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Included in Profit/(Loss) Before Royalties and Taxation (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
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Schedule of Amounts Included in (Loss)/Profit Before Royalties and Taxation |
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |  |  | 2018 |
8. |  | INCLUDED IN PROFIT/(LOSS) BEFORE ROYALTIES AND TAXATION ARE THE FOLLOWING: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Operating lease charges 1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2.3 | )
|  | Damang - contract termination 1,2 |  |  | (1.1 | ) |  |  | (13.1 | ) |  |  | — |
|  | Loss on buy-back of notes 1 |  |  | — |  |  |  | (5.0 | ) |  |  | — |
|  | Social contributions and sponsorships 1 |  |  | (13.7 | ) |  |  | (18.0 | ) |  |  | (15.1 | )
|  | Loss on sale of inventory 1,3 |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (8.9 | )
|  | Rehabilitation (expense)/income 1 |  |  | (1.5 | ) |  |  | (13.4 | ) |  |  | 0.9 |
|  | Restructuring costs 4 |  |  | (2.0 | ) |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (113.9 | )
|  | Salares VAT 5 |  |  | 23.9 |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
1 | Included under “Other costs, net” in the consolidated income statement.
2 | Refer note 13 .2 for further details.
3 | The loss on sale of inventory related to the sale of inventory at Tarkwa as part of the transition to contractor mining.
4 | The restructuring costs in 2020 comprise mainly separation packages at Tarkwa amounting to US$1.2 million (2019: US$0.3 million and 2018: US$88.8 million), St Ives of US$0.8 million (2019: US$nil and 2018: US$nil), South Deep amounting to US$nil (2019: US$0.3 million and 2018: US$11.2 million) and Damang amounting to US$nil (2019: US$nil and 2018: US$13.9 million). The restructuring costs of US$88.8 million at Tarkwa in 2018 related to the transition to contractor mining.
5 | The US$23.9 million income related to a submission of VAT claims for expenses incurred from 2010 to June 2020 at Salares Norte to the Chilean tax authority which become claimable from the commencement of construction in 2020.

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