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Operations
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Location of Operations
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Historic Note
1987 - 1989 New discovery by Great Central and acquisition by Plutonic Resources
1990 Commencement of Open Pit mining
1995 Commencement of Underground mining
1998 Homestake Mining acquires Plutonic Resources
1998-2000 Underground expansion
2000 Commencement of underground mining at Plutonic East
2001 Barrick and Homestake Merge
2002 Record reserves
2003 Transition to Owner Mining and construction of Paste Fill plant
2003 Expect record production
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Safety
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Property Overview
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Geology
Hosted in Archaean mafic and ultramafic volcanicsand sediments
Lodes developed in mafic volcanic units
Gold associated with sulfides
Multiple stacked lodesarranged in thicknesses between 1-10 meters (approx: 3 - 35 feet)
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Mine Plan
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Marwest Pit-Section 20560N
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Mining and Processing
Underground access by multiple interconnecting declines
Producing 1,200,000 tpa from underground
Mining - room and pillar and long hole open stoping
Paste fill was introduced in 2003
Two independent CIL processing plants
Plant 1 - 1.8 million tonne/year of sulphide ore approx 80% from underground
Plant 2 - 1.2 million tonne/year Open Pit oxide ore
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Mining - Room and Pillar
Initial network of development drifts in ore
Multiple production focus
Load and haul
Breast stoping
Vertical benching
Support pillars progressively mined on retreat
Benching thickerparts of the ore body
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Long Hole Open Stoping
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Ore Processing
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Ore Processing (cont.)
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Production/Cost Summary
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Operating Costs
Cost per ton milled
35.3032.38Underground
1.941.80Open Pit
Cost per ton mined
24.03 23.85 Mining
36.24 36.73 Total
4.41 4.79 G&A
7.80 8.08 Milling
YTD 20033rd Quarter 2003A$/ton
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Operating Parameters
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2,993Tons ‘000sTonnage Milled
315oz ’000sGold Production
89.4%Recovery
0.118oz/tonHead Grade
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Environmental and Community Achievements
Commencement of TSF1 closure
Now use in pit tails disposal
Concurrent rehabilitation of waste dumps with mining.
Successful management of six priority flora, one scheduled animal and conservation habitat .
Successfully conducted several site clearances with people from Yulga Jinna Aboriginal Community.
Program to upgrade all hydrocarbon storage facilities to be completed in 2003
Bulk Cyanide handling facility installed.
Received the Golden Gecko Certificate of Merit in 2001
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Reserves and Production
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Reserves/Resources 31st Dec 2002
3,470,000
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0.18113,976,000Reserves
*excludes reserves
0.13026,682,000Resources*
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Exploration Targets
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Timor Oblique Section 36800mN
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Plutonic Gold Mine: Future Plans
Develop new Open Pits on the Marymia tenements
Develop underground satellite deposits
Phase out Treatment Plant 2 in 2004
Continue infill drilling in Timor Zone19 and Zone 124
Expand exploration west ofZone19
Drill further extensions to the underground mine
Optimise the underground mine
Continuous Improvement Program
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Cautionary Statement
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTCertain statements included herein, including those regarding production and costs and other statements that express management’s expectations or estimates of our future performance, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The words “believe”, “expect”, “anticipate”, “contemplate”, “target”, “plan”, “intends”, “continue”, “budget”, “estimate”, “may”, “will”, “schedule”, and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are necessarily based upon a number of estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by management are inherently subject to significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies. We caution you that such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the actual financial results, performance or achievements of Barrick to be materially different from our estimated future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by those forward-looking statements and our forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, but are not limited to: changes in the worldwide price of gold or certain other commodities (such as silver, copper, diesel fuel and electricity) and currencies; changes in interest rates or gold lease rates that could impact realized prices under our forward sales program; legislative, political or economic developments in the jurisdictions in which Barrick carries on business; operating or technical difficulties in connection with mining or development activities; the speculative nature of gold exploration and development, including the risks of diminishing quantities or grades of reserves; and the risks involved in the exploration, development and mining business. These factors are discussed in greater detail in Barrick’s most recent Form 40-F/Annual Information on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities.
Barrick expressly disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, events or otherwise.
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