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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Subclassifications of assets, liabilities and equities [abstract] |
Accounts receivables and other current assets |
| As at December 31, 2020 | As at December 31, 2019
Accounts receivable |  |
Amounts due from concentrate sales | $265 |  | $68 |
Other receivables | 293 |  | 295 |
| $558 |  | $363 |
Other current assets |  |
Value added taxes recoverable 1 | 208 |  | 302 |
Prepaid expenses | 227 |  | 174 |
Other 2 | 84 |  | 89 |
| $519 |  | $565 |
1 Primarily includes VAT and fuel tax recoverables of $59 million in Mali, $35 million in Tanzania, $52 million in Zambia, $37 million in Argentina, and $11 million in the Dominican Republic (Dec. 31, 2019: $141 million, $61 million, $50 million, $26 million, and $10 million, respectively). 2Balance includes $50 million asset reflecting the final settlement of Zambian tax matters.

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