Barrick Chair Says Pay Problem Fixed as M&A Test Runs Begin

  • World's biggest gold producer plans no dividend hikes or cuts
  • Thornton says executive pay solution will be revealed in March

Barrick Chair Says Pay Problem Fixed

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John Thornton looks on Barrick Gold Corp. as a patient finally ready for discharge from hospital and determined to abandon the fast living that landed it there.

In his first on-the-record interview in almost a year, the executive chairman of the world’s largest gold producer touched on all the hot-button issues -- from his perspectives on acquisitions and disposals to the sprawl of his board to his own controversial pay packet.