- Definition

Represents the long term gold price per ounce used to find the present value of an amount to be paid or received in the future as an input to measure the fair value.

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- Definition

Represents inflation adjustment of the long term gold price per ounce.

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- Definition

The percentage the Company is obligated to sell as part of the streaming agreement.

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- Definition

The realized gold price per ounce under the streaming agreement.

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- Definition

This element represents the amount of revenue of the acquiree since the acquisition date and implementation of the streaming agreement.

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- Definition

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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COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES - Streaming agreement (Details) $ in Millions		12 Months Ended
	Aug. 25, 2017 $ / oz	Dec. 31, 2024 USD ($) $ / oz	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($) $ / oz
Pike River property
Other Commitments
Obligation to sell (as a percent)	6.30%
Black Fox Complex
Other Commitments
Obligation to sell (as a percent)	8.00%
Long term gold price (in dollars per ounce)	561
Revenue of acquiree since acquisition date and implementation of streaming agreement \| $		$ 1.5	$ 2.0
Realized price for streaming contract per ounce		601	589
Maximum \| Black Fox Complex
Other Commitments
Inflation adjustment (as a percent)	2.00%