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12 Entity Central Index Key Concept (CIK Number) For Period dei:EntityCentralIndexKey
13 Current Fiscal Year End Date Concept (Month/Day) For Period dei:CurrentFiscalYearEndDate
14 Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityWellKnownSeasonedIssuer
15 Entity Voluntary Filers Concept (Yes/No) For Period dei:EntityVoluntaryFilers
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19 Trading Symbol Concept (Text/String) For Period dei:TradingSymbol
20 102 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME Network

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29 Gold sales on spot Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromSaleOfGold
30 Total revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
31 Share of profits of equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
32 Other income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherIncome
33 Total income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:TotalIncome
34 Cost and expenses Abstract gold:CostAndExpensesAbstract
35 Mining and processing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:RawMaterialsAndConsumablesUsed
36 Royalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:RoyaltyExpense
37 Exploration and corporate expenditure Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
38 Other expenses Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherExpenseByNature
39 Total costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OperatingExpense
40 Finance income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
41 Finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
42 Finance income/(costs) - net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncomeCost
43 Share of equity accounted joint ventures other comprehensive (expense)/income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
44 Profit before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
45 Income tax benefit / (expense) Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
46 Profit for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
47 Other comprehensive expense Abstract ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeAbstract
48 Gain/(loss) on available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnRemeasuringAvailableforsaleFinancialAssetsNetOfTax
49 Share of equity accounted joint ventures other comprehensive (expense)/income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethodThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
50 Recycling of permanent losses on available-for-sale asset Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReclassificationAdjustmentsOnAvailableforsaleFinancialAssetsNetOfTax
51 Total other comprehensive (expense)/income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
52 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
53 Profit attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToAbstract
54 Owners of the parent Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOwnersOfParent
55 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
56 Profit for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
57 Total comprehensive income attributable to: Abstract ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToAbstract
58 Owners of the parent Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToOwnersOfParent
59 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncomeAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
60 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
61 Basic earnings per share ($) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
62 Diluted earnings per share ($) Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
63 Average shares in issue (000) Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
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75 Trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentReceivables
76 Mineral properties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:MiningAssets
77 Long term ore stockpiles Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentOreStockpiles
78 Investment in equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
79 Other investments in joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherInvestmentsInJointVentures
80 Total investments in joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVentures
81 Deferred tax asset Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
82 Total non-current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
83 Current assets Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentAssetsAbstract
84 Inventories and ore stockpiles Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Inventories
85 Trade and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
86 Available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentFinancialAssetsAvailableforsale
87 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
88 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
89 Total assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:Assets
90 Equity and liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilitiesAbstract
91 EQUITY Abstract ifrs-full:EquityAbstract
92 Share capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:IssuedCapital
93 Share premium Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:SharePremium
94 Retained earnings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:RetainedEarnings
95 Other reserves Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherReserves
96 Equity attributable to owners of the parent Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAttributableToOwnersOfParent
97 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
98 Total equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
99 Non-current liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
100 Loans from minority shareholders Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
101 Deferred tax Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
102 Provision for rehabilitation Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisions
103 Total non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
104 Current liabilities Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilitiesAbstract
105 Loans and borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
106 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
107 Current tax payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxLiabilitiesCurrent
108 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
109 Total equity and liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:EquityAndLiabilities
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128 Share of other comprehensive income of joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfOtherComprehensiveIncomeOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethodThatWillBeReclassifiedToProfitOrLossNetOfTax
129 Fair value movement on available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
130 Total other comprehensive expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncome
131 Net profit for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
132 Total comprehensive income/(expense) for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
133 Shares issued to equity owners Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IssueOfEquity
134 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughSharebasedPaymentTransactions
135 Share options exercised Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughExerciseOfOptions
136 Share options exercised (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period gold:NumberOfSharesIssuedForExerciseOfShareOptions
137 Reserves transfer on exercise of options previously expensed under IFRS 2 Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AmountRemovedFromReserveOfChangeInValueOfTimeValueOfOptionsAndIncludedInInitialCostOrOtherCarryingAmountOfNonfinancialAssetLiabilityOrFirmCommitmentForWhichFairValueHedgeAccountingIsApplied
138 Shares vested Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:ValueOfSharesIssuedRelatedToAwardsUnderCoinvestmentPlanByEntity
139 Shares vested (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period gold:NumberOfSharesIssuedRelatedToAwardsUnderCoinvestmentPlan
140 Dividends Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsPaid
141 Dividend relating Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsRecognisedAsDistributionsToOwnersOfParentRelatingToPriorYears
142 Dividend relating (in shares) Concept (Shares) For Period gold:NumberOfSharesIssuedForDividend
143 Recycling of permanent losses on available-for-sale asset Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReclassificationAdjustmentsOnAvailableforsaleFinancialAssetsNetOfTax
144 Non-controlling interest share of Gounkoto dividend Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsRecognisedAsDistributionsToNoncontrollingInterests
145 Purchase of additional share in Tongon Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangesInOwnershipInterestsInSubsidiariesThatDoNotResultInLossOfControl
146 Balance at the end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
147 Balance (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
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152 Reserve of exchange differences on translation Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ReserveOfExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
153 Reserve of gains and losses on financial assets measured at fair value through other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ReserveOfGainsAndLossesOnFinancialAssetsMeasuredAtFairValueThroughOtherComprehensiveIncome
154 106 - Statement - CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS Network

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164 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
165 Profit before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
166 Share of profits of equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
167 Net finance (income)/cost Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceCosts
168 Unwind of discount on provisions for environmental rehabilitation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForProvisions
169 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
170 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForSharebasedPayments
171 Non-cash adjustment on royalties Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherAdjustmentsForNoncashItems
172 Loss on sale of available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
173 Cash flows from (used in) operations before changes in working capital Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperationsBeforeChangesInWorkingCapital
174 Effects of changes in operating working capital items Abstract gold:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapitalAbstract
175 Receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAccountReceivable
176 Inventories and ore stockpiles Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
177 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAccountPayable
178 Cash generated from operations before interest and tax Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperations
179 Interest received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
180 Interest paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
181 Dividends received from equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
182 Income tax paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefundClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
183 Net cash generated by operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperatingActivities
184 Additions to property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
185 Sale of available-for-sale financial assets Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromDisposalOrMaturityOfAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
186 Funds invested in equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherCashPaymentsToAcquireInterestsInJointVenturesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
187 Loans repaid by equity accounted joint ventures Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashReceiptsFromRepaymentOfAdvancesAndLoansMadeToRelatedParties
188 Acquisition of additional interest in Tongon Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:CashFlowsUsedInObtainingControlOfSubsidiariesOrOtherBusinessesClassifiedAsInvestingActivities
189 Net cash used in investing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInInvestingActivities
190 Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProceedsFromIssueOfOrdinaryShares
191 Dividends paid to company’s shareholders Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToEquityHoldersOfParentClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
192 Dividends paid to non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidToNoncontrollingInterestsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
193 Repayment of borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RepaymentsOfBorrowingsClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
194 Net cash used by financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInFinancingActivities
195 Net increase in cash and equivalents Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInCashAndCashEquivalents
196 Cash and equivalents at beginning of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
197 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
198 Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalentsIfDifferentFromStatementOfFinancialPosition
199 Bank overdrafts Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BankOverdraftsClassifiedAsCashEquivalents
200 Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalentsIfDifferentFromStatementOfFinancialPosition
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250 113 - Disclosure - Share capital and premium Network

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279 117 - Disclosure - Property, plant and equipment Network

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861 Massawa project [Member] Member gold:MassawaProjectMember
862 Societe des Mines de Gounkoto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeGounkotoSaMember
863 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
864 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
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866 Underground Mining Property [Member] Member gold:UndergroundMiningPropertyMember
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869 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
870 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
871 Gold Price Per Ounces For Probable Reserve Calculation Concept (Per Unit) As Of gold:GoldPricePerOuncesForProbableReserveCalculation
872 179 - Disclosure - Key accounting estimates and judgments (Details Textual) Network

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879 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
880 Income tax type [axis] Axis gold:IncomeTaxTypeAxis
881 Income tax type [domain] Member gold:IncomeTaxTypeDomain
882 Value Added Tax [Member] Member gold:ValueAddedTaxMember
883 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
884 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
885 Societe des Mines de Loulo SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeLouloSaMember
886 Segment consolidation items [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SegmentConsolidationItemsAxis
887 Entity's total for segment consolidation items [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSegmentConsolidationItemsMember
888 Mali operations [Member] Member gold:MaliOperationsMember
889 Classes of other provisions [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfProvisionsAxis
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891 Provision for decommissioning, restoration and rehabilitation costs [member] Member ifrs-full:ProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCostsMember
892 Reclassified items [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ReclassifiedItemsAxis
893 Reclassified items [member] Member ifrs-full:ReclassifiedItemsMember
894 1% change [Member] Member gold:OnePercentChangeMember
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896 Financial instruments, class [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialInstrumentsMember
897 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
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906 Intangible assets with indefinite useful life [member] Member ifrs-full:IntangibleAssetsWithIndefiniteUsefulLifeMember
907 Mine plan [Member] Member gold:MinePlanMember
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910 Value added tax receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ValueAddedTaxReceivables
911 Non-current value added tax receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentValueAddedTaxReceivables
912 Proportion of ownership interest in joint venture Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInJointVenture
913 Allowance account for credit losses of financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AllowanceAccountForCreditLossesOfFinancialAssets
914 Income taxes paid (refund), classified as financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefundClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
915 Payment Of Advance Taxes Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:PaymentOfAdvanceTaxes
916 Future Commodity Prices Per Barrel Concept (Integer) As Of gold:FutureCommodityPricesPerBarrel
917 Gold Price Curve Per Ounce Concept (Per Unit) As Of gold:GoldPriceCurvePerOunce
918 Annual Increase Percentage in Gold Price Curve Concept (Percent) As Of gold:AnnualIncreasePercentageInGoldPriceCurve
919 Discount rate applied to cash flow projections Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesAppliedToCashFlowProjections
920 Growth rate used to extrapolate cash flow projections Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfGrowthRateUsedToExtrapolateCashFlowProjections
921 Explanation of main events and circumstances that led to recognition of impairment losses and reversals of impairment losses Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:ExplanationOfMainEventsAndCircumstancesThatLedToRecognitionOfImpairmentLossesAndReversalsOfImpairmentLosses
922 Gold Price Per Ounces For Probable Reserve Calculation Concept (Per Unit) As Of gold:GoldPricePerOuncesForProbableReserveCalculation
923 Discount rate used in current estimate of value in use Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesUsedInCurrentEstimateOfValueInUse
924 Increase (decrease) through change in discount rate, other provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInDiscountRateOtherProvisions
925 Other comprehensive income, net of tax, change in fair value of financial liability attributable to change in credit risk of liability Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxChangeInFairValueOfFinancialLiabilityAttributableToChangeInCreditRiskOfLiability
926 Percentage of amounts forecasted through offsetting Concept (Pure) For Period gold:PercentageOfAmountsForecastedThroughOffsetting
927 Description of recoverable period by the impact of receipts in next twelve months Concept (Text/String) For Period gold:DescriptionOfRecoverablePeriodByImpactOfReceiptsInNextTwelveMonths
928 Description of increase in provision that impacts discount rate and recovery period Concept (Text/String) For Period gold:DescriptionOfIncreaseInProvisionThatImpactsDiscountRateAndRecoveryPeriod
929 Change in discount rate Concept (Percent) For Period gold:ChangeInDiscountRate
930 Increase (decrease) in other provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ChangesInOtherProvisions
931 Stripping costs capitalised Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:StrippingCostsCapitalised
932 Stripping assets book value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:StrippingAssetsBookValue
933 Deferred tax assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssets
934 Deferred Tax Liabilities, Net Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
935 Discounting provision Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:DiscountingProvision
936 Description regarding impact of provision as by change in discount rate Concept (Text/String) For Period gold:DescriptionRegardingImpactOfProvisionAsByChangeInDiscountRate
937 Decrease of Gold Price before tax losses which are unused Concept (num:volumeItemType) For Period gold:DecreaseOfGoldPriceBeforeTaxLossesWhichAreUnused
938 Useful lives or amortisation rates, intangible assets other than goodwill Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:UsefulLivesOrAmortisationRatesIntangibleAssetsOtherThanGoodwill
939 180 - Disclosure - OTHER INCOME AND EXPENSES (Details) Network

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942 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
943 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
944 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
945 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
946 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
947 Other Income from operating activities comprise: Abstract gold:OtherIncomeFromOperatingActivitiesAbstract
948 Other income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherOperatingIncomeExpense
949 Net foreign exchange gains Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:NetForeignExchangeGain
950 Other income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherIncome
951 Other Expenses: Abstract ifrs-full:ExpenseByNatureAbstract
952 Management Fee Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:ManagementFeeExpenses
953 Net foreign exchange loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:NetForeignExchangeLoss
954 Discounting provision Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ProvisionUsedOtherProvisions
955 Other expenses, by nature Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherExpenseByNature
956 181 - Disclosure - MINING AND PROCESSING COSTS (Details) Network

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957 Statement [Table] Table

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959 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
960 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
961 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
962 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
963 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
964 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
965 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
966 Mining and processing costs comprise: Abstract gold:MiningAndProcessingCostAbstract
967 Mine production costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:MineProductionCosts
968 Movement in production inventory and ore stockpiles Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WritedownsReversalsOfInventories
969 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
970 Other mining and processing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:OtherMiningAndProcessingCosts
971 Mining and processing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:MiningAndProcessingCosts
972 182 - Disclosure - Income taxes (Details) Network

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975 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
976 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
977 Disclosure of income tax [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxLineItems
978 Current taxation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:CurrentTaxExpenseIncome
979 Deferred taxation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxExpenseIncomeRelatingToTaxRateChangesOrImpositionOfNewTaxes
980 Tax expense (income), continuing operations Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
981 The tax on the group’s profit before tax differs from the theoretical amount that would arise using the statutory tax rate applicable to the group’s operations. Abstract ifrs-full:ReconciliationOfAccountingProfitMultipliedByApplicableTaxRatesAbstract
982 (Loss)/profit before tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
983 Tax calculated at the DRC effective tax rate of 30% Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
984 Difference in tax rates in overseas jurisdictions Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfForeignTaxRates
985 Reconciling items: Abstract gold:TaxEffectReconcilingItemsAbstract
986 • Income taxed at 0% Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfRevenuesExemptFromTaxation2011
987 • Expenses deductible at 0% Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxEffectOfExpenseNotDeductibleInDeterminingTaxableProfitTaxLoss
988 Withholding tax adjustment on Tongon dividend Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableCorporateTaxRate
989 Côte d’Ivoire tax holiday permanent differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:TaxEffectOfIncomeTaxHolidayPermanentDifferences
990 Net capital allowances not deductible Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:TaxEffectOfNondeductibleNetCapitalAllowances
991 Share of equity accounted joint venture profits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:IncomeTaxRelatingToShareOfProfitLossFromContinuingOperationsOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
992 Other permanent differences Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:OtherTaxEffectsForReconciliationBetweenAccountingProfitAndTaxExpenseIncome
993 Taxation (credit) / charges Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
994 183 - Disclosure - Income taxes (Details Textual) Network

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995 Disclosure of income tax [Table] Table

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996 Geographical areas [axis] Axis ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasAxis
997 Geographical areas [member] Member ifrs-full:GeographicalAreasMember
998 Jersey [Member] Member gold:JerseyMember
999 Malian operations [Member] Member gold:MalianOperationsMember
1000 Ivorian operations [Member] Member gold:IvorianOperationsMember
1001 Democratic Republic of Congo [Member] Member gold:DemocraticRepublicOfCongoMember
1002 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1003 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1004 Societe des Mines de Gounkoto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeGounkotoSaMember
1005 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1006 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1007 Morila and Kibali [Member] Member gold:MorilaAndKibaliMember
1008 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1009 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [axis] Axis ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsAxis
1010 Temporary difference, unused tax losses and unused tax credits [member] Member ifrs-full:TemporaryDifferenceUnusedTaxLossesAndUnusedTaxCreditsMember
1011 Unused tax losses [member] Member ifrs-full:UnusedTaxLossesMember
1012 Income Tax Type [Axis] Axis gold:IncomeTaxTypeAxis
1013 Income Tax Type [Domain] Member gold:IncomeTaxTypeDomain
1014 Disclosure of income tax [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfIncomeTaxLineItems
1015 Applicable tax rate Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ApplicableTaxRate
1016 Income Tax Holiday, AggregateTax Benefit Amount Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:IncomeTaxHolidayAggregatetaxBenefitAmount
1017 Income Tax Holiday, Expected Reduction In Earnings Per Share Concept (Share) For Period gold:IncomeTaxHolidayExpectedReductionInEarningsPerShare
1018 Applicable Tax Rate On Gross Revenue Concept (Percent) For Period gold:ApplicableTaxRateOnGrossRevenue
1019 Income tax relating to Share of profit loss from continuing operations of associates and joint ventures accounted for using equity method Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:IncomeTaxRelatingToShareOfProfitLossFromContinuingOperationsOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
1020 Tax expense (income) at applicable tax rate Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:TaxExpenseIncomeAtApplicableTaxRate
1021 Deferred tax liability (asset) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1022 Description of Minimum Corporate Tax Required To Pay Concept (Text/String) For Period gold:DescriptionOfMinimumCorporateTaxRequiredToPay
1023 Income taxes paid (refund) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefund
1024 184 - Disclosure - Share capital and premium (Details) Network

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1027 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1028 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1029 Components of equity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ComponentsOfEquityAxis
1030 Equity [Member] Member ifrs-full:EquityMember
1031 Issued capital [member] Member ifrs-full:IssuedCapitalMember
1032 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1033 Balance (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
1034 Shares issued Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfSharesOutstanding
1035 Balance (in shares) Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
1036 185 - Disclosure - Share capital and premium (Details Textual) Network

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1037 Statement [Table] Table

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1039 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1040 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1041 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1042 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1043 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1044 Number of shares authorised Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesAuthorised
1045 Par value per share Concept (Share) As Of ifrs-full:ParValuePerShare
1046 Number of shares issued Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesIssued
1047 Dividends proposed or declared before financial statements authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsProposedOrDeclaredBeforeFinancialStatementsAuthorisedForIssueButNotRecognisedAsDistributionToOwnersPerShare
1048 Increase decrease in dividend by rate, prior year comparision Concept (Percent) For Period gold:IncreaseDecreaseInDividendByRatePriorYearComparision
1049 Value of shares authorised Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:ValueOfSharesAuthorised
1050 Number of shares outstanding Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
1051 Dividends recognised as distributions to owners per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsRecognisedAsDistributionsToOwnersPerShare
1052 Value of shares issued Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:ValueOfSharesIssued
1053 Total value of shares issued Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:TotalValueOfSharesIssued
1054 Share price per share Concept (Share) As Of gold:SharePricePerShare
1055 Number Of Shares Purchased Concept (Shares) As Of gold:NumberOfSharesPurchased
1056 186 - Disclosure - Earnings and dividends per share (Details) Network

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1058 Disclosure Of Earnings Per Share [Abstract] Abstract gold:DisclosureOfEarningsPerShareAbstract
1059 Basic earnings per share Abstract ifrs-full:BasicEarningsPerShareAbstract
1060 Income available to shareholders, Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOrdinaryEquityHoldersOfParentEntity
1061 Shares outstanding, Shares Concept (Shares) As Of ifrs-full:NumberOfSharesOutstanding
1062 Weighted number of shares issued, Shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInNumberOfOrdinarySharesIssued
1063 Income available to shareholders, Shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageShares
1064 Income available to shareholders, Per share amount Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:BasicEarningsLossPerShare
1065 Effective of dilutive securities Abstract ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsPerShareAbstract
1066 Diluted earnings per share, Income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToOrdinaryEquityHoldersOfParentEntityIncludingDilutiveEffects
1067 Share options,Shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfShareOptionsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
1068 Restricted shares,Shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfConvertibleInstrumentsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
1069 Diluted earnings per share,Shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:AdjustedWeightedAverageShares
1070 Diluted earnings per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DilutedEarningsLossPerShare
1071 187 - Disclosure - Earnings and dividends per share (Details Textual) Network

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1073 Antidilutive securities [Axis] Axis gold:AntidilutiveSecuritieAxis
1074 Antidilutive securities [Domain] Member gold:AntidilutiveSecuritiesDomain
1075 Restricted stock [Member] Member gold:RestricteStockMember
1076 Potentially Issuable Shares [Member] Member gold:PotentiallyIssuableSharesMember
1077 Disclosure Of Earnings Per Share [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfEarningsPerShareLineItems
1078 Dividends paid Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:DividendPaid
1079 Dividends paid, ordinary shares per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsPaidOrdinarySharesPerShare
1080 Dividends paid, classified as financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
1081 Dividends proposed or declared before financial statements authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners per share Concept (Share) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsProposedOrDeclaredBeforeFinancialStatementsAuthorisedForIssueButNotRecognisedAsDistributionToOwnersPerShare
1082 Dividends proposed or declared before financial statements authorised for issue but not recognised as distribution to owners Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:DividendsProposedOrDeclaredBeforeFinancialStatementsAuthorisedForIssueButNotRecognisedAsDistributionToOwners
1083 Dilutive effect of share options on number of ordinary shares Concept (Shares) For Period ifrs-full:DilutiveEffectOfShareOptionsOnNumberOfOrdinaryShares
1084 188 - Disclosure - Trade and other receivables (Details) Network

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1087 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1088 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1089 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1090 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
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1093 Advances to contractors Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherReceivables
1094 Taxation debtors Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ReceivablesFromTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
1095 Prepayments and other receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:PrepaymentsAndAccruedIncome
1096 Loan to SOKIMO (refer note 26) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AmountsReceivableRelatedPartyTransactions
1097 Other loans Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherLoansReceivables
1098 TVA receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ValueAddedTaxReceivables
1099 Hire purchase loans Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:HirePurchaseLoansReceivables
1100 Gounkoto advance dividend Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:AdvanceDividend
1101 Total Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherReceivables
1102 Less: Non-current portion Abstract ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssetsAbstract
1103 Loan to SOKIMO (refer note 26) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AmountsReceivableRelatedPartyTransactions
1104 Other loans and receivables (including TVA receivables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentReceivables
1105 Hire purchase loans Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:NoncurrentHirePurchaseLoansReceivables
1106 Current portion Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentReceivables
1107 Non-current portion Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentReceivables
1108 189 - Disclosure - Trade and other receivables (Details 1) Network

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1111 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1112 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1113 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1114 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
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1117 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
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1119 Gross hire purchase loans - minimum lease payments: Abstract ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceLeaseAndOperatingLeaseByLessorAbstract
1120 Gross investment on Hire purchase loans Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsReceivableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
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1124 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
1125 Loulo gold mine [Member] Member gold:LouloGoldMineMember
1126 Gounkoto gold mine [Member] Member gold:GounkotoGoldMineMember
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1128 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1129 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
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1131 Value added tax receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ValueAddedTaxReceivables
1132 Receivables from taxes other than income tax Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ReceivablesFromTaxesOtherThanIncomeTax
1133 Increase (decrease) through change in discount rate, other provisions Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInDiscountRateOtherProvisions
1134 Loan receivables,interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of gold:LoanReceivablesinterestRate
1135 Hire purchase loan receivables,interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of gold:HirePurchaseLoanReceivablesinterestRate
1136 Federal Reserve Rate Concept (Percent) As Of gold:FederalReserveRate
1137 Hire purchase loan,maturity term Concept (xbrli:durationItemType) For Period gold:HirePurchaseLoanmaturityTerm
1138 Receivables due from related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherReceivablesDueFromRelatedParties
1139 191 - Disclosure - Inventories and ore stockpiles (Details) Network

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1177 Gounkoto gold mine [Member] Member gold:GounkotoGoldMineMember
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1198 Rehabilitation asset [Member] Member gold:RehabilitationAssetMember
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1228 Other investments in joint venture (Beginning of year) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherInvestmentsInJointVentures
1229 Total investments in joint ventures (Beginning of year) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVentures
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1251 Other current assets (excluding cash) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
1252 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1253 Financial liabilities (excluding trade payables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentFinancialLiabilities
1254 Other current liabilities (including trade payables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1255 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
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1259 Other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentNonfinancialLiabilities
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1273 Dividends received Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DividendsReceived
1274 Closing net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
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1276 Mineral property at acquisition Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PurchaseOfMiningAssets
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1280 Funds advanced Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:FundsAdvanced
1281 198 - Disclosure - Investments and loans in subsidiaries and joint ventures (Details 2) Network

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1287 Societe des Mines de Morila SA [member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeMorilaSaMember
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1291 Other current assets (excluding cash) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
1292 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1293 Other current liabilities (including trade payables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1294 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
1295 Non-current Abstract gold:NetNoncurrentAssetLiabilitiesAbstract
1296 Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1297 Other liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentNonfinancialLiabilities
1298 Total non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
1299 Net (liabilities)/assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1300 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1301 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
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1311 Closing net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
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1314 199 - Disclosure - Investments and loans in subsidiaries and joint ventures (Details 3) Network

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1324 Other current assets (excluding cash) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
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1329 Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1330 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
1331 Total non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
1332 Net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1333 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1334 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
1335 Interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
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1338 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1339 Post-tax profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1340 Other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
1341 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
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1347 Carrying value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVentures
1348 200 - Disclosure - Investments and loans in subsidiaries and joint ventures (Details 4) Network

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1358 Other current assets (excluding cash) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
1359 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1360 Other current liabilities (including trade payables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1361 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
1362 Non-current Abstract gold:NetNoncurrentAssetLiabilitiesAbstract
1363 Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1364 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
1365 Total non-current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentLiabilities
1366 Net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1367 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
1368 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
1369 Interest expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
1370 Profit before income tax Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
1371 Income tax expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxExpenseContinuingOperations
1372 Post-tax profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1373 Other comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:OtherComprehensiveIncomeNetOfTaxAvailableforsaleFinancialAssets
1374 Total comprehensive income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
1375 Opening net assets January 1 Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1376 Profit for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1377 Closing net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1378 Interest in joint venture at 50.1% Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:InvestmentsInJointVenturesAtCost
1379 Funding classified as long term debt by joint venture in 'other investments in joint ventures' Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherInvestmentsInJointVentures
1380 Carrying value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVentures
1381 201 - Disclosure - Investments and loans in subsidiaries and joint ventures (Details Textual) Network

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1386 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1387 RAL 1 Limited [Member] Member gold:Ral1LimitedMember
1388 Kilo Goldmines Ltd [Member] Member gold:KiloGoldminesLtdMember
1389 KAS 1 Limited [Member] Member gold:KasonelimitedmemberMember
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1392 Kibali Goldmines SA [Member] Member gold:KibaliGoldminesSaMember
1393 Disclosure Of Investments And Loans In Subsidiaries And Joint Ventures [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfInvestmentsAndLoansInSubsidiariesAndJointVenturesLineItems
1394 Proportion of ownership interest in joint venture Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInJointVenture
1395 Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInSubsidiary
1396 Expense arising from exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
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1404 At the beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1405 Statement of comprehensive income charge Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:IncomeTaxRelatingToComponentsOfOtherComprehensiveIncome
1406 At the end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1407 Deferred taxation assets and liabilities comprise the following: Abstract ifrs-full:DeferredTaxAssetsAndLiabilitiesAbstract
1408 Accelerated tax depreciation Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:AcceleratedTaxDepreciationDeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1409 Deferred stripping Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:DeferredStrippingDeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
1410 Deferred taxation liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilities
1411 Tax losses carried forward attributable to accelerated capital allowances Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:TaxLossesCarriedForwardAttributableToAcceleratedCapitalAllowancesDeferredTaxAssets
1412 Accelerated capital allowances Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:AcceleratedCapitalAllowancesDeferredTaxLiability
1413 Net deferred tax liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DeferredTaxLiabilityAsset
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1725 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1726 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1727 Disclosure of financial risk management [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfFinancialRiskManagementLineItems
1728 Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1729 Borrowings and trade and other payables (note 16 and 18) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:TotalOfBorrowingsAndTradeAndOtherPayables
1730 Less: cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1731 Net position Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:NetPositionOfCashAndCashEquivalent
1732 Net borrowings, trade and other payables and cash Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NetDebt
1733 Total equity Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Equity
1734 Total capital Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:Capitals
1735 Gearing ratio Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfGrowthRateUsedToExtrapolateCashFlowProjections
1736 222 - Disclosure - Financial risk management (Details 4) Network

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1737 Statement [Table] Table

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1738 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1739 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1740 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1741 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1742 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1743 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1744 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1745 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
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1747 Trade and Other payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherPayablesUndiscountedCashFlows
1748 Borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:BankBorrowingsUndiscountedCashFlows
1749 Other financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherFinancialLiabilities
1750 Future finance charge on finance lease Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FutureFinanceChargeOnFinanceLease
1751 223 - Disclosure - Financial risk management (Details Taxtual) Network

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1752 Statement [Table] Table

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1754 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1755 External credit grades [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ExternalCreditGradesAxis
1756 Entity's total for external credit grades [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForExternalCreditGradesMember
1757 Balance Sheet Locations [Axis] Axis gold:BalanceSheetLocationsAxis
1758 Balance Sheet Locations [Domain] Member gold:BalanceSheetLocationsDomain
1759 Investments in joint ventures [Member] Member gold:InvestmentsInJointVenturesMember
1760 Borrowings by name [axis] Axis ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameAxis
1761 Borrowings by name [member] Member ifrs-full:BorrowingsByNameMember
1762 Unsecured revolving credit facility [Member] Member gold:UnsecuredRevolvingCreditFacilityMember
1763 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1764 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1765 Kibali Goldmines SA [Member] Member gold:KibaliGoldminesSaMember
1766 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1767 Classes of financial instruments [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialInstrumentsAxis
1768 Financial instruments, class [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfFinancialInstrumentsMember
1769 Trade receivables [member] Member ifrs-full:TradeReceivablesMember
1770 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1771 Description of reason for change in functional currency Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfReasonForChangeInFunctionalCurrency
1772 Reserve of exchange differences on translation Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ReserveOfExchangeDifferencesOnTranslation
1773 Unsecured bank loans received Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:UnsecuredBankLoansReceived
1774 Value added tax receivables Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:ValueAddedTaxReceivables
1775 224 - Disclosure - Fair value of financial instruments (Details) Network

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1776 Disclosure Of Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Table] Table

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1777 Levels of fair value hierarchy [axis] Axis ifrs-full:LevelsOfFairValueHierarchyAxis
1778 All levels of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:AllLevelsOfFairValueHierarchyMember
1779 Level 1 of fair value hierarchy [member] Member ifrs-full:Level1OfFairValueHierarchyMember
1780 Categories of financial assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfFinancialAssetsAxis
1781 Financial assets, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsCategoryMember
1782 Financial assets available-for-sale, category [member] Member ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAvailableforsaleCategoryMember
1783 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1784 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1785 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1786 Disclosure Of Fair Value Of Financial Instruments [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfFairValueOfFinancialInstrumentsLineItems
1787 Financial assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssets
1788 Financial assets, at fair value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:FinancialAssetsAtFairValue
1789 225 - Disclosure - NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Details) Network

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1790 Statement [Table] Table

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1792 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1793 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1794 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1795 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1796 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1797 Balance at the beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
1798 Non-controlling interests Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossAttributableToNoncontrollingInterests
1799 Balance at the end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncontrollingInterests
1800 226 - Disclosure - NON-CONTROLLING INTEREST (Details Textual) Network

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1801 Statement [Table] Table

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1804 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1805 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1806 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1807 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1808 Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestsHeldByNoncontrollingInterests
1809 227 - Disclosure - LOANS AND BORROWINGS (Details) Network

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1810 Statement [Table] Table

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1813 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1814 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1815 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1816 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1817 Non-current Abstract ifrs-full:NoncurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowingsByTypeAbstract
1818 Finance lease liability (refer to note 19) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinanceLeaseLiabilities
1819 Loan - Randgold (refer to note 26) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentPortionOfNoncurrentLoansReceived
1820 Non-current portion of non-current borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:OtherNoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
1821 Current Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowingsByTypeAbstract
1822 Finance lease liability (refer to note 19) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentFinanceLeaseLiabilities
1823 Loan - Randgold (refer to note 26) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLoansReceivedAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentLoansReceived
1824 Current borrowings and current portion of non-current borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentBorrowingsAndCurrentPortionOfNoncurrentBorrowings
1825 Total loans and borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1826 228 - Disclosure - LOANS AND BORROWINGS (Details Textual) Network

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1827 Statement [Table] Table

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1831 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1832 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1833 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1834 Borrowings, interest rate Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:BorrowingsInterestRate
1835 229 - Disclosure - PROVISION FOR REHABILITATION (Details) Network

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1836 Statement [Table] Table

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1838 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1839 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1840 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1841 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1842 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1843 Balance at the beginning of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisions
1844 Unwinding of discount Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseInExistingProvisionsOtherProvisions
1845 Change in estimates Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInDiscountRateOtherProvisions
1846 Balance at the end of the year Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentProvisions
1847 230 - Disclosure - PROVISION FOR REHABILITATION (Details Textual) Network

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1848 Statement [Table] Table

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1850 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1851 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1852 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1853 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1854 Classes of other provisions [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfProvisionsAxis
1855 Other provisions [member] Member ifrs-full:OtherProvisionsMember
1856 Provision for decommissioning, restoration and rehabilitation costs [member] Member ifrs-full:ProvisionForDecommissioningRestorationAndRehabilitationCostsMember
1857 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1858 Discount rate used in current estimate of value in use Concept (Percent) As Of ifrs-full:DescriptionOfDiscountRatesUsedInCurrentEstimateOfValueInUse
1859 231 - Disclosure - LEASES (Details) Network

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1860 Statement [Table] Table

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1862 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1863 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1864 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1865 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1866 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1867 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1868 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1869 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1870 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
1871 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1872 Gross finance lease liabilities - minimum lease payments: Abstract ifrs-full:DisclosureOfFinanceLeaseAndOperatingLeaseByLesseeAbstract
1873 Minimum lease payments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayable
1874 Future finance charges Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FutureFinanceChargeOnFinanceLease
1875 Present value of the finance lease liability Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumFinanceLeasePaymentsPayableAtPresentValue
1876 232 - Disclosure - CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES AND NON-CASH ITEMS (Details) Network

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1877 Statement [Table] Table

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1878 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1879 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1880 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1881 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1882 (Loss)/Profit before income taxation Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossBeforeTax
1883 Adjustments for: Abstract ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForReconcileProfitLossAbstract
1884 Interest received (Note 6) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceIncome
1885 Finance cost (Note 6) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForFinanceIncomeCost
1886 Share of profits of equity accounted joint venture Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ShareOfProfitLossOfAssociatesAndJointVenturesAccountedForUsingEquityMethod
1887 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
1888 Foreign exchange loss Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:NetForeignExchangeLoss
1889 Movement in discounting provision on TVA (Note 3) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncreaseDecreaseThroughChangeInDiscountRateOtherProvisions
1890 Recycling of permanent losses on available-for-sale asset Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:GainsLossesOnRemeasuringAvailableforsaleFinancialAssetsNetOfTax
1891 Unwinding of rehabilitation provision Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseDueToUnwindingOfDiscountOnProvisions
1892 Cash flows from (used in) operations before changes in working capital Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperationsBeforeChangesInWorkingCapital
1893 Effects of changes in operating working capital items Abstract gold:IncreaseDecreaseInWorkingCapitalAbstract
1894 - Receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInTradeAndOtherReceivables
1895 - Inventories Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForIncreaseDecreaseInTradeAndOtherPayables
1896 - Trade and other payables Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:AdjustmentsForDecreaseIncreaseInInventories
1897 Cash generated from operations Concept (Monetary) For Period ifrs-full:CashFlowsFromUsedInOperations
1898 233 - Disclosure - CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES AND NON-CASH ITEMS (Details 1) Network

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1899 Disclosure of Cash Flow From Operating Activities And Non-Cash Items [Table] Table

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1900 Liabilities arising from financing activities [axis] Axis ifrs-full:LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivitiesAxis
1901 Liabilities arising from financing activities [member] Member ifrs-full:LiabilitiesArisingFromFinancingActivitiesMember
1902 Long-term borrowings [member] Member ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowingsMember
1903 Short-term borrowings [member] Member ifrs-full:ShorttermBorrowingsMember
1904 Disclosure of Cash Flow From Operating Activities And Non-Cash Items [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfCashFlowFromOperatingActivitiesAndNoncashItemsLineItems
1905 Non-current portion of non-current borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1906 Short-term Debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinanceLeaseLiabilities
1907 Borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1908 Cash flows: Abstract gold:CashFlowAbstract
1909 Lease repayments Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:PaymentsOfFinanceLeaseLiabilitiesClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
1910 Non cash flows: Abstract gold:NonCashFlowAbstract
1911 Loans and borrowings classified as non-current at December 31, 2016 Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:LoansAndBorrowingsReclassifiedAsNonCurrent
1912 Interest and capital accrued Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:InterestAndCapitalAccrued
1913 Non-current portion of non-current borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:LongtermBorrowings
1914 Short-term Debt Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:FinanceLeaseLiabilities
1915 Borrowings Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:Borrowings
1916 234 - Disclosure - CASH FLOW FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES AND NON-CASH ITEMS (Details Textual) Network

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1917 Statement [Table] Table

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1919 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1920 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1921 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1922 Movement in Finance Lease Liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:MovementInFinanceLeaseLiabilities
1923 Movement in Finance Lease Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:MovementInFinanceLeaseAssets
1924 Changes in Rehabilitation Provision Estimates Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:ChangesInRehabilitationProvisionEstimates
1925 Dividends payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DividendsPayable
1926 235 - Disclosure - Commitments and contingent liabilities (Details) Network

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1927 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Table] Table

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1928 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1929 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1930 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1931 Societe des Mines de Morila SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeMorilaSaMember
1932 RAL 1 Limited [Member] Member gold:Ral1LimitedMember
1933 Classes of assets [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfAssetsAxis
1934 Assets [member] Member ifrs-full:ClassesOfAssetsMember
1935 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
1936 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfCommitmentsAndContingentLiabilitiesLineItems
1937 Capital expenditure contracted for at statement of financial position date but not yet incurred is: Abstract gold:ContractualCommitmentsAbstract
1938 Property, plant and equipment Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ContractualCommitmentsForAcquisitionOfPropertyPlantAndEquipment
1939 Commitments of joint ventures (attributable share) Abstract gold:CommitmentsRelatedToJointVenturesAttributableShareAbstract
1940 Commitments in relation to joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CommitmentsInRelationToJointVentures
1941 Contractual capital commitments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:ContractualCapitalCommitments
1942 236 - Disclosure - Commitments and contingent liabilities (Details 1) Network

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1943 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Table] Table

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1944 Maturity [axis] Axis ifrs-full:MaturityAxis
1945 Aggregated time bands [member] Member ifrs-full:AggregatedTimeBandsMember
1946 Not later than one year [member] Member ifrs-full:NotLaterThanOneYearMember
1947 Later than one year and not later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanOneYearAndNotLaterThanFiveYearsMember
1948 Later than five years [member] Member ifrs-full:LaterThanFiveYearsMember
1949 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfCommitmentsAndContingentLiabilitiesLineItems
1950 Minimum lease payments payable under non-cancellable operating lease Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:MinimumLeasePaymentsPayableUnderNoncancellableOperatingLease
1951 237 - Disclosure - Commitments and contingent liabilities (Details Textual) Network

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1952 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Table] Table

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1953 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [axis] Axis ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsAfterReportingPeriodAxis
1954 Non-adjusting events after reporting period [member] Member ifrs-full:NonadjustingEventsMember
1955 Contract duration [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ContractDurationAxis
1956 Contract duration [member] Member ifrs-full:ContractDurationMember
1957 Ten year contracts [Member] Member gold:TenYearContractsMember
1958 Five year contacts [Member] Member gold:FiveYearContactsMember
1959 Disclosure of commitments and contingent liabilities [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfCommitmentsAndContingentLiabilitiesLineItems
1960 Dividend payables Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:DividendPayables
1961 Capital commitments Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CapitalCommitments
1962 Weighted average duration of defined benefit obligation Concept (Decimal) For Period ifrs-full:WeightedAverageDurationOfDefinedBenefitObligation
1963 Income taxes paid (refund) Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:IncomeTaxesPaidRefund
1964 238 - Disclosure - INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE (Details) Network

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1966 Class of Stock [Axis] Axis us-gaap:StatementClassOfStockAxis
1967 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1968 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
1969 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
1970 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
1971 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
1972 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
1973 KAS Limited [Member] Member gold:KasLimitedMember
1974 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
1975 Current assets Abstract ifrs-full:CurrentAssetsAbstract
1976 Cash and cash equivalents Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CashAndCashEquivalents
1977 Other current assets (excluding cash) Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:OtherCurrentAssets
1978 Total current assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:CurrentAssets
1979 Other current liabilities (including trade payables) Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:TradeAndOtherCurrentPayables
1980 Total current liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:CurrentLiabilities
1981 Non-current Abstract gold:NetNoncurrentAssetsLiabilitiesAbstract
1982 Assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NoncurrentAssets
1983 Financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:NoncurrentFinancialLiabilities
1984 Net assets Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:NetAssetsLiabilities
1985 Operating (loss)/profit Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLossFromOperatingActivities
1986 Interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
1987 Interest expense Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
1988 Profit and total comprehensive income for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ComprehensiveIncome
1989 Dividends received from joint venture Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromDividends
1990 Profit for the period Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:ProfitLoss
1991 Dividends received Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromDividends
1992 Interest in joint venture at 50.1% Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:InvestmentsInJointVenturesAtCost
1993 Funding classified as long term debt by joint venture recorded in ‘other investments in joint ventures’ Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherInvestmentsInJointVentures
1994 Carrying value Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:InvestmentsInJointVentures
1995 239 - Disclosure - INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE (Details Textual) Network

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1997 Class of Stock [Axis] Axis us-gaap:StatementClassOfStockAxis
1998 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
1999 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2000 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2001 KAS Limited [Member] Member gold:KasLimitedMember
2002 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2003 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2004 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2005 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
2006 Percentage of fixed bearing Interest Concept (Percent) As Of gold:PercentageOfFixedBearingInterest
2007 240 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Details) Network

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2008 Disclosure Of Related Party [Table] Table

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2009 Income Statement Location [Axis] Axis gold:IncomeStatementsLocationAxis
2010 Income Statement Location [Domain] Member gold:IncomeStatementsLocationDomain
2011 Management fees Income [Member] Member gold:ManagementFeesIncomeMember
2012 Income loss [Member] Member gold:IncomeLossMember
2013 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2014 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2015 Rockwell Diamonds Inc [Member] Member gold:RockwellDiamondsIncMember
2016 Societe des Mines de Loulo SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeLouloSaMember
2017 Societe des Mines de Tongon SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeTongonSaMember
2018 Societe des Mines de Morila [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeMorilaMember
2019 Societe des Mines de Gounkoto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeGounkotoSaMember
2020 Kibali Goldmines S [Member] Member gold:KibaliGoldminesSMember
2021 RAL 1 Limited [Member] Member gold:Ral1LimitedMember
2022 RAL 2 Limited [Member] Member gold:Ral2LimitedMember
2023 Disclosure Of Related Party [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfRelatedPartyLineItems
2024 Revenue from rendering of services, related party transactions Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:RevenueFromRenderingOfServicesRelatedPartyTransactions
2025 241 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Details 1) Network

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2026 Implied Table Table

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2027 Disclosure Of Related Party [Abstract] Abstract gold:DisclosureOfRelatedPartyAbstract
2028 Key management remuneration [Abstract] Abstract gold:KeyManagementRemunerationAbstract
2029 Short term employee benefits Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationShorttermEmployeeBenefits
2030 Share-based payments Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensationSharebasedPayment
2031 Total Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:KeyManagementPersonnelCompensation
2032 242 - Disclosure - Related party transactions (Details Textual) Network

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2033 Disclosure Of Related Party [Table] Table

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2034 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2035 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2036 Societe des Mines de Morila [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeMorilaMember
2037 Disclosure Of Related Party [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfRelatedPartyLineItems
2038 Percentage of entity's revenue Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:PercentageOfEntitysRevenue
2039 243 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details) Network

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2040 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [table] Table

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2041 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2042 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2043 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2044 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2045 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2046 Randgold Resources Limited [Member] Member gold:RandgoldResourcesLimitedMember
2047 AngloGold Ashanti Limited [Member] Member gold:AnglogoldAshantiLimitedMember
2048 AngloGold Ashanti Holdings plc [Member] Member gold:AnglogoldAshantiHoldingsPlcMember
2049 Randgold Resources Kibali Limited [Member] Member gold:RandgoldResourcesKibaliLimitedMember
2050 Randgold Resources Congo SPRL [Member] Member gold:RandgoldResourcesCongoSprlMember
2051 Societe des Mines de Loulo SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeLouloSaMember
2052 Societe des Mines de Tongon SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeTongonSaMember
2053 Societe des Mines de Gounkoto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeGounkotoSaMember
2054 Rand Refinery Pty Limited [Member] Member gold:RandRefineryPtyLimitedMember
2055 Societe des Mines d Or de Kilo Moto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDOrDeKiloMotoSaMember
2056 KAS Limited [Member] Member gold:KasLimitedMember
2057 Isiro Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:IsiroJerseyLimitedMember
2058 KGL Isiro SARL [Member] Member gold:KglIsiroSarlMember
2059 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesLineItems
2060 Description of nature of related party relationship Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:DescriptionOfNatureOfRelatedPartyRelationship
2061 244 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details 1) Network

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2062 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [table] Table

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2063 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2064 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2065 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2066 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2067 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2068 Randgold Resources Limited [Member] Member gold:RandgoldResourcesLimitedMember
2069 Rand Refinery Pty Limited [Member] Member gold:RandRefineryPtyLimitedMember
2070 Societe des Mines d Or de Kilo Moto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDOrDeKiloMotoSaMember
2071 KAS Limited [Member] Member gold:KasLimitedMember
2072 Randgold Resources Congo SPRL [Member] Member gold:RandgoldResourcesCongoSprlMember
2073 KGL Isiro SARL [Member] Member gold:KglIsiroSarlMember
2074 Societe des Mines de Tongon SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeTongonSaMember
2075 Societe des Mines de Loulo SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeLouloSaMember
2076 Societe des Mines de Gounkoto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDeGounkotoSaMember
2077 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
2078 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
2079 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesLineItems
2080 Payments for management fee Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:PaymentsForManagementFee
2081 Refining fees payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:RefiningFeesPayable
2082 Interest received, classified as operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestReceivedClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
2083 Interest paid, classified as operating activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsOperatingActivities
2084 Amounts included in trade and other receivables owing by related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit ifrs-full:AmountsReceivableRelatedPartyTransactions
2085 Other investments in joint ventures Concept (Monetary) As Of Debit gold:OtherInvestmentsInJointVentures
2086 Amounts included in loans and borrowings owed to related parties Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit ifrs-full:AmountsPayableRelatedPartyTransactions
2087 245 - Disclosure - RELATED PARTIES AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Details Textual) Network

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2088 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [table] Table

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2089 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2090 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2091 Kibali Jersey Limited [Member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2092 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2093 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2094 Societe des Mines d Or de Kilo Moto SA [Member] Member gold:SocieteDesMinesDOrDeKiloMotoSaMember
2095 Rand Refinery Pty Limited [Member] Member gold:RandRefineryPtyLimitedMember
2096 KAS Limited [Member] Member gold:KasLimitedMember
2097 Disclosure of transactions between related parties [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfTransactionsBetweenRelatedPartiesLineItems
2098 Revenue Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:Revenue
2099 Refining fees payable Concept (Monetary) As Of Credit gold:RefiningFeesPayable
2100 Proportion of ownership interest in joint venture Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestInJointVenture
2101 246 - Disclosure - SUBSIDIARIES AND NON-CONTROLLING INTERESTS (Details) Network

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2102 Disclosure of subsidiaries [table] Table

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2103 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2104 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2105 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2106 Categories of related parties [axis] Axis ifrs-full:CategoriesOfRelatedPartiesAxis
2107 Entity's total for related parties [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForRelatedPartiesMember
2108 Subsidiaries [axis] Axis ifrs-full:SignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesAxis
2109 Entity's total for subsidiaries [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForSubsidiariesMember
2110 Subsidiaries One [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesOneMember
2111 Subsidiaries Two [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesTwoMember
2112 Subsidiaries Three [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesThreeMember
2113 Subsidiaries Four [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesFourMember
2114 Subsidiaries Five [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesFiveMember
2115 Subsidiaries Six [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesSixMember
2116 Subsidiaries Seven [Member] Member gold:SubsidiariesSevenMember
2117 Disclosure of subsidiaries [line items] LineItems ifrs-full:DisclosureOfSignificantInvestmentsInSubsidiariesLineItems
2118 Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests Concept (Percent) For Period ifrs-full:ProportionOfOwnershipInterestsHeldByNoncontrollingInterests
2119 Country of incorporation of subsidiary Concept (Text/String) For Period ifrs-full:CountryOfIncorporationOrResidenceOfSubsidiary
2120 247 - Disclosure - Mining and processing costs and other disclosable items (Details) Network

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2121 Disclosure of mining and processing costs and other disclosable items [Table] Table

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2122 Classes of property, plant and equipment [axis] Axis ifrs-full:ClassesOfPropertyPlantAndEquipmentAxis
2123 Property, Plant and Equipment [Member] Member ifrs-full:PropertyPlantAndEquipmentMember
2124 Mining assets [member] Member ifrs-full:MiningAssetsMember
2125 Disclosure of mining and processing costs and other disclosable items [Line Items] LineItems gold:DisclosureOfMiningAndProcessingCostsAndOtherDisclosableItemsLineItems
2126 Mine production costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:MineProductionCosts
2127 Movement in production inventory and ore stockpiles Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:WritedownsReversalsOfInventories
2128 Depreciation and amortization Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:DepreciationAndAmortisationExpense
2129 Other mining and processing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:OtherMiningAndProcessingCosts
2130 Mining and processing costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:MiningAndProcessingCosts
2131 248 - Disclosure - Exploration and corporate expenditure (Details) Network

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2132 Statement [Table] Table

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2133 Class of Stock [Axis] Axis us-gaap:StatementClassOfStockAxis
2134 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
2135 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2136 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2137 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2138 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
2139 Exploration and corporate expenditure comprise: Abstract gold:ExplorationAndCorporateExpenditureAbstract
2140 Exploration expenditure Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:ExpenseArisingFromExplorationForMineralResources
2141 Corporate expenditure Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit gold:CorporateExpenseRelatesToMineralResources
2142 Recycling of permanent losses on available-for-sale asset Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ReclassificationAdjustmentsOnAvailableforsaleFinancialAssetsNetOfTax
2143 Expense arising from exploration for and evaluation of mineral resources Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseArisingFromExplorationForAndEvaluationOfMineralResources
2144 249 - Disclosure - Finance income and costs (Details) Network

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2145 Statement [Table] Table

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2146 Class of Stock [Axis] Axis us-gaap:StatementClassOfStockAxis
2147 Class of Stock [Domain] Member us-gaap:ClassOfStockDomain
2148 Joint ventures [axis] Axis ifrs-full:JointVenturesAxis
2149 Entity's total for joint ventures [member] Member ifrs-full:EntitysTotalForJointVenturesMember
2150 Kibali Jersey Limited [member] Member gold:KibaliJerseyLimitedMember
2151 Statement [Line Items] LineItems us-gaap:StatementLineItems
2152 Finance income - interest income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnFinancialAssetsHeldForTrading
2153 Finance income - net foreign exchange gain on financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit gold:IntrestGainFromForeignExchangeTransaction
2154 Finance costs - net foreign exchange loss on financing activities Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestPaidClassifiedAsFinancingActivities
2155 Finance income comprise: Abstract gold:FinanceIncomeAbstract
2156 Interest income arises on cash and cash equivalents. Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnDeposits
2157 Interest received - loans and receivables Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:InterestIncomeOnLoansAndReceivables
2158 Finance income Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncome
2159 Finance costs comprise: Abstract gold:FinanceCostsAbstract
2160 Interest expense on finance lease Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnFinanceLeases
2161 Interest expense - borrowings Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnBorrowings
2162 Unwind of discount on provisions for environmental rehabilitation Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:ExpenseDueToUnwindingOfDiscountOnProvisions
2163 Finance costs Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:FinanceCosts
2164 Finance costs - net Concept (Monetary) For Period Credit ifrs-full:FinanceIncomeCost
2165 Interest expense on other financial liabilities Concept (Monetary) For Period Debit ifrs-full:InterestExpenseOnOtherFinancialLiabilities

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