Exhibit 99.2

BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION

CERTIFICATE PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.20 OF

NATIONAL INSTRUMENT 54-101 –

COMMUNICATION WITH BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF

SECURITIES OF A REPORTING ISSUER

Reference is made to the special meeting (the “Meeting”) of shareholders of Barrick Gold Corporation (the “Company”) to be held on November 5, 2018. I, Dana Stringer, the Vice-President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel of the Company, hereby certify, for and on behalf of the Company, and not in my personal capacity and without personal liability, that the Company:

(a) has arranged to have the proxy-related materials for the Meeting sent in compliance with the applicable timing requirements in section 2.12 of National Instrument 54-101 – Communication with Beneficial Owners of Securities of a Reporting Issuer (“NI 54-101”);

(b) has arranged to have carried out all of the requirements of NI 54-101 in addition to those described in paragraph (a) above; and

(c) is relying on section 2.20 of NI 54-101 to abridge the time prescribed in subsections 2.2(1) and 2.5(1) of NI 54-101 in connection with the Meeting.

The term “proxy-related materials” as used in this Certificate shall have the meaning given to it in NI 54-101.

DATED the 5th day of October, 2018.

	BARRICK GOLD CORPORATION
By:	/s/ Dana Stringer
	Dana Stringer
	Vice-President, Corporate Secretary and Associate General Counsel