RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015	Dec. 31, 2014
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Accounts payable	$ 20,044	$ 18,429
Lexam L.P.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expense (income)	187	104	$ 93
Outstanding accounts payable (receivable)		66
Lexam VG Gold
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expense (income)	85	(1)	$ (72)
Outstanding accounts payable (receivable)	$ 27
Ownership percentage of individual	27.00%
REVlaw
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
Expense (income)	$ 124	59
Outstanding accounts payable (receivable)	$ 148	$ 59

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Sum of the carrying values as of the balance sheet date of obligations incurred through that date and due within one year (or the operating cycle, if longer), including liabilities incurred (and for which invoices have typically been received) and payable to vendors for goods and services received, taxes, interest, rent and utilities, accrued salaries and bonuses, payroll taxes and fringe benefits.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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Receivables to be collected from (obligations owed to) related parties, net as of the balance sheet date where one party can exercise control or significant influence over another party; including affiliates, owners or officers and their immediate families, pension trusts, and so forth.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 850
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 1
-Subparagraph (d)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6457730&loc=d3e39549-107864

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 235
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
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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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