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 |
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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 | ||
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 | ||
Jebel Sayid (copper mine) | Saudi Arabia | ||
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