OVERVIEW
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One-year forecast - 2005
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Africa | Argentina | Australia | Brazil | Ghana | Guinea | Mali | Namibia | Tanzania | USA | Total
AngloGold
Ashanti |
| Gold |
| Underground operations |
| Metric tonnes milled | -
000 | 10,744 | - | 253 | 1,279 | 2,399 | - | - | - | - | - | 14,675 |
| Yield | - g/t | 8.01 | - | 3.48 | 7.31 | 5.81 | - | - | - | - | - | 7.51 |
| Produced | - oz 000 | 2,767 | - | 28 | 301 | 448 | - | - | - | - | - | 3,544 |
| Productivity |
| g/employee | | 255 | - | 539 | 1,117 | 376 | - | - | - | - | - | 286 |
| Surface and dump reclamation |
| Metric tonnes treated | -
000 | 10,741 | - | - | - | 1,920 | - | - | - | - | - | 12,661 |
| Yield | - g/t | 0.32 | - | - | - | 0.45 | - | - | - | - | - | 0.34 |
| Produced | - oz 000 | 112 | - | - | - | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | 140 |
| Open-pit operations |
| Metric tonnes mined | - 000 | - | 18,290 | 32,144 | - | 24,346 | 19,009 | 17,380 | 5,399 | 61,497 | - | 178,065 |
| Stripping ratio(1) | | - | 19.03 | 6.46 | - | 4.62 | 1.12 | 3.43 | 3.36 | 9.22 | - | 4.99 |
| Metric tonnes treated | -
000 | - | 860 | 3,337 | - | 6,649 | 5,617 | 3,703 | 1,252 | 5,810 | - | 27,228 |
| Yield | - g/t | - | 7.37 | 4.06 | - | 1.55 | 0.94 | 3.60 | 1.99 | 3.36 | - | 2.60 |
| Produced | - oz 000 | - | 204 | 435 | - | 332 | 171 | 428 | 80 | 628 | - | 2,278 |
| Heap-leach operations |
| Metric tonnes mined | - 000 | - | - | - | 3,509 | - | 4,814 | 5,460 | - | - | 53,528 | 67,311 |
| Metric tonnes placed(2) | -
000 | - | - | - | 219 | - | 3,308 | 1,173 | - | - | 18,144 | 22,844 |
| Stripping ratio(1) | | - | - | - | 15.01 | - | 0.46 | 8.07 | - | - | 1.95 | 2.02 |
| Gold placed(3) | -
kg | - | - | - | 652 | - | 3,232 | 3,334 | - | - | 11,510 | 18,728 |
| Yield(4) | - g/t | - | - | - | 2.97 | - | 0.98 | 2.84 | - | - | 0.63 | 0.82 |
| Produced | - oz 000 | - | - | - | 33 | - | 93 | 107 | - | - | 330 | 563 |
| Total |
| Gold produced | - oz 000 | 2,879 | 204 | 463 | 334 | 808 | 264 | 535 | 80 | 628 | 330 | 6,525 |
| Total cash costs | - $/oz produced | 309 | 176 | 286 | 133 | 258 | 291 | 209 | 277 | 253 | 224 | 273 |
| Capital expenditure | - $m | 337 | 11 | 48 | 83 | 108 | 10 | 18 | 1 | 29 | 10 | 655 |
| (1) Stripping ratio = (total tonnes mined - ore tonnes mined)/ore tonnes mined. |
| (2) Tonnes placed onto leach pad. |
| (3) Gold placed into leach pad inventory. |
| (4) Gold placed/tonnes placed. |
| Rates of exchange |
| R/$ 6.20:1 |
| A$/$ 0.77:1 |
| BRL/$ 2.80:1 |
| ARS/$ 3.00:1 |
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