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Glossary of terms
 
Adjusted headline earnings
Headline earnings excluding unrealised non-hedge derivatives and marked-to-market of debt financial instruments.
 
Adjusted operating profit
Operating profit excluding unrealised non-hedge derivatives.
 
Adjusted operating margin
Adjusted operating profit divided by gold sales including realised non-hedge derivatives.
 
By-products
Any products that arise from the core process of producing gold, including silver, uranium and sulphuric acid.
 
Net capital employed
Equity plus minority interests, interest-bearing debt, less cash and cash equivalents. Where average net capital employed is referred to, this is the average of the figures at the beginning and the end of the financial year.
 
Capital expenditure
Total capital expenditure on mining assets both to maintain and to expand operations.
 
Cash operating profit
Adjusted operating profit plus amortisation of mining assets.
 
Cash operating margin
Adjusted operating profit plus amortisation of mining assets divided by gold sales including realised non-hedge derivatives.
 
Dividend cover
Adjusted headline earnings per ordinary share divided by dividends per ordinary share.
 
Debt
Borrowings including short-term portion.
 
Effective tax rate
Current and deferred taxation as a percentage of profit on ordinary activities before taxation.
 
EBITDA
Profit before exceptional items and before net interest, growth in the Environmental Rehabilitation Trust Fund, amortisation of mining assets, foreign exchange gain (loss) on transactions other than sales, unwinding of thede commissioning obligation, unrealised non-hedge derivatives and marked-to-market of debt financial instruments.
 
Equity
Shareholders? equity adjusted for other comprehensive income and deferred taxation. Where average equity is referred to, this is calculated by averaging the figures at the beginning and the end of the financial year.
 
Free cash flow
Net cash inflow from operating activities less capital expenditure to maintain operations.
 
Grade
The quantity of gold contained within a unit weight of gold-bearing material generally expressed in ounces per short ton of ore (oz/t), or grams per metric tonne (g/t).
 
Interest cover
EBITDA divided by finance costs.
 
Life-of-mine (LOM)
Number of years that the operation is planning to mine and treat ore, and is taken from the current mine plan.
 
Market capitalisation
Number of ordinary shares in issue at close of business on 31 December multiplied by the closing share price as quoted on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
 
Mineral Resource
A Mineral Resource is a concentration or occurrence of material of economic interest in or on the earth?s crust in such form, quality and quantity that there are reasonable and realistic prospects for eventual economic extraction. The location, quantity, grade, continuity and other geological characteristics of a Mineral Resource are known, estimated from specific geological evidence and knowledge, or interpreted from a well-constrained and portrayed geological model. Mineral Resources are sub-divided, in order of increasing geological confidence, into Inferred, Indicated and Measured categories. The Mineral Resources are inclusive of those resources which have been modified to produce Mineral Reserves.
 
Net operating assets
Mining assets, inventories, trade receivables, less trade payables.
 
Net debt
Debt less cash and cash equivalents.
 
Net tangible asset value per share
Shareholders? equity less goodwill, divided by the number of ordinary shares in issue.
 
Operating margin %
Adjusted operating profit as a percentage of gold income including realised non-hedge derivatives.
 
Mineral Reserve
A Mineral Reserve is the economically mineable material derived from a Measured and/or Indicated Mineral Resource. It is inclusive of diluting materials and allows for losses that may occur when the material is mined. Appropriate assessments, which may include feasibility studies, have been carried out, including consideration of, and modification by, realistically assumed mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social and governmental factors. These assessments demonstrate at the time of reporting that extraction is reasonably justified. Mineral Reserves are sub-divided in order of increasing confidence into Probable Mineral Reserves and Proved Mineral Reserves. 
 
Ounces (oz) (troy)
Used in imperial statistics. A kilogram is equal to 32.1507 ounces.
 
Price received ($/oz and R/kg)
Attributable gold income including realised non-hedge derivatives divided by attributable ounces/kilograms sold.
 
Rehabilitation
The process of restoring mined land to allow an appropriate post-mining use. Rehabilitation standards are determined amongst others by the South African Department of Minerals and Energy, the US Bureau of Land Management, the US Environmental Protection Agency, and the Australian Minerals Industry Code for Environmental Management, and address ground and surface water, topsoil, final slope gradient, waste handling and re-vegetation issues. 
 
Region
Defines the operational management divisions within AngloGold and these are South Africa, East and West Africa, Australia, North America and South America.
 
Return on net capital employed
Adjusted headline earnings before finance costs expressed as a percentage of average net capital employed, adjusted for the timing of acquisitions and disposals.
 
Return on equity
Adjusted headline earnings expressed as a percentage of the average equity, adjusted for the timing of acquisitions and disposals.
 
Total cash costs
Total cash costs include site costs for all mining, processing and administration, as well as contributions from by-products and are inclusive of royalties and production taxes. Amortisation, rehabilitation, corporate administration, retrenchment, capital and exploration costs are excluded. Total cash costs per ounce are the attributable total cash costs divided by the attributable ounces of gold produced.
 
Total production costs
Total cash costs including amortisation, retrenchment, rehabilitation and other non-cash costs. Corporate administration, capital and exploration costs are excluded. Total production costs per ounce are the attributable total production costs divided by the attributable ounces of gold produced. 
 
Weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
The number of ordinary shares in issue at the beginning of the year, increased by shares issued during the year, weighted on a time basis for the period during which they have participated in the income of the group.

Ordinary shares were sub-divided at close of business on 24 December 2002 on a 2:1 basis. All references to ordinary shares, and related calculations have been restated to take cognisance of this sub-division.
 
Abbreviations
$ United States Dollars
A$ Australian Dollars
ADS American Depositary Share
bn Billion
capex Capital expenditure
CHF Swiss Francs
CLR Carbon Leader Reef
FCFA Communaut? Financi?re Africaine Francs
FIFR Fatal Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked
g Grams
g/t Grams per tonne
g/TEC Grams per total employee costed
kg Kilograms
LIBOR London interbank offer rate
LOM Life-of-mine
LTIFR Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked
   
  Note that AngloGold utilises the strictest definition in reporting Lost Time Injuries in that it includes all Disabling Injuries (where an individual is unable to return to his place of regular work the next calendar day after the injury) and Restricted Work Cases (where the individual may be at work, but unable to perform full or regular duties on the next calendar day after the injury) within this definition.
   
m2/TEC Square metres per total employee costed
m Metre or million, depending on the context
Moz Million ounces
Mt Million tonnes or tons
Mtpa Million tonnes/tons per annum
N$ Namibian Dollars
NOSA National Occupational Safety Association
oz Ounces (troy)
oz/t Ounces per ton
R or ZAR South African rands
RIFR Reportable Injury Frequency Rate per million hours worked
t Tons (short) or tonnes (metric)
tpm Tonnes per month
tpa Tonnes per annum
tpd Tonnes per day
VCR Ventersdorp Contact Reef
 
Rounding of figures in this report may result in computational discrepancies.
 
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