BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION BCE Place, Canada Trust Tower Suite 3700, 161 Bay Street P.O. Box 212 Toronto, Ontario M5J 2S1 Canada Tel: 416.861.9911 Fax : 416.861.8243

July 29, 2013

BY EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-4628

Attention: Tia L. Jenkins Senior Assistant Chief Accountant, Office of Beverages, Apparel, and Mining Securities and Exchange Commission

Re: Barrick Gold Corporation

Form 40-F for Year Ended December 31, 2012

Filed March 28, 2013

File No. 001-09059

Dear Ms. Jenkins:

We hereby acknowledge receipt of the second comment letter, dated July 22, 2013 (the “Comment Letter”), from the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission concerning the above-captioned Annual Report on Form 40-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2012 (the “40-F”).

Please be advised that we expect to provide our response to the Comment Letter by August 21, 2013.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning the forgoing.

Yours truly,

/s/ Jennifer Mazin

Jennifer Mazin

Vice-President & Assistant General Counsel