Key facts
- Company
- Barrick Gold
- Industry
- Metals & Mining
- Materials
- Copper, Steel, Water
- Processes
- Recycling, Mechanical processing
- Evidence through
- Sources
- 3 public sources
Material inputs to resolve
Gold and copper mining with site-specific water, tailings, biodiversity and closure obligations
Barrick's 2025 Sustainability Report describes water stewardship, biodiversity management, climate resilience and site-level environmental planning. Barrick reports an overall water recycling and reuse rate of 81% in 2025, above its 80% annual target, and says each mine has a site-specific water management plan with water risks included in operational risk registers. Public reporting does not establish one mine-level material ledger connecting ore, reagents, water, tailings, recovery and closure outcome.
81% 2025 overall water recycling and reuse rate
80% Annual water recycling and reuse target exceeded
17 countries Barrick operations and projects across five continents
Site-specific Water management plans and operational risk registers
- Ore, water, energy, explosives, cyanide, grinding media, fuel, steel and maintenance materials
- Mine geology, processing plant, tailings storage, transport and closure planning
- Recovered metals, tailings, waste rock, process water and site rehabilitation inputs
Outputs and residuals to resolve
- Gold, copper and mineral concentrates for downstream refining
- Tailings, waste rock, process water, reagents and closure materials
- Mine-level material balance, water quality and closure outcome remain open
First decision: Choose one Barrick mine and one stream, such as process water, reagents, tailings or steel. Map input, recovery, risk control, destination and closure implication.
Water signal
Barrick reports an 81% overall water recycling and reuse rate in 2025, above its 80% target.
Governance signal
Barrick says each mine has a site-specific water management plan and operational risk register.
Material system
Mining operations connect ore, reagents, energy, water, tailings and closure in one physical system.
Evidence boundary
Group metrics do not establish one mine-level mass balance, water-quality result or closure pathway.
Decision boundary
The public record supports one bounded next move: Choose one Barrick mine and one stream, such as process water, reagents, tailings or steel. Map input, recovery, risk control, destination and closure implication. It does not establish a buyer, commercial approval or supply agreement.
Material flow map
| Material or stream | Qualification gate | Process or destination | Evidence still needed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Process water | Source, quality, reuse, discharge and watershed risk | Mine and processing plant loop | Volume, chemistry, reuse and discharge boundary |
| Ore and reagents | Grade, recovery, reagent use and hazardous-material controls | Crushing, grinding and recovery | Input, yield, residuals and product allocation |
| Tailings and waste rock | Stability, chemistry, containment and closure use | Tailings storage or rehabilitation | Volume, risk, route and closure evidence |
This is a public screening map. It separates company-disclosed flows from open qualification work. It does not convert a destination into a buyer or an announced ambition into operating capacity.
Three defensible entry lanes
Make water performance site-specific
The group number is a signal. The operating decision lives at a mine, a watershed and a process.
Next evidence: Select mine, watershed, process, baseline, reuse project and result.
Connect recovery yield to material demand
More metal per tonne of ore changes the water, energy and tailings picture only when the boundary is explicit.
Next evidence: Join ore, recovery, reagents, energy, water, concentrate and residuals.
Design closure into today's material choices
Closure is not a final chapter. It changes what materials, routes and controls make sense now.
Next evidence: Select mine, material, tailings or waste stream, closure use and verification.
Evidence register
- 2025 Sustainability Report release Barrick Mining Corporation, official report announcement https://www.barrick.com/English/news/news-details/2026/2025-sustainability-report/default.aspx
- Environment Barrick Mining Corporation, official environment hub https://www.barrick.com/English/sustainability/environment/default.aspx
- Sustainability Report 2025 Barrick Mining Corporation, official report PDF https://s25.q4cdn.com/322814910/files/doc_downloads/sustainability/Barrick_Sustainability_Report_2025.pdf
Source hierarchy: filings and company disclosures first. The brief states what those sources support and leaves the unresolved plant, grade, permit, buyer and mass-balance questions explicit.
Material Transition editorial interpretation
The next useful working session starts with: Choose one Barrick mine and one stream, such as process water, reagents, tailings or steel. Map input, recovery, risk control, destination and closure implication.
Sources
- [1]
- [2] Environment (opens in a new tab)
barrick.com
- [3] Sustainability Report 2025 (opens in a new tab)
s25.q4cdn.com