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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Other current liabilities |
| As at December 31, 2017 |  | As at December 31, 2016 |
Provision for environmental rehabilitation (note 27b) |  | $152 |  |  | $67 |
Derivative liabilities (note 25f) | 30 |  | 50 |
Deposit on Pueblo Viejo gold and silver streaming agreement | 85 |  | 77 |
Share-based payments (note 34b) | 17 |  | 53 |
Deposit on Pascua-Lama silver sale agreement | 7 |  | 26 |
Other | 40 |  | 36 |
|  | $331 |  |  | $309 |

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