| | | The Ergo reclamation surface operation, which formed
part of the Southern Africa region, was included under
South Africa for segmental reporting, and has been
discontinued as the operation had reached the end of its
useful life and the assets were no longer in use. The pretax
gain on disposal of $27m, R218m recorded in 2008
related to the remaining moveable and immovable
assets of Ergo, that were sold by AngloGold Ashanti
Limited to ERGO Mining (Pty) Limited, a joint venture
between Mintails South Africa (Pty) Limited and DRD
South African Operations (Pty) Limited. | | |
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| | | The results of Ergo are presented below: | | |
| – | – | Gold income | – | – |
| (49) | – | Cost of sales | – | (6) |
| 32 | – | Reversal of environmental provision | – | 4 |
| (17) | – | Gross loss | – | (2) |
| 9 | – | Other income | – | 1 |
| (8) | – | Loss before taxation | – | (1) |
| (17) | – | Normal taxation (note 32) | – | (2) |
| (1) | – | Deferred taxation (note 30) | – | – |
| | | | | |
| (26) | – | Net loss after taxation | – | (3) |
| 218 | – | Profit on disposal of assets (note 14) | – | 27 |
| 6 | – | Deferred taxation (notes 14 and 30) | – | 1 |
| 224 | – | | – | 28 |
| | | | | |
| 198 | – | Profit from discontinued operations | – | 25 |