
Barrick Gold (TSX: ABX) (NYSE: GOLD) chief executive Mark Bristow has met with Papua New Guinea prime minister, James Marape, and landowners to fine-tune details of an agreement to reopen the Porgera gold mine.
The deal, inked in April, sets up a new joint venture in which PNG stakeholders will have a 51% stake and Barrick Niugini Limited (BNL) 49%. The partnership owns the gold mine, but BNL remains as the operator.
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