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Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands				3 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 16, 2021	Jun. 09, 2021	May 10, 2021	Mar. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Shares purchased during period, shares	423,213	265,312
Shares purchased during period, price per share (in dollars per share)	$ 2.55	$ 3.30
Shares purchased during period, value	$ 1,100	$ 900
Investment owned, percent of assets	5.90%
Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Cost					$ 138,165	$ 7,668
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Realized Gain (Loss)					(768)	(19,140)	$ (860)
Unrealized gain (loss) on equity securities					(11,244)	(11,539)	$ 15,348
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent					132,197	12,943
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				$ 5,276	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				1	5,968
Equity and debt securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent						12,943
Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd.
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Proceeds from sale of equity method investments					900
Equity method investment, realized gain on disposal					$ 800
Equity method investment, amount sold (in shares)					83,556
Metalla Royalty & Streaming Ltd. \| Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Cost						166
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent						1,041
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				875
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				0
Integra Resources Corp. [Member] \| Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Cost					$ 9,455	7,500
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent					7,986	11,901
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				4,401	0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				0	1,469
Other Investments [Member] \| Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Cost						2
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent						1
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				$ 1
Victoria Gold Corp
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Asset acquisition, percentage of shares acquired			17.80%
Asset acquisition, number of common stock shares acquired			11,067,714
Asset acquisition, entity shares issued in exchange agreement (in shares)			12,785,485
Asset acquisition, percentage equity issued for exchange			4.90%
Victoria Gold Corp \| Equity securities
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Line Items]
Cost					128,710
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent					124,211
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)					0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain					4,499
Level 3 \| Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent					$ 0
Level 3 \| Equity and debt securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Noncurrent						$ 0