the us-based barrick gold , which boasts that it is the world 's leading gold mining company , reached the out-of-court settlement when the women threatened to file a lawsuit in the us .
one of the women was just a 14-year-old girl attending school in the northern enga province when she was raped in 2010 , the australian broadcasting corporation reported today .
mining company has paid what is beleived to be a six-figure compensation to 11 women after they were raped by the firm 's security guards and police that