Aurum Hits 11.46m at 6.67 g/t Gold at Boundiali BM Goal 1

Talking on the Gold Discussion board Americas , Bristow stated whereas Barrick was alert to probably value-accretive alternatives generated by the consolidation of the {industry}, it had the uncommon luxurious of doing so from an asset base that may help natural progress effectively into the longer term.

“5 years in the past, we got down to construct a sustainably worthwhile gold and copper enterprise targeted on world-class belongings.  We didn’t have to purchase them at a premium: they had been embedded within the merged portfolio of Barrick and Randgold and we simply needed to unlock their worth,” he stated.

“We’ve got six Tier One ² gold mines with extra within the making and our long-term plans are primarily based on high quality orebodies with industry-leading grades that drive bettering value profiles.  Alongside our peerless gold portfolio, we’re additionally constructing a considerable copper enterprise, each to feed the rising demand for this strategic steel and since it enhances our progress optionality to incorporate copper-gold porphyries.”

Bristow listed three world-class gold alternatives, all in Nevada, which he described because the world’s premier mining jurisdiction.  The lately commissioned Goldrush is ramping as much as a focused 400,000 ounces each year by 2028. ³ Bordering on Goldrush is the 100% Barrick-owned Fourmile, which is returning grades double these of Goldrush and is one other Tier One mine within the making. ⁴ Nonetheless in Nevada, the 14-million-ounce Leeville venture is growing into a serious progress driver that might double or triple Carlin’s reserves, extending its life past 2045. ⁵

On the copper facet of the enterprise, two transformative tasks are on monitor for first manufacturing in 2028. The Reko Diq copper-gold venture in Pakistan is designed to provide 400,000 tonnes of copper and 500,000 ounces of gold per yr within the second part of its improvement. ⁴ The Lumwana Tremendous Pit venture in Zambia will double the mine’s manufacturing over a +30-year life. ⁴

“Mining is a consumptive {industry} which requires fixed substitute of the ounces it depletes. Barrick leads the {industry} in orebody growth and has greater than changed the gold reserves it has mined over the previous 5 years. ⁶ Much more considerably, the ounces which have been added are on the similar or higher grade than the reserves that had been mined,” Bristow stated.

He famous that since 2019, Barrick had additionally constructed an industry-leading stability sheet, lowering internet debt by $3.5 billion, investing $11.2 billion in +10 yr life-of-mine plans for its key mines and returning greater than $5 billion to shareholders. Its sturdy working money flows would offer the monetary flexibility to fund its progress tasks.

“Contemplating all this, it is extraordinary how undervalued Barrick’s shares are. Primarily based on analysts’ consensus internet asset worth calculations, the worth of simply our curiosity in Nevada Gold Mines and our copper portfolio virtually exceeds our present market capitalization. ⁷ Because of this the remainder of our enterprise is barely valued at $3.3 billion, and that features our curiosity in three Tier One gold mines exterior Nevada, the world-class Fourmile venture, and the event tasks within the pipeline. ⁷ It additionally doesn’t bear in mind our exploration groups’ unparallelled success in discovering new ounces.  At our present share worth, the case for investing in Barrick needs to be compelling,” he stated.

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Technical Info

The scientific and technical info contained on this presentation has been reviewed and accepted by Craig Fiddes, SME-RM, Lead, Useful resource Modeling, Nevada Gold Mines; Richard Peattie, MPhil, FAusIMM, Mineral Assets Supervisor: Africa and Center East; Simon Bottoms, CGeol, MGeol, FGS, FAusIMM, Mineral Useful resource Administration and Analysis Government (on this capability Mr. Bottoms can also be accountable on an interim foundation for scientific and technical info referring to the Latin America and Asia Pacific area); John Steele, CIM, Metallurgy, Engineering and Capital Tasks Government; and Joel Holliday, FAusIMM, Government Vice-President, Exploration—every a “Certified Individual” as outlined in Nationwide Instrument 43-101 – Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks .
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All mineral reserve and mineral useful resource estimates are estimated in accordance with Nationwide Instrument 43-101 – Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks . Except in any other case famous, such mineral reserve and mineral useful resource estimates are as of December 31, 2023.

Endnotes

1 State of affairs assumes an indicative manufacturing profile for Reko Diq and Lumwana, each of that are conceptual in nature. Doesn’t embody Fourmile. Confer with the beneath desk for the whole listing of Barrick’s outlook assumptions.

Gold equal ounces calculated from our copper belongings are calculated utilizing a gold worth of $1,300/oz and copper worth of $3.00/lb. Barrick’s ten-year indicative manufacturing profile for gold equal ounces is predicated on the next assumptions:

Barrick’s five-year indicative outlook is predicated on our present working asset portfolio, sustaining tasks in progress and exploration/mineral useful resource administration initiatives in execution. This outlook is predicated on our present reserves and assets and assumes that we’ll proceed to have the ability to convert assets into reserves. Extra asset optimization, additional exploration progress, new venture initiatives and divestitures should not included. For the corporate’s gold and copper segments, and the place relevant for a particular area, this indicative outlook is topic to alter and assumes the next: new open pit manufacturing permitted and commencing at Hemlo within the second half of 2025, permitting three years for allowing and two years for pre-stripping previous to first ore manufacturing in 2027; Tongon will enter care and upkeep by 2027; and manufacturing from the Zaldívar CuproChlor® Chloride Leach Challenge (Antofagasta is the operator of Zaldívar).

Our five-year indicative outlook excludes: manufacturing from Fourmile; Pierina, and Golden Daylight, each of that are at present in care and upkeep; and manufacturing from long-term greenfield optionality from Donlin, Pascua-Lama, Norte Abierto and Alturas.

Barrick’s ten-year indicative manufacturing profile is topic to alter and is predicated on the identical assumptions as the present five-year outlook detailed above, besides that the following 5 years of the ten-year outlook assumes attributable manufacturing from Fourmile in addition to exploration and mineral useful resource administration tasks in execution at Nevada Gold Mines and Hemlo.

Barrick’s five-year and ten-year manufacturing profile on this presentation additionally assumes an indicative gold and copper manufacturing profile for Reko Diq and an indicative copper manufacturing profile for the Lumwana Tremendous Pit growth, each of that are conceptual in nature.

2 A Tier One Gold Asset is an asset with a $1,300/oz reserve with potential for five million ounces to help a minimal 10-year life, annual manufacturing of at the least 500,000 ounces of gold and with all-in sustaining prices per ounce within the decrease half of the {industry} value curve. Tier One Belongings have to be positioned in a world class geological district with potential for natural reserve progress and long-term geologically pushed addition.

3 Confer with the Technical Report on the Cortez Complicated, Lander and Eureka Counties, State of Nevada, USA, dated December 31, 2021, and filed on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and EDGAR at www.sec.gov on March 18, 2022.

4 Indicative manufacturing profiles from Fourmile and Lumwana and recovered manufacturing profiles from Reko Diq are conceptual in nature and topic to alter following completion of Fourmile’s pre-feasibility research, Lumwana’s feasibility research and Reko Diq’s up to date feasibility research, respectively. Fourmile is at present 100% owned by Barrick. As beforehand disclosed, Barrick anticipates Fourmile being contributed to the Nevada Gold Mines three way partnership, at truthful market worth, if sure standards are met.

5 “14 million ounce Leeville venture” refers to whole historic gold manufacturing of the Leeville Complicated from 2005 to 2023 of 8.5 million ounces (100% foundation) plus estimated year-end 2023 possible mineral reserves of the Leeville Complicated of 5.4 million ounces of gold (100% foundation).

Estimates of Leeville Complicated mineral reserves as of December 31, 2023 on a 100% foundation: Possible mineral reserves of 20 million tonnes grading 8.48g/t, representing 5.4 million ounces of gold. At present, no confirmed mineral reserves are reported for Leeville Complicated.  Leeville Complicated includes:

• Pete Bajo: Possible mineral reserves of two.0 million tonnes grading 7.39g/t, representing 0.47 million ounces of gold​
• Rita Okay: Possible mineral reserves of three.5 million tonnes grading 6.26g/t, representing 0.70 million ounces of gold​
• Leeville: Possible mineral reserves of 14 million tonnes grading 9.17g/t, representing 4.2 million ounces of gold​

6 Confirmed and possible reserve features calculated from cumulative internet change in reserves from yr finish 2019 to 2023. Reserve substitute share is calculated from the cumulative internet change in reserves from yr finish 2019 to 2023 divided by the cumulative depletion in reserves from yr finish 2019 to 2023 as proven within the desk beneath.

Attributable acquisitions and divestments contains the next: a lower of two.2 Moz in confirmed and possible gold reserves from December 31, 2019 to December 31, 2020, on account of the divestiture of Barrick’s Massawa gold venture efficient March 4, 2020; and a lower of 0.91 Moz in confirmed and possible gold reserves from December 31, 2020 to December 31, 2021, on account of the change in Barrick’s possession curiosity in Porgera from 47.5% to 24.5% and the web impression of the asset alternate of Lone Tree to i-80 Gold for the remaining 50% of South Arturo that Nevada Gold Mines didn’t already personal.

All estimates are estimated in accordance with Nationwide Instrument 43-101 – Requirements of Disclosure for Mineral Tasks as required by Canadian securities regulatory authorities.

1. Estimates as of December 31, 2019, until in any other case famous. Confirmed reserves of 280 million tonnes grading 2.42 g/t, representing 22 million ounces of gold and Possible reserves of 1,000 million tonnes grading 1.48 g/t, representing 49 million ounces of gold.
2. Estimates as of December 31, 2020, until in any other case famous. Confirmed reserves of 280 million tonnes grading 2.37g/t, representing 21 million ounces of gold and Possible reserves of 990 million tonnes grading 1.46g/t, representing 47 million ounces of gold.
3. Estimates as of December 31, 2021, until in any other case famous. Confirmed mineral reserves of 240 million tonnes grading 2.20g/t, representing 17 million ounces of gold and Possible reserves of 1,000 million tonnes grading 1.60g/t, representing 53 million ounces of gold.
4. Estimates as of December 31, 2022, until in any other case famous. Confirmed mineral reserves of 260 million tonnes grading 2.26g/t, representing 19 million ounces of gold and Possible reserves of 1,200 million tonnes grading 1.53g/t, representing 57 million ounces of gold.
5. Estimates are as of December 31, 2023, until in any other case famous. Confirmed mineral reserves of 250 million tonnes grading 1.85g/t, representing 15 million ounces of gold. Possible reserves of 1,200 million tonnes grading 1.61g/t, representing 61 million ounces of gold

i. Per CIBC Mining Comps as of September 13, 2024.​
ii. Per CIBC Mining Comps as of September 13, 2024, company changes apportioned throughout belongings proportional to NAV.​
iii. Primarily based on Agnico’s P/NAV a number of, per CIBC Mining Comps as of September 13, 2024.​
iv. Implied worth equal to analyst NAV occasions the market primarily based P/NAV a number of​.
v. According to the copper peer common of 1.1x, per CIBC Mining Comps as of September 13, 2024.
Knowledge sources: Firm Disclosure, Fraser Institute and S&P CapitalIQ.

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Ahead-looking statements are essentially primarily based upon numerous estimates and assumptions together with materials estimates and assumptions associated to the components set forth beneath that, whereas thought of cheap by the Firm as on the date of this presentation in gentle of administration’s expertise and notion of present circumstances and anticipated developments, are inherently topic to vital enterprise, financial and aggressive uncertainties and contingencies. Recognized and unknown components may trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these projected within the forward-looking statements and undue reliance shouldn’t be positioned on such statements and data. Such components embody, however should not restricted to: the potential to transform all or a part of the mineral useful resource for the Tremendous Pit growth right into a mineral reserve following the completion of the feasibility research; dangers associated to competitors within the mining {industry}; fluctuations within the spot and ahead worth of gold, copper or sure different commodities (akin to silver, diesel gas, pure gasoline and electrical energy); dangers related to tasks within the early levels of analysis and for which further engineering and different evaluation is required; dangers associated to the likelihood that future exploration outcomes won’t be in line with the Firm’s expectations, that portions or grades of reserves can be diminished, and that assets is probably not transformed to reserves; dangers related to the truth that sure of the initiatives described on this presentation are nonetheless within the early levels and should not materialize; adjustments in mineral manufacturing efficiency, exploitation and exploration successes; dangers that exploration knowledge could also be incomplete and appreciable further work could also be required to finish additional analysis, together with however not restricted to drilling, engineering and socioeconomic research and funding; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and improvement; lack of certainty with respect to international authorized programs, corruption and different components which might be inconsistent with the rule of regulation; disruption of provide routes which can trigger delays in development and mining actions, together with disruptions within the provide of key mining inputs because of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and conflicts within the Center East; threat of loss because of acts of battle, terrorism, sabotage and civil disturbances; dangers related to artisanal and unlawful mining; adjustments in nationwide and native authorities laws, taxation, controls or laws and/or adjustments within the administration of legal guidelines, insurance policies and practices; expropriation or nationalization of property and political or financial developments in Canada, america or different nations by which Barrick does or could keep it up enterprise sooner or later; dangers referring to political instability in sure of the jurisdictions by which Barrick operates; timing of receipt of, or failure to adjust to, vital permits and approvals; non-renewal of or failure to acquire key licenses by governmental authorities; failure to adjust to environmental and well being and security legal guidelines and laws; elevated prices and bodily and transition dangers associated to local weather change, together with excessive climate occasions, useful resource shortages, rising insurance policies and elevated laws referring to greenhouse gasoline emission ranges, power effectivity and reporting of dangers; Barrick’s skill to attain its sustainability targets, together with its climate-related targets and greenhouse gasoline emissions discount targets; the legal responsibility related to dangers and hazards within the mining {industry}, and the flexibility to keep up insurance coverage to cowl such losses; injury to the Firm’s repute because of the precise or perceived prevalence of any variety of occasions, together with damaging publicity with respect to the Firm’s dealing with of environmental issues or dealings with group teams, whether or not true or not; dangers associated to operations close to communities which will regard Barrick’s operations as being detrimental to them; litigation and authorized and administrative proceedings; working or technical difficulties in reference to mining or improvement actions, together with geotechnical challenges, tailings dam and storage amenities failures, and disruptions within the upkeep or provision of required infrastructure and data know-how programs; elevated prices, delays, suspensions and technical challenges related to the development of capital tasks; dangers related to working with companions in collectively managed belongings; dangers associated to disruption of provide routes which can trigger delays in development and mining actions; dangers related to Barrick’s infrastructure, info know-how programs and the implementation of Barrick’s technological initiatives, together with dangers associated to cybersecurity incidents, together with these brought on by pc viruses, malware, ransomware and different cyberattacks, or comparable info know-how system failures, delays and/or disruptions; worker relations together with lack of key staff; availability and elevated prices related to mining inputs and labor; and dangers related to illnesses, epidemics and pandemics. As well as, there are dangers and hazards related to the enterprise of mineral exploration, improvement and mining, together with environmental hazards, industrial accidents, uncommon or sudden formations, pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion, copper cathode or gold or copper focus losses (and the danger of insufficient insurance coverage, or lack of ability to acquire insurance coverage, to cowl these dangers).

Many of those uncertainties and contingencies can have an effect on our precise outcomes and will trigger precise outcomes to vary materially from these expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on behalf of, us. Readers are cautioned that forward-looking statements should not ensures of future efficiency. All the forward-looking statements made on this presentation are certified by these cautionary statements. Particular reference is made to the newest Type 40-F/Annual Info Type on file with the SEC and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities for a extra detailed dialogue of a number of the components underlying forward-looking statements and the dangers which will have an effect on Barrick’s skill to attain the expectations set forth within the forward-looking statements contained on this presentation.

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