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Cost of investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI). Excludes equity method investment and investment in equity security without readily determinable fair value.

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Amount of unrealized gain on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Amount of unrealized loss on investment in equity security measured at fair value with change in fair value recognized in net income (FV-NI).

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Percent of net assets at close of period. For schedules of investments that are categorized, each category has a percent of net assets for the aggregated value of the Investments in the category.

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Amount of investment in marketable security, classified as noncurrent.

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Amount of realized gain (loss) on investment in marketable security, including other-than-temporary impairment (OTTI).

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Amount of unrealized gain (loss) on investment in marketable security.

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Investments (Details) - USD ($) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands			3 Months Ended			6 Months Ended
	Jun. 28, 2022	Mar. 21, 2022	Jun. 30, 2022	Mar. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Jun. 30, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021
Debt Securities, Available-for-sale [Abstract]
Marketable Securities, Realized Gain (Loss)			$ 0		$ 0	$ 0	$ (769)
Unrealized gain (loss) on equity securities			(62,810)		$ 36,575	(49,066)	$ 32,007
Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Cost			154,118			154,118		$ 138,165
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				$ 0		0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				5,968		55,034
Current liabilities			99,084			99,084		132,197
Victoria Gold Corp \| Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Cost			128,710			128,710		128,710
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				0		0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				4,499		41,171
Current liabilities			87,539			87,539		124,211
Proceeds from sale of equity method investments	$ 40,500
Equity method investment, amount sold (in shares)	5,000,000
Equity Method Investments, Sale of Stock, Price Per Share	$ 8.34
Integra Resources Corp. [Member] \| Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Cost			9,455			9,455		9,455
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)				0		0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain				$ 1,469		5,691
Current liabilities			3,764			3,764		$ 7,986
Avino Silver & Gold Mines Ltd \| Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Shares purchased during period, shares		14,000,000
Investment owned, percent of assets		12.00%
Cost			13,720			13,720
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)						0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain						6,145
Current liabilities			7,575			7,575
Other Investments [Member] \| Equity securities
Investment in Marketable Securities (Textual) [Abstract]
Cost			2,233			2,233
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain (Loss)						0
Equity Securities, FV-NI, Unrealized Gain						2,027
Current liabilities			$ 206			$ 206