EX-23.4 14 dex234.htm EXHIBIT 23.4

Exhibit 23.4

|  | Clayton Utz
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Barrick (PD) Australia Finance Pty Ltd Level 10 2 Mill Street Perth WA 6000 Australia Barrick Gold Corporation Brookfield Place, Canada Trust Tower 161 Bay Street, Suite 3700 Toronto Ontario M5J 2S1 Canada |  | 6 November 2009

Our reference: 657/17216/21719037

Dear Sirs

Registration Statement on Form F-9 and Form F-4 of Barrick (PD) Australia Finance Pty Ltd ACN 139 909 934 and Barrick Gold Corporation

We have acted as Australian legal advisors to Barrick (PD) Australia Finance Pty Ltd ACN 139 909 934 and Barrick Gold Corporation (together, the Registrants) in connection with the registration statement on Form F-9 and Form F-4 (Registration Statement) being filed today by the Registrants with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

We acknowledge that we are referred to under the headings “Description of the Notes—Enforceability of Judgments” and “Legal Matters” in the preliminary short form prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement and we hereby consent to such use of our name in the Registration Statement.

Sincerely,
/s/ Clayton Utz
Clayton Utz