Mr. Mark Bristow reports

BARRICK APPOINTS LORETO SILVA INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR

Barrick Gold Corp. has appointed Loreto Silva to the company's board of directors as an independent director.

An accomplished legal professional, academic and consultant, Ms. Silva is Chile's former minister 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.

Ms. Silva started her career as a lawyer for the Chilean chamber of construction, where she helped develop the country's sanitary and public works concession systems. She specialized in public works concession contracts, competition and water resource management, as well as the development of electric, sanitary and infrastructure projects.

In 2010, Ms. Silva 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 and the Americo Vespucio Oriente highway. She also led the development of the national water resource strategy and is currently director of the arbitration and mediation centre 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."