Barrick Gold Corporation

Barrick "[I]s a leading international gold mining company, with a portfolio of 27 operating mines and seven advanced exploration and development projects located across five continents, and a large land position on the world’s best exploration belts... The Company has... completed the construction of the Tulawaka, Lagunas Norte and Veladero mines in 2005, and the Cowal mine in early 2006." 

Barrick was cofounded by David Gilmour and Peter Munk.

Ties to the American Legislative Exchange Council
Barrick has been a corporate funder of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC). See ALEC Corporations for more.

Barrick own 75% of the Porgera Joint Venture in Papua New Guinea.

For a detailed critical examination of the Barrick Gold's board members see Mining in the Ituri Province of the Congo-A Contemporary Profile.

For critical resources see http://protestbarrick.net

Management
Accessed April 2013:


 * Peter Munk - Founder & Chairman of the Board
 * Jamie C. Sokalsky - President & Chief Executive Officer
 * Kelvin Dushnisky - Senior Executive Vice President
 * Igor Gonzales - Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
 * Ammar Al-Joundi - Executive Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
 * Sybil Veenman - Senior Vice President & General Counsel
 * Don Ritz - Senior Vice President, Safety & Leadership
 * Rob Krcmarov - Senior Vice President, Global Exploration
 * Rick McCreary - Senior Vice President, Corporate Development
 * Ivan Mullany - Senior Vice President, Capital Projects

Board
Accessed April 2013:


 * Howard L. Beck, C. William D. Birchall, Donald J. Carty, Gustavo A. Cisneros, Robert M. Franklin, J. Brett Harvey, Dambisa Moyo, Brian Mulroney, Anthony Munk, Peter Munk, Steven J. Shapiro, Jamie C. Sokalsky, John L. Thornton

Former Directors
Source
 * Howard L. Beck, Q.C.
 * C. William D. Birchall - Vice Chairman and Director,
 * Donald J. Carty - the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of AMR Corp. and American Airlines from 1998 to 2003.
 * Gustavo Cisneros - Head of the Cisneros Group
 * Marshall A. Cohen, O.C. - Counsel, Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
 * Peter A. Crossgrove
 * John W. Crow - President, J&R Crow Inc.
 * Peter C. Godsoe, O.C.
 * Robert M. Franklin (Signalta) - President, Signalta Capital Corporation - From 1993 to January 2006, Mr. Franklin was the Non-Executive Chairman of Placer Dome Inc.
 * J. Brett Harvey - President and Chief Executive Officer, CONSOL Energy Inc.
 * Angus A. MacNaughton - President, Genstar Investment Corporation
 * The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, P.C., LL.D. - Senior Partner, Ogilvy Renault
 * Anthony Munk - Managing Director, Onex Corporation
 * Peter Munk, O.C. - Chairman, Barrick Gold Corporation - Mr. Munk is the founder and Chairman of the Board of Barrick Gold Corporation. He is also the founder and Chairman of Trizec Properties, Inc.
 * Joseph L. Rotman, O.C. - Chairman, Roy-L Capital Corporation
 * Steven J. Shapiro - Executive Vice President, Finance and Corporate Development, Burlington Resources Inc.
 * Gregory C. Wilkins - President and Chief Executive Officer, Barrick Gold Corporation

PR Staff

 * Vincent Borg, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications

Industry Association Affiliations

 * International Cyanide Management Institute, member

Barrick’s Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory Board
"Barrick’s Corporate Social Responsibility Advisory Board was formed in 2012 and acts as an external sounding board on a range of corporate responsibility issues, including community relations, sustainable development, water, energy, climate change, security and human rights."


 * Aron Cramer
 * Elizabeth Dowdeswell
 * Robert Fowler (Canada)
 * Gare Smith

Special Consultant
 * John G. Ruggie

Publications

 * 2005 Annual Report (Pdf)

Contact

 * Web: http://www.barrick.com/

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