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Note 28 - Dividends | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of dividends [text block] |
28 |  | Dividends
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Dividends paid to owners of the Company (Excluding NCI) |  |  | 2,904 |  |  |  | 2,639 |  |  |  | 2,504 |
The quarterly dividend of 6,875 cents per share represents Caledonia’s current dividend policy.

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