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 kilometres 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 US$2.1 - 2.3 billion.

Scope of Services
Hatch is providing EPCM services for approximately US$650 million in CAPEX which includes the provision of brick lining design technology and a SIL ESDS (emergency shutdown system), patented slurry pre-heater control, a patented oxygen sparger, 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.