Mr. Daniel Oh reports

BARRICK TO REPORT PRELIMINARY THIRD QUARTER PRODUCTION RESULTS ON OCT. 12

As previously announced, Barrick Gold Corp. intends to prerelease production and sales figures in advance of the company's quarterly earnings releases, beginning in the third quarter of 2017. This reflects the company's continuing efforts to increase transparency and strengthen disclosure.

The company will issue preliminary production and sales information for the third quarter of 2017 on Thursday, Oct. 12, before market open.