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TRANSMITTAL AND ELECTION FORM


TO:              BARRICK
GOLD CORPORATION, c/o CIBC Mellon Trust Company at the address
specified below


Offeror Offer and
Circular Offer Shares Placer Dome Offerors Notice Compulsory Acquisition




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| | (a) | US$22.50 in cash (the Cash Alternative); or                                                                          
|
| | (b) | 0.8269 of a common share of Barrick (a Barrick Common
    Share) plus US$0.05 in cash (the Share
    Alternative),





Please complete Box 1, Box 2, Box 4 and, if
applicable, Box 3 of this Transmittal and Election Form. If
your Transmittal and Election Form (or other written notice of
demand, if applicable) is not properly completed and received by
CIBC Mellon Trust Company on or before 9:00 a.m. (Toronto
time) March 15, 2006, you will be deemed to have elected to
transfer your Shares to the Offeror and to have elected the
Share Alternative in respect of such transfer.


U.S. Shareholders and Substitute Form W-9














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A U.S. SHAREHOLDER WHO FAILS TO PROPERLY COMPLETE THE
SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 SET FORTH IN THIS TRANSMITTAL AND ELECTION
FORM OR, IF APPLICABLE, THE APPROPRIATE IRS FORM W-8 MAY BE
SUBJECT TO BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF THE GROSS PROCEEDS OF
ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO SUCH HOLDER PURSUANT TO THE COMPULSORY
ACQUISITION.




BOX 1
 ELECTION OF CONSIDERATION FOR SHARES OR DEMAND FOR PAYMENT
 Canada Business
Corporations Act
 Shareholders may choose only ONE of the choices below:
 o Choice A  The
CASH ALTERNATIVE
  Shareholders who check this box will transfer such Shares to the
    Offeror and will receive US$22.50 in cash for each of such
    Shares (subject to pro ration). o Choice B  The
SHARE ALTERNATIVE
  Shareholders who check this box will transfer such Shares to the
    Offeror and will receive 0.8269 of a Barrick Common Share and
    US$0.05 in cash for each of such Shares (subject to pro ration). o Choice C  The
COURT APPRAISAL ALTERNATIVE
  Shareholders who check this box elect to demand payment of the
    fair value of such Shares in accordance with
    Sections 206(9) to (18) of the CBCA, and hereby notify
    the Offeror of such election.*




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If your Transmittal and Election Form (or other written
notice of demand, if applicable) is not properly completed and
received by CIBC Mellon Trust Company on or before
9:00 a.m. (Toronto time) March 15, 2006, or if you do
not make an election in Box 1 of your Transmittal and
Election Form, you will be deemed to have elected to transfer
your Shares to the Offeror and to have elected the Share
Alternative in respect of such transfer.




BOX 2
 DESCRIPTION OF PLACER DOME COMMON SHARES
 Name(s) in which Registered
    
    
    Placer Dome Common SharesCertificate Number(s)
    
    
    (please print)
    
    
    Represented by CertificateTotal:
 (Please print or type. If space is insufficient, please
attach a list to the Transmittal and Election Form in the above
form.)




BOX 3
 ROLLOVER OPTION FOR ELIGIBLE HOLDERS
 Income Tax Act
 Eligible Holder




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www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2057/t2057-05e.pdf  www.cra-arc.gc.ca/E/pbg/tf/t2058/t2058-01e.pdf Eligible Holders should
consult their own tax advisors for assistance with respect to
making a valid tax election.
 Compliance with the requirements to ensure a valid election
is filed under Section 85(1) or (2) of the Tax Act (or
the corresponding provisions of any applicable provincial tax
legislation) will be the sole responsibility of the Eligible
Holder making such election. Accordingly, the Offeror will not
be responsible or liable for taxes, interest, penalties, damages
or expenses resulting from the failure by anyone to properly
complete any tax election form or to properly file it within the
time prescribed and in the form prescribed under the Tax Act (or
the corresponding provisions of any applicable provincial tax
legislation). The Offeror reserves the right not to execute and
return to a Shareholder for filing any tax election form sent to
it that (i) is not fully completed and signed by an
Eligible Holder who has elected the Share Alternative and who
has further elected the Rollover Option in this Transmittal and
Election Form, or (ii) is not received by the CIBC Mellon
Trust Company on or before May 15, 2006.
  o Check here if you
are an Eligible Holder, you have elected the Share Alternative
and you wish to further elect the Rollover Option in order to
make a joint tax election with the Offeror under
Section 85(1) or (2) of the Tax Act (or the
corresponding provisions of any applicable provincial tax
legislation). It is the Eligible Holders responsibility to
take the steps required to make a valid tax election.




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BOX 4
 U.S. SHAREHOLDERS
    o
    The owner signing this Transmittal and Election Form represents
    that it is not a U.S. Shareholder and is not acting on
    behalf of a U.S. Shareholder.o
    The owner signing this Transmittal and Election Form is a
    U.S. Shareholder or is acting on behalf of a
    U.S. Shareholder. IF YOU ARE A U.S. SHAREHOLDER OR ARE ACTING ON BEHALF OF
A U.S. SHAREHOLDER, THEN IN ORDER TO AVOID BACKUP
WITHHOLDING YOU MUST COMPLETE THE SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9 INCLUDED
BELOW, OR OTHERWISE PROVIDE CERTIFICATION THAT YOU ARE EXEMPT
FROM BACKUP WITHHOLDING, AS PROVIDED IN THE INSTRUCTIONS.


|                                                           |  |                              
|---------------------------------------------------------- |  | -----------------------------
|DATED this      day
    of                     ,
    2006. |  |                              
|                                                           |  | Signature of Holder of Shares
|                                                           |  | Name (please print)          
|                                                           |  |                              
|                                                           |  | Address (please print)       



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SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9


TO BE COMPLETED BY U.S. SHAREHOLDERS ONLY


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|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|SUBSTITUTE
    FORM W-9
     Department of the
    Treasury Internal
    Revenue Service                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  | Part I Please provide your name in the box at
    right.
    Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) 
    ENTER YOUR TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT. (For most individuals, this
    is your social security number. If you do not have a TIN, see
    Obtaining a Number in the Guidelines included in
    this form.) CERTIFY BY SIGNING AND DATING BELOW.Note:If the account is in more than one name, see the
    chart in the enclosed Guidelines to determine which number to
    give the payer. |  | Social Security Number(s) (If awaiting TIN,
    write Applied For)OREmployer Identification Number(s) (If
    awaiting TIN, write Applied For)
|Payers Request for
    Taxpayer Identification Number
    and Certification                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  | Part 2 For payees exempt from backup
    withholding, please write exempt here (see
    Instructions):                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Business Name                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Please Check Appropriate box                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                                                                                                                                   
|o Individual/Sole
    Proprietor      o Corporationo  Partnershipo  Other                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Address                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |  |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |  |                                                                                                                                                   
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|City                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |  | State                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |  | Zip Code                                                                                                                                          
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Part 3  Certification Under penalties
    of perjury, I certify that:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
|(1)   The number shown on this form is my correct
    TIN (or I am waiting for a TIN to be issued to me) and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          
|(2)   I am not subject to backup withholding
    because (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, (b) I
    have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service
    (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a
    result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or
    (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to
    backup withholding; and
|(3)   I am a U.S. person (including a
    U.S. resident alien).                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
|Certificate Instructions.You must cross out
    Item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that
    you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have
    failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return.                                                                                                                                     
|Signature of
    U.S. person ------------------------  Date ------------------ ,
    2006                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             
|                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      



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|NOTE: | FAILURE TO FURNISH YOUR CORRECT TIN MAY RESULT IN A $50
    PENALTY IMPOSED BY THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE AND IN BACKUP
    WITHHOLDING OF 28% OF THE GROSS AMOUNT OF CONSIDERATION PAID TO
    YOU PURSUANT TO THE COMPULSORY ACQUISITION. FOR ADDITIONAL
    DETAILS, PLEASE REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR
    CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE
    FORM W-9
    THAT FOLLOW THIS SUBSTITUTE
    FORM W-9.

YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU WROTE
APPLIED FOR IN PART 1 OF SUBSTITUTE
FORM W-9.


CERTIFICATION OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER








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FOR U.S. SHAREHOLDERS ONLY


GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION


NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9


Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number
for the Payee (You)


To Give the Payer 00-0000000.


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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | -------------------
|                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|For This Type of Account:                                                                                                                                                                           |                                                                            | Give The Taxpayer Identification                                                                
|                                                                                                                                                                                                   
|1.  Individual                                                                                                                                                                                      |                                                                            | The individual                                                                                  
|2.  Two or more individuals (joint account)                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                            | The actual owner of the account or, if combined fund, the first
    individual on the account(1)
|3.  Custodian account of a minor (Uniform Gift to
    Minors Act)                                                                                                                                   |                                                                            | The minor(2)                                                                                    
|4.  a.  The usual revocable savings trust
    account (grantor is also trustee)                                                                                                                     |                                                                            | The grantor-trustee(1)                                                                          
|                                                                                                                                                                                                    | b.  So-called trust that is not a legal or valid trust
    under state law |                                                                                                  | The actual owner(1)
|5.  Sole proprietorship                                                                                                                                                                             |                                                                            | The owner(3)                                                                                    
|6.  A valid trust, estate, or pension trust                                                                                                                                                         |                                                                            | The legal entity(4)                                                                             
|7.  Corporate                                                                                                                                                                                       |                                                                            | The corporation                                                                                 
|8.  Association, club, religious, charitable,
    educational, or other tax-exempt organization account                                                                                             |                                                                            | The organization                                                                                
|9.  Partnership                                                                                                                                                                                     |                                                                            | The partnership                                                                                 
|10. A broker or registered nominee                                                                                                                                                                  |                                                                            | The broker or nominee                                                                           
|11. Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name
    of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school
    district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments |                                                                            | The public entity                                                                               
|                                                                                                                                                                                                   



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|(1) | List first and circle the name of the person whose number you
    furnish. If only one person on an account has a social security
    number, that persons name must be used.                                                                               
|   
|(2) | Circle the minors name.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
|   
|(3) | You must show your individual name, but you may also enter your
    doing business as name. You may use either your
    social security number or your employer identification number
    (if you have one).                                               
|   
|(4) | List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or
    pension trust. (Do not furnish the taxpayer identification
    number of the personal representative or trustee unless the
    legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)

NOTE:


Obtaining a Number


SS-5, SS-4,


Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding






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|(i)   | An organization exempt from tax under Section 501(a), an
    individual retirement account (IRA), or a custodial account
    under Section 403(b)(7), if the account satisfies the
    requirements of Section 401(f)(2).
|     
|(ii)  | The United States or a state thereof, the District of Columbia,
    a possession of the United States, or a political subdivision or
    wholly-owned agency or instrumentality of any one or more of the
    foregoing. 
|     
|(iii) | An international organization or any agency or instrumentality
    thereof.                                                                                                                                              
|     
|(iv)  | A foreign government and any political subdivision, agency or
    instrumentality thereof.                                                                                                                               





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|(i)    | A corporation.                                                                                                                                          
|      
|(ii)   | A financial institution.                                                                                                                                
|      
|(iii)  | A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in
    the United States, the District of Columbia, or a possession of
    the United States.
|      
|(iv)   | A real estate investment trust.                                                                                                                         
|      
|(v)    | A common trust fund operated by a bank under Section 584(a).                                                                                            
|      
|(vi)   | An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the
    Investment Company Act of 1940.                                                     
|      
|(vii)  | A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or
    custodian.                                                                            
|      
|(viii) | A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity
    Futures Trading Commission.                                                             
|      
|(ix)   | A foreign central bank of issue.                                                                                                                        
|      
|(x)    | A trust exempt from tax under Section 664 or described in
    Section 4947.                                                                             

W-9


PRIVACY ACT NOTICE


Penalties




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|(1) | Failure to Furnish Taxpayer Identification
    Number.  If you fail to furnish your taxpayer
    identification number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty
    of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to
    reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.
|   
|(2) | Civil Penalty for False Information With Respect to
    Withholding.  If you make a false statement with
    no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you
    are subject to a $500 penalty.                                                                 
|   
|(3) | Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information. 
    Wilfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject
    you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.                                                                                            



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SEND YOUR TRANSMITTAL AND ELECTION FORM TO CIBC MELLON
TRUST COMPANY AT ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ADDRESSES:


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|By Mail                                                                       |  | By Registered Mail (recommended),
    by Hand or by Courier                             
|P.O. Box 1036
    Adelaide Street Postal Station
    Toronto, Ontario M5C 2K4 |  | 199 Bay Street
    Commerce Court West
    Securities Level
    Toronto, Ontario M5L 1G9