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“Mining is the slowest industry to adapt to new technology.”

Chief executive officer Mark Bristow, who is in the South American nation to review the company’s regional strategy, said Barrick’s assets in Chile were an important part of its global portfolio.

Australia’s largest gold producer has signed an option and farm-in agreement with Toronto-listed Cornerstone Capital Resources over two early stage projects in Ecuador.

The miner reported that Proven and Probable gold Reserves reached 17.9 million ounces at the end of 2018.

The gold giant said it would approach the board of Acacia Mining to back the formal proposal that would settle a long-running dispute with the Tanzanian government.

The deposit has historical resources of 2.7 million tonnes grading 0.59% zinc, 1.7% lead, 0.40% copper, 72.0 g/t silver, and 1.0 g/t gold.

A new discovery at Fishhook returned up to 174.50 g/t gold in grab samples.

This is not the first time the Chilean watchdog has fined Lumina.

The companies announced their planned all-share tie-up in January, just two weeks after the Barrick-Randgold merger was finalized.