African Barrick Gold Regulatory News (ABG)

African Barrick Gold plc ("ABG" or the "Company")
Registration number 7123187
Results of voting at 2012 annual general meeting
20 April 2012

The Annual General Meeting of ABG was held on 19 April 2012. As at the date of the annual general meeting, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares was 410,085,499. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at the meeting was 410,085,499. The full text of the resolutions proposed at the annual general meeting was set out in the notice of annual general meeting dated 19 March 2012.

All resolutions at the meeting were put to ABG's shareholders on a poll. The total number of votes validly cast at the meeting was 368,879,186.

The final voting figures of the poll as certified by the scrutineers, Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

VOTES % VOTES % VOTES % of VOTES
FOR AGAINST TOTAL ISC WITHHELD
VOTED

Approval of the 368,878,186 100.00 1,000 0.00 368,879,186 89.95% 137,134
audited annual
accounts for the
Company for the
financial year ended
31 December 2011,
together with the
Directors' Report and
the Auditors' Reports.

Approval of the 307,204,484 83.28 61,671,502 16.72 368,875,986 89.95% 137,334
Directors'
Remuneration Report
for the financial year
ended 31 December
2011.

Declaration and 368,876,186 100.00 0 0.00 368,876,186 89.95% 137,134
approval of a final
dividend of US13.1
cents per Ordinary
Share, for the year
ended 31 December
2011.

Election of Aaron 363,595,409 98.57 5,280,676 1.43 368,876,085 89.95% 137,234
Regent as a Director
(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of Gregory 368,161,687 99.81 714,399 0.19 368,876,086 89.95% 137,234 ("Greg") Hawkins as a

Director (executive)
of the Company.

Election of Kevin 368,736,180 99.96 139,906 0.04 368,876,086 89.95% 137,234 Jennings as a Director

(executive) of the
Company.

Election of Derek 368,453,524 99.89 422,561 0.11 368,876,085 89.95% 137,234 Pannell as a Director

(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of Ambassador 368,821,953 99.99 54,233 0.01 368,876,186 89.95% 137,134
Juma V. Mwapachu as a
Director
(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of Andre 364,275,691 98.75 4,600,394 1.25 368,876,085 89.95% 137,234 Falzon as a Director

(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of Stephen 367,874,031 99.73 1,002,054 0.27 368,876,085 89.95% 137,234
Galbraith as a
Director
(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of David 368,806,653 99.98 69,433 0.02 368,876,086 89.95% 137,234 Hodgson as a Director

(non-executive) of the
Company.

Election of Michael 363,786,953 98.65 4,992,905 1.35 368,779,858 89.93% 233,462 Kenyon as a Director

(non-executive) of the
Company.

Re-appointment of 368,610,204 99.96 161,326 0.04 368,771,530 89.93% 241,789
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP as auditors of the
Company (the
"Auditors") to hold
office until the
conclusion of the next
general meeting of the
Company at which the
accounts are laid
before the Company.

Grant of authorisation 368,751,665 99.97 122,795 0.03 368,874,460 89.95% 138,860
to the audit committee
of the Company to
agree the remuneration
of the Auditors.

Grant of authority to 368,043,187 99.77 832,999 0.23 368,876,186 89.95% 137,134
the Directors,
generally and
unconditionally
pursuant to Section
551 of the Companies
Act 2006 (the "Act")
to exercise all powers
of the Company to
allot shares in the
Company or to grant
rights to subscribe
for or to convert any
security into shares
in the Company up to
an aggregate nominal
amount of £13,532,821,
provided that this
authority shall expire
on the date of the
Company's next annual
general meeting, or 30
June 2013, whichever
is earlier.

Amendment to the 361,288,615 97.94 7,586,270 2.06 368,874,885 89.95% 138,434
Company's Long-Term
Incentive Plan .

Adoption of the 362,211,372 98.22 6,567,485 1.78 368,778,857 89.93% 234,462 Non-Executive Deferred

Share Unit Plan.

Grant of authority to 368,856,807 100.00 18,379 0.00 368,875,186 89.95% 138,134
the Directors of the
Company pursuant to
Section 570 of the Act
to allot equity
securities (within the
meaning of Section 560
of the Act) wholly for
cash as if Section 561
(1) of the Act did not
apply (a) in
connection with a
pre-emptive offer or
rights issue or (b)
otherwise up to an
aggregate nominal
value of £2,050,427.
This authority shall
expire on the date of
the Company's next
annual general meeting
or 30 June 2013,
whichever is earlier.

Grant of authority to 368,874,289 100.00 1,897 0.00 368,876,186 89.95% 137,134
the Company for the
purpose of Section 701
of the Act to make
market purchases (as
defined in Section 693
(4) of that Act) of
Ordinary Shares each
in the capital of the
Company, subject to
satisfying certain
conditions and
provided that the
authority shall expire
at the conclusion of
the Company's next
annual general meeting
or 30 June 2013,
whichever is earlier.

Grant of authority to 358,887,887 97.29 9,988,299 2.71 368,876,186 89.95% 137,134
the Company to call a
general meeting other
than an annual general
meeting on not less
than 14 clear days'
notice, provided that
facilities are
available to
shareholders to vote
by electronic means
for meetings called at
such notice.

(*) Includes discretionary votes (**) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

ENQUIRIES

For further information contact:

African Barrick Gold plc

Andrew Wray, Head of Corp. Devt. & IR +44 (0)207 129 7155

Finsbury +44 (0)20 7251 3801
Andrew Mitchell
Charles Chichester

This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or dispose of any securities of ABG in any jurisdiction.