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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts receivables and other current assets |
| As at December 31, 2019 |  | As at December 31, 2018 |
Accounts receivable |  |
Amounts due from concentrate sales |  | $68 |  |  | $76 |
Other receivables | 295 |  | 172 |
|  | $363 |  |  | $248 |
Other current assets |  |
Derivative assets |  | $1 |  |  | $2 |
Goods and services taxes recoverable 1 | 302 |  | 182 |
Prepaid expenses | 174 |  | 72 |
Other 2 | 88 |  | 51 |
|  | $565 |  |  | $307 |
1 | Primarily includes VAT and fuel tax recoverables of $141 million in Mali, $61 million in Tanzania, $50 million in Zambia, $26 million in Argentina, and $10 million in the Dominican Republic (Dec. 31, 2018: $nil, $67 million, $60 million, $22 million, and $12 million, respectively).

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