Barrick Completes US$1.25B Public Offering

Barrick Gold Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiaries, Barrick Gold Financeco LLC and Barrick North America Finance LLC, completed a public offering on September 11, 2008 of debt securities, consisting of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.125 per cent notes due 2013, US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.80 per cent notes due 2018 and $250 million aggregate principal amount of 7.50 per cent notes due 2038. The notes were offered by a syndicate of underwriters led by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.

Barrick was represented in-house by David Simpson, senior counsel, and Stephen Crozier, corporate counsel. Barrick was represented in the United States by a team from Shearman & Sterling LLP including Christopher Cummings, Stephen Centa, Nathalie Pierre-Louis, Jonathan Handyside and Mahsa Izadpanah (corporate and securities) and Laurence Crouch (tax). In Canada, Barrick was represented by a team from Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP including Kevin Thomson, Lisa Damiani, Richard Fridman and Michael Rapps (corporate and securities) and Geoffrey Turner and Brent Pidborochynski (tax).

The underwriters were represented by a team from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP including Christopher Morgan, Ryan Dzierniejko, Daniel Micak and Terence Trinh (corporate and securities); Eric Sensenbrenner and Aaron Feinberg (tax) and John Amodeo (environmental).

Lawyer(s)

John Amodeo Richard Fridman Stephen Centa Kevin J. Thomson Geoffrey S. Turner Eric Sensenbrenner Brent Pidborochynski Christopher J. Cummings Laurence E. Crouch Lisa Damiani Christopher W. Morgan

Firm(s)

Shearman & Sterling LLP Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP