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Akin Gump Advises Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation in Natural Gas Supply Joint Venture

May 14, 2018

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(Houston) – Barrick Gold Corporation today announced that Pueblo Viejo Dominicana Corporation (PVDC), operator of the Pueblo Viejo mine, has signed a 10-year natural gas supply contract with AES Andres DR, S.A. in the Dominican Republic. The deal will enable the conversion of the Quisqueya I power generation facility from heavy fuel oil to natural gas. Akin Gump advised PVDC, which is a joint venture between Barrick (60 percent) and Goldcorp Inc. (40 percent).

Quisqueya I is owned and operated by PVDC and supplies power to the Pueblo Viejo mine.

To learn more about the deal, please click here.

Akin Gump energy partner Gabriel Procaccini led the team advising PVDC.

Founded in 1945, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

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