BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION AND BARRICK NORTH AMERICA FINANCE LLC AND BARRICK GOLD FINANCECO LLC DEBT SECURITIES UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTUnderwriting Agreement • September 10th, 2008 • Barrick Gold Corp • Gold and silver ores • Ontario
Barrick Gold Financeco LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BGF”), proposes to issue and sell to the several underwriters named in Schedule I hereto (the “Underwriters”) US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of BGF’s debt securities due 2013 (the “BGF Notes”), and Barrick North America Finance LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BNAF”), proposes to issue and sell to the Underwriters US$500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of BNAF’s debt securities due 2018 (the “BNAF 2018 Notes”) and US$250,000,000 aggregate principal amount of BNAF’s debt securities due 2038 (the “BNAF 2038 Notes”, and the BNAF 2018 Notes together with the BNAF 2038 Notes, the “BNAF Notes”, and the BNAF Notes together with the BGF Notes, the “Notes”), in each case to be issued under the indenture, to be dated as of the Closing Date (as defined in Section 4 hereof) (the “Indenture”), among Barrick Gold Corporation, an Ontario corporation (the “Parent”), BGF, BNAF and The Bank of New York Mellon, as
