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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Other current liabilities |
| As at December 31, 2019 |  | As at December 31, 2018 |
Provision for environmental rehabilitation (note 27b) |  | $156 |  |  | $111 |
Deposit on Pascua-Lama silver sale agreement 1 | 253 |  | — |
Deposit on Pueblo Viejo gold and silver streaming agreement | 75 |  | 83 |
Share-based payments (note 34b) | 48 |  | 30 |
Derivative liabilities | — |  | 3 |
Other | 90 |  | 94 |
|  | $622 |  |  | $321 |
1 | Reclassified from other non-current liabilities. Refer to note 29.

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