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F2010.It’salsotheyearendresults.Wewillfollowthenormalprocedureswiththepresentationtoday.We will start off with Nick, who will give a brief overview, and then Paul will take us through some of the
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throughthedoorsagainstthatwallandthroughthebackandthefrontdoors.Andifyoucouldmeetonthe lawnsfartothenorthofthebuilding,wherefurtherinstructionswillbegiven.Wewillalsobebroadcasting thispresentationandwewelcomethepeoplewhoarewatchingontelevisionorthroughthewebcastonthe internet.We’llgetstartednow.IhandovertoNicktogetusgoing.Thankyouverymuch.
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Programme
Introduction
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Introduction Nick Holland Financial review Paul Schmidt Region operational summaries
Vishnu Pillay Peter Turner Juancho Kruger Richard Weston Conclusion Nick Holland
Westontotheteam.RichardhastakenovertherunningofourAustralasiaregion.RichardisExecutiveVice PresidentandHeadofAustralasia,andhe’ssittingherenexttoJuanchoKruger.Mostofyouhaven’tmet Richardbefore,andI’dliketowelcomehimtothegroup.He’snowbeenwithusforaboutthreemonths, andhe’sslottedintotheteamveryquickly.Sowe’repleasedtohavehimonboard.
Q4F2010 Highlights
Introduction
Free Cash Flow of R1.8bn
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bestsafetyeverlastyear.We’veshowna20%improvementinourfatalityrate,arounda15%improvement inourseriousinjuryrate,andwearenowtheSAgoldindustryleadersinsafety.Andthat’sarecordthatI intendforustoholdontoandtobuilduponin2011fiscalyearandbeyond.
900,000ounces.Andthat’ssimilartothelevelsthatwewereproducingintheDecemberquarteroflast year.Andit’snicetobeabletoshowanincreaseinproductionatatimewhenthegoldpriceisalsogoneup inRandterms,inUSDollartermsandinAustralianDollarterms.Andyoucanseethatthat’sreflectedinfree cashflowforthequarterofR1.8billion.Sowehavedeliveredthegoldpricetothebottomline,andwe’ve delivereditonasaferbasisthatwhatwe’vedonebefore.
quarter.We’veneverhitthattargetbefore,sothat’satremendousachievementforPeterTurnerandhis team.AndIlookforwardtothemtryingtoemulatethisagainintothefuture.
tariffs,whicharetypicallyabout50%higherthanwhattheyaretherestoftheyear,we‘vestillmanagedto reduceourcashcosts.We’vealsomanagedtocontainouroverallNCEdespitethesignificantinvestment thatwe’remakingintothiscompanyforthefuture,inparticularintoSouthDeep.
pictureonnotionalcashexpenditure.Wewillcontinuetodothat.Andagainstthatmetricyoucanseewe’ve doubledourNCEmarginfrom9%to18%.OurearningshavetripledtoR900millionforthequarter.SoI believeoverallit’sbeenagoodquarterforGoldFieldsandwe’vedemonstratedthatwecanmakemoneyfor shareholders.
Introduction
Improving the Margin per oz
Sweating our assets
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*Managed
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I’dliketolookbrieflyatthescorecardfor2010,theyearjustgoneby.Ourscorecardismeasuredagainstthe threekeystrategicobjectiveswe’vesetforthisgroup.Thefirstoneofthoseissweatingtheassets.That’s making sure that we get the best out of our production machine. Over the last year we’ve shown a 2% increaseinourproduction.We’vegoneupto3.5millionounces.
averyimportantmilestonebecauseitdemonstratesthatwearemovingtowardsthe2014targetof750,000
asset,an80%improvementinouncesfrom219,000ouncesto394,000ounces.AndtodayIconfidentlytell youthatCerroCoronaisaworldclassoperation,aworldclassmineandwe’redelightedtohavethisinour
parameters,thecostsetc.andhowmuchthisassetreallyisworthtous.
inproductionupto720,000ounces.
philosophyofshowinganincreaseinmargintoshareholdersafterallcapital.Andbearinmindthisalso includesthecapitalwe’respendingonSouthDeep,thebenefitsofwhichyou’reonlygoingtoseeinyearsto come.Sothisincludesabigchunkofmoneyspentonthat.
youcanseethefullimpactofevenfundingagrowthassetoutofourexistingcashflows.Thatmarginhas gonefrom13%to15%,we’renotsatisfiedwiththat,andwhatwewanttoachieveasateamistogetthat marginupto20%irrespectiveofthegoldprice.WebelievethatweneedtogenerateanNCEmarginafterall capitalexpenditure,afteralloperatingcostsofatleast20%.Andwhyisit20%?Well,thatenablesustofund dividends.Weareoneofthelargestdividendpayersintheindustry,andthat’sanotherrecordweintendto holdonto.Andsecondly,tomakesurethatwecanfundtheveryimportantgrowthprojectsthatwehave aheadofus.AndI’lltalkaboutthatinamoment.
20%,andthereareanumberofexercisesunderwayrightnowthatwe’relookingattoimproveefficiencies, improveproductivitiesandlookingathowwecanoptimiseourfootprintacrossallofourassets.
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F2010 Scorecard
Introduction
Towards 5moz in production or development by 2015
Growing Gold Fields Greenfields
Brownfields
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havecometotheforethislastyear,ChucapacainsouthernPeruandYanfolilainMali.Andtoputthisinto context,twoyearsagotherewasnoideaatallthatweweregoingtobesayingtoyoutodaythatthesetwo projectshaveaveryrealprospect,averyrealpossibilityofbecomingoperatingmineswithinGoldFieldsin thenottoodistantfuture.
blownawaybywhatIsawdownthere–thepotentialhereisverysignificant.Andoverashortperiodoftime the team has managed to delineate a 5.6 million ounce resource. And we will be focussing this year on expandingthat,andJuanchowilltalktoyoualittlebitmoreaboutthatlater.
starterprojectaway.Wecandrillanddrill,butwe’vegottomakesurewegetfocus,we’vegottomakesure thatwecangetaround2millionouncesinthebankandusethattodevelopastartermineoverthenext threeyears.That’sgoingtobethefocus.
wecanlengthenthelivesofthoseoperationsandaddqualitytotheportfolio.We’redoingthat.
striponCerroCoronawehadanoxidecapwehadtotakeoff.We’vestockpiledthatmaterialandtheteam haveaverygoodprojectthatwillenableustoprocessthatmaterialandaddtotheproductionatCerro Corona.
butalsoexpandingitsproductionbase,andinparticularexpandingtheDamangpit,orthesocalledSuper Pitasweliketorefertoit.Andoverthenextyearwe’llbelookingtogetthatintosomekindofconcept studyandfeasibilityexercise.
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Introduction
To be the Global Leader in Sustainable Gold Mining
Securing Our Future
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atthat?I’vetalkedaboutsafety,andwewillcontinuethedriveonsafetyrelentlesslyacrosstheglobe.
SouthAfricahaveneworderminingrights.Thathasnowbeenconcluded.Inaddition,wehaveagreedwith theDepartmentofMineralResourcesonthreeparticulartransactionsthatweputouttodayinaseparate pressrelease.Thosethreetransactions,oncetheyareconsummated,willmeanthatwehavecompletedour equity targets in terms of the charter for 2014. We expect to complete those deals by the end of this calendaryear.
best reporting of reserves and resources in South Africa in terms of the Investment Analyst Society and SAMREC.Ithinkthatgivesyouanideaoftherigourandtheeffortwegototomakesurethatthiscompany isunderpinnedbysoundanalysisandasoundreserveandresourcebase.
deal,andit’sonlythestartofwhatIbelievewillbecomeamuchlargecarbonprojectintheFreeState.And we’repioneersinthisarea,soIbelieveagainafantasticachievementbytheteamoverthelastyear.
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Annual Financial Results - Group Salient Features
Introduction
Net Earnings More than Double
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wehaveafiscalyearendofJune.WewillbemovingtoaDecemberfiscalyeartolineupwiththerestofthe industry–ourattributablegoldproductionisup2%at3.5millionounces.Cashcostswerewellcontained,
kilogramfortheyear.AndourNCEmarginhasgoneupto15%.
goldpricehasgoneup.Ithas,butonehastocapitaliseonthehighergoldpriceandmakesurethatonecan deliverthattothebottomline.AndIbelievethatGoldFieldshasdonethatthisyear,sothishasbeenagood yearforus.
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200 400 600 800 1000 1200 Q1F2010 Q2F2010 Q3F2010 Q4F2010 $/oz
NCE margin
Gold Price NCE Cash Cost
Q4F2010
Introduction
Focused on Free Cash Flow
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Youcanseecashcostsaretheblueline,theredlineisournotionalcashexpenditure,andtheyellowlineis thegoldprice.Andasyoucanseeoverthelastquarterorsowe’veseenthatmarginexpandingagain,which isgood.That’sacombinationofthegoldprice,ofcourse,butit’salsoacombinationofcontainingourcosts and increasing our production. And that’s what it’s all about. If we can’t make money after all of our expenditureIstartgettingworried.Butweare,andwehavedonesoconsistentlyoverthelastyear,andwe intendtodosoagaininto2011.
Achieving Momentum at South Deep
South Deep Project
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F2009 F2010 F2011 F2012 F2013 F2014 Production (oz)
0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5
F2009 F2010 F2011 F2012 F2013 F2014 Capital (Rbn)
Plan Actual
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achievedsofar.In2010atthetopthereintheyellowyoucanseeourproductioninouncessignificantlyup fromlastyear.AndasIsaidearlieritwasup50%comparedtothepreviousyear.Andwe’rewellplacedto continuetogrowSouthDeep,andIexpectustoshowgoodimprovementagainandforustotrackclosely thefiveyeargrowthplanthatwehaveforSouthDeep. IntermsofourcapitalwehavespentaroundR1.6billionthisyearatSouthDeep.Andasyoucanseethetwo big years ahead of us are coming, 2011 and 2012. And they are big years because we’re going to be completingthedeepeningoftheventilationshaft.Now,thatiskeyandintegraltousgettingSouthDeepup to330,000tonnesayear.Andweexpecttofinishthatintwoyearsfromnow.That’sjustaroundthecorner, andwe’reontracktodothat.Andwe’vestartedalotoftheotherkeyprojectslikethenewtailsdam.We’re inanadvancedstageofdesigningtheplantexpansion.Soallofthesekeyprojectswhichwillunderpinthe 750,000ounceprofilebytheendof2014arewellunderway.OncewegetoverthesetwoyearsIexpectto seerapidimprovementfromSouthDeepthereafter.
Financial Review
Delivering the Gold Price to the Bottom Line
Description Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Attributable gold produced koz 898 793 Revenue R/kg $/oz 287,454 265,641 1,191 1,102 Rm 8,803 7,280 Operating cost Rm 5,103 4,758 Operating margin % 42 35 Operating profit Rm 3,738 2,570 Total cash cost R/kg $/oz 166,215 169,538 688 703 NCE R/kg $/oz 235,223 241,860 974 1,003 NCE margin % 18 9 Capex Rm 2,157 1,872
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mentionedearlier,attributablegoldproductionincreasedfrom793,000to898,000ounces.TheRandgold priceincreasedfromR266,000akilogramtoR287,000akilogram.That’sonthebackofa$90increasein theDollargoldprice.
R7.3billiontoR8.8billionforthequarter.OperatingcostsincreasedfromR4.8billiontoR5.1billion,mainly asaresultoftheelectricityincreasesaswellasthewintertariffsattheSouthAfricanoperations.Thenet effect of the two is the operating profit increased from R2.6 billion to R3.7 billion. Operating margin increasedfrom35%to42%.
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R166, 000 a kilogram, in Dollar terms from $703 to $688 an ounce. NCE decreased from R240,000 to R235,000,inDollartermsfrom$1,003to$974anounce.
wehadaslowstartupintheMarchquarteroncapitalspendaswellasthisquarterincludescapitalspenton theacquisitionofthefleetfortheownerminingattheAgnewmineinAustralia.
Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010
Net earnings Rm 900 316 Net earnings per share SA cps 128 44 US cps 17 6 Normalised earnings per share SA cps 134 45 US cps 18 6
Group Salient Features
Financial Review
Normalised Earnings up 200%
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increasedfrom45cto134cpershare.
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Description cps Rm
Net earnings 3,631 Less growth capital – South Deep – Glencar acquisition (1,613) (340) Net earnings after growth capital 1,678 Earnings for total dividend (50% of earnings after growth) 120 839 Less interim dividend cps (50) FINAL DIVIDEND cps 70
Final dividend calculation
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paidexactlyintermsofourdividendformula.We’veusedournetearnings.Theonlytwodeductionswe’ve madeisthegrowthcapitalforSouthDeepaswellasthemoneywespentontheGlencaracquisition,which istheYanfolilaprojectinMali.Theresultingeffectisthedividendfortheyearis120c.Takingoffthe50c interimdividendwearedeclaringafinaldividendon70cforthishalfyear.
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Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Cash flow from operating activities Rm 3,650 2,583 Cash flow from investing activities (1,890) (1,754) Cash flow before financing activities 1,760 829 Dividends to minority shareholders (175) (353) Cash flow from financing activities (666) 578 Net cash movements for the period 918 1,054 Net cash balance at end of period 3,791 2,825 Loans (short and long term) 8,487 8,916 Net debt Rm 4,696 6,091 Net debt US$m 620 829 Net debt/EBITDA ratio 0.41 0.56
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R1.8 billion in Cash Flow Before Financing Activities
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mentioned earlier cash flow before financing activities generated R1.8 billion. I think it’s a very good
millionforthequarter.TheresultingeffectofthisiswewereabletobringoutnetdebtdownfromR6.1 billiontojustonR4.7billion.InDollartermsit’sabout$600million.IntermsofnetdebttoEBITDAwe’reat about0.4,andthisequatestoaboutfourmonthsofoperatingcashflow.
Balance Sheet
Financial Review
One of the Best Balance Sheets in the Industry
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R 500 R 2 500 R 4 500 R 6 500 R 8 500 F2011 F2012 F2013 F2014+
Debt maturity profile 30 June 2010
Utilised (R8.4bn) Facilities (R17.4bn)
themoment.Duringthequarterwhatdidwedo?WemanagedtorefinanceourR311millionfacilitywitha $450millionfacility.Thisisat175basispoints,whichwas100basispointscheaperthanthepreviousdebt wehad.Alsoofnoteisthatwehave$1billionofavailablefacilities.AndthisshowsthatGoldFieldshasgot themoneytofundtheprojectsthatmycolleaguesaregoingtotalkaboutlater,andthatthereisnoneedfor GoldFieldstohavetogototheequitymarkettofunditscapitalinthenextcoupleofyears.
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South Africa Region
The SA Gold Industry Leader
Safety
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months
confirms progress in safety management
0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 F2005 F2006 F2007 F2008 F2009 F2010 FIFR 2 4 6 8 F2005 F2006 F2007 F2008 F2009 F2010 SIFR
remindedofthestoryofthesoldierthatreturnedhomeaftersixmonthsatthebattlefront,tired,drawnand weary.Andhegreetshisyoungwife,whoaskshimifthebattlehasbeenwon,towhichhereplied,nomy dear,butlookonthebrightside...andbeforehecouldcompletethatsentence,withatwinkleinhereye,a glowinhercheeksandarippleupherlegssheasks,whatisthebrightside?Hesays,honey,it’sonlyan expression.
irrefutablefactofbusinessthatperformanceisthereality.Andoverthelast12monthsthiscompanyunder Nick’sleadershipthelinemanagementhasdeliveredthebestsafetyperformanceeverfortheSouthAfrican region.Whencomparedtoourpeerswe’reseveralstepsahead.Andsignificantcredithastobegiventoour
region.
progressthatneedstobemadeintermsofachievingthestateofzeroharm,whichI’mabsolutelyconfident wewilldelivertoyouinashortperiodoftime.
intoplacetoameliorateseismicity.I’mpleasedtoreportthatinthelastsixmonthswe’vehadnoseismic relatedfatalaccident.Andwe’vereducedourinjuriesasaresultofseismicinducedfallsofgroundby65%. Now,thosemeasureswillcontinuetobeinplaceandwillbeactivelymanagedgoingintothefuturetomake surethatweeliminateoneofthemostsignificantcausesofinjuriesandfatalaccidentswithinthegroup.
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Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Gold production kg 15,184 12,297 Total cash cost R/kg 187,770 214,467 NCE R/kg 272,669 310,490 NCE ex South Deep R/kg 253,221 284,575 NCE margin % 6 (16) NCE margin ex South Deep % 12 (7) Capex Rm 1,236 1,085
Salient Features
South Africa Region
South Deep funded by SA Operations
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at12%isasignificantmargintohavetodeliverwhilewearefundingamajorgrowthprojectwithinthe region.Ihavetosayofthecapitalthatwe’veinvestedoverthelastquarter40%ofthatwasdedicatedsolely toSouthDeep.AndI’mpleasedtosaythatalloftheprojectsthatwouldcontributetowardsmakingsure thattheSouthDeepoperationhasthecapacitytodelivertoitsfullpotentialof800,000ouncesbytheendof 2014 are on track. We’ve been able to deliver the expenditure last year at a significant saving to the allocatedbudgetaswell.
inchargeoftheprojecthavecomeupwithnoveldesignsforshelfbottomarrangements,andthatwillsave ussometimeandwillsignificantlyderiskthedeliveryofthatprojectgoingforwardintothefuture.The plantexpansion,asNickpointedoutearlier,isprettymuchontrackandwewillbedeliveringthattothe Boardintheearlypartofnextyear.
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South Deep Capital Project
South Africa Region
South Deep Project Capital Efficient and on Track
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Capital Programme F2010 to F2014
Item Year Q4 F2010 F2010 F2011 F2012 F2013 F2014 Status
Refrigeration Plant Twin Vent Shaft Tailings Storage Facility Plant Expansion to 450ktpm New Mine Development Total Capital Actual
R1.6bn
Base Plan
R1.8bn R1.9bn R2.1bn R1.5bn R1.2bn
Note: Capital estimates in July 2009 money
makesurethattheprojectsremainwithinbudgetandwherepossiblyshowsignificantsavingsonthevast amountofexpenditurethatweactuallyhave.
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Level up by 14%)
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atsouthshafton1stJulyandweintendminingtherewithinthenextsixto12months.Thatwillcontribute
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significantflexibilitytoouroperation.However,whatwedoneedtodoistogetourbackfillinfrastructure intoplaceatthatshaftthat’sgoingtoservicethebulkminingatthetwinshaftcomplextothesouth.
allowustheopportunitytocoverttolonghaulstopingasweprogresswiththeproductionbuildup.South Deepremainsthesignificantgrowthproject,notjustinSouthAfricabutinthegroupasawhole.
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770koz
A World Class Asset
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graphandinalltheothergraphsthatIwillshowtoyouistheimmenseamountofopportunitythatexistson theseoperationsifthey’reallowedtooperatecontinuouslyandnotbestopped.Theyhavetheopportunity todelivera significantlevelofprofitability tothe group,asDriefonteinhasdone,andveryclearlygoing forwardintothefuturethisoperationwillremainthebedrockoftheregion.
andgradevariabilitybelowourcurrentoperatinglevel.We’vegotthreewinzesgoingdownonthreelines, andtheintentionisthatwewillbeabletodeveloppostthisabroadbasedplanofhowwe’regoingto accessthegroundbelow50LevelatDriefontein.
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1 000 1 500 2 000 2 500 3 000 3 500 4 000 4 500 5 000 100 200 300 400 Q3F2010 Q4F2010 Production (kg) Ops Profit (Rm) Operating profit Production
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Shaft
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Large High Grade Ore Body
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mainshaftareaintotheothersignificantshafts,andwe’velaiddowninexcessof30kilometresofpiping acrossthatoperationtodealwithwaterinexcessof500litrespersecondwhilewerepairtheKloofmain shaftpumpcolumn.I’mpleasedtosaythatwe’realmost50%completewiththatpumpcolumn.Weshould completeaheadofschedule.However,wehavemadethedecisiontomakesurethattheinfrastructureinto theprinciplepumpchambersaswellisreplacedwhilewe’reatit.Kloofisshowinggreatprogressnowin termsofitsrecovery,andI’mhopingthatbythethirdquarterofthisyearwe’llhavethemainshaftfully functionalagainintermsofwaterreticulation.
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420koz
A Shallow Well Capitalised Mine
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sufferfromtheseismicitythatweexperienceonthedeeperlevelminesintheWestWits.Thisoperationis
canseethisoperationdeliverssignificantvaluetothegroup.
we’vestartedminingtheshaftpillaratthenumber1shaftinthesouth.Thatwillallowusoverthenext threeyearstofullyextractthatpillarandthenbeabletoshutdownthatshaftandstartrationalisingour footprint.That’saprogrammethatwe’vecommencedacrosstheregionaswell.
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F2011 Focus
South Africa Region
Driving Safe Production and NCE margin
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relentlessquestthathasbeendeliveredtousbytheBoardandbyNickhimself,whopersonallytakesakeen interestinwhathappensacrossallofouroperations.Weintendtoshowgreaterimprovementintermsof theresultsthatwehavedeliveredandofcoursetodeliveragreatermarginthanthe12%thatIhavespoken aboutearlier.
development at our longlife shafts. 68% of it is complete, and we’re beginning to see the production improvementsacrossthoseshaftsaswespeak.
Andthatclearlywoulddisableasignificantnumberofourshafts.Sowe’vegotanintenseprogrammeacross every mine to cut back on electricity consumption through the effective utilisation of our utilities and services.
contributor of value to Gold Fields. And we’ll ensure that through all our efforts that these operations becomesafeoperationsintothefuture.SowiththatthenI’dliketowishyouwell.Takecare,anduntilwe seeeachotheragain,lookonthebrightside.
that’sjustgoingtobeanexpressionorareality.Ladiesandgentlemen,goodday.IthinkIbringgoodtidings thisquarter.Withoutfurtherado,let’sgetintoit.
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Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Gold production
257 227 Total cash cost US$/oz 623 589 NCE US$/oz 795 783 NCE margin % 34 30 Capex US$m 53 47
Salient Features
West Africa Region
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mustsaythisisonthebackofwherewe’regoing.
engineeringexercisetofurtherimprovemarginandoffsetpotentialcommoditypriceincreases.
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West Africa Region
760koz
Record Quarterly Production
Tarkwa Gold Mine
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AsalreadymentionedourTarkwamineexceededthe200,000ouncemark,analltimerecordandisour numberonegoldproducerinthegroupatthemoment.Toputthisinperspectivethisrecordcamefromthe processingof6.2milliontonnesofore,mining35milliontonnesofrockatacashcostof$623anounce.And asaconsequenceofthisfineresultwegenerated$85millionoffreecashflowforthismine.
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commissioned
underway
240Koz
Increased Production and Longer Life
Damang Gold Mine
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successfullycommissionedoursecondarycrusherplant,andthisplantwillenableustoprocessharder,fresh rock at a higher grade, ultimately achieving a higher grade for this operation. Higher grade, same throughput,ultimatelyisgoingtogiveusmoreproductionounces.
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Yanfolila Project - Mali
West Africa Region
An Emerging Camp in Elephant Country
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Loulo Morila Syama Siguiri YANFOLILA PROJECT Sadiola Essakane
endowed region in southern Mali covering a land holding of approximately 1,600 km². This is located proximaltogoodpower,goodinfrastructureandgoodroads.Anditisalsoadepopulatedarea,whichlends itselftoeasymining.
Yanfolilaproject.DrillingatourYanfolilaprojectinMalihasconcludedthisseason.We’vebrokennowfor therainyseason.We’vedrilledsome48kilometresofaircore,11.7kilometresofreversecirculationdrilling andsome12kilometresofdiamondcoreoverKomanaEast,KomanaWestpluswe’vedonesixinitialdrilling targetsatKongoroni,Gonka,BadogoMalikila,Guirinetc.
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West Africa Region
Near Surface Mining Opportunities
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Yanfolila Project - Mali
KW Gonka BM Komana East Sanioumale 15m@10.2g/t from 13m
NEW TARGETS
Komana West
Targeting 2Moz Reserve within 30km radius of Komana within 3yrs
seeKomanaWestonthelefthandsideofyourslide,KomanaEastontherighthandsideofyourslide,and roughly7kilometresnorthisthenewdiscovery.Andifwehavealookatthatdrillintersectionweseeahit thereat15metresat10gatonfrom13metres.Andtheyellowdotsonthatslideindicatetheprospectivity inthatregion.Ifyoulookatthoseyellowdotsproximaltotherestoftheslideallthosedotshavebeen mineralisedtosomeextent.Soit’sanareawhichwebelieveisextremelywellendowed.Herewewillbe targetinga2millionouncereservewithina30kilometreradiusofKomanawithinthenextthreeyears,as Nickdidtouchonearlieron.
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West Africa Region
11m@2.6g/t from 34m 18m@4.5g/t from 33m 2m@5.7g/t from 34m 22m@4.8g/t from 7m 21m@20.8g/t from 53m 53m@6.5 g/t from 8m 51m@4.1 g/t from 0m 35m@2.1 g/t from 32m
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depth Yanfolila Project - Mali
zonesonthatslide.Thosearetheareasmarkedinred.Thestrikelengthacrossthisdepositisapproximately 1.6kilometres.Andifwelookattheresultsthatareforthcomingfromthosenumberswecansee11metres at2.6gfrom34metres.Somemoreencouragingonesherewouldbethe21metresat20.8gfrom53metres. 51metresat4.1gfrom0metres.
gazeacrossthemyouwillsee8metres,0metresand7metrerangesinthesestrikes.Sotypicallyadeposit whichisgoingtolenditselftoeasy,shallowmining,beingabletogetintothesedepositswithoutdrillingand blasting mining oxides, and also getting projects up in a very short space of time. This deposit of 1.6 kilometres is open to the north, it’s open to the south, and at this stage open at depth for sulphide
mentionedChucapacacomingonstreamlater,butwatchthisspace.Yanfolilaisgoingtobeshortonits heels,Juancho.Thiscertainlywillbeoneoftheprojectsthatwilltakeusinourregiontowellabovethe1 millionouncemark.
alittlebitaboutwhathiswarriorshavedoneacrosstheocean.Thankyou.
remainveryoptimisticforthefuturepotentialfortheAustralasiaRegionandalsoforGoldFieldsasawhole.
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Salient Features
Commenced Improvements to NCE and production
Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Gold production koz 149 148 Total cash cost US$/oz 703 681 NCE US$/oz 1,080 931 NCE margin % 10 15 Capex A$m 61 36
was149,000ounces,andthatwasstableoverQ3.You’llnoticethattherewasafairincreaseinthecapex andtheNCEmarginwasimpactedbythatincreasedcapexfortworeasons.One,investmentintogrowth improvement at St Ives with the acceleration of the Athena development, and at Agnew with cost improvementopportunitywiththepurchaseofournewminingfleet.
Australian Federal Government to modify the Resource Super Profits Tax, renaming that as the Mineral ResourceRentTax.Andthepositivethingforthegoldindustrywasthatitwasexcludedfromthenewtax. TheF2011productionoutlookfortheregionisintherangeof600,000to635,000ounces.
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mines,twoopenpitsandtwoprocessingstreams,oneconventionalmillingandtheotherheapleach.
through the Lefroy mill. The NCE margin was up to 19%. And importantly at St Ives we’re developing a pipelineofprojectstoensuresustainableproduction.ThenewAthenaundergroundmineisonschedulefor miningtocommencelaterthisyear,andwithfullproductionin2011.
studiescompletedintimeforadevelopmentdecisionbytheendof2010.Drillinghasalsocommencedon the nearby Yorick area with the expectation that this will be the next underground development after Hamlet.Thesethreedepositslieinaveryprospectiveareawiththepotentialtogrowtoa5millionounce camp.
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areas.ThenewlydevelopedAthenaproject,wewillstartmininginthatlaterthisyear.Andthe1million
Yorickdeposit,whichisabout500metrestotheeastofHamlet.Sowe’reverykeenandveryexcitedabout thisarea.
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beingachievedduringtheyear.ProductioninQ4wasdown,andthatwasasaresultofgroundandpastefill failures which necessitated out of sequence mining into lowergrade stopes. And also some impact was caused by the transition to owner mining. A number of initiatives are underway to return Agnew undergroundtomoreexpectedproductionrates,andtheseincludemorebalancedproductionfromMain andRajahorebodies,areturntoinsequencemininginKimandcompletethetransitiontoownermining. We’ve also commenced a reengineering programme which will commence in Q2. And the production
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productionissuesinQ4.Thisisthemainorebody,andnotshownistheRajahorebodyinthemiddle.We’ve hadsomeveryencouragingintersectionsofmineralisationbelowtheKimorebodyextendingmineralisation down500metrestoadepthof1,200metres.Andwe’verecentlydoneacoupleofholesinthisareaandhad someveryencouragingmineralisationthereaswell.
levelswithinthenexttwoquarters.Sothankyou,andonthatnoteI’dliketopassovertoJuanchoKruger whowilltalkabouttheSouthAmericanregion.
resultsforSouthAmerica,thelastregiontoreporttodaybutinmyviewthemostexcitingonefortwomain reasons.Firstly,CerroCorona,ouroperatingassetintheregion,hadaverystrongquarterandcontinuesto consistently deliver above guidance. And secondly, South America as a region has further confirmed its growthpotentialwithsignificantprogressmadeduringthequarteratChucapaca,ourflagshipexploration project.
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Units Q4F2010 Q3F2010 Gold production koz 34 38 Copper production tons 10,500 11,100 Total Gold production Eq koz 97 110 Yield
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equivalentounceonthebackofstrongproductionresultsexceedingourquarterguidanceandaverysolid andimproved54%NCEmargin,togetherwiththeimpactofasoundworkingcapitalmanagementstrategy. Another very important achievement for the quarter was the completion of the 3740 level raise of the tailingsdamwhichwasachievedonbudgetandontime.
Corona on a very positive track, delivering above guidance every quarter resulting in an 80% production increasecomparedtothepreviousfiscalyearforatotalproductionof394,000equivalentounces.
AndwhatI’dliketoremarkisthatCerroCoronahasproventodeliverthroughoutfiscal2010withavery strongfocusoncashflowgenerationexceedingthetargetssetoftheperiod,whichisacredittotheteam. Buildingonthisbasewe’recertainthatfiscal2011willbemarkedbycontinueddeliveryofimprovedresults.
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Chucapaca in southern Peru. As you know most of the work so far has been focussed on the Canahuire deposit, which is where the initial discovery hole was hit and where important achievements have been madeafterasuccessfulcompletionofmorethan22,000metresofdrillingduringthefiscalyear.
thisresourceandtheinitialconfirmationoftheeconomicviabilityoftheprojectadecisionwasmadeto moveforwardtoprefeasibilityandcommenceaveryambitiousinfielddrillingprogramme.Importantlyas well,theresourcemodelatCanahuireshowsaveryrobustmineralisationwhichstillremainsopentothe west,indicatingfurthergrowthpotentialasIwillelaborateonthenextslide.
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targetswithexcitingprospectssuchasKatrina,bothatKatrinasouthandKatrinaeasttargets,andCerro Chucapaca.It’simportanttoreportthatduringtheJunequarterwestartedinitialdrillingactivitiesatthe Katrinatargetwhereweremainhopefulofachievingpositiveresults.
the region. Peter, competition with Yanfolila is encouraging and certainly healthy for our shareholders I believe,sowewillliveuptothechallenge.
verypromising.Inthisgraphshowingallblocksintheresourcemodelabove,theblueisapitshellandasyou canseethemajorityofthemineralisationoptimises.Thereisahighgradechuteplungingtothewestwhere wehavehitthehighestinterceptwith40metresat7gand127metresatcloseto9gperton.Thisshowsthat thereisaverygoodpotentialandhighprobabilitytoexpandthisresourcefurther.
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will be focussed on increasing throughput from 750 tonnes per hour, which was the name plate design capacity,to800tonnesperhour,andcompletingastudyaimedatimprovingrecoveries.GrowthatCerro Coronawillbedrivenbythecompletionofthedetailedengineeringoftheoxideplantwhichaimstoturn into account 7.5 million tonnes of oxide ore at an average grade of 1.37g per ton. We expect to start constructionearly2011uponfinishingallthetechnicalfeasibilityandpermitting.
sayastrategickeyobjective.Duringthepresentfiscalyearwewillcontinuetoanalysealternativestosolve the current tailing storage capacity constraints and also develop and infill drilling programme. Both initiativesareinstrumentaltoachievethisimportantobjective.
explorationworkatthesatellitetargetstotheCanahuiredeposit.
wehavebuilttheskillsbaseandcapabilitiesrequirednotonlytocontinuedeliveringimprovedresults,but moreimportantlytodriveourgrowthstrategy.Welookintothefuturewithstrongoptimismandwithavery seriouscommitmenttocontinuecreatingshareholdervalue.
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South Deep License - BEE Transactions
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managedtocompletethislastquarter,andthat’stogettheneworderrightsforSouthDeepexecuted.That tookplaceduringJuly,andjusttorepeatagainallfourminesinSouthAfricanowhavenewordermining rights.NowtheagreementwehavewiththeDepartmentofMineralsisthattherearethreetransactions thatwewillcompleteandputinplace,andthatwillmeanthatwe’veachievedour2014equityownership targetsoncetheyarecomplete.Weexpecttobeabletocompletetheseinthebalanceofthiscalendaryear.
alotmorecolour.Butbrieflytherearethreeelementstothesedealsthatwe’redoing.Firstofallthere’sa boardbasedemployeeownershipplanwhichwilleffectivelybefor10%oftheSouthAfricanassets.That translatesintoapproximately13.5millionGoldFieldsshares.That’swhatthateffectivelymeans,whichisa dilutionofaround2%.2%dilutionandthatrelatestoa10%dealonanESOP.
be a 15 year ESOP. And it will immediately vest to employees in terms of voting rights which they can exercisethroughatrustthatwe’regoingtosetup,andalsointermsoftheirrightstodividends.Sotheywill bealignedwithallothershareholdersassoonastheygetthis.Andwhatthiswillmeanisthatthelargebulk
takea10%interestinSouthDeepandwillcontinuetoholdthatinterestfortheminimumofthetermofthe license,whichis30years.AndbearinmindthatlicensealsoincludestheUncleHarry’sgroundwhichwe acquiredsometimeagowhichcontainsa14millionounceresource.Sothat’salsopartofthelicensethat hasbeenconvertedtoaneworderlicense.
underlyingcashflowsastheyaredistributedbySouthDeeponthebasisthatforthefirsttenyearstherewill
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beapreferreddividendstreamofR20millionperyear.Thereafterthatstreamwillproratareduceaswe convertproportionatelythatinterestintoafullparticipatinginterestovertheinterveningtenyearsonthe basis whereby that preference dividend will reduce but the consortium itself will then participate in underlyingcashflows,asdotheothershareholdersinSouthDeep,beingGoldFields.Suchthatover20years the interest that the consortium has will at that time be fully participating, as will the rest of the shareholders,us.
basededucationtrustwhichwillparticipatein54%ofthebenefitcomingoutofthisparticulartransaction. And that’s going to be earmarked to broadbased education in the country. I think we all know that educationinthecountryisakeyneed.
theminingindustry.You’veheardmetalkpreviouslyabouttheconcerninparticularthatI’vegotthatwe
aware of. There are only 500. And the universities themselves are only getting about 50 a year off the pipeline.Andalsotheaverageageofthoseminingengineersisnorthof45.Sothattellsyouwe’reheading foraproblem.Soit’scriticallyimportantthatweputmoneybackintotheindustrytodevelopnewmining engineersthatcantaketheirplaceintheindustryintothefuture.That’soneofthereasonswhyGoldFields hasbeenintheforefrontrecentlyinsponsoringtheUniversityoftheWitwatersrandandalsotheUniversity
willbe10%forabroadbasedcommunitytrust.Sothat’sthedealonSouthDeep.
willtranslateintotheissueof600,000GoldFieldsshares,anominalamountofshares.
apressreleaseonitthismorning.ButtodaywehaveonhandPaulSchmidt,ourCFO,andalsoourHeadof CorporateFinanceatthebackthere,PaulCurtis.Andtheyaregoingtobeavailableafterwardstotalkto certainoftheanalystsandotherinterestedpartiestogiveyoumoredetailonquestionsyoumayhave.How doesitwork?What’stheoverallimpact?Wehavequantifiedthefinancialeffectsofalotofthisinourpress release,buttheycanalsohelptogiveyoumoredetailsonwhatthesetransactionsmean.
isdoneinacosteffectivewayforthecompanyandthecountry.Sothey’regoingtobeonhandafterwards andwillhelptotakeyouthroughsomeofthequestionsthatthoseofyouwhoareinterestedmayhave.And asIsaid,thesetransactionswillessentiallymeanthatwe’vefinishedourissuesaroundthetargetsfor2014 andwewanttofinishitbeforeChristmas.
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usgoingforward.Wewanttoshowafurtherstepchangeinsafety.Howarewegoingtodothat?Ithink behaviouralbasedchangesthroughouttheGroup willcontinuetobeimportant.Winningtheheartsand minds.Butinadditionwearegoingtobelookingtoseehowwecanengineeroutrisks,tryandfindwaysof automatingthingsthatcanreducetheimpactofmenandmachinesinparticularandthereareanumberof initiativesunderwaytodothatacrosstheworld.
Group,andwewanttogetthatuptoatleast20%.WewanttomaintainourmomentumonSouthDeepand makesurewetakeittoanotherlevel,andwe’vecertainlyshownthatwecanachievethatthisyearandI’m surethatwe’llhaveanothergoodyear.
possiblyfromtheseresultsisthatwhilstyouseethegreenfieldsexplorationthat’sreportedonourincome statement,whatyoudon’tseeisthebrownfieldsexploration.That’sabout$60millionayearandthat’s reportedaspartofourcapitalexpenditurethatsitsinthelikesofSt.Ives,AgnewandalsoofcourseDamang, CerroCorona,andthatexplorationisdesignedtocontinuetoincreasethelongevityandthesizeofthose reservesandwearedrivingaggressivelyreservegrowthatSt.Ives,atDamangandatAgnew,andIthink you’llsee,whenweshowourreservesthatwe’llbeabletoindicatewhatwe’veachievedonthat.Sothat’s moneythat’sspent,notjusttoreplacewhatwe’vemined,it’sspenttogrowthereservebasesothatwecan startlookingattheseassetsdifferentlymakinglongtermstrategicplanningdecisionsabouthowwecan minethemmore[unclear].That’sgoingtobeabigfocus.
completetheinfillandstepourdrillingthatwe’regoingtobedoingonChucapaca,makingsurethatweget moremomentumonYanfolilaaswell.AndIthinkthosetwoprojects,bythetimewetalktoyouinayears’ time,aboutareviewbackof2011,I’mconfidentthatwe’llbeabletoshowyoufurtherprogressonthose
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twoopportunities.
to3.8millionounces.Obviouslywe’regoingtobetargetingthetopendofthatrangebutthisgivesyouan ideaforplanningpurposesandmodellingpurposesofthekindofnumbersyoushouldbelookingatgoing forward.
You’ve referred through the presentation to a number of exercises underway in South Africa and also business process reviews around the world at the various mines. Could you give us a little more colour please, Nick, on what you’re looking at and what you hope to achieve, and what kind of exercises are underwayinSouthAfricaandaroundtheworldatyourmines.That’stheonequestion.Andthen[unclear]if youcan,yougaveusthegradesandthetonnesfortheoxidecatthatyou’relookingatCerroCorona.Any indicationoftiming,sortofroughguideoncapexandwhatsortoftonnesandrecoveriesyou’llbeabletodo
theroyaltyinSouthAfricathatcamethroughforthefullquarter,whatarepayingintheregion.Ihaven’t looked at the detail just yet and are there any changes to the royalty regime coming through with the taxationlawsamendmentsbill?
toyouabouttheroyalty.
profitableouncesandit’souncesthatgeneratecashthatcount.AndIthinkifwelookaroundtheworld,and I’vespokentoalotoffundmanagersandlookedatwhattheylookat,andit’sclearthey’relookingatmargin perhours,isakeything,andinorderforustoensurethatwecanimprovethemarginperouncewe’ve decidedtoembarkuponagroupwideprocesstoreviewallofthereportingstructuresthatwehave,the
wehavetoomanyreportinglevels?Canwecompressandflattentheorganisationtomakeitmoreefficient, tomakeItmoreeffective?
believeit’soptimal?Arewegettingourmenandmaterialtothefaceasquicklyaswecould?Arewegetting therockoutofthemineasquicklyaswecould?Andit’snotjustaSouthAfricanissue.Itdoesn’tmatter whereyouoperate.It’saminetomillreconciliation.Nowarewegettingtightreconciliationforexampleon
howcanweimproveit?Andsowe’regoingthroughanentireprocessandtherehavebeenpocketsofthis done in the past, throughout the Group, but what we’ve now decided to do is pull this together in one completeexerciseacrosstheoperationsandwe’vestartedthatprocessalreadyaroundthreemonthsago. AndI’mnotgoingtoindicatetodaywhattheoutcomesofthataregoingtobe,butincrementallyovertime
thevaluepropositionwe’regoingtogetoutofthis,we’llbeabletosharewithyousomeofthebenefitswe’ll
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lookatsomeoftheseoperationsdifferentlyintermsofhowthey’redesigned,howthey’reoperatedand howthey’restructuredwithintheGroup.Andso,we’retakingafreshpieceofpapereverywhereandlooking at that. And that’s not to say that we haven’t still, that we still don’t have as a key objective to drive productiongrowth,butwewanttodriveproductiongrowththat’sgoingtobesustainableintermsofthe marginandit’sgoingtogeneratevaluetothebottomline.Idon’twanttogenerateouncesjustforthesake
whatwehopetoachieve.AndwiththatI’mgoingtoaskJuanchototalktotheoxideproject.
nowonadetailedengineeringandfinalfeasibilityandpermittingoftheproject.Thatshouldbecompleted by Q3 of fiscal 2011 and move right on into construction, after completion of that phase. The total investmentrightnowisestimatedataround$65millionandintermsoftherecoverableproductionweare estimatedtorecoveraround300,000ouncesofincrementalproduction,whichIthinkwillbedoingfiveyears uponstartoftheoperationofthenewplant.WiththatI’llpassitontoPaul.
changestotheroyaltyintermsofthenewtaxlegislation.Nonethat’sbeenbroughttoourattention.
theywillbe.
Christmas,andalsosayforEaster.AndyouknowyourselfthatyourminesinAustralia,andIthinkGhana, probablyoperateoverthosetimeperiods.Isthatsomethingthatyouwillbesay,thatyoucanaimtochange
alwaysbeen?
presentation is not off the table yet. We’re still in detailed discussions with the unions regarding arrangements.ThesecondpartoftheansweristhattheChristmasbreakandtheEasterbreakwillalwaysbe topical.IcantellyouthattheleadershipofourunionshavefoughthardfortheChristmasbreak;they’renot likely to give that up quite easily. However, we’re looking at alternative working arrangements for the calendaryearandhopefullywearethinkingwewillresolvethatmatterifweaddressthesixdayworkweek issue.Unfortunatelywedon’thavefinalityonthat,butthedooronthathasnotbeenclosed.We’restillin discussionsandwe’rehopingforafavourableoutcomethatwecanimplementonsomeofourmajorshafts.
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Good morning, Johan Steyn from Citibank. Just a quick question with regards to production and costs. Productionobviouslyincreasedquitesteeplyfromalowbaseinthepreviousquarter.However,yourcash costsremainfairlyhighat$688anounce.Howmuchofyourwintertariffisinthat,andwhenexactlydo wintertariffstakeeffect?Willitspilloverintothenextquarter?Andalsointermsoflabourinflation,when willweseethiscomingthrough?
and in the September quarter we will have July and August. So the next quarter is going to be similar, probablyalittlebitmorebecauseit’sgoingtohavetwowintermonthsfortheSeptemberquarter.
aboveCPI.7.5%,that’sthenumberwe’vegot.
canyougiveusanideaofthevolumesofwaterthatyouguyspumpatSouthDeep,KloofandDriefontein, maybeaguessofwhatitcostsyouperannum?Andhowareyouguyshandlingyourlongtermliabilities.
catchmentsareathatwasreferredtointhepressrecently.We’reinadifferentcatchmentsarea.Andwe’re alsodewatering,whichtendstocontainandmitigateanydrainage.Intermsofthelongtermprognosisfor allofthiswe’vegottodecidewhatwe’regoingtodotomitigateanyparticularissuethatmayariseinthe future.We’reinthefortunatepositioninthatwedon’thavetheproblemtodayandwecanstartplanning whatwe’regoingtodointhefuture.
solution all round. And what it could do for us is actually achieve two objectives. One, we can help to mitigatetheimpactofanyfurtherproblemsthatmayarise–andIstressthere’snoproblemtoday–and secondlywecanharnesstheverysignificantamountofbothfissureandprocesswaterthatwegenerateand actuallyturnthatintopotablewaterforthebenefitofthecountry.
commoditybasedonwhatwe’veseenoverthelastcoupleofyears,andforthenextdecadethat’scertainly goingtobethecase,well,thenextthingthat’sgoingtobescarceiswater.Andwaterisgoingtobeavery importantstrategiccommodity.SoIbelievewecanachievetwoobjectives.One,wecanhelptomakesure we mitigate the impact of any effluence that’s going to be above limits that we’re unhappy with or the
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regulatorswillprescribearethelimits,andsecondlywecanderivebenefitsforthecountry.
we’regoingtomanagethisissuegoingforwardonanaffordablebasisforthecompanyandthecountry. Thankyou.
Benjamin?
equivalentproductionoutlookforFY2011?
comingDecember?
your attention, there are going to be three events after this. The first one is that there are going to be refreshmentsoutsideandyouarewelcometojoinusforthat.Thesecondoneiswewillhavetheregular mediaroundtableintheregularroomthatwenormallyhaveit,soallthejournalistscanheadoffthatway. ThenthethirdoneisthatPaulSchmidtandPaulCurtisaregoingtohaveasmallroundtableforallyou analystswhoareinterestedtohearmoreaboutthefinancialeffectsoftheblackempowermenttransactions thatwespokeabout.Soyou’rewelcometoparticipatewhereveryouslotin.Again,thankyouverymuch. Bye.
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