Our business and value creation model

KEY INPUTS, RESOURCES AND CAPITALS

Financial capital

  • Capital investment framework to prioritise investment in line with strategy
  • Operational budgets
  • Selected hedging of exchange rates and commodity prices
  • Net debt: US$1,303m (end-2017)
  • Dedicated expenditure (2017):
    • US$840m capital expenditure
    • US$217m growth capital
    • US$623 sustaining capital
    • US$87m near-mine exploration spending
    • US$1,837m procurement budget
  • Ghana Development Agreement

Human capital

  • 8,856 employees; 9,738 contractors (comprising exploration, financial, mining, processing, operational, human resources, legal investor relations, sustainable development expertise)

Natural capital

  • Water withdrawal: 32,985ML
  • Energy usage: 12,178TJ

Intellectual capital

  • Innovation and technology strategy and implementation
  • Extensive exploration database on our Australian projects
  • Geological mapping in partnership with technology companies
  • Partnerships with Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) for efficient use of machinery and mine vehicles
  • Identification and implementation of low carbon and renewable energy projects

Social and relationship capital

  • Regulatory licences
  • Social licence to operate from our hostcommunities
  • Six Shared Value community investment projects

Manufactured capital

  • Six open pit or shallow underground mechanised operations in Australia, Ghana and Peru
  • One deep-level, bulk underground mechanised operation in South Africa
  • Two development projects
  • Seven Carbon-in-leach or Carbon-in-pulp processing facilities
  • 27 tailings storage facilities, of which 16 are active
  • Three on-site gas-fired power plants
  • US$162m investment portfolio
OUTPUTS

Operational/Financial

  • Extended average life-of-mine profile of our portfolio of mines
  • 2.16Moz of gold produced
  • US$2.85bn in value distributed to stakeholders
  • US$1.86bn in operational and capital procurements
  • US$506m spent on employee salaries, wages,benefits and bonus payments
  • Gold-eq Mineral Resources of 104Moz and Mineral Reserves of 49Moz at end-December 2017

Environmental

  • CO2 emissions: 1.96Mt
  • Mining waste: 212Mt

Skills development and training

  • US$20m invested in training
  • 223 hours of training per employee

Communities

  • US$17m investment in SED funding to benefit host communities
  • Host community workforce employment: 7,516 people
  • Host community procurement spend: US$774m
OUTCOMES*
  • Improved shareholder confidence
  • US$160m paid in dividends and interest
  • Mine closure liabilities of US$381m
  • Net debt increased by US$137m to US$1,303m in 2017
  • US$2m in net cash-outflow
  • Free cash-flow margin of 16%

Safety and health

  • Three fatalities
  • 2.42 total recordable injuries per million hours worked

Community investments

  • 1,850 job created and preserved at Damang
  • US$17m in SED spent in our host communities
  • Around 40% of our total workforce is sourced from host communities
  • 45% of our goods and services from host community enterprises
  • Strengthened social licence to operate

* Due to the interconnected nature of our outcomes, we have not categorised these outcomes by capitals