Barrick Gold (GOLD) 6-KCurrent report (foreign)

Exhibit 99.1

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS May 2, 2023 Barrick Gold Corporation INFORMATION CIRCULAR

Inside this Circular

Notice of 2023 Annual Meeting

Fellow Shareholders:

You are invited to attend Barrick’s 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the Meeting) at which you will be asked to vote:

Shareholders will also transact any other business properly brought before the Meeting.

Barrick’s Board of Directors has approved the contents of this Notice and Circular and the sending of this Notice and Circular to our shareholders, each of our directors, and our auditor.

Barrick is pleased to once again return to a hybrid (physical/virtual) meeting format for this year’s Meeting which can be attended in person or virtually by way of a live webcast.

If you plan to attend the Meeting in person, you will need to follow the procedures outlined in the Circular and register with our transfer agent, TSX Trust Company, at the registration desk to obtain an admission card before entering the Meeting. Registered shareholders, non-registered (or beneficial) shareholders, and their duly appointed proxyholders will also be able to participate, ask questions, and vote in “real time” through an online portal that may be accessed at https://web.lumiagm.com/459796288 by following the instructions set out in the Circular. Non-registered shareholders must carefully follow the procedures set out in the 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 Circular will nonetheless be able to view a live webcast of the Meeting, but will not be able to ask questions or vote. Please refer to the section of the Circular entitled “Meeting and Voting Information” for additional details.

Your vote is important. As a shareholder, it is very important that you read this material carefully and then vote your common shares of Barrick (Barrick Shares). You are eligible to vote your Barrick Shares if you were a shareholder of record at the close of business on March 3, 2023. You may vote in person, virtually, or by proxy. See page 5 for further instructions on how you can vote.

By Order of the Board of Directors,

Dana Stringer

Deputy General Counsel and Corporate Secretary

March 24, 2023

Key Terms

Meeting and Voting Information

Proxy Solicitation and Meeting Materials

How we will solicit proxies

Your proxy is being solicited on behalf of Barrick’s management in connection with the meeting to be held on May 2, 2023 (the Meeting). Management will solicit proxies primarily by mail, but proxies may also be solicited personally by telephone by employees of the Company. We have retained the services of Kingsdale Advisors (Kingsdale) to assist in soliciting proxies by mail and telephone for estimated aggregate fees of approximately $50,000, plus distribution costs and other expenses. Our contractual arrangements with Kingsdale provide for additional fees to be payable in certain circumstances. The costs of preparing and distributing the Meeting materials and the cost of soliciting proxies will be borne by the Company.

How we use Notice and Access

Since 2013, we have distributed our information circular for our annual meeting and related proxy form to our shareholders by sending them a notice of electronic availability of such circular. The notice of electronic availability in respect of the Meeting provides instructions on how to access and review an electronic copy of our 2023 information circular for the Meeting (the Circular) and instructions on voting by proxy at the Meeting. This process is known as Notice and Access.

How meeting materials will be delivered to shareholders

The proxy materials are sent to our registered shareholders through our transfer agent, TSX Trust. We generally do not send our proxy materials directly to non-registered shareholders and instead use the services of Broadridge Investor Communications Corporation (Broadridge) who acts on behalf of intermediaries to send proxy materials. We intend to pay intermediaries to send proxy materials and voting instruction forms to objecting non-registered shareholders.

Meeting Procedures

Attending the Meeting

		Date:		May 2, 2023
		Time:		10:00 a.m. (Toronto time)
		Location:		Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum, Tim Hortons Theatre, Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5E 1X8, Canada
		Registration:		You or your representative must see TSX Trust at the registration desk before entering the Meeting to register your attendance

What are the admission requirements to attend the Meeting in person?

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 3, 2023 and other permitted attendees may attend the Meeting. In order to attend the Meeting, you or your proxyholder is required to see a representative of TSX Trust before entering to register your attendance. You must present proof of your ownership of Barrick Shares as of the record date and a valid government-issued photo identification at the entrance of the Meeting. Beneficial owners of shares held in “street name” in an account at a brokerage firm, bank, broker-dealer or other similar organization will need to bring a copy of a brokerage statement reflecting their share ownership as of the record date.

No cameras, recording equipment, electronic devices, use of cell phones or other mobile devices, large bags or packages are permitted at the Meeting. If you do not provide valid government-issued photo identification or comply with the other procedures outlined herein, you will not be admitted to the Meeting.

Registered shareholders, non-registered (or beneficial) shareholders, and their duly appointed proxyholders who are unable to attend the Meeting in person will be able to participate, ask questions, and vote in “real time” via the online Meeting portal by following the instructions set out in this Circular. For additional information, please see below under “Voting Procedures”.

How many shareholders are needed to reach a quorum?

We need to have at least two people present at the Meeting who hold, or represent by proxy, in aggregate, at least 25% of the issued and outstanding Barrick Shares entitled to be voted at the Meeting. On March 23, 2023, the Company had 1,755,407,560 Barrick Shares outstanding. Each Barrick Share is entitled to one vote. Shareholders who participate in and/or vote at the Meeting virtually are deemed to be present at the Meeting for all purposes, including quorum.

Does any shareholder beneficially own 10% or more of the issued and outstanding Barrick Shares?

To the knowledge of the directors and senior officers of the Company, as of March 23, 2023, no person beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, or exercised control or direction over, voting securities carrying 10% or more of the voting rights attached to the outstanding Barrick Shares.

Will Company employees vote their Barrick Shares at the Meeting?

Employees of Barrick are entitled to vote Barrick Shares beneficially owned by them, including those held in our equity compensation plans, at the Meeting. As of March 23, 2023, less than 1% of Barrick Shares were beneficially owned by employees through our equity compensation plans.

Voting Procedures

How do I vote my Barrick Shares?

How can I vote if I am a registered shareholder?

How can I vote if I am a non-registered shareholder?

		You will receive a voting instruction form that allows you to vote on the Internet, by telephone, by fax, or by mail. To vote, you should follow the instructions provided on your voting instruction form. Your intermediary is required to ask for your voting instructions before the Meeting. Please contact your intermediary if you did not receive a voting instruction form.
		Alternatively, you may receive from your intermediary a pre-authorized proxy form indicating the number of Barrick Shares to be voted, which you should complete, sign, date, and return as directed on the form.

Is there a deadline for my proxy to be received?

Yes. Whether you vote by mail, fax, telephone, or Internet, your proxy must be received by no later than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on Friday, April 28, 2023. If the Meeting is adjourned or postponed, your proxy must be received by 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the second-last business day before the reconvened meeting.

As noted above, if you are a non-registered shareholder, all required voting instructions must be submitted to your intermediary sufficiently in advance of this deadline to allow your intermediary time to forward this information to TSX Trust. Barrick reserves the right to accept late proxies and to waive the proxy cut-off deadline, with or without notice, but Barrick is under no obligation to accept or reject any particular late proxy.

How can I log in to the Meeting if I wish to attend virtually?

Only shareholders of record at the close of business on March 3, 2023 and other permitted attendees may virtually attend the Meeting. Attending the Meeting virtually allows registered shareholders and duly appointed proxyholders, including non-registered shareholders who have duly appointed themselves or a third-party proxyholder in accordance with the procedures set out above, to participate, ask questions, and vote at the Meeting using the LUMI meeting platform. Guests, including non-registered shareholders who have not duly appointed themselves or a third party as proxyholder, can log into the virtual Meeting as a guest. Guests may listen to the Meeting, but will not be entitled to vote or ask questions.

During the Meeting, you must ensure you are connected to the Internet at all times in order to vote when polling is commenced on the resolutions put before the Meeting. It is your responsibility to ensure Internet connectivity. You will also need the latest version of Chrome, Safari, Edge, or Firefox. Please do not use Internet Explorer. As internal network security protocols (such as firewalls and VPN connections) may block access to the LUMI meeting platform, please ensure that you use a network that is not restricted to the security settings of your organization or that you have disabled your VPN setting. It is recommended that you log in at least one hour before the Meeting.

Will virtual participation in the Meeting impact my ability to ask questions?

At the virtual Meeting, registered shareholders, non-registered (or beneficial) shareholders, and their duly appointed proxyholders will be able to ask questions in “real time” through the online Meeting portal by sending a written message to the chair of the Meeting through the LUMI meeting platform. To ensure you have the ability to ask questions during the Meeting, it is important that you follow the instructions set out above under the heading “Voting Procedures”. The Company values shareholder feedback and expects that shareholders participating in the Meeting virtually will have substantially the same opportunity to ask questions of the Board and management as they would if participating in the Meeting in person.

How will my Barrick Shares be voted if I return a proxy?

By completing and returning a proxy, you are authorizing the person named in the proxy to attend the Meeting and vote your Barrick Shares on each item of business according to your instructions. If you have appointed the designated directors or officers of Barrick as your proxy and you do not provide them with instructions, they will vote your Barrick Shares as follows:

What happens if there are amendments, variations, or other matters brought before the Meeting?

Your proxy authorizes your proxyholder to act and vote for you on any amendment or variation of any of the business of the Meeting and on any other matter that properly comes before the Meeting. Your proxy is effective at any continuation following an adjournment of the Meeting. As of March 23, 2023, no director or officer of the Company is aware of any variation, amendment, or other matter to be presented for a vote at the Meeting.

What if I change my mind after I have submitted my proxy?

You can revoke a vote you made by proxy by:

If you are a registered shareholder, you can also revoke a vote you made by sending a notice in writing from you or your authorized attorney to our Corporate Secretary so that it is received before 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on April 28, 2023, or by giving notice in writing from you or your authorized attorney to the Chair of the Meeting, at the Meeting or at any adjournment.

Is my vote by proxy confidential?

Yes. All proxies are received, counted, and tabulated independently by TSX Trust, our transfer agent, or Broadridge, in a way that preserves the confidentiality of shareholder votes, except:

Other Important Information

What is the deadline for making a shareholder proposal at the next annual meeting?

The final date for submission of proposals to shareholders for inclusion in the information circular in connection with next year’s annual shareholders’ meeting is February 2, 2024.

Are any shareholder proposals being considered at the Meeting?

There are no shareholder proposals being considered at the Meeting.

How do I nominate a candidate for election as a director at the Meeting?

Barrick’s Articles set out advance notice procedures for director nominations, which require advance notice to the Company by any shareholder who intends to nominate any person for election as a director of the Company other than pursuant to (a) a requisition of a general meeting made pursuant to the provisions of the BCBCA, (b) a proposal made pursuant to the provisions of the BCBCA, or (c) a nomination by or at the direction of the Board, including pursuant to a notice of the meeting. Among other things, the Articles fix a deadline by which shareholders must notify the Company of their intention to nominate directors and set out the information that shareholders must provide in the notice for it to be valid. These requirements are intended to provide all shareholders with the opportunity to evaluate and review all proposed nominees and vote in an informed and timely manner regarding said nominees. The Articles are available on our website at www.barrick.com, SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and EDGAR at www.sec.gov. As of March 23, 2023, the Company has not received any notice of a shareholder’s intention to nominate directors at the Meeting pursuant to the “Nomination of Directors” provisions of the Articles.

Where can I review financial information relating to the Company?

Our financial information is contained in our comparative audited annual financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2022, and related Management Discussion & Analysis, both of which can be found in our 2022 Annual Report on our website at www.barrick.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

How do I obtain copies of the Company’s disclosure documents?

If you would like to receive our Annual Report by mail next year, you can do so by checking the appropriate box included on your form of proxy or your voting instruction form.

If you have not previously indicated that you would like to receive our 2022 Annual Report by mail and would like to receive a copy, please contact TSX Trust by email at shareholderinquiries@tmx.com. Alternatively, please call TSX Trust toll-free at 1-800-387-0825 from Canada and the United States or collect at 416-682-3860 from other locations.

Barrick will provide to any person, upon request to our Investor Relations Department, a copy of our 2022 Annual Report, our latest Annual Information Form, and this Circular. Our public disclosure documents are also available on our website at www.barrick.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Business of the Meeting

Barrick’s Financial Statements

We will place before the Meeting our consolidated financial statements, including the related auditor’s report, for the year ended December 31, 2022. Our financial statements are included in our 2022 Annual Report. The 2022 Annual Report will be mailed to shareholders who request a copy. Our financial statements are also available on our website at www.barrick.com, on SEDAR at www.sedar.com, and on EDGAR at www.sec.gov.

Electing Directors

You will be electing a Board of Directors consisting of 12 members. Please refer to the section entitled “Directors” on page 38 of this Circular for biographies and more information on the nominees. Directors elected at the Meeting will serve until the end of our next annual shareholders’ meeting or until their resignation, if earlier.

		The Board recommends a vote FOR all the director nominees.

If Mark Bristow, John L. Thornton or J. Brett Harvey is your proxyholder and you have not given instructions on how to vote your Barrick Shares, he will vote “FOR” the election of the 12 nominees named in this Circular. If a proposed nominee is unable to serve as a director or withdraws his or her name, the individuals named in your form of proxy or voting instruction form reserve the right to nominate and vote for another individual in their discretion.

Majority Voting

Barrick has adopted a majority voting policy, as described in its Corporate Governance Guidelines available on our website at www.barrick.com/about/governance. Any nominee proposed for election as a director in an uncontested election who receives a greater number of votes withheld than votes in favor of his or her election must promptly tender his or her resignation to the Executive Chairman, or in the case of the Executive Chairman, to the Lead Director. Any such resignation will take effect on acceptance by the Board. This policy applies only to uncontested elections of directors where the number of nominees is equal to the number of directors to be elected. The Environmental, Social, Governance & Nominating Committee (ESG & Nominating Committee) will expeditiously consider the director’s offer to resign and make a recommendation to the Board on whether it should be accepted, provided that the resignation must be accepted absent exceptional circumstances. The Board will have 90 days to make a final decision and will announce such decision by press release, a copy of which will be provided to the TSX in accordance with Barrick’s standard procedure. The affected director will not participate in any Committee or Board deliberations relating to the tendered resignation.

Appointing the Auditor

		The Board recommends a vote FOR the appointment of PwC as Barrick’s auditor.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) has been our external auditor since 1983. The Board, on the recommendation of the Audit & Risk Committee, recommends that PwC be reappointed as auditor and that the Board be authorized to set the auditor’s remuneration. The audit firm appointed at the Meeting will serve until the end of the Company’s next annual shareholders’ meeting.

If Mark Bristow, John L. Thornton, or J. Brett Harvey is your proxyholder and you have not given instructions on how to vote your Barrick Shares, he will vote “FOR” the appointment of PwC as Barrick’s auditor.

What were PwC’s fees for 2022 and 2021? ⁽¹⁾

Auditor Independence and Audit Tender Process

PwC is independent within the meaning of the rules of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and, as required by the relevant SEC rules, Barrick’s lead audit partner at PwC rotates every five years (including most recently in February 2021). In addition, the Audit & Risk Committee has adopted a Policy on Pre-Approval of Audit, Audit-Related, and Non-Audit Services (Audit Services Policy) for the pre-approval of services performed by Barrick’s auditor. The objective of the Audit Services Policy is to specify the scope of services permitted to be performed by the Company’s auditor and to ensure that the independence of the Company’s auditor is not compromised through engaging the auditor for other services. All services provided by the Company’s auditor are pre-approved by the Audit & Risk Committee as they arise or through an annual pre-approval of services and related fees. All services performed by Barrick’s auditor comply with the Audit Services Policy and professional standards and securities regulations governing auditor independence. For additional information regarding the mechanisms Barrick has adopted to ensure auditor independence, please see “Procedures for Complaints Regarding Accounting Matters and Auditor Independence Mechanisms” in Schedule A of this Circular.

In keeping with the Company’s commitment to maintain and observe market-leading corporate governance practices, Barrick commenced an external audit tender process in February 2023. The tender process is being conducted in accordance with the procedures and timetable approved by the Audit & Risk Committee, which also approved the criteria used to invite and evaluate audit services firms, including PwC, participating in the tender process. The approved procedures have been designed to facilitate a fair and efficient process and will include, among other things, meetings with the Chair of the Audit & Risk Committee and select members of management, site visits, written proposals, in-person presentations and interviews, and access to a data room containing information relevant to the tender process. The evaluation criteria have been chosen to ensure the selection of an audit services firm that is best suited to Barrick and its business across multiple dimensions, including independence assurance, audit approach, firm reputation and quality control, industry experience and expertise, global network, technological capabilities and information security, pricing and fee structure, and firm diversity. Following a thorough review and evaluation of the audit services firms participating in the tender process against the criteria established by the Audit & Risk Committee, Barrick anticipates selecting an auditor before the end of 2023 and the selected auditor will be appointed in respect of the year ending December 31, 2025.

Say on Pay Advisory Vote

The Board has adopted a non-binding advisory vote relating to executive compensation to solicit feedback on our approach to executive compensation. The say on pay advisory vote held in 2022 was supported with the approval of 93.10% of those shareholders present at our 2022 annual meeting and voting virtually via the live webcast or by proxy. Shareholders have the opportunity to vote “For” or “Against” the Company’s approach to executive compensation through the following advisory resolution:

“RESOLVED, on an advisory basis and not to diminish the role and responsibilities of the Board of Directors, that the shareholders accept the approach to executive compensation disclosed in Barrick’s Information Circular relating to the 2023 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.”

Since this vote is advisory, it will not be binding on the Board. The Board remains fully responsible for its compensation decisions and is not relieved of this responsibility by a positive or negative vote. However, the Board and the Compensation Committee will consider the outcome of the vote as part of their ongoing review of executive compensation and shareholder engagement feedback. The Company plans to hold an advisory vote on our approach to executive compensation on an annual basis.

		The Board recommends a vote FOR the approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation.

If Mark Bristow, John L. Thornton, or J. Brett Harvey is your proxyholder and you have not given instructions on how to vote your Barrick Shares, he will vote “FOR” the approval of the advisory vote on executive compensation.

Other Business

Following the conclusion of the formal business to be conducted at the Meeting, we will invite questions and comments from shareholders and proxyholders attending the Meeting in person or participating through the LUMI meeting platform.

As of the date of this Circular, management is not aware of any changes to the items listed above and does not expect any other business to be brought forward at the Meeting. If there are changes or new business, your proxyholder can vote your Barrick Shares on these items as he or she sees fit.

Our Commitment to Corporate Governance

The following sections provide an overview of how we have continued to build the right Board with experience and expertise that complements our strategy, how we approach corporate governance, how our Board oversees enterprise-wide risks, and how we approach our sustainability governance and human capital management.

Schedule A of this Circular contains a detailed description of our corporate governance practices in accordance with the applicable rules and standards of the Canadian Securities Administrators, the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), and the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). We are committed to our governance practices being state-of-the-art and generally abide by the rules of the NYSE Standards, even though most of them do not directly apply to Barrick as a Canadian company.

Board Composition and Refreshment

Barrick has nominated 12 directors for election at the Meeting who collectively represent the necessary mosaic of skills and experience that is relevant to our business and who serve as a voice of owners, by developing strategic priorities to create long-term value per share and ensuring that Barrick successfully executes these strategic priorities. Our Board includes international business leaders and mining industry professionals with expertise and experience working in all the jurisdictions in which Barrick operates and brings together diverse perspectives and cultures, exhibiting the skills, professional experience, and backgrounds necessary to best address the opportunities, challenges, and risks of our business.

The Board will continue to advance state-of-the-art governance practices, including a rigorous annual evaluation process, which encompasses peer reviews and an assessment of the effectiveness of the Executive Chairman, the Lead Director, and our Board committee chairs.

In furtherance of our commitment to thoughtful Board renewal and diversity, we have appointed seven new directors to the Board since the closing of the Merger on January 1, 2019, including four women directors with diverse backgrounds – Ms. Loreto Silva, Ms. Anne Kabagambe, Ms. Helen Cai, and Ms. Isela Costantini in August 2019, November 2020, November 2021, and November 2022, respectively – following a rigorous search and selection process overseen by our ESG & Nominating Committee. Today, independent directors make up 83% of our Board and, in line with the target set forth in our Diversity Policy for women to represent at least 30% of directors by the end of 2022, women make up one-third of our Board and 40% of independent directors. In addition, as a result of our commitment to identifying and putting forward the best candidates for nomination as directors, having regard to Barrick’s highly specialized business and the key business geographies in which we conduct our global operations, 42% of our Board is comprised of directors who self-identify as racially and/or ethnically diverse.

Standing for election for the first time at the Meeting, Ms. Isela Costantini is a seasoned business leader with over 25 years of experience in international business who brings a valuable perspective and complementary skillset to the Board with her wealth of experience in business, government, and regulatory affairs in Latin America. Her passion for developing people, building effective teams, and creating winning cultures is an ideal fit with Barrick’s partnership culture, and her appointment to the Board is an important component of the execution of our human capital strategy. For more details on the director search and selection process, see “Corporate Governance – Board Composition and Nomination of Directors” in Schedule A of this Circular, and for more details on our Diversity Policy, see “Diversity Initiatives” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Board and Senior Leadership Structure

John L. Thornton serves as Executive Chairman of Barrick, providing leadership at the Board level and guiding business decisions on a macro level. Mark Bristow is President and Chief Executive Officer, overseeing the day-to-day operations of the business. Graham Shuttleworth is Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer and Kevin Thomson serves as Senior Executive Vice-President, Strategic Matters.

The respective duties, responsibilities, and relationships among the Board, the Executive Chairman, and the President and Chief Executive Officer are described in greater detail below.

Board of Directors

In carrying out its oversight function, our Board of Directors, as the voice of all owners, reviews with management and sets the Company’s priorities in keeping with our purpose and values. See “Board Mandate and Responsibilities” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Executive Chairman

The Executive Chairman is appointed by the Board. His primary functions include providing leadership and direction to the Board, facilitating the functions and responsibilities of the Board according to its mandate, and assuming responsibility for the strategic initiatives of Barrick outlined below. In addition to the responsibilities applicable to all other directors, the Executive Chairman’s responsibilities include, among other things, working with the Board and the President and Chief Executive Officer to develop strategies for the Company’s future growth, to ensure that Barrick’s operations are managed according to best-in-class practices, and to maintain strong and constructive relationships with strategic partners, including host governments and stakeholders in countries of critical importance to Barrick. See “Our Governance and Leadership Structure – Executive Chairman” in Schedule A of this Circular.

President and Chief Executive Officer

The President and Chief Executive Officer is appointed by the Board and reports to the Executive Chairman and the Board. The President and Chief Executive Officer has overall responsibility, subject to the oversight of the Executive Chairman and the Board, for managing the Company’s business on a day-to-day basis and monitoring operational performance, general supervision of the business of the Company and the execution of the Company’s operating plans and, working with the Executive Chairman, execution of the Company’s strategic priorities. The President and Chief Executive Officer is responsible for managing the Company’s internal control framework and reporting to the ESG & Nominating Committee on Barrick’s progress towards its corporate responsibility objectives. Among other things, the President and Chief Executive Officer is also responsible for overseeing our decentralized management ethos with a strong ownership culture, and maintaining a streamlined management and operational structure to eliminate non-essential costs. See “Our Governance and Leadership Structure – President and Chief Executive Officer” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Regionally-Focused Leadership Teams

Under the oversight of the President and Chief Executive Officer, Barrick has implemented a flat management structure with a strong ownership culture through the establishment of regionally-focused leadership teams in each of the geographies where Barrick operates (i.e., North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific, and Africa and the Middle East). By delegating authority to the executives and teams that are directly responsible for overseeing these regions, while streamlining management and operations to eliminate non-essential costs, Barrick expects to be better positioned to deliver long-term value to its shareholders.

In addition, Barrick has established leadership teams whose responsibility is to focus on: (i) finance, risk management, business assurance, information technology, and supply chain; (ii) strategic matters; (iii) exploration and geology; (iv) mineral resource management; (v) metallurgy, engineering, and capital projects; (vi) health, safety and environment, and sustainability; (vii) legal; (viii) human resources; (ix) corporate communications; (x) commercial and supply chain; and (xi) mining. Each of these teams, together with the regional operating teams, reports directly to the President and Chief Executive Officer whose objective is to ensure the seamless operation of the entire organization with a view to driving value creation.

Director Search Process

We identify director candidates through a rigorous search and selection process overseen by our ESG & Nominating Committee. As required, Barrick retains an external search firm to identify potential candidates, including candidates who will help achieve Barrick’s diversity goals. The aim of this process is to supplement the Board with individuals possessing complementary skills, professional experiences, and backgrounds that are able to best address the opportunities, challenges, and risks of our business. Since the Merger on January 1, 2019, our execution of this process has resulted in the appointment of seven new directors to the Board, including four highly qualified female directors with diverse backgrounds. With the appointment of Ms. Isela Costantini to the Board in November 2022, women represent one-third of our directors and 40% of our independent directors. In addition, 42% of our Board is comprised of directors who self-identify as racially and/or ethnically diverse.

See “Our Commitment to Corporate Governance – Board Composition and Refreshment” on page 28, and for more details on our Diversity Policy, see “Diversity Initiatives” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Our Approach to Corporate Governance

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Barrick Gold Corporation

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Email: investor@barrick.com

Risk Oversight

The Board believes that an enterprise-wide approach to risk management allows the Company to assess and mitigate risks most efficiently and effectively. The Board therefore expects management to:

Through our decentralized structure, we have continued to accelerate the pace at which information flows between leadership and our mines. This nimble structure enhances our risk management processes by promoting faster information sharing and greater transparency. We hold a Weekly Executive Review, which is the main forum to raise and discuss risks facing the operations and organization more broadly. The Weekly Executive Review is held among the President and Chief Executive Officer and other key executives, including the Senior Executive Vice-President, Strategic Matters; Senior Executive Vice-President, Chief Financial Officer; our regional Chief Operating Officers; and senior management.

The Board and its committees are responsible for overseeing the Company’s enterprise risk and internal control frameworks, risk management and major financial risks and financial reporting exposures, the alignment of Barrick’s executive compensation programs with strategic priorities and the human capital strategy, and the development of risk management programs relating to Barrick’s environmental, health and safety, corporate social responsibility, security, and human rights exposures. The Audit & Risk Committee assists the Board in, among other things, overseeing the Company’s management of enterprise risks, including financial, operational, health and safety, geopolitical, climate, tax, and cybersecurity risks, as well as the implementation of policies and standards for monitoring and mitigating such risks.

During 2022, we continued to provide the Audit & Risk Committee with concise and relevant risk information to facilitate its oversight of key risks facing the Company and how they are being managed, including new, emerging, and long-term risks that may have a material impact on the Company’s business model and long-term prospects. In-depth briefings were delivered on specific topics to provide a more detailed understanding of risks and management’s risk mitigation strategies, where appropriate. For example, during 2022, in-depth briefings were provided to the Audit & Risk Committee on a range of topics, including key operational and geopolitical risks and mitigation strategies across the Company’s portfolio, including regular updates on global inflationary pressures and Barrick’s strategies to mitigate the impact of higher energy costs and supply chain disruptions on our operations; the potential impacts of Covid-19 and other infectious diseases, such as Ebola; potential risks and opportunities related to the reconstitution and future development of the Reko Diq project; tailings facility management; Barrick’s tax strategy and key legacy and emerging tax risks across Barrick’s portfolio of assets; Barrick’s engagement with its host countries to secure our license to operate, including the implementation of the commencement agreement for the planned reopening of the Porgera mine in Papua New Guinea and the framework agreement with the Government of Tanzania resulting in the full and final settlement of all legacy tax disputes associated with Tanzanian assets acquired by Barrick from Acacia Mining plc in 2019; climate disclosures aligned with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) as well as updates on new climate disclosure proposals issued by Canadian and U.S. securities regulators and the International Sustainability Standards Board.

In addition, the Audit & Risk Committee received an in-depth briefing in 2022 from the Vice-President, Group Information Technology on cybersecurity strategy, including with respect to ongoing improvements to Barrick’s cybersecurity capabilities and enhancements to end-user security as well as training initiatives and penetration testing. The Audit & Risk Committee also received updates on

Barrick’s cybersecurity strategy and cyber-related risks from the Senior Vice-President, Business Assurance, Risk and Business Integrity at every meeting. The Audit & Risk Committee was also updated on Barrick’s financial plan, the new performance dividend policy and Barrick’s share buyback program.

In August 2022, independent directors visited Nevada Gold Mines to monitor operational progress and evaluate key issues and risks, including a site visit at Cortez to review key issues related to the Goldrush project, and met with the Governor of Nevada.    

For a more detailed description of our risk oversight processes, see “Risk Oversight” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Our Sustainability Vision, Mission, and Guiding Principles

Our corporate vision sets out what sustainability means at Barrick and is rooted in the belief that to operate successfully, we must deliver long-term value to all of our stakeholders and manage our impacts on the wider environment. Focusing on sustainability has long been of critical importance to Barrick and is entrenched in our Company DNA. Our commitments to respecting human rights, protecting the health and safety of our people and local communities, sharing the benefits of our operations, and managing our impact on the environment are core business issues, and are embedded in our decision-making processes and every facet of our operations.

We also believe that fundamental sustainability concepts such as building climate resilience, responsibly managing water use, protecting biodiversity, and poverty eradication are inextricably linked and are best managed holistically. This holistic and integrated sustainability management, combined with the on-the-ground management of sustainability issues in our host communities and the environments in which we operate, was acknowledged by the International Investor Magazine recognizing Barrick as the Best ESG Mining Company in 2022. Although we do not execute our sustainability vision to receive accolades, awards such as this highlight our commitments to environmental stewardship in our host communities.

Our Approach to Sustainability Governance

Sustainability is an essential part of our culture and is firmly embedded in the organization. Just as the management of our mineral resources and mining operations are central to our business, so too is the management of the sustainability of our business. Sustainability is driven at an operational level, and the Company’s sustainability strategy is implemented, by blending top-down accountability with bottom-up responsibility. This means that the day-to-day ownership of sustainability risks and opportunities is in the hands of individual sites. Each site plays a role in identifying risks and opportunities, metrics, and targets that measure real progress and deliver real impacts both for the business and for our stakeholders, including the countries in which we operate and our host communities. Site-level ownership is supported by regional sustainability leads, regional chief operating officers, and the Group Sustainability Executive, who provides oversight and direction over this site-level ownership to ensure alignment with the strategic priorities of the overall business.

We believe that our company-wide focus on sustainability is one of our core competitive advantages in the global competition to be the partner of choice for host communities and to attract investment and human capital. To underscore the important role of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee in overseeing our environmental, safety and health, social license to operate and human rights programs, policies and performance, we renamed the Corporate Governance & Nominating Committee as the “Environmental, Social, Governance & Nominating Committee” in February 2022. We believe that this change in the committee’s name better reflects the breadth of its responsibilities and highlights the important role that this committee plays in overseeing Barrick’s sustainability culture. The mandate of the ESG & Nominating Committee is available on our website at www.barrick.com/about/governance.

The E&S Committee is our most senior management-level body dedicated to sustainability. The E&S Committee helps to connect site-level ownership of sustainability to management, and in turn to our Board, which has ultimate responsibility for sustainability. The committee is chaired by our President and Chief Executive Officer, and members include:

The E&S Committee meets on a quarterly basis to review sustainability performance and key performance indicators across our operations. It provides a forum to freely exchange information and learn from past sustainability successes and challenges experienced across each region. The E&S Committee meetings also include an environmental and social license to operate-focused site visit completed by the independent consultant at one of Barrick’s Tier One Gold Assets each quarter. The President and Chief

Executive Officer reviews the reports of the E&S Committee at each quarterly meeting of the Board’s ESG & Nominating Committee, which is comprised entirely of independent directors. By bringing executive and Board level attention to key sustainability issues, we can identify concerns or opportunities at an early stage, manage risks, and drive continual improvements.

In addition to site-level ownership of sustainability opportunities and risks, sustainability is embedded in our Board governance structure. The Audit & Risk Committee assists the Board in overseeing the Company’s management of enterprise risks, including climate risk, as well as the implementation of policies and standards for monitoring and mitigating such risks. The Audit & Risk Committee also reviews the Company’s approach to climate change in the context of Barrick’s public disclosure. The ESG & Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing Barrick’s policies, programs, and performance relating to the environment, including climate change, which is built into Barrick’s formal risk management process. The Compensation Committee assists the Board in ensuring that executive compensation is appropriately linked to our sustainability performance.

Our sustainability strategy is built on four interconnected pillars:

As described above, we implement our sustainability strategy by blending top-down accountability, with bottom-up responsibility. These pillars, as well as additional highlights of our approach to sustainability and our sustainability achievements, are described below.

Human Rights

We are committed to respecting the human rights of all individuals impacted by our operations, including employees, contractors, and external stakeholders. Since 2010, our relationship with public and private security providers, local communities, and potential victims of human rights violations have been governed by the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.

During the last two years, we continued to develop and facilitate in person human rights workshops for managers and supervisors at each of our high-risk sites. Workshops were conducted in 2021 at our North Mara and Bulyanhulu mines in Tanzania, Kibali in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Loulo-Gounkoto in Mali, and Pueblo Viejo in the Dominican Republic. In 2022, we completed human rights assessments and training at Lumwana in Zambia, Tongon in Côte d’Ivoire, and Veladero in Argentina.

In December 2021, coinciding with the United Nations International Human Rights Day, we published our first, post-Merger, Human Rights Report, which elaborates on the salient human rights risks applicable to our business.

Our partnership philosophy is no different when it comes to our Indigenous partners and we aim to build long-term capacity within our host Indigenous communities. Our commitment to recognizing the unique rights and cultural heritage of Indigenous Peoples is set out in our Human Rights Policy and is informed by the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) position statement. We require all sites with potential impacts on Indigenous Peoples to develop and implement an Indigenous Peoples Plan that outlines specific actions to address potential operational impacts and to engage with and provide opportunities to Indigenous Peoples.

In 2019, prior to Barrick’s acquisition of the minority shareholding of Acacia and assumption of operational control of North Mara, the London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) commenced an Incident Review Process (IRP) against North Mara, following complaints made by the UK-based NGO, Rights and Accountability in Development. During the IRP, the refiner MMTC-PAMP appointed independent consultants, Synergy, to undertake an assessment of North Mara based on the LBMA’s Responsible Gold Guidance and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance. Synergy completed site assessments in 2019 and early 2022, as well as several desktop reviews during the process. During the fourth quarter of 2022, the LBMA confirmed that the IRP is now closed, citing Synergy’s findings that there has been “significant measurable progress” at North Mara since the original assessment in 2019, and the recommendation that MMTC-PAMP continues trading with North Mara. This concludes a multi-year process that provides independent support for the measurable progress and impact implementing Barrick’s sustainability strategy has had at North Mara.

Health and Safety

The safety, health, and well-being of our people, and providing the safest possible working environment is our highest priority. Our safety vision is “Every person going home safe and healthy every day.” Safety performance is integrated into weekly, monthly, and quarterly reporting. Safety performance is also discussed as a key part of weekly Executive Committee meetings, and regional operational meetings. As part of our efforts to continually improve our safety performance, we certified all our operating sites to ISO 45001, and continue our rollout of the “Journey to Zero” initiative. This initiative is focused on:

Despite our progress and rollout of the Journey to Zero initiative, we fell short of the high safety standards we set, with five tragic workplace fatalities occurring during the course of 2022. Following thorough investigations of each of these incidents, action plans were implemented across the Group. Company-wide Safety Intervention and Shift Change Interventions were and continue to be implemented to reinforce Barrick’s safety procedures and communicate our core safety messages and expectations. Nothing is more important to us than the health, safety, and well-being of our people. Any fatality is therefore unacceptable and a strong reminder that we still have work to do to achieve our goal of a zero harm workplace. In terms of other safety key performance indicators, our LTIFR was 0.29 and our TRIFR was 1.30 for 2022, which represented an improvement of more than 23% and 11% year-on-year, respectively.

Community Development and Benefit Sharing

Our commitment to our host countries and communities is to empower them economically through a partnership model. This means that we pay our fair share of taxes, prioritize local hiring and buying, and invest in community-led development initiatives that build community resilience. Barrick’s overarching Sustainable Development Policy and Social Performance Policy set out the Company’s commitment to social and economic development, and is available on our website at www.barrick.com/sustainability/reports-and-policies.

Our ability to form and maintain partnerships is just as important to our success as our geological know-how, or engineering expertise. We believe that partnerships work best when they reflect realities and when they establish clear mutual interests and benefits. Accordingly, we have established Community Development Committees at all our operational mines. We maintain that each of our community partners best understands its own unique needs, and our community development model is based on development priorities as opposed to being solely linked to mine production. Each CDC is elected and made up of a mix of local leaders, representatives from local women’s and youth groups, and no more than one Barrick representative. During 2022, we contributed approximately $35 million to community development projects. We have also continued to strengthen our relationships with our Indigenous communities in Ontario, Nevada, and Chile.

Environmental Stewardship

Strong environmental management is a crucial building block of our business. Environmental issues with the greatest potential impact on the health and safety of local communities, such as how we use water, prevent incidents, and manage tailings, are at the top of our agenda.

Our environmental performance has continued with zero Class 1 Environmental Incidents in 2022. All operational sites are ISO 14001 accredited, with the focus now on maintaining their accreditation, and have achieved rehabilitation/reclamation targets for each site.

Managing Climate Risks

The ESG & Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing Barrick’s policies, programs, and performance relating to the environment, including climate change and related water impacts. The Audit & Risk Committee assists the Board in overseeing the Company’s management of enterprise risks as well as the implementation of policies and standards for monitoring and mitigating such risks. Climate change is built into our formal risk management process, outputs of which are regularly reviewed by the Audit & Risk Committee. The Compensation Committee assists the Board in ensuring that executive compensation is appropriately linked to our sustainability performance, including climate change and related water impacts.

Barrick considers climate change, including shifts in temperature, precipitation, and more frequent severe weather events, to be a company, community, and global concern. We continue to incorporate scenario analysis into our risk management and align our climate-related disclosures with the TCFD.

Barrick’s GHG emissions reduction target is a minimum 30% reduction by 2030 relative to our 2018 baseline, while maintaining a steady production profile, with the ultimate ambition to achieve net zero GHG emissions by 2050. Our GHG emissions reduction target is grounded in climate science and has a detailed pathway for achievement that we demonstrated in our 2021 Sustainability Report.

Our GHG emissions reduction target is not static and will be updated as we continue to identify and drive new GHG emissions reduction opportunities. We will continue our focus on climate change through 2023 and beyond, and we have already committed capital to advance several projects that will further reduce our GHG emissions.

Ultimately, our vision is net zero GHG emissions by 2050, achieved primarily through GHG reductions, with some offsets for hard-to-abate emissions. Site-level plans to improve energy efficiency, integrate clean and renewable energy sources, and reduce GHG emissions will also be strengthened, and we plan to supplement our corporate emissions reduction target with context-based site-specific emissions reduction targets.

For the last two years, we have worked to develop our Scope 3 GHG emissions calculations and value chain engagement, while we continue to work towards Scope 3 target setting in 2023.

Our company-wide focus on sustainability provides a strong foundation, and Barrick continues to build further resilience to withstand the potential impacts of climate change and leverage potential opportunities as the global economy transitions to a low-carbon future. We also place importance on building climate resilience within our communities and host countries, and ensuring that these communities are not left behind. Sharing the benefits of our operations and developing our host communities are fundamental in achieving climate resilience.

Responsible Use of Water

Water is a vital and increasingly scarce global resource. Managing and using water responsibly is a critical part of our sustainability strategy as steady, reliable access to water is essential to the effective operation of our mines. Access to water is also a fundamental human right. Understanding water stress in the regions in which we operate and associated climate risks enabled us to better understand these risks and manage our water resources through site-specific water balances, aimed at minimizing our water withdrawal and maximizing water reuse and recycling within our operations. Our commitment to responsible water use is codified in Barrick’s Environmental Policy and was progressed further when we published a standalone Water Policy during 2022. These policies require the Company to minimize its use of water, control and manage its impacts on water quality, and engage with stakeholders, including local communities, to maintain sustainable management of water resources for the benefit of all users.

Biodiversity Management

Biodiversity underpins many of the ecosystem services on which our mines and their surrounding communities depend. If not properly managed, mining and exploration activities have the potential to negatively affect biodiversity and ecosystem services. We work to proactively manage our impact on biodiversity and strive to protect the ecosystems in which we operate. Wherever possible, we aim to achieve a net neutral biodiversity impact, particularly for ecologically sensitive environments. By the end of 2021, we developed a Biodiversity Action Plan for each of our operational sites that outlines our strategy to achieve net-neutral impacts and associated management plans. Our approach to Biodiversity Management was progressed in 2022 with the development of our Biodiversity Standard. The Biodiversity Standard sets out the thresholds for utilization of our Biodiversity Action Plans and aims to proactively manage our biodiversity risks and opportunities to achieve our target of no-net loss of key biodiversity features in areas affected by our activities.

We continue to voluntarily disclose the Forestry Questionnaire from CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project), a global environmental non-profit organization that evaluates biodiversity disclosures. Although CDP does not evaluate results in its forestry program for the metals and mining industry, we believe biodiversity disclosures are imperative for our industry, and our participation in CDP’s forestry program demonstrates our industry leadership around biodiversity and transparency. We continue to progress our conservation and offset projects, including sagebrush and mule deer habitats in Nevada, forestry conservation in Zambia, conservation at Aniana Vargas in the Dominican Republic, and a partnership at the Fina Reserve in Mali, in addition to our longstanding support of the Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Human Capital Strategy

Our people are the driving force behind our track record of achievements. We strive to be a global employer of choice that attracts and retains the best people to run our portfolio of best-in-class assets and who share our vision and values to become the world’s most valued gold and copper mining business. We engage employees and contractors across the globe and empower them to work in safer, more creative, and more rewarding ways every day. We are committed to advancing and promoting a diverse and inclusive culture across our business that inspires and supports the growth of our employees, serves our communities, and shapes a more sustainable business. Our human capital strategy is actively overseen by the Board and the Executive Committee throughout the year.

Our human capital strategy, including our approach to advancing and promoting diversity, continues to be a critical enabler of positive change and impact. To reinforce the strategic importance we place on having a thoughtful and robust approach to talent management that differentiates Barrick as a modern mining company, 10% of our long-term incentives for all Partners across the Company is linked to the evolution and implementation of our human capital strategy. Our focus areas for 2022 are summarized below. For a more detailed description of the Board’s oversight of our human capital strategy and our key human capital initiatives, see “Risk Oversight” and “Human Capital Management and Succession Planning” in Schedule A of this Circular.

Directors

		The Board recommends a vote FOR all nominees listed below.

Director Profiles

The following profiles present information about each of the nominees for election as director. Our directors are elected annually, individually, and by majority vote. Our majority voting policy provides that any nominee proposed for election as a director in an uncontested election who receives less than a majority of votes cast in favor of his or her election must promptly tender his or her resignation to the Executive Chairman or, in the case of the Executive Chairman, to the Lead Director for Board consideration and that the resignation must be accepted absent exceptional circumstances. There are no contracts, arrangements, or understandings between any director or executive officer, or any other person, pursuant to which any of the nominees has been nominated for election as a director of the Company.

All other director information can be found in “Report on Director Compensation and Equity Ownership” on page 51, “Committees of the Board” beginning on page 45, and in Schedule A of this Circular.