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Number of equivalent shares that will be issued for each share exchanged in result of Randgold and Barrick merger

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Line items represent concepts included in a table. These concepts are used to disclose reportable information associated with domain members defined in one or many axes of the table.

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The increase (decrease) in the entity's equity resulting from the change in the equity of subsidiaries. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]]

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The number of shares issued by the entity.

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The proportion of ownership interest in a subsidiary attributable to the entity. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]]

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The proportion of ownership interests in a subsidiary held by non-controlling interests. [Refer: Subsidiaries [member]; Non-controlling interests]

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ACQUISITIONS AND DIVESTITURES - Acquisition of Acacia (Details) - USD ($) $ in Millions			3 Months Ended			9 Months Ended	12 Months Ended
	Jan. 01, 2020	Sep. 17, 2019	Dec. 31, 2020	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2019	Sep. 30, 2020	Dec. 31, 2020
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests	16.00%
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary							100.00%
Government of Tanzania
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests							16.00%
Acacia Mining PLC
Disclosure of detailed information about business combination [line items]
Proportion of ownership interests held by non-controlling interests		36.10%
Share for share exchange		0.168
Number of shares issued		24,836,670
Proportion of interest held by shareholders		1.00%
Increase (decrease) through change in equity of subsidiaries, equity				$ 70
Proportion of ownership interest in subsidiary			100.00%		100.00%	63.90%	84.00%