Activities

• EXPLORATION AND NEW BUSINESS

  Prospective targets are identified and exploration or due diligence is undertaken. Worthwhile opportunities undergo intensive evaluation.

• UNDERGROUND MINING

  Vertical shafts are in place to transport people and equipment to and from orebodies (more than 1,000m below surface) and to bring the ore mined to surface. Gold-bearing ore is drilled, blasted and the ore is brought to surface.

• TREATMENT AND PROCESSING

  Once mined, gold ore is processed into doré (unrefined gold bars) at the operations and dispatched to Rand Refinery for further beneficiation.

• REFINING

  At Rand Refinery, the gold doré is refined and sold to bullion banks in South Africa and internationally, or to jewellery fabrication industries. Gold is a significant component in a number of medical applications and lends itself to recycling.

• RE-TREATMENT

  The surface operations re-treat tailings, a product of processing, for residual gold and uranium. This re-mining serves as a form of rehabilitation as the tailings storage facilities are removed permanently.

• REHABILITATION AND CLOSURE

  Rehabilitation of the land disturbed by mining is an integral aspect of a mine plan from the beginning and throughout the life of an operation. Closure plans take the livelihoods of communities into account.