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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts receivables and other current assets |
| As at December 31, 2018 |  | As at December 31, 2017 |
Accounts receivable |  |
Amounts due from concentrate sales |  | $76 |  |  | $110 |
Other receivables | 172 |  | 129 |
|  | $248 |  |  | $239 |
Other current assets |  |
Derivative assets (note 25f) |  | $2 |  |  | $2 |
Goods and services taxes recoverable 1 | 182 |  | 167 |
Prepaid expenses | 72 |  | 68 |
Other | 51 |  | 84 |
|  | $307 |  |  | $321 |
1 | Primarily includes VAT and fuel tax recoverables of $67 million in Tanzania, $60 million in Zambia, $22 million in Argentina, $2 million in Chile, $12 million in the Dominican Republic, and $7 million in Peru (Dec. 31, 2017: $32 million, $31 million, $49 million, $3 million, $19 million and $8 million, respectively).

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