The Globe and Mail reports in its Tuesday edition that Barrick appears to have dropped its plans for a secondary listing of its North American unit in Canada in what would be a setback for the country's financial services industry. The Globe's Niall McGee writes that in April, the Toronto gold company said it planned to have its primary listing of North American Barrick in New York and a secondary listing in Toronto. The unit will comprise its 61.5-per-cent stake in Nevada Gold Mines and its 60-per-cent stake in the Pueblo Viejo mine in the Dominican Republic. In a regulatory filing alongside its third-quarter earnings on Monday, the company reiterated its plans for the primary listing in New York, but dropped reference to a secondary listing in Canada. Barrick made its debut as a publicly traded company on the Toronto Stock Exchange in 1983. Barrick later obtained a secondary listing on the NYSE. With North American Barrick seemingly not listing in Canada, Canada's capital-markets complex -- including bankers, lawyers, accountants, auditors and the Toronto Stock Exchange -- stands to miss out on lucrative and ongoing fees. John Ing at Maison Placements said founder Peter Munk was adamant about keeping Barrick Canadian.