Barrick Gold Corp. (NYSE: ABX)

Barrick(Completes Acquisition of Placer Dome) is the largest gold producer in the world; the company has the largest reserves in the industry ~139 million ounces as at December 31, 2005. For 2006, the Company’s guidance is gold production of 8.6 to 8.9 million ounces. According to the latest Mitsui / Haliburton / Virtual Metals Q405 Hedge Book Report. Barrick Gold + Placer Dome hedge position = 19,996,000 Gold ounces.

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Barrick shares are traded on the Toronto (TSX: ABX), New York (NYSE: ABX), London (LSE: BGD), Euronext-Paris (PARIS: ABX) and Swiss (Swiss: ABX) stock exchanges.