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Ruste nbur g T r ipar tite F or um Silic osis in the Mining Se c tor a nd Cla ss Ac tion Se ttle me nt Da te : 1 Aug ust 2019 Disc laime r d lo o king State me nts F o r war T his pre se ntatio n inc lude s fo rward-lo o king
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war d lo o king State me nts
T his pre se ntatio n inc lude s “fo rward-lo o king state me nts” within the me aning o f the “safe harb o r” pro visio ns o f the Unite d State s Private Se c uritie s L itig atio n Re fo rm Ac t o f 1995. F
use o f wo rds suc h as “targ e t”, “will”, “fo re c ast”, “e xpe c t”, “po te ntial”, “inte nd”, “e stimate ”, “antic ipate ”, “c an” and o the r similar e xpre ssio ns that pre dic t o r indic ate future e ve nts o r tre nds o r that are no t state me nts o f histo ric al matte rs. I n this pre se ntatio n, fo r e xample , state me nts re late d to po te ntial transac tio n b e ne fits (inc luding financ ial re -rating s), pric ing e xpe c tatio ns, le ve ls o f o utput, supply and de mand, info rmatio n re late d to the Blitz Pro je c t, and e stimatio ns o r e xpe c tatio ns o f e nte rprise value , E BT I DA and ne t asse t value s, are fo rward- lo o king state me nts. T he fo rward-lo o king state me nts se t o ut in this pre se ntatio n invo lve a numb e r o f kno wn and unkno wn risks, unc e rtaintie s and o the r fac to rs, many o f whic h are diffic ult to pre dic t and g e ne rally b e yo nd the c o ntro l o f Sib anye -Stillwate r, that c o uld c ause Sib anye -Stillwate r’ s ac tual re sults and o utc o me s to b e mate rially diffe re nt fro m histo ric al re sults o r fro m any future re sults e xpre sse d o r implie d b y suc h fo rward-lo o king state me nts. Suc h risks, unc e rtaintie s and o the r fac to rs inc lude , witho ut limitatio n: Sib anye -Stillwate r’ s ab ility to suc c e ssfully inte g rate the ac q uire d asse ts with its e xisting o pe ratio ns; Sib anye -Stillwate r’ s ab ility to ac hie ve antic ipate d e ffic ie nc ie s and o the r c o st saving s in c o nne c tio n with the transac tio n; Sib anye -Stillwate r’ s ab ility to imple me nt its strate g y and any c hang e s the re to ; Sib anye -Stillwate r’ s future financ ial po sitio n, plans, strate g ie s, o b je c tive s, c apital e xpe nditure s, pro je c te d c o sts and antic ipate d c o st saving s and financ ing plans; c hang e s in the marke t pric e o f g o ld, platinum g ro up me tals (“PGMs”) and/o r uranium. T he se fo rward-lo o king state me nts spe ak o nly as o f the date o f this pre se ntatio n. Sib anye -Stillwate r unde rtake s no o b lig atio n to update pub lic ly o r re le ase any re visio ns to the se fo rward-lo o king state me nts to re fle c t e ve nts o r c irc umstanc e s afte r the date o f this pre se ntatio n o r to re fle c t the o c c urre nc e o f unantic ipate d e ve nts.
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he Ga ute ng Hig h Co urt in Jo ha nne sb urg ha s a ppro ve d the histo ric R5b n se ttle me nt in the le ng thy silic o sis c a se . T his is a n histo ric se ttle me nt, re sulting fro m a lmo st 4 ye a rs o f e xte nsive ne g o tia tio ns.
he six mining c o mpa nie s pa ying o ut the c o lle c tive R5b n fo rme d the Oc c upa tio na l L ung Dise a se (OL D) Wo rking Gro up, whic h re pre se nte d Afr
ic an Rainbow Mine r als, Anglo Ame r ic an SA, AngloGold Ashanti, Gold F ie lds, Har mony and Sibanye - Stillwate r.
he mining c o mpa nie s a dmitte d tha t in the pa st the y fa ile d to ta ke ne c e ssa ry pre c a utio ns to pro te c t the ir e mplo ye e s fro m silic a dust tha t rise s fro m g o ld mine s
he le g a l pro c e ss invo lving g o ld mine rs a ffe c te d b y lung dise a se s ha s stre tc he d o ve r se ve ra l ye a rs a nd ha s b e e n de sc rib e d a s o ne o f the “mo st c o mple x multi-pa rty c la ss a c tio n se ttle me nts e ve r c o nc lude d” b y pa rtie s. T he a g re e me nt, o n b e ha lf o f tho usa nds o f mine wo rke rs a nd the ir de pe nda nts, a ffe c ts pe o ple who c o ntra c te d silic o sis o r pulmo na ry tub e rc ulo sis during o r a fte r e mplo ye d a s g o ld mine rs fro m Ma rc h 1965.
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he de pe nda nts o f de c e a se d mine rs who fe ll ill with silic o sis
he de pe nda nts o f de c e a se d mine rs who c o ntra c te d tub e rc ulo sis.
he c la ima nts will b e pa id o ut b e twe e n R70 000 a nd R500 000, de pe nding o n whic h fo ur c a te g o rie s the y fa ll into . T he b e ne fits will b e pa id thro ug h the T shia miso T rust (Se tswa na to “to ma ke g o o d” o r “to c o rre c t”) se t up spe c ific a lly fo r this purpo se .
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“Silic o sis is a pote ntia lly fa ta l, irre ve rsible , fibrotic pulmona ry dise a se tha t ma y de ve lo p sub se q ue nt to the inha la tion of la rg e a mounts of silic a dust ove r time .”
Curtis, 2007. T hre e type s of Silic osis
1860: Pe a c o c k a nd Gre e nho w re po rte d silic a in lung s o f mine rs 1870: Visc o uti: c o ine d the te rm silic o sis 1930: Ha wk’ s Ne st T unne l o ve r 700 wo rke rs. 400 die d
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g no ra nc e (Be fo re 1902)
nve stig a tio n (1902 o nwa rds)
e o n Co mmissio n 1995
sta b lishme nt o f the I L O/ WHO I nte rna tio na l Pro g ra mme o n the Glo b a l E limina tio n o f Silic o sis
he Mine He a lth a nd Sa fe ty Ac t (1996)
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ip c o ve rs c o mple me nting filtra tio n syste ms, to furthe r re duc e dust e xpo sure
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mplo ye e e duc a tio n
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itne ss (Pre -e mplo yme nt, pe rio dic , E xit a nd Po st e mplo yme nt)
ung F unc tion T e sts a re use d
B is a b o ut 3 time s hig he r in silic o sis pa tie nts
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to suppo rt inc re a se d e lig ib le po pula tio n
he re wa s to ta l c o lla pse o f Be ne fit Me dic a l E xa mina tio n
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xpo sure de pe nds o n E ng ine e ring c o ntro ls whe n the risk c a nno t b e e limina te d
ng ine e ring c o ntro ls (Dust, no ise e tc .)
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e y to stre ng the n he a lth syste ms to e ffe c tive ly de te c t a nd inte g ra te Oc c upa tio na l dise a se s
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