MINERAL PROPERTIES, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT, NET (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2022

Property, Plant and Equipment [Abstract]

The major categories of plant and equipment are depreciated on a straight-line basis using the estimated lives indicated below:


Vehicles			5 years - 7 years
Mining equipment			3 years - 20 years
Mobile equipment components			2 years - 7 years
Buildings			5 years - 20 years
Mine plant equipment			3 years - 20 years
Underground infrastructure			4 years - 6 years
ROU assets - plant and equipment (1)			10 years - 20 years

(1)For ROU assets, the depreciation period indicated above represents the period from lease commencement date to the earlier of the end of the useful life of the underlying asset or the end of the lease term.

The components of Mineral properties, plant and equipment, net were as follows (in thousands):


	December 31,
	2022		2021
Plant and equipment (1)	$	1,793,914	$	1,762,833
Construction in process		58,704		36,841
Mineral properties subject to depletion		1,452,850		1,331,615
Mineral properties not yet subject to depletion		848,281		141,629
Exploration and evaluation assets		515,070		927,176
Total mineral properties, plant, and equipment		4,668,819		4,200,094
Accumulated depreciation, plant and equipment		(621,323)		(529,635)
Accumulated depreciation, mineral properties		(498,050)		(420,695)
Mineral properties, plant, and equipment, net	$	3,549,446	$	3,249,764

(1)As of December 31, 2022 and 2021, plant and equipment includes finance lease right-of-use assets with a carrying amount of $101.7 million and $114.9, respectively.