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EQUITY ACCOUNTING METHOD INVESTMENT CONTINUITY | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2021
Interests In Other Entities [Abstract] |
INVESTMENTS | 12 n Equity Accounting Method Investment Continuity
| Kibali |  |  | Jabal Sayid | Zaldívar | Other | Total |  |
At January 1, 2020 | $3,218 |  |  |  | $296 |  | $955 |  | $58 |  | $4,527 |  |  |
Equity pick-up from equity investees | 201 |  |  |  | 74 |  | 12 |  | 1 |  | 288 |  |  |
Dividends received | (140) |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | (1) |  | (141) |  |  |
Shareholder loan repayment | — |  |  |  | (1) |  | — |  | (3) |  | (4) |  |  |
At December 31, 2020 | $3,279 |  |  |  | $369 |  | $967 |  | $55 |  | $4,670 |  |  |
Equity pick-up from equity investees | 108 |  |  |  | 75 |  | 24 |  | — |  | 207 |  |  |
Dividends received | (71) |  |  |  | (25) |  | (65) |  | — |  | (161) |  |  |
Shareholder loan repayment | — |  |  |  | — |  | — |  | (1) |  | (1) |  |  |
At June 30, 2021 | $3,316 |  |  |  | $419 |  | $926 |  | $54 |  | $4,715 |  |  |

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