AFRICAN BARRICK GOLD PLC - Poll results of General Meeting - Change of Name

African Barrick Gold plc ("ABG" or the "Company")
                          Registration number 7123187

                     Results of voting at General Meeting

26 November 2014

A General Meeting of ABG was held on 26 November 2014 to consider a Change of
Company Name which, if passed, would take effect as of 27 November 2014. As at
the date of the meeting, the total number of issued Ordinary Shares was
410,085,499. Therefore, the total number of votes exercisable at the meeting
was 410,085,499.

The full text of the resolution(s) proposed at the meeting was set out in the
notice of general meeting dated 10 November 2014.

All resolutions at the meeting were put to ABG's shareholders on a poll. The
total number of votes validly cast at the meeting was 367,205,004.

The final voting figures of the poll as certified by the scrutineers,
Computershare Investor Services PLC, were as follows:

                    Total votes For (*)     %       Against(*) %     Vote
                    cast                                             withheld(*
                                                                     *)

Special resolution(s)

That the name of    367,205,004 367,190,158  100.00     14,846  0.00    140,231
the Company be
changed to Acacia
Mining plc

(*) Includes discretionary votes
(**) A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation
of the proportion of votes for and against a resolution.

ENQUIRIES

For further information contact:

African Barrick Gold plc                                   [phone]

Giles Blackham, Investor Relations Manager



This announcement is for information purposes only and does not constitute an
invitation or offer to underwrite, subscribe for or otherwise acquire or
dispose of any securities of ABG in any jurisdiction.