Barrick Gold Corporation

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About Barrick Gold Corporation

Barrick is the world’s largest gold producer, with a portfolio of 26 operating mines, advanced exploration and development projects located across five continents, and large land positions on the most prolific and prospective mineral trends. The Company also has the largest reserves in the industry, with about 140 million ounces of proven and – more... probable gold reserves, 6.5 billion pounds of copper reserves and 1.07 billion ounces of silver contained within gold reserves1 as of December 31, 2010.

Barrick’s vision is to be the world’s best gold mining company by finding, acquiring, developing and producing quality reserves in a safe, profitable and socially responsible manner.

The Company has the gold industry’s only ‘A’ rated balance sheet, which positions it well to fund its project pipeline and seize other attractive exploration and acquisition opportunities as they may arise. Barrick was added to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – World for the third consecutive year in 2010 and maintained its listing on the Dow Jones Sustainability Index – North America, for the fourth year in a row. Barrick also became the only Canadian mining company to be ranked among the top 100 companies in the world for its sustainability and performance by the NASDAQ OMX CRD Global Sustainability Index.

Barrick’s Australia Pacific region is comprised of the following 8 operating mines — Kalgoorlie (50% interest); Kanowna, Plutonic, and Yilgarn South (Granny Smith, Darlot and Lawlers) in Western Australia; Cowal in New South Wales; and Porgera (95%) in Papua New Guinea. – less

Barrick Gold Corporation Employer Reviews

good company but limited internal training available for advancement on site at Osborne
Process Operator Maintainer (Former Employee), Osborne Mine –
The culture of the company and Futurestep's approach to the business impressed me and attracted me to the firm. I am thrilled to join a growing busine
Senior Mechanical Trainer & Assessor (Current Employee), East Africa-Tanzania –
Good learning environment for Engineers
Underground Graduate Mining Engineer (Current Employee), Porgera –
Professionally driven
Concentrator Manager (Former Employee), Jabal Sayid –
The mine rescue has been very exciting and fun and has given me a lot of oppertunities.
Equipment operator (Current Employee), Barrick / Cortez –