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Glossary of terms
   
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By-products

Any products that emanate from the core process of producing gold, including silver, uranium and sulphuric acid.


Capital employed

Equity plus minority interests, interest bearing debt, less loans and cash. Where average capital employed is referred to, this is the average of the figures at the beginning and the end of the financial year.


Capital expenditure

Total capital expenditure on mining assets to both maintain and expand operations.


Dividend cover

Headline earnings before unrealised hedging activities per ordinary share divided by dividends per ordinary share.


Debt

Borrowings including short-term portion, plus debentures.


Effective tax rate

Current and deferred taxation as a percentage of net profit before taxation.


EBITDA

Earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation. It refers to profit before exceptional items, net interest and amortisation of mining assets.


Equity

Shareholders' equity adjusted for other comprehensive income and deferred taxation. Where average equity is referred to, this is calculated by averaging the figures at the beginning and the end of the financial year.


Illustrative dividend rate

For illustrative purposes, a US dollar dividend value has been provided based on the rate of exchange ruling on the date of declaration.


Interest cover

EBITDA divided by finance costs.


Life of mine

Number of years that the operation is planning to mine and treat ore, and is taken from the current mine plan.


Market capitalisation

Number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 31 December multiplied by the closing share price as quoted on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.


Mineral resource

A mineral resource is a concentration or occurrence of material of economic interest in or on the earth's crust in such form, quality and quantity that there are reasonable and realistic prospects for eventual economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, continuity and other geological characteristics of a mineral resource are known, estimated from specific geological evidence and knowledge, or interpreted from a well-constrained and portrayed geological model. Mineral resources are subdivided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into inferred, indicated and measured categories. The mineral resources are inclusive of those resources which have been modified to produce ore reserves.


Net asset value per share

Shareholders' equity divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue.


Net operating assets

Mining assets, inventories, trade and other receivables (excluding value added taxation), less trade and other payables.


Net debt

Debt less cash and cash equivalents.


Operating margin %

Operating profit as a percentage of gold income.


Ore reserves

An ore reserve is the economically mineable material derived from a measured and/or indicated mineral resource. It is inclusive of diluting materials and allows for losses that may occur when the material is mined. Appropriate assessments have been carried out, including consideration of, and modification by, realistically assumed mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. These assessments demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction is reasonably justified. Ore reserves are sub-divided in order of increasing confidence into probable ore reserves and proved ore reserves.


Ounces (troy)

Used in imperial statistics. A kilogram is equal to 32.1507 ounces.


Region

Defines the operational management divisions within AngloGold and these are South Africa, Africa, Australia, North America and South America.


Return on capital

Headline earnings before unrealised hedging activities and before finance costs expressed as a percentage of average capital employed, adjusted for the timing of acquisitions and disposals.


Return on equity

Headline earnings before unrealised hedging activities expressed as a percentage of average equity, adjusted for the timing of acquisitions and disposals.


Total cash costs

Total cash costs include site costs for all mining processing and administration, as well as contributions from by-products and are inclusive of royalties and production taxes. Amortisation, rehabilitation, corporate administration, retrenchment, capital and exploration costs are excluded.


Total production costs

Total cash costs including amortisation, retrenchment, rehabilitation and other non-cash costs. Corporate administration, capital and exploration costs are excluded.


Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue

The number of ordinary shares in issue at the beginning of the year, increased by shares issued during the year, weighted on a time basis for the period during which they have participated in the income of the group.


Abbreviations
t tons (short) or tonnes (metric).
m million.
bn billion.
FIFR Fatal Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked.
LTIFR Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked.
Note that AngloGold utilises the strictest definition in reporting Lost Time Injuries in that it includes all Disabling Injuries (where an individual is unable to return to his place of regular work the next calendar day after the injury) and Restricted Work Cases (where the individual may be at work, but unable to perform full or regular duties on the next calendar day after the injury) within this definition.
RIFR Reportable Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked.
VCR Ventersdorp Contact Reef.
LOM Life of mine.
oz Ounces (troy)
kg Kilograms.
tpm Tonnes per month.
$ United States dollars.
A$ Australian dollars.
Libor London interbank offer rate.
R, ZAR South African rands.
Capex Capital expenditure.
Mt Million tonnes or tons.
Moz Million ounces. 
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