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FORWARD
LOOKING
STATEMENTS
Certain
information
included in this presentation, including any information as to our future
financial or operating
performance and other statements that express
management's expectations or estimates of future performance,
constitute
"forward-looking statements." The words "expect", "will", “intend”, “estimate”
and similar expressions
identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking
statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates
and assumptions
that, while considered reasonable by management are inherently subject
to
significant business,
economic and competitive uncertainties and
contingencies. The Company cautions the reader that such
forward-looking
statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors
that
may cause the
actual financial results, performance or achievements of
Barrick to be materially different from the Company's
estimated future
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those
forward-looking statements and
the forward-looking statements are not
guarantees of future performance. These risks, uncertainties and other
factors
include, but are not limited to: changes in the worldwide price
of
gold or certain other commodities (such as fuel and
electricity) and
currencies; ability to successfully integrate acquired assets; legislative,
political or economic
developments in the jurisdictions in which the Company
carries on business; operating or technical difficulties in
connection with
mining or development activities; the speculative nature of gold exploration
and
development,
including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of
reserves; and the risks involved in the exploration,
development and mining
business. These factors are discussed in greater detail in the Company’s most
recent Form
40-F/Annual Information Form on file with the US Securities and
Exchange Commission and Canadian provincial
securities regulatory
authorities.
The
Company
disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking
statements whether as a
result of new information, future events or
otherwise.
ADDITIONAL
DISCLOSURE
Barrick
plans to
file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission a Registration
Statement
on Form F-8, which
will include Barrick’s offer and take-over bid
circular. Investors and security holders are urged to read the offer
and
take-over bid circular, regarding the proposed business combination
transaction referred to in the foregoing
information, when these documents
become available, because they will contain important information.
Investors may
obtain a free copy of the offer and take-over bid circular when
they become available and other documents filed by
Barrick with the SEC at
the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. The prospectus and these other documents
may also be
obtained for free, once they have been mailed, on Barrick’s web
site or by directing a request to Barrick’s media or
investor relations
department.
Important
Information