Barrick Gold has been in the sights of the Dominicans some of the details about the signed contract were made public, a contract which was approved at the end of 2009 in Congress by the vast majority of legislators. 
Tangu wakati huo Kampuni ya Uchimbaji Dhahabu ya Barrick imekuwa si jina geni miongoni wa raia wa Dominika hasa baada ya taarifa fulani kuhusu mkataba iliotia saini na Dola la Dominika kuwekwa hadharani, na mkataba huo uliridhiwa mwishoni mwa mwaka 2009 na Bunge kwa kupata idadi kubwa ya kura za wabunge.