| ADR |
|
adsorption recovery (carbon plant) |
| Ag |
|
silver |
| AGC |
|
Advance Grade Caontrol |
| AGL |
|
Abosso Goldfields Limited |
| AIC |
|
All-in Cost |
| AISC |
|
All-in Sustaining Cost |
| amsl |
|
above mean sea level - and may be used for heights specified in any units |
| APP |
|
Arctic Platinum Project |
| A$ |
|
Australian dollar |
| A$/oz |
|
Australian dollar per ounce |
| Au |
|
gold |
| BCM |
|
bank cubic metres |
| BW |
|
block width |
| CIL |
|
Carbon in Leach |
| CIP |
|
Carbon in Pulp |
| cm |
|
centimetres |
| cm.g/t |
|
centimetre grams per ton |
| Co |
|
cobalt |
| CP |
|
Competent Person |
| Cu |
|
copper |
| COG |
|
cut-off grade |
| CW |
|
channel width |
| DD |
|
diamond drill |
| 3D |
|
three-dimensional |
| DMR |
|
Department of Mineral Resources |
| EIA |
|
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMP |
|
Environmental Management Plan |
| EPA |
|
Environmental Protection Agency |
| FCF |
|
Free cash-flow |
| G&A |
|
General and Administrative |
| GFA |
|
Gold Fields Australia |
| GFG |
|
Gold Fields Ghana |
| GFI |
|
Gold Fields Ltd |
| g |
|
grams |
| g/t |
|
grams per ton |
| Ga |
|
billion years |
| GC |
|
grade control |
| GRB |
|
Geotechnical Review Board |
| GTC |
|
Grade Tonnage Curve |
| ha |
|
hectare |
| HL |
|
Heap Leach |
| HME |
|
heavy mining equipment |
| HPGR |
|
high pressure grinding roll |
| ILR |
|
In-line leach reactor |
| JORC |
|
Australian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves |
| JSE |
|
Johannesburg Securities Exchange |
| KE |
|
kriging efficiency |
| kg |
|
kilogram |
| kg/t |
|
kilograms per ton |
| km |
|
kilometre |
| ktpa |
|
thousand tonnes per annum |
| koz |
|
thousand ounces |
| LDIFR |
|
Lost Day Injury Frequency Rate |
| LIB |
|
Long-Incline Borehole |
| LoM |
|
life-of-mine |
| m |
|
metre |
| m2 |
|
square metre |
| Ma |
|
million years |
| M&A |
|
Mergers and Acquisitions |
| MCF |
|
Mine Call Factor |
| m3/s |
|
cubic metres per second |
| Mlb |
|
million pounds |
| Mo |
|
molybdenum |
| Moz |
|
million ounces |
| mRL |
|
metres relative level |
| Mt |
|
million tonnes |
| mtpa |
|
million tonnes per annum |
| MW |
|
megawatt |
| NCE |
|
notional cash expenditure |
| Ni |
|
nickel |
| NPV |
|
net present value |
| NSR |
|
net smelter return |
| oz |
|
ounces (troy) |
| Pd |
|
palladium |
| PGE |
|
Platinum Group Elements |
| 2 PGE |
|
platinum and palladium |
| PL |
|
Prospecting Lease |
| PRF |
|
Plant Recovery Factor |
| Pt |
|
platinum |
| RC |
|
reverse circulation hole |
| R&D |
|
Research and Development |
| RoM |
|
run-of-mine (with reference to grade or tonnes) |
| SAG |
|
Semi Autogenous Grind |
| SAM |
|
Sub audio magnetics |
| SAMREC |
|
South African Mineral Resource Committee |
| SAMVAL |
|
South African Mineral Asset Valuation Committee |
| SEC |
|
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SOH |
|
Safety and Occupational Health |
| SOX |
|
Sarbanes-Oxley Act |
| SV |
|
sub-vertical |
| SRD |
|
surface rock dump |
| SW |
|
stoping width |
| t |
|
metric tonnes |
| I&T |
|
Innovation and technology |
| tpd |
|
tonnes per day |
| tph |
|
tonnes per hour |
| tpm |
|
tonnes per month |
| TRIFR |
|
total recordable injury frequency rate |
| TSF |
|
tailings storage facility |
| VCR |
|
Ventersdorp Contact Reef |
| U3O8 |
|
uranium oxide |
| US$ |
|
United States dollar |
| US$/oz |
|
American dollar per ounce |
| WAPL |
|
Western Areas Prospecting Limited |
| WSF |
|
waste storage facility |
| YOY |
|
year-on-year |
| ZAR |
|
South African rand |
| ~ |
|
Circa, about or approximately |
