Barrick appoints Loreto Silva Independent Director
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Barrick appoints Loreto Silva Independent Director
Henderson, Nevada, August 9, 2019 – Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) today
announced that it has appointed Loreto Silva to the Company’s Board of Directors as an independent
director.
An accomplished legal professional, academic and consultant, Loreto is Chile’s former Mini ster of Public
Works and the current chairperson of the board of ENAP, the country’s national petroleum company. She
is also a partner at the Chilean law firm of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados.
Loreto started her career as a lawyer for the Chilean Chamb er of Construction where she helped develop
the country’s sanitary and public works concession systems. She specialized in public works concession
contracts, competition, water resource management as well as the development of electric, sanitary and
infrastructure projects.
In 2010, Loreto was appointed Vice Minister of Public Works and became Minister of the department at the
end of the 2012. As Minister, she promoted and led complex infrastructural works such as the bridge over
the Chacao Channel an d the Américo Vespucio Oriente highway. She also led the development of the
National Water Resource Strategy and is currently director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the
Santiago Chamber of Commerce ("CAM"), director at the Infrastructure Policy Council ("CPI") and member
of Women Corporate Directors.
Executive chairman John Thornton said her appointment will broaden the skills of the Board and add fresh
perspective. “We are pleased to welcome Loreto to the Barrick Board, which will benefit from her significant
knowledge of large -scale infrastructural projects and wide -ranging experience in legal and government
affairs.”
Enquiries:
Mark Bristow
President and CEO
+1 647 205 7694
+44 788 071 1386
Kathy du Plessis
Investor and Media Relations
+44 20 7557 7738
Website: www.barrick.com