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Barrick backs Pascua-Lama despite $5bn charge

Cecilia Jamasmie | August 02, 2013 | 3:02 pm Precious Metals Top Companies Canada Europe Latin America Gold Silver 

Canadian Barrick Gold Corp (TSX, NYSE: ABX) will continue to bet on its $8.5bn Pascua-Lama mine, straddling the border of Chile and Argentina, despite the $5.1bn impairment charge on the project announced yesterday as part of the miner’s second quarter results....

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