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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts receivables and other current assets |
| As at December 31, 2017 |  | As at December 31, 2016 |
Accounts receivable |  |
Amounts due from concentrate sales |  | $110 |  |  | $110 |
Receivable from Dominican Republic government 1 | 1 |  | 30 |
Other receivables | 128 |  | 109 |
|  | $239 |  |  | $249 |
Other current assets |  |
Derivative assets (note 25f) |  | $2 |  |  | $1 |
Goods and services taxes recoverable 2 | 167 |  | 239 |
Prepaid expenses | 68 |  | 48 |
Other | 84 |  | 18 |
|  | $321 |  |  | $306 |
1 | Amounts receivable from the Dominican Republic government primarily relate to payments made by Pueblo Viejo on behalf of the government.
2 | Primarily includes VAT and fuel tax recoverables of $32 million in Tanzania, $49 million in Argentina, $3 million in Chile, $19 million in the Dominican Republic, and $8 million in Peru (Dec. 31, 2016: $124 million, $52 million, $32 million, $10 million and $6 million, respectively).

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