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                                                                    EXHIBIT 24.1

                               POWER OF ATTORNEY

    KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that each of the undersigned, being a
director or officer of Barrick Gold Corporation, a corporation organized under
the laws of the Province of Ontario (the "Company"), hereby constitutes and
appoints Sybil E. Veenman and Jamie C. Sokalsky his true and lawful
attorney-in-fact and agent, each acting alone, with full power of substitution
and re-substitution, for him and in his name, place and stead in any and all
capacities, to sign one or more Registration Statements under the Securities Act
of 1933, as amended, on Form F-4 or such other form as such attorneys-in-fact
may deem necessary or desirable, any amendments thereto, and all post-effective
amendments and supplements to such registration statement, for the registration
of securities including common stock to be offered and sold in connection with
the merger of a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company into Homestake Mining
Company in a transaction that will result in Homestake Mining Company becoming a
wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, in such forms as they may approve, and
to file the same with all exhibits thereto and other documents in connection
therewith with the Securities and Exchange Commission, granting unto said
attorneys and agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every
act and things requisite and necessary to be done to the end that such
Registration Statement or Registration Statements shall comply with the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the applicable Rules and Regulations
adopted or issued pursuant thereto, as fully and to all intents and purposes as
he might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said
attorneys-in-fact and agents, each acting alone, or his or her substitute or
re-substitute, may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.

    IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this 13th day
of July, 2001.

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/s/ RANDALL OLIPHANT
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Randall Oliphant
President and Chief Executive Officer
(Principal Executive Officer)

/s/ JAMIE C. SOKALSKY
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Jamie C. Sokalsky
Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
(Principal Financial Officer)

/s/ ANDRE R. FALZON
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Andre R. Falzon
Vice President and Controller
(Principal Accounting Officer)

/s/ PETER MUNK
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Peter Munk
Chairman of the Board of Directors

/s/ HOWARD L. BECK
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Howard L. Beck
Director
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/s/ C. WILLIAM D. BIRCHALL
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C. William D. Birchall
Director

/s/ JOHN K. CARRINGTON
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John K. Carrington
Vice Chairman
Chief Operating Officer and Director

/s/ MARSHALL A. COHEN
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Marshall A. Cohen
Director

/s/ PETER A. CROSSGROVE
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Peter A. Crossgrove
Director

/s/ ANGUS A. MACNAUGHTON
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Angus A. MacNaughton
Director

/s/ THE RIGHT HONOURABLE BRIAN MULRONEY
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The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney
Director

/s/ ANTHONY MUNK
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Anthony Munk
Director

/s/ JOSEPH L. ROTMAN
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Joseph L. Rotman
Director

/s/ GREGORY C. WILKINS
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Gregory C. Wilkins
Director
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