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ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021
Accounts receivable and other current assets [Abstract] |
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE AND OTHER CURRENT ASSETS | 18 n Accounts Receivable and Other Current Assets
| As at December 31, 2021 | As at December 31, 2020
Accounts receivable |  |
Amounts due from concentrate sales | $242 |  | $265 |
Other receivables | 381 |  | 293 |
| $623 |  | $558 |
Other current assets |  |
Value added taxes recoverable 1 | 319 |  | 208 |
Prepaid expenses | 206 |  | 227 |
Other 2 | 87 |  | 84 |
| $612 |  | $519 |
1 Primarily includes VAT and fuel tax recoverables of $25 million in Mali, $90 million in Tanzania, $141 million in Zambia, $39 million in Argentina, and $11 million in the Dominican Republic (Dec. 31, 2020: $59 million, $35 million, $52 million, $37 million, and $11 million, respectively). 2Balance includes $50 million asset reflecting the final settlement of Zambian tax matters.

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