Scope of the report

This sustainable development report addresses DRDGOLD Limited’s (DRDGOLD or the company) performance in the areas of governance, economic performance, safety, health, community development, the environment and stakeholder engagement for the year ended 30 June 2011. Therefore, information in this report pertains to FY2011, the period from 1 July 2010 to 30 June 2011. DRDGOLD’S previous sustainable development report was released in October 2010.

The sustainable development report has been compiled in line with the G3 Guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (G3.1) and the Broad-based Socio-economic Empowerment Charter for the South African Mining Industry (the Mining Charter). This report has been checked by GRI to confirm DRDGOLD’s Self-declaration of a C-level report (see the GRI application level check statement).

This report covers all operations managed by DRDGOLD, namely:

• Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company Limited (Blyvoor)
• Ergo Mining Operations (consisting of Ergo Mining Operations (Proprietary) Limited (formerly known as DRDGOLD South African Operations (Proprietary) Limited) and its subsidiaries, Crown Gold Recoveries (Proprietary) Limited (Crown), ErgoGold, Ergo Mining (Proprietary) Limited (Ergo JV) and East Rand Proprietary Mines Limited (ERPM).

With respect to the company’s activities, it should be noted that:

• during the period under review, DRDGOLD announced a change in its group structure in order to better distinguish between its surface retreatment and underground operations. Ergo Mining Operations now controls the DRDGOLD surface operations – Ergo which consists of ErgoGold and Ergo Mining (Ergo JV), and Crown which includes ERPM’s Cason surface retreatment operations.

For more information on sustainability reporting at DRDGOLD, please contact:

Tel: +27 11 470 2600
Fax: +27 11 470 2618
Email: barry.deblocq@za.drdgold.com

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