This manual is intended to provide background and guidance surrounding anti-corruption red flags, to help ensure that payments to third parties who interface with the government on Barrick ’s behalf, and to the government itself, are made in a manner consistent with applicable anti-corruption laws and company policies. Generally, an invoice red flag is an out-of-the-ordinary, or suspicious fact or detail about the size of the payment, the recipient, the service provider. When a red flag is present there is an affirmative legal obligation to follow up and obtain a reasonable explanation.