600 km north-west of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Type of operation:
open-pit and underground
Infrastructure:
an open pit; underground working with a footwall haulage decline/incline system; mill plant
Gold production in FY06:
128 238 oz
Average cash operating costs in FY06:
US$280/oz
Reserves:
1.278 Moz (attributable)
Resources:
2.118 Moz (attributable)
Number of employees (including contractors):
2 389
Tolukuma
Ownership:
100% held by Emperor Mines
Location:
100 km north of Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea
Type of operation:
open-pit and underground
Infrastructure:
an open pit; underground workings; mill plant
Gold production in FY06:
54 790 oz
Average cash operating costs in FY06:
US$564/oz
Reserves:
0.195 Moz (attributable)
Resources:
0.446 Moz (attributable)
Number of employees (including contractors):
635
Vatukoula
Ownership:
100% held by Emperor Mines
Location:
north-west of main island (Viti Levu), Fiji
Type of operation:
underground and occasional smallscale, open-cut mining
Infrastructure:
four shafts; metallurgical plant; tailings deposition facilities
Gold production in FY06:
28 397 oz (attributable)
Average cash operating costs in FY06:
US$595/oz
Reserves:
0.678 Moz (attributable)
Resources:
4.444 Moz (attributable)
Number of employees (including contractors):
1 837
South Africa
Highlights 2006
25% increase in production
High capex – R292 million over three years
New opportunities at all operations
Blyvoor
Ownership:
100% held by DRDGOLD SA
Location:
south of the town of Carletonville
Type of operation:
underground and surface re-treatment
Infrastructure:
three surface complexes with their related sub-shafts and focused mining areas; one metallurgical plant; tailings deposition facilities
Gold production in FY06:
159 693 oz
Average cash operating costs in FY06:
US$476/oz
Reserves:
5.255 Moz
Resources:
23.049 Moz
Number of employees (including contractors):
4 520
Crown
Ownership:
100% held by DRDGOLD SA
Location:
Crown, 3 km to the south; City Deep, 6km to the south-east; and Knights, 20km to the east Johannesburg
Type of operation:
surface re-treatment
Infrastructure:
three metallurgical plants; tailings deposition facilities
Gold production in FY06:
75 959 oz (attributable)
Average cash operating costs in FY06:
US$432/oz
Reserves:
0.424 Moz (attributable)
Resources:
3.497 Moz (attributable)
Number of employees (including contractors):
971
ERPM
Ownership:
100% held by DRDGOLD SA
Location:
25 km to the east of Johannesburg
Type of operation:
underground and surface re-treatment
Infrastructure:
three shaft complexes, one of which is being mined. One is used for hoisting and the third for pumping; metallurgical plant; tailings deposition facilities
DRDGOLD at a glance (PDF -
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