Public consultation for the Recommissioning of the Withok TSF

Ergo Mining, a subsidiary of DRDGOLD Limited, is conducting a public consultation programme as required for the environmental authorisation and water use licence applications for the recommissioning of the Withok Tailings Storage Facility (TSF).

Availability of the Draft EIA/EMPr and the Draft IWWMP

The Draft Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)/ Environmental Management Programme Report (EMPr) reports have been compiled and will be made available for a 30-day public review and comment period from Thursday, 20 March 2025 until Tuesday, 22 April 2025.

The Draft Integrated Water and Waste Management Plan (IWWMP) report will be made available for a 60-day public review and comment period from Thursday, 20 March 2025 until Friday, 23 May 2025.

Invitation to Open Day

Interested and Affected Parties (I&APS) are invited to attend an Open Day which will be held at Tsakane ext. 22 Mega Primary School 19732 Mashimin St & Shiburi St, Tsakane, Brakpan on Saturday, 29 March 2025 from 09H00-11H00.

Notice of the public participation process and invitations to participate as interested and affected parties have been publicised in local media, and detailed information will be made available to ensure all interested and affected parties wishing to contribute are properly informed. For information on the project and public participation, contact: stakeholders@kongiwe.com

The relevant public documents, notifications of public meetings and correspondence are available here: https://kongiwe.com/projects/

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Official handover of the ERGO Riverlea Livelihoods programme

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On 12 September 2024, DRDGOLD, in partnership with Let’s Grow SA, Federation for a Sustainable Environment, the City of Johannesburg and Umsizi Sustainable Social Solutions, handed over the Ergo Riverlea Livelihoods Programme to the Riverlea community.

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ESG Fact Sheet 2024

October 2024

Rolling Back

mining’s environmental legacy

through large-scale retreatment of mine dumps

 
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GREEN gold miner aspiring to become a producer of GREEN metals, to produce GREEN energy to drive GREEN economies

ESG Overview

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) for sustainable development.

At DRDGOLD we continuously aim to improve the transparency of our ESG disclosures, taking into consideration the material issues affecting ESG within the Group.

We remain committed to sustainable development with a focus on the goal of reversing the environmental legacy of early mining, limiting and reducing our impact on natural resources and improving the quality of life and communities affected in close proximity of historical mine dumps. A very important part of achieving this is through our tailings storage facility (TSF) safety business.

Our strategic focus areas with a direct link to ESG include using technology and information to enhance operational performance and minimise the impact on the environment, create a values driven culture of employee safety, empowerment, diversity and inclusivity as well as improving the quality of life of communities surrounding our operations. For a detailed view of our ESG focus, click here.

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Operation Profile

DRDGOLD’s principal subsidiaries are Ergo Mining Proprietary Limited (Ergo), our flagship metallurgical plant located some 50km east of Johannesburg in Brakpan; and Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) near Carletonville, west of Johannesburg.

Ergo and the Knights plant in Germiston comprise arguably the world’s largest gold surface tailings retreatment facility. Together with the milling and pump station at Crown Mines and City Deep (both former plants), these operations treat approximately 1.7Mt per month.

FWGR was acquired from Sibanye-Stillwater in July 2018. The acquisition was instrumental to the company’s growth strategy, increasing our gold reserves by 90%. FWGR comprises Driefontein plant 2, with a capacity of 600,000tpm and the Driefontein 4 tailings storage facility with a capacity of 500 000tpm.

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Employee Profile

At the end of FY2024, DRDGOLD provided jobs for 2 956 people, with 903 permanent employees. The remaining 2 053 people worked for the specialist service providers engaged by the company to provide the expertise required for tailings reclamation and tailings dam management.

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Where we operate

FWGR

Mineral Reserves of 2.26Moz

  • 1 processing plant with a capacity of 600 000tpm (Driefontein plant 2)
  • 1 tailings storage facility with a capacity of 500 000tpm (Driefontein 4TSF)

Ergo

Mineral Reserves of 3.27Moz

  • 1 processing plant with a capacity of 1.7Mtpm (Ergo plant)
  • 2 milling plants (Knights and City Deep)
  • 1 tailings storage facility (Brakpan/Withok) with a capacity of 2.0Mtpm

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