Barrick Gold Corporation: Pueblo Viejo Project Moves Forward

Pueblo Viejo is a $2.7 billion gold mining project jointly owned by Barrick Gold Corporation (60%) and Goldcorp Inc. (40%)

Production is projected to be almost one million ounces of gold per year during the first full five years of production.

Total proven and probable reserves for Pueblo Viejo at December 31, 2007 were estimated to be 20.4 million ounces1 of gold with 423.6 million pounds of copper and 117.3 million ounces of silver contained within the gold reserves.

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