Barrick to appeal US$41 million tax bill

BARRICK Gold plans to appeal a US$41 million income tax assessment by Peru based on an audit of the company's Pierina mine for fiscal 1999 and 2000.

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Barrick said it believed the assessment, which excludes interest and penalties, was incorrect and inconsistent and that it had provided for the full impact of income taxes over the life of the mine,

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