ABX: US Court Denies Class Action Certification in Bre-X Lawsuit.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2003 Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ABX ABX Antibiotics ABX Airborne Express ABX Abstracting ABX Albury, New South Wales, Australia - Albury (Airport Code) ABX Automatic Branch Exchange ABx Non-Antibiotics ABX Asset Backed Securities Index ABX Acoustic Bass Extension ) (TSX:ABX) (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ABX) (SWISS:ABX) (PARIS Paris, in Greek mythology Paris or Alexander, in Greek mythology, son of Priam and Hecuba and brother of Hector. Because it was prophesied that he would cause the destruction of Troy, Paris was abandoned on Mt. :ABX) received notice today that on March 31, 2003, Judge David Folsom of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District Court of Texas (Texarkana Division) denied all pending motions of the Plaintiffs seeking to certify a class action in the lawsuit against several Defendants, including Barrick, related to Bre-X Minerals Ltd. Under U.S. rules, the Plaintiffs have the right to appeal the judge's decision declining to certify their lawsuit as a class action. Barrick is one of the world's leading gold producers and trades under the ticker symbol ABX on the Toronto, New York, London and Swiss stock exchanges and the Paris Bourse. |
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