BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION Brookfield Place, TD Canada Trust Tower Suite 3700, 161 Bay Street P.O. Box 212 Toronto, Ontario  M5J 2S1 Canada     Tel:   416.861.9911 Fax :416.861.2492

July 19, 2018

BY EDGAR

Securities and Exchange Commission

Division of Corporation Finance

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549-4628

Attention:	Craig Arakawa
	Accounting Branch Chief
	Office of Beverages, Apparel and Mining
	Securities and Exchange Commission

Re:	Barrick Gold Corporation
	Form 40-F for the Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017
	Filed March 26, 2018
	File No. 001-09059

Dear Mr. Arakawa:

Barrick Gold Corporation (the “Company”) confirms receipt of a comment letter from the Staff of the Division of Corporation Finance (the “Staff”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated June 26, 2018 relating to the above-referenced filing. As communicated on my call with Brian McAllister on July 19, 2018, the Company hereby confirms that it intends to provide its response to the Staff’s comments on or before August 3, 2018.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions concerning the foregoing.

Yours truly,

/s/ Dana Stringer

Dana Stringer

Vice-President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel