| |
|
| One-year forecast – 2004 |
| |
| |
| |
| |
|
South
Africa |
|
East
&
West
Africa |
|
South
America |
|
Australia |
|
North
America |
|
Total
AngloGold |
|
Ashanti |
|
Merged
group(1) |
| Gold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Underground operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metric tonnes milled |
? 000 |
10,873 |
|
? |
|
1,207 |
|
193 |
|
? |
|
12,273 |
|
4,707 |
|
16,980 |
| Yield |
? g/t |
8.15 |
|
? |
|
7.22 |
|
3.49 |
|
? |
|
7.98 |
|
3.45 |
|
6.73 |
| Produced |
? oz 000 |
2,848 |
|
? |
|
280 |
|
22 |
|
? |
|
3,150 |
|
522 |
|
3,672 |
| Productivity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| g/employee |
|
249 |
|
? |
|
1,199 |
|
630 |
|
? |
|
269 |
|
246 |
|
265 |
| Surface and dump reclamation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metric tonnes treated |
? 000 |
33,753 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
33,753 |
|
1,740 |
|
35,493 |
| Yield |
? g/t |
0.25 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
0.25 |
|
0.64 |
|
0.27 |
| Produced |
? oz 000 |
270 |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
? |
|
270 |
|
36 |
|
306 |
| Open-pit operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metric tonnes mined |
? 000 |
? |
|
50,621 |
|
18,728 |
|
40,275 |
|
? |
|
109,024 |
|
65,980 |
|
175,004 |
| Stripping ratio(2) |
|
? |
|
5.79 |
|
18.65 |
|
11.10 |
|
? |
|
8.31 |
|
4.30 |
|
6.27 |
| Metric tonnes treated |
? 000 |
? |
|
8,064 |
|
1,050 |
|
3,271 |
|
? |
|
12,385 |
|
10,102 |
|
22,487 |
| Yield |
? g/t |
? |
|
3.15 |
|
6.29 |
|
3.65 |
|
? |
|
3.55 |
|
1.67 |
|
2.70 |
| Produced |
? oz 000 |
? |
|
816 |
|
212 |
|
383 |
|
? |
|
1,411 |
|
543 |
|
1,954 |
| Heap leach operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Metric tonnes mined |
? 000 |
? |
|
10,140 |
|
3,172 |
|
? |
|
52,617 |
|
65,929 |
|
3,689 |
|
69,618 |
| Metric tonnes placed(3) |
? 000 |
? |
|
1,227 |
|
179 |
|
? |
|
18,144 |
|
19,550 |
|
2,196 |
|
21,746 |
| Stripping ratio(2) |
|
? |
|
7.92 |
|
16.70 |
|
? |
|
1.90 |
|
2.39 |
|
1.20 |
|
2.37 |
| Gold placed(4) |
? kg |
? |
|
3,448 |
|
726 |
|
? |
|
11,634 |
|
15,808 |
|
1,738 |
|
17,546 |
| Yield(5) |
? g/t |
? |
|
2.81 |
|
4.05 |
|
? |
|
0.64 |
|
0.81 |
|
0.79 |
|
0.81 |
| Produced |
? oz 000 |
? |
|
274 |
|
25 |
|
? |
|
349 |
|
485 |
|
56 |
|
541 |
| Total gold produced |
? oz 000 |
3,118 |
|
927 |
|
517 |
|
405 |
|
349 |
|
5,316 |
|
1,157 |
|
6,473 |
| Total cash costs |
? $/oz produced |
274 |
|
202 |
|
155 |
|
246 |
|
210 |
|
245 |
|
233 |
|
243 |
| Capital expenditure |
? $m |
298 |
|
37 |
|
92 |
|
33 |
|
17 |
|
477 |
|
119 |
|
596 |
| Rand/US Dollar average exchange rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.00 |
|
| (1) |
The merged group in the event of the
Ashanti transaction being successfully concluded, with
effect April 2004. |
| (2) |
Stripping ratio = (tonnes mined total
– tonnes mined ore)/tonnes mined ore. |
| (3) |
Tonnes placed onto leach pad. |
| (4) |
Gold placed into leach pad inventory. |
| (5) |
Gold placed/tonnes placed. |
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