Nevada Gold Mines has entered into a definitive asset exchange agreement to acquire from i-80 Gold Corp. the 40% interest in the South Arturo Joint Venture that NGM does not already own as well as a low-cost option to acquire the adjacent Rodeo Creek exploration property, in exchange for the Lone Tree and Buffalo Mountain properties and [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. today confirmed that the per share amount of the second $250 million tranche of a return of capital distribution totalling $750 million to be paid on September 15, 2021, will be $0.1405092, based on the number of issued and outstanding shares as of the August 31, 2021 record date. This follows the approval by shareholders at [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. has become a patron of the Charge on Innovation Challenge, an industry-wide effort to cut emissions from surface mining. The Challenge takes the form of a global competition and seeks to leverage the experience and ideas of a variety of industries to develop new concepts and solutions for large-scale haul truck electrification [...]
In a release issued earlier today under the same headline by Barrick Gold Corp. , certain prior quarter and prior-year figures included in the "Financial and Operating Highlights" table were inverted or duplicated. This correction does not change any other information in the release. Complete corrected text follows: Second Quarter 2021 ResultsAll [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. said today it had completed or progressed major capital projects in the second quarter of the year while its globally broadened exploration programmes delivered substantial reserve gains and stepped up the search for new world-class discoveries. The new Phase 6 heap leach facility at Veladero has been commissioned on time while [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. today announced that the second $250 million tranche of the return of capital distribution totalling $750 million will be paid on September 15, 2021 to shareholders of record at the close of business on August 31, 2021. This will complement the $0.09 per share dividend declared by the Barrick Board of Directors for the second [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. -- Barrick Pueblo Viejo and its key stakeholders have agreed on independent government-led oversight of the strategic environmental and social impact assessment studies for the new tailings storage facility. This facility, which forms part of an expansion project that will require an initial new investment by Pueblo Viejo of $1.3 [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. has been awarded four exploration licenses for 19 blocks following its participation in the International Bid-Round /2020 led by the Egyptian government for exploration of gold and associated minerals in the highly prospective Eastern Desert region of the country. The Eastern Desert is part of the Proterozoic Arabian Nubian [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. - A Reuters article headlined "Cyber attack disrupts major South African port operations" includes the following statement: "Most of the copper and cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia, where miners such as Glencore and Barrick Gold operate, use Durban to ship cargo out of Africa". The ambiguous wording of [...]
It is with the deepest sadness that Perenti and Barrick Gold Corp. advise that at approximately 9.30pm on 14 July 2021, an incident occurred at Barrick's Hemlo Mine in Ontario, Canada which resulted in the tragic fatality of a Barminco employee. Perenti and Barrick extend their deepest sympathies to the family, friends and colleagues of the [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. today reported preliminary Q2 sales of 1.07 million ounces of gold and 96 million pounds of copper, as well as preliminary Q2 production of 1.04 million ounces of gold and 96 million pounds of copper. We remain on track to achieve 2021 guidance1, with both the Africa & Middle East and Latin America & Asia Pacific regions trending [...]
Barrick Gold Corp. - Significant exploration successes could extend the Tongon gold mine's life, Barrick president and chief executive Mark Bristow said today. Speaking at a local media briefing, Bristow said 10 years after it went into production Tongon could get a new lease on life thanks to promising results from near-mine exploration campaigns [...]
