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Share Capital - Summary of Beneficial Shareholders (Detail)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2018 shares
Government Employees Pension Fund [member]
Disclosure of beneficial ownership [line items]
Number of shares	53,726,997
Percentage of issued ordinary shares	6.48%
VanEck Vectors Gold Miners ETF [member]
Disclosure of beneficial ownership [line items]
Number of shares	52,395,279
Percentage of issued ordinary shares	6.32%

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2019-01-01
-Paragraph 106
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