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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Business Combinations and Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Net cash proceeds on divestiture |
For the years ended December 31 | 2017 |  | 2016 |
Gross cash proceeds on divestiture |  |
Veladero |  | $990 |  |  | $— |
Bald Mountain | — |  | 423 |
Round Mountain | — |  | 165 |
|  | $990 |  |  | $588 |

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