Barrick Gold Corporation

PDAC President William Mercer presents the Bill Dennis Prospector of the Year award to Alex Davidson, senior vice-president of exploration with Barrick Gold.

Higher gold price adds pizzazz to PDAC convention

Consolidation, sustainability, and the allure of the mysterious East: the 71st annual convention of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) did not want for themes.It seems gold is n…



Photo by Henry KoroEdward Thompson, chairman of the awards committee, presents the Viola R. MacMillan Developer's Award to James Excell, president and CEO of BHP Billiton Canada.

Barrick’s Davidson honoured for long, long career

In the late 1970s, Alex Davidson, then a student at McGill University, was attending the annual PDAC convention in Toronto when he stuck his head inside the Canadian room at the Royal York Hotel to ca…



Apollo Gold revitalizes mature mines

Winnemucca, Nev. — The inaugural year of Apollo Gold (APG-T) proved to be auspicious. In 2002, the Denver-based company produced 154,860 oz. gold, doubled its reserve base and picked up the promising…


Barrick shows grassroots prowess with Peruvian find

A new emphasis on grassroots exploration paid off for Barrick Gold (ABX-T) in 2002 with the discovery of the 9.5-million-oz. Lagunas Norte gold deposit at Alto Chicama in northern Peru.Barrick jump-st…


Tanzania: a miner’s elephant country

Better known for red-cloaked Masai tribesmen and big game safaris, the United Republic of Tanzania is actually a phenomenally mineral-rich land.Formerly known as British East Africa, and German East A…




Base metals diverge, golds plunge deeper

The Toronto Stock Exchange composite index plunged 80.77 points over the Feb. 26-Mar. 4 report period to finish the week at 6,422.33.On March 5, gold settled at a London morning fix of US$354.50 per o…



McWatters acquires East Malartic mill

Two transactions, one with Quebec government-owned Soquem and another with Barrick Gold (ABX-T), will give McWatters Mining (MWA-T) a major position in the Val d’Or region of northwestern Quebe…


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