Whoever authored the piece you posted on the "future price/hopes" of Barrick ought to consider the numbers and facts a bit more. Barrick could well be destroyed by their hedges; they are currently in panic mode IMO.

http://maxkeiser.com/2009/09/11/ote18-on-the-edge-with-rob-kirby/

Here is Rob Kirby's take on their elimination of their hedge position by the current dilution. Someone else wrote a similar piece but I can't remember who with the amount of reading I did yesterday.

P.