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Community The AngloGold Ashanti Fund and Trust - contributing to sustainable projects in southern Africa The group's social responsibility initiatives (including the labour-sending areas) are managed by the AngloGold Ashanti Fund. The fund is directed by a Board of Trustees chaired by the AngloGold Ashanti Managing Secretary, and is managed by Tshikululu Social Investments, a non-profit management company which is a specialist corporate donor support agency.
Community Understanding and working with artisanal miners in AfricaMining companies working in Africa are having to find innovative strategies to effectively manage the presence of artisanal and small-scale miners operating on or near the company’s operations and exploration sites on the continent. Artisanal, or small-scale, informal mining has, in many cases, been practised for centuries, and has become an important and traditional source of subsistence livelihood for many communities.
Environment
 Using cyanide responsibly at CC&V The use of
cyanide for the recovery of gold has become an increasingly contentious issue following, on the one hand, a number of high-profile and negative cyanide-related environmental incidents in recent years, and, on the other, increasingly vocal and visible non-governmental organisations (NGOs), such as Greenpeace and Oxfam, calling for the banning of cyanide use.
Ethics and governance
 Human rights, the DRC and AngloGold Ashanti By definition
AngloGold Ashanti’s ‘new frontiers’ exploration strategy means that the group recognises the inevitability of searching for gold in areas that are largely unexplored, and where the element of risk in doing business is heightened.
Regional health threats  Integrated malaria campaign at Obuasi under way AngloGold Ashanti is set to implement an integrated malaria control programme in Obuasi and outlying villages within the Obuasi Municipal Assembly area in mid 2006, with the aim of reducing malaria incidence in the region by 50% within two years.
Safety and health  Pioneering TB research programme launched in gold mining industry A pioneering research programme to identify appropriate strategies to reduce the incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis (TB) in the gold mining industry in South Africa was launched nationally at the end of October 2005, followed by regional launches on 1 November 2005. The local programme is part of a global research programme to find a way, in the face of escalating TB infection, to reduce the incidence of the disease.
Safety and health Fall of ground management in South AfricaBecause of the nature of mining which puts considerable stress on rock masses, some of which already lie on fault lines, many injuries and the majority of the fatalities are attributed to falls of ground. These are either seismic-related or gravity-based: seismic-related falls of ground occur when energy is released into the environment resulting in ground movement and possible rock falls; whereas gravity-based falls of ground are induced by an external stressor, for example, exertion of a pinchbar on rock.
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Report to Society 2005 - www.AngloGoldAshanti.com
