Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Consideration, Equity

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Disposal Group, Including Discontinued Operation, Number of Shares

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Disposal Group, Per Share Price

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Royalty Fee, Percentage on Net Smelter

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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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Amount of consideration received or receivable for the disposal of assets and liabilities, including discontinued operation.

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Amount of gain (loss) on sale or disposal of assets, including but not limited to property plant and equipment, intangible assets and equity in securities of subsidiaries or equity method investee.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
-Topic 230
-SubTopic 10
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Section 45
-Paragraph 28
-Subparagraph (b)
-Publisher FASB
-URI https://asc.fasb.org//1943274/2147482740/230-10-45-28

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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Pitarrilla (Details) $ / shares in Units, $ in Thousands		3 Months Ended		9 Months Ended
	Jul. 06, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($)
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Gain on sale of assets		$ 0	$ 629	$ 0	$ 629
Pitarrilla Project \| Disposal Group, Disposed of by Sale
Business Combination, Separately Recognized Transactions [Line Items]
Consideration in cash	$ 35,000
Consideration in equity	$ 25,600
Consideration price (in shares) \| shares	8,577,380
Consideration price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 2.99
Royalty fee (as a percent)	0.0125
Gain on sale of assets	$ 600