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Barrick Mining — Barrick Gold — Merger or Acquisition (December 2005)

5 slides from Barrick Mining's merger presentation, Dec 22, 2005

  1. Slide 1: Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome

    BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome December 22, 2005 Delivering Value Together… From Assets, People & Projects December 22, 2005 Important Information FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS Certain information included in this presentation, including any information as to

  2. Slide 2: Placer Dome Agrees to Friendly Transaction With Barrick

    BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome December 22, 2005 Placer Dome Agrees to Friendly Transaction With Barrick ƒ Barrick announces revised share and cash offer for Placer Dome Inc. at value of US$10.4B ƒ Placer Dome’s Board of Directors unanimously recommends acc

  3. Slide 3: Acquisition Rationale

    BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome December 22, 2005 Acquisition Rationale ƒ Barrick will have the strength, breadth and scale to more effectively deal with industry issues ƒ Accretive to NAV immediately, and to earnings per share and cash flow per share in 200

  4. Slide 4: Value Creation for Shareholders

    BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome December 22, 2005 Value Creation for Shareholders Donlin Creek Eskay Creek Golden Hemlo Sunlight Pueblo Viejo Lagunas Norte Barrick Porgera Mines Pierina Projects Osborne Placer Dome South Deeps Mines Cowal Projects Henty 7 Va

  5. Slide 5: Value Creation for Shareholders

    BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Barrick Reaches Agreement to Acquire Placer Dome December 22, 2005 Value Creation for Shareholders Pro forma Barrick (1) ƒ P&P Gold reserves: 150 million ounces (2) ƒ Largest unhedged reserves in the industry ƒ 2005: 8.3-8.4 million ounces produced at $245-$250/oz. ƒ 2005 EB

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