Safety

The Group’s fatal injury frequency rate regressed from 0.11 in the March quarter to 0.15 in the June quarter. The South African region had six fatalities in the June quarter, all at KDC. One fatality was tramming related and five employees died when an underground fire broke out at Ya Rona shaft at KDC West.

Tarkwa and Cerro Corona continued to report zero lost time injuries. The lost day injury frequency rate for the Group improved from 5.21 to 4.51 while the days lost frequency rate regressed from 220 to 234.

On 18 July, subsequent to quarter end Tarkwa achieved a year free of any lost time injuries.

Definitions

Lost Day Injury (LDI) takes into account any injury occurring in the workplace where a person is unable to attend a full shift due to his or her injury at any time following the injury.

Days Lost takes into account the number of days lost due to injuries recorded.