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Yilgarn South

Yilgarn South

Barrick GoldĄ¯s Yilgarn South operations are comprised of the Darlot, Granny Smith and Lawlers mines.The Darlot gold mine is a trackless underground operation located on the Yandal Greenstone Belt, approximately 680 kilometres northeast of Perth, Western Australia.The Granny Smith underground gold mine is located 950 kilometres northeast of Perth and 23 kilometres south of Laverton in the state of Western Australia.The Lawlers mine is an underground operation located on the Norseman/Wiluna Greenstone Belt, approximately 660 kilometres northeast of Perth, Western Australia.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2015
Reserves/Resources: Gold - 1.41 Moz (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable reserves)
Products: Gold - 372 koz in 2011
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp. - 100%
country/region: AUSTRALIA
Continent: Oceania

Hemlo

Hemlo

The Hemlo property located approximately 350 kilometres east of Thunder Bay in the Canadian Province of Ontario.Ii consists of David Bell, an underground mine, and Williams, an underground and open pit mine. First gold occurences were discovered in the Hemlo area in 1869.
Mining Method: underground
Commodity: Gold
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): To 2018 (possible 2025)
Reserves/Resources: 15Mt @ 2.35 g/t gold for 1.14 Moz (Dec 31, 2011, proven & probable reserves)
Products: Gold - 227 koz in 2011
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp. - 100%
country/region: CANADA
Continent: North America

Cerro Casale Mine

Cerro Casale Mine

Cerro Casale is a porphyry gold-copper mining project located in northern Chile, South America in mountainous terrain with elevations ranging from 3,800 to 4,400 m. It is located 145 km southeast of the city of Copiapo.Proven and Probable Mineral Reserves estimated for 23.2 Moz contained gold and 5.8 Mlb contained copper. Proposed mine life based on the current mineral reserve is 20 years for the mine and 18 years for the process plant. Pre-stripping would start in 2012.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Copper
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 20
Reserves/Resources: 1,212,885 t grading 0.59 g/t gold 0.22% Copper 1.51 g/t Silver containing 23.17 Moz gold 5,782 Mlbs Copper 58.720 Moz Silver (Reserves - Feb/10)
Products: 16.8 Moz gold4,832 Mlb Copper 36.5 Moz Silver (over the LOM)
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp (75%), Kinross Gold Corp (30%)
country/region: CHILE
Continent: South America

Pascua Lama

Pascua Lama

Pascua-Lama is an open pit mining project of gold, silver, copper and other minerals. Pascua Lama is located in the Andes mountains, in the southern reaches of Atacama Desert, straddling the border between Chile and Argentina at an altitude of over 4,500 metres.The gold-silver deposit was discovered in 1977 by St. Joe and CMSA. Barrick acquired the project in 1994.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Estimated Mine Life(yrs): 25
Start Date: 2013
Reserves/Resources: 17.8 Moz gold and 718 Moz silver (Dec31/2009)
Products: 14 Moz gold and 494 Moz silver (over the LOM)
Owner: Barrick Gold
country/region: CHILE
Continent: South America

Pueblo Viejo

Pueblo Viejo

Pueblo Viejo is located in the central part of the Dominican Republicon the Caribbean island of Hispaniola in the province of Sanchez Ramirez. It is located 15 km west from provincial capital of Cotui and approximately 95 km northwest of the national capital of Santo Domingo. The Pueblo Viejo epithermal gold and silver deposit had been mined intermittently since the Pre-Columbian era. Open pit mining was executed by Rosario Dominicana between 1975 and 1999. In 24 years of production, the mine produced a total of 5.5 million of gold and 25.2 million ounces of silver. Gold ore will be mined by conventional open pit methods from two pits. The mines will follow a conventional drill-blast-load-haul mining sequence.
Mining Method: open pit
Commodity: Gold, Silver
Reserves/Resources: 252.5 Mt for 23.7 Moz gold, 141.8 Moz silver, 505 Mlbs copper (Reserves, 2010)
Products: 1.0 to 1.125 Moz per year
Owner: Barrick Gold Corp. 60%,Goldcorp Inc. 40%.
country/region: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Continent: Central American

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