Veladero, Barrick’s joint venture in Argentina, continues to explore and strengthen its partnership with the community But warns that in-country conditions could affect mining industry viability

Veladero, Barrick’s joint venture in Argentina, continues to

explore and strengthen its partnership with the community

But warns that in-country conditions could affect mining industry viability

San Juan, Argentina – October 7, 2022 – The Veladero gold mine has reached its 17th anniversary

since first gold in October 2005 and the company remains committed to improving the asset, building on

strong partnerships with the local community, and exploring to increase its resources.

At a media briefing here today, Barrick president and chief executive Mark Bristow said recent integrated

work from the exploration team in the Veladero district has identified four high interest targets that will be

tested with drilling campaigns starting in October 2022.

Also, to continue developing an open partnership with local communities, Veladero will launch four new

Community Development Committees (CDC) in the departments of Iglesia and Jáchal, bringing the total to

six, and increasing the frequency of participatory environmental monitoring. The role of the CDC is to

allocate the community investment budget to projects prioritized by local stakeholders, with each

committee made up of a mix of local leaders and a variety of community members.

“We call San Juan our home and since 2019 we have significantly improved our relations with all

stakeholders based on our DNA of open and transparent communication. I’m thrilled to see this

commitment expand with the installation of new Community Development Committees in our neighboring

communities of Iglesia and Jáchal”, Bristow said.

Another important initiative is to enhance environmental participatory monitoring. The first activity took

place at the start of October when water quality samples were collected at Veladero's Compliance Point

by community members and analyzed at a certified laboratory. Over the next six months, monitoring will

occur monthly and then quarterly, significantly increasing participation from the current annual frequency.

In terms of value creation, the participation of local community suppliers reached US$ 22 million in goods

and services supplied to the mine in the last 12 months. This development process has generated new

opportunities such as earthworks, construction, manufacturing of grinding balls, glass cutting, hardware,

mining road maintenance, and cargo transportation among others. At the same time, the company has

developed an incubation program for non-mining related small businesses, which has produced about 60

initiatives in the last three years.

We are exploring in the San Juan province and across the country, and at the same time, we have raised

concerns about the mining industry's viability. At Veladero we have observed how the current financial

situation in Argentina, with currency restrictions, inflation, and taxation, combines with the global financial

crisis to create risks for the mine plan. As partners we urgently need to work together for a sustainable

long-term future, Bristow said.

Contact

Marcelo Álvarez

Executive Director of Government Relations South America

+11 3188 9957

About Veladero

Veladero is a 50/50 joint venture between Barrick and Shandong Gold, located in the San Juan province

of Argentina, at an elevation between 4,000 and 4,850 meters above sea level.

Since the start of operations in 2005, Veladero has exceeded US$10 billion in goods and services, taxes

and salaries paid in Argentina. The mine’s employee and contractor workforce is 4,162 with 99% national

employees, and 89% from San Juan.

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Certain information contained or incorporated by reference in this press release, including any information

as to our strategy, projects, plans or future financial or operating performance, constitutes “forward-looking

statements”. All statements, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. The

words “commit”, “believe”, “expect”, “strategy”, “potential”, “project”, “continue”, “future”, “will”, “could”,

“would”, “should”, “may” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. In particular, this

press release contains forward-looking statements including, without limitation, with respect to: high-

potential exploration targets at Veladero; the anticipated benefits of participatory environmental monitoring

and other environmental initiatives; the potential for Community Development Committees and other

initiatives to strengthen Veladero’s relationship with surrounding communities; Barrick’s strategy, plans,

targets and goals in respect of environmental and social governance issues, including local community

relations and investments (including local content programs and planned investments to develop local

suppliers and businesses); Veladero’s ability to convert resources into reserves; mine life and production

rates; Barrick’s global exploration strategy and planned exploration activities at Veladero; the potential

impact of local currency restrictions, inflation and taxation in Argentina on Veladero; and expectations

regarding future price assumptions, financial performance and other outlook or guidance.

Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions

including material estimates and assumptions related to the factors set forth below that, while considered

reasonable by the Company as at the date of this press release in light of management’s experience and

perception of current conditions and expected developments, are inherently subject to significant

business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. Known and unknown factors could

cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements and undue

reliance should not be placed on such statements and information. Such factors include, but are not

limited to: fluctuations in the spot and forward price of gold, copper or certain other commodities (such as

silver, diesel fuel, natural gas and electricity); risks associated with projects in the early stages of

evaluation and for which additional engineering and other analysis is required; risks related to the

possibility that future exploration results will not be consistent with the Company’s expectations, that

quantities or grades of reserves will be diminished, and that resources may not be converted to reserves;

risks associated with the fact that certain of the initiatives described in this press release are still in the

early stages and may not materialize; changes in mineral production performance, exploitation and

exploration successes; risks that exploration data may be incomplete and considerable additional work

may be required to complete further evaluation, including but not limited to drilling, engineering and

socioeconomic studies and investment; the speculative nature of mineral exploration and development;

lack of certainty with respect to foreign legal systems, corruption and other factors that are inconsistent

with the rule of law; changes in national and local government legislation, taxation, controls or regulations

and/or changes in the administration of laws, policies and practices, expropriation or nationalization of

property and political or economic developments Argentina or other countries in which Barrick does or

may carry on business in the future; risks relating to political instability in certain of the jurisdictions in

which Barrick operates; timing of receipt of, or failure to comply with, necessary permits and approvals;

non-renewal of or failure to obtain key licenses by governmental authorities; failure to comply with

environmental and health and safety laws and regulations; contests over title to properties, particularly title

to undeveloped properties, or over access to water, power and other required infrastructure; the liability

associated with risks and hazards in the mining industry, and the ability to maintain insurance to cover

such losses; increased costs and physical risks, including extreme weather events and resource

shortages, related to climate change; damage to the Company’s reputation due to the actual or perceived

occurrence of any number of events, including negative publicity with respect to the Company’s handling

of environmental matters or dealings with community groups, whether true or not; risks related to

operations near communities that may regard Barrick’s operations as being detrimental to them; litigation

and legal and administrative proceedings; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or

development activities, including geotechnical challenges, and storage facilities failures, and disruptions in

the maintenance or provision of required infrastructure and information technology systems; increased

costs, delays, suspensions and technical challenges associated with the construction of capital projects;

risks associated with working with partners in jointly controlled assets; risks related to disruption of supply

routes which may cause delays in construction and mining activities; risk of loss due to acts of war,

terrorism, sabotage and civil disturbances; risks associated with Barrick’s infrastructure, information

technology systems and the implementation of Barrick’s technological initiatives; the impact of inflation,

including global inflationary pressures driven by supply chain disruptions caused by the ongoing Covid-19

pandemic and global energy cost increases following the invasion of Ukraine by Russia; risks related to

competition in the mining industry; employee relations including loss of key employees; availability and

increased costs associated with mining inputs and labor; risks associated with diseases, epidemics and

pandemics, including the effects and potential effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic; risks related to the

failure of internal controls; and risks related to the impairment of the Company’s goodwill and assets. In

addition, there are risks and hazards associated with the business of mineral exploration, development

and mining, including environmental hazards, industrial accidents, unusual or unexpected formations,

pressures, cave-ins, flooding and gold bullion, copper cathode or gold or copper concentrate losses (and

the risk of inadequate insurance, or inability to obtain insurance, to cover these risks).

Many of these uncertainties and contingencies can affect our actual results and could cause actual results

to differ materially from those expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements made by, or on

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on file with the SEC and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities for a more detailed

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