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ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2021

ASSET RETIREMENT OBLIGATIONS

Schedule of activity affecting the asset retirement and mine closing liability

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​	​	Year Ended December 31,
​		2021			2020
​	​	(in thousands)					​
​	​	​	​	​	​	​	​
Beginning balance	​	$	127,898	​	$	137,514	​
Accretion expense	​		3,688	​		4,033	​
Payments	​		(1,383)	​		(1,769)	​
Allocation of liability associated with acquisitions, mine development and change in assumptions	​		896	​		(11,880)	​
Ending balance	​	$	131,099	​	$	127,898	​

Schedule of estimated payments of asset retirement obligations

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​	​	​	​	​
Year Ended	​	​	​	​
December 31,		(in thousands)
​	​	​	​	​
2022	​	$	7,582	​
2023	​		2,232	​
2024	​		558	​
2025	​		3,788	​
2026	​		7,256	​
Thereafter	​		208,021	​
Aggregate undiscounted asset retirement obligations	​		229,437	​
Effect of discounting	​		(98,338)	​
Total asset retirement obligations	​		131,099	​
Less: current portion	​		(7,582)	​
Non-current asset retirement obligations	​	$	123,517	​

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Tabular disclosure of the changes in carrying amount of a liability for asset retirement obligations, for changes such as new obligations, changes in estimates of existing obligations, spending on existing obligations, property dispositions, and foreign currency translation.

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-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 410
-SubTopic 30
-Section 50
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