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OTHER NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Other non-current liabilities |
| As at December 31, 2017 |  | As at December 31, 2016 |
Deposit on Pascua-Lama silver sale agreement |  | $805 |  |  | $749 |
Deposit on Pueblo Viejo gold and silver streaming agreement | 459 |  | 499 |
Long-term income tax payable | 259 |  | — |
Derivative liabilities (note 25f) | 2 |  | 28 |
Provision for offsite remediation | 45 |  | 48 |
Other | 174 |  | 137 |
|  | $1,744 |  |  | $1,461 |

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