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Barrick's Bristow bet seen as boosting South America revival

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Mark Bristow built a reputation as the developer and operator of lucrative mines in Africa. Now the world’s biggest gold mining company is betting he can do the same in another complex region, South America. The Randgold Resources founder is set to become CEO of Barrick Gold after Barrick said this week it was spending $5.4-billion to buy Randgold. He steps into the job at a time when global gold reserves have shrunk by almost half from their 2012 peak.
 
 
 
 
 

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