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COST OF SALES | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Cost of sales [Abstract] |
COST OF SALES | 7 n Cost of Sales
| Gold | Copper | Other 4 | Total |  |
For the years ended December 31 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 | 2021 | 2020 |  |
Site operating cost 1,2,3 | $4,218 |  | $4,421 |  | $266 |  | $292 |  | $— |  | $3 |  | $4,484 |  | $4,716 |  |  |
Depreciation 1 | 1,889 |  | 1,975 |  | 197 |  | 208 |  | 16 |  | 25 |  | 2,102 |  | 2,208 |  |  |
Royalty expense | 371 |  | 410 |  | 103 |  | 54 |  | — |  | — |  | 474 |  | 464 |  |  |
Community relations | 26 |  | 26 |  | 3 |  | 2 |  | — |  | 1 |  | 29 |  | 29 |  |  |
Total | $6,504 |  | $6,832 |  | $569 |  | $556 |  | $16 |  | $29 |  | $7,089 |  | $7,417 |  |  |
1 Site operating costs and depreciation include charges to reduce the cost of inventory to net realizable value of $22 million (2020: $29 million). Refer to note 17. 2 Site operating costs includes the costs of extracting by-products. 3 Includes employee costs of $1,396 million (2020: $1,520 million). 4 Other includes corporate amortization.

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