CORDOBA, ARGENTINA--November 4, 2008--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Barrick Gold Corporation (NYSE:ABX) (Toronto, Ontario) and Kinross Gold Corporation (NYSE:KGC) (Toronto) are conducting preliminary design evaluation for the development of the Cerro Casale gold project in Chile, which has an investment cost of about $2.5 billion. The Cerro Casale deposit is reputedly one of the largest undeveloped gold and copper deposits in the world.