2007 Responsibility Report - English (PDF) - Barrick Gold Corporation

For example, we recently opened a newly reconstructed healthclinic providing HIV/AIDS services near our Porgera mine inPapua New Guinea (PNG). The clinic is the result of the leadershipof the Asian Development Bank with support from thePNG government and Barrick. Barrick also has other HIV/AIDSprograms in at-risk countries, such as Tanzania and SouthAfrica, working in partnership with AMREF and the GlobalBusiness Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. Wealso support the work of Aid for AIDS of Nevada, USA.Barrick partners with World Vision and local residents near ourPierina and Lagunas Norte mines in rural regions of Peru totackle the problem of child malnutrition. By the end of 2007,nearly 200 households had received training to establish householdfruit and vegetable gardens. As well, numerous water andsewage projects are underway to improve water quality andbasic sanitation in 11 communities, and area farmers, trained incrop diversification, are now producing highly nutritious quinoa(a cereal) to feed local children.In Argentina we partner with Organización de Servicos DirectosEmpresarios (OSDE), a private health service, to improvewomen’s health through education and early detection ofbreast and uterine cancer.In 2007, Barrick and CARE International Tanzania announcedthe results of a six-year partnership which has improvededucation for thousands of children living near the Bulyanhulumine. Since our $2 million investment in a long-term educationprogram in 2001, primary school enrollment has increased by75 percent, and more children are now making the transitionto high school, where enrollment has more than doubled.Barrick community relations officers worked in collaborationwith CARE, the Kahama District Education Department, theMinistry of Education, parents and community leaders todevelop this successful program.In Australia, our Kanowna mine partnered with the KalgoorlieBoulder Community High School in 2007 to help young at-riskgirls stay in school, through an innovative basketball andleadership development program.Partnerships are an integral element in sharing the benefits ofmining with our host communities in the most effective andmeaningful way.Economic Contributions and Value Addedto CommunitiesStrong communities contribute positively to our competitivenessthrough their ability to host thriving supplier industries, create astable business environment, retain a skilled base of employeesand provide essential services to their residents (which includeour workers). One measure of social responsibility is our economiccontributions to our host communities and regions insupport of these attributes. Barrick’s economic contributionsinclude wages and benefits for our employees, taxes and royaltiespaid to governments, purchases of goods and services fromBarrick Responsibility Report 2007 13