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Inventories (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Schedule of Inventories |
19. |  | INVENTORIES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Gold-in-process and stockpiles |  |  | 450.2 |  |  |  | 375.1 |
|  | Consumable stores |  |  | 212.9 |  |  |  | 183.7 |
|  | Total inventories |  |  | 663.1 |  |  |  | 558.8 |
|  | Heap leach and stockpiles inventories included in non-current assets 1 |  |  | (141.5 | ) |  |  | (141.0 | )
|  | Total current inventories 2 |  |  | 521.6 |  |  |  | 417.8 |
1 | Heap leach and stockpiles inventories will only be processed at the end of life-of-mine.
2 | The cost of consumable stores consumed during the year and included in cost of sales amounted to US$267.4 million (2019: US$270.4 million).

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