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EQUITY ACCOUNTING METHOD INVESTMENT CONTINUITY (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract] |
Investments |
| Kibali |  |  | Jabal Sayid | Zaldívar | Other | Total |  |
At January 1, 2019 | $— |  |  |  | $245 |  | $989 |  | $— |  | $1,234 |  |  |
Acquisitions | 3,195 |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | 58 |  | 3,253 |  |  |
Equity pick-up from equity investees | 98 |  |  |  | 51 |  | 16 |  | — |  | 165 |  |  |
Funds invested | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | 2 |  | 2 |  |  |
Dividends received | (75) |  |  |  | — |  | (50) |  | — |  | (125) |  |  |
Shareholder loan repayment | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | (2) |  | (2) |  |  |
At December 31, 2019 | $3,218 |  |  |  | $296 |  | $955 |  | $58 |  | $4,527 |  |  |
Equity pick-up from equity investees | 87 |  |  |  | 28 |  | — |  | — |  | 115 |  |  |
Shareholder loan repayment | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | (1) |  | (1) |  |  |
Dividends received | (54) |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | — |  | (54) |  |  |
At June 30, 2020 | $3,251 |  |  |  | $324 |  | $955 |  | $57 |  | $4,587 |  |  |

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