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Trade and Other Receivables (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Schedule of Trade and Other Receivables |
|  |  |  | United States Dollar |
|  | Figures in millions unless otherwise stated |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | TRADE AND OTHER RECEIVABLES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Trade receivables – gold sales and copper concentrate |  |  | 23.4 |  |  |  | 46.6 |
|  | Trade receivables – other |  |  | 23.0 |  |  |  | 15.6 |
|  | Gold, copper and oil derivative contracts1 |  |  | 8.3 |  |  |  | 25.0 |
|  | Receivables due from the sale of Tarkwa mining fleet2 |  |  | 26.5 |  |  |  | — |
|  | Deposits |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | 0.1 |
|  | Payroll receivables |  |  | 2.9 |  |  |  | 11.6 |
|  | Prepayments |  |  | 43.3 |  |  |  | 51.5 |
|  | Value added tax and import duties |  |  | 18.1 |  |  |  | 45.9 |
|  | Diesel rebate |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 1.4 |
|  | Other |  |  | 6.4 |  |  |  | 4.2 |
|  | Total trade and other receivables |  |  | 153.2 |  |  |  | 201.9 |
1 | Comprises US$1.7 million (2017: US$5.1 million) relating to Australian oil derivative contracts, US$3.0 million (2017: US$9.0 million) relating to Ghanaian oil derivative contracts, US$2.4 million (2017: US$nil) relating to Ghanaian gold derivative contracts, US$nil million (2017: US$10.9 million) relating to gold derivative contracts at South Deep and US$1.2 million (US$nil) relating to Peruvian copper derivative contracts. Refer note 38 for further details.
2 | Relates to the sale of mining fleet at Tarkwa as part of the transition to contractor mining.

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