Barrick Gold Corp.

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/24/11 -- All amounts expressed in US dollars unless otherwise indicated

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX) (TSX: ABX) ('Barrick') and its wholly owned subsidiary, Barrick North America Finance LLC ('BNAF'), announced today the pricing of $4.0 billion in debt securities comprised of: $700 million of 1.75

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/17/11 -- All amounts expressed in US$ unless otherwise indicated

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) ('Barrick' or 'the Company') announced today that it has received confirmation that the Investment Canada Act does not apply to Barrick's proposed acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 05/10/11 -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) ('Barrick' or 'the Company') announced today that it has received confirmation that the Australian Government has no objections under its foreign investment policy to Barrick's proposed acquisition of all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/26/11 -- All amounts expressed in US$ unless otherwise indicated

Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) ('Barrick' or 'the Company') announced today that a wholly-owned subsidiary of Barrick, Barrick Canada Inc. (the 'Offeror'), has commenced the previously announced offer (the 'Offer') to acquire

C$8.15 Per Share Cash Offer Recommended by Equinox Board

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 04/25/11 -- Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: ABX)(TSX: ABX) -

All amounts expressed in US$ unless otherwise indicated

Highlights

Equinox realizes compelling value

--  Equinox signs support agreement with Barrick for C$8.15 per share all-
    cash recommended offer
--  30% premium based on Equinox's closing share price on the Toronto Stock
    Exchange on February 25, 2011 (the last trading day before announcement
    of Equinox's bid for Lundin)
--  superior offer representing a 16% premium to the value of the proposed
    Minmetals offer
--  no financing condition; Barrick has sufficient cash and committed
    financing in place to fund the acquisition
--  unanimously recommended by Equinox's Board of Directors
--  Equinox will withdraw its bid for Lundin

Cash flow and earnings accretive for Barrick shareholders

--  proven, producing mine with strong growth potential
--  utilizes Barrick's balance sheet capacity
--  historically low interest rates on debt financing

The addition of the high-quality, long-life Lumwana asset

--  long mine life in a mining friendly jurisdiction
--  provides entry into highly prospective Zambian copper belt

Consistent with Barrick's strategy of increasing gold and copper reserves
through exploration and acquisitions

--  attractive supply and demand fundamentals for copper for the foreseeable
    future
--  5.7 billion pounds of copper reserves, including 4.5 billion pounds of
    copper reserves at Lumwana and 1.2 billion pounds of copper reserves at
    Jabal Sayid, plus an additional 5.5 billion pounds of inferred copper
    resources at Lumwana(1)
--  scarcity of opportunities of this size and quality
--  maintains gold exposure per share and enhances copper leverage per share
--  financial flexibility remains to fund internal growth projects