Ms. Kathy du Plessis reports

FIRST QUARTER 2019 RESULTS RELEASE ON MAY 8, PRELIMINARY FIRST QUARTER PRODUCTION RESULTS ON APRIL 18

Barrick Gold Corp. will release its first quarter 2019 results on May 8, 2019. President and chief executive officer Mark Bristow will host a live presentation on the results at 11 a.m. EDT at Barrick's corporate office in Toronto on that day. The presentation will be linked to a webcast and conference call.

Preliminary production and sales information for the first quarter will be released on April 18 before market open.

Release of Q1 preliminary production and sales information April 18 at 7 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. BST) (1 p.m. CEST)

Q1 results release:  May 8, at 7 a.m. EDT (12 p.m. BST) (1 p.m. CEST)

Toronto results presentation:  May 8, at 11 a.m. EDT (4 p.m. BEST) (5 p.m. CEST), Barrick corporate office, TD Canada Trust Tower, 161 Bay St., 37th floor, Toronto

Conference call and webcast linked to presentation:  May 8, at 11 a.m. EDT (4 p.m. BST) (5 p.m. CEST)

United States and Canada:  1-800-319-4610

United Kingdom:  0808-101-2791

International:  1-416-915-3239

If you wish to attend the presentation in Toronto, please contact Deni Nicoski at investor@barrick.com. The Q1 2019 presentation materials will be available on Barrick's website.

The webcast will remain on the website for later viewing and the conference call will be available for replay by telephone at 1-855-669-9658 (U.S. and Canada) and 1-604-674-8052 (international), access code 3107.