ABG [African Barrick Gold]…notified Barrick that it had received highly disturbing allegations of sexual assaults by the police and ABG security against local women...ABG…launched a[n] investigation [, which]…identified…evidence of sexual assaults by members of the Tanzanian police and employees of ABG’s security unit. The investigation is ongoing…ABG and Barrick...intend to report publicly on the findings…of the investigation…Barrick is…distressed by the evidence…Both companies are aligned in their zero tolerance approach to human rights violations…[A]ny employee implicated in human rights violations…will be terminated…These…crimes, if confirmed, are neither acceptable nor excusable…Barrick will also... [c]ontinue to institute a new, global human rights compliance program...aligned with the framework...by U.N. Special Representative on business and human rights...The program will encompass all Barrick operations and sites, and cover all employees and third party suppliers...