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INCOME TAXES (Tables)
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2022
Income Tax Disclosure [Abstract]  
Schedule of Components of Loss before Income Taxes and Equity in Net Loss of Unconsolidated Investments Loss before income taxes and current and deferred income tax expense are composed of the following:
Year Ended
December 31, 2022		Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021		Years Ended June 30,
20212020
Income (loss) before income taxes:
Domestic$(31,650,816)$(20,656,738)$(17,601,419)$(5,424,724)
Foreign21,815,406 (691,617)(2,392,429)(454,428)
Total$(9,835,410)$(21,348,355)$(19,993,848)$(5,879,152)
Schedule of Effective Income Tax Rate Reconciliation The reconciliation of the U.S. federal statutory tax rate to our effective income tax rate is as follows:
Year Ended
December 31, 2022		Six Months Ended
December 31, 2021		Years Ended June 30,
20212020
Pre-tax loss$(9,835,410)$(21,348,355)$(19,993,848)$(5,879,152)
Benefit at statutory rate (21%)(2,065,436)(4,483,155)(4,198,708)(1,234,622)
Foreign rate differential1,963,387 (62,246)(22,160)(13,801)
Non-deductible transaction costs— — 299,965 — 
Permanent items(162,114)(102,837)141,223 63,229 
Foreign exchange differences(840,469)17,464 — — 
Branch deferred taxes4,003,454 — — — 
State taxes511,370 508,600 (985,983)(338,078)
Other adjustments— 290,312 — — 
Change in valuation allowance(270,928)3,831,862 4,765,663 1,523,272 
Income tax expense$3,139,264 $— $— $— 
Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities Deferred income tax assets and liabilities recorded in the consolidated balance sheets consisted of the following:
December 31,
2022		December 31,
2021
Deferred tax assets
Accrued expenditures$887,464 $691,908 
Exploration and mine development expenditures167,651 7,686,371 
Stock-based compensation894,786 656,617 
Tax carryforwards21,850,937 7,993,664 
Other deferred tax assets1,432,208 177,512 
Gross deferred tax assets25,233,046 17,206,072 
Valuation allowance(17,750,955)(17,186,537)
Deferred tax assets7,482,091 19,535 
Deferred tax liabilities
Equity method investments(9,440,314)— 
Other deferred tax liabilities(922,900)(19,535)
Deferred tax liabilities(10,363,214)(19,535)
Net deferred tax liability$(2,881,123)$— 
Schedule of Changes in Deferred Tax Asset Valuation Allowance Changes in the balances of our deferred tax asset valuation allowance were as follows:
December 31,
2022		December 31,
2021		June 30,
2021
Beginning balance$17,186,537 $13,354,675 $8,589,012 
Charged to other accounts835,346 — — 
Charged to income tax expense(270,928)3,831,862 4,765,663 
Ending balance$17,750,955 $17,186,537 $13,354,675 
Schedule of Net Operating Loss Carryforwards Total net operating losses available were as follows:
December 31,
2022		December 31,
2021		Begin to expire
U.S. - Federal$9,596,659 $4,660,187 2037 — Indefinite
U.S. - State742,982 712,124 2032
Australia - Federal3,697,101 2,481,828 Indefinite
Australia - Capital257,762 214,872 Indefinite
Total$14,294,504 $8,069,011