| 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:
examining, on a test
basis, evidence supporting the amounts and
disclosures in the
financial statements;
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management; and
evaluating the overall
financial statement presentation.
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 |