Salient features

SOUTH AFRICAN RAND Salient features   UNITED STATES DOLLARS
Six months to Quarter Quarter Six months to
Dec
2007#
 

Dec
2008

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2007#
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2008
 

Dec
2008

 

 

Dec
2008

 

Sept
2008

 

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2007#

 

Dec
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Dec
2007#

 
60,522   50,910   29,861   24,817   26,093   kg Gold produced* oz (000)   839   798   960   1,637   1,946  
99,988   153,685   101,532   153,461   153,893   R/kg Total cash cost $/oz   487   617   467   544   449  
165,639   235,408   171,252   226,120   244,210   R/kg Notional cash expenditure $/oz   774   909   788   834   743  
24,980   26,048   12,630   12,698   13,350   000 Tons milled 000   13,350   12,698   12,630   26,048   24,980  
162,857   234,413   170,488   217,586   250,058   R/kg Revenue $/oz   792   874   784   830   731  
266   337   265   333   340   R/ton Operating costs $/ton   35   43   39   38   38  
3,754   4,140   2,037   1,574   2,566   Rm Operating profit $m   268   203   300   472   542  
36   32   38   27   36   % Operating margin %   36   27   38   32   36  
2,367   522   1,938   39   483   Rm Net earnings $m  

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363   80   297   6   74   SA c.p.s.   US c.p.s.   8   1   43   9   52  
866   523   456   39   484   Rm Headline earnings $m   55   5   67   60   125  
133   80   70   6   74   SA c.p.s.   US c.p.s.   8   1   10   9   19  
1,011   663   603   120   542   Rm Net earnings excluding gains and losses on foreign exchange, financial instruments, exceptional items and share of loss of associates after taxation $m   60   16   88   76   146  
155   101   93   18   83   SA c.p.s. US c.p.s.   10   2   13   12   22  
* Attributable – All companies wholly owned except for Ghana (71.1%) and Cerro Corona (80.7%).
#  Prior period operational results exclude the discontinued assets sold during the December 2007 quarter i.e. the Venezuelan assets (Choco 10).