hycroft Mine
Long-Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Useful life				51 years	34 years
Inflation Rate
Long-Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation, measurement input	3.42%	3.42%
Risk free rate
Long-Lived Assets Held-for-sale [Line Items]
Asset retirement obligation, measurement input	10.78%	10.78%