Record production and long term value…
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Growing the Central-East African footprint…
Kibali 45% | ||||
DRC | ||||
DRC | ||||
TANZANIA | ||||
ZAMBIA | North Mara 84% | |||
Bulyanhulu 84% | ||||
TANZANIA |
Lumwana
100%
ZAMBIA
Tier One1 gold mines
Potential Tier One gold complex
Copper mines
Closure project
CAR | South Sudan |
Kibali
Uganda
Kenya
Rwanda North Mara
DRC | Burundi | Bulyanhulu |
Buzwagi
Tanzania
500km
Highlights…
Significant progress at North Mara and Bulyanhulu since
Barrick assumed operational control in 2019
2017 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2020 | 2021 | 2021 |
Acacia, | New Barrick | TWIGA | North | January | May | October | UG mining | Tanzanians | Buzwagi |
Framework | Barrick | Maiden | |||||||
formerly | buys out | Minerals | operations | appointed | prepares | ||||
African | minority | established | Mara | Agreement | pays first | interim | resume at | to | for |
Barrick | shareholders | as a joint | mine | executed | $100 | cash | Bulyanhulu | executive | closure |
Gold, | and | venture | reopened | between | million of | dividend | positions of | and | |
loses | assumes | between | under | Barrick and | $300 | of $250 | Country | recertified | |
licence to | control of | Barrick and | new water | Govt. of | million | million | Manager & | under | |
operate in | Tanzanian | Govt. of | mgmt. | Tanzania | settlement | paid | GM North | ICMI | |
Tanzania | operations | Tanzania | plan | Mara | Cyanide | ||||
Code |
2021
First in
Africa
photon
assay
laboratory
at
Bulyanhulu
Combined production of +500Koz and achieves guidance
2022
Pays further
$40m, making a total payment of $140m of $300m settlement
Distributed
$261m to
shareholders
including $61m
dividend
North Mara named the largest taxpayer for 2021/22
Combined
production of
547koz
On a 100% basis
Overall economic contribution…
since Barrick assumed operational control in 2019
Total In-Country Investment 2019 to 2022
Barrick maintains its position as a key partner in the socio-economic development of Tanzania
National | In Country |
Suppliers | Investment |
USD 1,162 m | USD 2.411 Billion |
48% | |
Salaries
USD 216 m
9%
Taxes, Royalty,
Levies &
Settlement
USD 935 m
39%
Dividend+Loan
Repayment
USD 98 m
4%
Barrick North Mara was recognized as the Largest Taxpayer in Tanzania for the year of 2021/2022
Total in-countryinvestment amounts to $2.4Bn since September 2019, when Barrick assumed operational
control from Acacia
Specific to FY2022, Barrick paid:
$261m in taxes, royalties and levies
$42m to the Government of Tanzania through dividends and shareholder loan repayments
$476m to national registered suppliers
80% of total spend is to local vendors and service providers, with 60% of total spend going to indigenous companies, surpassing our annual target of 50%
96% Tanzanian workforce
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