Group Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Overview
All numbers are net of 12 months mining
depletion, with the previous June 2008
statement’s numbers shown in brackets
for ease of comparison.
- As at the end of June 2009, Gold
Fields has total attributable Mineral
Resources, including: (i) platinum and
copper as gold equivalents (ii) Uncle
Harry’s Prospecting Area contiguous
to the South Deep Gold Mine and
(iii) West Wits TSF’s (excluding
uranium), of 271.2 (250.6) Moz and
total attributable gold and copper as
gold equivalent Mineral Reserves of
81.1 (82.8) Moz.
- Total attributable gold Mineral
Resources (excluding platinum and
copper as gold equivalents) are
255.4 Moz (234.5) Moz and Mineral
Reserves are 78.9 (80.5) Moz, net
of 4.1 and 3.8 Moz depletion from
the Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve respectively. Total
attributable TSF’s and underground
uranium Mineral Resource amounts to
77.1 Mlb (excludes Beatrix).
- Following a pre-feasibility study, the
TSF’s have a declared attributable
uranium Mineral Resource of 51.4 (11.4)
Mlb and a gold Mineral Resource of
4.3 (1.2) Moz. The underground
attributable uranium Mineral Resource
for the West Wits Operations has been
estimated at 25.7 Mlb.
- North American Palladium (NAP)
did not take up their option to
acquire 60% of the Arctic Platinum
Project (APP) and consequently the
Mineral Resource Statement remains
the same as historically reported
12.6 Moz (2PGE+Au).
- 30 June 2009 figures are net of
production depletion and Corporate
activity.
Headline numbers1
1 Group total figures are managed equivalent gold ounces and include APP, Cerro Corona (gold & copper as gold equivalents), TSF
gold and Uncle Harry’s (WAPL).
2 Difference between Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve depletion is the application of modifying factors.
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