The vale of buy back capitalized as a direct transaction cost with royalty mineral interest.

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Percentage of royalty interest that acquiree can purchase under the cooperation agreement.

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Represents percentage of net smelter return.

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Represents the area of interest surrounding the presently owned mine, as well as any other mining concessions presently owned or acquired.

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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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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 - Great Bear (Details) $ in Thousands, $ in Millions			6 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Sep. 09, 2022 USD ($) ha	Sep. 09, 2022 CAD ($) ha	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2021 USD ($)
Acquisitions
Acquisition consideration paid			$ 281,066	$ 2,678	$ 922,155	$ 168,147
GBR
Acquisitions
Acquisition consideration paid	$ 151,679	$ 199.6
Net smelter return (NSR) (as a percent)	2.00%	2.00%
Area of mining \| ha	9,140	9,140
Option to purchase royalty interest (as a percent)	25.00%	25.00%
Option purchase price based on original price (as a percent)	25.00%	25.00%
Threshold period for option purchase	10 years	10 years
Buy Back Option	$ 2,100
GBR \| Kinross
Acquisitions
Net smelter return (NSR) (as a percent)	0.50%	0.50%