Barrick to Acquire 70% Interest in El Morro Project

October 12, 2009 Filed Under: Mining Investment, Mining Stocks, Precious Metal  
Barrick to Acquire 70% Interest in El Morro Project

Barrick Gold Corporation announced that it has entered into an agreement with Xstrata Copper Chile S.A. (“Xstrata”), a wholly owned subsidiary of Xstrata Plc, to acquire Xstrata’s 70% interest in the El Morro project for $465 million in cash. El Morro is an advanced gold-copper project located in the Atacama Region in Chile. As reported by Xstrata, total measured and indicated gold...