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OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2020
Other Operating Income (Expense) [Abstract] |
OTHER EXPENSE (INCOME) | OTHER EXPENSE A) Other Expense (Income)
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019
Other expense: |  |  |  |
Bank charges | $5 |  | $3 |  | $9 |  | $8 |
Bulyanhulu reduced operations program cost1 | 7 |  | 6 |  | 14 |  | 12 |
Litigation | 6 |  | 9 |  | 9 |  | 19 |
Miscellaneous write-offs | — |  | — |  | 1 |  | 2 |
Covid-19 donations | 18 |  | — |  | 18 |  | — |
Porgera care and maintenance costs | 27 |  | — |  | 27 |  | — |
Acacia - other | — |  | 4 |  | — |  | 5 |
Other | 20 |  | — |  | 29 |  | 8 |
Total other expense | $83 |  | $22 |  | $107 |  | $54 |
Other income: |  |  |  |
Loss (gain) on sale of long-lived assets | $8 |  | ($12) |  | ($52) |  | ($12) |
Gain on non-hedge derivatives | (12) |  | — |  | (5) |  | (1) |
Other | (6) |  | (3) |  | (12) |  | (8) |
Total other income | ($10) |  | ($15) |  | ($69) |  | ($21) |
Total | $73 |  | $7 |  | $38 |  | $33 |
1Primarily relates to care and maintenance costs. B) Impairment (Reversals) Charges
| For the three months ended June 30 |  | For the six months ended June 30 |
| 2020 | 2019 | 2020 | 2019
Impairment (reversals) of non-current assets1 | $11 |  | $12 |  | ($325) |  | $15 |
Impairment of intangibles | 12 |  | — |  | 12 |  | — |
Total | $23 |  | $12 |  | ($313) |  | $15 |
1Refer to note 13 for further details.

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- Definition The disclosure of other operating income or expense. [Refer: Other operating income (expense)] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 10 -Subparagraph e -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_10_e&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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