Mr. Mark Bristow reports

BARRICK 2020 ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE VIRTUAL-ONLY

As detailed in its 2020 information circular in its response to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Barrick Gold Corp. will be holding its 2020 annual meeting in a virtual-only format via a live webcast. The decision to conduct a virtual-only meeting was made with the health and safety of Barrick's shareholders, employees, and the broader community in mind.

As a company of owners, Barrick places significant importance on in-person engagement with its shareholders and, with this in mind, it monitored conditions following the publication of the circular to determine if it was feasible to add a physical meeting component to the meeting. While an in-person meeting is not possible this year due to COVID-19, Barrick intends to return to a hybrid meeting format (physical/virtual) for its 2021 annual meeting.

Having held hybrid meetings for the last several years, Barrick is well positioned to leverage its prior experience using a virtual meeting platform and easily move its entire meeting to a virtual format for this year. At the virtual meeting, registered shareholders, non-registered (or beneficial) shareholders and their duly appointed proxyholders will be able to participate, ask questions and vote in real time through an on-line portal. Non-registered shareholders must carefully follow the procedures set out in the circular in order to vote virtually and ask questions through the live webcast. Non-registered shareholders who do not follow the procedures set out in the circular will nonetheless be able to view a live webcast of the meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote.

Barrick's virtual 2020 annual meeting will be held on-line on May 5, 2020, at 10 a.m. EDT/1400 UTC.

Please visit Barrick's website to download a copy of the 2020 information circular, explore the company's innovative digital circular and view a live webcast of the annual meeting on May 5.