Barrick Gold Corporation has rebranded to Barrick Mining Corporation to reflect its expanded focus on copper alongside its core gold operations.
Barrick president and chief executive Mark Bristow said the move reflects Barrick’s current business and mission to achieve sustainable and profitable gold and copper growth.
“Barrick’s vision is to be the world’s most valued gold and copper exploration, development and mining company,” he said. “Along with our world-class portfolio of six Tier 1 gold mines, we are building a substantial copper business which will be a meaningful contributor to growing our production volumes in the coming years and beyond.”
The name change is scheduled for shareholder approval at Barrick’s annual meeting on May 6, 2025, with the new ticker symbol ‘B’ set to debut on the New York Stock Exchange on May 9. The Toronto Stock Exchange listing will retain the ABX symbol.
“Gold remains core to our foundation and we will continue to explore for and develop new gold mines, including the expansion of Pueblo Viejo, the exciting Fourmile gold project in Nevada and exemplified by the Reko Diq project with its world class mix of both copper and gold,” Bristow said.
Barrick recently took ownership of a fleet of new Sandvik surface drill rigs at its Porgera gold mine in Papua New Guinea, set to touch down at the mine in the coming months.
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