According to Mining News Pro -The company has made it very clear that paying dividends will be a key deliverable and important objective for the new group," Graham Shuttleworth said via webcast from London.

This has already been demonstrated by Barrick`s commitment to increase the full-year 2018 dividend by 25% to 16c. Going forward, new Barrick intends to grow its dividend over time," he said ahead of the $6.1-billion merger with Randgold Resources expected to close January 1.