Barrick Gold Corporation




PHOTO BY JOHN CUMMINGUnigold's chairman Talal Ali Al-Shair (left), and COO and vice-president of exploration Daniel Danis (centre) examine a new drill at the company's Los Candelones gold deposit on the Neita property in northwestern Dominican Republic.

Site visit: Saudi industrialist transforms Unigold

Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic — Until last year, Unigold (UGD-V, UGDIF-O) was just another junior Canadian explorer with a large, grassroots gold project and plenty of exploration ideas, but little…


US Gold wraps up Nevada deals

Vancouver — A little more than a year after launching takeover bids for Nevada Pacific Gold (NPG-V, NVPGF-O), Tone Resources (tns-v, tonrf-o) and White Knight Resources (wkr-v, witnf-o), U.S. Gold (U…


Growth Galore at NovaGold project

Vancouver — After tallying last year’s drill data, NovaGold Resources (NG-T, NG-X) has boosted resource estimates for its Galore Creek copper-gold deposit in northwestern British Columbia.


BY PAUL HARRISBarrick Gold has agreed to mine around three glaciers (one of which is pictured) that lie over gold-bearing property at the Pascua Lama gold project, which straddles Chile's Region III and Argentina's San Juan province. The decision cut reserves from 18.3 million oz. to 17 million oz., which means that 1.3 million oz. will be left in the ground.

Barrick high on Pascua Lama

SITE VISIT Pascua, Chile — After weathering a storm of protest about plans to move parts of three glaciers at its Pascua Lama gold-silver property on the Chile-Argentina border, Barrick…


AUROGIN RESOURCESThe small El Sastre open-pit heap leach gold mine in central Guatemala.

Aurogin, Morgain combo falls flat with investors

In a move that may become increasingly common in the junior gold sector, Aurogin Resources (AUQ-V, AROG-O) and Morgain Minerals (MGM-V, MGIMF-O) are joining forces to create an emerging gold producer,…


GBS Gold loads up treasury

Vancouver – After closing a $46-million bought deal financing, GBS Gold International (GBS-T, GBSFF-O) has a well p…



Rob Robertson

Barrick Eyes Pakistan for Super-Giant Potential

With a resource inventory of more than 21.3 million oz. gold and 26.6 billion lbs. copper, and counting, the Reko Diq copper-gold porphyry project in southwestern Pakistan has “super-giant” proportion…


Uganda ready for the ‘Big Boys’

After watching mining companies flock to its neighbours Tanzania and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the government of Uganda is finally doing something to promote the country’s mineral potentia…


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