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RECLAMATION AND REMEDIATION (Tables)
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2026
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
Schedule of Reclamation and Remediation Expense
The Company’s Reclamation and remediation expense consisted of:
Three Months Ended
September 30,		Nine Months Ended
September 30,
2026202520262025
Reclamation adjustments and other$3 $17 $6 $19 
Reclamation accretion73 73 219 236 
Reclamation expense76 90 225 255 
Remediation adjustments and other121 32 128 39 
Remediation accretion2 1 5 5 
Remediation expense123 33 133 44 
Reclamation and remediation$199 $123 $358 $299 
Schedule of Remediation and Reclamation Change in Liabilities
The following are reconciliations of Reclamation and remediation liabilities:
ReclamationRemediation
2026202520262025
Balance at January 1,$6,800 $7,015 $390 $370 
Additions, changes in estimates, and other (1)
(13)42 115 27 
Divestitures (2)
(29)(13)— — 
Payments, net(667)(471)(47)(56)
Accretion expense 219 236 5 5 
Balance at September 30,
$6,310 $6,809 $463 $346 
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(1)The addition to remediation for the nine months ended September 30, 2026 was primarily related to project execution delays and revised productivity assumptions for Phase 3 closure activities at the Midnite Mine. The addition to reclamation for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily related to NGM, as a result of higher water management costs and higher mercury storage and disposal costs at the Carlin mine. The addition to remediation for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 was primarily related to higher water management costs and project execution delays at the Midnite Mine.
(2)In the third quarter of 2026, the Company completed the sale of a historical mining site that was in the closure phase and was previously included within Corporate and Other. Refer to Note 3 for information on divestitures completed in 2025.
At September 30, 2026At December 31, 2025
ReclamationRemediationTotalReclamationRemediationTotal
Current (1)
$610 $68 $678 $829 $64 $893 
Non-current (2)
5,700 395 6,095 5,971 326 6,297 
Total (3)
$6,310 $463 $6,773 $6,800 $390 $7,190 
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(1)Included in Other current liabilities; refer to Note 16 for further information.
(2)Included in Reclamation and remediation liabilities.
(3)Total reclamation liabilities include $3,387 and $3,906 related to Yanacocha at September 30, 2026 and December 31, 2025, respectively.