Barrick Gold (NYSE: ABX) recently released Q4 earnings. Reporting earnings per share -- adjusted for non-recurring costs -- of $0.22, the company narrowly exceeded analysts' expectations of $0.21 per share. But there's much more to a company's quarterly performance than just one number, so let's dig in and mine the report for some of the more interesting nuggets.To conclude that Barrick's recent performance was mediocre because it only beat analysts' earnings estimates by $0.01 would be foolish.