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COST OF SALES (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2022
Cost of sales [Abstract] |
Schedule of cost of sales |
| Gold | Copper | Other 4 | Total |  |
For the years ended December 31 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 | 2022 | 2021 |  |
Site operating cost 1,2,3 | $4,678 |  | $4,218 |  | $336 |  | $266 |  | $— |  | $— |  | $5,014 |  | $4,484 |  |  |
Depreciation 1 | 1,756 |  | 1,889 |  | 223 |  | 197 |  | 18 |  | 16 |  | 1,997 |  | 2,102 |  |  |
Royalty expense | 342 |  | 371 |  | 103 |  | 103 |  | — |  | — |  | 445 |  | 474 |  |  |
Community relations | 37 |  | 26 |  | 4 |  | 3 |  | — |  | — |  | 41 |  | 29 |  |  |
Total | $6,813 |  | $6,504 |  | $666 |  | $569 |  | $18 |  | $16 |  | $7,497 |  | $7,089 |  |  |
1 Site operating costs and depreciation include charges to reduce the cost of inventory to net realizable value of $104 million (2021: $22 million). Refer to note 17. 2 Site operating costs includes the costs of extracting by-products. 3 Includes employee costs of $1,448 million (2021: $1,396 million). 4 Other includes corporate amortization.

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