Barrick results Share Price down 1.6%18 Feb 2021 16:30
Barrick produced 4.76m ounces of gold, down from 5.47m last year, and sold 4,88m ounces. All in sustaining costs rose 8% to $967 per ounce.
Barrick expects to produce between 4.4m and 4.7m ounces of gold next year, and expects all in sustaining costs to be between $970 and $1,020 per ounce.
CEO Mark Bristow is a serial dealmaker, and has been looking for other acquisition opportunities. An audacious bid to acquire Newmont ended instead in a joint venture combining the two group's Nevada assets. Barrick's also taken full control of struggling Acacia Mining in recent years.