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                                 UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 15

      CERTIFICATION AND NOTICE OF TERMINATION OF REGISTRATION UNDER SECTION
   12(g) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 OR SUSPENSION OF DUTY TO FILE
  REPORTS UNDER SECTIONS 13 AND 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934.

                                            Commission File Number     001-09059
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                     Homestake Mining Company Savings Plan*
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

           Barrick Gold Corporation BCE Place, TD Canada Trust Tower,
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              Suite 3700, 161 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada M5J 2S1
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    (Address, including zip code, and telephone number, including area code,
                  of registrant's principal executive offices)

           Plan Interests in the Homestake Mining Company Savings Plan
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            (Title of each class of securities covered by this Form)

                                      None
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  (Titles of all other classes of securities for which a duty to file reports
                      under section 13(a) or 15(d) remains)

         Please place an X in the box(es) to designate the appropriate rule
provision(s) relied upon to terminate or suspend the duty to file reports:

           Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(i)   [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(i)     [X]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(1)(ii)  [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(1)(ii)    [ ]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(i)   [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(i)     [ ]
           Rule 12g-4(a)(2)(ii)  [ ]           Rule 12h-3(b)(2)(ii)    [ ]
                                               Rule 15d-6              [X]

         Approximate number of holders of record as of the certification or
notice date: 0

         * Effective the final payroll date in December, 2002, the Homestake
Mining Company Savings Plan was merged into the Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
Savings Plan.

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the Homestake Mining Company Savings Plan has caused this certification/notice
to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned duly authorized person.

Date:  March 31,  2004                   By:   Barrick Goldstrike Mines, Inc.
                                               Savings Plan, successor by plan
                                               merger to the Homestake Mining
                                               Company Savings Plan.





                                       By: /s/ Marsha Turner
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                                        Name:  Marsha Turner
                                        Title:  Secretary, Barrick U.S.
                                                Subsidiaries Benefits Committee

Instruction: This form is required by Rules 12g-4, 12h-3 and 15d-6 of the
General Rules and Regulations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The
registrant shall file with the Commission three copies of Form 15, one of which
shall be manually signed. It may be signed by an officer of the registrant, by
counsel or by any other duly authorized person. The name and title of the person
signing the form shall be typed or printed under the signature.


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