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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
 12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract]  
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE 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 government1
1

30

   Other receivables
128

109

 

$239


$249

Other current assets
 
 
   Derivative assets (note 25f)

$2


$1

   Goods and services taxes recoverable2
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).