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Rumours the world&#8217;s second-largest gold miner planned to combine with Freeport are &#34;completely wrong&#34;, Bristow told Reuters on the sidelines of the Mining Indaba conference in Cape Town.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Barrick Gold is not looking to merge with copper miner Freeport-McMoran, CEO Mark Bristow said on Thursday, although he is interested in the company&#8217;s Grasberg mine in Indonesia, and indicated he wants to expand in the Pacific Rim. 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