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OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Abstract] |
Operating expense (income) |
For the years ended December 31 | 2019 |  | 2018 |
Other Expense: |  |
Litigation 1 | 26 |  | 68 |
Write-offs 2 | 3 |  | 51 |
Bulyanhulu reduced operations program costs 3 | 24 |  | 29 |
Bank charges | 16 |  | 22 |
Insurance payment to Porgera JV | — |  | 13 |
Acacia transaction costs 4 | 18 |  | — |
Tanzania - other | 11 |  | 11 |
Other | 28 |  | 28 |
Total other expense |  | $126 |  |  | $222 |
Other Income: |  |
Gain on sale of long-lived assets 5 |  | ($441 | ) |  | ($68 | )
Remeasurement of Turquoise Ridge to fair value 6 | (1,886 | ) | — |
Remeasurement of silver sale liability 7 | (628 | ) | — |
Lumwana tax settlement 8 | (216 | ) | — |
Peru tax disputes settlement | (18 | ) | — |
Insurance proceeds related to Kalgoorlie | — |  | (24 | )
Interest Income | (20 | ) | (22 | )
Other | (17 | ) | (18 | )
Total other income |  | ($3,226 | ) |  | ($132 | )
Total |  | ($3,100 | ) |  | $90 |
1 | 2018 primarily consists of Tanzania legal fees, and a settlement dispute regarding a historical supplier contract acquired as part of the Equinox acquisition in 2011.
2 | 2018 primarily relates to a $43 million write-off of a Western Australia long-term stamp duty receivable.
3 | Primarily relates to care and maintenance costs.
4 | Incurred by Acacia Mining Plc.
5 | 2019 includes a gain of $408 million from the sale of Kalgoorlie (refer to note 4). 2018 includes a gain of $45 million from the sale of a royalty asset at Acacia.
6 | Refer to note 4 for further details.
7 | Refer to note 29 for further details.
8 | Refer to note 3 for further details.

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