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Q4 and FY 2015 Results CASH POSITIVE DESPITE THE LOWER GOLD PRICE

Nick Holland 18 February 2016

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Cash positive despite the lower gold price, Q4 and FY 2015 Results, 18 February 2016

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Q4 and FY 2015 Results


Salient features

Cash positive despite the lower gold price

Net cash flow from operating activities of US$47m (FY15: US$123m)

Attributable gold equivalent production up 2% QoQ to 566koz (FY15: 2,159koz)

All-in costs down 2% QoQ to US$942/oz (FY15: US$1,026/oz)

Normalised earnings of US$15m (FY15: US$45m)

Final dividend of 21 SA cents declared (FY15: 25 SA cents)

Net debt decreased US$47m QoQ to US$1,380m, net debt to EBITDA at 1.38x

South Deep – production up 24% QoQ to 68koz (FY15: 198koz)

FY16 guidance – production of 2.05-2.10Moz at AIC of US$1,035-1,045/oz

Impairments of US$300m – none of the significant operating assets affected

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Steady decrease in all-in costs

Q4 2015: production up 2%, all-in costs down 2%, gold price flat

Steady decrease in AIC through 2015


2015

Production: 2,159koz

AIC: US$1,026/oz

2014


AIC: US$1,087/oz

2013


AIC: US$1,312/oz

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Strong focus on cash generation

Net cash flow

US$123m net cash flow from operating activities generated in FY15

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Net cash flow from operating activities after taking account of net capital expenditure, environmental payments, debt service costs and non-recurring items.

2013 2014

Gold: US$1,249/oz

Net cash: US$236m Gold: US$1,386/oz

Net cash: (US$232m)

2015


Gold: US$1,140/oz

Net cash: US$123m

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Comfortable balance sheet, with flexibility

● Net debt of US$1,380m at 31 December 2015

● Net debt to EBITDA of 1.38x at end-Q4 2015

● Unutilised facilities of US$844m and R2.5bn

● First debt maturity in November 2017

Balance sheet

Continue to lower net debt

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Q4 2015: South Deep

Target is to reach breakeven by end-2016

• Required leadership in place

• Bedding down a performance driven culture

• Skills development strategy developed

• Significant improvement in safety performance

• Positive production trends emerging

• Simplified destress mining being implemented

• Targeting cash breakeven by end-2016

2016 Guidance

• Production: 257koz

• AISC: R550,000/kg

• AIC: R575,000/kg

• Capex: R999m

• Exchange rate: R14.14 = US$1.00

Q4

2015

Q3

2015 2015 2014

Production koz 68.1 54.9 198.0 200.5

AISC US$/oz 1,095 1,404 1,490 1,548

AIC US$/oz 1,156 1,431 1,559 1,732

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Business performance

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Q4 2015: South Deep

● 98% of critical skills appointed

● Business improvement implementation

capacity established

● Fleet renewal

● Infrastructure upgrade and maintenance

● Improvement in underground working

conditions

● Employee motivation through improved

working conditions, safety performance,

reward programs and engagement


Key factors underpinning performance improvements

Operating platform improving

Key Pillars

1. People

2. Safety and health

3. Mechanised Fleet

4. Infrastructure

5. Mining

6. Mine design and planning

7. Systems

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT

● BI Team

Program Manager

Project managers

Execution teams

● 68 Projects

Project management

framework

Progress monitoring and

reporting in early stages

TRACKLESS FLEET

● Fleet Renewal

24 new units commissioned

3 old units decommissioned

Fleet size increased from 74 to 95

● Planned Maintenance

93L Workshop commissioned

OEM Maintenance contracts commenced in Q4

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT TRACKLESS FLEET

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Physical Condition Ratings (%) – Target 90%

Q4 2015: South Deep

Safety, physical conditions and secondary support

Driving zero harm

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Total Injuries (nr) • 59% reduction in total injuries (68 vs167)

• Injury free days increasing (38 in Q4 2015)

• UG physical conditions improving

• Increase in secondary support installation

• Increase in backfill placement

Motivated workforce

Fewer operational disruptions

Positive impact on production

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Physical conditions

Q4 2015: South Deep

Focus on continuous improvement

Before After

Poor footwall water control Correct roadway conditions

Poor support quality Correct support installation


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Q4 2015: South Deep

Positive trends

Underground operations gaining momentum


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Long Hole Stoping Production & Contribution

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Development Current Mine

New Mine

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Q4 2015: South Deep

Pillar layout - previous

Improving Design


3W

2W

1W

• 240m x Spans & 60m x pillars

• 4 x Corridors

• Regional & local crush pillar design

• High closure rates experienced (250mm/m)

• Excavation stability risk

• Conventional support installation risk

1W 2W

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Crush Pillar Layout (10m length x 2.5 wide x 2.7 high)

10m

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Q4 2015: South Deep

Regional pillar layout - optimised

Improving Design


2W

1W

1aW 1bW 2aW

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10m

• 180m x Spans & 60m x Pillars

• 6 x Corridors

• Regional pillar with larger local crush pillar design

• System stiffness improves

• Reduced closure rates (80mm/m)

• Excavation stability improved

• Mechanised support installation

Crush Pillar Layout (10m length x 4.5m wide x 5m high)

3W

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Destress cut access

Access destress cut

• Access drive is mined into the base of

reef

Q4 2015: South Deep

Main Access Drive (MAD)


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Destress cut sequencing

Destress cut establishment

• Break away Stope Access Drive (SAD)

• Stope Drives (SD) broken away from

SAD


Q4 2015: South Deep

Stope Access Drives (SAD)

Stope Drives (SD)


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Grow cut

• SDs broken away at 9m intervals

• Backfill SD to confine crush pillars

Stope Drives (SD) Backfilled

Q4 2015: South Deep

Active Mining Face



Stope Drives (SD)


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180m mining span

Advance destress cut to establish stoping

• Develop SAD’s to 180m span

• Continue destress cut development to 3

x SADs reach 180m span

• Setup for long hole stoping

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Main Access Drive (MAD) Main Access Drive (MAD)

Stope Drives (SD)

3 x SADs @ 180m


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Stoping phase

• Long hole stoping commence when 3 x

SADs to final length -19 months

• Longhole stopes of 15m (w) x 20m (h)

retreat mined

• Destress cut mined to footprint &

second cut established

Long hole stope


Q4 2015: South Deep



Stope Drives (SD)


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Primary stope

Final stope

extraction


Q4 2015: South Deep

Stoping phase; primary and secondary

• Longhole stopes sequentially mined

primaries and secondary's

• Primary stopes backfilled prior to

secondary stope mining

• Final extraction, the area above the

main access drive is mined

• Subsequent cuts advanced to follow

on from first cut

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Low profile destress cut and stoping

Q4 2015: South Deep

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Low profile support

Manual Installation

High profile support

Mechanical installation

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Low profile destress stoping

Hanging-wall ripping (19 months)

Stoping (30 month lead time)

• LP destress (2,5m height)

• Primary & secondary support

• Hanging wall ripping (5.0m height)

• Primary & secondary support

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• Primary source of reef mining 3

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High profile destress cut and stoping

Q4 2015: South Deep

YEAR-2 YEAR-3 YEAR-4 YEAR-5 YEAR-6 YEAR-7 YEAR-1

High profile destressing

Long hole stoping (19 month lead time)

High profile support

Mechanical Installation

• HP destress (5,0m height)

• Primary & secondary support 1

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• Long hole stoping

• Primary source of reef mining 2

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High profile destress

Low profile destress

• Destress Stoping

• Stoping width up from 2.5 to 5.0m

• Backfill placement critical

• Early results positive

• Long term evaluation important

• 3,604m2 HP De-stress done from Jul 2015

Destress profile 2015

100-4W

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100-4W

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High profile destress

Low profile destress

Destress profile to completion of LP Q1 2018

Q4 2015: South Deep


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Q4 2015: South Deep

Fleet

Key fleet performance enablers


Infrastructure

95L workshop

Stores optimisation

Underground working conditions

Skills

Artisan & Operator training

OEM Maintenance

Supervisor Mechanised mining

Enhancements

Rebuild & Replacement program

Fleet Conversion to HP

Planned Maintenance System

CAT 1 Fleet End of 2015Increase

OutputHP Destress Replacement De-commission Rebuild End of 2016

Longhole Stoping 10 2 - 3 3 - 12 Drill Rig 5 1 - 2 2 - 6 LHD 5 1 - 1 1 - 6

High Profile 52 4 11 4 4 2 67 Drill Rig 22 1 4 - - - 27 LHD 16 - 5 3 3 - 21 Dump Truck 13 2 2 1 1 2 17 Bolter 1 1 - - - - 2

Low Profile 33 - - - 25 - 8 Drill Rig Development 15 - - - 11 - 4 LHD 18 - - - 14 - 4

Total 95 6 11 7 32 2 87

• High profile equipment 2-3 times more capacity per unit compared to low profile

• Destress layout more efficient, thus less linear advance required for comparable area

• % Contribution from LHS drastically increase, efficient operation

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Q4 2015: South Deep

93 Level workshop commissioned

Effective infrastructure will improve fleet maintenance and performance


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Q4 2015: South Deep

People / Skills / Organisational culture

Empowering the team


30%

52%

6% 12%

Employee Satisfaction Barometer (Q4 2015)

Strongly Satisfied

Satisfied

Strongly Dissatisfied

Dissatisfied

Experienced leadership team in place

143 of 146 core positions filled

Business Improvement team established

47 x Artisans in training

OEM Maintenance contracts (Q4 2015)

(26% of mining contribution)

Disciplined culture

Performance oriented

Personal engagement

Quality

Skills

Culture

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FURTHER SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

SUSTAINABLE IMPROVEMENT

257 KOZ GOLD

CASH BREAKEVEN BY YEAR-END

Q4 2015: South Deep


Looking forward

Targeting cash breakeven by end-2016 – continuous improvement thereafter

• Strong focus on basic

operational requirements

remain

• Operating conditions

• Workforce confidence and self

belief

BASICS

• Engineering skills

development program

continues

• Planned maintenance:

develop systems & business

processes

• Shafts and winders

ASSET MANAGEMENT

• High profile destress stoping

• Seismic risk correlation to

increased production

• Mining value chain

management and operational

flexibility

MINING METHODS

2016

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Solid global portfolio


Production and AIC (ex South Deep)

Operations cash positive at US$1,100/oz gold price

● Attributable production Q4 2015: 498koz (FY15: 1.96Moz)

● AIC Q4 2015: US$912/oz (FY15: US$944/oz)

● Net cash flow from international operations Q4 2015: US$86m (FY15: US$334m)

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Australia: Exploring the Orogenic Mines

● Post depletion reserves expected to be

largely unchanged

● Resources expected to increase

between 10% and 15%

● Discovery of Invincible South

● Cinderella and FBH in development

● Strong reserve and resource addition

continues at Wallaby

● Comprehensive update of geophysics

program has provided definition of

structures and alteration under cover

generating new drill targets


Return on the 2015 investment

Orogenic exploration continues to deliver

● A$86m planned for 2016

● Exploration drill drive to commence to

Waroonga North (Agnew)

● Continue to grow the Resource and

Reserve on the discoveries at Cinderella,

FBH, and Invincible South

● Complete resource growth and scoping

study on the Paleochannel Resources (St

Ives)

2016-2017 Focus

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Q4 2015: St Ives

Early positive signs from exploration

2016 Guidance


• AISC & AIC: A$1,380/oz

• Capex: A$220m

• Exchange rate: US$0.73 = A$1.00

Q4

2015

Q3

2015 2015 2014

Production koz 100.4 83.6 371.9 361.7

AIC US$/oz 836 879 969 1,164

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● Q4 2015: 20% increase in production due

to increase in tonnes and higher grade

● 2015 exploration: Prospective gold

anomalies on the Speedway Trend

identified in reconnaissance reverse

circulation drilling, and some positive

indications on the Eastern Causeway,

including intercepts up to 40.2m @ 1.6 g/t

(10.4m @ 3.7 g/t) at the Retribution project

● 2016 outlook: Lower production due to

closure of Athena and outperformance on

grade from Neptune ore in early 2015

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Q4 2015: St Ives

● Additional Invincible style shoot located within the Speedway Trend

● Higher grade than previous shoots

● Initial Resource of 1.4 Mt @ 6.9 g/t (312koz) defined to a depth of 400m, open down plunge

● Pit and underground potential

● Q4 intercepts:

19.1m at 12.1 g/t Au

11.4m at 13.9 g/t Au

11.0m at 14.7 g/t Au


Invincible South

A new high grade resource

~20

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750m

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Q4 2015: St Ives

● Exploration focused on sparsely

tested flanks of camp

● 30km Speedway trend being

systematically explored targeting

Invincible analogues

● 21 new targets advanced in

exploration pipeline

● Reinterpretation of geology and

structure in an area of shallow

cover growing central corridor

● Lead to multiple ore grade

intersections in reconnaissance

diamond drilling at Retribution


New exploration fronts

Still discovering mineralised systems on large tenement package

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Q4 2015: Agnew/Lawlers

Good recovery at Waroonga

2016 Guidance



• Capex: A$87m


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2015

Q3

2015 2015 2014

Production koz 65.7 57.5 236.6 270.7

AIC US$/oz 828 1,025 959 990

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● Q4 2015: Production up 14% QoQ due to

continued recovery from the challenging

ground conditions at Waroonga

● 2015 exploration: Good potential realised

at Cinderella and the adjacent Waroonga

North/Kath complex could be an analogue

to Kim lode

● 2016 outlook: Deeper mining at Agnew and

timing to access the new high grade

Cinderella ore body built into the mine plan

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Drill drive design to test multiple

targets on the way to Waroonga

North and expedite production


Waroonga North

High grade Kim analogues

Target

Areas

Figure: Waroonga Complex looking east, orthogonal to Emu shear. 2015/2016 exploration drilling piercing points in red.

Au g/t

500m

Drill intersections

2015/16

Pre-2015

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Cinderella

A growing resource and reserve base

● Accelerated development to open

up deposit (commenced Q4 2016)

● Incline provides access to drill below

Cinderella and Hidden Secret

targets

● Drilling plan to grow reserves

● First ore H2 2016

● Contained ounces

55koz reserve, 101koz LoM

Cinderella

Incline

N

New Holland

Open Pit

Face positions

as of end of

December

Hidden

Secret Open

Pit

Cinderella

Waroonga UG

Grey = As-mined

Blue = Planned stopes

Red = Vent drive

Other = Development

Cinderella

North

Target

Himitsu &

Hidden

Secret

Targets

Cinderella

East

Target

200m

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Q4 2015: Darlot

More exploration work underway

2016 Guidance



• Capex: A$10m


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2015

Q3

2015 2015 2014

Production koz 24.6 25.4 78.4 83.6

AIC US$/oz 817 906 1,057 1,222

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● Q4 2015: Production lower QoQ, but much

improved H2

● 2015 exploration: Multiple targets identified

across the lease but more work needs to

be done

● 2016 outlook: Limited mining planned at

Darlot pending further exploration success

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Q4 2015: Darlot

Exploration update – Assay highlights


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Q4 2015: Granny Smith

Mainstay of Australian region

2016 Guidance



• Capex: A$118m


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2015

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Production koz 72.4 82.1 301.1 315.2

AIC US$/oz 787 699 764 809

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● Q4 2015: Planned lower grades mined

resulted in 12% QoQ decrease in

production

● 2015 exploration: Indications of further

mineralisation at depth at Wallaby

● 2016 outlook: Mining of lower grade areas

of the mine on Zones 90 and 100

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Wallaby

Growing and growing and growing

Wallaby Underground

• Over 63km diamond core drilled in

2015 - 48km in plan for 2016

• Further extensions to Z100, Z110 and

Z120 expected in 2016

• Deep exploration drilling at Wallaby

continues to confirm the interpretation

of 5 lenses (Z125 to Z150) below

defined resources

• Excellent results from Z135 to date:

6.0m @ 9.70g/t 14.8m @ 13.66g/t

15.6m @ 17.87g/t 26.9m @ 9.13g/t

• The Wallaby system remains open at

depth

• Alternate Haulage Study to optimise

cash flow and production in progress


Zone 250

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Zone 80

Zone 90

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Zone 120

Thet’s Shear

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Current vertical extent

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Advanced exploration

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Regional exploration

• Major evaluation of regional lease holding

commenced in 2015

• Over 56km of aircore drilled in 2015 –

returning an abundance of anomalous

intersections and highlighting several new

areas of interest. 96km of follow-up and

new programs in plan for 2016

• Establishing geological framework, as was

successfully applied at St Ives, key to

improved geological understanding and

future target generation

• Diamond drill testing at Alabama has

intersected (low grade) anomalous intervals

with visible gold observed in the core

• Studies to optimise a potential open pit

(~75koz) and underground (~350koz) at

Granny Smith are underway

• Least explored of all the Australian assets


Aircore Drilling Completed 2015 – max Au

6m @ 6.88g/t

2m @ 2.56g/t

2m @ 4.88g/t

2m @ 1.57g/t

10m @ 0.41g/t

2m @ 1.57g/t

2m @ 1.14g/t

Northern Fleet Project

anomalous trend – +6km

Alabama Project Area

– visible Au in core

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Q4 2015: Tarkwa

World-class operation

2016 Guidance


• AISC & AIC: US$940/oz

• Capex: US$128m

Q4

2015

Q3

2015 2015 2014

Production koz 144.8 149.4 586.1 558.3

AIC US$/oz 799 872 970 1,068

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● Q4 2015: Continued good cost

performance, with AIC down 8% QoQ

● Remains a solid, consistent performer for

the Group

● Long life asset with 7Moz (15-year life)

● Over-the-fence power supply off the grid to

be commissioned in 2016

● Good grades should continue with further

mining of Teberebie and introduction of

Kottraverchy

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Q4 2015: Damang

Significant potential for long-life operation

2016 Guidance


• AISC & AIC: US$1,160/oz

• Capex: US$30m

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Production koz 42.9 44.4 167.8 177.8

AIC US$/oz 1,361 1,272 1,326 1,175

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● Q4 2015: Challenging quarter with

production and costs weaker QoQ

● Struggling in lower gold price environment

● Continue to evaluate various options

Expansion of the mine by accessing

high-grade “central core” – Damang pit

and Saddle

Expect to complete this work before the

middle of the year

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Q4 2015: Cerro Corona

Quality operation despite lower prices

2016 Guidance

• Production Au Eq: 260koz

‒ AISC & AIC: US$860/oz Au Eq

• Production Au only: 150koz

‒ AISC & AIC: US$790/oz

• Capex: US$54m

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2015

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2015 2015 2014

Au Eq Prod koz 66.2 79.2 295.6 326.6

Au Eq AIC US$/oz 1,073 731 777 702

AU only Prod koz 36.8 44.0 158.8 150.8

AU only AIC US$/oz 1,285 747 718 316

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● Q4 2015: Lower production due to lower

copper and gold head grades

● Quality operation despite copper being at

5-year lows

● 2016 to be impacted by lower copper price

● Maintaining optionality on increasing

reserves

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Conclusions

● Cash flow and margin – Make money at current prices

● Committed to delivering on our plans in terms of both production and costs

Near-mine exploration continues

Ongoing development of orebodies is critical

● Continue to reduce net debt – Targeting net debt/EBITDA of 1x

Balance sheet has flexibility with regards to capacity and maturity

● We are firmly focused on delivering a sustainable South Deep – encouraged by early signs

● Continue to evaluate value-accretive opportunities


Strategic priorities

Focus on cash

● Attributable equivalent gold production: 2.05-2.10Moz

● AISC: US$1,000-1,010/oz

● AIC: US$1,035-1,045/oz

2016 Group guidance

Investor Relations Contacts

Avishkar Nagaser

Tel: +27 11 562 9775

Mobile: +27 82 312 8692

E-mail:

[email protected]

Francie Whitley

Tel: +27 11 562 9712

Mobile: +27 82 321 7433

E-mail:

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