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☑ UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington , D.C. 20549 FORM 40 - F □ Registration statement pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Annual report pursuant to Section 13 ( a ) or 15 ( d ) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 For Fiscal year ended : December 31 , 2020 Commission File number : No. 1-9059 BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION ( Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter ) British Columbia ( Province or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization ) Title of each class Common Shares Not Applicable ( I.R.S. employer identification number , if applicable ) 1041 ( Primary standard industrial classification code number , if applicable ) Brookfield Place , TD Canada Trust Tower , Suite 3700 161 Bay Street , P.O. Box 212 Toronto , Ontario Canada M5J 2S1 ( 800 ) 720-7415 ( Address and telephone number of registrant's principal executive office ) Barrick Gold of North America , Inc. 310 South Main Street Suite 1150 Salt Lake City , Utah 84101 ( 801 ) 990-3745 ( Name , address and telephone number of agent for service in the United States ) Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( b ) of the Act : Trading Symbol GOLD Name of each exchange on which registered New York Stock Exchange Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12 ( g ) of the Act : None Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15 ( d ) of the Act : None For annual reports , indicate by check mark the information filed with this form : Annual Information Form Audited Annual Financial Statements Indicate the number of outstanding shares of each of the issuer's classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the period covered by the annual report : Common Shares 1,778,189,894 Indicate by check mark whether the registrant : ( 1 ) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15 ( d ) of the Exchange Act during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports ) ; and ( 2 ) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days . Yes No □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S - T ( § 232.405 of this chapter ) during the preceding 12 months ( or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files ) . Yes No □ Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 12b - 2 of the Exchange Act .