Barrick acquired the Pueblo Viejo project through its acquisition of Placer Dome in 2006 and sold a 40% interest in the project to Goldcorp. Pueblo Viejo is located in the Dominican Republic, approximately 100 kilometers northwest of the capital city of Santo Domingo.

Pueblo Viejo has significant amounts of zinc (2.6 billion pounds), copper (358 million pounds) and silver
(88 million ounces) contained within the gold reserves.

The mine life is currently estimated to be at least
20 years, and Pueblo Viejo is expected to have average annual life-of-mine production of up to 600,000 ounces of gold.

Total estimated capital costs are in the range of USD $2.1 - 2.3 billion.

Scope of Services
Hatch is providing EPCM services for approximately USD$650 million in CAPEX which includes brick lining design technology supply, patented slurry pre-heater control, patented oxygen sparger supply, SIL ESDS (shutdown system) supply and the largest brick-lined autoclaves to date.

Project Highlights
The project will feature the world's largest brick-lined autoclaves - 800 t transportation weight each - and related controls and technologies by Hatch.