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RECLAMATION AND REMEDIATION
 3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2023
Environmental Remediation Obligations [Abstract]  
RECLAMATION AND REMEDIATION RECLAMATION AND REMEDIATIONThe Company’s mining and exploration activities are subject to various domestic and international laws and regulations governing the protection of the environment. These laws and regulations are continually changing and are generally becoming more restrictive. The Company conducts its operations to protect public health and the environment and believes its operations are in compliance with applicable laws and regulations in all material respects. The Company has made, and expects to make in the future, expenditures to comply with such laws and regulations, but cannot predict the full amount of such future expenditures. Estimated future reclamation and remediation costs are based principally on current legal and regulatory requirements.
The Company’s Reclamation and remediation expense consisted of:
Three Months Ended
March 31,
20232022
Reclamation adjustments and other$2 $1 
Reclamation accretion60 43 
Reclamation expense62 44 
Remediation adjustments and other2 16 
Remediation accretion2 1 
Remediation expense4 17 
Reclamation and remediation$66 $61 
The following are reconciliations of Reclamation and remediation liabilities:
Reclamation
Remediation (1)
2023202220232022
Balance at January 1,$6,731 $5,768 $373 $344 
Additions, changes in estimates and other— — — 13 
Payments, net(41)(32)(5)(6)
Accretion expense 60 43 2 1 
Balance at March 31,
$6,750 $5,779 $370 $352 
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(1)The $13 addition for the three months ended March 31, 2022 is due to expected higher waste disposal costs at Midnite Mine.

At March 31, 2023At December 31, 2022
ReclamationRemediationTotalReclamationRemediationTotal
Current (1)
$473 $44 $517 $482 $44 $526 
Non-current (2)
6,277 326 6,603 6,249 329 6,578 
Total (3)
$6,750 $370 $7,120 $6,731 $373 $7,104 
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(1)The current portion of reclamation and remediation liabilities are included in Other current liabilities.
(2)The non-current portion of reclamation and remediation liabilities are included in Reclamation and remediation liabilities.
(3)Total reclamation liabilities include $3,721 and $3,722 related to Yanacocha at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The Company is also involved in several matters concerning environmental remediation obligations associated with former, primarily historic, mining activities. Generally, these matters concern developing and implementing remediation plans at the various sites involved. The amounts accrued are reviewed periodically based upon facts and circumstances available at the time. Changes in estimates are recorded in Other current liabilities and Reclamation and remediation liabilities in the period estimates are revised.
Included in Other non-current assets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are $62 and $62 respectively, of non-current restricted cash held for purposes of settling reclamation and remediation obligations. The amounts at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 primarily relate to the Ahafo and Akyem mines.
Included in Other non-current assets at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 are $34 and $35, respectively, of non-current restricted investments, which are legally pledged for purposes of settling reclamation and remediation obligations. The amounts at March 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022 primarily relate to San Jose Reservoir at Yanacocha.
Refer to Note 17 for further discussion of reclamation and remediation matters.