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1 000 - Document - Document And Entity Information Network

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6 Entity Registrant Name Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:EntityRegistrantName
7 Entity Central Index Key Concept (CIK Number) For Period dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
8 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
9 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
10 Entity Filer Category Concept (Filer Category) For Period dei:EntityFilerCategory
11 Entity Current Reporting Status Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityCurrentReportingStatus
12 Entity Voluntary Filers Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityVoluntaryFilers
13 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
14 Entity Emerging Growth Company Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityEmergingGrowthCompany
15 Entity Small Business Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntitySmallBusiness
16 Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of dei:EntityCommonStockSharesOutstanding
17 Document Type Concept (Submission Type) For Period dei:DocumentType
18 Document Period End Date Concept (Date) For Period dei:DocumentPeriodEndDate
19 Document Fiscal Year Focus Concept (Year) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalYearFocus
20 Document Fiscal Period Focus Concept (Fiscal Period) For Period dei:DocumentFiscalPeriodFocus
21 Amendment Flag Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:AmendmentFlag
22 001 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of (Loss) Earnings Network

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26 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
27 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
28 Mine operating costs Abstract ag:MineOperatingCostsAbstract
29 Cost of sales Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CostOfSales
30 Depletion, depreciation, and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
31 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ExpenseArisingFromExplorationEvaluationProductionAndExtractiveCostsOfMineralResources
32 Mine operating (loss) earnings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:MineOperatingEarnings
33 General and administrative expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:SellingGeneralAndAdministrativeExpense
34 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseFromSharebasedPaymentTransactionsWithEmployees
35 Impairment of non-current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
36 Mine care and maintenance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:MineCareAndMaintenanceCosts
37 Acquisition costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionrelatedCostsForTransactionRecognisedSeparatelyFromAcquisitionOfAssetsAndAssumptionOfLiabilitiesInBusinessCombination
38 Foreign exchange loss (gain) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationBeforeTax
39 Operating loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
40 Investment and other loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:InvestmentAndOtherIncomeLoss
41 Finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
42 Loss before income taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
43 Income taxes Abstract ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefundAbstract
44 Current income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
45 Deferred income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
46 Total tax expense (income) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
47 Net loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
48 Loss per common share Abstract ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareAbstract
49 Basic (in dollars per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
50 Diluted (in dollars per share) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
51 Weighted average shares outstanding Abstract ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharesAndAdjustedWeightedAverageSharesAbstract
52 Basic (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
53 Diluted (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
54 002 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income Network

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60 Items that will not be subsequently reclassified to profit or loss: Abstract ifrs-full:ComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTaxAbstract
61 Unrealized loss on fair value of investments in marketable securities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
62 Remeasurement of retirement benefit plan Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxGainsLossesOnRemeasurementsOfDefinedBenefitPlans
63 Other comprehensive income (loss) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
64 Total comprehensive loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
65 003 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows Network

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71 Net loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
72 Adjustments for: Abstract ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
73 Depletion, depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
74 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
75 Impairment of non-current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForImpairmentLossReversalOfImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
76 Income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncomeTaxExpense
77 Finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceCosts
78 Acquisition costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AdjustmetnsForAcquisitionCosts
79 Other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherAdjustmentsForNoncashItems
80 Operating cash flows before movements in working capital and taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperationsBeforeChangesInWorkingCapital
81 Net change in non-cash working capital items Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapital
82 Income taxes paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
83 Cash generated by operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
84 Investing Activities Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivitiesAbstract
85 Expenditures on mining interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfMiningAssets
86 Acquisition of property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
87 Deposits paid for acquisition of non-current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfOtherLongtermAssetsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
88 Purchase of marketable securities and silver futures derivatives Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfFinancialInstrumentsClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
89 Primero acquisition costs, net of cash acquired Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:PaymentsForAcquisitionCostsNetOfCashAcquired
90 Cash spent on settlement of derivatives Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:PaymentsForSettlementOfDerivatives
91 Cash used in investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
92 Financing Activities Abstract ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivitiesAbstract
93 Proceeds from exercise of stock options Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromExerciseOfOptions
94 Net proceeds from convertible debentures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromConvertibleDebenturesClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
95 Net proceeds from debt facilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
96 Repayment of debt facilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
97 Repayment of Scotia debt facilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:RepaymentOfScotiaDebtFacilities
98 Repayment of Primero's debt facilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:RepaymentOfPrimerosDebtFacilities
99 Proceeds from equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromEquipmentFinancingObligations
100 Repayment of equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashOutflowForLeases
101 Finance costs paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
102 Shares repurchased and cancelled Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:CashOutflowForSharesRepurchasedAndCancelled
103 Cash provided by (used in) financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
104 Effect of exchange rate on cash and cash equivalents held in foreign currencies Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:EffectOfExchangeRateChangesOnCashAndCashEquivalents
105 Decrease in cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
106 Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
107 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
108 Cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Cash
109 Short-term investments Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ShorttermInvestmentsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
110 Cash and cash equivalents, end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
111 Supplemental cash flow information Concept (Monetary) For Period ag:SupplementalCashFlowInformation
112 004 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Financial Position Network

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117 Current assets Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentAssetsAbstract
118 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
119 Trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
120 Value added taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentValueAddedTaxReceivables
121 Income taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxAssetsCurrent
122 Inventories Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
123 Other financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
124 Prepaid expenses and other Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentPrepaidExpenses
125 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
126 Non-current assets Abstract ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssetsAbstract
127 Mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:AssetsArisingFromExplorationEvaluationAndDevelopmentCosts
128 Property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
129 Deposits on non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:LongtermDeposits
130 Non-current income taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:NoncurrentIncomeTaxesReceivable
131 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
132 Total assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
133 Current liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
134 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
135 Unearned revenue Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredIncome
136 Current portion of debt facilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermBorrowings
137 Current portion of equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLeaseLiabilities
138 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
139 Non-current liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
140 Debt facilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
141 Equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLeaseLiabilities
142 Decommissioning liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCosts
143 Other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentLiabilities
144 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxLiabilities
145 Total liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Liabilities
146 Equity Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
147 Share capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
148 Equity reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalReserve
149 Accumulated deficit Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
150 Total equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
151 Total liabilities and equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
152 005 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity Network

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164 Balance (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
165 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
166 Net loss for the year Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
167 Other comprehensive loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
168 Total comprehensive (loss) income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
169 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
170 Exercise of stock options (Note 23(b)) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingExerciseOfStockOptions
171 Exercise of stock options (Note 23(b)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
172 Settlement of liabilities (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSettlementOfLiabilities
173 Settlement of liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSettlementOfLiabilitiesEquity
174 Equity component of convertible debenture, net of tax (Note 19(c)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:IncreaseThroughEquityComponentOfConvertibleDebentureNetOfTax
175 Acquisition of Primero (Note 4) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:IncreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingAcquisition
176 Acquisition of Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:IncreaseThroughAcquisition
177 Shares cancelled (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:DecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSharesCancelled
178 Shares cancelled Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughSharesCancelled
179 Shares repurchased and cancelled (Note 23(d)) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:DecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSharesRepurchasedAndCancelled
180 Shares repurchased and cancelled (Note 23(d)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughSharesRepurchasedAndCancelled
181 Shares repurchased for delisting from Bolsa (Note 23(e)) (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period ag:DecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSharesRepurchasedForDelisting
182 Shares repurchased for delisting from Bolsa (Note 23(e)) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughSharesRepurchasedForDelisting
183 Balance (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
184 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
185 006 - Statement - Consolidated Statements of Changes in Equity (Parentheticals) Network

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187 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
188 Residual value of equity component of convertible debenture Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ReserveOfEquityComponentOfConvertibleInstruments
189 Residual value of equity component of convertible debenture, deferred tax liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:ReserveOfEquityComponentOfConvertibleInstrumentsDeferredTaxLiability
190 007 - Disclosure - Note 1 - Nature of Operations Network

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196 008 - Disclosure - Note 2 - Basis of Presentation Network

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202 009 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Significant Accounting Policies, Estimates and Judgments Network

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208 010 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. Network

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221 011 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segmented Information Network

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235 Disclosure of entity's operating segments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfEntitysReportableSegmentsExplanatory
236 012 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Revenues Network

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239 Counterparty Name [Domain] Member srt:RepurchaseAgreementCounterpartyNameDomain
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251 Disclosure of revenue [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfRevenueExplanatory
252 013 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Cost of Sales Network

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258 014 - Disclosure - Note 8 - General and Administrative Expenses Network

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264 015 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Investment and Other Loss Network

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270 016 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Finance Costs Network

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276 017 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Loss Per Share Network

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282 018 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Trade and Other Receivables Network

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288 019 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Inventories Network

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294 020 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Other Financial Assets Network

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303 021 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests Network

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322 022 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment Network

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331 023 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets Network

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337 024 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Trade and Other Payables Network

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343 025 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Debt Facilities Network

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368 026 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Equipment Financing Obligations Network

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382 027 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Decommissioning Liabilities Network

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392 028 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes Network

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401 029 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital Network

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414 030 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management Network

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426 031 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information Network

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432 032 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Contingencies and Other Matters Network

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443 Disclosure of contingent liabilities [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfContingentLiabilitiesExplanatory
444 033 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Subsidiaries Network

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450 034 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Key Management Compensation Network

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456 035 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Subsequent Events Network

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465 036 - Disclosure - Significant Accounting Policies (Policies) Network

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473 Description of accounting policy for goodwill [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForGoodwillExplanatory
474 Description of accounting policy for functional currency [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFunctionalCurrencyExplanatory
475 Description of accounting policy for recognition of revenue [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForRecognitionOfRevenue
476 Description of accounting policy for measuring inventories [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForMeasuringInventories
477 Description of accounting policy for exploration and evaluation expenditures [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForExplorationAndEvaluationExpenditures
478 Description of accounting policy for mining assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForMiningAssetsExplanatory
479 Description of accounting policy for property, plant and equipment [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForPropertyPlantAndEquipmentExplanatory
480 Description of accounting policy for borrowing costs [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForBorrowingCostsExplanatory
481 Description of accounting policy for impairment of assets [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForImpairmentOfAssetsExplanatory
482 Description of accounting policy for share-based payment transactions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForSharebasedPaymentTransactionsExplanatory
483 Description of accounting policy for income tax [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForIncomeTaxExplanatory
484 Description of accounting policy for leases [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForLeasesExplanatory
485 Description of accounting policy for determining components of cash and cash equivalents [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyToDetermineComponentsOfCashAndCashEquivalents
486 Description of accounting policy for financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
487 Description of accounting policy for provisions [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForProvisionsExplanatory
488 Description of accounting policy for earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfAccountingPolicyForEarningsPerShareExplanatory
489 Disclosure of expected impact of initial application of new standards or interpretations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfExpectedImpactOfInitialApplicationOfNewStandardsOrInterpretations
490 037 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. (Tables) Network

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495 Disclosure of detailed information about business combinations [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutBusinessCombinationsExplanatory
496 038 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segmented Information (Tables) Network

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501 Disclosure of detailed information about entity reportable segments, explanatory [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ag:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutEntityReportableSegmentsExplanatory
502 039 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Revenues (Tables) Network

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508 040 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Cost of Sales (Tables) Network

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514 041 - Disclosure - Note 8 - General and Administrative Expenses (Tables) Network

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520 042 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Investment and Other Loss (Tables) Network

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525 Disclosure of finance income (cost) [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceIncomeExpenseExplanatory
526 043 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Finance Costs (Tables) Network

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531 Disclosure of interest expense [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfInterestExpenseExplanatory
532 044 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Loss Per Share (Tables) Network

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537 Earnings per share [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:EarningsPerShareExplanatory
538 045 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) Network

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544 046 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Inventories (Tables) Network

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550 047 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Other Financial Assets (Tables) Network

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555 Disclosure of fair value of financial instruments [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFairValueOfFinancialInstrumentsExplanatory
556 048 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests (Tables) Network

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566 Disclosure of detailed information about mining interests producing properties and exploration properties [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ag:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutMiningInterestsProducingPropertiesAndExplorationProperties
567 049 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Tables) Network

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573 Disclosure of detailed information about property plant and equipment allocated by mine explanatory [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ag:DisclosureOfDetailedInformationAboutPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAllocatedByMineExplanatory
574 050 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets (Tables) Network

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580 Disclosure of impairment loss in respect of each operating segment or project explanatory [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ag:DisclosureOfImpairmentLossInRespectOfEachOperatingSegmentOrProjectExplanatory
581 Explanation of inputs, assumptions and estimation techniques used to apply impairment requirements [text block] Concept (Text Block (HTML)) For Period ifrs-full:ExplanationOfInputsAssumptionsAndEstimationTechniquesUsedToApplyImpairmentRequirementsExplanatory
582 051 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Trade and Other Payables (Tables) Network

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588 052 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Debt Facilities (Tables) Network

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594 053 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Equipment Financing Obligations (Tables) Network

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600 054 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Decommissioning Liabilities (Tables) Network

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606 055 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes (Tables) Network

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614 056 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital (Tables) Network

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622 057 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management (Tables) Network

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632 058 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information (Tables) Network

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638 059 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Subsidiaries (Tables) Network

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644 060 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Key Management Compensation (Tables) Network

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650 061 - Disclosure - Note 3 - Significant Accounting Policies, Estimates and Judgments (Details Textual) Network

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656 062 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. (Details Textual) Network

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684 063 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. - Consideration and Purchase Price Allocation (Details) Network

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713 064 - Disclosure - Note 4 - Acquisition of Primero Mining Corp. - Consideration and Purchase Price Allocation (Details) (Parentheticals) Network

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727 065 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segmented Information (Details Textual) Network

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744 066 - Disclosure - Note 5 - Segmented Information - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Entity Reportable Segments (Details) Network

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766 067 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Revenues (Details Textual) Network

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795 068 - Disclosure - Note 6 - Revenues - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Revenues (Details) Network

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819 069 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Cost of Sales (Details Textual) Network

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825 070 - Disclosure - Note 7 - Cost of Sales - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Cost of Sales (Details) Network

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842 071 - Disclosure - Note 8 - General and Administrative Expenses - Disclosure of Expenses (Details) Network

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854 072 - Disclosure - Note 9 - Investment and Other Loss - Disclosure of Finance Income (Cost) (Details) Network

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863 073 - Disclosure - Note 10 - Finance Costs - Disclosure of Interest Expense (Details) Network

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873 074 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Loss Per Share (Details Textual) Network

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880 075 - Disclosure - Note 11 - Loss Per Share - Earnings Per Share (Details) Network

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889 076 - Disclosure - Note 12 - Trade and Other Receivables - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Trade and Other Receivables (Details) Network

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897 077 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Inventories (Details Textual) Network

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899 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
900 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
901 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
902 Inventory loss due to refinery bankruptcy Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:InventoryLossDueToRefineryBankruptcy
903 Inventory write-down Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:InventoryWritedown2011
904 078 - Disclosure - Note 13 - Inventories - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Inventories (Details) Network

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906 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
907 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
908 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
909 Finished goods - doré and concentrates Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinishedGoods
910 Work-in-process Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:WorkInProgress
911 Stockpile Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentOreStockpiles
912 Silver coins and bullion Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:SilverCoinsAndBullion
913 Materials and supplies Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentMaterialsAndSuppliesToBeConsumedInProductionProcessOrRenderingServices
914 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
915 079 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Other Financial Assets (Details Textual) Network

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917 Classes of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
918 Financial assets, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsMember
919 Futures contract [member] Member ifrs-full:FuturesContractMember
920 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
921 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
922 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
923 Gains (losses) on available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
924 Other comprehensive income, net of tax, available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
925 Silver future contracts, long position, number Concept (Integer) As Of ag:SilverFutureContractsLongPositionNumber
926 Silver future contracts, long position, number of ounces of silver Concept (Integer) As Of ag:SilverFutureContractsLongPositionNumberOfOuncesOfSilver
927 Derivative financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialAssets
928 Derivative financial assets, unrealized gain Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:DerivativeFinancialAssetsUnrealizedGain
929 Derivate financial assets, deposits Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:DerivativeFinancialAssetsDeposits
930 080 - Disclosure - Note 14 - Other Financial Assets - Disclosure of Fair Value of Financial Instruments (Details) Network

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931 Statement Table [Table] Table

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932 Classes of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
933 Financial assets, class [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsMember
934 First Mining Gold Corp. (TSX FF) [member] Member ag:FirstMiningGoldCorpTSXFFMember
935 Sprott Physical Silver Trust (NYSE PSLV) [member] Member ag:SprottPhysicalSilverTrustNYSEPSLVMember
936 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
937 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
938 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
939 FVTPL marketable securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValueThroughProfitOrLoss
940 FVTOCI marketable securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
941 Total marketable securities Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:TotalMarketableSecurities
942 Silver future derivatives Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialAssets
943 Total other financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
944 081 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests (Details Textual) Network

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945 Statement Table [Table] Table

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946 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
947 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
948 Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd. [member] Member ag:WheatonPreciousMetalsInternationalLtdMember
949 Counterparty Name [Axis] Axis srt:CounterpartyNameAxis
950 Counterparty Name [Domain] Member srt:RepurchaseAgreementCounterpartyNameDomain
951 Sandstorm Gold Ltd. [member] Member ag:SandstormGoldLtdMember
952 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
953 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
954 Mexico - Santa Elena [member] Member ag:MexicoSantaElenaMember
955 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
956 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
957 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
958 Annual inflation [member] Member ag:AnnualInflationMember
959 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
960 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
961 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
962 New stream agreement, percentage of gold equivalent production, counter party Concept (Percent) For Period ag:NewStreamAgreementPercentageOfGoldEquivalentProductionCounterParty
963 New stream agreement, ongoing payments, upper range limit Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:NewStreamAgreementOngoingPaymentsUpperRangeLimit
964 New stream agreement, percentage of annual inflation adjustment Concept (Percent) For Period ag:NewStreamAgreementPercentageOfAnnualInflationAdjustment
965 Percent of gold production required to be sold Concept (Percent) As Of ag:PercentOfGoldProductionRequiredToBeSold
966 Gold, selling price, per ounce Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:GoldSellingPricePerOunce
967 Purchase agreement, annual inflation increase, percent Concept (Percent) For Period ag:PurchaseAgreementAnnualInflationIncreasePercent
968 Land acquired during period Concept (num:areaItemType) For Period ag:LandAcquiredDuringPeriod
969 Land acquisition exploration costs to be incurred Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:LandAcquisitionExplorationCostsToBeIncurred
970 Land acquisition NSR royalty on related concessions Concept (Percent) As Of ag:LandAcquisitionNSRRoyaltyOnRelatedConcessions
971 Land Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Land
972 Payments for land Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:PaymentsForLand
973 Amounts owed for land acquisition, due in one year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:AmountsOwedForLandAcquisitionDueInOneYear
974 Amounts owed for land acquisition, due in two years Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:AmountsOwedForLandAcquisitionDueInTwoYears
975 Amounts owing for land acqusition Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:AmountsOwingForLandAcqusition
976 082 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Mining Interests (Details) Network

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977 Statement Table [Table] Table

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978 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
979 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
980 Producing properties [member] Member ag:ProducingPropertiesMember
981 Exploration properties [member] Member ag:ExplorationPropertiesMember
982 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
983 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
984 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
985 Mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
986 083 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Mining Interests, Producing Properties (Details) Network

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987 Statement Table [Table] Table

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988 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
989 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
990 Producing properties [member] Member ag:ProducingPropertiesMember
991 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
992 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
993 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
994 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
995 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
996 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
997 Mexico - San Dimas [member] Member ag:MexicoSanDimasMember
998 Mexico - Santa Elena [member] Member ag:MexicoSantaElenaMember
999 Mexico - La Encantada [member] Member ag:MexicoLaEncantadaMember
1000 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1001 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1002 Mexico - San Martin [member] Member ag:MexicoSanMartinMember
1003 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1004 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1005 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1006 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1007 Beginning mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
1008 Additions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsMiningInterests
1009 Change in decommissioning liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ChangeInDecommissioningLiabilitiesMiningInterests
1010 Acquired from Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AdditionsThroughBusinessCombinationsMiningInterests
1011 Transfer from exploration properties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersMiningInterests
1012 Depletion and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DepletionAndAmortizationMiningInterests
1013 Impairment (Note 17) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossMiningInterests
1014 Ending mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
1015 084 - Disclosure - Note 15 - Mining Interests - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Mining Interests, Exploration Properties (Details) Network

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1016 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1017 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
1018 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1019 Exploration properties [member] Member ag:ExplorationPropertiesMember
1020 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
1021 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1022 Mexico - San Dimas [member] Member ag:MexicoSanDimasMember
1023 Mexico - Santa Elena [member] Member ag:MexicoSantaElenaMember
1024 Mexico - La Encantada [member] Member ag:MexicoLaEncantadaMember
1025 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1026 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1027 Mexico - San Martin [member] Member ag:MexicoSanMartinMember
1028 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1029 All other segments [member] Member ifrs-full:AllOtherSegmentsMember
1030 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1031 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1032 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1033 Beginning mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
1034 Exploration and evaluation expenditures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ExplorationAndEvaluationExpenditures
1035 Impairment (Note 17) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossMiningInterests
1036 Transfer from exploration properties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersMiningInterests
1037 Ending mining interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AssetsArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
1038 085 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment (Details Textual) Network

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1039 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1040 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
1041 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1042 Land not subject to depreciation [member] Member ag:LandNotSubjectToDepreciationMember
1043 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1044 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1045 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1046 Property, plant and equipment at end of period Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1047 086 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Property, Plant, and Equipment - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Property, Plant and Equipment (Details) Network

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1048 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1049 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
1050 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
1051 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
1052 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
1053 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
1054 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1055 Land and buildings [member] Member ifrs-full:LandAndBuildingsMember
1056 Machinery and Equipment [member] Member ag:MachineryAndEquipmentMember
1057 Assets under construction [member] Member ag:AssetsUnderConstructionMember
1058 Other property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherPropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1059 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1060 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1061 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1062 Beginning property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1063 Additions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1064 Transfers and disposals Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:DisposalsAndTransfersPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1065 Acquired from Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1066 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1067 Impairment (Note 17) Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1068 Ending property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1069 087 - Disclosure - Note 16 - Property, Plant and Equipment - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Property, Plant and Equipment, Allocated By Mine (Details) Network

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1070 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1071 Carrying amount, accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment and gross carrying amount [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CarryingAmountAccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentAndGrossCarryingAmountAxis
1072 Carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:CarryingAmountMember
1073 Gross carrying amount [member] Member ifrs-full:GrossCarryingAmountMember
1074 Accumulated depreciation, amortisation and impairment [member] Member ifrs-full:AccumulatedDepreciationAmortisationAndImpairmentMember
1075 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
1076 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1077 Mexico - San Dimas [member] Member ag:MexicoSanDimasMember
1078 Mexico - Santa Elena [member] Member ag:MexicoSantaElenaMember
1079 Mexico - La Encantada [member] Member ag:MexicoLaEncantadaMember
1080 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1081 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1082 Mexico - San Martin [member] Member ag:MexicoSanMartinMember
1083 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1084 All other segments [member] Member ifrs-full:AllOtherSegmentsMember
1085 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1086 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1087 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1088 Beginning property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1089 Additions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdditionsOtherThanThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1090 Transfers and disposals Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:DisposalsAndTransfersPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1091 Acquired from Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1092 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DepreciationPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1093 Transfers and disposals Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:DisposalsAndTransfersPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1094 Impairment (Note 17) Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:ImpairmentLossRecognisedInProfitOrLossPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1095 Ending property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipment
1096 088 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets (Details Textual) Network

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1097 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1098 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1099 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1100 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1101 Discount rate applied to cash flow projections Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesAppliedToCashFlowProjections
1102 089 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets - Disclosure of Impairment Loss (Details) Network

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1103 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1104 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
1105 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1106 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1107 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1108 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1109 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1110 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1111 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1112 Impairment of non-current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
1113 Deferred income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:DeferredIncomeTaxRecoveryImpairmentOfNoncurrentAssets
1114 Impairment of non-current assets, net of tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ImpairmentLossNetOfTax
1115 090 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets - Disclosure of Impairment Loss In Respect of Each Operating Segment Or Project (Details) Network

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1116 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1117 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
1118 Property, plant and equipment [member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1119 Producing properties [member] Member ag:ProducingPropertiesMember
1120 Exploration properties [member] Member ag:ExplorationPropertiesMember
1121 Property, plant and equipment other than mining interests [member] Member ag:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentOtherThanMiningInterestsMember
1122 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
1123 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1124 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1125 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1126 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1127 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1128 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1129 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1130 Impairment of non-current assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ImpairmentLoss
1131 091 - Disclosure - Note 17 - Impairment of Non-current Assets - Explanation of Inputs, Assumptions and Estimation Techniques Used to Apply Impairment Requirements (Details) Network

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1132 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1133 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1134 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1135 The 2019 to 2022 average [member] Member ag:The2019To2022AverageMember
1136 Long-term [member] Member ag:LongtermMember
1137 The 2018-2021 average [member] Member ag:The20182021AverageMember
1138 Measurement [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MeasurementAxis
1139 Aggregated measurement [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedMeasurementMember
1140 Silver (per ounce) [member] Member ag:SilverPerOunceMember
1141 Gold (per ounce) [member] Member ag:GoldPerOunceMember
1142 Lead (per pound) [member] Member ag:LeadPerPoundMember
1143 Zinc (per pound) [member] Member ag:ZincPerPoundMember
1144 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1145 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1146 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1147 Average commodity price Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AverageCommodityPrice
1148 092 - Disclosure - Note 18 - Trade and Other Payables - Disclosure of Other Current Liabilities (Details) Network

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1149 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1150 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1151 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1152 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1153 Trade payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesToTradeSuppliers
1154 Trade related accruals Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Accruals
1155 Payroll and related benefits Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermEmployeeBenefitsAccruals
1156 Environmental duty Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCosts
1157 Other accrued liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentAccruedExpensesAndOtherCurrentLiabilities
1158 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1159 093 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Debt Facilities (Details Textual) Network

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1160 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1161 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1162 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
1163 Five year convertible debentures [member] Member ag:FiveYearConvertibleDebenturesMember
1164 Revolving credit facility with three lenders [member] Member ag:RevolvingCreditFacilityWithThreeLendersMember
1165 Term loan [member] Member ag:TermLoanMember
1166 Revolving credit facility [member] Member ag:RevolvingCreditFacilityMember
1167 Primero Debt Facilities [Member] Member ag:PrimeroDebtFacilitiesMember
1168 Convertible debentures [Member] Member ag:ConvertibleDebenturesMember
1169 Range [axis] Axis ifrs-full:RangeAxis
1170 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1171 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1172 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1173 Types of interest rates [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfInterestRatesAxis
1174 Interest rate types [member] Member ifrs-full:InterestRateTypesMember
1175 Floating interest rate [member] Member ifrs-full:FloatingInterestRateMember
1176 London inter-bank offer rate [member] Member ag:LondonInterbankOfferRateMember
1177 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
1178 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1179 Primero Mining Corp. [member] Member ag:PrimeroMiningCorpMember
1180 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1181 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1182 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1183 Proceeds from issuing convertible debentures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromIssuingConvertibleDebentures
1184 Proceeds from issuing convertible debentures, net Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromIssuingConvertibleDebenturesNet
1185 Payments of transaction costs for borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:PaymentsOfTransactionCostsForBorrowings
1186 Borrowings, maturity Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:BorrowingsMaturity
1187 Borrowings, interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
1188 Convertible debentures, conversion rate per $1000 Concept (Shares) For Period ag:ConvertibleDebenturesConversionRatePer1000
1189 Convertible debentures, conversion price per share Concept (Share) For Period ag:ConvertibleDebenturesConversionPricePerShare
1190 Convertible debentures, earliest redemption date Concept (Date) For Period ag:ConvertibleDebenturesEarliestRedemptionDate
1191 Convertible debentures, share price threshold Concept (Percent) For Period ag:ConvertibleDebenturesSharePriceThreshold
1192 Convertible debentures, fair value of the debt portion Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:ConvertibleDebenturesFairValueOfTheDebtPortion
1193 Convertible debentures, fair value of debt portion, discounted cash flow model method, expected life Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ag:ConvertibleDebenturesFairValueOfDebtPortionDiscountedCashFlowModelMethodExpectedLife
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1200 Line of credit, term Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ag:LineOfCreditTerm
1201 Borrowings, interest rate basis Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRateBasis
1202 Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsAdjustmentToInterestRateBasis
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1204 Revolving credit facility assumed from acquisition Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:RevolvingCreditFacilityAssumedFromAcquisition
1205 Covenant leverage ratio based on total debt to rolling four quarters adjusted EBITDA Concept (Pure) For Period ag:CovenantLeverageRatioBasedOnTotalDebtToRollingFourQuartersAdjustedEBITDA
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1207 Tangible Net worth threshold covenants Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:TangibleNetWorthThresholdCovenants
1208 Tangible net worth threshold, covenants, percentage of positive earnings added to tangible net worth Concept (Percent) For Period ag:TangibleNetWorthThresholdCovenantsPercentageOfPositiveEarningsAddedToTangibleNetWorth
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1210 Total borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
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1212 Revolving credit facility, undrawn standby fee Concept (Percent) As Of ag:RevolvingCreditFacilityUndrawnStandbyFee
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1214 Repayments of borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
1215 094 - Disclosure - Note 19 - Debt Facilities - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Debt Activity (Details) Network

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1220 Revolving credit facility with three lenders [member] Member ag:RevolvingCreditFacilityWithThreeLendersMember
1221 Scotia Debt Facilities [Member] Member ag:ScotiaDebtFacilitiesMember
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1227 Interest and accretion expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnDebtInstrumentsIssued
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1229 Repayments of finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsForDebtIssueCosts
1230 Net proceeds from debt financing Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromNoncurrentBorrowings
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1233 Accretion Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AccretionExpense
1234 Current portion of debt facilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ShorttermBorrowings
1235 Non-current portion of debt facilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1236 095 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Equipment Financing Obligations (Details Textual) Network

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1241 Equipment Financing [member] Member ag:EquipmentFinancingMember
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1245 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1246 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1247 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1249 Lease terms Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ag:LeaseTerms
1250 Borrowings, interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
1251 Property, plant and equipment, pledged as security Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentPledgedAsSecurity
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1253 Quarterly lease terms Concept (Integer) For Period ag:QuarterlyLeaseTerms
1254 Borrowings, adjustment to interest rate basis Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsAdjustmentToInterestRateBasis
1255 096 - Disclosure - Note 20 - Equipment Financing Obligations - Disclosure of Equipment Financing Obligations (Details) Network

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1260 Equipment Financing [member] Member ag:EquipmentFinancingMember
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1262 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1264 Balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LeaseLiabilities
1265 Net proceeds from equipment financing Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromEquipmentFinancingObligations
1266 Finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnLeaseLiabilities
1267 Repayments of principal Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashOutflowForLeases
1268 Repayments of finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherInflowsOutflowsOfCashClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
1269 Current portion of equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLeaseLiabilities
1270 Non-current portion of equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLeaseLiabilities
1271 097 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Decommissioning Liabilities (Details Textual) Network

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1277 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1278 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1279 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1280 Discount rate used in current estimate of value in use Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesUsedInCurrentEstimateOfValueInUse
1281 Historical inflation rate Concept (Percent) As Of ag:HistoricalInflationRate
1282 098 - Disclosure - Note 21 - Decommissioning Liabilities - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Decommissioning Liability (Details) Network

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1288 Mexico - La Encantada [member] Member ag:MexicoLaEncantadaMember
1289 Mexico - San Martin [member] Member ag:MexicoSanMartinMember
1290 Mexico - La Parrilla [member] Member ag:MexicoLaParrillaMember
1291 Mexico - Del Toro [member] Member ag:MexicoDelToroMember
1292 Mexico - La Guitarra [member] Member ag:MexicoLaGuitarraMember
1293 La Luz [member] Member ag:LaLuzMember
1294 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1295 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1297 Beginning decommissioning liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCosts
1298 Change in rehabilitation provision Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTransfersAndOtherChangesOtherProvisions
1299 Interest or accretion expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughTimeValueOfMoneyAdjustmentOtherProvisions
1300 Foreign exchange loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughNetExchangeDifferencesOtherProvisions
1301 Acquired from Primero Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AcquisitionsThroughBusinessCombinationsOtherProvisions
1302 Reclamation costs incurred Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughReclamationCostsOtherProvisions
1303 Ending decommissioning liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCosts
1304 099 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes (Details Textual) Network

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1309 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1310 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1311 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1312 Net deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
1313 Deductible temporary differences for which no deferred tax asset is recognised Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:DeductibleTemporaryDifferencesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetIsRecognised
1314 100 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Effective Income Tax Expense Recovery (Details) Network

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1317 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1318 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1319 Loss before tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
1320 Combined statutory tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
1321 Income tax recovery computed at statutory tax rate Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
1322 Effect of different foreign statutory tax rates on earnings of subsidiaries Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfForeignTaxRates
1323 Impact of foreign exchange on deferred income tax assets and liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ImpactOfForeignExchangeOnDeferredIncomeTaxAssetsAndLiabilities
1324 Change in unrecognized deferred income tax asset Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ChangeInUnrecognizedDeferredIncomeTaxAsset
1325 Tax effect of mining in Mexico Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:TaxEffectOfMiningRoyaltyInMexico
1326 Other non-deductible expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfExpenseNotDeductibleInDeterminingTaxableProfitTaxLoss
1327 Impact of inflationary adjustments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectFromChangeInTaxRate
1328 Change in tax provision estimates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:TaxEffectOfChangeInTaxProvisionEstimates
1329 Impact of post acquisition Primero restructure Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ImpactOfPostAcquisitionAndRestructure
1330 Other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
1331 Income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1332 Current income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
1333 Deferred income tax recovery Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncome
1334 Effective tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:AverageEffectiveTaxRate
1335 101 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Effective Income Tax Expense Recovery (Details) (Parentheticals) Network

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1337 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1338 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1339 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1340 7.5% mining royalty in Mexico Concept (Percent) For Period ag:MiningRoyaltyInMexico
1341 102 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes - Disclosure of Deferred Taxes (Details) Network

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1345 Losses [member] Member ag:LossesMember
1346 Provisions [member] Member ag:ProvisionsMember
1347 Deferred tax asset not recognized [member] Member ag:DeferredTaxAssetNotRecognizedMember
1348 Other deferred tax assets [member] Member ag:OtherDeferredTaxAssetsMember
1349 Property, plant and equipment and mining interests [member] Member ag:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentAndMiningInterestsMember
1350 Effect of Mexican tax deconsolidation [member] Member ag:EffectOfMexicanTaxDeconsolidationMember
1351 Other deferred tax liabilities [member] Member ag:OtherDeferredTaxLiabilitiesMember
1352 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1353 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1354 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1355 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
1356 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:DeferredTaxAssetNotRecognized
1357 (Expense) benefit to income statement Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DeferredTaxIncomeExpenseRecognisedInProfitOrLossDeferredTaxAssets
1358 Acquired from Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:IncreaseThroughBusinessCombinationsDeferredTaxAsset
1359 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
1360 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:DeferredTaxAssetNotRecognized
1361 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1362 (Benefit) expense to income statement Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:DeferredTaxIncomeExpenseRecognisedInProfitOrLossDeferredTaxLiabilities
1363 Reclassed to current income taxes payable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DeferredIncomeTaxLiabilitiesReclassedToCurrentIncomeTaxesPayable
1364 Acquired from Primero (Note 4) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:IncreaseThroughBusinessCombinationsDeferredTaxLiabilities
1365 Charged to equity Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:ChargedToEquityDeferredTaxLiabilities
1366 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1367 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxAssets
1368 Deferred tax liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDeferredTaxLiabilities
1369 Deferred tax (assets) liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1370 103 - Disclosure - Note 22 - Income Taxes - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Deferred Tax Assets Expiration (Details) Network

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1374 CANADA Member country:CA
1375 SWITZERLAND Member country:CH
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1377 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1378 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1379 The 2018 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2018ExpirationYearMember
1380 The 2019 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2019ExpirationYearMember
1381 The 2020 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2020ExpirationYearMember
1382 The 2021 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2021ExpirationYearMember
1383 The 2022 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2022ExpirationYearMember
1384 The 2023 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2023ExpirationYearMember
1385 The 2024 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2024ExpirationYearMember
1386 The 2025 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2025ExpirationYearMember
1387 The 2026 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2026ExpirationYearMember
1388 The 2027 expiration year [member] Member ag:The2027ExpirationYearMember
1389 The 2028 and after expiration years [member] Member ag:The2028AndAfterExpirationYearsMember
1390 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1391 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1392 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1393 Non-capital losses Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:NonCapitalLosses
1394 Unrecognized losses Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesForWhichNoDeferredTaxAssetRecognised
1395 104 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital (Details Textual) Network

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1400 Vesting on each six months thereafter [member] Member ag:VestingOnEachSixMonthsThereafterMember
1401 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
1402 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1403 Primero Mining Corp. [member] Member ag:PrimeroMiningCorpMember
1404 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1405 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1407 Par value per share Concept (Share) As Of ifrs-full:ParValuePerShare
1408 Total increase (decrease) in number of shares outstanding Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstanding
1409 Weighted average share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePrice
1410 Percent of shares reserved for issuance under share based compensation plan Concept (Percent) For Period ag:PercentOfSharesReservedForIssuanceUnderShareBasedCompensationPlan
1411 Maximum term of options granted for share-based payment arrangement Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period ag:MaximumTermOfOptionsGrantedForSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1412 Vesting percentage for share-based payment arrangement Concept (Percent) For Period ag:VestingPercentageForSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1413 Number of replacement stock options issued Concept (Shares) As Of ag:NumberOfReplacementStockOptionsIssued
1414 Fair value share options granted Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:FairValueShareOptionsGranted
1415 Weighted average fair value at measurement date, share options granted Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:WeightedAverageFairValueAtMeasurementDateShareOptionsGranted
1416 Weighted average share price share options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:WeightedAverageSharePriceShareOptionsExercised
1417 Number of replacement warrants issued Concept (Shares) As Of ag:NumberOfReplacementWarrantsIssued
1418 Replacement warrants issued, exercise price Concept (Share) For Period ag:ReplacementWarrantsIssuedExercisePrice
1419 Share repurchase program, authorized shares, percentage of shares issued and outstanding Concept (Percent) For Period ag:ShareRepurchaseProgramAuthorizedSharesPercentageOfSharesIssuedAndOutstanding
1420 Decrease in number of shares outstanding, shares repurchased and cancelled Concept (Shares) For Period ag:DecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSharesRepurchasedAndCancelled
1421 Decrease through shares repurchased and cancelled Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughSharesRepurchasedAndCancelled
1422 Decrease in number of shares outstanding shares repurchased for delisting Concept (Shares) For Period ag:DecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstandingSharesRepurchasedForDelisting
1423 Decrease through shares repurchased for delisting Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:DecreaseThroughSharesRepurchasedForDelisting
1424 105 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital - Disclosure of Range of Exercise Prices of Outstanding Share Options (Details) Network

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1429 Range 2 [member] Member ag:Range2Member
1430 Range 3 [member] Member ag:Range3Member
1431 Range 4 [member] Member ag:Range4Member
1432 Range 5 [member] Member ag:Range5Member
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1434 Ranges [member] Member ifrs-full:RangesMember
1435 Bottom of range [member] Member ifrs-full:BottomOfRangeMember
1436 Top of range [member] Member ifrs-full:TopOfRangeMember
1437 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1438 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1440 Exercise price of outstanding share options Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:ExercisePriceOfOutstandingShareOptions
1441 Number of options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
1442 Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1443 Weighted average remaining contractual life of outstanding share options Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageRemainingContractualLifeOfOutstandingShareOptions
1444 Number of share options exercisable in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1445 Weighted average exercise price of share options exercisable in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisableInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1446 Weighted average remaining contractual life of exercisable share options Concept (Decimal) As Of ag:WeightedAverageRemainingContractualLifeOfExercisableShareOptions
1447 106 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital - Disclosure of Number and Weighted Average Exercise Prices of Share Options (Details) Network

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1453 Weighted average exercise price of share options outstanding in share-based payment arrangement Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsOutstandingInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1454 Granted(1) Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1455 Granted, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsGrantedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1456 Exercised Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1457 Exercised, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExercisedInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1458 Cancelled or expired Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:NumberOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1459 Cancelled or expired, weighted average exercise price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageExercisePriceOfShareOptionsExpiredInSharebasedPaymentArrangement
1460 Balance, end of the year Concept (Decimal) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfOutstandingShareOptions
1461 107 - Disclosure - Note 23 - Share Capital - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Options, Valuation Assumptions (Details) Network

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1464 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
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1466 Risk-free interest rate (%) Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfRiskFreeInterestRateShareOptionsGranted
1467 Expected life (years) Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfOptionLifeShareOptionsGranted
1468 Expected volatility (%) Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfExpectedVolatilityShareOptionsGranted
1469 Expected dividend yield (%) Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ExpectedDividendAsPercentageShareOptionsGranted
1470 108 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management (Details Textual) Network

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1472 Business combinations [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BusinessCombinationsAxis
1473 Entity's total for business combinations [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForBusinessCombinationsMember
1474 Primero Mining Corp. [member] Member ag:PrimeroMiningCorpMember
1475 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
1476 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1477 Market risk [member] Member ifrs-full:MarketRiskMember
1478 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1479 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1480 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1481 Current value added tax receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentValueAddedTaxReceivables
1482 Value added tax receivables, recovered outstanding amount Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:ValueAddedTaxReceivablesRecoveredOutstandingAmount
1483 Working capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:WorkingCapital
1484 Available liquidity Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:AvailableLiquidity
1485 Available liquidity, undrawn revolving credit facility Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:AvailableLiquidityUndrawnRevolvingCreditFacility
1486 Interest Rate Risk Sensitivity Concept (Percent) As Of ag:InterestRateRiskSensitivity
1487 109 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Financial Instruments (Details) Network

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1488 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1489 Levels of fair value hierarchy [axis] Axis ifrs-full:LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis
1490 All levels of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:AllLevelsOfFairValueHierarchyMember
1491 Carrying value [member] Member ag:CarryingValueMember
1492 Level 1 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level1OfFairValueHierarchyMember
1493 Level 2 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level2OfFairValueHierarchyMember
1494 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1495 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1496 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1497 Trade receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeReceivables
1498 Other financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
1499 Silver future derivatives Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialAssets
1500 110 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Capital Risk Management (Details) Network

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1503 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1504 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1505 Equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1506 Debt facilities, balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1507 Equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayableAtPresentValue
1508 Less: cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1509 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ag:Capital
1510 111 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Disclosure of Financial Liabilities (Details) Network

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1512 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
1513 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1514 Contractual cash flows [member] Member ag:ContractualCashFlowsMember
1515 Less than 1 year [member] Member ag:LessThan1YearMember
1516 From 1 to 3 years [member] Member ag:From1To3YearsMember
1517 From 4 to 5 years [member] Member ag:From4To5YearsMember
1518 After 5 years [member] Member ag:After5YearsMember
1519 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1520 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1521 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1522 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1523 Debt facilities, balance Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1524 Equipment financing obligations Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayableAtPresentValue
1525 Other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentLiabilities
1526 Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinancialLiabilities
1527 112 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Currency Risk (Details) Network

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1528 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1529 Currency [Axis] Axis srt:CurrencyAxis
1530 All Currencies [Domain] Member currency:AllCurrenciesDomain
1531 Canada, Dollars Member currency:CAD
1532 Mexico, Pesos Member currency:MXN
1533 Amounts in foreign currencies [member] Member ag:AmountsInForeignCurrenciesMember
1534 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1535 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1536 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1537 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1538 Trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
1539 Value added taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentValueAddedTaxReceivables
1540 Other financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialAssets
1541 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1542 Silver future derivatives Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DerivativeFinancialAssets
1543 Net assets (liabilities) exposure Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:ValueAtRisk
1544 Effect of 10% change in currency Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueMeasurementDueToChangeInOneOrMoreUnobservableInputsToReflectReasonablyPossibleAlternativeAssumptionsAssets
1545 113 - Disclosure - Note 24 - Financial Instruments and Related Risk Management - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Price Risk (Details) Network

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1547 Types of risks [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksAxis
1548 Risks [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfRisksMember
1549 Commodity price risk [member] Member ifrs-full:CommodityPriceRiskMember
1550 Types of contracts [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TypesOfContractsAxis
1551 Types of contracts [member] Member ifrs-full:TypesOfContractsMember
1552 Metals subject to provisional price adjustments [member] Member ag:MetalsSubjectToProvisionalPriceAdjustmentsMember
1553 Metals in dore and concentrates inventory [member] Member ag:MetalsInDoreAndConcentratesInventoryMember
1554 Products and services [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesAxis
1555 Products and services [member] Member ifrs-full:ProductsAndServicesMember
1556 Silver [member] Member ag:SilverMember
1557 Gold [member] Member ag:GoldMember
1558 Lead [member] Member ag:LeadMember
1559 Zinc [member] Member ag:ZincMember
1560 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1561 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1562 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1563 Effect of a 10% change in metal prices Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInFairValueMeasurementDueToChangeInOneOrMoreUnobservableInputsToReflectReasonablyPossibleAlternativeAssumptionsAssets
1564 114 - Disclosure - Note 25 - Supplemental Cash Flow Information - Disclosure of Detailed Information About Supplemental Cash Flow (Details) Network

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1566 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1567 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1568 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1569 Unrealized foreign exchange loss (gain) and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnExchangeDifferencesOnTranslationRecognisedInProfitOrLoss
1570 Unrealized loss from marketable securities and silver futures derivatives Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:LossGainFromSilverDerivativesAndMarketableSecurities
1571 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsToReconcileProfitLossOtherThanChangesInWorkingCapital
1572 Decrease in trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
1573 Increase in value added taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInValueAddedTaxesReceivable
1574 Decrease in inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
1575 Decrease (increase) in prepaid expenses and other Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInOtherCurrentAssets
1576 Decrease in income taxes payable Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInIncomeTaxesPayables
1577 (Decrease) increase in trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
1578 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapital
1579 Transfer of share-based payments reserve upon exercise of options Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:TransferOfShareBasedPaymentsReserveUponExerciseOfOptions
1580 Settlement of liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:NonCashSettlementOfLiabilities
1581 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherMaterialNoncashItems
1582 115 - Disclosure - Note 26 - Contingencies and Other Matters (Details Textual) Network

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1584 Segments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentsAxis
1585 Segments [member] Member ifrs-full:SegmentsMember
1586 Mexico - San Dimas [member] Member ag:MexicoSanDimasMember
1587 Counterparties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CounterpartiesAxis
1588 Counterparties [member] Member ifrs-full:CounterpartiesMember
1589 Wheaton Precious Metals International Ltd. [member] Member ag:WheatonPreciousMetalsInternationalLtdMember
1590 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1591 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1592 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1593 Gains on litigation settlements Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsOnLitigationSettlements
1594 Proceeds from litigation settlement Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:ProceedsFromLitigationSettlement
1595 Estimated financial effect of contingent assets Concept (Monetary) As Of ifrs-full:EstimatedFinancialEffectOfContingentAssets
1596 Percent of silver production required to be sold Concept (Percent) For Period ag:PercentOfSilverProductionRequiredToBeSold
1597 Maximum silver production required to be sold Concept (Integer) For Period ag:MaximumSilverProductionRequiredToBeSold
1598 Silver, selling price, per ounce Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:SilverSellingPricePerOunce
1599 Purchase agreement, annual inflation increase, percent Concept (Percent) For Period ag:PurchaseAgreementAnnualInflationIncreasePercent
1600 Potential incremental income tax before interest and penalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ag:PotentialIncrementalIncomeTaxBeforeInterestAndPenalties
1601 Non-current income taxes receivable Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ag:NoncurrentIncomeTaxesReceivable
1602 116 - Disclosure - Note 27 - Subsidiaries - Disclosure of Subsidiaries (Details) Network

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1604 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
1605 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
1606 First Majestic Silver Corp. [member] Member ag:FirstMajesticSilverCorpMember
1607 Corporacion First Majestic, S.A. de C.V [member] Member ag:CorporacionFirstMajesticSADeCVMember
1608 Primero Empresa Minera, S.A de C.V. [Member] Member ag:PrimeroEmpresaMineraSaDeCvMember
1609 Nusantara de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:NusantaraDeMexicoSADeCVMember
1610 Minera La Encantada, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:MineraLaEncantadaSADeCVMember
1611 La Encantada Procesadora de Minerales, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:LaEncantadaProcesadoraDeMineralesSADeCVMember
1612 First Majestic Plata, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:FirstMajesticPlataSADeCVMember
1613 Minera El Pilon, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:MineraElPilonSADeCVMember
1614 First Majestic Del Toro, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:FirstMajesticDelToroSADeCVMember
1615 La Guitarra Compania Minera, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:LaGuitarraCompaniaMineraSADeCVMember
1616 Majestic Services, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:MajesticServicesSADeCVMember
1617 Santa Elena Oro y Plata, S.A. de C.V. [member] Member ag:SantaElenaOroYPlataSADeCVMember
1618 FM Metal Trading (Barbados) Ltd [Member] Member ag:FmMetalTradingBarbadosLtdMember
1619 Silver Trading (Barbados) Ltd. [Member] Member ag:SilverTradingBarbadosLtdMember
1620 FMS Trading AG [member] Member ag:FMSTradingAGMember
1621 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1622 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1623 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1624 Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInSubsidiary
1625 117 - Disclosure - Note 28 - Key Management Compensation - Disclosure of Information About Key Management Personnel (Details) Network

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1626 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1627 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1628 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1629 Independent members of the board of directors [member] Member ag:IndependentMembersOfTheBoardOfDirectorsMember
1630 Other members of key management [member] Member ag:OtherMembersOfKeyManagementMember
1631 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1632 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1633 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1634 Salaries, bonuses, fees and benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
1635 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
1636 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
1637 118 - Disclosure - Note 29 - Subsequent Events (Details Textual) Network

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1638 Statement Table [Table] Table

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1639 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
1640 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1641 Prospectus supplement [Member] Member ag:ProspectusSupplementMember
1642 Legal Entity [Axis] Axis dei:LegalEntityAxis
1643 Entity [Domain] Member dei:EntityDomain
1644 Statement Line Items [Line Items] LineItems ag:StatementLineItems
1645 Sale of Stock, authorized aggregate gross proceeds Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ag:SaleOfStockAuthorizedAggregateGrossProceeds
1646 Total number of shares issued Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
1647 Proceeds from issuing shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssuingShares
1648 Weighted average share price Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageSharePrice

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