Last month, in extending its production schedule further out, Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE: ABX ) said it it anticipates having to write down as much as $5.5 billion related to the delays. Although gold prices have rebounded somewhat from the lows they tested in June, analysts see little upside for the metal in the immediate future and, in fact, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (NYSE: GS ) predicts we'll hit $1,050 an ounce by the end of 2014. Such depths wouldn't be devastating to Barrick Gold Corporation (USA) (NYSE: ABX )'s project, but they would change the economics of it nonetheless.