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OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Other current liabilities |
| As at December 31, 2020 | As at December 31, 2019
Provision for environmental rehabilitation (note 27b) | $131 |  | $156 |
Deposit on Pascua-Lama silver sale agreement 1 | — |  | 253 |
Deposit on Pueblo Viejo gold and silver streaming agreement | 47 |  | 75 |
Share-based payments (note 34b) | 67 |  | 48 |
Other | 61 |  | 90 |
| $306 |  | $622 |
1 Reclassified to other non-current liabilities. Refer to note 29.

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