ENVIRONMENT

Reasonable Assurance In our opinion, Selected Data marked in the Report to Society 2004 with this symbol adequately reflect AngloGold Ashanti's performance in all material respects.
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2 Key indicators Reasonable Assurance

  • Continued implementation of the group-wide high-level environmental incident reporting system. 16 high-level incidents were reported to the Board during the year. (See table: Environmental incidents reported during 2004 - high level or major incident* Reasonable Assurance.)
  • AngloGold Ashanti is considering the adoption of ISO 14001 as the group environmental management system. A decision will be taken during the course of 2005 after internal debate about the merits of the proposal. The following six operations are currently ISO 14001 certified - Bibiani and Iduapriem in Ghana, Cerro Vanguardia in Argentina, AngloGold Ashanti Mineração (formerly Morro Velho) and Serra Grande in Brazil and Geita in Tanzania. (See table below.)
  • All operations outside of South Africa have Environmental Management Systems (EMSs) in place which align with the principles of ISO 14001. The South African operations are continuing with the process of implementing an EMS at each of the 25 business units.
  • All South African operations have approved Environmental Management Programmes (EMPs) in place and, in line with this, applications for conversion to new order mining rights in line with the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act have been submitted.
ISO certification Reasonable Assurance
CountryOperationDate achievedCertified byValid until
ArgentinaCerro VanguardiaJuly 2002National Quality 
Assurance (NQA) - USA		July 2005
BrazilAngloGold Ashanti 
Mineração		March 2004National Quality 
Assurance (NQA) - USA		May 2007
 Serra GrandeMarch 2004National Quality 
Assurance (NQA) - USA		March 2007
GhanaBibianiFebruary 2003DLIQ Certification servicesFebruary 2006
 IduapriemJanuary 2004DLIQ Certification servicesJanuary 2007
TanzaniaGeitaJuly 2001DLIQ Certification ServicesJuly 2007

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Our opinion is based on a test of the reliability of the selected data by way of:

In relation to selected data marked with PWC icon , on which we have provided reasonable assurance:

  • conducting interviews and holding discussions with management, key personnel and/or stakeholders of AngloGold Ashanti limited and assessing data trends;
  • obtaining an understanding of the systems used to generate, aggregate and report the selected data;
  • conducting site visits to test systems and data and inspecting premises where necessary;
  • assessing the completeness and accuracy of the selected data; and
  • reviewing and analysing collected information and effecting re-calculations where considered appropriate.
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