Barrick appoints Loreto Silva Independent Director
August 09 2019 - 4:00PM
Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE: GOLD) (TSX: ABX) today announced
that it has appointed Loreto Silva to the Company’s Board of
Directors as an independent director.
An accomplished legal professional, academic and
consultant, Loreto is Chile’s former Minister of Public Works and
the current chairperson of the board of ENAP, the country’s
national petroleum company. She is also a partner at the
Chilean law firm of Bofill Escobar Silva Abogados.
Loreto started her career as a lawyer for the
Chilean Chamber of Construction where she helped develop the
country’s sanitary and public works concession systems. She
specialized in public works concession contracts, competition,
water resource management as well as the development of electric,
sanitary and infrastructure projects.
In 2010, Loreto was appointed Vice Minister of
Public Works and became Minister of the department at the end of
the 2012. As Minister, she promoted and led complex
infrastructural works such as the bridge over the Chacao Channel
and the Américo Vespucio Oriente highway. She also led the
development of the National Water Resource Strategy and is
currently director of the Arbitration and Mediation Center of the
Santiago Chamber of Commerce ("CAM"), director at the
Infrastructure Policy Council ("CPI") and member of Women Corporate
Directors.
Executive chairman John Thornton said her
appointment will broaden the skills of the Board and add fresh
perspective. “We are pleased to welcome Loreto to the Barrick
Board, which will benefit from her significant knowledge of
large-scale infrastructural projects and wide-ranging experience in
legal and government affairs.”
Enquiries:
Mark Bristow President and CEO+1 647 205 7694+44 788 071 1386 |
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Kathy du Plessis Investor and Media Relations+44 20 7557
7738barrick@dpapr.com |
Website: www.barrick.com
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