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Business Combination, Contingent Consideration, Liability, Additional Mineral Reserves Required

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Subsidiary, Ownership Percentage

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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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This element represents acquisition-related costs incurred to effect a business combination which costs have been expensed during the period. Such costs include finder's fees; advisory, legal, accounting, valuation, and other professional or consulting fees; general administrative costs, including the costs of maintaining an internal acquisitions department; and may include costs of registering and issuing debt and equity securities.

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Amount of liability recognized arising from contingent consideration in a business combination.

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Face (par) amount of debt instrument at time of issuance.

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Contractual interest rate for funds borrowed, under the debt agreement.

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The equity interest of noncontrolling shareholders, partners or other equity holders in consolidated entity.

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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Hod Maden (Details)		12 Months Ended
ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Hod Maden (Details)	May 08, 2023 USD ($) goldEquivalentOunce	Dec. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2022 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2021 USD ($)
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration		$ 29,648,000
Repayment of debt, principal		71,153,000	$ 71,155,000	$ 70,000,000
Lydia Mines \| Hod Maden
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by parent (as a percent)	70.00%
Horizon \| Hod Maden
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Ownership percentage by noncontrolling owners (as a percent)	30.00%
Hod Maden
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Payments to acquire businesses, gross	$ 120,000,000	120,000,000
Business acquisition, option, percentage of voting interests acquired (as a percent)	30.00%
Gain on acquisition of Kartaltepe	$ 400,000
Redeemable noncontrolling interest (as a Percent)	30.00%
Hod Maden \| Completion of Operational Milestones
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 30,000,000	25,200,000
Hod Maden \| Delineation of New Reserves
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Contingent consideration	$ 84,000,000
Business combination, contingent consideration, liability, additional mineral reserves required	500,000
Hod Maden \| Lydia Mines
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Voting interest acquired (as a percent)	10.00%
Hod Maden \| Horizon \| Unsecured Debt
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Face amount		$ 6,400,000
Interest rate, stated (as a percent)		4.00%
Repayment of debt, principal		$ 0
Hod Maden \| Lidya Mines and Horizon
Business Acquisition [Line Items]
Subsidiary, ownership (as a Percent)	90.00%