DISCLAIMER
Welcome Barrick Gold Corporation (Barrick) is pleased to present its 2024 online digital information circular (Digital Circular). You can download a copy of Barrick’s 2024 Information Circular at any time by clicking on the link at the top right of the Digital Circular homepage.
By clicking “I Agree”, or following one of the links below to the Digital Circular, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the following:
Meeting Instructions In order to facilitate engagement with shareholders, Barrick is pleased to host a virtual meeting format for this year’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the Meeting) that shareholders may attend virtually by way of a live webcast regardless of their geographic location.
If you plan to attend the Meeting, you will need to follow the procedures outlined in the Digital Circular. 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 online portal that may be accessed by following the instructions set out in the Digital Circular. Non-registered shareholders must carefully follow the procedures set out in the Digital Circular in order to vote virtually and ask questions through the online portal. Non-registered shareholders who do not follow the procedures set out in the Digital Circular will nonetheless be able to view a live webcast of the Meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote.
Non-GAAP Information Certain financial performance measures in this Digital Circular – namely EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBIT, Adjusted Net Earnings, Adjusted Net Earnings per Share, Free Cash Flow, Total Cash Costs per ounce, C1 Cash Costs per pound, All-in Sustaining Costs per ounce and All-In Costs per ounce – are not prescribed by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These non-GAAP financial measures are included because management uses the information to analyze business performance and financial strength. These non-GAAP financial performance measures are intended to provide additional information only and do not have any standardized definition under IFRS and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other companies. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. Further details on these non-GAAP measures are provided in the Digital Circular and in the MD&A accompanying Barrick’s financial statements filed from time to time on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.
Forward-Looking Information This Digital Circular contains “forward-looking information” within the meaning of applicable Canadian securities legislation. Often, but not always, forward-looking information can be identified by the use of words such as “aim”, “aspire”, “strive”, “will”, “expect”, “intend”, “plan”, “believe”, “execute” or similar expressions, as they relate to Barrick. Forward-looking information involves known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions, and other factors that may cause the actual results, performance, or achievements of Barrick, as applicable, to be materially different from those anticipated, estimated, or intended. Forward-looking information contained in the Digital Circular is made as of the date of the 2024 Information Circular, and, other than as required by securities law, Barrick disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events, or results or otherwise, unless so required by applicable securities laws. Further details on the specific forward-looking information contained in the Digital Circular, and associated material risk factors and underlying assumptions, are available here.