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Auditors' report

Report of the Independent Auditors to the members of AngloGold Limited on the statutory annual financial statements

We have audited the statutory annual financial statements and group annual financial statements of AngloGold Limited set out on pages 34 to 68 for the year ended 31 December 1998. These financial statements are the responsibility of the company's directors. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

Scope
We conducted our audit in accordance with statements of South African Auditing Standards. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance that the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes:

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We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Audit opinion
In our opinion the statutory annual financial statements and group financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the financial position of the company and the group at 31 December 1998, and the results of their operations and cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with generally accepted accounting practice in South Africa, and in the manner required by the South African Companies Act.

 

Ernst & Young
Registered Accountants and Auditors
Chartered Accountants (SA)

 

Johannesburg
12 March 1999

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