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As its employees face arrests abroad, Barrick Gold is pushing for mineral development policies at home

And eight other insights from the IJF’s weekly lobbying newsletter

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

9 Jan 2025 • 9 min read

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A grey-haired man in a suit and tie stands behind a podium featuring the word BARRICK
Barrick Gold chairman John Thornton speaks at the company's AGM in Toronto in 2018. Barrick is lobbying about mineral exploration in B.C. as some of the company's employees find themselves in legal trouble over profit sharing disputes with the government of Mali. (The Canadian Press/Aaron Vincent Elkaim)

Carly Penrose
Carly Penrose

Carly is a Toronto-based journalist. She holds a master of journalism from Toronto Metropolitan University. Her work has appeared in the National Post, This Magazine and The Canadian Press.

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