Barrick Gold
| Barrick Gold Corporation
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| legal form | Corporation |
| ISIN | CA0679011084 |
| founding | 1983 |
| Seat | Toronto , Canada |
| management | John Thornton (Chairman) |
| Number of employees | approx.17,500 (2014) |
| sales | $ 7.24 billion (2018) |
| Branch | Mining |
| Website | www.barrick.com |
Barrick Gold Corporation is the world's largest gold mining company with annual production of over 7 million ounces or approximately 200 tons of gold . The head office is in Toronto ; the company is listed in the S & P / TSX 60 stock index on the Toronto Stock Exchange and has the largest position in the most important industry index, the NYSE Arca Gold BUGS index .
The company was founded in 1978 by Peter Munk (1927-2018) as Barrick Petroleum and went public in 1983 as Barrick Gold . On January 20, 2006 Barrick Gold acquired the majority of the shares in the Canadian competitor Placer Dome . Barrick Gold overtook its US competitor Newmont Mining Corporation and took the lead among gold producers. In addition to gold, the company also mines silver and copper.
Mines
| Mine | country | Barrick's share | Gold production 2010 in kg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Mountain, Nevada |
 United States
|
100% | 1673 |
| Bulyanhulu |
 Tanzania
|
100% | |
| Buzwagi |
Tanzania
|
100% | |
| Cortez, Nevada |
United States
|
100% | 32,328 |
| Cowal Gold Mine , New South Wales |
 Australia
|
100% | 8450 |
| Golden Sunlight, Montana |
United States
|
100% | 0 |
| Goldstrike, Carlin Discordance , Nevada |
United States
|
100% | |
| Hemlo, Ontario |
 Canada
|
100% | 6860 |
| Kanowna Belle Gold Mine , Western Australia |
Australia
|
100% | 7115 |
| Lagunas Norte (Alto Chicama) |
 Peru
|
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| Marigold |
United States
|
33% | 1300 |
| North Mara |
Tanzania
|
100% | |
| Pascua Lama |
 Argentina , Chile
|
100% | |
| Pierina, Ancash |
Peru
|
100% | 5415 |
| Plutonic gold mine , Western Australia |
Australia
|
100% | 3855 |
| Porgera gold mine |
 Papua New Guinea
|
95% | 14,713 |
| Pueblo Viejo |
 Dominican Republic
|
60% | |
| Round Mountain, Nevada |
United States
|
50% | 5406 |
| Ruby Hill |
United States
|
100% | 2300 |
| Super pit gold mine |
Australia
|
50% | 11,170 |
| Turquoise Ridge, Nevada |
United States
|
75% | 3515 |
| Tulawaka, Kagera (region) |
Tanzania
|
70% | |
| Veladero, San Juan Province |
Argentina
|
100% | 31,715 |
| Yilgarn South: Darlot Centenary Gold Mine , |
Australia
|
100% | 8900 |
| Lumwana (copper mine) |
 Zambia
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| Jebel Sayid (copper mine) |
 Saudi Arabia
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| All in all | about 200,000 | ||
Projects
Barrick Gold is developing a gold mine on Donlin Creek in southwest Alaska with NovaGold , a mining company based in Vancouver , British Columbia . 2018 were to EIAs ( Environmental Impact Statement ) conducted one of the conditions for the pending regulatory approval.
In Chile, a project was stopped because of massive environmental problems and the company has to pay a fine of 16.4 million dollars.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barrick Gold 2014 Responsibility Report ( July 25, 2015 memento in the Internet Archive ), accessed July 24, 2015
- ↑ Barrick Gold Corporation: Annual Report 2018 , p. 101, accessed January 3, 2020.
- ↑ Index composition NYSE Arca Gold BUGS Index on boerse.de , accessed on November 11, 2016
- ↑ "Founder of Barrick Gold, Peter Munk, deceased at the age of 90" , accessed on April 3, 2018
- ^ The gold mines of the future in FAZ from April 14, 2012, p. 26
- ↑ Donlin Gold Project Receives Record of Decision and Major Federal Permits , August 13, 2018, accessed February 3, 2020.
- ↑ Potassium cyanide in wastewater TAZ , accessed on May 27, 2013