keY features 2011

 
 
 
 
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Strategy  

  • Exciting exploration results in PNG
  • Commissioned excellent gold mines in South Africa and PNG
  • Building low-cost, high-grade mines

Operations  

  • Operations in build-up showed 22% improvement in production year on year
  • Improved underground grade at 4.60g/t
  • Production of 1.3Moz* gold
  • First year of commercial production at Hidden Valley
  • Wafi-Golpu resource at over 1 billion tonnes of mineralised material
  • Target 3 in commercial production
*19 967 ounces capitalised

Financials

  • Net profit of R617 million/US$86 million (FY10: loss of R192 million/US$24 million)
  • Basic earnings per share at R1.44/USc20 (FY10: loss of 46c/USc6)
  • Headline earnings of R2.23 per share (USc31) (FY10: (SAc7) or (USc1))
  • Dividend of 60 SA cents per share
  • Operating margins maintained at 26%

Safety and health

  • Improved safety performance (FIFR)
  • Excellent results from implementation of strategy to prevent falls of ground
  • Healthcare facilities expanded
  • Dedicated safety and health executive appointed post year end

Labour practices and human rights

  • Over 2 000 residents moved out of hostels into family accommodation, either privately owned or provided by the company
  • In South Africa: HDSAs made up 42% of management and women 12% of total workforce

Community

  • In South Africa, R70 million (US$10 million) spent on local economic development projects and R14 million (US$2 million) on corporate social responsibility projects
  • In PNG, R10 million (US$1.5 million) spent on community programmes
  • BBBEE procurement expenditure in South Africa totalled R2.3 billion (42% of total discretionary expenditure)

Environment  

  • Development of group-level environmental strategy
  • ISO 14001 certification received at two operations, being implemented at other operations
  • Cyanide code implemented at most metallurgical plants
  • Success of PNG programme for community access to clean water
 
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