Unlike Mr. Munk, he is not seen as the public face of Barrick – the company really has no public face. Like Mr. Munk, he has a reputation for being a bit too much in control. As if to prove the point, Kelvin Dushnisky parted company with Barrick, where he had been president, in July to become chief executive of South Africa's AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. Barrick insiders say Mr. Dushnisky, a Barrick man since 2002, wanted to run a big gold producer and knew he would never get that opportunity as long as Mr. Thornton was around.