Anglogold Ld Update on South Africa Earthquake

 
TIDMAGD 
 
AngloGold Ashanti Limited 
                                 (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) 
                                                       Reg. No. 1944/017354/06) 
                                  ISIN No. ZAE000043485 - JSE share code: ANG 
                                         CUSIP: 035128206 - NYSE share code: AU 
 
NEWS RELEASE 
 
 
 
AngloGold Ashanti Further Update on South Africa Earthquake 
 
 
 
(JOHANNESBURG) - AngloGold Ashanti confirms that each one of the 3,300 people 
working underground at its Great Noligwa and Moab Khotsong mines early 
yesterday afternoon, when a 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck South Africa's 
North West province, were safely hoisted to surface by 7:30pm yesterday. 
 
Twenty-eight employees who sustained minor injuries as a result of the event 
have received medical treatment and all have been discharged. Counsellors have 
assisted 17 employees with treatment for shock, and will remain on hand for 
others who may require their services. Importantly, all safety systems and 
protocols were observed and all employees and contractors were instrumental in 
ensuring the mine was cleared safely. 
 
"Safely hoisting all 3,300 people to surface after an earthquake of this size 
is an achievement of which we're immensely proud," Mike O'Hare, AngloGold 
Ashanti's Chief Operating Officer: South Africa, said. "Our infrastructure 
responded as it was designed to, and our safety protocols worked as they 
should. Our thanks go to every employee, the contractors on site and the 
management team who together made this outcome possible." 
 
AngloGold Ashanti's own engineers and specialists, together with external 
seismology experts, are conducting intensive, real-time intensive monitoring of 
seismic activity in the region. Once it is deemed safe for inspection crews to 
proceed underground, a thorough examination of all underground infrastructure, 
as well as ore passes, haulages and working areas, will take place. At this 
stage, vertical infrastructure is functioning well and the inspections 
conducted immediately after the earthquake suggests that these shafts sustained 
only minor damage. Electronic systems that monitor various aspects of our 
underground areas are also working normally, allowing us to remotely draw 
information from a large portion of both mines. 
 
In parallel with this process, AngloGold Ashanti is in close contact with 
engineers from Eskom Holdings Ltd., the state-owned power provider, to 
establish when fully redundant electricity supply will be restored. AngloGold 
Ashanti would like to commend Eskom for working quickly to restore the current 
feed to our Vaal River Operations, which has allowed for cooling of underground 
areas to continue. 
 
Once it is clear that we have the correct power feed and underground areas and 
infrastructure are deemed safe, a decision will be made on resuming normal 
shifts. At this stage, we will wait for the appropriate underground conditions 
and then conduct thorough assessments. AngloGold Ashanti intends to provide a 
more detailed update on the status of the underground operations on Monday, 
August 11. 
 
AngloGold Ashanti's West Wits operating region and the Kopanang mine in the 
Vaal River area, were not affected by the event. 
 
More about AngloGold Ashanti 
 
AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold producer with 20 operations spanning 10 
countries. In 2013, AngloGold Ashanti produced 4.105Moz of gold at a total cash 
cost of $830/oz. In 2013, Moab Khotsong produced  212,000oz at a total cash 
cost of $797/oz and Great Noligwa produced 83,000oz at a total cash cost of 
$1,100/oz. Together, these two mines affected by yesterday's earthquake, 
accounted for roughly 7% of total group production last year. 
 
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Sponsor to AngloGold Ashanti 
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Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa Reg No: 1944/017354/06 
 
ISIN No. ZAE000043485 - JSE share code: ANG CUSIP: 035128206 - NYSE share code: 
AU 
 
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