Barrick Gold boasted $ 18.28 billion in 2017 in market capitalization . Based in Toronto , Canada , the company maintains mining operations across the globe including those in Canada as well as Zambia , Papua New Guinea , Chile , Argentina , Saudi Arabia , Peru , Australia and the Dominican Republic . It is the world ’ s largest gold mining company with over 75 % of its production of the precious metal coming from the Americas . www . barrick . com

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Newmont Mining , a mining company based in Colorado , United States , is the second-largest producer of gold in the world . With $ 17.51bn in market capitalisation as of 2017 , Newmont Mining has active gold mines in Australia , Peru ,

New Zealand , Indonesia , Ghana and the United States . The company also

mines copper and silver and maintains numerous joint venture relationships with other entities around the world . www . newmont . com www . miningglobal . com