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OTHER ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Other assets |
| As at December 31, 2017 |  | As at December 31, 2016 |
Derivative assets (note 25f) |  | $1 |  |  | $1 |
Goods and services taxes recoverable 1 | 398 |  | 303 |
Notes receivable 2 | 279 |  | 274 |
Restricted cash 3 | 119 |  | 118 |
Prepayments | 42 |  | 51 |
Norte Abierto JV Partner Receivable | 166 |  | — |
Other | 265 |  | 199 |
|  | $1,270 |  |  | $946 |
1 | Includes VAT and fuel tax receivables of $220 million in Argentina, $132 million in Tanzania and $46 million in Chile (Dec. 31, 2016: $255 million, $8 million and $40 million, respectively). The VAT in Argentina is recoverable once Pascua-Lama enters production.
2 | Primarily represents the interest bearing promissory note due from NovaGold and the non-interest bearing shareholder loan due from the Jabal Sayid JV as a result of the divestment of 50 percent interest in Jabal Sayid.
3 | Represents cash balance at Pueblo Viejo that is contractually restricted to the disbursements for environmental rehabilitation that are expected to occur near the end of Pueblo Viejo’s mine life.

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