Barrick Gold shares are trading higher by 1.4% during Friday's session. Mining stocks are rising, likely in sympathy with Rio Tinto and Glencore's potential merger talks.

Barrick Gold Corp. closed C$6.81 below its 52-week high of C$29.50, which the company achieved on October 21st.

Mali’s military junta started executing an interim order to seize gold at a mine run by Barrick Gold Corp., escalating a dispute over the West African government’s share of revenues from the project.

By Portia Crowe, Divya Rajagopal and Giulia Paravicini DAKAR (Reuters) -Mali began flying gold out of Canadian miner Barrick Gold's Loulo-Gounkoto complex by helicopter on Saturday, four sources close to the situation said,

Barrick Gold Corp. closed C$6.86 below its 52-week high of C$29.50, which the company reached on October 21st.

Barrick Gold Corporation has halted its operations in Mali after the government seized gold stocks worth $245 million Cdn from the company's Loulo-Gounkoto complex.