Percentage of gross royalty.

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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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Percentage investment held by members or limited partners of limited liability company (LLC) or limited partnership (LP).

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The cash outflow from the acquisition of a mineral right which is the right to extract a mineral from the earth or to receive payment, in the form of royalty, for the extraction of minerals.

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ACQUISITIONS AND DISPOSITIONS - Idaho (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 29, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2023	Dec. 31, 2022	Jun. 30, 2021
Acquisitions
Payment to acquire interest		$ 281,066	$ 2,678	$ 922,155	$ 168,147
Idaho Royalty
Acquisitions
Payment to acquire interest	$ 204,100
Idaho Royalty \| Barrick \| Fourmile
Acquisitions
Ownership percentage held	100.00%
Idaho Royalty \| Production stage royalty interests
Acquisitions
Payment to acquire interest	$ 73,400
Idaho Royalty \| Exploration stage royalty interests
Acquisitions
Payment to acquire interest	$ 130,700
Pipeline and Crossroads deposits
Acquisitions
Gross royalty (as a percent)	0.24%
Cortez Hills, Goldrush, Fourmile and Robertson deposits
Acquisitions
Gross royalty (as a percent)	0.45%