This company has become a joke among mining industry. It shouldn't recognize itself as a Canadian company. Sad to see a company that once was unstoppable was destroyed by this management that knows absolutely nothing how mining works. Chairman was an investment banker in China, President is a lawyer and COO was an army major from UK. Is this supposed to be a joke? How are board of directors and shareholders not thinking that they are being trolled and Thornton will probably end up making $15mil this year, because he "transformed" this company and "cut costs".

LAWYERS & ACCOUNTANTS SHOULD NOT BE RUNNING A MINING COMPANY

And none of board has any real metals experience other than selling into the energy / coal market. Where are the mining engineers, geologists, metallurgists? Nowhere to be seen. Incompetency - thy name is Barrick. I just feel sorry for the Mom and Pop shareholders who got told to stay put while their brokers dumped and ran.

These are not untalented people ... they are thugs and very good at it. Barrick Gold has a shady past, a shady present, and will have a shady future. The company has always been run by financial thugs and that's how they operate. These guys are financial operators, not miners. Their irresponsible environmental practices are testimony to what is really behind the culture in the company. Pascua Lama is a prime example of how not to do mining ... their glacier impacts, their impacts to wetlands and their political leveraging, and even their social engineering to build up fake stakeholder communities to bring to shareholder meetings are they way they work outside the law on environmental controls. It's indicative of who these guys really are. It's no wonder they're in the pits and I hope they stay there.

The least talented always end up in charge, all the good people have options and choose to take them.