TORONTO, ON — February 24, 2026 — Leads & Copy — Barrick Mining Corporation has announced the appointments of James J. McGuire as Chief Legal and Policy Officer and Woo Lee as Chief Global Affairs Officer.
Both will report to Barrick’s President and Chief Executive Officer, Mark Hill, and will be members of the Executive Committee.
McGuire brings over 30 years of legal experience representing corporations, financial institutions, and individuals on complex legal and policy matters. As Chief Legal and Policy Officer, he will oversee Barrick’s legal, compliance, regulatory, and public policy functions. Poupak Bahamin will become Barrick’s General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer and will remain a member of Barrick’s Executive Committee.
Prior to this appointment, McGuire was a Litigation Partner and Managing Partner of the New York office at Greenspoon Marder LLP. He previously served as a federal criminal prosecutor in the Southern District of New York and was a law clerk to a U.S. District Judge. He was educated at Harvard Law School, the London School of Economics, University of Oxford, and Yale University.
Lee has worked at Barrick for over 11 years, most recently as Senior Vice President and Head of Government & Corporate Affairs, Asia Pacific. He worked with government officials, business and community leaders to advance the Company’s strategic objectives. As Chief Global Affairs Officer, Lee will lead Barrick’s global government affairs strategy in all markets and manage government and sovereign relationships.
Lee has over 30 years of experience in Washington, China and East Asia and worked as a U.S. diplomat in the State Department, where he held senior posts at American embassies and consulates across the APAC region. Lee’s foreign languages are Chinese, Japanese and Korean, and he holds a bachelor’s degree from Yale University.
These appointments reflect Barrick’s strengthened focus on government engagement and public policy as core capabilities that support the Company’s strategy, license to operate, and long-term value creation.
Barrick is a global mining, exploration and development company with a portfolio of world-class and long-life gold and copper assets. Barrick’s operations and projects span 17 countries and five continents and is also the largest gold producer in the United States. Barrick shares trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘B’ and on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol ‘ABX’.
Source: Barrick Mining Corporation
