Some people say you can only grow through mergers and acquisitions (M&A) but what Barrick president and CEO Dr Mark Bristow very clearly affirms is that the way to create value is by adding ounces through the drill bit rather than opportunistic M&A – and he has been successfully demonstrating this to the mining industry for decades now. The year 2023 is like 2011, Bristow said in response to questions following Barrick’s presentation of dividend-yielding and cash-flow-increasing first-quarter results covered by Mining Weekly. (Also watch attached Creamer Media video.)
