20-F
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 30 2006
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
FORM 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
Commission file number: 001-31545
HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
SUITE NO. 1 PRIVATE BAG X1 MELROSE ARCH, 2076 SOUTH AFRICA
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Ordinary shares, with nominal value Rand 50 cents per share*
(Title of Class)
American Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),
each representing one ordinary share
(Title of Class)
Securities registered or to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Ordinary shares, with nominal value Rand 50 cents per share*
(Title of Class)
American Depositary Shares (as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),
each representing one ordinary share
(Title of Class)
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Not for trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary
Shares, pursuant to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
Securities for which there is a reporting obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act:
None
The number of outstanding shares of each of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of
the close of the last full fiscal year covered by this Annual Report was:
396,934,450 ordinary shares, with nominal value of Rand 50 cents per share
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405
of the Securities Act.
YES þ NO o
If this report is an annual or transition report, indicate by check mark if the registrant is not
required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
YES o NO þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:
YES þ NO o
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer,
or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of accelerated filer and large accelerated filer in
Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer þ Accelerated filer o Non-accelerated filer o
Indicate by check mark which financial statement item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17 o Item 18 þ
If this is an annual report, indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as
defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
YES o NO þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has filed all documents and reports required to be
filed by Sections 12, 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act 1934 subsequent to the
distribution of securities under a plan confirmed by a court.
YES þ NO o
Table of Contents
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Identity of Directors, Senior Management and Advisers |
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Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable |
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Key Information |
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Information on the Company |
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Unresolved Staff Comments |
133 |
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Operating and Financial Review and Prospects |
133 |
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Directors, Senior Management and Employees |
165 |
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Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions |
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Financial Information |
183 |
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The Offer and Listing |
185 |
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Additional Information |
189 |
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Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk |
202 |
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Description of Securities Other than Equity Securities |
207 |
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Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and Delinquencies |
213 |
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Material Modifications to the
Rights of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds |
213 |
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Controls and Procedures |
214 |
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Item 16 |
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Audit Committee Financial Expert |
214 |
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Code of Ethics |
215 |
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Principal Accountant Fees and Services |
215 |
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Exemptions from Listing Standards for Audit Committees |
216 |
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Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliates |
216 |
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Financial Statements |
216 |
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Financial Statements |
216 |
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Exhibits |
216 |
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SIGNATURE |
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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS |
222 |
EX-4.20 |
EX-4.21 |
EX-12.1 |
EX-12.2 |
EX-13.1 |
EX-13.2 |
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USE OF TERMS AND CONVENTIONS IN THIS ANNUAL REPORT
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited is a corporation organized under the laws of the Republic
of South Africa. As used in this Annual Report on Form 20-F, or this annual report, unless the
context otherwise requires, the term Harmony refers to Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited; the
term South Africa refers to the Republic of South Africa; the terms we, us and our refer to
Harmony and, as applicable, its direct and indirect subsidiaries as a group; the terms South
African Government and Government refer to the government of South Africa and, where the context
requires, include the South African state.
In this annual report, references to R, Rand, rand and c, cents are to the South
African Rand, the lawful currency of South Africa, A$ refers to Australian dollars, C$ refers
to Canadian dollars, GBP refers to British Pounds Sterling and references to $ and US dollars
are to United States dollars.
This annual report contains information concerning the gold reserves of Harmony. While this
annual report has been prepared in accordance with the regulations contained in Securities and
Exchange Commission Guide 7, it is based on assumptions which may prove to be incorrect. See Item
3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures are estimated based on a number
of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and recovery factors, future cash costs or
production and the price of gold and may yield less gold under actual production conditions than
currently estimated.
This annual report contains descriptions of gold mining and the gold mining industry,
including descriptions of geological formations and mining processes. We have explained some of
these terms in the Glossary of Mining Terms included at the end of this annual report. This
glossary may assist you in understanding these terms.
PRESENTATION OF FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Harmony is a South African company and the majority of its operations are located there.
Accordingly, its books of account are maintained in South African Rand and its annual and interim
financial statements are prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards or
IFRS. Harmony also prepares annual financial statements in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles in the United States, or U.S. GAAP, which are translated into US dollars. The
financial information, other than total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce, included in this
annual report has been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and is presented in US dollars. Total
cash costs and total cash costs per ounce are non-GAAP measures. For further information, see Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Costs Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures.
Unless otherwise stated, balance sheet item amounts are translated from Rand to US dollars at the
exchange rate prevailing on the last business day of the period (Rand 7.17 per $1.00 as at June 30,
2006), except for specific items included within shareholders equity that are converted at the
exchange rate prevailing on the date the transaction was entered into, and income statement item
amounts are translated from Rand to US dollars at the average exchange rate for the period (Rand
6.36 per $1.00 for fiscal 2006).
For the convenience of the reader, certain information in this annual report presented in
Rand, A$, C$ and has been translated into US dollars. By including convenience currency
translations in this annual report, we are not representing that the Rand, A$, C$ and amounts
actually represent the U.S., Australian or Canadian dollar amounts, as the case may be, shown or
that these amounts could be converted at the rates indicated. Unless otherwise stated, the
conversion rate for translations from Rand amounts into US dollar amounts is Rand 7.17 per $1.00,
which was the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on June 30, 2006.
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
This annual report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the United States
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to Harmonys financial condition,
results of operations, business strategies, operating efficiencies, competitive positions, growth
opportunities for existing services, plans and objectives of management, markets for stock and
other matters. In particular, among other statements, certain statements in Item 4. Information on
the Company, Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects and Item 11. Quantitative and
Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk are forward-looking in nature. Statements in this annual
report that are not historical facts are forward-looking statements for the purpose of the safe
harbor provided by Section 21E of the
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Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
These forward-looking statements, including, among others, those relating to the future
business prospects, revenues and income of Harmony, wherever they may occur in this annual report
and the exhibits to this annual report, are necessarily estimates reflecting the best judgment of
the senior management of Harmony and involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause
actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements. As a
consequence, these forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important
factors, including those set forth in this annual report. Important factors that could cause actual
results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the forward-looking
statements include, without limitation:
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overall economic and business conditions in South Africa and elsewhere; |
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the ability to achieve anticipated efficiencies and other cost savings in connection with
past and future acquisitions; |
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fluctuations in the market price of gold; |
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the occurrence of hazards associated with underground and surface gold mining; |
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the occurrence of labor disruptions; |
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availability, terms and deployment of capital; |
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changes in government regulation, particularly mining rights and environmental
regulation; |
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fluctuations in exchange rates; |
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currency devaluations/appreciations and other macroeconomic monetary policies; and |
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socio-economic instability in South Africa and other countries in which Harmony operates. |
Harmony undertakes no obligation to update publicly or release any revisions to these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this annual report
or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
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PART I
Item 1. IDENTITY OF DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ADVISORS
Not applicable.
Item 2. OFFER STATISTICS AND EXPECTED TIMETABLE
Not applicable.
Item 3. KEY INFORMATION
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The selected consolidated financial data below should be read in conjunction with, and are
qualified in their entirety by reference to, our consolidated financial statements and the notes
thereto and with Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects, both included elsewhere in
this annual report. Historical results are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for
any future period.
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SELECTED HISTORICAL CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL DATA
The following selected historical consolidated financial data for the last five fiscal years
has been extracted from the more detailed information and financial statements, including Harmonys
audited consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2006 and 2005 and for each of the years in
the three years ended June 30, 2006 and the related notes, which appear elsewhere in this annual
report. The historical consolidated financial data at June 30, 2004, 2003 and 2002, and for each of
the years in the two years ended June 30, 2003, has been extracted from Harmonys audited
consolidated financial statements not included in this annual report.
During fiscal 2006, Harmony changed its method for accounting for underground development
costs, stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine and share-based payments. In
connection with the changes relating to underground development costs and stripping costs incurred
during the production phase of a mine, Harmony early adopted SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes and
Error Corrections and has therefore adjusted its previous financial statements as if the revised
principles had always been used. In connection with the change relating to share-based payments,
Harmony followed the modified retrospective approach permitted by SFAS No. 123(R), Share-based
Payments. Under this method, Harmony has also adjusted its previous financial statements based on
the amounts previously recognized under SFAS No. 123 for purposes of pro forma disclosures, without
adjustment. See note 3 to the consolidated financial statements Accounting changes.
The financial information, other than total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce,
included in this annual report has been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP unless otherwise
noted. Total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce are non-GAAP measures. For further
information, See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Costs Reconciliation of
Non-GAAP Measures.
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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(in $ thousands, except per share amounts) |
Income Statement Data |
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Revenues |
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1,263,333 |
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1,265,200 |
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1,240,339 |
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781,792 |
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675,287 |
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Operating (loss)/income |
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(36,551 |
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(422,316 |
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(59,689 |
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466 |
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104,386 |
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Equity income of joint venture |
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445 |
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9,503 |
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52,843 |
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13,176 |
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Equity (loss)/income of associate
companies |
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(16,444 |
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2,020 |
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(Loss)/Income before taxes and
minority interests |
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(160,572 |
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(641,360 |
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(33,956 |
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119,560 |
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133,027 |
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Minority interests |
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1,281 |
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(1,575 |
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(Loss)/income before cumulative
effect of change in accounting
principles |
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(157,783 |
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(552,549 |
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184 |
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89,597 |
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113,983 |
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Cumulative effect of change in
accounting principles, net of
tax |
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2,058 |
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14,770 |
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Net (loss)/income |
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(155,725 |
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(552,549 |
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184 |
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104,367 |
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113,983 |
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Basic (loss)/earnings per
share($) before cumulative
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principles |
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(0.39 |
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(1.52 |
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0.00 |
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0.50 |
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0.74 |
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Basic (loss)/earnings per
share($) |
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(0.39 |
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(1.52 |
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0.00 |
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0.59 |
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0.74 |
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Diluted (loss)/earnings per share
before cumulative effect of
change in accounting
principles |
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(0.39 |
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(1.52 |
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0.00 |
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0.49 |
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0.69 |
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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(in $ thousands, except per share amounts) |
Diluted (loss)/earnings per
share |
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(0.40 |
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(1.52 |
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0.00 |
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0.57 |
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0.69 |
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Weighted average number of shares
used in the computation of
basic earnings per share |
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394,409,512 |
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362,499,012 |
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254,240,500 |
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177,954,245 |
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153,509,862 |
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Weighted average number of shares
used in the computation of
diluted earnings per share |
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394,409,512 |
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362,499,012 |
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255,570,834 |
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182,721,629 |
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165,217,088 |
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Cash dividends per share
($)(1) |
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0.05 |
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0.26 |
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0.57 |
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0.07 |
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Cash dividends per share
(R)(1) |
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0.30 |
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1.90 |
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5.50 |
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0.75 |
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Other Financial Data |
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Cash cost per ounce of gold
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436 |
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378 |
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338 |
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239 |
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185 |
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At June 30, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2003 |
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2002 |
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(adjusted) |
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(adjusted) |
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(adjusted) |
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(adjusted) |
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(in $ thousands) |
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Balance Sheet Data |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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89,189 |
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266,746 |
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217,022 |
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189,040 |
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90,223 |
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Other current assets |
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339,156 |
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324,611 |
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294,502 |
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162,487 |
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109,397 |
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Property, plant and
equipment net |
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3,306,555 |
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3,451,963 |
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3,769,971 |
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1,188,910 |
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835,014 |
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Goodwill |
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28,256 |
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30,367 |
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32,480 |
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Restricted cash |
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35,599 |
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7,798 |
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9,922 |
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Investments in associates |
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266,331 |
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19,908 |
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63,782 |
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42,791 |
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Investment in joint ventures |
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2,065 |
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272,754 |
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102,578 |
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Other long-term assets |
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395,048 |
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655,333 |
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435,058 |
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79,562 |
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137,399 |
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Total assets |
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4,462,199 |
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4,736,818 |
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4,778,863 |
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1,956,535 |
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1,317,402 |
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Current liabilities |
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343,802 |
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428,756 |
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393,764 |
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189,668 |
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138,677 |
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Provision for environmental
rehabilitation |
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110,164 |
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120,450 |
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125,917 |
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62,977 |
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63,125 |
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Provision of social plan |
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2,259 |
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2,109 |
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1,958 |
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Deferred income and mining taxes |
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521,000 |
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541,188 |
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580,086 |
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218,995 |
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102,833 |
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Provision for post-retirement
benefits |
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14,964 |
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13,276 |
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1,584 |
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1,017 |
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737 |
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Deferred financial liability |
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150,038 |
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76,720 |
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91,513 |
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37,228 |
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87,226 |
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Long-term loans |
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394,608 |
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409,486 |
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509,195 |
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301,572 |
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152,461 |
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Minority interest |
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18,408 |
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Shareholders equity |
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2,925,364 |
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3,144,833 |
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3,074,846 |
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1,126,670 |
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772,343 |
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Total liabilities and shareholders
equity |
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4,462,199 |
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4,736,818 |
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4,778,863 |
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1,956,535 |
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1,317,402 |
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Reflects dividends related to fiscal 2004, 2003 and 2002 that were declared on July 30, 2004,
August 1, 2003 and August 2, 2002 respectively. |
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Total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce are non-GAAP measures. Harmony has calculated
cash costs per ounce by dividing total cash costs, as determined using the guidance provided
by the Gold Institute, by gold ounces sold for all periods presented. The Gold Institute was a
non-profit industry association comprised of leading gold producers, refiners, bullion
suppliers and manufacturers. This institute has now been incorporated into the National Mining
Association. The guidance was first issued in 1996 and was revised in November 1999. Total
cash costs, as defined in the guidance provided by the Gold Institute, include mine production
costs, transport and refinery costs, applicable general and administrative costs, costs
associated with movements in production inventories and ore stockpiles, ongoing environmental
rehabilitation costs as well as transfers to and from deferred stripping and costs associated
with royalties. Ongoing employee termination costs are included, however, employee termination
costs associated with major restructuring and shaft closures are excluded. Total cash costs
have been calculated on a consistent basis for all periods presented and have been adjusted
for the accounting changes associated with underground development costs and stripping costs
incurred during the production phase of the mine. Changes in cash costs per ounce are affected
by operational performance, as well as changes in the currency exchange rate between the Rand
and the US dollar. Because total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce are non GAAP
measures, they should therefore not be considered by investors in isolation or as an
alternative to operating income/(loss) or net income/(loss) or any other U.S. GAAP measure or
an indicator of our performance. In particular depreciation and amortization would be included
in a measure of total costs of producing gold under U.S. GAAP, but it is not included in total
cash costs under the guidance provided by the Gold Institute. While the Gold Institute has
provided a definition for the calculation of total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce,
the calculation of cash costs per ounce may vary from company to company and may not be
comparable to other similarly titled measures of other companies. However, Harmony believes
that cash costs per ounce is a useful indicator to investors and management of a mining
companys performance as it provides (1) an indication of the cash generating capacities of
the mining operations, (2) the trends in cash costs as the companys operations mature, (3) a
measure of a companys performance, by comparison of cash costs per ounce to the spot price of
gold and (4) an internal benchmark of performance to allow for comparison against other
companies. For further information, see Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Costs Reconciliation of non-GAAP measures. |
EXCHANGE RATES
Unless otherwise stated, balance sheet item amounts are translated from Rand to US dollars at
the exchange rate prevailing on the last business day of the period (Rand 7.17 per $1.00 as at June
30, 2006), except for specific items included within shareholders equity that are converted at the
exchange rate prevailing on the date the transaction was entered into, and income statement item
amounts are translated from Rand to US dollars at the average exchange rate for the period (Rand
6.36 per $1.00 for fiscal 2006).
As of October 24, 2006, the noon buying rate of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York per $1.00
was Rand 7.72.
The following table sets forth, for the past five fiscal years, the average and period end
noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers in Rand and, for the past six months, the
high and low noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers in Rand, in each case, as
certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York for Rand expressed in Rand
per $1.00.
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Fiscal Year Ended |
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June 30, |
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2002 |
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10.20 |
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10.39 |
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2003 |
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9.13 |
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7.51 |
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2004 |
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6.89 |
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6.23 |
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6.18 |
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6.67 |
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2006 |
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6.36 |
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7.17 |
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April 2006 |
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6.17 |
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5.99 |
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May 2006 |
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6.71 |
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6.00 |
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June 2006 |
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7.43 |
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6.63 |
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July 2006 |
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7.29 |
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6.81 |
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August 2006 |
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7.20 |
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6.72 |
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September 2006 |
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7.79 |
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7.05 |
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October 2006 (through October 24th) |
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7.74 |
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7.59 |
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The average of the noon buying rates provided by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York on the
last day of each full month during the relevant period. |
Fluctuations in the exchange rate between Rand and the US dollar will affect the Dollar
equivalent of the price of ordinary shares on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, which may affect the
market price of the ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange. These fluctuations will also affect the
dollar amounts received by owners of ADSs on the conversion of any dividends paid in Rand on
ordinary shares.
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
Not applicable.
REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
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RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information included in this annual report and the exhibits, you
should carefully consider the following factors related to an investment in Harmonys ordinary
shares and ADSs. There may be additional risks that Harmony does not currently know of or that
Harmony currently deems immaterial based on information currently available to it. Any of these
risks could have a materially adverse affect on Harmonys business, financial condition or results
of operations, resulting in a decline in the trading price of Harmonys ordinary shares or its
ADSs.
The profitability of Harmonys operations, and the cash flows generated by those operations, are
affected by changes in the market price of gold, such that a fall in the price of gold below
Harmonys cash operating cost of production for any sustained period may lead Harmony to experience
losses and curtail or suspend certain operations.
Substantially all of Harmonys revenues come from the sale of gold. Historically, the market
price for gold has fluctuated widely and has been affected by numerous factors over which Harmony
has no control, including:
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the demand for gold for industrial uses and for use in jewelry; |
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international or regional political and economic trends; |
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the strength of the US dollar (the currency in which gold prices generally are quoted)
and of other currencies; |
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financial market expectations regarding the rate of inflation; |
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interest rates; |
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speculative activities; |
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actual or expected purchases and sales of gold bullion held by central banks or other
large gold bullion holders or dealers; |
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forward sales by other gold producers (because Harmony does not normally enter into
forward sales, derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish a price in advance for
the sale of its future gold production, Harmony is not protected against decreases in the
gold price and if the gold price decreases significantly, Harmony runs the risk of reduced
revenues in respect of any gold production that is not hedged); and |
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the production and cost levels for gold in major gold-producing nations, such as South
Africa, the rest of Africa and Australia. |
In addition, the current demand for and supply of gold affects the price of gold, but not
necessarily in the same manner as current demand and supply affect the prices of other commodities.
Historically, gold has retained its value in relative terms against basic goods in times of
inflation and monetary crisis. As a result, central banks, financial institutions and individuals
hold large amounts of gold as a store of value and production in any given year constitutes a very
small portion of the total potential supply of gold. Since the potential supply of gold is large,
relative to mine production in any given year, normal variations in current production will not
necessarily have a significant effect on the supply of gold or its price.
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The volatility of gold prices is illustrated in the following table, which shows the annual
high, low and average of the afternoon London Bullion Market fixing price of gold in US dollars for
the past ten calendar years:
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1996 |
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415 |
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367 |
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388 |
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1997 |
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367 |
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283 |
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331 |
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1998 |
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313 |
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273 |
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294 |
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1999 |
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326 |
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253 |
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279 |
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2000 |
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313 |
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264 |
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282 |
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2001 |
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293 |
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256 |
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271 |
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2002 |
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332 |
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278 |
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309 |
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2003 |
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412 |
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322 |
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361 |
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2004 |
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427 |
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343 |
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389 |
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2005 |
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476 |
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411 |
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434 |
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2006 (through October 24). |
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606 |
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593 |
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599 |
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On June 30, 2006, the afternoon fixing price of gold on the London Bullion Market was $614 per
ounce. On October 24, 2006, the afternoon fixing price of gold on the London Bullion Market was
$583.60 per ounce.
While the aggregate effect of these factors is impossible for Harmony to predict, if gold
prices should fall below Harmonys cash operating cost of production and remain at such levels for
any sustained period, Harmony may experience losses and may be forced to curtail or suspend some or
all of its operations. In addition, Harmony would also have to assess the economic impact of low
gold prices on its ability to recover any losses it may incur during that period and on its ability
to maintain adequate reserves. Harmonys average cash operating cost of production per ounce of
gold sold was approximately $436 in fiscal 2006, $378 in fiscal 2005 and $338 in fiscal 2004.
Due to the fact that the majority of Harmonys production costs are incurred in Rand and that gold
is sold in US dollars, Harmonys financial condition could be materially harmed by an appreciation
in the value of the Rand against the US dollar.
Gold is sold throughout the world in US dollars, but the majority of Harmonys operating costs
are incurred in Rand. As a result, any significant and sustained appreciation of Rand against the
US dollar will serve materially to reduce Harmonys Rand revenues and overall net income.
The Rand has depreciated by 7.5% in fiscal 2006 after having appreciated significantly against
the US dollar generally since the end of calendar year 2001, following significant depreciation
against the US dollar between 1997 and 2001. Harmonys operating environment has been severely
influenced by the stronger Rand, which has appreciated 30% against the US dollar since 2002, and
has negatively impacted the companys short-term profitability.
Part of Harmonys strategy depends on its ability to make additional acquisitions.
In order to increase Harmonys gold production and to acquire additional reserves, Harmony
continuously explores
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opportunities to expand its production base by acquiring selected gold producers and mining
operations. However, Harmony cannot guarantee that:
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it will be able to identify appropriate acquisition candidates or negotiate
acquisitions on favorable terms; |
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it will be able to obtain the financing necessary to complete future acquisitions; or |
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the issuance of Harmonys ordinary shares or other securities in connection with any
future acquisition will not result in a substantial dilution in ownership interests of
holders of Harmonys securities. |
As at June 30, 2006, Harmonys mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves
of approximately 56 million ounces. If Harmony is unable to acquire additional gold producers or
generate additional proven and probable reserves at Harmonys existing operations or through its
exploration activities, Harmony cannot be certain that it will be able to expand or replace its
current production with new reserves in an amount sufficient to its mining operations beyond the
current life of its reserves.
Harmonys gold reserve figures are estimated based on a number of assumptions, including
assumptions as to mining and recovery factors, future cash costs of production and the price of
gold and may yield less gold under actual production conditions than currently estimated.
The ore reserve estimates contained in this annual report are estimates of the mill delivered
quantity and grade of gold in Harmonys deposits and stockpiles. They represent the amount of gold
which Harmony believes can be mined, processed and sold at prices sufficient to recover its
estimated future cash costs of production, remaining investment and anticipated additional capital
expenditures. Harmonys ore reserves are estimated based upon a number of factors, which have been
stated in accordance with SEC Industry Guide 7. As Harmonys ore reserve estimates are calculated
based on estimates of future cash operating costs, future gold prices and, because of the fact that
Harmonys gold sales are primarily in US dollars and Harmony incurs most of its cash operating
costs in Rand, the exchange rate which is not under our control, between the Rand and the US dollar
and, in the case of Harmonys Australian operations, between the Rand and the Australian dollar
significantly impacts this ore reserve estimate. As a result, the reserve estimates contained in
this annual report should not be interpreted as assurances of the economic life of Harmonys gold
deposits or the profitability of its future operations.
Since ore reserves are only estimates that Harmony makes based on the above factors, Harmony
may in future need to revise these estimates. In particular, if Harmonys cash costs of production
increase (whether in Rand terms, in Australian dollar terms, or in relative terms due to
appreciation of the Rand or the Australian dollar against the US dollar) or the gold price
decreases, the recovery of a portion of Harmonys ore reserves may become uneconomical. This will
force Harmony to lower its estimated reserves.
To maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of Harmonys existing mines or to increase
production materially above projected levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves
through exploration or discovery.
Harmonys operations have limited proven and probable reserves and exploration and discovery
is necessary to maintain current gold production levels at these operations. Exploration for gold
and other precious metals is speculative in nature, is frequently unsuccessful and involves many
risks, including risks related to:
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locating orebodies; |
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identifying the metallurgical properties of orebodies; |
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estimating the economic feasibility of mining orebodies; |
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developing appropriate metallurgical processes; |
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obtaining necessary governmental permits; and |
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constructing mining and processing facilities at any site chosen for mining. |
Harmonys exploration efforts might not result in the discovery of mineralization and any
mineralization discovered might not result in an increase in Harmonys proven and probable
reserves. To access additional reserves, Harmony will need to successfully complete development
projects, including extending existing mines and, possibly, developing new mines. Development
projects would also be necessary to access any mineralization discovered through exploration in
Australasia. Harmony typically uses feasibility studies to determine whether or not to undertake
significant development projects. Feasibility studies include estimates of expected or anticipated
economic returns, which are based on assumptions about:
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future gold and other metal prices; |
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anticipated tonnage, grades and metallurgical characteristics of ore to be mined and
processed; |
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anticipated recovery rates of gold and other metals from the ore, and |
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anticipated total costs of the project, including capital expenditure and cash
operating costs. |
Actual cash costs of production, production and economic returns may differ significantly from
those anticipated by Harmonys feasibility studies for new development projects.
It can take a number of years from initial feasibility studies until development is completed
and during that time, the economic feasibility of production may change. In addition, there are a
number of uncertainties inherent in the development and construction of an extension to an existing
mine or any new mine, including:
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the availability and timing of necessary environmental and governmental permits; |
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the timing and cost necessary to construct mining and processing facilities, which can
be considerable; |
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the availability and cost of skilled labor, power, water and other materials; |
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the accessibility of transportation and other infrastructure, particularly in remote
locations; |
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the availability and cost of smelting and refining arrangements; and |
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the availability of funds to finance construction and development activities. |
Harmony has addressed growth through the recent expansion of its exploration activities. The
company currently maintains a range of focused exploration programs, concentrating on areas not too
distant from its operation mines, as well as a number of prospective known gold mineralized regions
around the world. During fiscal 2006, the bulk of exploration expenditure was allocated to
activities in Australia, Papua New Guinea, Peru and South Africa. However, there is no assurance
that any future development projects will extend the life of Harmonys existing mining operations
or result in any new commercial mining operations.
Harmony may experience problems in managing new acquisitions and integrating them with its existing
operations.
Acquiring new gold mining operations involves a number of risks including:
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difficulties in assimilating the operations of the acquired business; |
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difficulties in maintaining the financial and strategic focus of Harmony while
integrating the acquired business; |
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problems in implementing uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies; |
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increasing pressures on existing management to oversee a rapidly expanding company; and |
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to the extent Harmony acquires mining operations outside South Africa or Australia
encountering difficulties relating to operating in countries in which Harmony has not
previously operated. |
Any difficulties or time delays in achieving successful integration of new acquisitions could
have a material adverse effect on Harmonys business, operating results, financial condition and
share price.
Due to the nature of mining and the type of gold mines it operates, Harmony faces a material risk
of liability, delays and increased cash costs of production from environmental and industrial
accidents and pollution.
The business of gold mining by its nature involves significant risks and hazards, including
environmental hazards and industrial accidents. In particular, hazards associated with underground
mining include:
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rockbursts; |
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seismic events; |
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underground fires; |
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cave-ins or falls of ground; |
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discharges of gases and toxic chemicals; |
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release of radioactive hazards; |
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flooding; |
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accidents; and |
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other conditions resulting from drilling, blasting and the removal and processing of
material from a deep-level mine. |
Hazards associated with open cast mining (also known as open pit mining) include:
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flooding of the open pit; |
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collapse of the open pit walls; |
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accidents associated with the operation of large open pit mining and rock
transportation equipment; and |
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accidents associated with the preparation and ignition of large scale open pit blasting
operations. |
Hazards associated with waste rock mining include:
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accidents associated with operating a waste dump and rock transportation; and |
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production disruptions due to weather. |
Harmony is at risk of experiencing any and all of these environmental or other industrial
hazards. The occurrence of any of these hazards could delay production, increase cash operating
costs and result in financial liability to the Company.
Harmonys insurance coverage may prove inadequate to satisfy future claims against it.
Harmony has third party liability coverage for most potential liabilities, including
environmental liabilities. While Harmony believes that its current insurance coverage for the
hazards described above is adequate and consistent with industry practice, Harmony may become
subject to liability for pollution (excluding sudden and accidental pollution) or
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other hazards against which it has not insured or cannot insure, including those in respect of
past mining activities. Further, Harmony maintains and intends to continue to maintain, property
and liability insurance consistent with industry practice, but such insurance contains exclusions
and limitations on coverage. In addition, there can be no assurance that insurance will continue to
be available at economically acceptable premiums. As a result, in the future Harmonys insurance
coverage may not cover the extent of claims against it for environmental or industrial accidents or
pollution.
The results of Harmonys South African and Australian operations may be negatively impacted by
inflation.
Harmonys operations have been materially affected by inflation in recent years. Even though
the inflation rate has decreased over the last three years, working costs and especially wages have
increased considerably over the past three years resulting in significant cost pressures on the
mining industry. Harmonys profits and financial condition could also be affected adversely in the
absence of a concurrent devaluation of the Rand and an increase in the price of gold.
The socio-economic framework in the regions in which we operate may have an adverse effect on
Harmonys operations and profits.
It is difficult to predict the future political, social and economic direction of South
Africa, Australia, Papua New Guinea, or any other country in which we operate, and the impact
government decisions may have on our business.
Harmonys financial flexibility could be materially constrained by exchange control regulations as
imposed by the South African Reserve Bank.
South Africas exchange control regulations provide for restrictions on exporting capital from
South Africa. As a result, Harmonys ability to raise and deploy capital outside South Africa is
restricted. In particular, Harmony:
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is generally not permitted to export capital from South Africa or to hold foreign
currency without the approval of the South African exchange control authorities; |
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is generally required to repatriate to South Africa profits of foreign operations; and |
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is limited in its ability to utilize profits of one foreign business to finance
operations of a different foreign business. |
These restrictions could hinder Harmonys normal corporate functioning. While exchange
controls have been relaxed in recent years, it is difficult to predict whether or how the South
African government will further relax the exchange control regulations in the future.
Since Harmonys South African labor force has substantial trade union participation, Harmony faces
the risk of disruption from labor disputes and new South African labor laws.
Despite a history of positive and constructive engagement with labor unions, there are periods
during which the various stakeholders are unable to agree on dispute resolution processes.
Disruptive activities on the part of labor, which normally differ in intensity, then become
unavoidable. Due to the high level of union membership among Harmonys employees, approximately
93%, Harmony is at risk of having, and did experience in both fiscal 2006 and 2005 for example,
production stoppages for indefinite periods due to strikes and other disputes. Significant labor
disruptions have affected our operations and financial condition and we are not able to predict
whether or not we will experience significant labor disputes in the future.
Our production may also be materially affected by labor laws. South African labor laws
regulate work time, provide for mandatory compensation in the event of termination of employment
for operational reasons, and impose large monetary penalties for non-compliance with administrative
and reporting requirements in respect of affirmative action policies, and could result in
significant costs. In addition, future South African labor legislation and regulations may further
increase our cash costs of production or alter our relationship with our employees. Harmony may
continue to experience significant changes in labor law in South Africa over the next several
years.
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HIV/AIDS poses risks to Harmony in terms of productivity and costs.
The incidence of HIV/AIDS in South Africa and Papua New Guinea, which is forecast to increase
over the next decade, poses risks to Harmony in terms of potentially reduced productivity and
increased medical and other costs. Harmony expects that significant increases in the incidence of
HIV/AIDS infection and HIV/AIDS-related diseases among the workforce over the next several years
may have an adverse impact on Harmonys operations, projects and financial status. This
expectation, however, is based on assumptions about, among other things, infection rates and
treatment costs which are subject to material risks and uncertainties beyond Harmonys control. As
a result, actual results may differ from the current estimates.
The cost of occupational healthcare services may increase in the future.
Occupational healthcare services are available to Harmonys employees from its existing
healthcare facilities in South Africa. There is a risk that the cost of providing such services
could increase in future depending on changes in the nature of underlying legislation and the
profile of Harmonys employees. This increased cost, should it transpire, is currently
indeterminate. Harmony has embarked on a number of interventions focused on improving the quality
of life of Harmonys work force, although there can be no guarantee that such initiatives will not
be adversely affected by increased costs.
Laws governing mineral rights ownership have changed in South Africa.
Harmony is governed by the South African Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act 2002,
or Minerals Act. The principal objectives set out in the Act are:
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to recognize the internationally accepted right of the state of South Africa to
exercise full and permanent sovereignty over all the mineral and petroleum resources within
South Africa; |
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to give effect to the principle of the States custodianship of the nations mineral
and petroleum resources; |
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to promote equitable access to South Africas mineral and petroleum resources to all
the people of South Africa and redress the impact of past discrimination; |
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to substantially and meaningfully expand opportunities for historically disadvantaged
persons, including women, to enter the mineral and petroleum industry and to benefit from
the exploitation of South Africas mineral and petroleum resources; |
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to promote economic growth and mineral and petroleum resources development in South
Africa; |
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to promote employment and advance the social and economic welfare of all South
Africans; |
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to provide security of tenure in respect of prospecting, exploration, mining and
production operations; |
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to give effect to Section 24 of the South African Constitution by ensuring that South
Africas mineral and petroleum resources are developed in an orderly and ecologically
sustainable manner while promoting justifiable social and economic development; |
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to follow the principle that mining companies keep and use their mineral rights, with
no expropriation and with guaranteed compensation for mineral rights; and |
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to ensure that holders of mining and production rights contribute towards the
socio-economic development of areas in which they are operating. |
Under the Act, tenure licenses over established operations will be secure for 30 years (and
renewable for 30 years thereafter), provided that mining companies obtain new licenses over
existing operations within five years of the date of enactment of the Act and fulfill requirements
specified in the Broad-Based Socio-Economic Empowerment Charter for the South African mining
industry, or the Mining Charter.
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The principles contained in the Mining Charter relate to the transfer of 26% of South Africas
mining assets to historically disadvantaged South Africans, or HDSAs, over a 10-year period, as
defined in the Mining Charter. Under the Mining Charter, the South African mining industry has
committed to securing financing to fund participation by HDSAs in an amount of R100 billion within
the first five years of the Mining Charters tenure. The Mining Charter provides for the review of
the participation process after five years to determine what further steps, if any, are needed to
achieve the 26% target participation. The Mining Charter requires programs for black economic
empowerment and the promotion of value-added production, such as jewelry-making and other gold
fabrication, in South Africa. The Mining Charter also sets out targets for broad-based black
economic empowerment in the areas of human resources, skill development, employment equality,
procurement and beneficiation. In addition, the Mining Charter addresses other socio-economic
issues, such as migrant labor, housing and living conditions.
Harmony actively carries out mining and exploration activities in all of its material mineral
rights areas. Three of Harmonys operations have been granted their mining licenses and
applications have been submitted for the balance. We will be eligible to apply for new licenses
over existing operations, provided that we comply with the Mining Charter. We have taken steps to
comply with the expected provisions of the Mining Charter, such as promoting value-added
production, exploring black empowerment initiatives and increasing worker participation. We expect
more costs involved in compliance with the Mining Charter to lead to increased cash operating
costs, which may have an adverse impact on the profits generated by Harmonys operations in South
Africa.
The Act also makes reference to royalties payable to the state in terms of an Act of
Parliament, known as the Money Bill, which was made available for public comment. The introduction
of the Money Bill will have an adverse impact on the profits generated by Harmonys operations in
South Africa. In terms of the draft regulations, royalties will only be payable from 2009.
In Australia, most mineral rights belong to the government, and mining companies pay royalties
to government based on production. There are, however, limited areas where government granted
freehold estates without reserving mineral rights. Harmonys subsidiary, New Hampton, has freehold
ownership of its Jubilee mining areas, but the other mineral rights in Harmonys Australasian
operations belong to the Australian and Papua New Guinea governments and are subject to royalty
payments. In addition, current Australian law generally requires native title approval to be
obtained before a mining license can be granted and mining operations can commence. New Hampton and
Hill 50 have approved mining leases for most of their reserves, including all reserves that are
currently being mined. Should New Hampton or Hill 50, or any of our initiatives in Papua New Guinea
or other exploration areas, desire to expand operations into additional areas under exploration,
these operations would need to convert the relevant exploration licenses prior to the start of
mining, and that process could require native title approval. There can be no assurance that any
approval would be received.
Harmony is subject to extensive environmental regulations.
As a gold mining company, Harmony is subject to extensive environmental regulation. Harmony
has experienced and expects to continue to experience increased cash operating costs of production
arising from compliance with South African and Australian environmental laws and regulations. The
Minerals Act, certain other environmental legislation and the administrative policies of the South
African government regulate the impact of Harmonys prospecting and mining operations on the
environment.
Pursuant to these regulations, upon the suspension, cancellation, termination or lapsing of a
prospecting permit or mining authorization in South Africa, Harmony will remain liable for
compliance with the provisions of the Minerals Act, including any rehabilitation obligations. This
liability will continue until such time as the South African Department of Minerals and Energy
certifies that Harmony has complied with such provisions.
In the future, Harmony may incur significant costs associated with complying with more
stringent requirements imposed under new legislation and regulations. This may include the need to
increase and accelerate expenditure on environmental rehabilitation and alter provisions for this
expenditure, which could have a material adverse effect on Harmonys results and financial
condition. Harmony may also face increased environmental costs resulting from other mines in the
vicinity of Harmonys mines failing to meet their obligations with regard to the pumping or
treatment of water.
The South African government has reviewed requirements imposed upon mining companies to ensure
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restitution. For example, following the introduction of an environmental rights clause in
South Africas constitution, a number of environmental legislative reform processes have been
initiated. Legislation passed as a result of these initiatives has tended to be materially more
onerous than laws previously applied in South Africa. Examples of such legislation include the
Minerals Act, the South African National Nuclear Regulator Act 1999, the South African National
Water Act of 1998 and the South African National Environmental Management Act 1998, which include
stringent polluter-pays provisions. The adoption of these or additional or more comprehensive and
stringent requirements, in particular with regard to the management of hazardous wastes, the
pollution of ground and ground water systems and the duty to rehabilitate closed mines, may result
in additional costs and liabilities.
Harmonys Australian operations are also subject to various laws and regulations relating to
the protection of the environment, which are similar in scope to those of South Africa.
Harmony may not pay cash dividends to its shareholders in the near future.
While it is the intention of Harmony to declare and pay cash dividends, it is its policy to
only do so if profits and funds are available for that purpose. Whether or not funds are available
depends on a variety of factors, including the amount of cash available and on capital expenditures
and other cash requirements existing at that time. Under South African law, cash dividends may only
be paid out of the retained or current profits of Harmony. We did not declare a cash dividend in
fiscal 2006 or 2005 and we cannot guarantee that cash dividends will be paid in the future.
Non-South African shareholders of Harmony face additional investment risk from currency exchange
rate fluctuations since any dividends will be paid in Rand.
Dividends or distributions with respect to Harmonys ordinary shares have historically been
paid in Rand. The US dollar equivalent of any dividends or distributions with respect to Harmonys
ordinary shares would be adversely affected by potential future decreases in the value of the Rand
against the US dollar. In fiscal 2006, the value of the Rand relative to the US dollar decreased by
an average of 7.50% based on the closing rate for fiscal 2005.
Because Harmony has a significant number of outstanding share options and convertible debt
instruments, Harmonys ordinary shares are subject to dilution.
On June 30, 2006, Harmony had an aggregate of 1,200,000,000 ordinary shares authorized to be
issued and, at that date, an aggregate of 396,934,450 ordinary shares were issued and outstanding.
Harmony also has employee share option schemes. The employee share option schemes came into effect
in 1994, 2001 and 2003 respectively. At June 30, 2006, options to purchase a total of 12,741,307
ordinary shares were outstanding. The exercise prices of these options vary between R22.90 and
R91.60. Additionally, the company has convertible uncollaterized fixed rate bonds in the amount of
$237 million which are due on May 21, 2009. These bonds may be converted into equity at the option
of the bondholder at any time between July 1, 2004 and May 15, 2009 at a specific conversion price
based on the outstanding principal amount divided by the conversion price in effect on that date.
As a result, shareholders equity interests in Harmony are subject to dilution to the extent of the
future exercises of the options and convertible debt instruments.
Investors in the United States may have difficulty bringing actions, and enforcing judgments,
against Harmony, its directors and its executive officers based on the civil liabilities provisions
of the federal securities laws or other laws of the United States or any state thereof.
Harmony is incorporated in South Africa. All of Harmonys directors and executive officers
(and certain experts named herein) reside outside of the United States. Substantially all of the
assets of these persons and substantially all of the assets of Harmony are located outside the
United States. As a result, it may not be possible for investors to enforce against these persons
or Harmony a judgment obtained in a United States court predicated upon the civil liability
provisions of the federal securities or other laws of the Unites States or any state thereof. A
foreign judgment is not directly enforceable in South Africa, but constitutes a cause of action
which will be enforced by South African courts provided that:
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the recognition and enforcement of the judgment by South African courts would not be
contrary to public policy, including observance of the rules of natural justice which
require that the documents initiating the United States proceeding were properly served on
the defendant and that the defendant was given the right to be heard and represented by
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Compliance with new and changing corporate governance and public disclosure requirements adds
uncertainty to our compliance policies and increases our costs of compliance.
Laws, regulations and standards relating to accounting, corporate governance and public
disclosure, new SEC regulations, NYSE rules, JSE rules and listing regulations are subject to
change and can create uncertainty for companies like Harmony. New or changed laws, regulations and
standards could lack specificity or be subject to varying interpretations. Their application in
practice may evolve over time as new guidance is provided by regulatory and governing bodies. This
could result in continuing uncertainty regarding compliance matters and higher costs of compliance
as a result of ongoing revisions to such governance standards.
In particular, our efforts to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and
the related regulations regarding our required assessment of our internal controls over financial
reporting and our external auditors audit of that assessment requires the commitment of
significant financial and managerial resources. Our independent auditors may be unable to issue
unqualified attestation reports on managements assessment on the operating effectiveness of our
internal controls over financial reporting.
We are committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance and public disclosure,
and our efforts to comply with evolving laws, regulations and standards in this regard have
resulted in, and are likely to continue to result in, increased general and administrative
expenses.
Item 4. INFORMATION ON THE COMPANY
BUSINESS
History and Development
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited was incorporated and registered as a public company in
South Africa on August 25, 1950. Our principal executive offices are located at 4 The High Street,
First Floor, Melrose Arch, Melrose North 2196, South Africa and the telephone number at this
location is +27-11-684-0140.
We conduct underground and surface gold mining and related activities, including exploration,
processing, smelting, refining and beneficiation. We are currently the third largest producer of
gold in South Africa, producing 30% of the countrys annual gold output, and the fifth largest gold
producer in the world with operations and projects in South Africa, Australia and Papua New Guinea.
Harmonys gold sales have increased from 650,312 ounces of gold in fiscal 1995 to approximately
2.4 million ounces of gold in fiscal 2006. As at June 30, 2006, our mining operations reported
total proven and probable reserves of approximately 56 million ounces primarily from South African
sources. In fiscal 2006, we processed approximately 20.8 million tons of ore.
We also have exploration and evaluation programs focused on parts of Australia, Papua New
Guinea, Africa and Europe. Exploration and evaluation of Africa and Europe is handled through the
South African office, while the Australian office deals with Australian and Papua New Guinea
exploration and evaluation opportunities.
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At the time of our incorporation, Harmony was formed as a Randgold & Exploration Company
Limited, or Randgold, managed company to exploit a single Harmony mine lease. In 1995, Harmony was
rejuvenated as a separate entity following the demise of Randgold. At that time, Harmony produced
650,312 ounces of gold and employed 16,000 people. Harmonys operations have grown significantly
since 1995, expanding from a lease-bound single mining operation into an independent, world-class
gold producer. We acquired additional mineral rights in the Free State, Mpumulanga, Gauteng and
North West provinces in South Africa when we acquired Lydex in 1997, Evander in 1998, Kalgold in
1999, Randfontein in 2000, ARMgold in 2003 and Avgold in 2004.
We conduct our mining operations through various subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2006, our
principal subsidiaries were Randfontein Estates Limited, Evander Gold Mines Limited,
ARMgold/Harmony Freegold Joint Venture Company (Pty) Ltd, ARMgold Limited, Avgold Limited, Kalahari
Goldridge Mining Company Limited and Harmony Gold (Australia) (Pty) Limited. All are wholly-owned
direct subsidiaries incorporated in South Africa, save for Harmony Gold (Australia) (Pty) Limited,
which is a wholly-owned subsidiary incorporated in Australia.
We have been marketing our own gold since 1997, a function that was previously the sole
preserve of the South African Reserve Bank, or SARB. A refinery was commissioned by Harmony during
fiscal 1997 in the Free State Province at South Africa, which is currently treating most of the
gold produced by the South African operations. In fiscal 2006, the capacity of the refinery was 70
tons. See Item 8. Financial Information Recent Developments for further information.
In fiscal 2006, approximately 90.3% of Harmonys gold production took place in South Africa
and 9.7% in Australia. In fiscal 2006, approximately 85.6% of Harmonys gold came from underground
mines and 4.7% came from its surface mines. For more detailed geographical information about
Harmonys activities, see Item 4. Information on the Company Business Harmonys Mining
Operations and Geographical and Segment Information in the notes to the consolidated financial
statements included in this annual report.
Our exploration program has two components: on-mine exploration which looks for resources
within the economic radius of existing mines, and new mine exploration, which is the global search
for promising early to advanced stage projects.
Mining is a highly regulated industry, and we operate under a variety of statutes and
regulations. To learn more about these statutes and regulations, see Item 4. Information on the
Company Regulation and Item 10. Additional Information Memorandum and Articles of
Association.
South African Operations
In South Africa, Harmony operates a total of 24 shafts, 1 project shaft, 1 open cast mine, and
9 processing plants which are located in all of the currently known goldfields in the Witwatersrand
basin of South Africa as well as the Green Stone belt. The deep level gold mines located in this
basin include those in the Free State province, the Evander gold mine in Mpumalanga province, the
Randfontein and Elandskraal mines in the West Rand goldfields in Gauteng province, the Orkney and
Kalgold operations in the North West province.
Ore from the shafts and surface material are treated at nine metallurgical plants in South
Africa (four in the Free State, one in Carltonville, two in Evander, one in Randfontein and one
near Mafikeng). There are three plants on care and maintenance which can be restarted if the need
arises (Cooke plant, Joel plant and St Helena plant).
We manage and evaluate our operations on a shaft-by-shaft basis. The South African underground
operations are treated as three separate reporting entities for management and reporting purposes.
We have found this system to be very effective as, among other things, it allows for different
management styles and capital allocations.
These three entities are:
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In addition, there are a number of surface operations.
Our South African operations are categorized as follows:
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Australasian Operations
Harmonys interests in Australasia consist of two operating centers, consisting of both
underground and open pit mines located at Mt. Magnet (acquired in the Hill 50 transaction) and
South Kalgoorlie (including Jubilee, acquired in the New Hampton transaction, and New Celebration,
acquired in the Hill 50 acquisition), in Western Australia, as well as development and exploration
prospects at Hidden Valley and Wafi in Papua New Guinea. Underground and surface mining is
conducted at each of our Australian operations, with underground access through two declines at Mt.
Magnet and one decline at South Kalgoorlie and surface access principally through open pits.
Ore from the shafts and surface material are treated at two metallurgical plants in Australia
(one at Mt. Magnet and one at South Kalgoorlie). The underground operations of Big Bell (acquired
in the New Hampton transaction) were closed in fiscal 2004 and are in the process of being
rehabilitated.
Principal Investments
We have concluded several other strategic transactions within and outside South Africa since
fiscal 2003. Those transactions are summarized below.
On July 15, 2003, Harmony acquired 77,540,830 ordinary shares in Avgold Limited, or 11.5% of
Avgolds outstanding share capital from Anglo South Africa (Pty) Limited, or Anglo SA, for a
consideration of $84.5 million by the issuance of 6,960,964 new Harmony ordinary shares issued to
Anglo SA. The agreement with Anglo SA provided that should Harmony make an offer to acquire the
other Avgold shareholders interest, the consideration payable to Anglo SA would be adjusted to
reflect the amounts paid to the other Avgold shareholders. Harmony acquired the remaining stake in
Avgold in April/May 2004.
On September 22, 2003, Harmony and ARMgold consummated a merger. Pursuant to the merger
agreement, following the respective company shareholder approvals, Harmony issued 2 ordinary shares
for every 3 ARMgold ordinary shares acquired. ARMgold also paid its shareholders a special dividend
of R6.00 per ordinary share ($0.84) prior to the consummation of the merger. Harmony issued
63,670,000 ordinary shares to ARMgolds shareholders which resulted in ARMgold becoming a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Harmony. For U.S. GAAP purposes, the merger was accounted for as a
purchase by Harmony of ARMgold for a purchase consideration of approximately $697 million. The
results of ARMgold have been included in those of Harmony from October 1, 2003.
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Following the Harmony merger with ARMgold, on November 13, 2003, Harmony announced that it
reached an agreement in principle with ARM and African Rainbow Minerals & Exploration Investments
(Pty) Ltd, or ARMI, whereby it would enter into a number of transactions which would restructure
ARM. The first transaction involved Harmony acquiring ARMs 286,305,263 ordinary shares in Avgold,
or 42.2% of Avgolds outstanding share capital, in exchange for 28,630,526 new Harmony ordinary
shares to be issued to ARM. The acquisition of ARMs interest in Avgold became unconditional in
April 2004, when Harmony was required to make a mandatory offer to the Avgold minority shareholders
on the same terms as which it acquired ARMs interest in Avgold. At that time, Harmony and ARM had
cross shareholdings in each other whereby Harmony owned a 19% interest in ARM, and ARM owned a
19.84% interest in Harmony. In fiscal 2005, we sold our investment in ARM to a trust. See Item 7.
Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions and the consolidated financial statements for a
discussion on the treatment of the transaction.
During fiscal 2004, Harmonys interest in Free Gold increased from 50% to 100% as a result of
the merger with ARMgold on September 22, 2003. Therefore Harmony equity accounted for its interest
in Free Gold for the first three months of fiscal 2004, whereafter Harmony consolidated its
interest. Because Harmony equity accounted for its 50% interest in Free Gold, revenues from Free
Gold were are not included in Harmonys revenue figures for fiscal 2003.
In fiscal 2004, Harmony and ARMgold completed a joint acquisition of a 34.5% stake in
Anglovaal Mining Limited, previously known as Avmin and renamed African Rainbow Minerals Limited,
or ARM Limited, after the Avgold transaction with Harmony was concluded. Based on a value of R43.50
per share, the transaction was valued at Rand 1.687 billion ($270.9 million) and was paid for in
cash, which was funded by a long term loan from Nedcor Bank which has since been repaid. ARM
Limited is a South African incorporated mining holding company with interests in platinum group
metals, manganese, chrome, nickel and gold mining operations and various exploration projects.
In fiscal 2004, Harmony acquired all the ordinary shares, listed and unlisted options of
Abelle that it did not already own and at June 30, 2004 Abelle became a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Harmony.
On April 15, 2004, ARM shareholders approved the disposal of their entire shareholding of
286,305,263 ordinary shares in Avgold Limited to Harmony. By way of share exchange, ARM received 1
Harmony share for every 10 Avgold shares held. On May 11, 2004, Harmony announced that its
mandatory offer to Avgold minority shareholders was successful and that a total of 62,204,893
Harmony shares were issued to acquire the entire shareholding in Avgold. Avgold owns the Target
mine in the Free State. Harmony also disposed of its Kalplats platinum project and associated
mineral rights to ARM in exchange for 2 million new ARM ordinary shares issued to Harmony. All of
the above described transactions were consummated during May 2004, which resulted in Avgold
becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harmony.
On April 28, 2004, we entered into an agreement with Network Healthcare Holdings (Netcare) for
the purpose of managing the provision of healthcare services of the Harmony Group. The agreement
between Harmony and Netcare forms the first part of a deal that is expected to eventually see the
complete outsourcing of the management of Harmonys healthcare activities.
On May 21, 2004, we raised R1.7 billion (US$252.0 million) by way of an issue of convertible
bonds to international investors, which reduced our South African interest payments by
approximately R85 million (US$12.4 million) per year. In addition to these cost benefits, it also
allowed us to consolidate our short term debt. The convertible bonds are Rand denominated and
interest is payable semi-annually in arrears at a rate of 4.875% per annum. The convertible bonds
may be converted into ordinary shares at a price, including premium of R121.00 per share, from July
1, 2004, until the seventh day prior to the maturity date, which is expected to be on May 15, 2009.
On October 18, 2004, Harmony announced the terms of a proposed merger between Harmony and Gold
Fields Limited offering 1.275 newly issued Harmony shares for each Gold Fields Limited share. The
proposed merger was structured on the basis of an Initial Offer and a Subsequent Offer. As at
December 1, 2004, Harmony had received valid acceptances of the Initial Offer in respect of a total
of 57,993,991 shares representing approximately 11.5% of the entire issued share capital of Gold
Fields Limited. Between November 30, 2004 and December 14, 2004 Harmony issued 72,173,265 offer
shares as consideration for the Initial Offer. On May 20, 2005, the Witwatersrand Local Division of
the High Court of South Africa ruled that Harmonys Subsequent Offer for Gold Fields had lapsed at
midnight on December 18, 2004. Accordingly, the Subsequent Offer was no longer in force and no Gold
Fields shares tendered into the Subsequent Offer were accepted. Harmony has since disposed of its
Gold Fields investment. See Disposals below.
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On March 9, 2006, Harmony announced that it had acquired a total of 44.9 million shares in
Western Areas Limited (Western Areas) for R2 billion (US$321 million), representing a 29.2% stake.
This was done by acquiring 37.37 million shares from Allan Gray and buying a total of 7.62 million
shares on the open market. To finance this acquisition, Harmony entered into a term loan facility
of R1.0 billion (US$280.8 million) with Rand Merchant Bank, for the purpose of partially funding
the acquisition of the 29.2% stake in Western Areas. Interest is compounded at a rate equal to
three-month JIBAR plus 1.5%. The loan amount is payable on March 13, 2007 and interest, which is
compounded monthly and payable quarterly from June 13, 2006. See Item 7. Related Party
Transactions.
On June 21, 2006 Harmony announced that it had acquired 37.8% of the issued share capital of
Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company Limited (Village) for an amount of R458,775 (US$0.1 million).
The equity stake was purchased from ARM at a price of 20 cents per share. Due to the fact that
the acquisition surpasses the 35% mark, Harmony was obliged under the securities Regulation Code on
Takeovers and Mergers to extend an offer to the remaining shareholders of Village to acquire all of
their shares at the same price at which it acquired the 37.8% stake. On August 14, 2006 Harmony
announced that minority shareholders holding 3,163 shares in Village (being 0.08% of the shares in
respect of which the offer was made) had accepted its offer. Harmony now holds 2,295,663 shares
representing 37.83% of the issued share capital of Village. See Item 7. Related Party
Transactions.
Disposals
In fiscal 2004 Harmony disposed of its interests in Highland Gold, a company that held gold
mining assets and mineral rights in Russia, and in High River, a company that held gold mining
assets in Russia, Canada and West Africa that it had acquired in the previous year, which resulted
in a combined pre-tax gain of approximately R528.2 million ($76.8 million).
On February 3, 2005, Harmony undertook a secondary placing of 3,703,704 shares of its holding
in ARM Limited at a price of R27.00 per share. On March 15, 2005, Harmony placed another 3,418,803
of its ARM Limited shares at a price of R29.25 per share. On April 21, 2005, Harmony disposed of
its 14% investment in ARM to The ARM Broad-Based Empowerment Trust (the ARM Empowerment Trust) for
a cash consideration of R829,827,460 representing a price of R29.00 per ARM share. The ARM
Empowerment Trust has been established for the purpose of holding the ARM shares to further
facilitate broad-based empowerment in ARMs shareholder base. ARM is Harmonys second largest
shareholder and Broad-based Black Economic Empowerment (BEE) partner holding 16.2% of Harmony. For
U.S. GAAP purposes, Harmony did not recognize the disposal of its investment in ARM to the ARM
Empowerment Trust as a sale. See Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions and
the consolidated financial statements for a discussion on the treatment of this transaction.
On June 3, 2005, the company disposed of 30 million shares in Gold Fields Limited for R2
billion (US$297.6 million). The investment was acquired at a cost of R2.4 billion (US$357.8
million), resulting in a loss of R372 million (US$60.4 million).
On November 16, 2005, the company disposed of its remaining investment in Gold Fields Limited
for R2.4 billion (US$361.8 million). The process was concluded through market disposals which
began on November 10, 2005 and an open market offering on November 15 and 16, 2005. The investment
was acquired at a cost of R2.1 billion (US$316.4 million), resulting in a profit of R307 million
(US$45.4 million).
On December 29, 2005, Harmony disposed of its investment in San Gold Corporation for R19
million (US$3.1 million). The investment was carried at a total cost of R20 million (US$3.2
million), resulting in a loss of R1 million (US$0.1 million).
On January 18, 2006, Harmony disposed of its investment in Atlas Gold Limited for R1 million
(A$0.2 million). The investment of 500,000 shares was carried at a total cost of A$0.1 million,
resulting in a profit of A$0.1 million.
On March 31, 2006, the company disposed of the entire share capital of Buffalo Creek Mines
(Pty) Ltd for R106 million (A$24 million). According to the agreement the A$24 million was to be
settled as follows: (i) A$4.3 million to be paid in cash; (ii) 1,907,892 shares in GBS Gold
International, valued at A$5 million; (iii) A$5 million to be paid in cash in September 2006; (iv)
Shares in GBS Gold International, equal in value to A$4.4 million, to be issued in September 2006;
and (v) A$5.4 milion to be paid in cash in September 2007. The net asset value of Buffalo Creek
Mines (Pty) Ltd was R92 million (A$20.1 million) (US$14.2 million), resulting in a profit of R14
million (A$3.1 million) (US$3 million).
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Strategy
Harmony is an independent growth oriented company in the gold production business and is
distinguished by focused operational and management philosophies that it employs throughout the
organization. Harmonys growth strategy is focused on building a leading international gold mining
company through acquisitions, development of organic growth projects and focused exploration.
Harmony is currently expanding its production base in South Africa and Australasia, building on
Harmonys position as a leading cost-effective South African gold company in order to enhance its
position as one of the worlds senior gold producers. Harmony made a strategic decision during the
year to expand its exploration activities. As part of this, regional offices have been set up in
Johannesburg, South Africa, Perth and Brisbane, Australia and Wau, Papua New Guinea. Harmonys
exploration programme has two components: on-mine exploration which looks for resources within the
economic radius of existing mines; and new mine exploration, which is the global search for
promising early to advanced stage projects.
The international and South African gold mining industries have been in the recent past and
continue to be affected by structural and investment trends moving toward the consolidation of
relatively smaller operations into larger, more efficient gold producers with lower, more
competitive cost structures. This consolidation enables gold producers to be more competitive in
pursuing new business opportunities and creates the critical mass (measured by market
capitalization) necessary to attract the attention of international gold investment institutions.
Harmonys current strategy is predominantly influenced by these investment trends, which have
already resulted in significant restructuring and rationalization in the South African, Australian
and North American gold mining industries. Harmony believes these trends will continue to lead to
significant realignments in the international gold production business. Harmony intends to continue
to participate in the South African and international consolidation process in order to enhance its
growth objectives.
Since undergoing a change in management in 1995, Harmony has employed a successful strategy of
growth through a series of acquisitions and through the evolution and implementation of a simple
set of management systems and philosophies, which Harmony refers to as the Harmony Way, and which
Harmony believes are unique in the South African gold mining industry. A significant component of
the success of Harmonys strategy to date has been its ability to acquire under-performing mining
assets, mainly in South Africa, and in a relatively short time frame to transform these mines into
cost-effective production units. The execution of Harmonys strategy between fiscal 1995 and fiscal
2006 has resulted in the growth of Harmonys annual gold sales from approximately 650,000 ounces in
fiscal 1995 to approximately 2.4 million ounces in fiscal 2006. Despite increased cash operating
costs, Harmony has expanded its proven and probable ore reserve base and, as at June 30, 2006,
Harmonys mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves of approximately 56 million
ounces.
Harmony is managed according to the philosophy that its shareholders have invested in Harmony
in order to own a highly geared growth stock, which can give shareholders significant gearing when
the gold price rises. In addition, Harmony has consistently maintained a policy of not hedging.
Harmonys policy is to eliminate any hedging positions existing within the companies that it
acquires as soon as opportunities can be created to do so in sound, commercially advantageous
transactions. There may, however, be instances where certain hedge positions in acquired companies
need to be kept in place for contractual or other reasons.
The major components of Harmonys strategy include:
Continuing to implement Harmonys unique management structure and philosophy.
Harmony implements a simple set of management systems and philosophies, which Harmony refers
to as the Harmony Way, and which it believes are unique to the South African gold mining
industry. This Harmony Way is underpinned by the following concepts:
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Empowered management teams. At each mining site Harmony has established small,
multi-disciplinary, focused management teams responsible for planning and implementing the
mining operations at the site. Each of these teams is accountable for the results at its
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Increased productivity. Gold mining in South Africa is very labor intensive with labor
accounting for approximately 50% of Harmonys costs. To control these costs, Harmony
structures its operations to achieve maximum productivity with the goal of having 60% of
Harmonys workforce directly engaged in stoping, or underground excavation, and development
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Ongoing maintenance. The company applies a principle of appropriate maintenance
which allows it to spend capital commensurate with the life of a specified operation. This
principle ensures safe operation on the one hand and minimizes capital that may be used
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Systems. Harmony has implemented cost accounting systems and strict ore accounting and
ore reserve management systems to measure and track costs and ore reserve depletion
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Harmony has implemented the Harmony Way at its original mining operations and at each mining
property Harmony has acquired since 1995, and has also implemented the Harmony Way at the
Australian operations. By implementing this process, Harmony generally has been able to reduce unit
costs substantially allowing them to move resources into the reserve category. This in turn
allowed the company to increase production and extend mine life.
Growing through acquisitions in South Africa and internationally
Harmonys acquisition strategy in South Africa has been, and will continue to be, pursuing
mature, underperforming gold mining operations in which it believes it can successfully introduce
the Harmony Way to increase productivity, reduce costs and extend mine life. The advantage to
acquiring mature, underperforming operations is that they tend to be cheaper to acquire and,
particularly for underground operations, much of the required capital expenditure has already been
made. Harmonys corporate strategy with respect to acquisition targets is as follows:
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In South Africa, Harmony continues to explore a number of potential acquisitions. The South
African gold mining industry has undergone a significant restructuring since 1990 with the result
that a number of gold mining companies owned principally by mining houses have been sold to other
gold operators. Harmony believes that this restructuring process has not yet been completed and
that there will continue to be opportunities for further acquisitions in South Africa.
Outside of South Africa, Harmony intends to leverage the broad gold mining experience it has
gained through acquisitions and existing operations. Through Harmonys existing operations, Harmony
has gained extensive underground mining experience. Harmony has also gained extensive experience in
surface mining by open cast methods and mechanized mining of underground deposits through its
acquisition of Kalgold and Randfontein, South Africa and New Hampton and Hill 50 in Australia and
Bissett, in Canada (which has since been sold). These types of mining in general are
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more typical outside of South Africa. Harmony believes that these skills should position it to
be able to pursue a broad range of acquisition opportunities. Harmony continues to explore new
business opportunities both inside and outside of South Africa, for example, including exploration
projects gained through its acquisition of Abelle. Harmony may in the future pursue additional
suitable potential acquisitions in South Africa or internationally.
Hedge Policy
As a general rule, we sell our gold production at market prices. Currently, we generally do
not enter into forward sales, derivatives or hedging arrangements to establish a price in advance
for the sale of our future gold production, although we may do so in the future. As a result of
this policy, Board approval is required when hedging arrangements are to be entered into to secure
loan facilities. Any change to this policy requires ratification by the Board.
Harmony inherited currency contracts with the acquisition of Avgold in May 2004. These
currency contracts matured on December 31, 2005 and were closed out accordingly. The contracts
were classified as speculative and the mark-to-market movement was reflected in the income
statement. The forward exchange contracts matured on a monthly basis, resulting in cash inflow or
outflow, equal to the difference between the strike price of the contracts and the spot price on
the particular day. This hedge book was managed by a risk and treasury management services company,
which is a joint venture between a major South African bank and a black economic empowerment
company.
A substantial proportion of the production of both New Hampton and Hill 50 was already hedged
when acquired by Harmony. In fiscal 2003, Harmony restructured the overall hedge portfolio of the
Australian operations from normal purchase and sale agreements to speculative contracts and closed
out a significant portion of the inherited hedge book resulting in the remaining hedge agreements
not qualifying for hedge accounting treatment. The mark-to-market movements in these contracts are
reflected in the income statement.
During fiscal 2006, a further 138,000 ounces of the inherited hedge books of New Hampton and
Hill 50 were closed out at a cost of Rand 213 million (US$34 million). As of June 30, 2006, the
resulting hedge portfolio covered 357,000 ounces over a four-year period at an average strike price
of A$518 per ounce ($395 per ounce at an exchange rate of A$0.762 per $1.00). Harmony has reduced
the remaining hedge positions of the Australian operations gradually by delivering gold pursuant to
the relevant agreements as well as by closing out of these hedge agreements.
Harmonys revenues are sensitive to the ZAR/US$ exchange rates as all the revenues are
generated by gold sales, denominated in US$. Harmony, generally, does not enter into forward sales,
derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish a ZAR/US$ exchange rate in advance for the
sale of its future gold production.
Harmony inherited currency contracts with the acquisition of Avgold. The contracts were
classified as speculative and the mark-to-market movement was reflected in the income statement.
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currency contracts matured on 31 December 2005 and were closed out accordingly at a total
cost of R131 million (US$21 million). The mark-to-market of these contracts was Rnil at 30 June
2006. At 30 June 2005, the mark-to-market was a negative R108 million (negative US$16 million),
based upon an exchange rate of US$1/R6.6670 and prevailing market interest rates at the time.
Independent risk and treasury management experts provided these valuations.
Description of Mining Business
Exploration
Our exploration program has two components:
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Exploration activities are focused on the extension of existing orebodies and identification
of new orebodies, both at existing sites and at undeveloped sites. Once a potential orebody has
been discovered, exploration is extended and
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intensified in order to enable clearer definition of the orebody and the potential portions to
be mined. Geological techniques are constantly refined to improve the economic viability of
prospecting and mining activities.
We conduct exploration activities on our own or with joint venture partners. Our prospecting
interests in South Africa measure approximately 100,000 hectares. The area has been reduced from
382,000 hectares, as regional exploration identified focused areas of mineralization, requiring
more detailed investigation. Our Australian operations also control prospecting interests, as
described below. In addition to ongoing mine site exploration, Harmony has a program of investment
in regional exploration. The exploration strategy on these greenstone belts uses geological,
geophysical and geochemical techniques to identify broad systems of anomalous gold and associated
rock alteration within which gold deposits typically occur as clusters.
Harmony spent approximately $16.8 million, excluding contributions from joint venture
partners, on exploration in fiscal 2006 and the bulk of exploration expenditure was allocated to
activities in Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Latin America with smaller expenditures
in other parts of Africa. In fiscal 2007, Harmony intends to carry out exploration in Australia,
Papua New Guinea, South Africa and other parts of Africa and Latin America. Exploration in Latin
America has been discontinued as a result of a more focused approach to African exploration.
Australia
South Kal: The South Kal tenements lie between Kalgoorlie and Kambalda in the West Australian
Eastern Goldfields. On-mine exploration success was achieved at South Kal with the discovery and
definition of the 121,000 ounce Shirl resource, a sub-vertical lode hosted within a gabbro unit
bonded by ultramafics and intersected by late porphyry intrusions. Approximately 50,000 ounces of
ore is expected to be mined in fiscal year 2007 and hauled 35 kilometers along existing haulroads
to the Jubilee Plant. We believe this find is significant, not only in terms of providing feed to
the mill, but because it opens up exploration targets previously considered non-prospective. Shirl
was found by drilling an aeromagnetic anomaly beneath barren surface geochemistry. Previous
deposits had at least some surface signature to indicate an orebody underneath. Shirl has shown
that orebodies exist in this area without a surface geochemical signature and exploration is
targeting similar anomalies. Follow up work along strike and down dip is also under way. The few
drill holes that have been drilled at depth have returned underground quality intersections
including, 06BSDD005 16 meters at 4.9 g/t from 267 meters, 06BSDD006 21 meters at 8.5g/t Au from
241 meters, and SHDD03 2 meters at 16.8g/t Au from 334 meters. A drill program is under way to
follow up on these intersections.
Exploration activities will also focus on larger base load targets along the main Boulder
Lefroy Fault. The Boulder Lefroy fault hosts the Hampton Boulder Jubilee pit as well as
Kalgoorlies Super Pit to the north and Gold Fields St. Ives orebodies to the south. These
exploration targets have, in part, been generated by the AMIRO Stress Transfer Modeling project
undertaken in fiscal year 2006. The project involves the application of stress transfer modeling
techniques developed for modern seismogenic earthquake prediction to certain types of ore deposits
associated with major fault systems with the aim of predicting ore location.
A budget of A$3 million has been approved for exploration of South Kal mines for fiscal 2007.
Mt. Magnet: Exploration activities at Mt. Magnet, Western Australia, were hampered by ground
access for much of the year owing to delays in the processing of clearing permits and unseasonably
wet periods. Nonetheless, success has been achieved at Blackmans Joint Venture (75% Harmony, 25%
Troy Resources). Drilling of a geochemical anomaly has produced significant results that may lead
to a medium-grade oxide resource. The mineralization is hosted in a mafic/ultramafic volcanic
sequence. The best intersections to date include: 5 meters at 8.08g/t from 27 meters, 11 meters at
3.22g/t from 62 meters, 3 meters at 6.04g/t from 4 meters and 2 meters at 10.05g/t from 90 meters.
Drilling is continuing.
Advanced geophysical techniques are being utilized at Mt. Magnet with success. A trial of 3D
induced polarization has shown anomalism at depth underneath the Yellow Taxi pit. The survey is
being increased to cover a broader area before drill targeting. The use of advance geophysics will
be crucial to exploration in these mature belts and is being embraced by the exploration team at
Mt. Magnet.
A budget of A$4 million (US$2.98 million) has been approved for exploration at Mt. Magnet for
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Papua New Guinea
The mineral prospectivity of Papua New Guinea is considered among the highest in the world and
we believe Harmonys land holding is one of the best in Papua New Guinea. A substantial portion of
our exploration effort is focused here. Our tenements include the Wafi Golpu leases (960 square
kilometers), the Morobe-Hidden Valley leases (1,226 square kilometers) and the Morobe Cost EL
(2,069 square kilometers), giving a total of 4,255 square kilometers.
Exploration was intensified during the year and we now have a complement of 50 staff,
including 14 geologists, dedicated to finding additional resources over and above those of Wafi
Golpu and Hidden Valley.
A budget of R47 million (US$6.46 million) has been approved for fiscal 2007 that includes an
allowance for exploration in areas outside current leases.
Geologically, the project areas cover a tract of metamorphosed Lower Jurassic and Cretaceous
sediments and obducted oceanic crust, which have been intruded by tertiary granodiorite, tonalite
and porphyry units. Regionally, epithermal and porphyry related gold mineralization is well known
within the Morobe district, with historical high-grade gold mines including Wall (upper ridges) and
Edie Creek. In addition, more than 2 million ounces of alluvial gold have been won from placer
deposits in the Bulolo River valley, and small-scale alluvial prospecting in the tributaries of the
Bulolo River continues today.
Wafi Golpu: The Wafi Golpu gold-copper system represents an area of enormous potential for
increasing the resource and reserve base. Already there are 9.3 million ounces of gold and 3.6
billion pounds of copper in the small area around Wafi hill. Near-project activities at Wafi Golpu
have focused on providing additional oxide gold resources. The drilling program has begun and
returned some spectacular intersections including WR209:21 meters at 10.06g/t gold from 295 meters.
Similar geology, geophysical trends and geochemical responses are seen throughout the
remainder of the lease area and these are the targets of our regional work.
Bawaga Prospect: This area is prospective for epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold,
similar to that of the Wafi Golpu system. The structural setting with north-northwest trending
transfers, magnetic anomalies that suggest porphyry intrusives, and the lack of previous
exploration in the area, combine to rank this target as a priority area for follow-up work.
First-pass stream sediment sampling is planned for the second quarter of fiscal year 2007 once
access negotiations have been completed.
Kesiago and Biamena Prospects: Reprocessing of regional magnetics indicates Wafi has a clear
association with a discrete magnetic high on a north-east trending transfer structure setting. The
Kesiago prospect is located on the same transfer structure as that which lies 2 kilometers
south-west of Wafi. Biamena lies on a similar structure 10 kilometers to the south. Both
prospects show similarities in stream sediment and soil sampling as those of Wafi. These projects
are at an early stage of exploration, with follow up stream and soil sampling and first phase
drilling under way. They represent great potential to add Wafi-sized orebodies to the Harmony
resource.
Heking: Heking is a Golpu look-alike electromagnetic (EM), just 700 meters south-west of the
Golpu porphyry. The electromagnetic response indicates argillic alteration and/or the disseminated
chalcopyrite associated with mineralization. Diamond drill testing, a priority of this target,
began in July 2006.
Morobe Hidden Valley: The Morobe area hosts the 5.5 million ounces Hidden Valley and Hamata
resources and is highly prospective for similar deposits and higher grade skarn deposits.
Moa Creek: During the year, drilling occurred at Moa Creek with good results. Four diamond
drill holes were completed and the best intersections were 6 meters at 7.22g/t gold from 176 meters
(MOD001), 4.2 meters at 6.64g/t gold from 38 meters (MOD002) and 3 meters at 19.45g/t gold from 47
meters (MOD004). Further trenching will be done to establish the full extent and orientation of
the mineralization before more drilling is undertaken.
Kerimenge: The immediate focus this year will be on the Kerimenge deposit that lies 7
kilometers east of the Hamata processing plant site. This prospect displays a larger geochemical
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amount of historical drilling. Previous work stored on paper has been compiled and captured
digitally and has revealed a new target orientation that will be drill tested in the new financial
year.
The Waurike prospect comprises part of the greater Kerimenge prospect. Here, high-grade
trench results are broadly coincident with limestone contacts. There are only 10 drill holes in
this area with mineralized limestone contacts mostly untested. Ore grade intercepts were obtained
in the majority of holes and results include: 17 meters at 4.9g/t from 14 meters (QD44), 20 meters
at 3.14g/t from surface (QD23), 34 meters at 2.5g/t from 2 meters (QD97), 50 meters at 2.0g/t from
56 meters (QD50), 44 meters at 2.2g/t from 36 meters (QD102) and 14 meters at 5.8 g/t from 52
meters (QD22B). Diamond drilling began at these prospects in August 2006.
As at Wafi Golpu, a drill contract has been established for continual drilling throughout the
year. The rig will move from prospect to prospect as our priorities dictate.
Morobe Coast: The 2,068 kilometers squared Morobe Coast exploration license was granted in
April 2006. The area lies to the south-east of the Morobe goldfield and presents exciting
grassroots exploration potential. Previous work was limited but returned significant rock chip and
stream sediment samples from the Lokaniu volcanics. A sample brought to the exploration department
by a local villager had a grade of 175g/t. There are also copper, gold and lead mineral
occurrences in gabbros towards the western side of the lease. A detailed aeromagnetic survey is
proposed which will allow specific targeting for our first-pass site work.
The exploration team also has a watching brief over potential acquisitions or participation in
other prospective regions throughout the country. This has been demonstrated most recently by the
pegging of the Morobe Coast EL1403. Numerous confidentiality agreements have already been signed
with neighboring parties in anticipation of synergies that may develop further operations. See
Item 4. Information on the Company Business Papua New Guinea Operations.
South Africa:
Free State: Target North: The Target North resource is situated in the Central Rand Group of
the Witwatersrand Sequence, with the bulk of the resource accommodated in the Turfontein Sub-group.
Broadly speaking, the structural regime is an asymmetrical syncline with a steep western limb
(40º to 90º) and a shallower eastern limb (15º to 20º). The syncline plunges approximately 9º to
10º to the north. Three major sets of structures modify the overall synclinal nature of the
deposit. These comprise northeast-southwest trending normal faults which generally have down
throws to the south, north-south trending normal faults with down throws to the west and various
sets of low angle fore and back thrusts evident on the west limb.
The major formations, which are of interest, are the Ventersdorp Contract Reef (VCR), the
Uitkyk and Van den Heeversrust members, and the Kimberley Formation. The Welkom Formation may be
of minor interest.
The VCR is recognized at the base of the Klipriviersberg Group. Recent work on the VCR has
significantly improved the understanding of the setting and distribution of mineralization. It is
currently believed that VCR is best developed where it directly overlies the Elsburg A (EA) reefs.
Much work is still required to develop a robust geological model for this horizon. The EA and
Dreyerskuil reefs of the Uitkyk and Van den Heeversrust members are believed to be fanglomerates
and arenites, which are hosted in a wedge-shaped sequence of clastic sediments, restricted to the
western margin of the syncline which has a limited down dip extension. A reassessment of these
horizons has been compiled during the period under review.
Significant mineralization occurs in the Big Pebble Reefs (A Reefs), which straddle the base
of the Earls Court Member and within the Aandenk Member. These reefs are thought to occur within a
braided steam environment. In addition, the Maraisdal Reed (B Reef) is developed at the base of
the Spes Bona Member overlying the Doornkop Quartzite. A reassessment of these horizons has been
completed during the period under review.
The Basal Reef (previously referred to as the Sun Reef) occurs as a polymictic coarse pebble
conglomerate with a kerogen facies developed in the extreme south of the Sun area. There are few
intersections and this horizon is poorly understood. The bulk of this horizon occurs significantly
deeper than the Kimberley Formation and is not considered to be
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Prior to the period under review, the project team completed an extensive exercise to collate
and validate data acquired over more than 20 years of surface drilling. During the period under
review, a 3-D geological model was completed and the exploration model is being reinterpreted.
Since November 2004, major re-correlation and refinement of the Central Rand Group
Stratigraphy (including Dreyerskuil, Eldorado and Kimberley successions) in over 90 surface
boreholes and long deflections drilled within the project area have been completed. The entire
borehole database has not been validated.
Seismic data, acquired during a 3-D seismic survey undertaken in 1997, has been reviewed and
the interpretation completed. The original seismic interpretation only covered the southern third
of the project area, and has now been interpreted to the northern limit of the project area. The
seismic interpretation has been incorporated in the recently completed 3-D geological model. A
comprehensive re-evaluation of the mineral resource was completed in June 2006 in conjunction with
independent party SRK acting as consultants to undertake a full technical audit on the resource and
geological model. In the third quarter of fiscal year 2006, Harmony approved capital to drill two
additional surface drillholes in the Target North area. The drillholes are intended to validate
recently developed theories about the geological model. The two drillholes will be targeting VCR,
ER and Dreyerskuilreefs, at depths ranging from 2,100 meters and 2,800 meters.
Other Geological Projects: In order to extend the life of current operations and to take
advantage of a resurgent gold price, a number of geological projects have been established on both
the primary reef targets in the Free State, the Basal Reef and the Leader Reef, as well as the
secondary targets, the Middle Reef, the B Reef and the A Reef. By evaluating these reefs on a
regional basis, rather than within a specific lease area, and through understanding geological
structures, new targets for exploration and future mining can be determined in previously untested
areas. An initiative is ongoing to pool the vast amount of knowledge from the ore reserve managers
and senior geologists, who have extensive experience of working in the Free State Goldfields.
Basal Reef: A number of projects have been initiated to increase the reserves/resources of
the Basal Reef in the Free State. The exploration and development of the Basal Reef to the west
and east of Masimong is part of that shafts expansion project. A project on Merriespruit 3 is
aimed at locating isolated Basal Reef pockets beyond its subcrop on the Leader Reef while current
drilling at Bambanani is intended to determine the feasibility of mining the Basal Reef below the
lowest level (103L).
Leader Reef: The Leader Reef occurs in narrow channels over much of the southern part of the
Free State Goldfields. Projects are under way on Harmony 2 and West mines to re-evaluate old
Leader Reef mining with a view to establishing new targets.
Middle Reef: This is a highly erratic orebody located between the Basal and Leader horizons.
Its complex structure makes it very difficult to mine but, where developed, can produce very high
grades. Unisel continued to mine Middle Reef with considerable success, and a channel is known to
extend into the neighboring West and Bambanani mines. Management at these shafts is currently
considering exploitation of the reef. An initiative is under way to look at synergies between the
three mines in order to extract the orebody optimally. Taking into account lateral shifts on the
De Bron fault, payable Middle Reef was discovered at Merriespruit 1 Mine. Exploration continues to
find the extension of the high-grade channels that are currently being exploited.
B Reef: Located 50 to 150 meters above the Basal Reef, the B Reef is a highly channelized
orebody with grades confined to these narrow channels only. It is currently only mined at the
Tshepong and Masimong mines, however, B Reef channels are known to occur elsewhere in selected
areas across the Free State Goldfields.
A project was undertaken to determine the sedimentology of the B Reef at Loraine 2 (now part
of Target Mine) where it has been mined since the 1960s. A high-grade B Reef channel runs through
the shaft pillar, as well as to the north-west and south-east of the shaft. A business case is
currently being completed to assess the viability and options of extracting the shaft pillar and
surrounding areas. The same high-grade channel has been located some 2.5 kilometers further north
to the west of Loraine 1. Underground drilling is under way to determine the extent of this
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A capital drilling program for B Reef has been completed at Tshepong, and the project will now
move into the next phase. The extension of the B Reef channels to the east and west of Masimong 5
forms part of the Masimong expansion project. In addition, B Reef channels are currently being
explored at St. Helena and Unisel, and at Merriespruit. A regional B Reef model is being put
together to identify potential targets.
A Reef: The A Reef is located approximately 40 meters above the B Reef and is also highly
channelized. It is currently being mined at Harmony 2 and at Brand 1 and 3. Exploration is
ongoing to determine the extent of these channels outside of current mining areas. Harmony 2
undertook a capital drilling program in order to equip old Basal areas and drill 180 meters to the
A Reef horizon. An investigation is under way to evaluate exploitation of the A Reef occurring
between Harmony 2 and Virginia 1, where development took place on thick (3 meters plus) A Reef
channels in the 1990s.
A Reef has been mined previously in the Loraine 1C area of Target Mine, and a re-investigation
of the sedimentology commenced in 2006. The reopening and extraction of A Reef forms one option of
the business case study currently being undertaken for Loraine.
Exploration continues for A Reef on Masimong 5 and Unisel; it may be possible to mine it at
Tshepong and Phakisa.
Evander: The Evander 2 shaft-deepening project: The aim of the project is to explore the
Kimberley Reef between 24 and 26 levels. Development of an incline shaft down to 26 level is
planned in order to access the blocks of ground lying below current infrastructure. The crosstrend
to the main payshoot has been projected into the target area.
Exploration is ongoing, Two drill platforms were developed (461 meters in total) and drilling
has been carried out from these development ends (slushers). As at May 2006, 925 meters of
drilling had been completed (of 2,380 meters planned) and seven reef intersections had been
obtained. Gold grades ranged as follows: 131cmg/t, 625cmg/t and 2,101cmg/t in the 24E43 slusher,
and 575cmg/t, 180cmg/t, 120cmg/t and 1,863cmg/t in the 24E45A slusher. Drilling indicates that the
edge of the payshoot has been intersected, which is believed to trend parallel to the main Kinross
payshoot. Drilling will continue in order to establish the extent of this payshoot. The
additional planned 1,455 meters of drilling will conclude the exploration program.
Evander 7 target: The aim of this project is to locate the down-dip extension of the Evander
5 payshoot, which merged with another payshoot from Evander 6 shaft. The Evander 5 payshoot is
intersected by the 250 meter Kinross fault, creating three target areas. Drilling and development
are under way and have partially confirmed the existence of the first target area, T1. The first
raise in the T1 western flank is due to start during fiscal year 2007. Currently, easterly drive
development is taking place, which will allow drilling of the eastern flank of T1 within a few
months. This development will also allow drilling of a portion of the second target area T2, once
T1 drilling is complete.
Poplar: The Poplar project area is situated 30 kilometers north-west of the current mining
operations at Evander No.8 Shaft. It is bounded in the east by the town of Leandra and in the west
by the informal settlement of Eendrag. Poplar is inclusive of the Evander mining right of
36,898ha. The project area lies 120 kilometers east-south-east of Johannesburg.
The economic placer of the Poplar lease area is the Kimberley Reef. It occurs at a depth
below surface of between 500 meters in the east and 1,200 meters in the west. The reef strikes
north-south and dips from 14º to 24º to the east. The Kimberley Reef comprises a sequence of
fluvial, channel sediments that were deposited in a braided stream environment. Deposition of the
reef was influenced by the footwall lithologies. The area of economic mineralization is not
continuous throughout the Poplar lease, but the most extensive zone of mineable reef is found in
the southern part of the area. The high grade Kimberley Reef is associated with carbon and narrow,
small-pebble, clast-supported and well-packed oligiomictic conglomerate.
The Poplar project will include greenfields development involving installation of a twin-shaft
system to 1,200 meters below surface to exploit the above-mentioned Kimberley Reef payshoot. A
definitive feasibility study was completed on this project in fiscal year 2003. This study was
updated in 2006 using at present day costs and a gold price of R105,000/kg. Capital expenditure
for this project is estimated at R2.6 billion (US$362.9 million at the closing exchange rate).
The possibility that this orebody can be linked up to the south with the Evander South project
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investigated. A linkage would result in an orebody stretching over 20 kilometers in strike
length. This project still requires board approval.
Rolspruit: The Rolspruit project aims to exploit the deeper extension (to 2,670 meters below
surface) of the Kimberley Reef (Kinross payshoot), adjacent to Evander 8 shaft, through a
twin-shaft system from surface. A definitive feasibility study was completed in fiscal year 2003
and has been reviewed in 2006. An improved engineering design incorporating a twin surface shaft
system, followed some years later by a sub-vertical shaft system, replaces the abovementioned
single lift twin shaft system. Capital expenditure is therefore delayed, production start up is
accelerated and a conventional engineering design is incorporated. Capital expenditure for this
project is estimated at R3.06 billion (US$427.1 million at the closing exchange rate). Further
refinement to the improvement design will be completed in fiscal 2007.
Other Evander projects: The Central Projects team is currently re-assessing three other
Evander projects: Evander South, Twistdraai and Evander 6 shaft re-opening. For each of these
projects, the original data has to be validated: seismic lines need to be re-interpreted where
present; and a 3-D geological model developed (a similar process to that which was undertaken at
Target North). The aim is to produce a detailed understanding of the Evander Basin, taking into
account current mining activities. This study will also take into consideration the Poplar and
Rolspruit project areas.
Randfontein: At the Cooke section, exploration continues to focus on finding additional VCR
targets at Cooke 3 shaft. Priority will be given to exploration for the extension of VCR payshoots
eastward, up-dip of current mining activities. In addition, a portion of VCR between Cooke 2 and 3
shafts will become a drilling target. A further drilling project is under way to determine the
extent of the Elsburg payshoot towards the west of the shaft, below current mining levels. During
2007, down-the-hole radar may be used to provide further geological information. Development and
drilling of the 128 South project is ongoing. Drilling to date has confirmed expected grades and
channel widths on the UE1A reef. Where possible, Kimberley reef (K4, K7 and K9) are also
intersected and VCR intersections are planned in future. Further drilling will continue to add
value to the construction of the structural and facies model for this area. The first stoping for
this project is planned for early 2007.
Elandsrand: In addition to the shaft-deepening project, an investigation is being conducted
into establishing the economic viability of mining the Elsburg Reefs occurring in the footwall of
the VCR. All historical drilling and sampling data has been collated and high-grade intersections
identified. Initial investigations have shown that the uranium-bearing reef bands also contain the
highest gold grades.
These reef bands also occur further west and are considered as potential targets in the
Elandsrand deepening project area. New geological drillhole data obtained over the Elsburg Reef
bands are being correlated with known mineralization information for mined-out areas. This data
will also be used to interpret expected sub-crop positions and trends, as early indication exists
of localized enrichment of the sub-crop. If robust mineable reef bands can be identified deeper in
the footwall, a detailed study will then be undertaken to determine the cut-off grades for the
mining of these. Drilling continues.
Latin America: A strategic shift in the early part of the financial year saw Harmony Perus
grassroots exploration activity in southern Peru phased out. During the program Harmony geologists
visited 305 desktop-generated targets. Although three concessions were pegged and follow-up work
completed, none offered the potential that Harmony was looking for. The strategic shift saw the
Peru personnel turn their focus to the whole of Latin America, specifically to expose the company
to advanced-stage gold projects. Projects were reviewed in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, Venezuela,
Guyana, Peru, Ecuador and Honduras.
A comprehensive database was constructed and populated with the details of close to 1,000 gold
exploration projects in Latin America. Advanced projects were extracted and reviewed in detail,
and various projects visited. Opportunities were identified and negotiations initiated but under
current market conditions, the majority of opportunities were acquisitive in nature or offered as
equity stakes in the holding companies, rather than being presented as joint venture opportunities.
As a result of a more focused approach to African exploration, high risks associated with
Latin American investments at present and less positive cost/benefit ratios of growth opportunities
on a continent where Harmony owns no operations, a corporate decision was taken to close the Lima
office. Processes related to closure of the Harmony Peru regional office are under way.
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Other Parts of Africa: The focus of exploration in Africa outside of South Africa is to
establish partnerships with existing project operators and governments in order to generate new
gold exploration prospects that may be developed into operating mines in the future. During 2006
various projects were reviewed in East, West and Central Africa.
A joint venture agreement was signed with Axmin Inc. in May 2006, whereby Harmony will fund
US$4 million over three years to explore Axmins exploration licences in Senegal, known as the
Sounkounko permits. This expenditure will secure 50% ownership of the Senegal projects. The first
commitment period, ending April 2007, will require Harmony to spend US$800,000 on exploration
activities intended to target highly prospective gold mineralized zones on the permit areas.
Harmony will have earned 10% ownership of the project after the first commitment period.
Subsequent work is intended to drill test targets in order to define resources.
Mining
The mining process can be divided into two main phases: (i) creating access to the orebody and
(ii) mining the orebody. This basic process applies to both underground and surface operations.
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Access to the orebody. In Harmonys South African underground mines, access to the
orebody is by means of shafts sunk from the surface to the lowest economically and
practically mineable level. Horizontal development at various intervals of a shaft (known as
levels) extends access to the horizon of the reef to be mined. On-reef development then
provides specific mining access. In Harmonys Australian underground mines access to the
orebody is by means of declines. Horizontal development at various intervals of the decline
extends access to the horizon of the ore to be mined. The declines are advanced on a
continuous basis to keep ahead of the mining taking place on the levels above. In Harmonys
open pit mines, access to the orebody is provided by overburden stripping, which removes the
covering layers of topsoil or rock, through a combination of drilling, blasting, loading and
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Mining the orebody. The process of ore removal starts with drilling and blasting the
accessible ore. The blasted faces are then cleaned and the ore is transferred to the
transport system. In open pit mines, gold-bearing material may require drilling and blasting
and is usually collected by bulldozers or shovels to transfer it onto trucks which transport
it to the mill. |
In Harmonys South African underground mines, once ore has been broken, train systems collect
ore from the faces and transfer it to a series of ore passes that gravity feed the ore to hoisting
levels at the bottom of the shaft. The ore is then hoisted to the surface in dedicated conveyances
and transported either by conveyor belts directly or via surface railway systems or roads to the
treatment plants. In addition to ore, waste rock broken to access reef horizons must similarly be
hoisted and then placed on waste rock dumps. In the Australian underground mines and the Target
underground mine once ore has been broken it is loaded unto trucks which transports it to the mill.
In open pit mines, ore is transported to treatment facilities in large capacity vehicles.
Processing
We currently have nine operational metallurgical plants and three metallurgical plants on care
and maintenance in South Africa and two in Australia that treat ore to extract the gold. The
principal gold extraction processes we use are carbon in leach, or CIL and carbon in pulp, or CIP.
The gold plant circuit consists of the following:
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Comminution. Comminution is the process of breaking up the ore to expose and liberate
the gold and make it available for treatment. Conventionally, this process occurs in
multi-stage crushing and milling circuits, which include the use of jaw and gyratory
crushers and rod and tube and ball mills. Our more modern milling circuits include semi or
fully autogenous milling where the ore itself is used as the grinding medium. Typically, ore
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Treatment. In most of our metallurgical plants, gold is extracted into a leach solution
from the host ore by leaching in agitated tanks. Gold is then extracted onto activated
carbon from the solution using the CIL or CIP processes. |
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Gold in solution from the filter plants is recovered using zinc precipitation. Recovery of the
gold from the loaded carbon takes place by elution and electro-winning.Cathode sludge or dore bars
produced from electro- winning is now currently sent directly to Rand Refinery. Most of the South
African plants no longer use smelting to produce rough gold bars (dore). Harmonys Australian
plants and its South African zinc precipitation plants continue to smelt precipitate to produce
rough gold bars. These bars are then transported to the Rand Refinery or in the case of the
Australian plans, to an independent refinery, which is responsible for refining the bars to a
minimum of good delivery status.
In fiscal 2006, we operated the only independent gold refinery and fabrication plant in South
Africa. In fiscal 2006, approximately 84% (85% in fiscal 2005 and 83% in fiscal 2004) of Harmonys
South African gold production was refined at Harmonys refinery and the remainder was refined at
the Rand Refinery, which is owned by a consortium of the major gold producers in South Africa. The
Australian gold production is refined in Australia at an independent refiner, AGR Matthey.
The Harmony Refinery has developed a number of product lines comprising of: branded gold
bullion, comprising both large and small bars and granules. We are able to sell to markets such as
India, the Middle East and East Asia among others; jewelry alloys, including plate, strip, grain
and wire manufactured in 9ct 18ct yellow, white and red gold for casting or bench work, fine
silver granules and crystals, low-tarnish sterling silver, solders as paste or blocks in gold,
silver and platinum, bangles, wedding rings and coin blanks, semi manufactured and custom made
orders; industrial gold and silver, including silver anodes for the electroplating industry and
99.999% gold for high purity applications, gold fuse wire and connectors; dental alloys, including
an extensive range of casted and bonding alloys, solders and wire meeting restoration requirements.
All of our products comply with South African and international standards and where required,
custom engineered products are available. In fiscal 2006, Harmony had refinery capacity of 100
tonnes per year. Harmony spent approximately R4 million ($0.6 million) (compared to R6 million
($0.9 million) in fiscal 2005) on capital expenditures at its refinery in fiscal 2006. Since July 2006, all of our gold produced in South Africa has been sent to Rand Refinery, as a decision was
made to close the Harmony Refinery. See Item 8. Financial Information Recent Developments for
more information.
The South African government has emphasized that the production of value-added fabricated gold
products, such as jewelry, is an important means for creating employment opportunities in South
Africa and has made the promotion of these beneficiation activities a requirement of the Mining
Charter described in Item 4. Information on the Company Regulation-Mineral Rights. Harmonys
beneficiation initiatives have benefited from the expansion and improvement of Harmonys refinery.
Harmony supports jewelry ventures in South Africa.
Services and Supplies
Mining activities require extensive services, located both on the surface and underground.
These services include mining-related services such as mining engineering (optimizing mining
layouts and safe mining practices), planning (developing short-term and long-term mining plans),
ore reserve management (to achieve optimal orebody extraction), ventilation (sustaining operable
mining conditions underground), provision of supplies and materials, and other logistical support.
In addition, engineering services are required to ensure equipment operates effectively. Unlike
many other South African gold producers, we generally provide only those services directly related
to mining. In some cases, other services are provided by outside contractors. In Australia,
contractors are hired to perform the open pit and underground mining. We provide medical services
to employees at our Free State, Evander and Randfontein hospitals and have outsourced the function
to another hospital in Orkney.
We commenced a Services Transformation Project (STP) in June 2005 which concentrates on
re-aligning the services departments as well as our staffing and systems as a way to reduce cash
operating costs. The STP has been set up to help us improve the services we provide to our mining
operations. We believe there are opportunities in services to transform them into businesses in
their own right. Our targets are to reduce costs as well as to improve client satisfaction. The STP
plans to address this in a focused and sustainable way. We followed a three phase process of: (i)
analyzing or diagnosing the current situation throughout our operations (phase one); (ii)
redesigning the services where appropriate (phase two); and (iii) implementing the services,
staffing and systems in a sustainable way (phase three). As a result of the STP R150 million
(US$23.5 million) was saved during fiscal 2006.
The Mining Charter described in Item 4. Information on the Company Regulation Mineral
Rights establishes a policy of preferred supplier status according to enterprises controlled by
members of historically disadvantaged groups
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when those enterprises are able to offer goods and services at competitive prices and quality
levels. We believe that our procurement policy is consistent with this policy.
Harmonys Management Structure
As part of the Harmony Way, we structure our mining operations in a way that we consider to
be unique in the South African gold mining industry. Our operational structure is based on small,
empowered management teams at each production site.
After Peter Steenkamp was appointed as Chief Operating Officer Harmonys original approach to
mining the Harmony Way was challenged and Peter re-introduced General Managers into the structure.
Twelve general managers were appointed in January 2006, who take responsibility for the following
operations:
Evander
Randfontein Cooke shafts
Elandsrand
Orkney Operations
Kalgold
Target
Tshepong
Masimong
Bambanani
Brand Shafts
Virginia Operations
Joel
The general managers are responsible for business optimization, ore reserve optimization, and
for developing a business culture at the operations. They also focus on long-term viability and
growth of the operations.
All South African operations report to Peter Steenkamp as Chief Operations Officer, with Bob
Atkinson being responsible for the projects in Harmony.
Each of the General Managers are assisted by an Ore Reserve Manager, a Business Analyst and a
Human Resources Leader.
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The role of the Business Analyst, is to ensure business optimization,
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The Human Resources Leader is responsible for employee mobilization
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The team assists the General Manager in ensuring the growth and long-term sustainability of
the operations. Mining Managers, Engineers and Human Resource Managers report to the respective
General Managers.
The traditional Mine Overseer is now termed the Legal Compliance Officer and has a varying
number of Production Coaches appointed below him. In addition, the Legal Compliance Officer and
the Production Coaches spend the entire eight-hour working shift underground with the mining teams,
in contrast with the four hours Shift Bosses and Mine Overseers typically spent with the mining
teams. This directs the Legal Compliance Officer and the Production Coaches technical expertise to
be available to the production crews on the face. It has been proven in Harmony that this
methodology promotes a safe production environment for the production teams and enhances career
development for previously disadvantaged individuals.
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures, including the non-cash portion, incurred for fiscal 2006 totaled
approximately $265.3 million,
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compared with $ 236.3 million for fiscal 2005 and $ 213.8 million for fiscal 2004. The focus
of Harmonys capital expenditures in recent years has been underground development and plant
improvement, upgrades and acquisitions, and management currently expects this focus to continue in
fiscal 2007. The increase in capital expenditures in fiscal 2006 compared with fiscal 2005 resulted
from the commencement of infrastructure establishment in Papua New Guinea and further investment in
the Doornkop South Reef Project, Phakisa and Elandsrand mine. During 2006, the Company changed its
accounting policy for the capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item 5: Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates for further information on the
effects of this change on Harmony. The increase in capital expenditures in fiscal 2005 compared
with fiscal 2004 resulted from the commencement of infrastructure establishment in Papua New Guinea
and further investment in the Doornkop South Reef Project. Harmony has budgeted approximately
$385.3 million for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007. Details regarding the capital expenditures
for each operation are found in the individual mine sections under Business Harmonys Mining
Operations. We currently expect that our planned capital expenditures will be financed from
operations and existing cash and investments on hand. However, if we decide to expand major
projects such as the Poplar Project and the Rolspruit Project at Evander beyond our current plans,
we may consider alternative financing sources described below. See Item 4. Information on the
Company Business Harmonys Mining Operations Evander Operations.
Description of Property
Harmonys operational mining areas in South Africa are set forth below:
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Cooke |
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8,696 |
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21,488 |
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Lindum |
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3,143 |
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7,766 |
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Doornkop |
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2,941 |
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7,267 |
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Elandskraal |
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5,113 |
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12,634 |
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Freestate |
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22,583 |
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55,802 |
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21,173 |
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52,318 |
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615 |
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1,520 |
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36,898 |
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91,174 |
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7,952 |
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19,649 |
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Harmonys operational mining areas (granted tenements) in Australia comprise the combined Mt.
Magnet Big Bell area of 174,186 acres, the South Kalgoorlie area of 253,660 acres.
Harmony sold its holdings in the Northern Territories (the Burnside Joint Venture) that
totalled 288,083 acres during fiscal 2006. We also own, control or share in additional mineral
rights that have not been brought to production.
In Papua New Guinea (PNG), Harmony holds granted tenements covering the Hidden Valley and Wafi
gold and gold-copper resources, in addition to extensive areas prospective for the exploration for
these commodities. The total granted holdings in Papua New Guinea are 996,495 acres.
In line with the rest of the South African mining industry, we have been rationalizing our
mineral rights holdings in recent years. Accordingly, over the past three years, we have disposed
of our shares and our participation rights in areas in, as well as outside of, South Africa in
which we have not actively pursued mining. However, in some cases we have retained certain
participation rights and option clauses in disposed of properties and mining rights. We may
continue to investigate further disposals.
The following page contains a map of our South African and worldwide operations and interests.
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WORLDWIDE OPERATIONS
Geology
The major portion of our South African gold production is derived from mines located in the
Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa. The Witwatersrand Basin is an elongate structure that extends
approximately 300 kilometers in a northeast-southwest direction and approximately 100 kilometers in
a northwest-southeast direction. It is an Archean sedimentary basin containing a six-kilometers
thick stratigraphic sequence consisting mainly of quartzites and shales with minor volcanic units.
Conglomerate layers occur in distinctive depositional cycles or packages within the upper,
arenaceous portion of the sequence, known as the Central Rand Group. It is within these
predominately conglomeratic units that the gold-bearing alluvial placer deposits, termed reefs, are
located.
The differences in the morphology and gold distribution patterns within a single reef, and
from one reef to the next, are a reflection of the different sedimentary processes at work at the
time of placer deposition on erosional surfaces in fluvial and littoral environments.
Within the various goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin there are major and minor fault
systems, and some of the normal faults have displaced basin-dipping placers upwards in a
progressive step-like manner, enabling mining to take place at accessible depths.
The majority of Harmonys South African gold production is derived from auriferous placer
reefs situated at different stratigraphic positions and at varying depths below surface in three of
the seven defined goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin.
Harmonys production from the Australian operations and South African Kalgold operations are
sourced from Archaean greenstone gold deposits. These types of deposits are formed by the
interaction of gold-bearing hydrothermal fluids with chemically or rheologically suitable rock
types. The hydrothermal fluids are typically focused along conduits termed shear zones. The nature
of the shear zone and the host rock determines the style of the mineralization, which may be narrow
veins with high gold grades or wide disseminated mineralization with low-medium grades. Frequently
the two styles occur together.
At Harmonys Papua New Guinea operations, the sedimentary/volcaniclastic rocks of the Owen
Stanley Formation that surround the Wafi Diatreme host the gold mineralization at the Wafi project.
Gold mineralization occurs as extensive high-sulphidation epithermal alteration overprinting
porphyry mineralization and epithermal style vein-hosted and replacement gold mineralization with
associated wall-rock alteration. The Golpu Copper-Gold project is located about 1kilometer
northeast of the Wafi gold orebody. It is a porphyri (Diorite) copper-gold deposit. The host
lithology is a diorite that exhibits
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a typical zoned porphyry copper alteration halo and the
mineralized body can be described as a porphyry copper-gold pipe. Harmonys Hidden Valley project
comprise low sulphidation carbonate-base metal-gold epithermal deposits within the Morobe
Goldfield, in the Morobe Province of Papua New Guinea. In the Hidden Valley project area a
batholith of Morobe Granodiorite (locally a coarse grained monzogranite) is flanked by fine
metasediments of the Owen Stanley Metamorphics. Both are cut by dykes of Pliocene porphyry ranging
from hornblende-biotite to feldspar-quartz porphyries. A number of commonly argillic altered and
gold anomalous breccias are known, including both hydrothermal and over printing structural
breccias. The Hidden Valley deposit area is dominated by a series of post Miocene faults
controlling the gold mineralization, including an early north trending set and the main northwest
faulting.
Reserves
Depletion for fiscal 2006 accounted for approximately 2.4 million ounces while exploration and the
addition of ounces from associate Western Areas have added 4.2 million ounces to the ore
reserves. For the reporting of Ore Reserves at our South African and Australian
operations Harmony uses a gold price of US$500 per ounce. An exchange rate of R6.53 per US dollar
is used for South Africa and for Australia an exchange rate of US$0.74 per Australian dollar is
used giving a
gold price of R105,000/kilogram or A$680/ounce, respectively. These gold prices have also been used
in mine planning. At Papua New Guinea the Hidden Valley feasibility study was completed using a
base case of US$445/ounce (gold) and a silver price of US$6.50/ounce and these prices have
therefore been used in the declaration of Ore Reserves. Mine planning at Hidden Valley is being
done at US$500/ounce for gold and US$7.50/ounce for silver.
The year-on-year comparison set forth below reconciles the ore reserves declaration of Harmony
at June 30, 2005 to that at June 30, 2006.
Year-on-year reconciliation of Harmonys ore reserves
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Of the companys 56.0 million ounces of ore reserves, 42.0 million ounces are classified as
current reserves (above infrastructure), 9.8 million ounces are classified as below infrastructure,
i.e. reserves for which the capital expenditure has yet to be approved, and 4.2 million ounces are
reserves from associate Western Areas.
Harmony uses the South African code for the Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral
Resources and Ore Reserves (the SAMREC Code), which sets out the internationally recognized
procedures and standards for reporting of mineral resources and ore reserves. This code was
developed by the South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy and is the recommended guideline
for reserve and resource reporting for companies listed on the JSE Limited. Harmonys Australian
and Papua New Guinea ore reserves are compliant with the SAMREC code. Harmony uses the term ore
reserves, in the Annual Report which has the same meaning as mineral reserves, as defined in the
SAMREC code. In reporting of reserves, we have complied with Industry Guide 7 of the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission.
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In order to define that portion of a measured and indicated mineral resource that can be
converted to a proven and probable ore reserve, Harmony applies the concept of a cut-off grade.
This is done by defining the optimal cut-off as the lowest grade at which an orebody can be mined
such that the total profits, under a specified set of mining parameters, are maximized. The cut-off
grade is determined using the companys Optimiser computer program which requires the following as
input:
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Rand per tonne cash operating costs of the mines are historically based, but take cognizance
of distinct changes in the cost environment such as the future production profile, restructuring,
right-sizing, and other cost reduction initiatives, and for below infrastructure ounces, an
estimate of capital expenditure.
The ore reserves represent that portion of the measured and indicated resources above cut-off
in the life-of-mine plan and have been estimated after consideration of the factors affecting
extraction, including mining, metallurgical, economic, marketing, legal, environmental, social, and
governmental factors. A range of disciplines which includes geology, survey, planning, mining
engineering, rock engineering, metallurgy, financial management, human resources management, and
environmental management have been involved at each mine in the life of- mine planning process and
the conversion of resources into reserves. The oreflow-related modifying factors used to convert
the mineral resources to ore reserves through the life-of-mine planning process are stated for each
individual shaft. For these factors, 18 month historical information is used, except if there is a
valid reason to do otherwise. Because of depth and rock engineering requirements, some shafts
design stope support pillars into their mining layouts which accounts for 7% to 10% discounting.
Further discounting relates to the life-of-mine extraction to provide for unpay and geological
losses.
Harmonys standard for narrow reef sampling with respect to both proven and probable reserve
calculations for underground mining operations at Elandskraal, Free State, Evander, Randfontein,
Free Gold, Orkney and Target is applied on a 6 meter by 6 meter grid. Average sample spacing on
development ends is at 2 meter intervals in development areas. For the massive mining at the Target
operations, the Harmony standard for sampling with respect to both proven and probable reserves are
fan drilling with B sized diamond drill holes (43mm core) sited at 50 meter spaced sections along
twin access drives. Harmonys standard for sampling with respect to both proven and probable
reserves at its Australian underground operations include sampling development drives and crosscuts
at intervals of up to 4 meters, drilling fans of diamond drill boreholes with a maximum spacing of
20 meters in any orientation within the ore bodies, and assaying core at 1 meter intervals. The
Kalgold open cast operations are sampled on diamond drill and reverse circulation drill spacing of
no more than 25 meters on average. Surface mining at South African operations other than Kalgold
involves recovering gold from areas previously involved in mining and processing, such as
metallurgical plants, waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes and sand) for which random
sampling is used. Australian surface operations are sampled on diamond drill and reverse
circulation drill spacing of no more than 20 meters on average.
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Our mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves as at June 30, 2006 are set
out in the following table:
For the reporting of Ore Reserves at our South African and Australian operations Harmony uses a
gold price of US$500 per ounce. An exchange rate of R6.53 per US dollar is used for South Africa
and for Australia an exchange rate of US$0.74 per Australian dollar is used giving a gold price of
R105,000/kilogram or A$680/ounce, respectively.
Ore reserve statement (Imperial) as at June 30, 2006
Ore reserve statement Imperial
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0.242 |
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1.25 |
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27.28 |
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0.217 |
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5.91 |
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12.61 |
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0.153 |
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1.93 |
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14.37 |
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0.140 |
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26.98 |
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0.146 |
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0.210 |
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11.94 |
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Evander |
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|
5.57 |
|
|
|
0.210 |
|
|
|
1.17 |
|
|
|
17.54 |
|
|
|
0.199 |
|
|
|
3.48 |
|
|
|
23.11 |
|
|
|
0.201 |
|
|
|
4.65 |
|
Evander (below infrastructure) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41.80 |
|
|
|
0.236 |
|
|
|
9.87 |
|
|
|
41.80 |
|
|
|
0.236 |
|
|
|
9.87 |
|
Target |
|
|
8.14 |
|
|
|
0.232 |
|
|
|
1.89 |
|
|
|
13.11 |
|
|
|
0.185 |
|
|
|
2.43 |
|
|
|
21.25 |
|
|
|
0.203 |
|
|
|
4.31 |
|
Free Gold |
|
|
17.51 |
|
|
|
0.211 |
|
|
|
3.69 |
|
|
|
45.01 |
|
|
|
0.220 |
|
|
|
9.91 |
|
|
|
62.51 |
|
|
|
0.218 |
|
|
|
13.60 |
|
Orkney |
|
|
4.29 |
|
|
|
0.196 |
|
|
|
0.84 |
|
|
|
3.13 |
|
|
|
0.146 |
|
|
|
0.46 |
|
|
|
7.42 |
|
|
|
0.175 |
|
|
|
1.30 |
|
Total S.A. Underground |
|
|
58.01 |
|
|
|
0.203 |
|
|
|
11.76 |
|
|
|
169.45 |
|
|
|
0.209 |
|
|
|
35.33 |
|
|
|
227.46 |
|
|
|
0.207 |
|
|
|
47.09 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S.A. Surface |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein |
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
2.10 |
|
|
|
0.022 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
2.10 |
|
|
|
0.022 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
Kalgold |
|
|
4.07 |
|
|
|
0.022 |
|
|
|
0.09 |
|
|
|
5.35 |
|
|
|
0.047 |
|
|
|
0.25 |
|
|
|
9.42 |
|
|
|
0.036 |
|
|
|
0.34 |
|
Free Gold |
|
|
74.56 |
|
|
|
0.011 |
|
|
|
0.82 |
|
|
|
10.88 |
|
|
|
0.017 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
|
|
85.44 |
|
|
|
0.012 |
|
|
|
1.01 |
|
Total S.A. Surface |
|
|
78.63 |
|
|
|
0.011 |
|
|
|
0.90 |
|
|
|
18.33 |
|
|
|
0.027 |
|
|
|
0.49 |
|
|
|
96.96 |
|
|
|
0.014 |
|
|
|
1.39 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australian Operations 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt. Magnet |
|
|
1.77 |
|
|
|
0.068 |
|
|
|
0.12 |
|
|
|
1.76 |
|
|
|
0.107 |
|
|
|
0.19 |
|
|
|
3.54 |
|
|
|
0.087 |
|
|
|
0.31 |
|
South Kalgoorlie |
|
|
0.85 |
|
|
|
0.053 |
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
3.56 |
|
|
|
0.062 |
|
|
|
0.22 |
|
|
|
4.41 |
|
|
|
0.060 |
|
|
|
0.27 |
|
Total Australian Operations |
|
|
2.62 |
|
|
|
0.063 |
|
|
|
0.17 |
|
|
|
5.32 |
|
|
|
0.077 |
|
|
|
0.41 |
|
|
|
7.95 |
|
|
|
0.072 |
|
|
|
0.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Hidden Valley |
|
|
5.62 |
|
|
|
0.064 |
|
|
|
0.36 |
|
|
|
36.38 |
|
|
|
0.055 |
|
|
|
2.01 |
|
|
|
42.00 |
|
|
|
0.056 |
|
|
|
2.37 |
|
Kaveroi and Hamata |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.40 |
|
|
|
0.064 |
|
|
|
0.35 |
|
|
|
5.40 |
|
|
|
0.064 |
|
|
|
0.35 |
|
Total Papua New Guinea |
|
|
5.62 |
|
|
|
0.064 |
|
|
|
0.36 |
|
|
|
41.78 |
|
|
|
0.056 |
|
|
|
2.35 |
|
|
|
47.40 |
|
|
|
0.057 |
|
|
|
2.71 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Western Areas 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Deep (29.2% Equity) |
|
|
1.96 |
|
|
|
0.213 |
|
|
|
0.42 |
|
|
|
21.58 |
|
|
|
0.177 |
|
|
|
3.83 |
|
|
|
23.54 |
|
|
|
0.180 |
|
|
|
4.25 |
|
GRAND TOTAL |
|
|
146.84 |
|
|
|
0.093 |
|
|
|
13.61 |
|
|
|
256.46 |
|
|
|
0.165 |
|
|
|
42.41 |
|
|
|
403.30 |
|
|
|
0.139 |
|
|
|
56.02 |
|
Gold oz figures are fully inclusive of all mining dilutions and gold losses, and are reported
as mill delivered tons and head grades. Metallurgical recovery factors have not been applied to the
reserve figures.
Includes reserves from underground and surface mining at each of the
Australian operations.
Includes reserves from underground and surface
mining at the operations.
Includes the Harmony 29.2% Equity ounces from Western Areas
Metallurgical recovery factors have not been applied to the reserve figures stated above.
The approximate metallurgical recovery factors for the table above are as follows: (a) Elandskraal
95.6%; (b) Free State 95%; (c) Randfontein 96.5%; (d) Evander 96.7%; (e) Kalgold 82%; (f) the Free
Gold assets 97%; (g) Orkney 93%; (h) Target 97.5%; (i) Big Bell 86%; (j) Northern Territory 94.7%;
(k) Mt. Magnet 93%; (l) South Kalgoorlie 92%; (m) Papua New Guinea 92.9%.
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The amount of gold mineralization which Harmony can economically extract, and therefore can
classify as reserves, is very sensitive to fluctuations in the price of gold. At gold prices
different from the gold price of R105,000 per kilogram ($500.00 per ounce) used to estimate
Harmonys attributable reserves of 56.0 million ounces of gold as of June 30, 2006 listed above,
Harmonys operations would have had significantly different reserves. Based on the same methodology
and assumptions as were used to estimate Harmonys reserves as
of June 30, 2006 listed above, but
applying different gold prices that are 10% above and below the R105,000 per kilogram ($500.00 per
ounce) gold price used to estimate Harmonys attributable reserves, the attributable gold reserves
for Harmonys operations would have been as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
R94,500/kilogram (1) |
|
R105,000/kilogram |
|
R115,500/kilogram |
51.1 million
|
|
56.0 million
|
|
57.7 million |
|
|
|
(1) |
|
Harmony calculated the 3 year average Rand gold price to be approximately
R93,500/kilogram ($448/ounce). |
The
London afternoon fixing price for gold on October 24, 2006 was
R142,809 ($583.60 per
ounce).
Harmonys methodology for determining its reserves is subject to change and is based upon
estimates and assumptions made by management regarding a number of factors as noted above under
Reserves. Accordingly, the sensitivity analysis of Harmonys reserves provided above should not be
relied upon as indicative of what the estimate of Harmonys reserves would actually be or have been
at the gold prices indicated, or at any other gold price, nor should it be relied upon as a basis
for estimating Harmonys ore reserves based on the current gold price or what Harmonys reserves
will be at any time in the future. See Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve
figures are estimated based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future cash costs
of production and the price of gold and may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than currently estimated.
Harmonys Mining Operations Overview
In South Africa, we conduct underground mining at seven sites:
|
|
|
Elandskraal |
|
|
|
|
the Free State |
|
|
|
|
Randfontein |
|
|
|
|
Evander |
|
|
|
|
Free Gold |
|
|
|
|
ARMgold and |
|
|
|
|
Avgold |
We conduct surface mining at five sites:
|
|
|
the Free State |
|
|
|
|
Randfontein |
|
|
|
|
Free Gold |
|
|
|
|
Kalgold and |
|
|
|
|
Target |
41
Surface mining conducted at the South African operations other than Kalgold involves
recovering gold from areas previously involved in mining and processing, such as metallurgical
plants, waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes and sand).
In Australia, we presently conduct mining principally at two sites, the Mt. Magnet operations
(which were acquired in the Hill 50 transaction) and the South Kalgoorlie operations (which include
the Jubilee operations acquired in the New Hampton transaction and the New Celebration operations
acquired in the Hill 50 transaction). Underground and surface mining is conducted at each of the
remaining operations, with underground access through two declines at Mt. Magnet and one decline at
South Kalgoorlie and surface access principally through open pits. Underground operations at Big
Bell ceased in July 2003 as mining there had become uneconomical due to low grade and the Big Bell
plant was sold in December 2003. Surface mining will, however, continue in certain areas of the Big
Bell tenements, with ore to be processed at the Mt. Magnet plant. Surface mining at South
Kalgoorlie ceased in fiscal 2006 with treatment consisting of on Mt. Marion ore and lowgrade
stockpiles. Open pit mining has recommenced at South Kal Mines during fiscal 2007.
The following discussion is a three-part presentation of our operations: (i) an overview of
our South African and Australasian mining operations; (ii) a regional analysis presented for both
underground and surface operations; and (iii) a production analysis at the individual shaft or mine
level based on our mining operation categories (quality/leveraged/growth/surface) used by
management.
South African Mining Operations General
Elandskraal Operations
Introduction. On January 31, 2001, Harmony entered into an agreement to purchase the assets
and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines in the North West and Gauteng provinces of South Africa
for approximately R1 billion ($128.4 million). Harmony and AngloGold jointly managed the
Elandskraal mines between February 1, 2001 and April 9, 2001 and Harmony completed the purchase on
April 9, 2001. The assets and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines include the mineral rights and
mining title (excluding a portion of the Carbon Leader Reef horizon, which AngloGold continues to
mine), mining equipment, metallurgical facilities, underground and surface infrastructure necessary
for the continuation of mining, ore treatment and gold extraction at Elandskraal as a going
concern, and contributions to a rehabilitation trust fund equivalent to the current rehabilitation
liability of this operation. The addition of Elandskraal to Harmonys operations increased
Harmonys reserves by approximately 9.9 million ounces at that time. In fiscal 2006, Harmonys
Elandskraal operations accounted for approximately 7% (7% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys total gold
sales.
History. Gold mining began at Elandskraal in 1978 following approval of the project in 1974
by Elandsrand Gold Mining Company for the Elandsrand operations and by Gold Fields of South Africa
Ltd. for the Deelkraal operations. Two surface shafts and two adjoining sub-vertical shafts were
sunk at Elandsrand and Deelkraal. The sub-vertical shafts at Elandsrand were completed in 1984,
which accessed a deeper reef in the lease area. The sub shaft deepening project, or SSDP, the
deepening of the sub-vertical shafts to approximately 3,600 meters below surface, has been
completed. Activities are currently focused on accessing and opening up areas of the new mine and
on the development and construction of support infrastructure. Harmony believes that the SSDP will
enable Elandskraal to produce approximately 250,000 ounces per year over the life of the mines.
Geology. Elandskraal contains three identified main reef groupings, the Ventersdorp Contact
Reef, or VCR, the Carbon Leader Reef, or CLR and the Mondeor Reef. Only the VCR is economic to mine
and has been mined at depths below surface between 1,600 and 2,800 meters with future production to
3,300 meters below surface at the Elandsrand operations and at depths below surface of 2,750 meters
at the Deelkraal operations. The VCR and CLR consist of narrow (20 centimeters to 2 meters) tabular
orebodies of quartz pebble conglomerates hosting gold, with extreme lateral continuity.
At the Elandsrand operations, the vertical separation between the VCR and CLR increases east
to west from 900 meters to 1,300 meters as a result of the relative angle of the VCR unconformity
surface to the regional stratigraphic strike and dip. The CLR strikes west-southwest and dips to
the south at 25 degrees. The VCR strikes east-northeast and has a regional dip of 21 degrees to the
south-southeast. Local variations in dip are largely due to the terrace-and-slope palaeotopography
surface developed during VCR deposition.
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The dip of the VCR at the Deelkraal operations is relatively consistent at 24 degrees,
although there is some postulation of a slight flattening of dip at depth. The VCR has a limit of
deposition running roughly north-south through the center of the lease area. The VCR is not
developed to the west of this line. Some stoping has occurred to the west of this limit, but this
was to exploit reefs from the Mondeor Conglomerates, stratigraphically underlying the VCR.
Mining Operations. The Elandskraal operations are divided into the Elandsrand and the
Deelkraal mines. The Elandsrand mine engaged in both underground and waste rock mining. The
Deelkraal mine engaged in underground mining but as a result of the lower gold price in rand terms
(taking into account the stronger rand as against the US dollar) the production was stopped in June
2004 and remained closed during fiscal 2005 and 2006. Vamping and reclamation operations are
ongoing at this time. The treatment of waste rock became uneconomical and was discontinued during
January 2004. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock mining risks
detailed in the Risk Factors section.
Due to the operating depths of the Elandskraal underground operations, seismicity and pressure
related problems are a risk. Harmony regularly revisits its mining strategy and management
procedures at all of its deeper mining operations in connection with its efforts to mitigate this
risk. The primary challenges facing the Elandskraal operations are the lowering of working costs,
increasing mining flexibility, controlling capital expenditure and the timely completion of the
SSDP.
Following our acquisition of Elandskraal, we implemented the Harmony Way at Elandskraal in
an effort to cut costs and increase productivity, which resulted in the retrenchment of
approximately 1,450 employees. This has improved the overall cost structure, which has enabled us
to pursue capital development.
The Elandsrand mine, a mature mine with a declining production profile, has the challenge of a
new mine being
developed underneath the old mine. The nature of the different activities underway negatively
impacted on the performance of the shaft during fiscal 2004. Due to scaling of the waste and reef
orepasses, a program to rehabilitate the orepass system was put in place. This resulted in the
temporary tipping of waste into the reef orepass system, which typically results in dilution in
recovery grade and a distorted cash cost/ton profile. The problem was finally resolved in February
2004, and resulted in an improvement in recovery grade. A fire during the quarter ended September
30, 2003 resulted in the loss of three working shifts. Production was also affected by a blockage
in the orepass during the quarter ended June 30, 2004. Seismic events during the quarters ending
September 30, 2003 and June 30, 2004 resulted in three fatalities. Development was delayed as a
result. Although this had an impact on the development for the period, it did not impact on the
longer term production plan.
During August and September 2004, a major restructuring plan was implemented at Elandsrand.
Along with the implementation of CONOPS between August 2004 and February 2005, production improved.
Even so, it is still hampered by the lack of flexibility, an issue that will be addressed by the
commissioning of the new mine. Capital development on two levels has been completed. Cash operating
cost development is taking place in both easterly and westerly directions on these levels. Access
development delays on two other levels resulted from slow progress of the access haulages through
the Cobra Dyke. All the levels up to 113 Level are now through and developments rates have picked
up substantially. Development and construction of support infrastructure has progressed well. Work
on the chambers for the refrigeration plants on 100 Level and the pump chamber on 115 Level is
proceeding. The project is expected to be completed by fiscal 2011 and is expected to have a life
of mine of 18 years. From the inception of the project through the end of fiscal 2006, R570 million
(US$80.0 million calculated at the closing rate at balance sheet date) has been expended. A further
R236 million (US$33.0 million calculated at the closing rate at balance sheet date) has been
budgeted to complete the project.
An agreement for the implementation of CONOPS at Deelkraal was reached with the respective
unions on December 19, 2003. Due to delays, it was only fully operational by April 2004. Despite
this, production at the Deelkraal mine was stopped in June 2004 as a result of the reduction in the
Rand-denominated price of gold at that time which made mining at the shaft uneconomical. During
fiscal 2005 and 2006 the Deelkraal mine was only operating as a service shaft.
During fiscal 2006, the safety record at the Elandskraal mine in terms of lost time frequency
rate 26.5 per million hours worked compared unfavorably with the group average of 19.41.
Significant work was done to address the seismic event described above and the fatality frequency
rate (0.55) returned to a more consistent ratio with the group average of 0.31 for underground
operations. Safety standards from other Harmony operations are being applied at Elandskraal and
receive constant and high-level attention. Where problems are identified, steps are being taken to
address the situation.
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The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for leading initiatives to
improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations. See Item 6. Directors
and Senior Management Board Practices.
Plants. Commissioned in 1978, the Elandsrand Plant has milling in closed circuit with primary
and secondary hydrocyclones, secondary ball milling in closed circuit with hydrocyclones,
thickening and cyanide leaching in a CIP pump cell carousel circuit. The CIP was commissioned after
an upgrade of the facility in 1999. Following post-acquisition capital improvements, loaded carbon
milled at the Elandsrand Plant is transported by road to the Cooke Plant at Randfontein for
elution, electro-winning and smelting to produce gold. Residues from the CIP are pumped either to a
backfill plant or directly to the tailings facility. Ore from Elandsrand underground operations are
delivered to the plant for treatment.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for the plant:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Milled for the |
|
|
Processing |
|
Fiscal Year |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Elandsrand Plant |
|
|
140,000 |
* |
|
|
73,739 |
|
|
|
|
* |
|
Processing capacity assumes optimal capacity upon completion of the Elandsrand New Mine
Project. |
In fiscal 2006, the Elandsrand Plant recovered approximately 91.12% of the gold contained in
the ore delivered for processing.
Randfontein Operations
Introduction. The Randfontein gold mine is located in the Gauteng Province of South Africa,
approximately thirty kilometers west of Johannesburg. The Randfontein mine currently operates under
a mining authorization with a total area of 17,753 hectares. The Randfontein mine has both
underground and surface mining operations, and has two metallurgical plants. Underground mining is
conducted at Randfontein at depths ranging from 500 meters to 2,500 meters. In fiscal 2006,
Harmonys Randfontein operations accounted for approximately 13% (11% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys
total gold sales.
History. Gold mining began at the Randfontein mine in 1889. Harmony obtained management
control of Randfontein in January, 2000 and by June 30, 2000 had acquired 100% of Randfonteins
outstanding ordinary share capital and 96.5% of the warrants to purchase ordinary shares of
Randfontein. Since acquiring Randfontein, we have implemented the Harmony Way at Randfontein. We
have reduced the number of senior managers, sold off non-core assets and implemented management
teams.
See Item 8. Financial Information Recent Developments for further information on the
disposal of the Randfontein number 4 shaft.
Geology. The Randfontein mine is situated in the West Rand Goldfield of the Witwatersrand
Basin, the structure of which is dominated by the Witpoortjie and Panvlakte Horst blocks, which are
superimposed over broad folding associated with the southeast plunging West 50 Rand Syncline. The
structural geology in the north section of the Randfontein mine is dominated by a series of
northeast trending dextral wrench faults.
The Randfontein mine contains six identified main reef groupings: the Black Reef; the
Ventersdorp Contact Reef; the Elsburg Formations; the Kimberleys; the Livingstone Reefs; and the
South Reef. Within these, several economic reef horizons have been mined at depths below surface
between 600 and 1,260 meters.
The reefs comprise fine to coarse grained pyritic mineralization within well developed thick
quartz pebble conglomerates or narrow single pebble lags, which in certain instances are replaced
by narrow carbon seams.
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Mining Operations. The Randfontein operations are engaged in both underground and waste rock
mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock mining risks detailed
in the Risk Factors section, and have historically also been subject to the open pit mining risks.
Due to the shallow to moderate depths of the operations, seismicity and pressure related problems
are infrequent. There is a risk of subterranean water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the
mine. However, this risk is mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring, which
includes the drilling of boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or gas is indicated in the
drilling, appropriate preventative action is taken.
The Doornkop South Reef Project was announced on January 22, 2003. The project involves the
deepening of the Doornkop main shaft to 1,973 meters to the South Reef, which lies between 1,650
and 2,000 meters below surface, and then development towards these mining areas. It is estimated
that the South Reef project has an in situ resource of 11.6 million ounces. For project purposes,
it is estimated that 102,000 tons or 2.96 million ounces of gold will be recovered from the
resource at a recovery grade of 0.186 ounces per ton. The estimated final capital cost is R1,103
million (US$154.0 million), with R372 million (US$51.9 million) spent as of June 30, 2006.
Currently, the Kimberley Reef is mined on the upper levels of the Doornkop Shaft between 900
and 1,100 meters below surface. Most of this mining is taking place on channel edges, which results
in sporadic high, but mostly low recovered grades. The South Reef on the lower levels is the target
of the proposed shaft-deepening project. A significant development during the year was the
re-interpretation of the geological model. The resource is considered to lie flatter than
previously thought and this gave rise to re-engineering opportunities. The shaft will be shortened
as a result and there will also be a decrease in related in-circle development. The main shaft will
therefore be deepened to 1,933 meters, as opposed to a depth of 2,034 meters in the original plan,
while the spillage incline shaft will extend to 1,973 meters instead of 2,082 meters. The main
shaft is to be commissioned by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2007 calendar year
and production of 135,000 ounces per annum is expected by October 2008.
Randfontein entered into an agreement with Africa Vanguard Resources (Doornkop) (Pty) Limited
(Africa Vanguard) on January 21, 2003, pursuant to which Randfontein sold 26% of its mineral
rights in respect of the Doornkop Mining Area to Africa Vanguard for a consideration of Rand 250
million (US$34.9 million). The consideration comprised cash of Rand 140 million (US$20.0 million)
and Rand 110 million (US$15.0 million) in call options on 290,000 ounces of gold, being equal to
16% of the gold produced at Doornkop during the first 10 years of operation. Randfontein and Africa
Vanguard also entered into a joint venture agreement on the same day, pursuant to which they agreed
to jointly conduct a mining operation in respect of the Doornkop Mining Area. The profits will be
shared 84% to Randfontein and 16% to Africa Vanguard. The agreements were subject to the
fulfillment of certain conditions precedent, the last of which was fulfilled on August 12, 2003.
The agreements were implemented and the purchase price paid on August 15, 2003. For US GAAP
purposes, Harmony does not account for this transaction as a sale, but consolidates the results of
Africa Vanguard and the Doornkop Joint Venture, as both these entities have been determined to be
variable interest entities with Harmony as the primary beneficiary of both variable interest
entities.
Mining at the South Reef at Doornkop was temporarily suspended during the fourth calendar
quarter of 2003 to allow for the upgrade of the ventilation with respect to increasing both
hoisting capacity and ventilation intake. This caused the overall recovery on Doornkop to drop.
This situation continued until mining commenced in January 2004.
The safety record at the Randfontein operations during fiscal 2006 in terms of lost time
frequency rate of 14.59 per million hours worked compared favorably with the group average of
19.41. The fatality frequency rate (0.31) was the same as the group average of 0.31 for underground
operations. Lost time frequency rate at the plants in operation was 0, which was lower than the
group average of 3.5.
Safety at the operations receives constant and high-level attention and where problems are
identified steps are taken to address the situation. The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for
leading initiatives to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees Directors and Senior Management Board
Practices.
Plants. The processing facilities at the Randfontein mine presently comprise two operating
plants: the Cooke metallurgical plant and the Doornkop metallurgical plant, both of which are
serviced by a surface rail network. The Cooke metallurgical plant, commissioned in 1977, is a
hybrid CIP/CIL plant, which processes the underground ore from the Randfontein operations. The
Doornkop metallurgical plant, commissioned in 1985, is a conventional CIP plant, which is
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used to treat waste rock and other surface accumulations.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for the Cooke and Doornkop plants:
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
Average Milled for the |
|
|
Processing |
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Cooke |
|
|
280,000 |
|
|
|
208,000 |
|
Doornkop |
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
181,000 |
|
In fiscal 2006, the Cooke plant recovery has been approximately 95.4%, while Doornkop plant
recovered approximately 95.8% of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing. During
fiscal 2006, the Doornkop plant was upgraded and all underground tons were moved from Cooke plant
to Doornkop plant, Cooke plant was mothballed in January 2006.
Free State Operations
Introduction. Harmonys Free State operations are comprised of the original Harmony mines,
the Unisel mine,
Saaiplaas shaft 3, the Masimong shaft complex (comprised of Masimong shafts 4 and 5), Brand
shafts 2, 3 and 5, and the Vermeulenskraal North mineral rights area. Mining is conducted at
Harmonys Free State operations at depths ranging from 500 meters to 2,500 meters. In fiscal 2006,
Harmonys Free State operations accounted for approximately 18% (15% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys
total gold sales.
History. Harmonys Free State operations began with the Harmony mine, which is an
amalgamation of the Harmony, Virginia and Merriespruit mines. Beginning in 1996, Harmony began
purchasing neighboring mine shafts. The Unisel mine was purchased in September 1996, the Saaiplaas
mine shafts 2 and 3 were purchased in April 1997, the Brand mine shafts 2, 3 and 5 were purchased
in May 1998 and the Masimong complex (formerly known as Saaiplaas shafts 4 and 5) was purchased in
September 1998.
Geology. Harmonys Free State operations are located in the Free State goldfield on the
southwestern edge of the Witwatersrand Basin. Within this area, the operations are located on the
southwestern and southeastern limb of a synclinal closure, with the Brand, Saaiplaas and Masimong
shafts occupying northerly extensions of the same structure. The reefs dip inwardly from their
sub-outcrop positions in the east and south of the mine to a position close to the western boundary
of the original Harmony mine, where the reefs abut against the De Bron fault. To the west of the De
Bron faulted zone, faulting is generally more intense, resulting in structurally more complex
mining conditions.
Mining Operations. The Free State operations are engaged in both underground and waste rock
mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock mining risks detailed
in the Risk Factors section. Due to the shallow to moderate depths of the underground operations,
seismicity and pressure related problems are relatively infrequent with the exception of the Brand
shafts where these problems receive constant attention. Harmony regularly revisits its mining
strategy and management procedures in connection with its efforts to mitigate risks of these
problems. There is a risk of subterranean water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the mine.
However, this risk is mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring, which includes
the drilling of boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or gas is indicated in the drilling,
appropriate preventative action is taken. The principal challenges at the Free State operations of
achieving optimal volumes and grades of ore production are addressed by stringent ore reserve
management.
In fiscal 2002, Harmony began implementing the Masimong Expansion Project, which includes
developing the Basal and B-Reef orebodies in the Masimong shaft area and equipping the shaft. The
estimated final cost is R191 million (US$27.0 million calculated at the closing rate at balance
sheet date), with R140 million (US$20.0 million calculated at the closing rate at balance sheet
date) spent as of June 30, 2006. The Project is expected to, at full production in 2010,
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achieve rates of 261,000 ounces per annum. During the year, the Project was incorporated into the shaft
operations.
During fiscal 2005, Masimong was affected by three underground fires (one of which stopped
production for seven days in the last quarter), machinery break-downs, a go-slow strike in January
2005 and a regional strike in March 2005. CONOPS was implemented in the third quarter of fiscal
2006.
During fiscal 2005, Masimong 4 was placed on care and maintenance.
The Virginia 2 shaft was closed at the end of 2001, and is currently used only as a service
shaft. Harmony also closed the Harmony 4 shaft in the quarter ended September 30, 2002, following
the partial extraction of the shaft pillar. Mining personnel from the Harmony 4 shaft were
transferred to other shafts. The Harmony 3 shaft is currently used only as a service shaft for
pumping, although some of its reserves are mined through the adjacent Harmony 2 shaft.
Under market conditions prevailing in the quarter ended June 30, 2002, Harmony also decided to
commence extraction of the shaft pillar at Saaiplaas 3, which previously operated as a service
shaft. The shaft was closed during fiscal 2005.
Harmony also decided to suspend production in the quarter ending March 31, 2002 and placed the
Brand 2 shaft on care and maintenance. During the quarter ended September 30, 2003, Harmony decided
to put the Brand 5 shaft on care and maintenance. Care and maintenance will remain in place until
market conditions are more favorable or more economical parts of the orebody are discovered. All
labor has been transferred to other Harmony operations, where they have augmented natural attrition
positions or displaced contractor labor.
The safety record at the Free State operations during fiscal 2006 in terms of lost time
frequency rate of 16.83 per million hours worked was lower than the group average of 19.41. The
fatality frequency rate (0.17) compares favorably with the group average of 0.31 for underground
operations. Lost time frequency rate at the plants in operation was 8.89, which compared
unfavorably with the group average of 3.5. Merriespruit 3 achieved its 2,000,000 fatality free
shifts on March 3, 2006.
Safety at the operations receives constant and high-level attention and where problems are
identified steps are taken to address the situation. The Chief Operating Officer leads initiatives
to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations. See Item 6.
Directors, Senior Management and Employees Directors and Senior Management Board Practices.
Plants. There are two metallurgical plants at the Free State operations, namely Central and
Saaiplaas plants. A third plant, Virginia plant, was closed in fiscal 2005 and clean up operations
implemented. The Central plant was commissioned in 1986 and employs CIP/CIL hybrid technology. It
is currently dedicated to the treatment of underground ore. The Saaiplaas plant, commissioned in
the late 1950s, has been converted from the zinc precipitation filter process to the CIL. It
currently processes surface sources and reclaimed slime.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for each of the plants:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
Average Milled |
|
|
|
|
|
|
for the Fiscal Year |
|
|
Processing |
|
Ended |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Central |
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
152,833 |
|
Saaiplaas |
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
96,167 |
|
In fiscal 2006, Harmonys plants at its Free State operations recovered approximately 95.4% of
the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing to Central plant and approximately 88.01% at
the Saaiplaas plant. Harmonys refinery is also located at its Free State operations.
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Evander Operations
Introduction. Harmonys Evander operations are located in the province of Mpumalanga in South
Africa and are comprised of an amalgamation of the former Kinross, Bracken, Leslie and Winkelhaak
mines and 36,898 hectares of mineral rights adjacent to these mines. Mining at Harmonys Evander
operations is conducted at depths ranging from 300 meters to 2,100 meters. In fiscal 2006,
Harmonys Evander operations accounted for approximately 12% (13% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys
total gold sales.
History. Gold mining in the Evander Basin began in 1955. Eventually, four mining operations
were established at Evander. In 1996, as a result of depletion of ore reserves, all four mining
areas were merged to form Evander. In August 1998, Harmony acquired Evander as a wholly-owned
subsidiary. Since then, we have implemented the Harmony Way management process at Evander.
Geology. The area covered by Evanders mining authorization and mineral rights is situated
within the Evander basin, a geologically discrete easterly extension of the main Witwatersrand
Basin. Only one economic placer unit, the Kimberley Reef, is mined at Evander. In addition to the
faulting of the reef horizon, there are numerous dykes and sills that complicate the mining
layouts, the most significant of which is an extensively developed dolerite footwall sill that
occasionally intersects the Kimberley Reef, causing displacements within it.
Mining Operations. The Evander operations are primarily engaged in underground mining. The
Evander operations also process a limited amount of waste rock as and when necessary to allow the
plants to operate efficiently. These operations are subject to all of the underground mining risks
detailed in the Risk Factors section. Due to the shallow to moderate depths of the Evander
underground operations, seismicity and pressure related problems are relatively infrequent. There
is a risk of subterranean water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the mine. However, this
risk is
mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring, which includes the drilling of
boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or gas is indicated in the drilling, appropriate
preventative action is taken. During the quarter ended March 31, 2004, an agreement was reached
with the unions for the implementation of CONOPS at Evander. It has been fully implemented at all
shafts at Evander. The implementation resulted in an increase in tons milled and consequently gold
production rose. For a description of CONOPS, see Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and
Employees Unionized Labor.
During fiscal 2005, the Evander 2 and 5 shafts were combined and downscaled, while the Evander
9 shaft was closed successfully and placed on care and maintenance. The Evander 9 shaft employees
were transferred to other Evander operations. The Evander 7 shaft (Decline No. 3, phase 3) project
is progressing well.
The safety record at the Evander operations in terms of lost time frequency rate of 16.83 per
million hours worked during fiscal 2006 is lower than the group average of 19.41. The fatality
frequency rate (0.17) during fiscal 2006 is lower than the group average of 0.31 for underground
operations. The lost time frequency rate at the plants and surface operations of 3.8 is slightly
higher than the group average.
Safety at the operations receives constant and high-level attention and where problems are
identified steps are taken to address the situation. Underground falls of ground have historically
been the biggest cause of fatal injuries at Evander. Roofbolting has been implemented at Evander in
an effort to address this risk. The Chief Operating Officer, is responsible for leading initiatives
to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations. See Item 6.
Directors, Senior Management and Employees Directors and Senior Management Board Practices.
Plants. Evander has one active processing plant, the Kinross-Winkelhaak plant, which is
operated as two geographically distinct sections. The bulk of the mines ore production is treated
at the Kinross plant, which is a CIP/CIL hybrid plant. The Winkelhaak plant mills all of the ore
from shafts 2 and 5, and pumps the slurry to the Kinross plant for further processing.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for each of the operating plants:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Milled for the |
|
|
Processing |
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Kinross-Winkelhaak |
|
|
148,000 |
|
|
|
134,000 |
|
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In fiscal 2006, the plant at Evander operations recovered approximately 97.3% of the gold
contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Kalgold Operations
Introduction. Harmony conducts a surface mining operation at the Kalgold gold mine near
Mafikeng in the North West Province of South Africa. Through Kalgold, we also control extensive
mineral rights on the Kraaipan Greenstone Belt in the North West Province of South Africa. We
purchased Kalgold on July 1, 1999. In fiscal 2006, the Kalgold operations accounted for
approximately 3% (4% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys total gold sales.
History. Harmony acquired Kalgold on July 1, 1999 and fully incorporated Kalgold into its
operations in October 1999. Prior to our acquisition, the Kalgold mine had operated for more than
three years.
On November 7, 2003 Harmony announced its intent to sell Kalgold to The Afrikaner Lease
Limited (Aflease) for a consideration of R250 million. Although all the other conditions precedent
were met, Aflease could not provide appropriate funding and the contract was cancelled on March 15,
2004.
Geology. The Kalgold operations are situated on the Kraaipan granite-greenstone belt, which
is a typical gold-bearing greenstone formation. It has undergone intense structural deformation
that has led to its dislocation into separate units.
Within the mining lease area, six steeply dipping zones of mineralization have been
identified. Several additional zones of mineralization have been located within this area and are
being evaluated. The first zone to be exploited by open cast mining has been an area known as the
D-Zone. The D-Zone orebody has a strike length of 1,400 meters, varying in width between 40 meters
in the south and 15 meters in the north.
Gold mineralization is associated with pyrite and pyrrohotite, which was developed as a
replacement mineral within a banded ironstone formation and also within extensional, cross-cutting
quartz veins within the ironstone.
Mining Operations. The Kalgold operations are engaged in open pit mining. This operation is
subject to all of the open cast mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Small
subterranean water intersections in the pit are common and are actively managed and appropriate
action is taken when necessary. The primary mining challenges at the Kalgold operations of
achieving optimal volumes and grades of ore production are addressed by stringent ore reserve
management.
The Kalgold operations had a lost time injury frequency rate of 11.19 per million hours worked
in fiscal 2006, and recorded no fatal accidents in fiscal 2006. There is no reliable industry
benchmark for safety at South African surface mining operations. During fiscal 2004, refurbishment
activities at Kalgolds CIL plant resulted in some safety related incidents, which contributed to
the increased lost time injury frequency rate. Harmony has, however, addressed these issues and
does not expect them to have a material impact on long-term production. Safety at the operations
receives constant and high-level attention and where problems are identified steps are taken to
address the situation. Kalgold achieved 1,000,000 fatal free shifts on August 10, 2005 and no
employee has lost his life on the mine since the commissioning of this mine.
The Chief Operating Officer is responsible for leading initiatives to improve workplace health
and safety at Harmonys South African operations. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and
Employees Directors and Senior Management Board Practices.
Plants. Ore is trucked from the pit and is directly tipped into the feed bin to the
Pre-Primary crusher or stockpiled. The ore then undergoes a four phase crushing process before it
reaches the Dome stockpile. Three ball mills are used to grind the ore down to between 70-80% less
than 75 micron for the leaching process.
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The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for each of the plants:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Milled for the |
|
|
Processing |
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
CIL |
|
|
130,000 |
|
|
|
151,745 |
|
Heap Leach |
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|
|
|
|
|
6,825 |
* |
|
|
|
* |
|
Active use of heap leaching was discontinued in July 2001; however, the Heap Leach is
treated through the current circuit on a monthly basis. |
In fiscal 2006, Harmonys plants at its Kalgold operations recovered approximately 82% of the
gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Free Gold Operations
Introduction. On November 21, 2001, Harmony and ARMgold reached an agreement in principle
with AngloGold to
purchase the Free Gold assets, subject to specified conditions. Pursuant to the subsequently
executed definitive agreements, the Free Gold assets were purchased by the Armgold/Harmony Freegold
Joint Venture (Pty) Limited (Free Gold) (in which Harmony and ARMgold each had a 50% interest)
for Rand 2.2 billion ($206.8 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00), plus an amount equal
to any liability for taxes payable by AngloGold in connection with the sale. Free Gold assumed
management control of the Free Gold assets from January 1, 2002, and completed the acquisition on
April 23, 2002. Rand 1.8 billion ($169.2 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) of the
purchase price, plus accrued interest, was paid by Free Gold in April 2002 following the
fulfillment of all conditions precedent and Rand 400 million ($37.5 million at an exchange rate of
R10.64 per $1.00) was repaid by Free Gold under an interest-free loan due January 1, 2005. The
additional amount relating to taxes was paid by Free Gold when the tax liability became payable by
AngloGold. The amount of Rand 682 million ($90.8 million at an exchange rate of R7.51 per $1.00)
was paid in June 2003. Free Gold expects that approximately 80% of this amount will provide Free
Gold with a capital expense deduction against its taxable income from Free Gold assets. For
purposes of US GAAP, Harmony accounted for its equity interest in Free Gold with effect from May 1,
2002 and the purchase price of the Free Gold assets was determined to be Rand 2.264 billion ($239.4
million). The outstanding balance of the loan from AngloGold of R400 million ($38 million) was
fully repaid on December 30, 2004.
In connection with the acquisition of the Free Gold assets, on April 5, 2002 Harmony and
ARMgold entered into a formal joint venture and shareholders agreement relating to Free Gold. The
agreement provided that Harmony and ARMgold were each responsible for 50% of the expenses
associated with operating the Free Gold assets. Pursuant to the agreement, an interim executive
committee composed of an equal number of representatives appointed by Harmony and ARMgold managed
Free Gold until the acquisition was completed. Following completion of the acquisition, management
of Free Gold was vested in a board, which initially was composed of an equal number of Harmony and
ARMgold representatives. Since Harmony acquired ARMgold in September 2003, Free Gold has been
accounted for as a wholly owned subsidiary. Therefore Harmonys interest in Free Gold was equity
accounted for the first three months of the year, and then consolidated for the remaining nine
months.
On May 24, 2002, Harmony, ARMgold and Gold Fields, through its subsidiary St. Helena Gold
Mines Limited, announced that an agreement in principle had been reached under which St. Helena
Gold Mines Limited would sell the St. Helena gold mining assets to Free Gold for Rand 120 million
($13.7 million), plus a royalty equal to one percent of revenue for a period of 48 months beginning
on the effective date of the sale. St. Helena Gold Mines Limited and Free Gold concluded a final
agreement of sale on July 1, 2002. The sale was completed on October 30, 2002, and Free Gold
assumed management control on that date. Under the terms of the agreement of sale Free Gold agreed
to assume specified environmental liabilities relating to the operation of the St. Helena mine.
Free Gold assets consist of the Joel, Tshepong, Matjhabeng, Bambanani and St. Helena mines,
associated
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infrastructure and other mineral rights in the Free State Province of South Africa.
Production from the underground mines and adjacent surface sources is processed through three
processing facilities (the Free State 1, or FS1, Plant, Joel Plant and the St. Helena Plant). In
fiscal 2006, the Free Gold operations accounted for approximately 26% (27% in fiscal 2005) of
Harmonys total gold sales.
History. Exploration, development and production history in the area of the Free Gold assets
dates from the early 1900s, leading to commercial production by 1932. Subsequent consolidation and
restructuring led to the formation of Free State Consolidated Gold Mine (Operations) Limited, which
became a wholly-owned subsidiary of AngloGold in June 1998. AngloGold also owned the Joel mine,
which, although it was not a part of this AngloGold subsidiary, is now included within the Free
Gold assets owned by Free Gold. Free Gold also acquired the St. Helena gold mine in October 2002.
St. Helena was the first gold mine to be established in the Free State.
Geology. Free Golds mines are located in the Free State goldfield, which is on the
southwestern edge of the Witwatersrand basin. The Bambanani, Tshepong, Matjhabeng and St. Helena
mines are located in and around Welkom, while the Joel mine is approximately 30 kilometers south of
Welkom. Mining at Bambanani, Tshepong and Matjhabeng is primarily conducted in the Basal reef, with
limited exploitation of secondary reefs. Mining at Joel is primarily conducted in the Beatrix-VS5
Composite Reef. The reefs generally dip towards the east or northeast while most of the major
faults strike north-south, with the most intense faulting in evidence at Matjhabeng.
Mining Operations. Free Gold is engaged in both underground and waste rock mining. These
operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock mining risks detailed in the Risk
Factors section. Free Gold regularly revisits its
mining strategy and management procedures at the Free Gold operations in connection with its
effort to minimize risks. Mining depths range from shallow-intermediate at the Joel mine to deep at
the Bambanani mine. The primary mining challenges at the Free Gold operations are seismic risks,
ventilation and fire avoidance. Both the Bambanani mine and the Matjhabeng mine (consisting of
Kudu/ Sable, Eland and Nyala shafts) are classified as seismically active operations with seismic
monitoring systems installed to do active seismic risk evaluation, generally located in the
vicinity of remnant operations and/or geological structures. Seismic systems are managed by
external specialists. Current ventilation and refrigeration systems were evaluated and improved at
take-over which Harmony believes will improve productivity and safety. Plans to this effect are
being implemented by Free Gold. Refrigeration plants are installed at the Bambanani and Tshepong
Mines. Following underground fires during the second half of 1999 at the Bambanani mine, mine
management reviewed and modified working practices and the efficiency of the overall fire
management system.
Mining is conducted at depths ranging from 1,200 and 3,000 meters at Bambanani, at an average
depth of approximately 1,925 meters at Tshepong, at an average depth of approximately 1,700 meters
at Matjhabeng, at an average depth of approximately 1,000 meters at Joel and at an average depth of
1,489 meters at St. Helena. Production at Matjhabeng, which is a mature mine nearing closure, is
currently focused on the extraction of remnant pillars and shaft pillars, specifically at the Eland
shaft. Due to the increased operating costs in dollar terms, in fiscal 2005 the loss making shafts
Nyala and Eland were placed on care and maintenance, while production at St. Helena was scaled down
and Kudu/Sable was closed down.
Free Gold is conducting a development program at the Bambanani shaft. Harmony expects this
program to allow access to additional mining areas, which would reduce overall grade but increase
overall production and life of mine. CONOPS was introduced at the shafts during the quarter ended
December 31, 2003. During a significant period of fiscal 2005, CONOPS was stopped due to a dispute
between management and the unions. Cash costs were affected by the additional cost involved in the
implementation. Four fires in the higher grade sections during the second half of fiscal 2004 had a
negative impact on productivity at Bambanani.
The Tshepong Decline project, which started in April 2003, is proceeding on schedule. This
project will add two additional operating levels below the present level of the Tshepong North
Shaft. At fiscal 2006 year end, R192.9 million (US$27.0 million calculated at the closing rate at
balance sheet date) has been expended. A further R87.4 million (US$12.0 million calculated at the
closing rate at balance sheet date) has been budgeted to complete the project. Free Gold estimates
that the project will be completed by February 2008 and will add 135,000 ounces of gold per year to
current production. CONOPS was introduced at Tshepong during the quarter ended December 31, 2003.
During a significant period of fiscal 2005, CONOPS was stopped. For a description of CONOPS and the
reason for CONOPS not being implemented, see Item 6. Employees-Unionized Labor.
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The Phakisa Shaft Project is also proceeding on schedule. Phakisa shaft, a surface shaft, was
sunk to access the ore reserve to a depth of 2,241 meters below surface. It is estimated that the
area will yield 18.4 million tons, recovering 136 tons of gold over a project life of 19 years.
Project completion requires sinking of a decline shaft, equipping and commissioning of the shaft
with access development and stoping to maximum production build-up at a capital cost of R750
million (US$104.6 million calculated at the closing rate at balance sheet date). To date, R379
million (US$52.9 million calculated at the closing rate at balance sheet date) has already been
expensed. The project is expected to, at full production in 2010, achieve rates of 250,000 ounces
per annum.
Shaft 2 at St. Helena mine was closed during the quarter ended December 31, 2003. This had a
positive effect on the production figures for the rest of the shafts at the mine. CONOPS was
introduced on November 2003. During a significant period of fiscal 2005, CONOPS was stopped due to
a dispute between management and the unions. See Item 6. Employees-Unionized Labor.
Nyala shaft was placed on care and maintenance during March 2005. During June 2005, the
decision was made to place the remaining shafts at Matjhabeng, being Kudu/Sable and Eland, on care
and maintenance.
During fiscal 2006, the lost time frequency rate at the Free Gold operations of 20.53 per
million hours worked compared unfavorably with the group average of 19.41 while the fatality
frequency rate of 0.32 nearly equalled the group average of 0.31. The lost time frequency rate at
the plants and surface operations was 2.26, which is lower than the group average of 3.5 for these
types of operations. Tshepong sharft reached the safety milestone of 500,000 fatality free shifts
in October 2005.
Safety standards receive constant and high-level attention at Free Gold. Where problems are
identified, Free Gold takes steps to address the situation. The Chief Operating Officer is
responsible for leading initiatives to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South
African operations. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees Directors and Senior
Management Board Practices.
Plants. Freegold operates one plant: the Free State One (FS1) Plant. This plant, which
processes underground ore, waste rock and various surface accumulations, was commissioned in 1986
and is a conventional CIP plant processing ore that has been milled by semi-autogenous grinding.
Gold is recovered from the eluate solution using zinc precipitation and a precoat vacuum filter.
The precipitate recovered from the filter is calcined and smelted to bullion. The FS2 Plant was
largely dedicated to the treatment of surface sources but due to the past low gold price in rand
terms the plant became uneconomical and since the Free State plants have extra capacity, it was
decided to stop treatment at the plant and to start a total clean up operation in fiscal 2005. It
was commissioned in the early 1950s and employs conventional crushing and filtration technology.
The Joel plant is a hybrid CIP/CIL plant and was commissioned in 1987. During fiscal 2005, it was
decided to close the Joel Plant and implement clean up operations. St. Helena operates a
conventional zinc precipitation filter plant supported by two mills. Treatment at St. Helena plant
was stopped in the latter part of the year and the plant was placed on care and maintenance.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2006 for the FS1 plant:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Milled for |
|
|
Processing |
|
the Fiscal Year |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
Ended June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
FS 1 |
|
|
420,000 |
|
|
|
380,333 |
|
Harmony estimates that in the periods covered by the above chart, FS1 recovery has been
approximately 96% for reef ore and 83% for waste rock during fiscal 2006. Overall recovery is a
function of the mix of feed ore, as surface sources tend to have a lower recovery than underground
reef.
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ARMgold Operations
Introduction. On September 22, 2003, Harmony and ARMgold consummated a merger, the terms of
which were announced on May 2, 2003. Pursuant to the merger agreement, following the respective
company shareholder approvals, Harmony issued 2 ordinary shares for every 3 ARMgold ordinary shares
acquired. ARMgold also paid its shareholders a special dividend of R6.00 per ordinary share ($0.64)
prior to the consummation of the merger. Harmony issued 63,670,000 ordinary shares to ARMgolds
shareholders which resulted in ARMgold becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Harmony. For US GAAP
purposes, the merger is accounted for as a purchase by Harmony of ARMgold for a purchase
consideration of $697 million. The results of ARMgold were included from October 1, 2003. In fiscal
2006, the ARMgold operations accounted for approximately 5% (5% in fiscal 2005) of Harmonys total
gold sales.
History. The ARMgold operations consist of the Welkom shafts in the Free State Province and
the Orkney shafts in the North West Province. Due to the distance, they are operated as separate
business units. Exploration, development and production in the Welkom area dates back to the 1940s
leading to production by 1947. Exploration and development at Orkney started from 1886 and
following dormant periods, large-scale production commenced during the 1940s with the formation of
Vaal Reefs Gold Mining and Exploration Company Limited in 1944.
Geology. The Welkom operations are centrally located within the Free State Goldfield, which
lies some 270 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg on the southwest rim of the Witwatersrand Basin,
in an area containing several other mature operations. The Basal Reef is the main reef exploited
here. It strikes north to north-northwest and generally dips to the east between 20 degrees and 40
degrees. Other reefs that are exploited are the Leader Reef, the Saaiplaas Reef and the Middle
Reef. There are a number of faults in this area, Rheedersdam and De Bron to name a couple.
At the Orkney operations, the Vaal Reef is the most significant reef mined. The reef strikes
northeast, dipping southeast and is heavily faulted to form a series of graben structures. The dip
is generally less than 30 degrees but can vary locally in direction and magnitude to exceed 45
degrees. The VCR is also exploited, as well as the Elsburg Reef. There are several major faults in
the lease area, being Nooitgedacht, Buffelsdoorn, Witkop, WK2, No 3 BU, No 5 BU and No 2 BU Fault.
These faults typically have throws of tens of meters and further divide the reef into blocks of up
to 100 meters in width.
Mining operations. ARMgold is engaged in underground mining at both its operations. These
operations are subject to all of the underground mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section.
ARMgold regularly revisits its mining strategy and management procedures at both its operations in
connection with its effort to minimize risks. Mining depths range from 1,000 meters to 1,200 meters
below the surface at the Welkom operations and from 1,600 meters to 2,000 meters below the surface
at the Orkney operations.
Cost control was one of the major challenges faced at the ARMGold operations. Since the
merger, management has implemented the Harmony Way in an effort to cut costs and increase
productivity.
A decision was made during the quarter ended March 31, 2004 to downscale and to eventually
close Welkom 1. Where possible, workers were re-trained and redeployed at other operations. Orkney
6 was also earmarked for closure during the quarter ended March 31, 2004. During fiscal 2005,
Welkom 1 and Orkney 6 were placed on care and maintenance. Harmony approved the re-opening of the
Orkney 7 shaft during fiscal 2006 and production is expected to commence during the first quarter
of fiscal 2007.
A seismic event registering a magnitude of 4.1 on the Richter Scale occurred at the Orkney
operations during the September 2004 quarter, causing damage to shafts and work areas.
Following a protected strike that lasted from February 12, 2004 to February 16, 2004, Harmony
and the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) reached an agreement on annual wage increases. NUM
accepted the Companys proposal and these employees have now been included in the bi-annual wage
agreement, which was renegotiated in July 2005.
During fiscal 2006, the safety record at ARMgold mines in terms of lost time frequency rate of
42.66 million hours worked compared unfavorably with the group average of 19.41, as did the
fatality frequency rate of 0.77 which was substantially higher than the group average of 0.31.
Significant work is being done to address this. Where problems are identified, steps are being
taken to address the situation. Since the merger, the Chief Operating Officer for the South African
operations has also been working together with management at ARMgold to improve the workplace. See
Item 6. Directors and Senior Management Board Practices.
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Plants. ARMgold does not own any plants. Ore from the Orkney operations is treated at Vaal
River Operations (VRO) No. 1 Gold Plant (of Anglo Gold Ashanti). Various agreements between
Harmony and VRO govern the supply and quality of the ore and gold apportionment.
Avgold operations Target
Introduction. Avgolds operations consist of the Target mine, Target North and Extensions and
Oribi Exploration Property situated near the town of Allanridge in the Free State Province, some
270 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. Located at approximately latitude 28(LOGO)00S and
longitude 26(LOGO)30E on the northern limit of the Welkom Goldfields, the site is accessed via the
R30 motorway situated between the towns of Bothaville and Welkom.
On July 15, 2003 Harmony acquired 11.5% in Avgold from Anglo South Africa Capital (Pty) Ltd.
On November 13, 2003 Harmony announced that it had reached an agreement regarding the acquisition
of ARMs 42% share in Avgold. In terms of JSE Securities Exchange South Africa regulations, the
offer was extended to the remaining Avgold shareholders by way of a scheme of arrangements.
Following a scheme meeting held on May 3, 2004, the High Court of South Africa approved the scheme
on May 11, 2004. This resulted in Harmony acquiring the minority shareholding and Avgold becoming a
wholly-owned subsidiary. In fiscal 2006, Avgolds operations accounted for approximately 6% (7% in
fiscal 2005) of Harmonys total gold sales.
History. The Target Operations area was initially explored through surface drilling in the
late 1980s with further
exploration being undertaken from a 5.6 kilometers long decline, commenced in 1995, driven
from 203L at Lorraine No. 1 shaft. A positive feasibility study into the development of a 105 ktpm
operation was produced in May 1998 resulting in the decision to develop the Target mine. A detailed
mine design was produced in 2000 and the mine officially opened in May 2002. Upon closure of the
Lorraine mine in August 1998, the Lorraine No. 1 and No. 2 shafts were transferred to the Target
mine, becoming Target No. 1 and No. 2 shafts, respectively.
Geology. The gold mineralization currently exploited by Target mine is contained within a
succession of Elsburg and Dreyerskuil quartz pebble conglomerate reefs hosted by the Van Heeverrust
and Dreyerskuil Members of the Eldorado Formation, respectively. Additional mineral resources have
been delineated in the Big Pebble Reefs of the Kimberley Formation but these are not planned to be
exploited in the current life of mine plan.
The majority of the mineral reserves at Target mine are contained within the Eldorado fan, a
structure with dimensions of some 135 meters vertically, 450 meters down-dip and 500 meters along
strike. The Eldorado fan is connected to the subsidiary Zuurbron fan, located between the Target
mine and Lorraine, by a thinner and lower grade sequence of Elsburg reefs termed the Interfan area.
To the north of the Eldorado fan, a number of fans have been intersected by surface drilling of
which the Siberia and Mariasdal fans are the most significant. These fans are subject to ongoing
technical studies and do not form part of the current Target mine life of mine mineral reserve.
A number of faults that displace the reefs of the Target mine have been identified of which
the most prominent are the north-south trending Eldorado fault and the east-west trending Dam and
Blast faults. The Eldorado uplifts the more distal portions of the Elsburg and Dreyerskuil Reefs
while the Blast fault forms the northern border of the Target mine.
Target North is sub-divided into the Paradise, Siberia and Mariasdal areas by the east-west
trending Siberia and Mariasdal faults. To the north of the Siberia fault, the Eldorado fault
continues trending more to the northwest and an additional north-south trending fault, the Twin
fault has uplifted the distal portions of the reefs. North of the Maraisdal fault, the reef
horizons are at a depth greater than 2,500 meters below surface. Resources have been delineated on
strike up to 15 kilometers north of the Target mine.
Approximately 40 kilometers north of Target mine, surface boreholes have intersected gold
bearing reefs in the Oribi area close to the town of Bothaville. Resources have been delineated at
Oribi on the VCR and Elsburg at depths of approximately 2,750 meters below surface.
Mining operations. The Avgold operations are engaged in underground and surface mining. These
operations are subject to all of the underground mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section.
Mining operations comprise one primary underground mine commissioned in May 2002, making use of
information systems and mechanization, combined with
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process-driven organizational design that
relies on a multi-skilled workforce. The majority of the production is derived from mechanized
mining; however, conventional stoping is still employed primarily to de-stress areas ahead of the
mechanized mining. The Avgold operations have been managed by Harmony since May 2004. The Harmony
Way has been successfully implemented resulting in a decrease of cash costs.
During fiscal 2005, Target struggled with flexibility problems and a lack of access points to
the orebody, despite a good start to the year. There were also several operational disruptions,
including low availability of the mechanized fleet and consequently, low development rates.
Critical machines have been replaced with new and refurbished equipment in an attempt to improve
the availability of the fleet. CONOPS was also implemented in the conventional mining section which
allowed the mine to step up the rate of over-stoping the massives.
The safety record at the Avgold operations during fiscal 2006 in terms of lost time frequency
rate of 13.25 per million hours worked compared favorably with the group average of 19.41, while
the fatality frequency rate compared favorably with the group average of 0.31 for underground
operations.
Target was awarded the Safety Achievement Flag for 2004 by the Mine Health and Safety
Council.
Safety at the operations receives constant and high-level attention and where problems are
identified steps are taken to address the situation. The Chief Operating Officer, is responsible
for leading initiatives to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African
operations. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees Directors and Senior
Management Board Practices.
Plants. Target Plant was commissioned towards the end of 2001 and currently treats only
underground ore. The process route comprise primary crushing, open circuit primary SAG milling,
secondary ball milling closed with hydrocyclones, thickening, cyanide leaching, CIP adsorption,
elution, electrowinning, smelting and tailings disposal. The milling circuit incorporates gravity
concentration, the concentrates from which are processed via intensive cyanidation and
electrowinning. Gold bullion is dispatched to the Rand refinery.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during the year
ended June 30, 2006:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average Milled For the |
|
|
Processing |
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
Plant |
|
Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
|
|
(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Target Plant |
|
|
105,000 |
|
|
|
67,750 |
|
In fiscal 2006, the Target Plant recovered approximately 95.6% of the gold contained in the
ore delivered for processing.
South African Operations Production Analysis
We manage our operations on a shaft-by-shaft basis. During fiscal 2006, we categorized the
South African operations as follows: Quality assets, Leveraged assets and Growth assets. Surface
operations are managed separately.
Quality assets are typically those shafts with a larger reserve base and longer life, which
form the core of our production. The Quality assets are Target, Tshepong, Masimong complex, and
Evander 2, which was downscaled and combined with Evander 5 during fiscal 2005, Evander 7, Evander
8 and Cooke 1, 2 and 3 shafts.
Leveraged assets are those shafts that supplement production and provide the upside in the
event of a positive swing in the rand gold price. The leveraged operations consist of shafts that
are either in the process of being restructured, downscaled in line with available ore reserves or
mothballed. These include the currently operating Bambanani, Joel, West Shaft, Harmony 2,
Merriespruit 1 and 3, Unisel, Brand 3 and Orkney 2 and 4 shafts, as well as St. Helena which was
scaled down significantly and Brand 5, Welkom 1, Kudu/Sable, Nyala and Eland that were placed on
care and maintenance or closed down during fiscal 2005. The following shafts that were closed
during fiscal 2004 were also Leveraged assets: Evander 9, Deelkraal, Orkney 1,3,6,7, Saaiplaas 3,
Welkom1, 4, 6 and 7, as was Harmony 4 and
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Virginia, which was closed during fiscal 2003.
Growth assets comprise the expansion projects established through existing infrastructure, as
well as the three new mines being built in South Africa. These operations include the Elandsrand
and Doornkop mines and the Phakisa project. The Growth assets represent the future of our South
African operations and, once completed, will result in a substantial improvement in the quality of
our production profile.
Surface operations comprise the Kalgold opencast mine, all previously mined rock, whether
waste or reef and any clean-up operations at plants and other infrastructure. Therefore, the
surface operations at Free Gold, the Free State and Randfontein and, for the first time in fiscal
2005, Targets surface operations are also included under surface operations as well as the surface
operations from Elandsrand and Evander, which were discontinued in fiscal 2004.
Quality assets
The charts set out on the pages that follow detail the operating and production results from
underground operations for all identified Quality assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
6,814 |
|
|
|
7,464 |
|
|
|
7,756 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton). |
|
|
0.167 |
|
|
|
0.185 |
|
|
|
0.173 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
1,141,166 |
|
|
|
1,378,167 |
|
|
|
1,343,713 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
606,435 |
|
|
|
588,360 |
|
|
|
523,305 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
437,193 |
|
|
|
436,018 |
|
|
|
381,384 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
169,242 |
|
|
|
152,342 |
|
|
|
141,921 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
383 |
|
|
|
316 |
|
|
|
284 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
89,587 |
|
|
|
81,615 |
|
|
|
73,790 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
- During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item 5
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Quality assets decreased to 6,814,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 7,464,000
in fiscal 2005. Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as a result of days lost to the industry
(through, the wage strike in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth
quarter (See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and Employees Unionized Labor"), the influence
of the CONOPS agreement that were only concluded in October 2005 in the Free Gold operations and
lower underground volumes. Recovered grade decreased from 0.185 in fiscal 2005 to 0.167 in fiscal
2006. The decrease in ounces sold from 1,378,167 in fiscal 2005 to 1,141,166 is attributable
primarily to the decrease in the tons produced and the recovered grade.
Gold sales increased to $606,435,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $588,360,000 in fiscal
2005. Cash costs for the Quality assets were $383 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2006, compared with
$316 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005. This increase was mainly as a result of the reduced
volumes.
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Tons milled from Quality assets increased to 7,464,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 7,756,000
in fiscal 2004. The recovered grade increased from 0.173 in fiscal 2004 to 0.185 in fiscal 2005.
The increase in ounces sold from 1,343,713 in fiscal 2004 to 1,378,167 in fiscal 2005 is
attributable primarily to the increase in the recovered grade.
Gold sales increased from $523,305,000 in fiscal 2004 to $588,360,000 in fiscal 2005. Cash
costs for the Quality assets were $316 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005, compared with $284 per
ounce of gold in fiscal 2004.
Refer to the charts set out on the following pages for detail on the operating and production
results of individual Quality assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Target |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
2004*(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
813 |
|
|
|
1,178 |
|
|
|
228 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.185 |
|
|
|
0.178 |
|
|
|
0.234 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
150,196 |
|
|
|
209,847 |
|
|
|
53,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
81,178 |
|
|
|
89,233 |
|
|
|
19,772 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
51,904 |
|
|
|
54,391 |
|
|
|
11,514 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
29,274 |
|
|
|
34,842 |
|
|
|
8,258 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
259 |
|
|
|
215 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
9,644 |
|
|
|
10,818 |
|
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item 5
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. For further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
|
* |
|
The fiscal 2004 operating and production results for Target comprise of the two months ended
June 30, 2004. |
Tons milled from the Target shaft decreased to 813,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 1,178,000
in fiscal 2005. The decrease in tons milled was primarily due to flexibility issues and machine
availability (and hence low development rates). We also took a strategic decision during the year
to undertake vehicle maintenance in-house, replacing our external contractor agreement in December
2005 with our own labour. This changeover period had a major impact on the production levels.
Ounces sold were 150,196 in fiscal 2006, compared with 209,847 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in
ounces sold, was negatively influenced by the lack of volumes. The recovery grade increased from
0.178 in fiscal 2005 to 0.185 in fiscal 2006.
Cash costs for Target were $51,904,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $54,391,000 in fiscal
2005. This decrease was primarily attributed to lower production levels, a reduction in plant
treatment costs and the termination of the external contractor vehicle maintenance contract. Cash
costs per ounce were $346 in fiscal 2006, compared with $259 in fiscal 2005. This increase was
attributable primarily to the lower production volumes. In addition there was a 7.5% depreciation
of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased in
fiscal 2006, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in costs of labor and supplies
and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Target shaft increased to 1,178,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 228,000
in fiscal year 2004. The increase in tons milled was primarily due to the comparative period being
only two months in fiscal 2004. Ounces
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sold were 209,847 in fiscal 2005, compared with 53,434 in
fiscal 2004. The increase in ounces sold, though influenced negatively by the decrease in the
grade, was primarily attributable to the comparative period being for two months only. The
recovery grade decreased from 0.234 in fiscal 2004 to 0.178 in fiscal 2005. During fiscal 2005 the
grade was diluted due to excessive caving of waste rock into the massive stopes and it was impacted
by a lack of access to some of the higher-grade stopes due to backfill constraints.
Cash costs for Target were $54,391,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $11,514,000 in fiscal
2004. This increase was primarily attributed to the comparative period being only two months in
fiscal 2004. Cash costs per ounce were $259 in fiscal 2005, compared with $215 in fiscal 2004.
This increase was attributable primarily to the significant reduction in the recovered grade.
The Target shafts hoisting capacity is 110,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 was 67,750 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 21.3 million tons (4.2
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Target shaft to maintain production until approximately
2024. However, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well as
any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected
period of the future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold
reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Capital expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R61.4 million ($9.6 million) in capital
expenditure at the Target shaft in fiscal 2006, principally for underground development and the
replacement of the underground fleet. Harmony has budgeted R125.1 million ($17.5 million at the
closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditure at Target in fiscal 2007, primarily for
underground development, as well as the replacement of the underground vehicles. A further R2.8
million ($0.4 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) has been budgeted for diamond
drilling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Tshepong |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons(000) |
|
|
1,786 |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
1,814 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.188 |
|
|
|
0.224 |
|
|
|
0.215 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
335,289 |
|
|
|
380,695 |
|
|
|
390,747 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
179,626 |
|
|
|
162,958 |
|
|
|
158,161 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
111,462 |
|
|
|
101,091 |
|
|
|
90,186 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
68,164 |
|
|
|
61,867 |
|
|
|
67,975 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
332 |
|
|
|
266 |
|
|
|
231 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
23,529 |
|
|
|
23,346 |
|
|
|
21,866 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectivlely, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. For further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Tshepong shaft increased to 1,786,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
1,700,000 in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable primarily due to the re-implementation of
CONOPS with effect mid November 2005. Ounces sold were 335,289 in fiscal 2006, compared with
380,695 in fiscal 2005. This decrease was attributable to the decrease in recovery grade
to 0.188
in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.224 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in recovery grade
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was primarily
due to decreases in the shaft call and plant call factors.
Cash costs for the Tshepong shaft were $111,462,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $101,091,000
in fiscal 2005. This increase was primarily attributed to the re-implementation of CONOPS during
the year. The effect of CONOPS increases costs in the short term as additional people are utilized
without being fully operational, but to increase profitability in the longer term as higher volumes
have a positive impact on the bottom line. Cash costs per ounce were $332 in fiscal 2006, compared
with $266 in fiscal 2005. This increase in unit cost was attributable primarily due to decrease in
the number of ounces of gold produced. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5 Operating and Financial Review and Prospects -
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 28% in fiscal 2006,
primarily due to increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Tons milled from the Tshepong shaft were 1,700,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 1,814,000 in
fiscal 2004. This decrease was attributable primarily due to the stopping of CONOPS, as from
January 2005 and the regional strike in March and April 2005. Ounces sold were 380,695 in fiscal
2005, compared with 390,747 in fiscal 2004. Even though the recovered grade increased to 0.224 in
fiscal 2005, compared with 0.215 in fiscal 2004, ounces sold decreased due to the decrease in tons
milled.
Cash costs for the Tshepong shaft were $101,091,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $90,186,000
in fiscal 2004. This increase was primarily attributed to the appreciation of the Rand against the
US dollar. Cash costs per ounce were $266
in fiscal 2005, compared with $231 in fiscal 2004. This increase was attributable primarily
due to the major restructuring and stopping of continuous operations in March 2005 as well as the
appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these
costs were translated into US dollars but was offset in part by an increase in recovered grade. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2005, due primarily to increases in the costs of
labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 51,488 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 26.4 million tons (5.3
million ounces) will be sufficient for Tshepong to maintain underground production until
approximately 2019. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as
well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the
expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold
reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R149.7 million ($23.5 million) in capital
expenditures at the Tshepong shaft in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, primarily for the
decline project and ongoing development. Harmony has budgeted R195 million ($27.2 million at the
closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing
development and the sub 66 level decline. A further R1 million ($0.1 million at the closing rate at
balance sheet date) was budgeted for B-reef exploration drilling.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Masimong Shaft Complex |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
1,020 |
|
|
|
1,046 |
|
|
|
1,378 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.133 |
|
|
|
0.153 |
|
|
|
0.170 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
136,153 |
|
|
|
159,981 |
|
|
|
234,307 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
72,854 |
|
|
|
68,342 |
|
|
|
90,164 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Masimong Shaft Complex |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
66,563 |
|
|
|
65,388 |
|
|
|
69,774 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
6,291 |
|
|
|
2,954 |
|
|
|
20,390 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
298 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
14,520 |
|
|
|
10,630 |
|
|
|
10,615 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Masimong shaft complex were 1,020,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
1,046,000 in fiscal 2005, and ounces sold were 136,153 in fiscal 2006, compared with 159,981 in
fiscal 2005. Year on year production was slightly lower, with the decrease in ounces primarily due
to the decrease in the recovered grade, and the days lost to the industry (through, the wage strike
in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter). Production was stopped at 4
shaft in April 2005. The resultant decrease in production from this shaft was offset by an increase
in production at the Massimong 5 shaft. Development was started in May 2006 at the Massimong 4
shaft to utilize this shaft for ventilation purposes. CONOPS were implemented towards the end of
the fiscal 2006. Recovered grade was 0.133 in fiscal 2006,
compared with 0.153 in fiscal 2005, mainly as a result of a lower shaft call factor from poor
fragmentation and excessive water usage underground. Initiatives have been put in place to remedy
these problems, and we expect to see improvement from July 2006.
Cash costs were $66,563,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $65,388,000 in fiscal 2005 with cash
costs per ounce at $489 in fiscal 2006 compared with $409 in fiscal 2005. This increase in cash
costs per ounce was attributable primarily to the decrease in the recovered grade and higher labor
costs as we employed approximately 600 people for the implementation of CONOPS. The effect of
CONOPS increases costs in the short term as additional people are utilized without being fully
operational, but to increase profitability in the longer term as higher volumes have a positive
impact on the bottom line. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 23% in fiscal 2006, due
primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect
of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Masimong shaft complex were 1,046,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
1,378,000 in fiscal 2004, and ounces sold were 159,981 in fiscal 2005, compared with 234,307 in
fiscal 2004. The decrease in tons milled is primarily attributable to underground fires, machinery
breakdowns, a go-slow strike in January 2005 and a regional strike in March and April 2005. The
decrease in ounces sold is primarily due to the decrease in tons milled and the decrease in the
recovered grade. Recovered grade was 0.153 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.170 in fiscal 2004,
mainly as a result of lower grades being mined.
Cash costs were $65,388,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $69,774,000 in fiscal 2004 with cash
costs per ounce at $409 in fiscal 2005 compared with $298 in fiscal 2004. This increase in cash
costs per ounce was attributable primarily to higher labor costs while the restructuring at
Masimong 4 was delayed, a lower grade mined and the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar, which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce would have increased by 23% in fiscal 2005, due primarily to increases in
the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and
the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The total shaft hoisting capacity is 134,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in fiscal
2006 were 85,000 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 14.1 million tons (2
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Masimong shaft complex to maintain underground
production until approximately fiscal 2016. Any future changes to the assumptions
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upon which the
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R92.4 million ($14.5 million) in capital
expenditures at Masimong in fiscal 2006, principally for the expansion project, which involves the
mining of the Basal and B reefs. Harmony has budgeted R119.0 million ($16.6 million at the closing
rate on balance sheet date) for capital expenditures at Masimong in fiscal 2007, primarily for
growth development of the Masimong shaft complex.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Evander 2 |
|
2006* |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
357 |
|
|
|
491 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.137 |
|
|
|
0.176 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,764 |
|
|
|
86,172 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,695 |
|
|
|
33,216 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,404 |
|
|
|
29,018 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(6,709 |
) |
|
|
4,198 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
337 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
619 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
|
* |
|
Due to the recent economic climate, mining operations at Evander 2 shaft were combined with
those at Evander 5 shaft and downscaled during fiscal 2005. |
No tons were produced from the Evander 2 shaft in fiscal 2006, compared with 357,000 in fiscal
2005. This decrease in tons milled was due to the decision to downscale the operations and combine
it with the Evander 5 shaft during fiscal 2005.
Tons milled from the Evander 2 shaft were 357,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 491,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces sold were 48,764 in fiscal 2005, compared with 86,172 in fiscal 2004. This
decrease in tons milled was due to the decision to downscale the operations and combine it with the
Evander 5 shaft. The decrease in ounces was due to the lower tons milled and the decrease in the
recovery grade. Recovered grade decreased to 0.137 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.176 in fiscal
2004.
The increase in cash costs from $337 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $562 per ounce in fiscal 2005
was attributable primarily to lower production outputs and the lower recovered grades as well as
the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when
these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 50% in
fiscal 2005, due primarily to the lower grade in volumes produced, increases in the costs of labor
and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
The total shaft hoisting capacity for the No. 2 shaft is 51,000 tons per month. In fiscal 2006
the hoisting capacity of this shaft has been combined with that of No. 5 shaft.
Due to the recent economic climate, mining operations at shaft 2 and 5 were combined and
downscaled during fiscal
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2005. Harmony currently expects that production at shafts 2 and 5 will end
between 2009 and 2010. Although production increases are planned at other production shafts and
total production is expected to remain generally constant in the foreseeable future, some
uncertainty about longer-term production exists because infrastructure for the subsequent years has
not been planned to the same degree of detail as in the years 2001 through 2010. In addition, any
future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen
events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected period of future
operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield
less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at Evander 2 in fiscal 2006. No
provision was made for capital expenditures at Evander 2 in fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
|
Evander 5 |
|
2006 |
|
|
2005(1) |
|
|
2004(1) |
|
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.139 |
|
|
|
0.192 |
|
|
|
0.216 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
62,388 |
|
|
|
47,093 |
|
|
|
48,103 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
32,183 |
|
|
|
20,078 |
|
|
|
18,559 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
33,068 |
|
|
|
15,912 |
|
|
|
14,192 |
|
Cash (loss)/profit (000) |
|
|
(885 |
) |
|
|
4,166 |
|
|
|
4,367 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
338 |
|
|
|
295 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
6,453 |
|
|
|
7,006 |
|
|
|
5,811 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Evander 5 shaft were 450,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 245,000 in
fiscal 2005, and ounces sold were 62,388 in fiscal 2006, compared with 47,093 in fiscal 2005. The
increase in tons milled was due to the successful combination and restructuring of the Evander
number 2 and 5 shafts. The increase in ounces was due to the significantly higher production.
Recovered grade was 0.139 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.192 in fiscal 2005. The lower recovered
grade was primarily due to the expected depletion of the high grade No.5 Shaft pillar during the
year.
The increase in cash costs from $338 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $530 per ounce in fiscal 2006
was attributable primarily to the additional labor incurred by No. 5 shaft due to the downscaling
and restructuring of the No.2 shaft operation. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 61% in
fiscal 2006, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Evander 5 shaft were 245,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 223,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces sold were 47,093 in fiscal 2005, compared with 48,103 in fiscal 2004. The
increase in tons milled was due to the successful implementation of CONOPS and the combined
operations of the No.2 and 5 shafts. The decrease in ounces was due to a significantly lower
recovered grade. Recovered grade was 0.192 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.216 in fiscal 2004.
The increase in cash costs from $295 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $338 per ounce in fiscal 2005
was attributable primarily to the lower grade being recovered, resulting in lower ounces produced
and the 7% appreciation of the Rand
62
against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when
these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 3% in
fiscal 2005, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the
implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The total shaft hoisting capacity for the No. 5 shaft is 40,000 tons per month. The average
tons milled in fiscal 2006 was 37,500 tons per.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 2.9 million tons (0.7
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Evander 5 shaft to maintain production until
approximately fiscal 2014. Due to the recent economic climate, mining operations at the No. 2 and 5
shafts were combined and downscaled during fiscal 2005. Harmony currently expects that production
at shafts 2 and 5 will end between 2009 and 2010. Although production increases are planned at
other production shafts and total production is expected to remain generally constant in the
foreseeable future, some uncertainty about longer-term production exists because infrastructure for
the subsequent years has not been planned to the same degree of detail as in the years 2001 through
2010. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well
as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected
period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve
figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R41.1 million ($6.5 million) in capital
expenditures at the Evander 5 shaft in fiscal 2006, principally for exploration to deepen the No.2
shaft area. Harmony has budgeted R60.9 million ($8.5 million at the closing rate at the balance
sheet date) for capital expenditures at the Evander 5 shaft in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing
development and the No. 2 deepening decline project.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Evander 7 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
541 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.191 |
|
|
|
0.240 |
|
|
|
0.160 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
83,202 |
|
|
|
130,009 |
|
|
|
92,505 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
42,365 |
|
|
|
55,502 |
|
|
|
35,566 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
32,648 |
|
|
|
32,795 |
|
|
|
29,297 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
9,717 |
|
|
|
22,707 |
|
|
|
6,269 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
392 |
|
|
|
252 |
|
|
|
317 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
10,021 |
|
|
|
7,948 |
|
|
|
8,705 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Evander 7 shaft were 435,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 541,000 in
fiscal 2005, and ounces sold were 83,202 in fiscal 2006, compared with 130,009 in fiscal 2005. The
decrease in tons milled was primarily due to significantly lower production in the No.3 decline due
to a major sill intrusion in December 2005 that eliminated two entire raise lines. The decrease
in ounces sold is attributable primarily to lower production levels and the decrease in recovery
grade, which decreased to 0.191 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.240 in fiscal 2005. The grade
decreases was primarily attributable to the depletion of a very high grade pay shoot area during
the year.
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The increase in cash costs from $252 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $392 per ounce in fiscal 2006
was attributable primarily to the decrease in the recovered grade, and hence fewer ounces produced.
Cash cost remained fairly constant at $32,648,000 in fiscal 2006 versus $32,795,000 in fiscal
2005. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the
year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in
Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 60% in fiscal 2006, due primarily to lower production
volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Tons milled from the Evander 7 shaft were 541,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 577,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces sold were 130,009 in fiscal 2005, compared with 92,505 in fiscal 2004. The
decrease in tons milled was due to significantly lower production in the upper levels, as planned
with a strategic build up phase in order to maintain profitability in this area. The increase in
ounces sold is attributable primarily to the significantly improved recovery grade, which increased
to 0.240 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.160 in fiscal 2004. This significant increase was due to
the mining moving to the center of the payshoot.
The decrease in cash costs from $317 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $252 per ounce in fiscal 2005
was attributable primarily to the increase in the recovered grade. Improvements in production
efficiencies such as face advances, especially in the main payshoot area, also contributed towards
higher gold recovery and thus lower cash cost per ounce.
The total shaft hoisting capacity for the No. 7 shaft is 53,000 tons per month. The average
monthly tons milled in fiscal
2006 was 36,250.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 5.5 million tons (1.1
million ounces) will be sufficient for Evander 7 shaft to maintain production until approximately
fiscal 2017. Harmony currently expects that production at shaft 7 will end between 2016 and 2017.
Although production increases are planned at other production shafts and total production is
expected to remain generally constant in the foreseeable future, some uncertainty about longer-term
production exists because infrastructure for the subsequent years has not been planned to the same
degree of detail as in the years 2001 through 2010. In addition, any future changes to the
assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting
production levels, could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See
Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under
actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R63.8 million ($10 million) in capital
expenditures at Evander 7 in fiscal 2006, principally for underground declines at shaft 7. Harmony
has budgeted Rand 81.6 million ($11.4 million at the closing rate at the balance sheet date) for
capital expenditures at Evander 7 in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development and phase 3 of
the No. 3 decline.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Evander 8 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
815 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.158 |
|
|
|
0.207 |
|
|
|
0.158 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
128,849 |
|
|
|
151,936 |
|
|
|
109,513 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
67,325 |
|
|
|
64,912 |
|
|
|
41,945 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
44,863 |
|
|
|
41,500 |
|
|
|
35,280 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
22,462 |
|
|
|
23,412 |
|
|
|
6,665 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
273 |
|
|
|
322 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
9,726 |
|
|
|
8,216 |
|
|
|
9,519 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
64
Tons milled from the Evander 8 shaft were 815,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 734,000 in
fiscal 2005, and ounces sold were 128,849 in fiscal 2006, compared with 151,936 in fiscal 2005.
This increase in tons milled was due to an improved mining flexibility and improvement in face
advance as a result of the successful implementation of CONOPS during fiscal 2005 continuing in
fiscal 2006. The decrease in ounces was due to the significant lower recovered grade. Recovered
grade was 0.158 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.207 in fiscal 2005, which is the result of payshoot
variability that impacts on grade as a result of sequential mining
The increase in cash costs from $273 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $348 per ounce in fiscal 2006
was attributable primarily due to the significant decrease in the recovery grade. In addition,
there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs
per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 31%, due primarily to lower production volumes,
increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Evander 8 shaft were 734,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 692,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces
sold were 151,936 in fiscal 2005, compared with 109,513 in fiscal 2004. This increase in tons
milled was due to an increase in the number of stoping crews and the successful implementation of
CONOPS. The increase in ounces was due to the significant higher recovered grade. Recovered grade
was 0.207 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.158 in fiscal 2004, which is the positive result of the
mining focus being shifted to achieving mining of the ore body using more structured pillar
investigations and increasing the cut-off grade so as to minimize mining below the cut-off.
The decrease in cash costs from $322 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $273 per ounce in fiscal 2005
was attributable primarily due to the significant increase in the recovery grade and the successful
results from the implementation of CONOPS.
The total shaft hoisting capacity for Evander No. 8 shaft is 51,000 tons per month. The
average tons milled in fiscal 2006 were 67,917 tons per month, which exceeds the capacity due to
the fact that Evander 8 only hoists to a certain level, from which the ore is trammed to Evander 7.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 14.7 million tons (2.8
million ounces) will be sufficient for Evander 8 shaft to maintain production until approximately
fiscal 2032. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well as
any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected
period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve
figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R61.9 million ($9.7 million) in capital
expenditures at Evander 8 in fiscal 2006, principally for underground declines. Harmony has
budgeted R76.7 million ($10.7 million at the closing rate at the balance sheet date) for capital
expenditures at the Evander 8 shaft in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development and phases 6
and 7 of the No 2 decline and two ventilation bore holes.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Cooke 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
490 |
|
|
|
520 |
|
|
|
605 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.164 |
|
|
|
0.152 |
|
|
|
0.172 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
80,495 |
|
|
|
79,101 |
|
|
|
104,168 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
42,978 |
|
|
|
33,888 |
|
|
|
39,891 |
|
65
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Cooke 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
32,274 |
|
|
|
31,115 |
|
|
|
29,472 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
10,704 |
|
|
|
2,773 |
|
|
|
10,419 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
401 |
|
|
|
393 |
|
|
|
283 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,759 |
|
|
|
2,811 |
|
|
|
2,985 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Cooke 1 were 490,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 520,000 in fiscal 2005,
and ounces sold were 80,495 in fiscal 2006, compared with 79,101 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in
tons milled was due to a change in mining mix during fiscal 2005 between pillars and conventional
mining areas. Performance was also disrupted by moving the milling process from Cooke plant to
Doomkop, which is a much bigger and more efficient plant. During fiscal 2006 the pillars accounted
for about 60% of the operations and deliver a much higher recovered grade than the conventional
mining areas, but at much lower volumes. The increase in ounces sold was primarily due to the
higher recovered grade
(0.164 in fiscal 2006, compared 0.152 in fiscal 2005).
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $401 in fiscal 2006, compared with $393 in fiscal 2005. This
increase was attributable primarily to the change in mining mix, which constitutes a decrease in
conventional mining and an increase in the portion of pillar mining from old remnant areas. This
pillar mining is much more costly to undertake and high volumes are also not possible. In addition,
there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs
per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 5%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases
in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Cooke 1 were 520,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 605,000 in fiscal 2004,
and ounces sold were 79,101 in fiscal 2005, compared with 104,168 in fiscal 2004. The decrease in
tons milled was due to staggered initial implementation of CONOPS and the planned reduction of
operations in terms of the restructuring process. The decrease in ounces sold was primarily due to
the lower tons milled and the lower recovered grade (0.152 in fiscal 2005, compared 0.172 in fiscal
2004).
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $393 in fiscal 2005, compared with $283 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to the change in mining mix, which constitutes a decrease in
conventional mining and an increase in the portion of pillar mining from old remnant areas. This
pillar mining is much more costly to undertake and high volumes is also not possible. Cooke 1 also
experienced an increase in seismicity in the shaft area, caused mainly by the fact that the shaft
pillar was completely mined out by September 2002. Furthermore the 7% appreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar caused a significant increase when these costs were, translated into US
dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed
in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 25% in fiscal 2005, due primarily to the lower
grade in volumes produced, as well as increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the
implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The hoisting capacity of the Cooke 1 shaft is 176,000 tons per month, though currently
operating at a rate of 40,833 tons per month in connection with the extraction of the pillars.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable underground ore reserves of 0.8
million tons (0.2 million ounces) will be sufficient for the Cooke 1 shaft to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2008. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
66
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R23.9 million ($3.8 million) in capital
expenditures at Cooke 1 shaft in fiscal 2006 for development of Level 106 into the Kimberley Reef
and for ongoing development. Harmony has budgeted R6.9 million ($0.9 million at the closing rate at
the balance sheet date) in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Cooke 2 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
353 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
|
|
749 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.170 |
|
|
|
0.135 |
|
|
|
0.121 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
59,836 |
|
|
|
54,441 |
|
|
|
90,761 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
32,025 |
|
|
|
23,274 |
|
|
|
34,748 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
23,082 |
|
|
|
24,144 |
|
|
|
30,615 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
8,943 |
|
|
|
(870 |
) |
|
|
4,133 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
386 |
|
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
337 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,738 |
|
|
|
2,538 |
|
|
|
4,411 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Cooke 2 were 353,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 403,000 in fiscal 2005,
and ounces sold were 59,836 in fiscal 2006, compared with 54,441 in fiscal 2005.The decrease in
tons milled was due to planned scaling down in operations at some of the lower grade UE1A reef
horizons, and the depletion of the underground sludge dams in fiscal 2005. The recovered grade
increased from 0.135 in fiscal 2005 to 0.170 in fiscal 2006, mainly as a result of replacing Carbon
areas with higher grade sources. As a result of the increase in the recovered grade ounces sold
also increased.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $386 in fiscal 2006, compared with $443 in fiscal 2005.This
decrease in cash costs per ounce was attributable primarily to the increased ounces sold. In
addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have decreased in fiscal 2006 by 10%.
Tons milled from Cooke 2 were 403,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 749,000 in fiscal 2004, and
ounces sold were 54,441 in fiscal 2005, compared with 90,761 in fiscal 2004.The decrease in tons
milled was due to staggered initial implementation of CONOPS and the planned reduction of
operations in terms of the restructuring process. Even though the recovered grade increased from
0.121 in fiscal 2004 to 0.135 in fiscal 2005, ounces sold decreased primarily due to the
significant decrease in tons milled.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $443 in fiscal 2005, compared with $337 in fiscal 2004.This
increase was attributable primarily to the initial implementation of CONOPS in fiscal 2005 and the
7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these
costs were translated into US dollars, and the lower production volumes. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would
have increased by 18% in fiscal 2005, due primarily to the lower volumes produced, as well as
increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining
agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The hoisting capacity of the Cooke 2 shaft is 187,000 tons per month. The average tons milled
in fiscal 2006 was 29,417 tons per month.
67
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable underground ore reserves of 1.2
million tons (0.3 million ounces) will be sufficient for the Cooke 2 shaft to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2009. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R23.8 million ($3.7 million) in capital
expenditures at Cooke 2 in fiscal 2006 primarily for ongoing development. Harmony has budgeted R11
million ($1.5 million at the closing rate at the balance sheet date) in fiscal 2007, primarily for
ongoing development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Cooke 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
652 |
|
|
|
740 |
|
|
|
999 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.161 |
|
|
|
0.157 |
|
|
|
0.134 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
104,758 |
|
|
|
116,300 |
|
|
|
134,003 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
55,901 |
|
|
|
49,478 |
|
|
|
51,283 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
41,329 |
|
|
|
42,278 |
|
|
|
42,036 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
14,572 |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
|
|
9,247 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
395 |
|
|
|
364 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
8,197 |
|
|
|
8,287 |
|
|
|
8,084 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. For further
information on the effects of this change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Cooke 3 were 652,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 740,000 in fiscal 2005.
The decrease in tons milled was due to planned reduction of operations following the gradual
depletion of current trackless mining workplaces, and a shift in the
mining mix towards pillar
mining operations from old remnant areas. The increase in recovered grade in 2006 was due to an
increased percentage of pillar mining. Even though the recovered grade increased slightly from
0.157 in fiscal 2005 to 0.161 in fiscal 2006, ounces sold decreased to 104,758 in fiscal 2006,
compared with 116,300 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $395 in fiscal 2006, compared with $364 in fiscal 2005. The
decrease in ounces produced, combined with the decrease in trackless mining operations, which is a
more cost effective method and, the move towards more expensive pillar mining contributed to the
higher unit cost per ounce. In addition, there was a depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar
during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If
expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006, due primarily to the lower
volumes produced, as well as increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Cooke 3 were 740,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 999,000 in fiscal 2004.
The decrease in tons milled was due to planned reduction of operations in terms of the
restructuring process based on the application of the new mining cut-offs. The increase in
recovered grade in 2005 was due to an increased percentage of VCR mining and ongoing refining of
grade and block models, Even though the recovered grade increased from 0.134 in fiscal 2004 to
0.157 in fiscal 2005, ounces sold decreased to 116,300 in fiscal 2005, compared with 134,003 in
fiscal 2004, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $364 in fiscal 2005, compared with $314 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was expected with the restructuring in underground mining activities and supplemented by
the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when
these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
68
increased by 4% in
fiscal 2005, due primarily to the lower volumes produced, as well as increases in the costs of
labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
The hoisting capacity of the Cooke 3 shaft is 265,000 tons per month. The average tons milled
in fiscal 2006 was 54,333 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable underground ore reserves of 8.0
million tons (1.4 million ounces) will be sufficient for the Cooke 3 shaft to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2016. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R52.2 million ($8.2 million) in capital expenditures at
the Cooke 3 shaft in fiscal 2006, primarily on accessing the reserves in the 128 South Area as well
as for ongoing development. Harmony has budgeted R55.9 million ($7.8 million calculated at the
closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures at the Cooke 3 shaft in fiscal 2007,
primarily for the 128 South development ongoing development.
Leveraged assets
The following chart details the operating and production results from underground operations
for all identified Leveraged assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
5,122 |
|
|
|
5,990 |
|
|
|
9,238 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0,133 |
|
|
|
0.140 |
|
|
|
0.140 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
683,450 |
|
|
|
841,280 |
|
|
|
1,295,315 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
361,178 |
|
|
|
358,139 |
|
|
|
491,690 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
336,695 |
|
|
|
402,695 |
|
|
|
490,421 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
24,483 |
|
|
|
(44,556 |
) |
|
|
1,269 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
493 |
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
379 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
40,072 |
|
|
|
33,068 |
|
|
|
46,795 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Leveraged assets decreased to 5,122,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
5,990,000 in fiscal 2005. Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as a result of days lost to the
industry (through the wage strike in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter)
and lower underground volumes due to the closing down of Kudu/Sable, Nyala, Welkom 1 and St. Helena
shafts. Ounces sold decreased to 683,450 in fiscal 2006, compared with 841,280 in fiscal 2005,
primarily due to the decrease in tons milled. The recovered grade decreased from 0.140 in fiscal
2005 to 0.133 in fiscal 2006.
Despite the lower gold production, gold sales increased from $358,139,000 in fiscal 2005 to
$361,178,000 in fiscal 2006, as a result of the higher average gold price received during the year.
Cash costs for the Leveraged assets were
69
$493 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2006, compared with $479
per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005. This increase was mainly as a result of the reduced volume.
Tons milled from Leveraged assets decreased to 5,990,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
9,238,000 in fiscal 2004. Ounces sold decreased to 841,280 in fiscal 2005, compared with 1,295,315
in fiscal 2004, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled. The recovered grade remained constant
at 0.140 in fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2005.
Gold sales decreased from $491,690,000 in fiscal 2004 to $358,139,000 in fiscal 2005. Cash
costs for the Leveraged assets were $479 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005, compared with $379 per
ounce of gold in fiscal 2004.
Refer to the following charts for detail on the operating and production results of individual
leverage assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Bambanani |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
1,196 |
|
|
|
1,090 |
|
|
|
1,606 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.147 |
|
|
|
0.181 |
|
|
|
0.181 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
175,214 |
|
|
|
197,535 |
|
|
|
290,210 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
93,111 |
|
|
|
84,165 |
|
|
|
110,244 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
87,064 |
|
|
|
83,289 |
|
|
|
95,447 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
6,047 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
|
|
14,797 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
497 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
329 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
14,870 |
|
|
|
12,178 |
|
|
|
14,756 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Bambanani shaft increased to 1,196,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
1,090,000 in fiscal 2005. Fires effected six months production in fiscal 2005 and three months of
2006 fiscal year. Ounces sold were 175,214 in fiscal 2006, compared with 197,535 in fiscal 2005.
This decrease was due to the decrease in the recovered grade, which decreased from 0.181 in fiscal
2005 to 0.147 in fiscal 2006.
Cash costs for Bambanani were $87,064,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $83,289,000 in fiscal
2005. Cash costs per ounce increased to $497 in fiscal 2006, compared with $422 in fiscal 2005,
primarily due to the decrease in ounces produced. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 21% in
fiscal 2006, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and
supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Bambanani shaft decreased significantly to 1,090,000 in fiscal 2005,
compared with 1,606,000 in fiscal 2004. This decrease was attributable primarily to the
discontinuation of the use of CONOPS, the effect of the fires and an intensive restructuring
program that commenced in April 2005. Ounces sold were 197,535 in fiscal 2005, compared with
290,210 in fiscal 2004. This decrease was due to the decrease in tons milled, since the recovered
grade remained stable at 0.181 during fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for Bambanani were $83,289,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $95,447,000 in fiscal
2004. Cash costs per
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ounce increased to $422 in fiscal 2005, compared with $329 in fiscal 2004,
primarily due to the additional labor cost resulting from the temporarily discontinuation of CONOPS
as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant
increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased
by 15% in fiscal 2005, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the
implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 38,240 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at Bambanani is 116,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 was 99,667 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 9.8 million tons (2.0
million ounces) will be sufficient for Bambanani to maintain underground production until
approximately 2015. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as
well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the
expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold
reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R94.6 million ($14.9 million) in capital
expenditures at Bambanani in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, primarily for ongoing
development. Harmony has budgeted R5.0 million ($0.7 million at the closing rate at balance sheet
date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, for ongoing development of the new orepass system
and upgrading of the No. 3 cooling tower and fan. A further R8 million ($1.1 million at the closing
rate at balance sheet date) was budgeted for below 103 level and De Bron Margin exploration.
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Evander 9 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
202 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.083 |
|
|
|
0.116 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,573 |
|
|
|
23,440 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,078 |
|
|
|
9,079 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
3,005 |
|
|
|
9,042 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(21 |
) |
|
|
(1,927 |
) |
|
|
37 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,168 |
|
|
|
386 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Significant restructuring initiatives commenced in the last quarter of fiscal 2004 and by the
end of fiscal 2005 Evander 9 was successfully closed and placed on care and maintenance.
There was no production from Evander 9 shaft during fiscal 2006.
Tons milled from the Evander 9 shaft were 31,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 202,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces
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sold were 2,573 in fiscal 2005, compared with 23,440 in fiscal 2004. The
decrease in tons milled and ounces sold were due to the closure of the shaft. Recovered grade was
0.083 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.116 in fiscal 2004.
The increase in cash costs from $386 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $1,168 per ounce in fiscal
2005 was attributable primarily to the restructuring process related to the shafts closure.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at the Evander 9 shaft in
fiscal 2006 and no capital expenditures are foreseen for fiscal 2007.
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|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Joel |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
565 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.134 |
|
|
|
0.129 |
|
|
|
0.122 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
58,595 |
|
|
|
64,464 |
|
|
|
68,694 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
31,346 |
|
|
|
27,282 |
|
|
|
25,526 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
29,170 |
|
|
|
28,990 |
|
|
|
24,240 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
2,176 |
|
|
|
(1,708 |
) |
|
|
1,286 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
353 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
2,582 |
|
|
|
1,922 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Joel shaft decreased to 436,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 498,000 in
fiscal 2005, attributable primarily to delays in commissioning of the midshaft loading arrangement
on 137 level, which was only commissioned on February 28, 2006. Ounces sold were 58,595 in fiscal
2006, compared with 64,464 in fiscal 2005. Even though the recovered grade improved, the positive
influence on ounces sold was diluted due to the decrease in tons milled. Recovered grade improved
to 0.134 in fiscal 2006 compared with 0.129 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for Joel increased marginally to $29,170,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
$28,990,000 in fiscal 2005. This increase was primarily attributed to lower production volumes and
increased contractor costs as contractors were utilized to do vamping of old areas. Cash costs per
ounce were $498 in fiscal 2006, compared with $450 in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable
primarily to the lower production levels. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased by 14% in fiscal 2006,
due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the
effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Joel shaft decreased to 498,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 565,000 in
fiscal 2004, attributable primarily to delays in restructuring, such as CONOPS being discontinued
in January 2005. Ounces sold were 64,464 in fiscal 2005, compared with 68,694 in fiscal 2004. Even
though the recovered grade improved, the positive influence on ounces sold was diluted due to the
decrease in tons milled. Recovered grade improved to 0.129 in fiscal 2005 compared with 0.122 in
fiscal 2004. See Item 6 Unionized Labour.
Cash costs for Joel increased to $28,990,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $24,240,000 in
fiscal 2004. This increase was primarily attributed to the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the
US dollar. Cash costs per ounce were $450 in fiscal 2005, compared with $353 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to the discontinuation of
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CONOPS, which resulted in additional
labor cost as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a
significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars but was offset in part by an
increase in recovered grade. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2005 by 14%, due
primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective
bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 9,052 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at Joel is 58,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in fiscal
2006 was 36,333 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 2.5 million tons (0.4
million ounces) will be sufficient for Joel to maintain underground production until approximately
2013. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as well as any
unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected period
of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures
may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R23.2 million ($3.6 million) in capital
expenditures at Joel in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, on general replacement, maintenance
and ongoing development and has budgeted R17.3 million ($2.4 million at the closing rate at balance
sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development and 129
Level Development.
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|
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|
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|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Kudu/Sable |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.156 |
|
|
|
0.130 |
|
|
|
0.145 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
2,024 |
|
|
|
25,175 |
|
|
|
39,848 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
890 |
|
|
|
10,764 |
|
|
|
14,612 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
895 |
|
|
|
18,885 |
|
|
|
16,073 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(5 |
) |
|
|
(8,121 |
) |
|
|
(1,461 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
442 |
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Kudu/Sable were 13,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 194,000 in fiscal 2005.
The decrease was primarily the result of the decision to close down the shaft in fiscal 2005.
Ounces sold were 2,024 in fiscal 2006, compared with 25,175 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in ounces
sold is primarily attributed to the decrease in tons milled. The recovered grade increased to 0.156
in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.130 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for Kudu/Sable were $895,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $18,885,000 in fiscal
2005. This decrease was primarily attributed to the substantially lower production levels and the
decision to close the shaft. Cash costs per ounce were $442 in fiscal 2006, compared with $750 in
fiscal 2005 primarily due to reduced volumes. In addition, there
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was a 7.5% depreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have decreased in fiscal
2006 by 39%, due primarily to lower production volumes.
Tons milled from Kudu/Sable were 194,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 275,000 in fiscal 2004.
The decrease was primarily the result of the decision to close down the shaft in fiscal 2005, the
regional strike during March and April 2005 and delays in restructuring. Ounces sold were 25,175 in
fiscal 2005, compared with 39,848 in fiscal 2004. The decrease in ounces sold is primarily
attributed to the lower recovered grade at Kudu/Sable and the decrease in tons milled. The
recovered grade decreased to 0.130 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.145 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs for Kudu/Sable were $18,885,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $16,073,000 in fiscal
2004. Cash costs per ounce were $750 in fiscal 2005, compared with $403 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to static fixed costs, lower production levels and the
reduction in the recovered grade as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar,
which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs
per ounce have increased in fiscal 2005 by 67%, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor
and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting
amounted to 5,251 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at Kudu/Sable is 25,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 was 1,083 tons per month.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at Kudu/Sable in fiscal 2006
and no capital expenditures are foreseen for fiscal 2007.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
West Shaft |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
206 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.124 |
|
|
|
0.160 |
|
|
|
0.180 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
25,525 |
|
|
|
28,165 |
|
|
|
36,071 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
13,117 |
|
|
|
12,049 |
|
|
|
14,039 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
13,650 |
|
|
|
12,907 |
|
|
|
10,995 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(533 |
) |
|
|
(858 |
) |
|
|
3,044 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
458 |
|
|
|
305 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
887 |
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for
the capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. For further
information on the experts of this change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the West shaft were 206,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 176,000 in fiscal
2005. The increase was primarily due to high levels of reef stripping during the year to access
higher grade areas. Ounces sold were 25,525 in fiscal 2006, compared with 28,165 in fiscal 2005.
The decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the lower recovered grade which is directly
related to the level of reef stripping being done The recovered grade decreased to 0.124 in fiscal
2006, compared with 0.160 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the reef stripping at lower grades to
get back into higher grade pillars.
Cash costs for the West shaft were $13,650,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $12,907,000 in
fiscal 2005. This increase was primarily attributed to increased production. Cash costs per ounce
were $535 in fiscal 2006, compared with $458 in fiscal 2005. This increase in cash costs per ounce
was attributable primarily to the lower level of gold produced. In addition, there was a 7.5%
depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
74
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 20%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs
of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the West shaft were 176,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 200,000 in fiscal
2004. The decrease was primarily due to the loss of panels as a result of seismicity, no
flexibility resulting in reef stripping and lost shifts due to the regional strike in March and
April 2005. Ounces sold were 28,165 in fiscal 2005, compared with 36,071 in fiscal 2004. The
decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the lower recovered grade and the decreased
tonnage milled. The recovered grade decreased to 0.160 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.180 in
fiscal 2004, primarily due to the reef stripping at lower grades to get back into higher grade
pillars.
Cash costs for the West shaft were $12,907,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $10,995,000 in
fiscal 2004. Cash costs per ounce were $458 in fiscal 2005, compared with $305 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to the increase in labor cost, due to the implementation of
CONOPS and the reduction in the recovered grade as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against
the US dollar.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 4,753 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at the West shaft is 24,000 tons per month. The average tons milled
in fiscal 2006 was 17,167 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 1.0 million tons (0.2
million ounces) will be sufficient for the West shaft to maintain underground production until
approximately 2011. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as
well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the
expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold
reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R5.6 million ($0.9 million) in capital expenditures at
the West shaft in fiscal 2006 primarily on ongoing development, and has budgeted R11.4 million
($1.6 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007,
primarily for ongoing development and shaft pillar preparation.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Nyala |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.092 |
|
|
|
0.119 |
|
|
|
0.108 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
23,503 |
|
|
|
12,073 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
9,897 |
|
|
|
4,645 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
226 |
|
|
|
17,587 |
|
|
|
4,063 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(145 |
) |
|
|
(7,690 |
) |
|
|
582 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
1,228 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
337 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
7,276 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
75
Due to the increased operating costs in dollar terms, the decision was taken to close the
Nyala shaft during the quarter ended March 31, 2005.
Tons milled from Nyala were 2,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 198,000 in fiscal 2005. Ounces
sold were 184 in fiscal 2006, compared with 23,503 in fiscal 2005. This decrease in ounces sold is
primarily attributed to the decrease in tons milled and the lower recovered grade at Nyala as a
result of the closure of the shaft.
Cash costs for Nyalas underground operations were $226,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
$17,587,000 in fiscal 2005. This decrease was primarily attributed to the lower production levels
as a result of the decision to close this shaft in fiscal 2005. Cash costs per ounce were $1,228 in
fiscal 2006, compared with $748 in fiscal 2005.
Tons milled from Nyala were 198,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 112,000 in fiscal 2004.
Ounces sold were 23,503 in fiscal 2005, compared with 12,073 in fiscal 2004. This increase in
ounces sold is primarily attributed to the increase in tons milled and the higher recovered grade
at Nyala.
Cash costs for Nyalas underground operations were $17,587,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
$4,063,000 in fiscal 2004. This increase was primarily attributed to the start up of Nyala shaft.
Cash costs per ounce were $748 in fiscal 2005, compared with $337 in fiscal 2004. The continuous
increase in cost was the primary motivation for the closure of the shaft.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 1,591 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at Nyala is 32,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 were 167 tons per month.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R0.02 million ($0.003 million) in capital
expenditures at Nyala in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. No capital expenditure is expected
for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Eland |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
|
|
347 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.193 |
|
|
|
0.153 |
|
|
|
0.146 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
4,058 |
|
|
|
26,782 |
|
|
|
50,697 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
2,026 |
|
|
|
11,436 |
|
|
|
17,447 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
1,066 |
|
|
|
13,404 |
|
|
|
24,501 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
(1,968 |
) |
|
|
(7,054 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
263 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
483 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Based on the increased operating costs in dollar terms, the decision was taken to scale down
the Eland shaft, commencing during fiscal 2004. The downscaling was completed during fiscal 2005
and the shaft was closed.
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Tons milled from the Eland shaft were 21,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 175,000 in fiscal
2005. The decrease in tons milled is primarily attributed to the decision to down scale the shaft
and then close it, with the small amount of production coming from clean-up activities. Ounces sold
decreased to 4,058 in fiscal 2006, compared with 26,782 in fiscal 2005, due to the decrease in tons
milled. There was an increase in the grade recovered from 0.153 in fiscal 2005 to 0.193 in fiscal
2006.
Cash costs for the Eland shaft were $1,066,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $13,404,000 in
fiscal 2005. This decrease was primarily attributed to the downscaling of the operation. In
addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have decreased in fiscal 2006 by 46%, due primarily to lower production
volumes.
Tons milled from the Eland shaft were 175,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 347,000 in fiscal
2004. The decrease in tons milled is primarily attributed to the decision to down scale the shaft
and then close it. Ounces sold decreased to 26,782 in fiscal 2005, compared with 50,697 in fiscal
2004, due to the decrease in tons milled. There was a slight increase in the grade recovered from
0.146 in fiscal 2004 to 0.153 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for the Eland shaft were $13,404,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $24,501,000 in
fiscal 2004. This decrease was primarily attributed to the downscaling of the operation.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 6,680 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at the Eland shaft in fiscal
2006 and no capital expenditures are foreseen for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Deelkraal |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.284 |
|
|
|
0.131 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,284 |
|
|
|
68,127 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
958 |
|
|
|
26,206 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
714 |
|
|
|
37,796 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
244 |
|
|
|
(11,590 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
313 |
|
|
|
555 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,305 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
The Deelkraal shaft was closed in June 2004 and was only operating as a service shaft during
fiscal 2006. There was no production at the Deelkrall shaft during fiscal 2006.
The Deelkraal shaft was closed in June 2004 and was only operating as a service shaft during
fiscal 2005. Therefore tons milled decreased to 1,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 522,000 in
fiscal 2004, and ounces sold to 2,284 in fiscal
77
2005, compared with 68,127 in fiscal 2004
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at Deelkraal in fiscal 2006 and
no capital expenditures are foreseen for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
St. Helena |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
|
|
507 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.101 |
|
|
|
0.122 |
|
|
|
0.140 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
12,791 |
|
|
|
29,965 |
|
|
|
71,027 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
6,867 |
|
|
|
12,660 |
|
|
|
25,124 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
10,802 |
|
|
|
24,191 |
|
|
|
29,864 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(3,935 |
) |
|
|
(11,531 |
) |
|
|
(4,740 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
845 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
420 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
901 |
|
|
|
1,538 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from St. Helena were 127,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 245,000 in fiscal 2005.
The decrease in tons milled was primarily due to the decision to place the number 2 and number 4
shafts on care and maintenance. Ounces sold were 12,791 in fiscal 2006, compared with 29,965 in
fiscal 2005. The decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the decrease in tons milled and
the lower recovery grade. The recovered grade decreased to 0.101 during fiscal 2006, compared with
0.122 during fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for St. Helena were $10,802,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $24,191,000 in fiscal
2005. This decrease was primarily attributed to the reduction in tonnage milled and the lower
recovered grade. Cash costs per ounce were $845 in fiscal 2006, compared with $807 in fiscal 2005.
In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 8%, due primarily to lower production
volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Tons milled from St. Helena were 245,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 507,000 in fiscal 2004.
The decrease in tons milled was primarily due to the decision to place the 4 shaft on care and
maintenance during fiscal 2005 and the regional strikes in March and April 2005. Ounces sold were
29,965 in fiscal 2005, compared with 71,027 in fiscal 2004. The decrease in ounces sold is
primarily attributed to the decrease in tons milled and the lower recovery grade. The recovered
grade decreased to 0.122 during fiscal 2005, compared with 0.140 fiscal 2004.
Cash costs for St. Helena were $24,191,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $29,864,000 in fiscal
2004. This decrease was primarily attributed to the reduction in tonnage milled and the lower
recovered grade. Cash costs per ounce were $807 in fiscal 2005, compared with $420 in fiscal 2004.
This increase was attributable primarily to the delay in restructuring, resulting in excess labor
being carried and the reduction in the recovered grade as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates.
If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2005 by 73%, due
primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective
bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
78
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 9,359 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
The rock hoisting capacity at St. Helena is 38,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 was 10,583 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 1.1 million tons (0.2
million ounces) will be sufficient for the St. Helena shaft to maintain underground production
until approximately 2010. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R2.8 million ($0.4 million) in capital expenditures at
St. Helena in fiscal 2006 and has budgeted R15.2 million ($2.1 million at the closing rate at
balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development and
South Block Projects.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Harmony 2 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
598 |
|
|
|
559 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.116 |
|
|
|
0.123 |
|
|
|
0.136 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
69,446 |
|
|
|
68,547 |
|
|
|
87,472 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
36,716 |
|
|
|
29,295 |
|
|
|
33,541 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
33,527 |
|
|
|
30,021 |
|
|
|
29,690 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
3,189 |
|
|
|
(726 |
) |
|
|
3,851 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
483 |
|
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
339 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,964 |
|
|
|
3,555 |
|
|
|
2,526 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Harmony 2 shaft increased to 598,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
559,000 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to an increase in the availability of mineable ground
resulting from development and equipping of areas identified by exploration drilling. Ounces sold
were 69,446 in fiscal 2006, compared with 68,547 in fiscal 2005. This increase is attributable
primarily to the increase in tons milled. Recovered grade was 0.116 in fiscal 2006, compared with
0.123 in fiscal 2005. This decrease in average grade is mainly attributable to a change in the
mining mix between the Basal and A Reef during the year.
Cash costs were $33,527,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $30,021,000 in fiscal 2005. Cash
costs per ounce were $483 in fiscal 2006 compared with $438 in fiscal 2005. This increase was
attributable primarily to increase in tonnage produced. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation
of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal
2006 by 14%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and
supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
79
Tons milled from the Harmony 2 shaft decreased to 559,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
643,000 in fiscal 2004, primarily due to a seismic event in March 2005 and the regional strikes in
March and April 2005. Ounces sold were 68,547 in fiscal 2005, compared with 87,472 in fiscal 2004.
This decrease is attributable primarily to the decrease in tons milled and the significant decrease
in the grade. Recovered grade was 0.123 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.136 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $30,021,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $29,690,000 in fiscal 2004. Cash
costs per ounce were $438 in fiscal 2005 compared with $339 in fiscal 2004. This increase was
attributable primarily to decrease in tonnage produced, a lower grade mined as well as the 7%
appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these
costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased by 16% in fiscal
2005, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of
collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Harmony 2 shaft is 54,000 tons per month. The average tons
milled in fiscal 2006 were 49,833 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 2.2 million tons (0.3
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Free State operations to maintain underground production
until approximately fiscal 2010. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R27.9 million ($3.9 million) on capital expenditures at
Harmony 2 in fiscal 2006, primarily for Basal stripping and leader projects as well as drilling and
ongoing development. Harmony has budgeted R33.8 million ($4.7 million at the closing rate at
balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Merriespruit 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
410 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.117 |
|
|
|
0.110 |
|
|
|
0.124 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
48,069 |
|
|
|
45,559 |
|
|
|
59,062 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
25,685 |
|
|
|
19,428 |
|
|
|
22,681 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
24,061 |
|
|
|
21,719 |
|
|
|
21,222 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
1,624 |
|
|
|
(2,291 |
) |
|
|
1,459 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
|
|
359 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
2,445 |
|
|
|
2,833 |
|
|
|
3,328 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Merriespruit 1 were 410,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 414,000 in fiscal
2005. Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as a result of days lost to the industry (through
the wage strike in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter). Ounces sold
increased to 48,069 in fiscal 2006, compared with 45,559 in fiscal 2005, attributable primarily to
the slightly higher recovered grade. Recovered grade was 0.117 in fiscal 2006, compared with
80
0.110 in fiscal 2005. This increase was due to the increase in the Mine Call Factor from 69%
to 70%
Cash costs were $24,061,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $21,719,000 in fiscal 2005. This
increase was attributable primarily to an increase in labour cost. Cash costs per ounce were $501
in fiscal 2006 compared with $477 in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable primarily to the
increased labor costs. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar
during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If
expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 8%, due primarily to
increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Merriespruit 1 were 414,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 477,000 in fiscal
2004. This decrease in tons milled was primarily due to the flexibility problems resulting in lower
face length availability. Ounces sold decreased to 45,559 in fiscal 2005, compared with 59,062 in
fiscal 2004, attributable primarily to the decrease in tons milled and the lower recovered grade.
Recovered grade was 0.110 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.124 in fiscal 2004. This decrease was due
to the decrease in the Mine Call Factor from 74% to 69%.
Cash costs were $21,719,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $21,222,000 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to the appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar. Cash
costs per ounce were $477 in fiscal 2005 compared with $359 in fiscal 2004. This increase was
attributable primarily to the reduction in the mined area, but no reduction in the labor cost, a
lower grade mined as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a
significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2005 by 19%, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due
to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Merriespruit 1 shaft is 43,000 tons per month. The average
tons milled in fiscal 2006 was 34,167 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 4.5 million tons (0.5
million ounces) will be sufficient for Merriespruit 1 shaft to maintain underground production
until approximately fiscal 2016. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R15.6 million ($2.4 million) on capital expenditures at
Merriespruit 1 in fiscal 2006, primarily on ongoing development and has budgeted R20.5 million
($2.9 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007,
primarily for ongoing development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Merriespruit 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
452 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.097 |
|
|
|
0.100 |
|
|
|
0.104 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
43,691 |
|
|
|
54,690 |
|
|
|
76,956 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
23,078 |
|
|
|
23,325 |
|
|
|
29,570 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
24,188 |
|
|
|
24,379 |
|
|
|
30,220 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(1,110 |
) |
|
|
(1,054 |
) |
|
|
(650 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
554 |
|
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
393 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
1,783 |
|
|
|
1,696 |
|
|
|
2,287 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
81
Tons milled from the Merriespruit 3 shaft decreased to 452,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
548,000 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the availability of replacement ground. Ounces sold were
43,691 in fiscal 2006, compared with 54,690 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in ounces sold is
primarily attributed to the slightly lower recovery grade and the decrease in tons milled.
Recovered grade was 0.097 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.100 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs were $24,188,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $24,379,000 in fiscal 2005. This
decrease was attributable primarily to the lower production levels. Cash costs per ounce were $554
in fiscal 2006 compared with $446 in fiscal 2005. This increase in unit cost was attributable
primarily to lower production levels, and a lower grade. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation
of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal
2006 by 28%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and
supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Merriespruit 3 shaft decreased to 548,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
743,000 in fiscal 2004, primarily due to the restructuring of the shaft in the September 2004
quarter. Ounces sold were 54,690 in fiscal 2005, compared with 76,956 in fiscal 2004. The decrease
in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the slightly lower recovery grade and the decrease in
tons milled. Recovered grade was 0.100 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.104 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $24,379,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $30,220,000 in fiscal 2004. This
decrease was attributable primarily to the lower production levels. Cash costs per ounce were $446
in fiscal 2005 compared with $393 in fiscal 2004. This increase was attributable primarily to lower
production levels, a lower grade mined as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar, which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2005 by 2%, due primarily to increases in the
costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the
effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Merriespruit 3 shaft is 48,000 tons per month. The average
tons milled in fiscal 2006 was 37,666 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 1.5 million tons (0.2
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Free State operations to maintain underground production
until approximately fiscal 2009. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R12.8 million ($1.8 million) in capital
expenditures at the Merriespruit 3 shaft in fiscal 2006, principally for ongoing development and
has budgeted R24.5 million ($3.4 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital
expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Unisel |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
677 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.146 |
|
|
|
0.132 |
|
|
|
0.134 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
72,963 |
|
|
|
65,011 |
|
|
|
91,020 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
38,172 |
|
|
|
27,798 |
|
|
|
35,014 |
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Unisel |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
28,789 |
|
|
|
31,055 |
|
|
|
32,253 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
9,383 |
|
|
|
(3,257 |
) |
|
|
2,761 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
395 |
|
|
|
478 |
|
|
|
354 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,907 |
|
|
|
4,147 |
|
|
|
6,181 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Unisel were 500,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 494,000 in fiscal 2005. The
increase was due to improved blasting frequency. Ounces sold increased to 72,963 in fiscal 2006,
compared with 65,011 in fiscal 2005, primarily because of the increase in tons milled and an
improved recovery grade. Recovered grade was 0.146 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.132 in fiscal
2005. The higher grade was due to better than expected grades from the Middle Reef.
Cash costs were $28,789,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $31,055,000 in fiscal 2005. This
decrease was attributable to benefits of the restructuring of the shaft in fiscal 2005. Cash costs
per ounce were $395 in fiscal 2006 compared with $478 in fiscal 2005. This decrease was
attributable primarily to the positive effect of the restructuring of the shaft in fiscal 2005 and
the increase in the recovered grade. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have decreased in fiscal 2006 by 15%.
Tons milled from Unisel were 494,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 677,000 in fiscal 2004. The
decrease was due to the decision to the restructuring of the shaft from 35 panels to 24 panels due
to flexibility problems, the regional strike in March 2005 and a fire in April 2005. Ounces sold
decreased to 65,011 in fiscal 2005, compared with 91,020 in fiscal 2004, primarily because of the
decrease in tons milled and a slightly lower recovery grade. Recovered grade was 0.132 in fiscal
2005, compared with 0.134 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $31,055,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $32,253,000 in fiscal 2004. This
decrease was attributable to the decrease in production. Cash costs per ounce were $478 in fiscal
2005 compared with $354 in fiscal 2004. This increase was attributable primarily to haulage
equipping and maintenance of areas for future mining, excessive rolling repairs, the re-equipping
of new panels after the fire as well as the excess labor from the stoping and development, that
resulted from the decreased production. The 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar also
caused a significant increase when costs were translated into US dollars. See item 5. Operating
and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce
would have increased in fiscal 2005 by 21%, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and
supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation
on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at Unisel is 60,000 tons per month. The average tons milled in
fiscal 2006 was 41,666 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 4.3 million tons (0.7
million ounces) will be sufficient for Unisel to maintain underground production until
approximately fiscal 2014. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R24.9 million ($3.9 million) on capital expenditures at
Unisel in fiscal 2006, primarily on ongoing development and has budgeted R34.9 million ($4.9
million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007,
primarily for ongoing development and a fridge plant.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Brand 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
405 |
|
|
|
448 |
|
|
|
531 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.103 |
|
|
|
0.103 |
|
|
|
0.112 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
41,647 |
|
|
|
46,299 |
|
|
|
59,558 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
22,147 |
|
|
|
19,807 |
|
|
|
22,985 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
23,272 |
|
|
|
22,883 |
|
|
|
22,625 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(1,125 |
) |
|
|
(3,076 |
) |
|
|
360 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
559 |
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
380 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
1,267 |
|
|
|
1,390 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Brand 3 shaft were 405,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 448,000 in
fiscal 2005. The decrease in tons was primarily due to the restructuring process at this shaft from
July to September 2005. Ounces sold were 41,647 in fiscal 2006, compared with 46,299 in fiscal
2005, primarily because of the decrease in tons milled due to selective mining and fewer high grade
Basal pillars being mined. Recovered grade was 0.103 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.103 in fiscal
2005.
Cash costs were $23,272,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $22,883,000 in fiscal 2005. This
increase was attributable primarily to the annual labour increases. Cash costs per ounce were $559
in fiscal 2006 compared with $494 in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable primarily to to
the lower production, the lower grade mined. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal
2006 by 16%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and
supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Brand 3 shaft were 448,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 531,000 in
fiscal 2004. The decrease in tons was primarily due to the regional strike during March and April
2005 as well as a separate union strike. Ounces sold were 46,299 in fiscal 2005, compared with
59,558 in fiscal 2004, primarily because of the decrease in tons milled due to selective mining and
fewer high grade Basal pillars being mined. Recovered grade was 0.103 in fiscal 2005, compared with
0.112 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $22,883,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $22,625,000 in fiscal 2004. Cash
costs per ounce were $494 in fiscal 2005 compared with $380 in fiscal 2004. This increase was
attributable primarily to overhead cost shared over a smaller base, due to the closure of shafts, a
lower grade mined as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a
significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would
have increased in fiscal 2005 by 17%, due primarily to the lower grade, increases in the costs of
labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of
inflation on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Brand 3 shaft is 50,000 tons per month. The average tons
milled in fiscal 2006 was 33,750 tons per month.
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On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 0.3 million tons (0.04
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Brand 3 operations to maintain underground production
until approximately the end of fiscal 2007. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R6.3 million ($1.0 million) on capital expenditures at
Brand 3 in fiscal 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Brand 5 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.156 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
0.126 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
469 |
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
19,262 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
236 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
7,442 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
2,120 |
|
|
|
13,331 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(739 |
) |
|
|
(2,112 |
) |
|
|
(5,889 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
2,079 |
|
|
|
64,242 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
The Brand 5 shaft was placed on care and maintenance during the quarter ended September 30,
2003, this will remain in place until market conditions are more favorable or more economical parts
of the orebody are discovered.
The few tons milled during 2006 were due to vamping of mud while cleaning the underground
dams. Water is pumped on the shaft and the dams are cleared and cleaned periodically.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at Brand 5 in fiscal 2006 and
no capital expenditures are foreseen for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
Orkney 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.107 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
123 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
194 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
85
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended |
|
|
June 30, |
Orkney 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
602 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for
the capitalization of mine development costs. This change was
made retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated.
See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates. for further
information on the effects of this change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Orkney 1 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of operations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Orkney 2 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
347 |
|
|
|
413 |
|
|
|
387 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.201 |
|
|
|
0.190 |
|
|
|
0.210 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
69,877 |
|
|
|
78,449 |
|
|
|
81,434 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
36,589 |
|
|
|
33,279 |
|
|
|
31,435 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
29,716 |
|
|
|
31,495 |
|
|
|
25,026 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
6,873 |
|
|
|
1,784 |
|
|
|
6,409 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
425 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
|
|
307 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
2,380 |
|
|
|
1,443 |
|
|
|
1,866 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Orkney 2 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 only reflects for a period of nine months of operations.
Tons milled from the Orkney 2 shaft were 347,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 413,000 in
fiscal 2005. The decrease in tons milled was primarily due to seismic events in August 2005
resulting in the loss of face length flexibility and volume. Ounces sold were 69,877 in fiscal
2006, compared with 78,449 in fiscal 2005. The decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to
the lower production, mainly due to the completion of the shaft pillar and other bigger pillars.
Recovered grade was 0.201 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.190 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs were $29,716,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $31,495,000 in fiscal 2005.Cash costs
per ounce was $425 in fiscal 2006 compared with $401 in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable
primarily to additional labor hours. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 9%,
due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the
effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Orkney 2 shaft were 413,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 387,000 in
fiscal 2004. The increase in tons milled was primarily due to the comparative period being only
nine months. This was offset by a decrease in tons
86
due to the completion of the mining the shaft pillar. Ounces sold were 78,449 in fiscal 2005,
compared with 81,434 in fiscal 2004. The decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the
significant lower recovery grade. Recovered grade was 0.190 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.210 in
fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $31,495,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $25,026,000 in fiscal 2004.Cash costs per
ounce was $401 in fiscal 2005 compared with $307 in fiscal 2004. This increase was attributable
primarily to additional labor costs, a lower grade mined as well as the 7% appreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated into US
dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed
in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2005 by 17%, due primarily to
increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining
agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Orkney 2 shaft is 45,000 tons per month. The average tons
milled in fiscal 2006 were 28,917 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable reserves of 1.6 million tons (0.4
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Orkney 2 operations to maintain underground production
until approximately calendar year 2011. Any further changes to the assumptions upon which the ore
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting the production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred R15.1 million ($2.4 million) in on-going capital
expenditures at Orkney 2 in fiscal 2006 and has budgeted R34.6 million ($4.8 million at the closing
rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for ongoing
development.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Orkney 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
137 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.083 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,413 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,425 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,440 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,015 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
564 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
464 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Orkney 3 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of operations. The shaft was placed on care
and maintenance in fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
87
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Orkney 4 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
406 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.145 |
|
|
|
0.169 |
|
|
|
0.169 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
58,897 |
|
|
|
76,971 |
|
|
|
67,931 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
31,117 |
|
|
|
32,720 |
|
|
|
26,269 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
29,273 |
|
|
|
29,616 |
|
|
|
19,543 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
1,844 |
|
|
|
3,104 |
|
|
|
6,726 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
497 |
|
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
288 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
4,759 |
|
|
|
915 |
|
|
|
860 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Orkney 4 shaft were 406,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 455,000 in
fiscal 2005. The decrease in tons milled was primarily due to shaft ore pass scaling and seismicity
experienced in the shaft pillar area. Ounces sold were 58,897 in fiscal 2006, compared with 76,971
in fiscal 2005. The decrease in ounces sold is primarily attributed to the decrease in production
and a decrease in the recovery grade.The decrease in recovered grade from 0.169 in fiscal 2005 to
0.145 in fiscal 2006 is mainly attributable to a switch in production as a result of seismicity
experienced from the higher grade shaft pillar to lower grade areas.
Cash costs were $29,273,000 in fiscal 2006 compared with $29,616,000 in fiscal 2005. This
decrease was attributable primarily to the lower production volumes. Cash costs per ounce were $497
in fiscal 2006 compared with $385 in fiscal 2005. This increase was mainly as a result of the
reduced volumes. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar
during the year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If
expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 33%, due primarily to
lower production volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation
on supply contracts.
Harmony acquired Orkney 4 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are only for a period of nine months operations.
Tons milled from the Orkney 4 shaft were 455,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 401,000 in
fiscal 2004. The increase in tons milled was primarily due to the comparative period being only
nine months. This was offset by a decrease in tons milled primarily due to the decision to
downscale mining of the higher-grade pillar and increasing mining in the lower grade 4B7B area.
Ounces sold were 76,971 in fiscal 2005, compared with 67,931 in fiscal 2004. The increase in ounces
sold is primarily attributed to the increase in tons milled for the reasons stated above.
Cash costs were $29,616,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $19,543,000 in fiscal 2004. Cash
costs per ounce were $385 in fiscal 2005 compared with $288 in fiscal 2004. This increase was
attributable primarily to increased labor cost and the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar, which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2005 by 20%, due primarily to
increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining
agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The rock hoisting capacity at the Orkney 4 shaft is 39,000 tons per month. The average tons
milled in fiscal 2006 were 33,833 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that
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the reported proven and probable reserves of 3.3 million tons (0.5 million ounces) will be
sufficient for the Orkney 4 operations to maintain underground production until approximately
calendar year 2013. Any further changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based,
as well as any unforeseen events affecting the production levels, could have a material effect on
the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key information Risk Factors Harmonys
gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R30.3 million ($4.8 million) in capital
expenditures at Orkney 4 in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006, primarily on extraction of the no.
3 shaft pillar via the no. 4 shaft water pump column project and has budgeted R51.4 million ($7.1
million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures in fiscal 2007,
primarily for ongoing development and no. 4 mid shaft loading system.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Orkney 6 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
157 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.070 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,060 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,304 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,378 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,074 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
486 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Orkney 6 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was placed on care
and maintenance in fiscal 2004 and there was no production during fiscal 2005 and 2006.
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|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Orkney 7 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.162 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,533 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,760 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,970 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(210 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
435 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
89
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Orkney 7 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 and 2006. During fiscal 2006, Harmony
approved the re-opening the shaft. It is expected that the shaft would start producing in the first
quarter of fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Saaiplaas 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
254 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.085 |
|
|
|
0.105 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,541 |
|
|
|
26,783 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
10,331 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,831 |
|
|
|
13,485 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,805 |
) |
|
|
(3,154 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,901 |
|
|
|
503 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
During the quarter ended September 30, 2002, Harmony decided to commence limited extraction of
the shaft pillar at the Saaiplaas 3 shaft, which previously operated as a service shaft. The shaft
was placed on care and maintenance during fiscal 2005.
Tons milled from Saaiplaas 3 were 30,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 254,000 in fiscal 2004,
and ounces sold were 2,541 in fiscal 2005, compared with 26,783 in fiscal 2004. Recovered grade was
0.085 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.105 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $4,831,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $13,485,000 fiscal 2004. Cash costs
per ounce were $1,901 in fiscal 2005 compared with $503 in fiscal 2004.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at the Saaiplaas 3 shaft in
fiscal 2006. No capital expenditures are expected in fiscal 2007.
90
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 1 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
159 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.130 |
|
|
|
0.121 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,734 |
|
|
|
19,226 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,164 |
|
|
|
7,415 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,604 |
|
|
|
9,939 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(440 |
) |
|
|
(2,524 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Welkom 1 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are only for a period of nine months of production.
Due to the fact that the mine is mature and is nearing the end of its economic life, a
decision was made during the quarter ended March 31, 2004 to downscale and eventually close the
shaft.
Tons milled from Welkom 1 were 21,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 159,000 in fiscal 2004,
and ounces sold were 2,734 in fiscal 2005, compared with 19,226 in fiscal 2004. Recovered grade was
0.130 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.121 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs were $1,604,000 in fiscal 2005 compared with $9,939,000 fiscal 2004. Cash costs per
ounce were $587 in fiscal 2005 compared with $517 in fiscal 2004.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at Welkom 1 in fiscal 2006 and
has not budgeted for any capital expenditure at the Welkom 1 shaft in fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 2 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.113 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
525 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
547 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
405 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the
effects of this change on Harmony. |
91
Harmony acquired Welkom 2 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 3 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.101 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
592 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
581 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
385 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated.
See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Welkom 3 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 4 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.302 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,922 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,531 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,496 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
381 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated.
See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
92
Harmony acquired Welkom 4 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 6 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.100 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,411 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
935 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
894 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
41 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
371 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Harmony acquired Welkom 6 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Welkom 7 |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.113 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,902 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,890 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,566 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
324 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
360 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
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Harmony acquired Welkom 7 as part of the ARMgold merger on September 22, 2003, therefore the
results for fiscal 2004 are for a period of nine months of production. The shaft was mined by a
contractor during the first quarter of fiscal 2004, was then placed on care and maintenance for the
remainder of fiscal 2004 and had no production in fiscal 2005 or 2006.
Growth assets
The following chart details the operating and production results from underground operations
for all identified Growth assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
1,502 |
|
|
|
1,545 |
|
|
|
2,004 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.143 |
|
|
|
0.168 |
|
|
|
0.158 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
214,460 |
|
|
|
260,066 |
|
|
|
315,815 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
113,391 |
|
|
|
111,055 |
|
|
|
121,744 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
113,671 |
|
|
|
112,172 |
|
|
|
111,173 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(280 |
) |
|
|
(1,117 |
) |
|
|
10,571 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
530 |
|
|
|
431 |
|
|
|
352 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
78,076 |
|
|
|
73,458 |
|
|
|
59,751 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Growth assets decreased to 1,502,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 1,545,000
in fiscal 2005. Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as a result of days lost to the industry
(through the wage strike in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter) and as a
result of flexibility problems.Ounces sold decreased to 214,460 in fiscal 2005, compared with
260,066 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled. Recovered grade decreased
from 0.168 in fiscal 2005 to 0.143 in fiscal 2006.
Gold sales increased to $113,391,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $111,055,000 in fiscal 2005
due primarily to the higher average gold price received in fiscal 2006. Cash costs for the Growth
assets were $530 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2006, compared with $431 per ounce of gold in fiscal
2005. This increase was mainly as a result of the reduced volumes. In addition, there was a 7.5%
depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 27%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs
of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Growth assets decreased to 1,545,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 2,004,000
in fiscal 2004. Ounces sold decreased to 260,066 in fiscal 2005, compared with 315,815 fiscal 2004,
primarily due to the decrease in
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tons milled. Recovered grade increased from 0.158 in fiscal 2004 to 0.168 in fiscal 2005.
Gold sales decreased to $111,055,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $121,744,000 in fiscal
2004. Cash costs for the Growth assets were $431 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005, compared with
$352 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2004.
Refer to the following charts for detail on the operating and production results of individual
Growth assets for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Elandsrand |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
1,019 |
|
|
|
1,437 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.173 |
|
|
|
0.204 |
|
|
|
0.174 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
170,867 |
|
|
|
207,371 |
|
|
|
250,581 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
90,097 |
|
|
|
88,577 |
|
|
|
96,831 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
89,349 |
|
|
|
88,599 |
|
|
|
90,627 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
(6,204 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
362 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
30,523 |
|
|
|
26,081 |
|
|
|
26,087 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Elandsrand shaft were 987,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 1,019,000 in
fiscal 2005, and ounces sold were 170,867 in fiscal 2006, compared with 207,371 in fiscal 2005.
Mining continues in the old, upper areas of the mine, while the new mine project is completed.
Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as a result of days lost to the industry (through the wage
strike in the first quarter and the Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter), and the continued lack of
flexibility in face length to deal with erratic face grades and seismicity. Recovered grades
decline during the second half of fiscal 2006 as a result of having to mill higher levels of waste
rock from February to May 2006, resulting in an average of 0.173 in fiscal 2006, comparing to the
average of 0.204 in fiscal 2005.
The reduction in ounces produced was the main contributor to the increase in cash cost from
$427 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $523 per ounce in fiscal 2006. In addition, there was a 7.5%
depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 26%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs
of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Elandsrand shaft were 1,019,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 1,437,000
in fiscal 2004, and ounces sold were 207,371 in fiscal 2005, compared with 250,581 in fiscal 2004.
This resulted from the cessation of mining of loss-making panels, the continued lack of flexibility
and a halt in waste rock milling from December 2004. These changes, coupled with the mining of
higher grade areas in the new mine, resulted in recovered grades increasing steadily throughout
fiscal 2005 to an average of 0.204, comparing to the average of 0.174 in fiscal 2004.
The reduction in ounces produced, together with the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar were the main contributors to the increase in cash cost from $362 per ounce in fiscal 2004
to $427 per ounce in fiscal 2005. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates to see the effect that the 7% appreciation of the Rand, against the US dollar had
on the dollar cost of the company. If expressed in Rand terms, cost have increased in fiscal
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2005 by 6% due to the reduction in ounces and the increases in the costs of labor and supplies
due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Elandsrand currently operates one production shaft, with a current hoisting capacity of
190,000 tons per month which will increase to an optimal rock hoisting capacity of 331,000 tons per
month once the Elandsand New Mine Project is complete. The average tons milled in fiscal 2006 was
82,250 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 32.4 million tons (6.9
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Elandsrand shaft to maintain underground production
until approximately calendar year 2025. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Elandsrand New Mine Project. The project, initiated by AngloGold Ashanti in 1991, was
intended to increase the life of mine by exploiting the southern portion of the lease area between
3,000 3,600 meters below surface. This will be achieved by deepening the sub-vertical and
ventilation shafts. During fiscal 2004, the payshoot, which was mined on the shallower levels of
the old mine, was exposed on levels 102 and 105. Production from level 102 started in January 2004.
The main sub-station on 113 level was commissioned and installed during the year. The sinking of
the No. 2 service shaft progressed to 48, from 105 level, while the winder chamber for the No. 3
service shaft was completed. Haulage and return airways on 109 and 113 levels continued to
progress well, despite a six month stoppage at 113 level owing to methane gas being expelled from
the transition zone after transvering the Cobra Dyke. Both levels managed to achieve 3.647m.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R194.2 ($30.5 million) in capital
expenditures at the Elandsrand operations in fiscal 2006 mainly for the sub shaft deepening
project. Harmony has budgeted R265.1 million ($37 million, using the closing rate at balance sheet
date) for capital expenditures at the Elandsrand operations in fiscal 2007, primarily for the sub
shaft deepening project and ongoing development. See South African Operations General
Elandskraal Operations.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Doornkop |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
|
567 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.085 |
|
|
|
0.100 |
|
|
|
0.115 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
43,593 |
|
|
|
52,695 |
|
|
|
65,234 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
23,294 |
|
|
|
22,478 |
|
|
|
24,913 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
24,322 |
|
|
|
23,573 |
|
|
|
20,546 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(1,028 |
) |
|
|
(1,095 |
) |
|
|
4,367 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
558 |
|
|
|
447 |
|
|
|
315 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
26,031 |
|
|
|
28,621 |
|
|
|
16,819 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Doornkop shaft were 515,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 526,000 in fiscal
2005. Mining continues in the old, upper areas of the mine, while the new mine project is
completed. Volumes were negatively affected, mainly as
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a result of days lost to the industry (through the wage strike in the first quarter and the
Cosatu strike in the fourth quarter). Ounces sold were 43,593 in fiscal 2006, compared with 52,695
in fiscal 2005. This decrease in ounces sold was primarily due to the lower recovered grade and
decrease in tons milled. The recovered grade deteriorated to 0.085 in fiscal 2005, compared with
0.100 in fiscal 2005, due to the depletion of certain high grade panels.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $558 in fiscal 2006, compared with $447 in fiscal 2005. This
increase was attributable primarily to the lower production volumes and the lower recovered grade.
In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 28%, due primarily to lower production
volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Tons milled from Doornkop shaft were 526,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 567,000 in fiscal
2004. This decrease was due to less trackless volume extracted from 106 L north (trackless area).
Further loss in production resulted from closure of the 106 Level sky raise. Ounces sold were
52,695 in fiscal 2005, compared with 65,234 in fiscal 2004. This decrease in ounces sold was
primarily due to the lower recovered grade and decrease in tons milled. The recovered grade
deteriorated to 0.100 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.115 in fiscal 2004, given the lack of the
available higher grade from the North 1 mining area and the stopping of limited production from the
South Reef as a result of the re-commencement of the shaft work on the South Reef project.
Cash costs per ounce of gold were $447 in fiscal 2005, compared with $315 in fiscal 2004. This
increase was attributable primarily to the lower production volumes and the 7% appreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these costs were translated
into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If
expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2005 by 27%, due primarily to the
lower grade in volumes produced, as well as increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the
implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The hoisting capacity of the Doornkop shaft is 220,000 tons per month. The average tons milled
in fiscal 2006 were 42,917 tons per month.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable underground ore reserves of 1.9
million tons (0.3 million ounces) will be sufficient for the Doornkop shaft to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2017. Any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are
based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Doornkop South Reef Project. The project involves the deepening of the Doornkop mine shaft to
1,973m to mine the South Reef and development towards the mining areas. The South Reef lies
between 1,650m and 2,000m below surface. Sinking operations continued during the year with two
separate sinking operations at different elevations in the same shaft. The top portion of the
sinking operation has now progressed to 60m away from 192 level, with the bottom portion of the
sinking operation completion up to 212 level. Shaft sinking should be concluded in the third
quarter of 2007. The sub-vertical shaft was modified into a dual conveyance shaft during 2006,
increasing the hoisting capacity to 30,000 tons per month.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R165.6 million ($26.0 million) in capital
expenditures at the Doornkop project in fiscal 2006, primarily for the expansion and deepening of
the shaft. Harmony has budgeted R218.6 million ($30.6 million calculated at the closing rate at
balance sheet date) for capital expenditures at the Doornkop shaft in fiscal 2007, primarily for
the expansion of the shaft. See South African Operations General Randfontein Operations.
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Phakisa |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
21,522 |
|
|
|
18,756 |
|
|
|
16,845 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
The expected capacity of the Phakisa shaft will be 126,766 tons per month. Phakisa has no rock
hoisting facilities and all rock will be transported via a railveyor system on 55 level to the
Nyala mine for hoisting to surface.
On a simplistic basis reported proven and probable underground ore reserves of 21.7 million
tons (5.1 million ounces) will be sufficient for the Phakisa shaft to, once production commence,
maintain production until approximately fiscal 2027. Any future changes to the assumptions upon
which the reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could
have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information
Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production
conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Phakisa Shaft Project. The project involves the establishment of infrastructure and the
sinking and equipping of a primary shaft to a depth of 2,427m below surface. The mine will have
five production levels (66, 69, 71, 73 and 75 levels) where access development will take place. 75
level will be host to a 1,500m, 9 degree twin decline, with another five levels (77, 79, 81, 83 and
85) where access development will be done towards the reef horizon. Good progress was achieved
during the year, with the equipping of the shaft from surface to 55 level ran concurrently with the
installation of the Koeppe Winder, both of which were completed in December 2005. Access to all
levels enabled the continued installation of shaft pipes from 55 level to 73 level, station civil
construction on 73, 75 and 77 levels, and the installation of water control, sling and rock
handling equipment to 77 level. The Railveyor pilot plant was installed at Nyala shaft and
rigorously tested. Starting in April 2006, commercial process began with the fabrication and
installation of the conveyance over 5km on 55 level between Phakisa and Nyala shafts.
Commissioning date is expected to be October 2006.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R136.9 million ($21.5 million) in capital
expenditures at the Phakisa operations in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. Harmony has budgeted
Rand 189 million ($26.4 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital expenditures
in fiscal 2007, primarily for the establishing and development of the shaft. See South African
Operations General Free Gold Operations.
Surface Operations
The following chart details the operating and production results from surface operations for
all identified operations for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
|
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
3,984 |
|
|
|
6,528 |
|
|
|
11,026 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.029 |
|
|
|
0.029 |
|
|
|
0.019 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
116,388 |
|
|
|
188,904 |
|
|
|
208,744 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
59,833 |
|
|
|
80,222 |
|
|
|
80,321 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
49,543 |
|
|
|
73,679 |
|
|
|
71,498 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
10,290 |
|
|
|
(6,543 |
) |
|
|
8,823 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
426 |
|
|
|
390 |
|
|
|
343 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
13,259 |
|
|
|
5,675 |
|
|
|
14,099 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from surface shafts decreased to 3,984,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 6,528,000
in fiscal 2005. Ounces sold decreased to 116,388 in fiscal 2006, compared with 188,904 in fiscal
2005, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled. Recovered grade remained constant at 0.029 in
fiscal 2005 to 0.029 in fiscal 2006.
Gold sales decreased to $59,833,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $80,222,000 in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs for the surface shafts were $426 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2006, compared with
$390 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005. This increase was mainly due to the significant decrease in
volumes produced.
Tons milled from surface shafts decreased to 6,528,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
11,026,000 in fiscal 2004. Ounces sold decreased to 188,904 in fiscal 2005, compared with 208,744
in fiscal 2004, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled. Recovered grade increased from 0.019
in fiscal 2004 to 0.029 in fiscal 2005.
Gold sales decreased slightly to $80,222,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $80,321,000 fiscal
2004.
Cash costs for the surface shafts were $390 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005, compared with
$343 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2004.
Refer to the following charts for detail on the operating and production results of individual
surface operations for fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Kalgold |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
|
|
1,530 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.038 |
|
|
|
0.058 |
|
|
|
0.054 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
77,071 |
|
|
|
108,195 |
|
|
|
82,756 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
39,341 |
|
|
|
46,331 |
|
|
|
31,532 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
31,740 |
|
|
|
40,341 |
|
|
|
28,511 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
7,601 |
|
|
|
(5,990 |
) |
|
|
3,021 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
412 |
|
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
389 |
|
|
|
(4,145 |
) |
|
|
4,405 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
99
Ounces sold decreased to 77,071 in fiscal 2006, compared with 108,195 in fiscal 2005,
primarily due to the lower recovered grade. Tons milled increased from 1,855,000 in fiscal 2005 to
2,008,000 in fiscal 2006. These increases were due to processing from the strategic stockpiles
while work in the D Zone was stopped. Recovered grade decreased to 0.038 in fiscal 2006, compared
with 0.058 in fiscal 2005. Due to unstable ground conditions on the eastern wall of the higher
grade D Zone put, work was stopped in this section during the December quarter. Mining only
continued in the lower grade A Zone and from strategic stockpiles for the remainder of fiscal 2006,
thus reducing average recovered grade for the year. Mining of the D Zone is expected to resume
during the September 2006 quarter, albeit on a small scale.
Cash costs at Kalgold were $412 per ounce in fiscal 2006, compared with $373 per ounce in
fiscal 2005. This increase was due to the lower volumes produced. In addition, there was a 7.5%
depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 14%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs
of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Ounces sold increased to 108,195 in fiscal 2005, compared with 82,756 in fiscal 2004,
primarily due to the increase in tons milled and the slightly higher recovered grade. Tons milled
increased from 1,530,000 in fiscal 2004 to 1,855,000 in fiscal 2005. These increases were due to
the increased plant efficiency and performance at full operation. Recovered grade increased to
0.058 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.054 in fiscal 2004.
Cash costs at Kalgold were $373 per ounce in fiscal 2005, compared with $345 per ounce in
fiscal 2004. This increase was due to the impairment of the deferred stripping asset as well as the
7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a significant increase when these
costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have decreased in fiscal 2005 by
3%.
The processing capacity of the Kalgold operation is 165,000 tons per month. The average tons
milled in fiscal 2006 were 167,333 tons per month.
Active use of heap leaching was discontinued in July 2001; however, Harmony expects to apply
leaching solution occasionally in the future to recover any available gold.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable ore reserves of 9.4 million tons (0.3
million ounces) will be sufficient for the Kalgold operations to maintain production until
approximately fiscal 2010. However, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves
are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material
effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R2.5 million ($0.4 million) in capital
expenditures at the Kalgold operations in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. Harmony has
budgeted R3.1 million ($0.4 million at the closing rate at balance sheet date) for capital
expenditures in fiscal 2007, primarily for exploration drilling.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Elandsrand |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
451 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.012 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,301 |
|
100
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Elandsrand |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,047 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,640 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(593 |
) |
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
498 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
The treatment of the surface sources and the production thereof became uneconomical and was
discontinued during January 2004 as a result of decreased efficiency, the low recovery grades and
the reduction in the Rand gold price. The treatment of the rock dump was completed during the
quarter ended December 31, 2003.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Evander |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.019 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,961 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
756 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
496 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
260 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
253 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
The treatment of the surface sources became uneconomical and was discontinued during January
2004 as a result of decreased efficiency, the low recovery grades and the reduction in the Rand
gold price.
101
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Freegold |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
1,361 |
|
|
|
4,148 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.033 |
|
|
|
0.027 |
|
|
|
0.018 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
11,019 |
|
|
|
36,420 |
|
|
|
73,122 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
5,366 |
|
|
|
15,407 |
|
|
|
28,507 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
5,386 |
|
|
|
15,436 |
|
|
|
23,972 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(20 |
) |
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
4,535 |
|
Cash costs
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
424 |
|
|
|
328 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from surface operations continued to decrease to 336,000 in fiscal 2006, compared
with 1,361,000 in fiscal 2005 due to the decision taken in fiscal 2004 to discontinue treating
surface sources as a result of the prevailing Rand gold price. Even though the recovered grade
increased to 0.033 in fiscal 2006, compared with 0.027 in fiscal 2005, ounces sold decreased to
11,019 in fiscal 2006, compared with 36,420 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the lower tons milled.
Cash costs were $5,386,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $15,436,000 in fiscal 2005. Cash
costs per ounce were $489 in fiscal 2006, compared with $424 in fiscal 2005. If expressed in Rand
terms, costs per ounce have increased in fiscal 2006 by 19%, due primarily to lower production
volumes, increases in the costs of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts. In addition, there was a 7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the
year. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates.
Tons milled from surface operations continued to decrease to 1,361,000 in fiscal 2005,
compared with 4,148,000 in fiscal 2004, due to the decision taken in fiscal 2004 to discontinue
treating surface sources as a result of the prevailing Rand gold price. Even though the recovered
grade increased to 0.027 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.018 in fiscal 2004, ounces sold decreased
to 36,420 in fiscal 2005, compared with 73,122 in fiscal 2004, primarily due to the lower tons
milled.
Cash costs were $15,436,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $23,972,000 in fiscal 2004. Cash
costs per ounce were $424 in fiscal 2005, compared with $328 in fiscal 2004. The continuous
increase in cost is a result of the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused
a significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2005 by 16%, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due
to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply
contracts.
Harmonys 50% interest in the sale of gold from Free Gold that was excluded as a result of
equity accounting amounted to 11,930 ounces in the first quarter of fiscal 2004.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R2.2 million ($0.3 million) in general
capital expenditures at the Freegold operations in the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006. No capital
expenditures are expected for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Free State |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
897 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
2,368 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.018 |
|
|
|
0.020 |
|
|
|
0.011 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
15,902 |
|
|
|
9,542 |
|
|
|
26,732 |
|
102
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Free State |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
8,614 |
|
|
|
3,720 |
|
|
|
10,215 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
6,427 |
|
|
|
3,318 |
|
|
|
9,289 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
2,187 |
|
|
|
402 |
|
|
|
926 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
348 |
|
|
|
347 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
3,818 |
|
|
|
1,589 |
|
|
|
2,501 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from the Free State surface operations were 897,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with
467,000 in fiscal 2005, primarily due tothe conversion of Saaiplaas plant from a underground
treatment plant to a surface treatment plant. The recovered grade decreased to 0.018 in fiscal
2006, compared with 0.020 in fiscal 2005. Ounces sold increased to 15,902 in fiscal 2006, compared
with 9,542 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to the increase in tons milled.
Cash costs were $6,427,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with $3,318,000 in fiscal 2005. This
increase is attributable primarily to higher volumes being treated. Cash costs per ounce increased
during fiscal 2006 to $404 per ounce, compared with $348 in fiscal 2005. In addition, there was a
7.5% depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 19%, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor and supplies and
the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from the Free State surface operations were 467,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with
2,368,000 in fiscal 2004. The reduction in the Rand denominated market price for gold during fiscal
2005 resulted in the treatment of surface sources being scaled down significantly, therefore the
significant decrease in the tons milled. Even though the recovered grade increased significantly to
0.020 in fiscal 2005, compared with 0.011 in fiscal 2004, ounces sold decreased to 9,542 in fiscal
2005, compared with 26,732 in fiscal 2004, primarily due to the decrease in tons milled.
Cash costs were $3,318,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with $9,289,000 in fiscal 2004. This
decrease is attributable primarily to the scaled down production. Cash costs per ounce remained
constant during fiscal 2005 at $348, compared with $347 in fiscal 2004.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R24.3 million ($3.8 million) in capital
expenditures at the Free State operations in fiscal 2006. Harmony has no budgeted capital
expenditures for the Free State operations for fiscal 2007.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Randfontein |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
2,757 |
|
|
|
2,428 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.022 |
|
|
|
0.012 |
|
|
|
0.008 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
11,650 |
|
|
|
33,397 |
|
|
|
18,872 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
6,108 |
|
|
|
14,185 |
|
|
|
7,264 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
5,022 |
|
|
|
14,117 |
|
|
|
6,590 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
1,086 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
674 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
431 |
|
|
|
423 |
|
|
|
349 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
8,712 |
|
|
|
6,120 |
|
|
|
4,511 |
|
103
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Currently, Randfonteins surface operations are focused on the recovery of gold from areas
previously involved in processing, including waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes and sand).
Tons milled from Randfonteins surface operations decreased to 539,000 in fiscal 2006,
compared with 2,757,000 in fiscal 2005, primarily due to plant capacity constraints as higher grade
underground materials were given preference. Ounces sold were 11,650 in fiscal 2006 compared with
33,397 in fiscal 2005. Recovered grade was 0.022 in fiscal 2006 compared with 0.012 in fiscal 2005.
The surface sources are run as a separate business with dedicated management staff. In fiscal
2006, cash costs increased to $431 per ounce from $423 per ounce in fiscal 2005. This increase was
attributable primarily to the decreased production volumes. In addition, there was a 7.5%
depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar during the year. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce have
increased in fiscal 2006 by 5%, due primarily to lower production volumes, increases in the costs
of labor and supplies and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Tons milled from Randfonteins surface operations increased to 2,757,000 in fiscal 2005,
compared with 2,428,000 in fiscal 2004, primarily due to more capacity as a result of the reduction
in reef tons. Ounces sold were 33,397 in fiscal 2005 compared with 18,872 in fiscal 2004. Recovered
grade was 0.012 in fiscal 2005 compared with 0.008 in fiscal 2004.
In fiscal 2005, cash costs increased to $423 per ounce from $349 per ounce in fiscal 2004.
This increase was attributable primarily to the increased treatment costs due to the change in mix
of surface tons and the 7% appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which caused a
significant increase when these costs were translated into US dollars. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would
have increased in fiscal 2005 by 9%, due primarily to the reduction of relatively lower-cost,
higher-grade production from the open cast operations and increases in the costs of labor and
supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation
on supply contracts.
On a simplistic basis, assuming no additional reserves are identified, at expected production
levels, it is foreseen that the reported proven and probable surface reserves of 2.1 million tons
(0.04 million ounces) would be sufficient for the Randfontein operations to maintain surface
production until approximately the end of fiscal 2014. Future changes to the assumptions upon which
the reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a
material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key Information Risk
Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred approximately R55.4 million ($8.7 million) in capital
expenditures at the Randfontein operations in fiscal 2006, primarily on the upgrading of the
Doornkop plant and surface dump sampling. No capital expenditures are expected for fiscal 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Target |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Production |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
|
|
|
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
0.004 |
|
|
|
0.015 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
746 |
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
Target |
|
2006 |
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1) |
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
579 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
968 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
(564 |
) |
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
1,298 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
|
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,790 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
Tons milled from Targets surface operations increased to 204,000 in fiscal 2006 from 88,000
in fiscal 2005. This increase was as a result of the strategic decision to utilize the Target
Plant to full capacity. The decrease in volumes from underground sources was compensated by the
increase in surface tons milled. Ounces sold decreased to 746 in fiscal 2006 compared to 1,350 in
fiscal 2005, primarily as a result of the substantial decrease in recovered grade from 0.015 in
fiscal 2005 to 0.004 in fiscal 2006. This decrease in grade is a result of an increased proportion
of production coming from the lower grade Lorraine #3 shaft waste rock dump.
The surface sources are run as a separate business with dedicated management staff. In fiscal
2005, cash costs amounted to $346 per ounce, versus $1,298 in fiscal 2006. This increase in cost
per ounce is primarily as a result of the lower production ounces and higher transport costs.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony incurred no capital expenditures at the Target surface operation
in fiscal 2006. No capital expenditures are expected for fiscal 2007.
Australian Operations
Overview
Harmony has two operational mines in Western Australia, namely the Mount Magnet operation and
the South Kalgoorlie operation. These operations were acquired with the purchase of two Australian
gold mining companies: New Hampton, acquired with effect from April 1, 2001, and Hill 50, acquired
with effect from April 1, 2002. Through the New Hampton transaction described below, Harmony
acquired two operations in Western Australia (Big Bell in the Murchison region and Jubilee in the
Eastern Goldfields near Kalgoorlie), two processing plants associated with these operations and
related exploration rights. The Big Bell operation subsequently ceased operating in July 2003, with
its plant sold in November 2003, and the Jubilee operation was merged with the New Celebration
operation, acquired in the Hill 50 transaction, to form the South Kalgoorlie operation. Through the
Hill 50 transaction described below, Harmony acquired the Mt. Magnet operations in the Murchison
region, the New Celebration operations in the Eastern Goldfields near Kalgoorlie, two plants
associated with these operations and related exploration rights. Abelle, whose major assets are
located in Papua New Guinea, was acquired with effect May 1, 2003. Through the Abelle transaction,
described below, Harmony acquired exploration projects in Australia, Papua New Guinea and Indonesia
as well as the Gidgee operations in the Murchison region of Western Australia, and the plant
associated with this operation. The Gidgee operation, the Indonesian and Australian exploration
prospects of Abelle were subsequently sold.
In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce corporate expenditures, we have integrated New
Hamptons Jubilee operations with Hill 50s New Celebration operations to form the South Kalgoorlie
operations and combined the corporate offices of New Hampton, Hill 50 and Abelle in Perth. Each of
our Australian operations, Mt. Magnet and South Kalgoorlie, conducts surface mining (principally
through open pit methods) and underground mining, with access through two declines at Mt. Magnet
and one decline at South Kalgoorlie. Open pit mining at South Kalgoorlie ceased in fiscal 2006,
while exploration work continued to identify new open pit sources. Additional open pit ore sources
were discovered during fiscal 2006 and open pit mining will recommence at South Kal Mines during
fiscal 2007. Mining at our Australian
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operations involves more mechanized mining than at our South African operations with the
exception of operations at Target, which is also mechanized. Outside contractors conduct much of
this mechanized mining. The contractors are responsible for provision of the equipment and
personnel needed for production of the ore under guidance of Harmonys management. As of June 30,
2006, Harmonys Australian operations had 175 employees and 484 contractor employees.
Harmony commenced gold mining operations in Australia following the New Hampton transaction.
On July 12, 2001, we acquired 96.2% of New Hamptons shares and 95% of New Hamptons options
through a public offering for all of the outstanding shares of New Hampton. We subsequently
completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the rules of the
Australian Stock Exchange. With the closure of the Big Bell mine and the merger of the Jubilee
operations with the New Celebration operations, ounces produced by the South Kalgoorlie operations
have been reduced to approximately 92,000 ounces per year.
We expanded our Australian operations through the Hill 50 transaction, in which we launched a
conditional cash offer for all of the outstanding ordinary shares and listed options of Hill 50. On
May 3, 2002, when the offer became unconditional we acquired 98.57% of Hill 50s shares and 98.76%
of Hill 50s listed options. We subsequently completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining
shares and options under the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange.
Through a series of transactions completed in April and May, 2003 (and described in greater
detail below), we acquired 87% of Abelle shares and 65% of Abelle options. Subsequently, on May 5,
2003, three Harmony representatives were appointed to the board of Abelle. The following year,
after successfully reviewing the Hidden Valley feasibility study in Papua New Guinea as prepared by
Abelle, we made an off-market cash offer to acquire all the ordinary shares, listed and unlisted
options of Abelle held by minorities, at a purchase price of A$2 per share and A$1.70 per listed
option, for a total price of approximately A$121 million. We closed the offers on June 18, 2004
with a relevant interest in 99% of Abelle shares and 99% of Abelle options. We subsequently
completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the rules of the
Australian Stock Exchange.
We report the New Hampton and Hill 50 operating and financial results together within an
Australian Operations segment, which also includes Abelle, which is further segmented into the
Mt. Magnet operations and the South Kalgoorlie operations. In fiscal 2006, the Australian
operations accounted for approximately 9.7% of our total gold sales.
Our Australian operations control exploration and mineral rights over a total area of
approximately 264,505 hectares (653,592 acres), of which the active mining areas currently total
approximately 173,147 hectares (427,846 acres).
The following chart, set out in US dollars, details the operating and production results from
our Australian operations for the past three fiscal years:
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004(1)(2) |
Production |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
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|
3,398 |
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|
|
4,148 |
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|
|
5,227 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
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|
0.068 |
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|
|
0.072 |
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|
|
0.065 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
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|
231,461 |
|
|
|
296,848 |
|
|
|
338,288 |
|
Results of operations($) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
122,496 |
|
|
|
125,669 |
|
|
|
131,435 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
96,950 |
|
|
|
100,178 |
|
|
|
110,475 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
25,546 |
|
|
|
25,491 |
|
|
|
21,960 |
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Cash costs |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
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|
419 |
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|
|
337 |
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|
|
327 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
43,296 |
|
|
|
40,042 |
|
|
|
30,502 |
|
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(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for
the capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Critical Accounting Policy and Estimates. for
further information on the effects of this change on Harmony. |
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(2) |
|
Includes gold sales from Abelles Gidgee Operations for 5 months until November 2003. |
Tons milled from Australian operations were 3,398,000 in fiscal 2006, compared with 4,148,000
in fiscal 2005. This decrease was primarily due to lower production from open pits at Mt. Magnet
and South Kalgoorlie Mines. Recovered grade from Australian operations was 0.068 ounces per ton,
compared with 0.072 in fiscal 2005. This decrease was due to the treatment of significant
quantities of low grade stockpiles at South Kalgoorlie Mines during the year. Cash costs for
Australian operations were $419 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2006, compared with $337 per ounce of
gold in fiscal 2005. This increase was due to higher underground and open pit contracting cost at
both sites during the year, as well as decreased gold production levels.
Tons milled from Australian operations were 4,148,000 in fiscal 2005, compared with 5,227,000
in fiscal 2004. This decrease was primarily due to lower production from the South Kalgoorlie open
pit operations, where one mill was used for toll treatment and then placed on care and maintenance
in fiscal 2005. Recovered grade from Australian operations was 0.072, compared with 0.065 in
fiscal 2004. This increase was due to the higher ratio of underground to open pit tons milled.
Cash costs for Australian operations were $337 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2005, compared with $327
per ounce of gold in fiscal 2004. This increase was attributable primarily to the higher cost of
underground production from the Hill 50 mine in 2005, which more than offset the improvement in
recovered grade.
Capital expenditure: Net capital expenditure amounted to A$57.4 million (US$43.3 million) in
fiscal 2006, most of which relates to on-mine decline development at Hill 50, the continuation of
existing development at Mt. Marion underground mines, as well as the new decline at the new St.
George underground mine at Mt. Magnet.
Big Bell Operations
History. Gold mining at Big Bell commenced in 1937. The Big Bell mine closed in 1955 and
reopened in early 1989. Normandy Mining acquired Big Bell in 1991 and New Hampton acquired the mine
from Normandy Mining in 1999. Since the commencement of operations in 1937 to June 30, 2003, total
gold sales from the Big Bell area exceed two million ounces. This mine ceased operating for the
second time in July 2003, as continued low grades from underground had made the operation
uneconomical, and for the rest of fiscal 2004 was subject to clean up and rehabilitation work. In
November 2003, the plant was sold for approximately A$2.45 million. Most of the other assets and
surface infrastructure have been allocated to our other mining operations in Australia or sold
during fiscal 2004.
Prospective tenements to the south of Cue, which were previously included under the Big Bell
operations, have been allocated to the Mt. Magnet operations for open pit mining and included in
their reserves during fiscal 2006. It was economical to transport ore from these sources to the
Checker plant at Mt. Magnet, which is located approximately 80 kilometers away from Big Bell.
Mining of some of these resources took place in fiscal 2006.
Total revised rehabilitation costs of the site are estimated to be A$3.2 million (US$2.4
million). A detailed rehabilitation program has been put in place to ensure that the mining areas
are rehabilitated to standards set by the Department of Industry and Resources in Australia. A$1.0
million (US$0.7 million) was spent on rehabilitation in fiscal 2006.
Geology. The Big Bell operations, located in the Murchison region of Western Australia,
included a mature underground mine and nearby open pit operations at Cuddingwarra and Cue. The
Murchison region is a sub-province of the Archaean Shield in Western Australia. The Big Bell lode
is a steeply Southeast dipping (50 degrees to 70 degrees) sheet with a strike length of 1,000
meters. The distinctive gold-bearing horizon is 5 meters to 25 meters thick and is intersected by
resource drilling down to 1,400 meters below surface. The Cuddingwarra and Cue deposits,
approximately 17 kilometers and 27 kilometers from the Big Bell underground mine, respectively,
occur in a sequence of porphyry-intruded metamorphosed mafic and ultamafic rocks of the
Meekatharra-Widgee greenstone belt.
Mining Operations. The Big Bell operations were engaged in both underground and open pit
mining. These operations were subject to all of the underground and open pit mining risks detailed
in the Risk Factors section. Underground mining at depths of up to 600 meters was conducted by way
of a decline and a longhole sub-level caving method was employed. Contractors operated diesel
powered mining equipment to transport ore up the decline and delivered it to the crusher pad. At
the Cuddingwarra and Cue open pit operations, New Hampton employed outside contractors to extract
ore with large
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earthmoving equipment. The open pits were situated on small ore bodies, which resulted in
short mine lives (generally less than a year). As a result, we had to continuously locate,
evaluate, plan, develop and bring into production a succession of open pits to access additional
reserves. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors To maintain gold production beyond the
expected lives of Harmonys existing mines or increase production materially above projected
levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
The primary challenges facing the Big Bell operations were controlling costs in the
underground mine and finding replacement ore reserves (particularly for short-lived open pits)
through an aggressive exploration program. The Big Bell underground mine was also affected by
seismic events and good geotechnical management was important to maintain safety and productivity.
Mining at the lower levels of the Big Bell underground mine continued to yield disappointing
results in fiscal 2003, with lower than expected grade. This ultimately led to the decision to
close the operation in July 2003. Detailed below are the operating and production results, set out
in US dollars, from operations at Big Bell for the last three fiscal years:
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|
|
|
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|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2004(1)(2) |
Production |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
120 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.096 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,574 |
|
Results of operations($) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,079 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,713 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
366 |
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Cash costs |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Per ounce of gold($) |
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|
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|
|
|
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|
321 |
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Capex (000)($) |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the
capitalization of mine development costs. This change was made
retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this
change on Harmony. |
|
(2) |
|
Production consists of plant clean up tons and ounces during July 2003. Big Bell ceased
operations for the remainder of fiscal 2004 and was subject to cleanup and rehabilitation
work. |
There has been no production in fiscal 2006 or 2005, as production ceased in July 2003 and the
operation was only used to process clean up material (and therefore does not constitute production
from mining) in fiscal 2004.
Plant. The Big Bell operations included one metallurgical plant, which was disposed of in
November 2003. The Big Bell plant was not used for processing or milling in fiscal 2004 and was
only used to process clean up material until its disposal. In fiscal 2003, the Big Bell operations
recovered approximately 87% of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Ore from the Big Bell underground and open pit operations was processed through this CIL
treatment plant located 28 kilometers from Cue in the Murchison region. Ore extracted from the Big
Bell underground mine was transported by diesel powered mining equipment up the decline and to the
crusher pad. Road trains delivered ore from the open pits.
Capital Expenditure. During fiscal 2006 no capital was spent on the mine and none is planned
for fiscal 2007.
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Rehabilitation Expenditure. During fiscal 2006 A$1.0 million (US$0.7 million) was spent on
rehabilitation.
Mt. Magnet Operations
History. Mining at Mt. Magnet began after the discovery of gold in 1896. From that time to
June 30, 2006, the Mt. Magnet area has produced approximately 5.6 million ounces. The Mt. Magnet
operations, which we acquired in the Hill 50 transaction, are comprised of the Hill 50 and Star
underground mines, production from which commenced in the late 1980s, nearby open pits and the
processing of low grade ore from previously accumulated stockpiles. Production ceased at the Star
underground mine in June 2005 and was replaced by St. George, a new underground mine.
Geology. The Mt. Magnet operations are located near the town of Mt. Magnet in the Murchison
region, 560 kilometers northeast of Perth. The geology consists of folded basaltic and komatiitic
greenstones with intercalated banded iron formations and volcaniclastic units. In addition to
having been intensely folded, the area has undergone substantial faulting and later intrusion by
felsic intrusives. Mineralization within the Murchison belt consists of sulfide replacement style
(characteristic of the Hill 50 mine) and quartz lode and shear hosted hydrothermally emplaced
bodies proximal to fault conduits. Smaller stockwork bodies within felsic intrusives are also
common. As is typical of the Archaean Shield, the deep weathering profile at Mt. Magnet has
resulted in supergene enrichment and hypogene dispersion of gold in the oxidizing environments.
These effects lend themselves well to the process of small scale open pit mining. Historically
underground mining of primary lodes was the largest contributor to Mt. Magnets gold production.
Mining Operations. The Mt. Magnet operations are engaged in underground, open pit and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground, open pit, and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. We revisit our mining strategy and management
procedures at these operations on a regular basis in our effort to minimize mining risks.
Underground operations at Mt. Magnet consist of the Hill 50 and St. George mines, each of
which operates a decline. The Hill 50 mine, which is approaching 1,300 meters in depth, is
currently one of Australias deepest underground mines. The St. George Mine is approximately 300
meters in depth. Underground mining is conducted by decline tunnel access. The principal challenges
facing the Hill 50 underground mine is its continuing depth and the geotechnical, ventilation and
cost impediments that increased depth imposes, including increased ground stress and potential
increased seismic activity. As a result, maintaining adequate grade remains a critical component of
this mine. The same issues affected the Star underground mine, but due to its lower grade and
variability of grade, it faced additional challenges. Because its orebody is difficult to define
and require significantly better mining grades than those achieved to justify further investment in
deepening the decline, a decision was taken in fiscal 2004 to stop the decline development at Star
and put the mine in harvest mode. Continued exploration successes at the base of the Star
underground mine enabled an extension to the life of this operation to June 2005 when mining
finally ceased. The Star mine is currently on care and maintenance.
With the closure of Star, the development of the new underground mine at the St. George open
pit provided additional underground tonnage for the Mt. Magnet operations. Contracts for
establishing the portal and start of development of the St. George underground mine were finalized
in the first quarter of fiscal 2005, with underground development beginning in December 2005. The
decline had advanced 610 meters from the portal by end of fiscal 2005, but development was hampered
by poor ground conditions in the second half of the year. The first stope was mined in the second
quarter of fiscal 2006. Open pit production was hindered by the delay in the startup of the Cue
open pits until the last quarter of fiscal 2005 as a result of delayed mining approvals and
extended contractor negotiations, although these were all resolved by end of fiscal 2005. Mining
took place at these pits during fiscal 2006. During the last quarter of fiscal 2005, a decision was
taken to reduce the throughput rate of the Checker mill to 125,192 tons per month, in order to
ensure that the site can maintain a consistent blend of underground, open pit and low-grade feed
stocks, and also concentrate on milling higher-grade sources. The mill operated at this reduced
capacity during fiscal 2006.
Surface operations at Mt. Magnet exploit several medium-sized open pits, as well as numerous
smaller open pits. Surface materials from areas previously involved in production, including waste
rock dumps and tailings dams, are also processed at Mt. Magnet. The principal challenge facing the
Mt. Magnet operations is that the open pits are situated on small ore bodies, which results in
short mine lives. As a result, we must continuously locate, evaluate, plan, develop and bring into
production a succession of open pits to access additional reserves. Maintaining grade and managing
the increased geotechnical complexities of the Hill 50 and St. George underground mines also
remains critical. See Item 3.
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Key Information Risk Factors To maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of
Harmonys existing mines or increase productivity materially above projected levels, Harmony will
need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
As of June 30, 2006, the safety record at the Mt. Magnet operations compared favorably with
Australian industry averages. Safety standards of Harmony Australia are being applied at the Mt.
Magnet operations and it receives constant and high-level attention. Detailed below are the
operating and production results, set out in US dollars, from operations at Mt. Magnet for the last
three fiscal years:
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|
Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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|
2006 |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
Production |
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|
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|
|
Tons (000) |
|
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1,918 |
|
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|
2,743 |
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|
3,058 |
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
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|
0.078 |
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|
0.066 |
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|
0.057 |
|
Gold sold (ounces) |
|
|
148,822 |
|
|
|
181,233 |
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|
|
173,228 |
|
Results of operations($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000) |
|
|
80,090 |
|
|
|
77,242 |
|
|
|
67,714 |
|
Cash cost (000) |
|
|
59,427 |
|
|
|
60,915 |
|
|
|
58,202 |
|
Cash profit (000) |
|
|
20,663 |
|
|
|
16,327 |
|
|
|
9,512 |
|
Cash costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold($) |
|
|
399 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
Capex (000)($) |
|
|
22,651 |
|
|
|
15,652 |
|
|
|
13,596 |
|
Tons milled in fiscal 2006 were 1,918,000 compared with 2,743,000 in fiscal 2005, and ounces
sold in fiscal 2006 were 148,822, compared with 181,233 in fiscal 2005, mainly as a result of
significantly less production from open pits during the year. Grade improved as a result of
underground as well as open pit grade improving during the year.
Tons milled in fiscal 2005 were 2,743,000 compared with 3,058,000 in fiscal 2004, and ounces
sold in fiscal 2005 were 181,233, compared with 173,228 in fiscal 2004. These decreases in tonnages
were primarily attributable to continued reduced production from the Hill 50 underground mine for
most of fiscal 2005. The production from the Star decline ceased in June 2005. The improvement in
the underground grade was as a result of higher grade areas of the Hill 50 underground mine being
accessible again after the rehabilitation of the ventilation rises in fiscal 2004, as well as
improved grade from the Star underground mine, which resulted in more ounces produced.
On a simplistic basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2006, the June 30, 2006 reported proven and probable ore reserves of 3.5
million tons (0.31 million ounces) for Mt. Magnet would be sufficient to maintain production until
approximately fiscal 2008. However, because the Mt. Magnet operations consist of several different
mining sections that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections will
decrease production earlier than others. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon
which the ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels,
could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key
Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under actual
production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plant. The Mt. Magnet operations include one metallurgical plant. This plant was built in
1989 as a CIL plant and was upgraded in late 1999 to a CIP plant. Actual throughputs of the Mt.
Magnet plant varies based upon the blend of oxide and sulfide ores in their feed. Processing
capacity is an estimate of nominal throughput based on a 70% hard (sulfide) and 30% oxide (soft)
blend. The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal
2006 for the Mt. Magnet plant:
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Average Milled for the |
|
|
Processing |
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Fiscal Year Ended |
Plant |
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Capacity |
|
June 30, 2006 |
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(tons/month) |
|
(tons/month) |
Mt. Magnet |
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243,000 |
|
|
|
159,932 |
|
In fiscal 2006, the Mt. Magnet plant recovered approximately 92.2% of the gold contained in
the ore delivered for processing. A decision was taken in March 2005 to reduce throughput of the
plant by taking one circuit offline, as is reflected in milling rates for fiscal 2006. This was
done to process higher grade ore and extend mine life. Throughput for fiscal 2007 is estimated at
160,000 tons/month.
Capital Expenditure. We spent approximately A$30.1 million (US$22.7 million) in capital
expenditures at the Mt. Magnet operations during fiscal 2006, primarily for underground
development, exploration and plants. We have budgeted approximately A$19.0 million ($14.2 million)
for capital expenditures at the Mt. Magnet operations during fiscal 2007, principally for St.
George underground development and continued development of the Hill 50 decline.
South Kalgoorlie Operations
History. The South Kalgoorlie operations included several open pits at Jubilee and New
Celebration, as well at the Mt. Marion underground mine at New Celebration. In the Jubilee area,
two separate companies commenced gold mining by modern methods in 1987, although some sporadic
mining of gold took place in the area in the late nineteenth century. The Jubilee operations were
originally comprised of the large Jubilee open pit currently the subject of a feasibility study to
determine whether it is economical to do a cutback on, but in recent years have also drawn on a
number of smaller open pits. We acquired the Jubilee operations in the New Hampton transaction. The
New Celebration operations were initially developed in 1987 by a third company exploiting the same
ore body that hosted the Jubilee Pit. Hill 50 acquired these operations from Newcrest Mining Ltd.
in June 2001. The Mt. Marion decline, which is the largest underground development at New
Celebration, was established in 1998. We acquired the New Celebration operations, including the Mt.
Marion underground mine, in the Hill 50 transaction. Open pit mining ceased at the South Kalgoorlie
Mines at the end of fiscal 2005, with only low grade stockpiles treated during fiscal 2006 together
with Mt. Marion ore. During fiscal 2007 open pit mining is expected to recommence at South
Kalgoorlie Mines.
Following the acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50, we integrated the Jubilee operations
and New Celebration operations to form the South Kalgoorlie operations. Since the commencement of
operations to June 30, 2005, total gold production from the mines in the South Kalgoorlie area
exceeded 2.0 million ounces.
Geology. The South Kalgoorlie mines are located approximately 30 kilometers south of
Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. The South Kalgoorlie ore bodies
are located in a number of geological domains including the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda belt, the
Boulder-Lefroy Structure, the Zuleika Shear, the Coolgardie Belt and Yilgarn-Roe Structures. At
South Kalgoorlie, the mining tenure and geology straddles the three major fault systems or crystal
sutures considered to be the main ore body plumbing systems of the Kalgoorlie goldfield. The
geology consists of Archaean greenstone stratigraphy of basalts and komatiites with intercalated
sediments, tuffs, volcaniclastics and later felsic intrusives. Late stage and large scale granitic
(Proterozoic) intrusion has stoped out large sections of the greenstone. Quartz filled lode and
shear hosted bodies are the most dominant among many mineralization styles. Large scale stockwork
bodies hosted in felsic volcanics are an important contributor to bulk tonnage of relatively low
grade deposits.
Mining Operations. The South Kalgoorlie operations are engaged in open pit, underground and
waste rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground, often pit and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Harmony intends to revisit its mining strategy
and management procedures at these operations on a regular basis in connection with its effort to
minimize mining risks.
At South Kalgoorlie Operations, during fiscal 2006, no open cast mining was conducted as
surface operations at South Kal operations ceased in June 2005. Low grade stockpiles were processed
during the year together with ore form the Mt. Marion underground, while exploration continued to
identify new and additional open pit sources. As a result of the discovery of the Shirl prospect
during fiscal 2006, which resulted in an open pit reserve of 50,000 ounces and 15 months mine life,
together with an improved gold price environment, open pit mining is expected to recommence at
South Kal Mines during fiscal 2007.
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The New Celebration plant was used for toll treatment from late 2003 through June 2004, after
which toll milling ceased. The New Celebration plant which was on care and maintenance since toll
milling ceased in June 2004 were sold during the year for A$ 3 million, with payment in full being
received before end of the fiscal year. Harmony ore from both surface and underground sources is
now treated at the Jubilee plant. For fiscal 2007, milling will consist of the treatment of
lowgrade stockpiles, open pit sources as well as underground ore from Mt. Marion. The primary
challenge facing the South Kalgoorlie operations is to identify adequate sources of low grade
stockpiles or new open pit reserves to blend with ore from Mt. Marion. See Item 3. Key Information
Risk Factors To maintain or increase productivity materially above projected levels, Harmony
will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
The South Kalgoorlie operations also include the Mt. Marion underground mine. This mine faces
challenges similar to those faced by the Mt. Magnet underground operations; however, depths at Mt.
Marion are much shallower (740 meter vertical depth versus 1,300 meter vertical depth at Mt.
Magnet). Mt. Marion is a decline mine that has switched to a longhole sub-level caving methodology.
The purpose of this change in mining method is to better manage the geotechnical risks without
diminishing returns from the mine. The Mt. Marion mine also is exposed to other risks typical of
mechanized mines, including geotechnical issues, mine dilution and unpredictable remedial ground
support after mine blasting. During fiscal 2006 development of the Mt. Marion decline ceased, as
the mine have reached its economic depth limit, and it is currently anticipated that mining of the
underground will cease at the end of fiscal 2007.
During fiscal 2006, the safety record at the South Kalgoorlie mines in terms of lost time
frequency rate and fatality frequency rate compared favorably with the average for lost time injury
frequency rates for underground metalliferous mines in Australia. Safety standards for our
operations are being applied throughout the South Kalgoorlie operations and receives constant and
high-level attention.
Detailed below are the operating and production results, set out in US dollars, from the South
Kalgoorlie operations for the last three fiscal years:
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Fiscal Year Ended June 30, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
Production |
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Tons (000) |
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1,480 |
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1,405 |
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1,843 |
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Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
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0,056 |
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0.082 |
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0.065 |
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Gold sold (ounces) |
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82,639 |
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115,615 |
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120,532 |
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Results of operations($) |
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Product sales (000) |
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42,406 |
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48,427 |
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46,651 |
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Cash cost (000) |
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37,523 |
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39,263 |
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38,848 |
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Cash profit (000) |
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4,883 |
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9,164 |
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7,803 |
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Cash costs |
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Per ounce of gold($) |
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454 |
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340 |
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322 |
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Capex (000)($) |
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2,320 |
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10,161 |
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5,435 |
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Tons milled in fiscal 2006 were 1,480,000 compared with 1,405,000 in fiscal 2005, and ounces sold
in fiscal 2006 were 82,639 compared with 115,615 in fiscal 2005. This decrease in ounces, and
increase in tons, were primarily attributable to open pit throughout for the year being replaced by
low grade stockpiles, which also caused the reduction in grade.
Tons milled in fiscal 2005 were 1,405,000 compared with 1,843,000 in fiscal 2004, and ounces
sold in fiscal 2005 were 115,615, compared with 120,532 in fiscal 2004. This decrease in tons was
primarily attributable to reduced open pit throughput for the year, with the New Celebration plant
placed on care-and-maintenance. However, higher grade open pit material was processed during fiscal
2005 which resulted in the grade improving to 0.091, compared with 0.065 in fiscal 2004.
On a simplistic basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production
level achieved in fiscal
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2006, the June 30, 2006 reported proven and probable ore reserves of 4.4 million tons (0.27
million ounces) for the South Kalgoorlie operations would be sufficient to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2009. However, because the South Kalgoorlie operations consist of
several different mining sections that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some
sections will decrease production earlier than others. In addition, any future changes to the
assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting
production levels, could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See
Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures may yield less gold under
actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants. The South Kalgoorlie operations included two metallurgical plants, located at Jubilee
and New Celebration. The Jubilee CIL treatment plant is capable of treating the planned production
from the mining operations. Ore is hauled from the open pits, low grade stockpiles as well as the
Mt. Marion underground mine to the treatment plant by conventional road trains.
The New Celebration plant was commissioned in 1986 as a CIP plant and later upgraded in 1988
by the addition of a larger parallel circuit. The plant, previously on care and maintenance, was
sold during fiscal 2006 for A$3.0 million. Actual throughputs of the South Kalgoorlie plants vary
based upon the blend of oxide and sulfide ores in their feed. Processing capacity is an estimate of
nominal throughput based on a 70% hard (sulfide) and 30% soft (oxide) blend.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2006
for the South Kalgoorlie plants:
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Fiscal Year Ended |
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Capacity |
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June 30, 2006 |
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Jubilee |
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122,000 |
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123,353 |
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New Celebration |
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138,000 |
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In fiscal 2006, the Jubilee plant recovered approximately 90.4% of the gold contained in the
ore delivered for processing. (Processing volumes exceeded normal capacity at the Jubilee plant
during fiscal 2006 as a result of the large quantity of low grade stockpiles treated during the
year compared to the normal blend of open pit and underground ore in previous years).
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Capital Expenditure. In fiscal 2006, we spent approximately A$3.1 million ($2.3 million) in
capital expenditures at South Kalgoorlie, primarily for underground mine development and
exploration, as well as major plant maintenance. This is significantly less than in previous years
as a result of the Mt. Marion decline development stopping during the year. We budgeted
approximately A$10.2 million ($7.63 million) for capital expenditures at the South Kalgoorlie
operations during fiscal 2007, principally for open pit development, plant maintenance.
Burnside Joint Venture Northern Territory Operations
History. Since the discovery of gold in the Northern Territory of Australia in 1865 the state
has produced more than 11 million ounces of gold. This production has come from three principal
areas, the Tennant Creek field, the Granites-Tanami region and the Pine Creek Orogen, the latter
having produced about 30% of the total. Harmony acquired gold mining interests in the Pine Creek
Orogen (centered 150 kilometers south of Darwin) through the acquisition of Hill 50, in March 2002.
Hill 50 had acquired 100% interest in the Maud Creek Gold Project (subsequently disposed of), near
Katherine and 100% interest in gold resources surrounding the Brocks Creek processing plant. In
April 2002, Hill 50 finalized a 50-50 joint venture agreement to form the Burnside Joint Venture
with Northern Gold NL. This agreement merged the mining assets of both companies within a 30
kilometer radius of the Brocks Creek 1.1 million tons per year processing plant, which itself was
an asset of the joint venture. In mid-2003, key tenements at the Pine Creek gold mining center were
also acquired by the joint venture. On September 23, 2005, we announced that we reached agreement
with Northern Gold NL
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on the divestment of our 50% stake in the Burnside Joint Venture for a consideration of A$24
million or R117 million, and subsequently disposed of our stake in the Joint Venture during fiscal
2006.
Burnside Joint Venture. The principal objective of the Burnside Joint Venture was to explore,
develop and treat gold ores within the jointly held tenement group. To this end, exploration,
drilling and underground mine development were undertaken by the parties. The joint venture
agreement was between Buffalo Creek Mines NL (a subsidiary of Hill 50) and Territory Goldfields NL
(a subsidiary of Northern Gold NL). The parties formed a management company named Burnside
Operations Pty Ltd to manage all mining and exploration matters of the joint venture. The Maud
Creek Project was not subject to the Burnside Joint Venture and was 100% controlled by Harmony
until its disposal by Harmony in fiscal 2005.
The total area held by the Burnside Joint Venture under mining and exploration tenure was
approximately 280,000 acres, of which 263,000 acres have been granted. The Maud Creek Project
tenements comprised a total of approximately 87,000 acres, of which 53,000 acres have been granted.
Geology. The Burnside Joint Venture area contains numerous historic and recently discovered
gold occurrences, some of which have produced gold from open pit and underground mining, and others
that are at an advanced stage of exploration through resource drilling. The deposits lie within
Lower Proterozoic metasediments that were folded and faulted during the Pine Creek Orogeny. Gold in
the region typically occupies sulphide rich quartz veins within the axial zones of anticlinal fold
structures. The most significant of these are the Cosmopolitan Howley mine that historically has
produced 475,000 ounces largely from open pit mining.
In fiscal 2003, two upper levels of the Zapopan Mine were developed by the joint venture by
decline access. Approximately 12,125 tons of development ore was toll treated at an average grade
of 0.21 ounces per ton, producing 2,600 ounces for the joint venture. The ore was free milling with
99% recoveries. Development on the decline had been stopped 125 meters below surface while further
exploratory diamond drilling was done to extend the down plunge resource potential of the deposit.
The decline is currently still on low cost care and maintenance, pending a mining decision.
Approximately A$2.1 million was spent on capital development costs by the joint venture for fiscal
2005. Mining engineering studies, which started in fiscal 2003 to determine the optimum mining
method and cost structure for the operation were completed in fiscal 2004. Firm, updated mining
reserves as a result of these studies, as well as two successful drilling programs have indicated
proven and probable reserves at the end of fiscal 05 of 272,601 tons at 0.38 ounces per ton, for
103,700 ounces of gold. This reserve estimate was based on a mine design comprising decline access
from surface and mining of ore stopes primarily by standard cut and fill underground mining
methods. The mine design and reserve estimate had been modeled to a depth of approximately 270
meters below surface.
Exploratory drilling in the area has established various potential gold deposits. During
fiscal 2004, the joint venture completed the Cosmo Deeps resource definition drilling program. A
scoping study has commenced into the potential for Cosmo Deeps to support a substantial underground
gold mining operation. Resource drilling at the Fountain Head deposit has confirmed the potential
for a shallow open pit and further resource extensions. Various other satellite deposits within the
Burnside Joint Venture was also drilled and modeled to supplement the current identified deposits.
The fine grain size of the gold and its association with sulphide have refractory characteristics
that require alternative methods of treatment.
On August 5, 2004, the joint venture announced that it had acquired the Union Reefs Gold
Project from Anglogold Ashanti Australia Ltd. for A$4 million to be paid by the joint venture
partners. The Union Reefs gold project is located approximately 50 kilometers north of the Burnside
JVs Pine Creek mining leases and contains a well maintained 3.1 million tons per annum CIL gold
plant (on care and maintenance since late 2003) and all related site infrastructure, which will now
form the primary treatment facility for the Burnside JVs gold resources. Concurrent with this
acquisition the Brocks Creek gold plant was sold for A$0.85 million. The rationale for the
acquisition was that the Union Reefs plant would have had lower recommissioning costs than the
Brocks Creek plant lower milling costs which will enhance the economics and processing flexibility
of the Burnside project. Harmony contributed A$1.8 million to joint venture expenditure in fiscal
2006.
On September 23, 2005, Harmony entered into an agreement with Northern Gold NL on the
divestment of our 50% stake in the Burnside Joint Venture for a consideration of A$24 million or
R117 million. Northern Gold purchased Harmonys sole purpose subsidiary which held Harmonys
interest in the Burnside Joint Venture and the management entity thereof. The purchase
consideration of A$24 million (plus replacement of a A$1 million performance bond) is payable in
tranches comprising (i) a non-refundable deposit of A$0.25 million; (ii) a cash payment of A$4.0
million and an
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issue of A$5.0 million of shares (20 million Northern Gold shares) on completion (within six
months) and the replacement of a A$1.0 million performance bond; (iii) a cash payment of A$5.0
million and the issue of A$4.4 million shares (at an issue price equal to the higher of
A$0.25/share and the prevailing 30 day volume weighted average market price) six months after
completion; and (iv) a cash payment of A$5.35 million payable 18 months after the completion date.
Subsequently during fiscal 2006 Harmony has received the deposit, the cash payment of A$ 4million
and shares of A$ 5 million and the performance bond has been replaced. The remaining purchase
consideration will be paid during fiscal 2007 and fiscal 2008, as per the agreed payment schedule.
Abelle
History. Abelle, a subsidiary of Harmony Gold Australia, was listed on the Australian Stock
Exchange (ASX) on April 24, 2002, (before being acquired by Harmony and subsequently delisted in
2004). In August 2002, a merger was proposed by Abelle with Aurora Gold Ltd, also listed on the
ASX. The proposed merger through a scheme of arrangement was completed in January 2003. Abelle has
various exploration projects in Australia and Papua New Guinea. It also operated the Gidgee Gold
mine in the Murchison region of Western Australia, which was disposed of in December 2003. After
the successful buy out of minority shareholders by Harmony, the company was delisted from the
Australian Stock Exchange on June 30, 2004.
Introduction. On February 26, 2003, Harmony announced a conditional cash offer for all of the
outstanding ordinary shares and listed options of Abelle, at a purchase price of A$0.75 per share
and A$0.45 per listed option, for a total price of approximately A$151 million. On the date of the
offer announcement, we also announced that we had entered into an agreement with Abelle whereby
Abelle placed 35 million new shares in Abelle with Harmony, at a price of A$0.75 per share, subject
to certain conditions including Abelle shareholder approval. This placement was approved by
shareholders at a meeting of Abelle held on April 30, 2003 and the placement was completed on May
8, 2003. This transaction represented approximately 18% of Abelles expanded issued share capital.
On February 25, 2003 Harmony entered into a pre-bid acceptance agreement for a nominal
consideration of A$10, pursuant to which Silvara Pty Ltd, a subsidiary of the Guiness Peat Group
plc had agreed to accept the share offer in respect of a total of 32,044,533 Abelle shares,
representing 19.95 of the total issued share capital of Abelle at that date. The original offer was
extended and Harmony closed its offers on April 30, 2003 and advised at that date it had a relevant
interest in 84.57% of Abelle shares and 63.18% of Abelle options. Subsequently, on May 5, 2003,
three Harmony representatives were appointed to the board of Abelle.
On March 15, 2004, after reviewing the Hidden Valley feasibility study in Papua New Guinea as
prepared by Abelle, Harmony announced that it had made an off-market cash offer to acquire all the
ordinary shares, listed and unlisted options of Abelle held by minorities, at a purchase price of
A$2 per share and A$1.70 per listed option, for a total price of approximately A$121 million. The
original offer was extended from May 14, 2004 to June 18, 2004. Harmony closed its offers on June
18, 2004, and advised that at that date it had a relevant interest in 99% of Abelle shares and 99%
of Abelle options. Harmony subsequently competed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares
and options under the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange.
Gidgee Gold Mine
History. The Gidgee Gold Project was acquired by Abelle in late 1999 from a public tender
following the appointment of a Receiver and Manager to Australian Resources Ltd. On November 7,
2003 Abelle announced that it had entered into negotiations with Legend Mining Limited, whereby
Legend offered to purchase the Gidgee gold project. The mine was subsequently sold to Legend Mining
Limited with effective transfer on December 17, 2003. Payment for the mine consisted of shares in
Legend and cash amounting to a total consideration of A$6.3 million. The Legend shares were
subsequently disposed of on March 23, 2004.
Geology. The Gum Creek greenstone belt, which outcrops over an area 110 kilometers long and
25 kilometers wide is situated at the northern limit of the Southern Cross Province of the Archaean
Yilgarn Craton. It is elongate north-northwest and contains a southerly plunging synform in which
volcanic and sedimentary rocks are bounded on the east and west by granitoids. The Gum Creek
greenstone belt comprises a lower sequence of mafic and ultramafic extrusive and intrusive rocks
interbedded with BIF, overlain by a sequence of felsic volcanic and mafic volcanic rocks and
sediments metamorphosed to lower greenschist-lower amphibolite facies. Granitoid stocks and east
west striking Proterozoic dolerite dykes intrude both sequences. Although the structure is
synclinal, the mafic volcanic rocks in the center of the belt
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are considered to be part of the lower sequence, having been brought to the surface by major
folding and faulting.
Operations Summary. The Gidgee Gold Project processed a blended ore feedstock from the Swan
Bitter underground mine, various open pits and low grade stocks. The key component of gold
production since Abelle acquired the Gidgee Gold Project had been the Swan Bitter underground mine.
The underground ore and low grade stocks were blended to aggregate a mill feedstock.
During fiscal 2004 Gidgees results were included in Harmonys results for a period of 5
months, up to the end of November 2003, when the operation was sold to Legend Mining Limited.
During that period 206,465 tons were treated at an average grade of 0.159 per ton for 32,954 ounces
of gold.
Detailed below are the operating and production results, set out in US dollars, from the
Gidgee gold mine operations for the 5 months ended November 30, 2003.
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Five Months Ended |
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November 30, |
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2003(1) |
Production |
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Tons (000) |
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206 |
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Recovered grade (ounces/ton) |
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0.160 |
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Gold sold (ounces) |
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32,954 |
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Results of operations($) |
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Product sales (000) |
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12,991 |
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Cash cost (000) |
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9,712 |
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Cash profit (000) |
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3,279 |
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Cash costs |
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Per ounce of gold($) |
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295 |
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Capex (000)($) |
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9,614 |
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(1) |
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Consists of 5 months of production up to November 2003 included in Harmony Australias
results. |
Mining Operations. Abelles key business focus is on the three exploration and development
properties of Hidden Valley (Morobe), Wafi Gold and the Golpu Copper-Gold in Papua New Guinea.
Abelle held a suite of exploration projects throughout Australia which it considered non-core
farmed out or disposed of subsequent to the Harmony take over.
Papua New Guinea Operations
Introduction. Our interests in Papua New Guinea, consist of exploration titles covering some
1,922 square kilometers of highly prospective gold and copper-gold geology structurally related to
the Wau Graben, arc-parallel and transfer faulting. The titles are broken into two groups, the
northern group being referred to as the Wafi Project, which in turn incorporates the Wafi Gold and
Golpu Copper-Gold projects. The southern block is referred to as the Hidden Valley Project
(previously Morobe Gold Project) and incorporates the Hidden Valley, Kaveroi, Hamata and Kerimenge
gold and gold-silver deposits.
The Papua New Guinea operations are owned by two separate Papua New Guinea incorporated
companies Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Ltd and Wafi Mining Limited, which are wholly owned
subsidiaries of the Harmony group. Harmony currently has a corporate office in Port Moresby, the
capital of Papua New Guinea, as well as offices in Lae and Wau, to facilitate the development of
the Hidden Valley project and perform the pre-feasibility work on the Wafi Golpu copper gold
project. A technical support office has also been opened at the end of fiscal 2006 in Brisbane to
support the construction phase of the Hidden Valley project as well as the evaluation of the Wafi
and Golpu prospects. At June 30, 2006, Harmony had 237 employees and 73 contractor employees in
services in Papua New Guinea.
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Geology. Harmonys Papua New Guinea exploration holdings are located within Morobe Province
Approximately 100km south southwest of Lae. The tenements cover a tract of metamorphosed Lower
Jurassic and Cretaceous sediments and obducted oceanic crust, which have been intruded by Tertiary
granodiorite, tonalite and porphyry units.
Epithermal and porphyry related Au mineralization are well known from the district, with
historical production recorded from high-grade Au mines including Wau (Upper ridges) and Edie
Creek. In addition, more than 2 million ounces of alluvial gold has been won from placer deposits
in the Bulolo river valley. Within the tenement portfolio, exploration work dating back over the
last 40 years has outlined epithermal gold and porphyry copper-gold deposits at Wafi / Golpu, and
epithermal gold and gold-silver deposits in the Hidden Valley Hamata area.
Al Wafi, the epithermal gold mineralization is hosted in moderate to steep east-dipping
sedimentary units of the Owen Stanley Metamorphics, localized arounf the southwest margin of a
large diatreme intrusive. The distribution of mineralization is controlled by complex fault system
associated with the diatreme, and longer lived basement structures. Gold mineralization is
accompanied by high-sulphidation hydrothermal alteration assemblages which often obliterate the
original texture of the rock.
The Golpu porphyry copper-gold deposit is located off the northeast margin of the diatreme,
and about 1 kilometer east-northeast of the Wafi sediment-hosted gold resource. The Golpu deposit
has a diameter of up to 300 meters. The host diorite porphyry forms a discrete, near-vertical
stock, the top of which is located at about 120 meters below surface. Drilling to date has defined
the mineralized porphyry down to 1,000 meters below surface, and the deposit remains open at depth.
The upper 150m of the deposit has been overprinted by late-stage, high-sulphidation, epithermal
alteration leading to As rich mineral assemblages. A gold-bearing silica cap is also developed
directly over the top of the porphyry.
In contrast to Wafi, the Hidden Valley and Hamata deposits in the Wau-Bulolo area to the south
are hosted almost exclusively by the Miocene-age Morobe Granodiorite. Gold mineralization in this
area is confined to a NW-trending structural corridor known as the Way Graben. Sediments belonging
to the Owen Stanley Metamorphics overlay the Hidden Valley deposit. The entire sequence is
intruded by the Pilocene-age gold-bearing Edie Porphyry.
At Hidden Valley, low-sulphidation gold-silver mineralization occurs within veins that are
disturbed in a structurally-controlled, flat to moderately-dipping NW-trending, stockwork within
the granodiorite.
At Hamata, which is at a lower elevation than Hidden Valley, the overlying sediments have been
stripped away. Mineralization occurs in at least three subparallel stock-work zones that strike NE
and dip at approximately 45-50 SE.
Hidden Valley Project
Background. The Hidden Valley Project is 100% owned by Harmony through our wholly-owned Papua
New Guinea subsidiary, Morobe Consolidated Goldfields Ltd and entails the construction sof a
significant gold and silver mine in the Morobe province of Papua New Guinea.
Alluvial gold was first discovered at Hidden Valley in 1928 but it was not until the early
1980s that the area was investigated by CRA Exploration using modern exploration techniques that
resulted in the discovery of the Hidden Valley and Kaveroi gold deposits on EL 677.
A number of feasibility studies have been prepared for the Hidden Valley Project by the
various owners over a number of years commencing in 1998. Abelle completed a feasibility study in
December 2003, which met the specific requirements of the Papua New Guinea project approval
process. Abelles design concept incorporated a two phase process in which phase one incorporated
the Hamata deposit into the development plan with the plant and tailings dam located at Hamata with
a crushing facility located at Hidden valley and 5 kilometers overland conveyor delivering ore from
Hidden Valley and Kaveroi to Hamata. Phase two contemplated extending project life by pit
extensions, underground or near mine development. Phase one included the purchase of the Misima
Mines Ltd 7.1 million tons per annum treatment plant, remaining mining fleet, service
infrastructure, stores and spares for A$8.5 million.
Abelle announced to the market that it completed the Hidden Valley feasibility study on
December 24, 2003. The development concept for the Hidden Valley project as announced by them was a
two phase project where Phase 1 mines
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the known quality reserves at Hidden Valley, Kaveroi and Hamata prospects. This phase carried
the full capital, plant and infrastructure impost. Phase 2 progressively extended sustainable
production with a concept of a centralized process plant being fed from a number of regional ore
sources.
After performing a due diligence process on the feasibility study in January 2004, the Harmony
board approved in principle the development of the project, and as a consequence we also decided to
buy out the minority shareholders of Abelle. During fiscal 2006 the feasibility study was
exstensively reviewed and updated to reflect changes in the projects ore body interpretation, to
incorporate increases in capital and operating costs as a result of energy prices and scarce
resources in the mining industry as well as resolve some technical aspects that were outstanding
from the previous study. The updated study was presented to the Harmony board during June 2006, and
they approved construction of the project.
Project Status: All the required statutory approvals for the commencement of the Hidden
Valley project were obtained in the third quarter of 2005. At an official signing ceremony in Wau
on 5 August 2005 the Mining Lease, Memorandum of Agreement and various compensation agreements for
the project and road were signed between Harmony, local landowners and the provincial and national
government.
A Feasibility Study Update for the project was completed in April 2006 based on the latest
reserves with new cut-off grade and pit optimizations. This study identified several significant
project improvements compared to previous studies including:
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A 36% increase in recoverable ounces and a 50% increase in life-of-mine. |
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A 37% reduction in the average annual bulk cubic metres (bcm) mined, and |
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Throughput rising by 20% to 4.6 Million tons per annum as a result of the new plant
design. |
The project will produce 2.6 million oz of gold over the 9.7 year mine life at an average cash
cost of approximately US$220 per ounce, net of silver credits. Average annual gold production will
be approximately 285,000 oz, with a peak annual production of 317,000 oz. On the basis of this
Feasibility Study Update, Harmony Board approval for the project was granted in June 2006.
Site Access. The Hidden Valley site is located approximately 90km south-southwest of Lae,
which is the nearest deep-water port for the project, and the Capital of Morobe Province. Access to
the site from Lae uses an existing 110km sealed two-lane main road to the town of Bulolo,
continuing to Hidden Valley via a new access road. Work commenced on the construction of the
Hidden Valley access road to site from the Bulolo in October 2005. Road building consists of four
phases, namely pioneering operations, bulk-out, finishing and crushing. The pioneering crew located
suitable routes through heavily forested areas and steep areas, making use of old logging roads for
a large portion of the way. Pioneering crews reached the proposed mine site in May 2006, making the
site accessible to other construction equipment and enabling the commencement of major construction
earthworks. The bulk-out crew, responsible for earth moving, progressed to the 29 kilometres mark
by year-end. Drainage has been increased in areas identified as having drainage problems during
heavy rainfall. The finishing crew will construct the required culverts and drainage, before the
crushing crew completes road construction. Current estimates indicate that the road construction
will take 11 months to complete to final design specifications in September 2006, and require the
movement of 1.7 million cubic metres of earth.
Harmony contracted a road construction manager and a core of operators with extensive Papua
New Guinea road-building experience to undertake this project. The total cost of building the road
is estimated to be A$6.57 million. Costs remain under budget to date.
Engineering Procurement and Construction Management (EPCM) Contract. Following board approval
a small Owners Team of experienced construction professionals was recruited, including several key
individuals with extensive Papua New Guinea experience. The purpose of this team is to ensure that
project objectives, scope of work and all other project requirements are met. In July 2006 an
agreement was reached with the engineering group Ausenco Limited to provide EPCM services for the
project. Ausenco started immediately with the preparation of a project execution plan as well as
the detailed design stage of the project which is ongoing.
Power supply. While sufficient generator capacity will be installed to cover the full site
electrical load, the ability to
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obtain an alternate power supply from, Papua New Guinea Power Limited (Papua New Guineas
national power supplier), is of critical importance to the project. A Heads of Agreement setting
out the key commercial terms of the contract is under development.
Mining Fleet. The mining equipment required for the project consists of four 180t excavators;
a fleet of 95t haul trucks and a range of ancillary equipment. Supply and maintenance agreements
for this fleet are due to be signed in September 2006. The delivery of the first batch of mining
equipment for pre-stripping is currently scheduled for the second quarter of 2007. Commercial terms
have been obtained from bank financing to fund this purchase.
Geological update. Resource models prepared as part of the Feasibility Study Update
identified a total project resource for Hidden Valley, Kaveroi and Hamata of 4.5 million oz of gold
(62.9 Mt at 2.2 g/t) and 71 million oz of silver. A detailed review of these resources identified
the need for additional infill drilling programs which have been planned for the Hamata and Kaveroi
deposits and will be completed in late 2006 and early 2007.
Environment. The Environment Management Plan (EMP), which is a requirement of the Mining
Lease and needs to be approved by the Department of Environment prior to the commencement of site
work, was submitted on November 22, 2005 and has since been approved. This approval was required
prior to any construction or mining activities being undertaken on the mining lease. The key
environmental issue for the project is the effective management of water quality in the Bulolo and
Watut rivers. A range of control measures will be implemented for acid rock drainage, sediment
runoff and tailings facility discharge water quality. Work continues on baseline studies and
monitoring programs required for both the construction and operational phases of the project.
Re-engineered surface designs have led to the tailings storage facility capacity being increased
from 35 Million tons to 47.3 Million tons and the waste dumps design now complying with acid rock
drainage and other environmental commitments.
Community affairs/landowner discussions. Community support and development of the mine in
compliance with the Memorandum of Agreement with landowner groups is critical to the success of the
project. Meetings are held regularly with these groups as well as officials from the provincial and
national government to monitor progress and ensure these objectives are met. A range of
opportunities for the commercial participation of landowner groups in the development of the
project are being considered as a priority. Community relations initiatives focused on positive
outcomes for health education and infrastructure are ongoing.
Project Overview. The Hidden Valley Mine will process 4.6 million tons of ore per annum from
ore mined at two open pits, the Hamata orebody in one small pit and the Hidden Valley and Kaveroi
orebodies in a much larger pit. Expected annual production will be 285,000 ounces of gold per annum
and 3.9 million ounces of silver. Expected mine life is 9.7 years, with 44.5 million tons treated
at an average grade of 0.06 oz/t. The construction period is estimated to be 26 months, with the
mine expected to be commissioned in the December quarter of 2008.
The resources will be mined in a sequence that sees the low silver Hamata ores mined first
with plant and infrastructure development for the project developed in close proximity to the
Hamata deposit. The next ore mined will be the Hidden Valley/ Kaveroi oxide/transition ores (high
silver) followed by the Hidden Valley/Kaveroi primary ores. The proven and probable gold reserves
for the Hidden Valley/Kaveroi/Hamata deposits are 2.71 million ounces at 0.057 ounces per ton.
Silver proven and probable reserves at Hidden Valley Kaveroi amounts to 41.759 million ounces at
0.994 ounces per ton.
As part of the project execution the ex-Misima plant was purchased and transported to Lae in
April 2005. Parts of the plant that will be utilized in the project have been identified, with
refurbishment of those pieces to take place in fiscal 2007, and the remainder will be disposed of.
The plant is stored in Lae and components will be transported to Hidden Valley for installation as
project development proceeds.
The process plant will process ore at a rate of approximately 4.6 million tons per annum and
has been designed with three distinct process routes that complement the metallurgical
characteristics of the three ore types to be mined. The process plant will commence as a primary
crushing, grinding, CIL, Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation, goldroom and tailings detox plant for
the low silver Hamata ores, revert to a primary crushing, grinding, flotation, concentrate regrind,
Counter-Current Decantation (CCD) circuit with Merrill-Crowe zinc precipitation, flotation
concentrate and tailing CIL, goldroom and tailings detox for the high silver oxide/transition ores
and then a similar circuit without flotation tail CIL for high silver sulphide ores from Hidden
valley/Kaveroi ores.
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Location and access. The Hidden Valley Project comprises four exploration licenses of 966
square kilometers in the Wau District of Morobe Province, Papua New Guinea. The project is located
210 kilometers north-northwest of Port Moresby and 50 kilometers south-southwest of Lae, the two
largest cities in Papua New Guinea. Access to the project is presently by sealed road from the
deep-water port of Lae to Bulolo, all-weather gravel road to Wau and then by unsealed tracks. A
purpose built all weather gravel road from Bulolo to the Hidden Valley mine site is part of the
project construction work.
Government royalty and other rights. The gold and silver production from the Hidden Valley
Project will be subject to a 2% royalty, payable on the net return from refined production if
refined in Papua New Guinea or 2% royalty on the realized price if refined out of Papua New Guinea.
The independent State of Papua New Guinea also has a statutory right to acquire up to a 30%
participatory interest in mining development projects, at sunk cost. However per the Memorandum of
Agreement signed between Harmony and the government the participation right was reduced to 5%,
should the government wish to exercise it, although it has not exercised this right for the Hidden
Valley mine. Once an interest is acquired by Papua New Guinea, it contributes to the further
exploration and development costs on a pro rata basis. Papua New Guineas reservation arises by way
of a condition included in all exploration licenses.
Third Party Royalties. Pursuant to the sale agreement of EL677 (the Hidden Valley and Kaveroi
deposits) by Rio Tinto to Australia Gold Fields (AGF), a royalty payment from refined gold
production is payable to Rio Tinto as per the following table:
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Additional Prospects and Exploration Potential. The Hidden Valley Project accounts for the
mining and development of the Hamata, Hidden Valley and Kaveroi deposits only. While these provide
for a robust project of 8 to 10 years duration, considerable potential remains to extend the
project life.
In the immediate vicinity of Hidden Valley, prospects such as Andim, Nosave, Purrawang, Apu
Creek, and Kaveroi North prospects represent extensions to the known deposits, or possibly
subparallel lodes in both the hanging wall and footwall of the Hidden Valley Fault. More
peripheral prospects along strike include Waterfall, Bulldog, and Bulldog North, Yafo and Yava
prospects. Systematic exploration of these prospect areas is planned is planned to commence fiscal
2007.
The broader Kerimenge area represents an advanced exploration project that lies only 6km to
the northeast of the planned infrastructure at Hidden Valley. Drilling at Kerimenge has outlined
stockwork gold mineralisation over 700m of strike, hosted entirely in porphyry. Consolidation,
interpretation and resource modelling of this data is underway. The Broader Kerimenge area also
includes the prospects of Waurike, Daulo, Lemenge, Ketenge and Waivye which fall in the immediate
vicinity of the Kerimenge deposit. Initial trench sampling and reconnaissance drilling on these
prospects has outlined highly encouraging intercepts, and together with the Kerimenge deposit
outline a footprint of mineralisation similar in size to that associated with the Kaveroi -
Hidden Valley area. The size and tenor of the anomaly, and its proximity to the Hidden Valley
infrastructure make it a priority exploration target for fiscal 2007.
Given the prospectivity of the Hidden Valley near mine and the broader Kerimenge areas, a
detailed magnetic survey, centered on the Hidden Valley ML was recently completed. The survey
comprised some 2500 line km and processing and imagery of the data is currently in progress. The
data will advance the geological understanding of the area through interpretation of stratigraphy,
major structures controlling mineralisation, and improve target generation and focus exploration
drilling.
Capital Expenditure. Capital expenditure on the project for fiscal 2006 was US$16 million
compared to US$12 million spend in fiscal 2005. Money was mainly spend on purchasing a construction
fleet for the access road, as well as the
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partial construction thereof, back up power station generators for the site and various
technical and engineering design work. Total project construction cost is estimated to be US$ 250
million, although this amount is being revised as part of the project execution plan. Harmony is
still investigating the various financing alternatives available for the project, although at this
stage Harmony prefers to fund the project internally.
Wafi Project
Background. The Wafi prospect is owned 100% through a Harmony subsidiary in Papua New Guinea,
Wafi Mining Limited. The first exploration at Wafi dates back to the nationwide porphyry copper
search by CRA Exploration Ltd in the late 1960s. Elders Resources farmed-into the project from
1989-1991 and AGF farmed in to the project for a short period in 1997 prior to going into
administration in 1998. Aurora subsequently acquired the project from Rio Tinto (CRA) in 1999, with
ownership passing to Abelle when they merged with Aurora in 2002. Harmony assumed control of the
Wafi project as a result of its acquisition of Abelle in 2003.
Project Overview. The project is held under 4 contiguous exploration licenses totalling 996
square kilometres and comprises two separate ore systems located within close proximity of each
other known as the Wafi Gold Project and the Golpu Copper-Gold Project respectively. The Wafi gold
mineralization is hosted by sedimentary/volcanoclastic rocks of the Owen Stanley Formation which
surround the intrusive Wafi Diatreme. Gold mineralization occurs as extensive high-sulphidation
epithermal alteration overprinting porphyry mineralization and epithermal style vein-hosted and
replacement gold mineralization with associated wall-rock alteration. We expect to spend a total of
A$18.5 million to conduct pre feasibility studies for the Wafi Gold and Golpu Copper-Gold Projects
during fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
Geography. The Wafi prospect is located near Mt. Watut in the Morobe Province of Papua New
Guinea, 60 kilometers southwest of Lae and 60 kilometers northwest of Wau. The site is accessed by
sealed road (Lae to Bulolo) which comes within 5 kilometers of the eastern edge of the tenements.
The Wafi camp is located at an elevation of approximately 400 meters above sea level. The
terrain is mountainous and forested in most areas. The Wafi Gold and Golpu Copper/Gold prospects
are serviced by the sealed Lae-Bulolo road to Timini, and a dry weather access track which was
established during fiscal year 2005 between Timini and Wafi. The track was further upgraded during
fiscal year 2006, and is now accessible during most weather conditions. The access track is
approximately 38 kilometres in length. The site is serviced by helicopter at times that road access
is cut due to poor weather or minor landslides.
Immediately west of the project area, the Watut Valley makes offers an expansive area of flat
land, which is currently under investigation to determine the suitability of use for major
infrastructure placement should the mine be developed.
Mining Reserves. Harmony is not yet in a position to quote mining reserve estimates for
either the Wafi Gold or Golpu Copper/Gold projects. It is expected that mining reserve estimates
(if any) will be able to be completed following the pre-feasibility study.
Government Royalty and Other Rights. The metal production from the Wafi Project is subject to
a 2% royalty payable on the net return from refined production if refined in Papua New Guinea or 2%
royalty on the realized price if refined outside of Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea also has a statutory right to acquire up to a 30% participatory interest in
mining development projects, at sunk cost. Once an interest is acquired by Papua New Guinea, it
contributes to the further exploration and development costs on a pro rata basis. Papua New
Guineas reservation arises by way of a condition included in all exploration licenses.
Third Party Royalties. Pursuant to the sale agreement of Wafi Mining Ltd to Abelle (via
wholly-owned subsidiary companies) from Rio Tinto, a royalty of 2% on gold production or a 2% NSR
(net smelter return) from copper-gold concentrates is payable to Rio Tinto as a deferred
acquisition cost.
Additional Prospects and Exploration Potential.
The Wafi prefeasibility study concentrates on developing the Golpu copper-gold, the High-grade
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mineralisation, and the Non-refractory (oxide) portion of the A and B zone gold mineralisation
mineralisation. However, excellent prospects remain in the immediate vicinity of the existing
resource areas on the northern and western margin of the diatreme.
Recent drill intercepts at Western zone highlight the potential for deep high grade Link
Zone style mineralisation off the diatreme margin. With the exception of some discrete areas of
drilling, the bulk of the area off the western and northern quarters of the diatreme margin, remain
untested. Other prospect areas peripherial to the Wafi core complex that require additional
exploration include the Nambonga and Malaria zones.
Exploration success at any of these target areas have the potential to expand the scope of the
prefeasibility study.
Capital Expenditure. No capital expenditures were incurred during fiscal year 2006 as the
feasibility study is still underway. As the pre-feasibility study is due for completion during
fiscal year 2007, it is possible that a bankable feasibility study could be initiated during fiscal
year 2007, however expenditure levels are not yet defined. US$ 9.6 million was spend on
prefeasibility work during fiscal 2006.
Wafi Gold Projects
Four main zones (Zone A, Zone B, The Link Zone (high grade lenses within the B Zone) and to a
lesser extent, the Western Zone have been drill tested at Wafi revealing substantial gold
mineralization within a mostly high-sulphidation system. The mineral resource model was updated
during fiscal year 2006 to include the most recent drilling results, and currently stands at 105
million tonnes at 1.9 g/t for 6.5 million ounces of gold. The break down of the gold resource is:
Non Refractory gold Resource (NRG1) 17.5Mt at 1.7g/t
Link Zone Resource 4.8Mt at 8.5g/t
A and B Zone primary refractory ore 82.8Mt at 1.5g/t
The majority of drilling in these zones since Harmony assumed control of the project has been
focussed on discovery either of high grade mineralisation similar to the Link Zone material, or on
delineation of shallower oxidised mineralisation, which is amenable to high gold recovery under
standard cyanide leach conditions. The mineralisation can be split into three metallurgical
recovery zones with the following characteristics:
Oxide mineralization with recoveries of 95% by conventional cyanidation
Transitional mineralization with recoveries of 86% via conventional cyanidation, and
Primary mineralization which is further divided into two ore types these being Zones A and
B primary mineralization with conventional cyanidation recoveries of 50% and the high grade (8.5
g/t) Link Zone mineralization with conventional cyanidation recoveries of 20%.
Preliminary test work has shown that gold if free is very fine and the large proportion of the
gold is associated with sulphides particularly arsenical pyrite. Consequently gravity and ultra
fine grinding processes were ineffective in improving primary ore gold recovery. Various oxidative
refractory treatment options have been investigated by the various project owners. The main body of
test work was carried out in 1989-91 in which whole ore and concentrate oxidation using roasting,
pressure oxidation and stirred tank bioxidation were tested successfully. Flotation response was
found to be poor with gold recovery to concentrate of 72%. Zone A and B whole ore and flotation
concentrates responded well to pressure oxidation and stirred tank bacterial oxidation, with
recoveries in excess of 90% being achieved, while whole ore and concentrate roasting recoveries
were slightly lower at 85-88%. Only 50-60% sulphur oxidation was required to achieve these
recoveries.
AGF undertook characterization and pressure oxidation test work on Link Zone mineralization in
1998, due to the very poor conventional cyanidation recoveries achieved (20%). Pressure oxidation
recoveries of 95% were achieved, however AGF went into receivership after this period and further
development work stopped. Aurora undertook very limited work for three years up until the merger
with Abelle in June 2002.
The pre-feasibility study for the Wafi gold project is focusing on the high grade Link Zone
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ore in the fully and partially (transitional) oxidised material associated with the A and to a
lesser extent B Zones. The non refractory project has been named NRG1 (Non-refractory Gold 1).
As part of this work a bulk metallurgical sample of Link Zone ore was collected from a
dedicated metallurgical hole and used to determine the suitability of a two previously untested
bioxidation processing options: Whole Ore Heap Bioxidation and concentrate Bioxidation (Geocoat).
The Geocoat process showed good recovery from flotation concentrate, with 91% gold recovery being
achieved at 63% sulphur oxidation, however the process appears to be unfavourable due to the poor
gold flotation response, resulting in an overall gold recovery of 72% after flotation and Geocoat
Bioxidation.
Whole Ore Heap Bioxidation test work showed reasonable results, with the best gold recovery
achieved being 85% after 160 days of oxidation and 53% sulphur oxidation. This result was atypical
and was achieved using a restarted column in order to generate an additional data point,
consequently the column was very well aerated. A more typical result was 74% gold recovery after
160 days and 23 to 29% sulphur oxidation. The long standing time, poor airflow characteristics, and
poor agglomerated ore slump characteristics are technical challenges which would have to be
overcome to make this process viable.
The remainder of the pre feasibility test work will focus on pressure oxidation of the Link
Zone ore, which was shown to be technically viable during the AGF test work program detailed above.
Metallurgical test work for the Non-Refractory gold ore (NRG1) will focus on establishment of
cyanide recoveries in both the transitional and fully oxidised ores across the known
mineralisation. This will be achieved by drilling a grid of approximately 50m x 50m in the inferred
resource sections, and characterising the resource using Bulk Leach Extractable Gold (BLEG) tests
for each portion of drill sample collected. Used in combination with BLEG results from drill
samples already collected, the recovery results will be modelled in a geological block model to
better predict overall recovery and will be used as a basis for composite selection for
confirmatory conventional cyanidation leach testwork. Recovery in the fully oxidised portion of the
ore is fairly consistent at approximately 95%, however recovery in the transitional ore is highly
variable from 50% to 95%, with an average of 86% in existing test work.
Geotechnical, mining, infrastructure, and environmental investigations are being undertaken as
part of the Link Zone and NRG1 study, in parallel with Golpu studies. Synergies between the Wafi
Gold projects and the Golpu Copper project are being utilised during the studies to minimise cost
as far as possible, and will also be used in final mine plans to produce the best possible economic
results for the project.
Golpu Copper-Gold Project
The Golpu Copper-Gold Project, or Golpu Project, is located approximately 1 kilometre
northeast of the Wafi gold ore bodies. The Golpu Project is a dioritic porphyry copper-gold deposit
with an Indicated Mineral Resource Estimate of 87.5 million tonnes at 1.36% copper and 0.63 grams
per tonne gold, and an Inferred mineral resource estimate of 59.2 million tonnes at 0.72% copper
and 0.49 grams per tonne gold. In addition the leached oxide cap to the porphyry copper contains a
copper poor indicated resource of 4.6 million tons at 0.04 ounces per ton of gold.
The Golpu host lithology is a typical zoned porphyry copper alteration halo grading from
potassic to phyllic to advanced argillic upwards in the core. Outwards from the core the alteration
grades from the above to argillic potassic to propylitic. The mineralized body is a porphyry
copper-gold pipe with approximately 200 meters by 200 meters plan dimensions, slightly north
plunging and still displaying strong mineralisation at grades similar to those in the rest of the
potassic alteration zone at 1.2 kilometres depth, the maximum depth to which it has been drilled.
Recent drilling, and reinterpretation has shown that copper and gold mineralisation extends some
way into the metasediment host rock immediately adjacent to the porphyry body. The mineralised
metasediment accounts for approximately 95% of the inferred resource.
The surface expression is oxidized and leached to about 150 meters vertical depth resulting in
a residual gold only resource from which the copper has been leached. At the oxidation interface a
strong 20-30 meters thick zone of supergene copper enrichment is developed which transitions at
depth into a lower grade covellite-enargite ore. Beneath this is a zone of more covellite rich
mineralization that contains lesser enargite and consequently less arsenic. From approximately 300
meters below surface the ore exists in a covellite rich (arsenic poor) form grading into a
chalcopyrite-bornite rich zone from approximately 500 meters to its current known depth of
approximately 1.2 kilometers. Harmony is currently reviewing all data relating to the Golpu Project
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development of the project.
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The supergene zone is located at the top of the Golpu porphyry and extends from within the
porphyry to the west along the base of weathering into the diatreme breccia. The top of the
supergene zone is defined by the top of fresh rock surface and the base of the supergene zone is
defined by a step change in copper values. The supergene within the porphyry stock is typically
characterised by sample grades greater than 3% copper. Outside the porphyry stock the copper grades
in the supergene decrease but they are still present as an elevated zone. The dominant copper
minerals present are chalcocite, enargite and digenite. The dominant alteration assemblage is
advanced argillic comprising quartz-alunite. Metallurgical response in the supergene zone is yet to
be tested. Test work for this zone will form part of thee current pre feasibility study.
The advanced argillic zone extends from the base of the supergene to the top of the phyllic
zone. The dominant alteration assemblages are quartz-alunite-pyrite and the copper minerals present
are enargite, covellite, tennantite and tetrahedrite. The base of the advanced argillic zone
generally corresponds to a decrease in the arsenic content from greater than 1000ppm to less than
100ppm; however there are significant deviations with high arsenic material extending down into the
phyllic alteration zone and also low arsenic areas within the advanced argillic zone. Metallurgical
recovery by flotation in this zone is relatively poor with 80% recovery for a 20% copper
concentrate, or 90% recovery for a 8% copper concentrate.
The phyllic zone is defined on the alteration logging where Se (sericite) is the dominant
alteration code recorded. The phyllic zone extends from the base of the advanced argillic zone to
the top of the potassic zone. The dominant alteration assemblage is quartz-sericite-pyrite and the
main copper mineral present is covellite with lesser chalcopyrite. Metallurgical recovery by
flotation in this zone is approximately 90% at 30% concentrate grades.
The potassic zone lies beneath the phyllic zone and extends over the lower half of the
porphyry stock. The dominant alteration assemblage is quartz-biotite-kfeldspar-magnetite and
pyrite. The main copper mineral in this zone is chalcopyrite. Metallurgical recovery by flotation
in this zone is approximately 92% at 30% concentrate grades.
The Goldcap domain has been defined based on gold assay values with an approximate cut off of
0.5 g/t gold. The Goldcap is hosted in oxidised metasediments above the porphyry stock. Preliminay
cyanide leaching test work showed gold recovery of 96%.
The metasediment domain comprises mineralisation peripheral to the porphyry stock that is
hosted in the metasediments. Mineralisation in the metasediment is distributed irregularly around
the porphyry stock with the majority occurring on the western side of the porphyry. Mineralisation
occurs in all three alteration types Advanced Argillic, Phyllic and Potassic. Metallurgical
recovery in the mineralised metasediment is yet to be tested.
Gold recovery into concentrate is 60% of copper recovery.
A pre-feasibility study to evaluate the development of the Golpu Copper-Gold Project commenced
in July 2005. A pre-feasibility team made up of both in house and expert consultants was assembled
in July to commence planning for the study, which includes:
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The Golpu pre-feasibility study is being undertaken in parallel with the Link Zone and NRG1
pre feasibility studies. The Golpu pre-feasibility drilling was well advanced at the end of fiscal
year 2006. A full team of mining, processing, and infrastructure personnel are in place and have
commenced the relevant studies. The Golpu pre feasibility study is expected to be completed by mid
2007.
Mt. Muro Project Indonesia
In April 2005 Harmony sold its share of PT Indo Muro Kencana to Straits Resources for A$3.9
million consisting of 2,265,833 shares at A$1.715 per share. The Straits Resources shares were
subsequently sold on May 18, 2005 for A$3.364 million.
The Mt. Muro project is owned by PT Indo Muro Kencana, in which Harmony has a 30% interest,
and is located in central Kalimantan, Indonesia. The project was placed on care and maintenance by
Aurora Gold Ltd in mid 2002 after a number of successful years that saw total gold and silver
production reach 1.3 million ounces and 25.54 million ounces, respectively.
Abelle reached agreement with Straits Resources Ltd to form a joint venture to explore and
assess the re-development of Mt. Muro and Straits assumed the role of manager and operator of the
joint venture from May 1, 2003. Under the agreement with Straits, Abelle retains a free 30% carried
interest to the recommencement of commercial gold production and Straits obtained a 70% interest in
the project. Straits had to maintain this plant, equipment and infrastructure in good standing and
spend a minimum of US$1 million on exploration per annum over and above holding costs. Straits is
an Indonesian operator with considerable experience and expertise in operating in the Indonesian
environment. Subsequent to this agreement Harmonys interest in the project was sold as detailed
above.
Canadian Operations
Bissett
Introduction. Our formerly held Bissett operations, production at which was suspended in the
quarter ended September 30, 2001 due to mining operations being uneconomical at then-current gold
prices, are located near Bissett in the province of Manitoba, Canada. Prior to the suspension,
mining at Harmonys Bissett operations was conducted at depths ranging from 1,200 meters to 1,500
meters. Full production of 1,000 tons of mill throughput per day was achieved by June 2000 prior to
the placing of Bissetts operations on the care and maintenance program discussed in Mining
Operations below. The transition to the care and maintenance program took place in the quarter
ended September 30, 2001. On March 17, 2004, Harmony disposed of 100% of the issued and outstanding
shares of Bissett to Rice Lake Joint Venture Inc, a joint venture between San Gold Resources
Corporation and Gold City Industries Limited, for C$7,625,000 (US$5.6 million), which was made up
of C$3,625,000 (US$2.6 million) in cash plus C$4,000,000 (US$3 million) in shares of San Gold and
Gold City. San Gold and Gold City merged during fiscal 2005 to form San Gold Corporation. Harmony
owns 7,957,498 common shares in San Gold Corporation, which Harmony disposed of before December 31,
2005 in terms of a letter of permission granted to Harmony by the South African Reserve Bank.
REGULATION
Mineral Rights South Africa
South African law provides for the separate ownership of surface and mineral rights. It is
therefore possible for one person to own the surface of a property, another to own rights to
precious metals and yet another to own rights to base
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minerals. Harmony controls mineral rights by way of ownership, mining rights and mining
authorizations.
Currently, approximately two-thirds of South Africas mineral rights are in private hands. The
South African government investigated the structure of mineral ownership in the country, with the
view of making access to minerals easier for small and emerging mining companies.
After the election of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994, the issue of mineral
rights was reviewed.
On October 3, 2002, the South African parliament passed the Mineral and Petroleum Resources
Development Act. The Act came into operation on May 1, 2004. The principal objectives set out in
the Act are:
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petroleum resources; |
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the people of South Africa and redress the impact of past discrimination; |
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persons including women, to enter the mineral and petroleum industry and to benefit from the
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Africas mineral and petroleum resources are developed in an orderly and ecologically
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Under the Act, tenure over established operations will be secure for 30 years (and renewable
for 30 years thereafter), provided that mining companies obtain new licenses over existing
operations within five years of the date of enactment of the Act and fulfill requirements specified
in the Mining Charter.
The principles contained in the Mining Charter relate to the transfer, over a ten-year period,
of 26% of South Africas mining assets to historically disadvantaged South Africans, as defined in
the Mining Charter. Under the Mining Charter, the South African mining industry has committed to
securing financing to fund participation of historically disadvantaged South Africans in an amount
of R100 billion within the first five years of the Mining Charters tenure. The Mining Charter
provides for the review of the participation process after five years to determine what further
steps, if any, are needed to achieve the 26% target participation. The Mining Charter requires
programs for black economic empowerment and the promotion of value-added production, such as
jewelry-making and other gold fabrication, in South Africa. The Mining Charter also sets out
targets for broad-based black economic empowerment in the areas of human resources, skill
development, employment equality, procurement and benefication. In addition, the Mining Charter
addresses other socio-economic issues such as migrant labor, housing and living conditions.
We actively carry out mining and exploration activities in all of our material mineral rights
areas. Accordingly, we do not believe that the Act will have a significant impact on these mining
and exploration activities because we will be eligible to
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apply for new licenses over our existing operations (some of which have already been granted),
provided that we comply with the Mining Charter. There can be no assurance, however, that any
licenses would be received. We are currently in consultation with the National Department of
Minerals and Energy, in the process of developing a sophisticated approach to setting targets and
measuring performance in broad-based economic empowerment, or BEE, and transformation initiatives
within Harmony. We refer to this initiative as the Harmony Transformation Scorecard.
We have already complied with the requirements of the Mining Charter, with an equivalent of
31% of production ounces qualifying as empowerment credit ounces. We have been working on our
program of licensing for the past 18 months, which involved the compilation of a mineral assets
register and the identification of all of our economic, mineral and mining rights. We have secured
all old mining rights and validated existing mining authorizations. Our strategy has been to
secure all strategic mining rights on a region-by-region basis. The first application for
conversion from old order to new order mining rights was for the Evander Operations and was
lodged on May 21, 2004. The application covers all the operating shafts as well as the Poplar and
Rolspruit Projects. The Evander mining license was the first conversion application in the region
and in October 2004 we became the first senior company to convert old order to new order mining
rights for our Evander, Randfontein and Elandsrand operations. Although it is not possible to
estimate how long it will take for each application to be processed by the regional offices of the
Department of Minerals and Energy, we have worked closely with the department to ensure the
licenses will be granted as swiftly as possible and we are optimistic that the remaining license
conversions will be granted in due course.
The Act also makes reference to royalties being payable to the state in terms of the Royalty
Bill. It is anticipated that the Royalty Bill will only come into force in 2009. The introduction
of the Royalty Bill as law may have an adverse impact on the profits generated by our operations in
South Africa. We are currently evaluating the impact that the proposed Royalty Bill may have with
regard to our operations and no assurance can be given as to whether or when the proposed Royalty
Bill will be enacted.
The Act (i) limits ministerial discretion, (ii) introduces a first-come first-served principle
with respect to the consideration of applications, (iii) introduces a mining advisory board, (iv)
provides for compensation for currently held rights, and (v) ensures that current mining right
holders; that are actively engaged in developing their rights will not have to reapply for their
rights. An aggrieved party will have the right of appeal to either the Director General or the
Minister and may only take matters to the courts once that party has exhausted his or her remedies
in terms of the appeal procedures that are to be set forth.
Mineral Rights Australia
In Australia, mineral rights belong to the State. However, where the State has granted
freehold title, ownership of minerals other than gold, silver and other precious metals vests in
the title holder. The government then issues and administers mining tenements under the relevant
mining legislation, and mining companies must pay royalties to the government based on production.
In Western Australia, Mt. Magnet, New Hampton and South Kal hold various government mining
tenements issued by the Department of Industry and Resources under the Mining Act 1978 (WA). In
addition, Hampton Gold Mining Areas is the freehold owner of the Hampton Lands, an area which is
not subject to the Mining Act 1978 and in respect of which the government has waived its
entitlement to royalties on gold production. Both New Hampton and South Kal conduct mining
operations on the Hampton Lands under special leases issued by Hampton Gold Mining Areas in
accordance with the Hampton Regulations.
Australian law generally requires that all necessary native title approval be obtained before
a mining lease can be granted and mining operations can commence. Mt. Magnet, New Hampton and South
Kal have approved mining leases for most of their reserves, including all reserves that are
currently being mined. If these companies wish to expand operations into additional areas under
exploration, the relevant exploration licenses will need to be converted to mining leases prior to
commencing mining, and that process will require native title approval on terms to be negotiated
with the affected native title parties or otherwise determined in accordance with the Native Title
Act 1993. There can be no assurance that any approval would be received.
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South Africa
Harmony recognizes that the long-term sustainability of our business is as dependent on good
management of our environment as it is on the optimal extraction of our mineral resources. It is
our duty to assess environmental impacts and where significant pollution or degradation may occur
as a result of our activities, take reasonable measures to minimize these and to rectify any
impacts that have already been caused.
The overall objectives of Harmonys environmental management activities are to:
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Our approach to environmental management encompasses the following four broad principles:
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we will adopt the best practicable environmental option; that is, the option that has
most benefit, or causes the least damage to the environment, at a cost acceptable to society
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In fiscal 2004, the environmental policy was developed in consultation with various
stakeholders such as mine managers, employees and unions. This policy was signed off by the
Chairman of the Sustainable Development Committee and our Chief Executive in November 2004. It has
subsequently been signed off by each mine manager at signing ceremonies held at each shaft. It
commits companies to returning their areas of operation as close as possible to the pre-mining
state, thus creating sustainability and economic viability for generations to come. The main areas
of the policy are:
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that we will work with government departments and the public to come up with the best
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The focus was on implementing an environmental management policy at an operational level
during fiscal 2006. Harmony is in the process of adopting the
ISO 14001 specification as the Environmental Management System
(EMS) for the South African operations. Previously the discipline was
managed through the development and implementation of an in-house
EMS, based on the EMPRs. It was found, however, that this did not
meet the levels of governance required by the group. The EMS is a
structured approach for addressing the triple bottom line (social,
economic and environmental) and forms the backbone of environmental
management at an operational level. ISO 14001 is the world's
most recognised EMS framework and the most frequently adopted.
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During the
year, external auditor PriceWaterhouseCoopers was assigned by Harmony
to perform an ISO 14001 gap analysis in respect of our current
environmental management practices at group and operational level.
The gap analysis revealed that the overall environmental management
system practices currently in place do not adequately address the
requirements of ISO 14001-based EMS started in July 2006,
and it is expected to take up to 18 to 24 months before the system is
fully implemented.
Environmental policy and strategy within Harmony, as well as the environmental impact of our
operations on regional communities, is overseen by the Sustainable Development Committee. The
management of environmental issues at operational level is the responsibility of each operational
director, who is supported by line management in the various regions. The environmental management
function (EMF) in Harmony resides within the portfolio of risk management. Structures and reporting
mechanisms have been put in place to ensure that the board is kept fully informed of environmental
matters within the group.
The EMF has been structured to support operational goals. Primarily, this means it will ensure
reasonable practicable compliance with legislation, and the promotion of environmental awareness.
At a regional level, environmental management officers provide advice and support to the relevant
operational management teams. Given the diversity of the environmental issues being dealt with, one
of the environmental challenges facing the operations is to effectively access the diverse range of
skills necessary to address environmental issues. Rehabilitation and mitigation capacity resides
within the various operational functions, such as surface engineering, metallurgy, etc. Where
specific capacity is lacking in-house, use is made of external consultants with appropriate
specialist expertise. Operational personnel are assisted by the EMF to determine the scope of work
and consultants are selected and employed as the need arises. Their selection is conducted in terms
of the Harmony procurement policy. Regional environmental officers meet on a quarterly basis as
part of a process to encourage networking, information sharing and joint problem-solving. Staff
members are encouraged to develop their skills through on-the-job training and external
opportunities such as conferences and short courses.
Environmental management at Harmony is guided by the environmental policy, by prevailing
environmental laws and the Environmental Management Program Reports (EMPRs) developed by the
Company for each operation, and approved by the Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) which are
legally binding. We are not aware of any litigation, current or pending, against the Company in
this regard. During the fiscal year 2005, we were issued with three directives from the Department
of Water Affairs and Forestry (DWAF) related to the collection, removal and re-use or disposal of
extraneous groundwater in the Klerksdorp, Orkney, Stilfontein and Hartebeestfontein (KOSH) area.
This follows the liquidation of the DRDGOLD North West operations in this area and the subsequent
liquidation of Stilfontein, which brought an end to their pumping activities and threatened to
flood other mines in the area. We continue to comply with the requirements of these directives and
are working with other mining companies AngloGold Ashanti and DRDGOLD and the various
government departments the DME, DWAF and the Department of Environment and Tourism (DEAT) to
address the fundamental question of liability for defunct operations. We also received a DWAF
directive pertaining to the water management of the Western Mining Void water decant. We currently
comply with the directive requirements except for the discharge quality criteria. We are in regular
contact with DWAF in this regard and are currently minimizing the water discharge quantity by
re-use in our metallurgical facilities. The water treatment plant is being upgraded to improve the
discharge water quality to enable us to meet the prescribed water quality levels.
Environmental management systems (EMS) form the basis for the implementation of the
environmental policy and monitoring compliance. All of the South African operations function within
the requirements and conditions of the EMPRs that have been approved by the DME. These EMPRS
contain specific as well as generic principles relating to environmental management during the
operation of the mine. Closure objectives are set and closure plans formulated within the EMPR. The
latter includes investigation of the potential for re-use of existing infrastructure, preparation
of a rehabilitation plan, rehabilitation and vegetation of the affected area and post-closure
monitoring. Conversion to new order mining rights in line with the MPRDA requires that mining
companies report on the extent of compliance with their approved EMPRs. The EMPRs identify
individual impacts, mitigation measures and rehabilitation requirements. These have been used as
the basis for the development of a proprietary EMS, which is currently being tested, populated with
information, and rolled out to the various operations. This proprietary EMS, which encompasses the
principles of ISO 14000, is an electronic-based system. The proprietary EMS encompasses the
following activities:
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for the organization for which the stakeholder will require follow up feedback. All such
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monitoring: impact monitoring is focused on collecting and analyzing environmental
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licenses/permits: all details relating to licenses or permits can be registered in the
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The bulk of the significant impacts at Harmony are historic, and are currently managed in
terms of site-specific procedures or codes of practice. Any major operational changes will, in
future, take cognizance of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) process and adhere to the
outcomes of such studies. Furthermore, the continued development of EMSs, with respect to site
monitoring and risk assessment, will allow for the inclusion of specific evaluation criteria in the
decision-making process. We have conducted internal compliance assessments on all of our EMPRs.
Assessments and non-compliance areas are being addressed. The results of the compliance assessment
has been included in the application for conversion to new order mining rights.
In accordance with legislation, we have established six independent environmental
rehabilitation trust funds to make adequate financial provision for the expected cost of
environmental rehabilitation at mine closure and for the discharge of our obligations and
contingency liability. Each operation estimates its expected environmental closure liability
annually and this estimated amount is used to calculate the contributions to be made to the
rehabilitation trust funds. The contributions are spread over the operational life-of-mine and
contributions are made by each operation on an annual basis. Even though the various investments in
the rehabilitation trust funds are pooled, each operational unit has its own account. The
accumulated amount in the various South African rehabilitation trust funds as at year-end was R1.29
billion ($179.7 million), while the total rehabilitation liability was R1.69 billion ($235.9
million) in current monetary terms.
The assets of each mine within each fund are ring-fenced and may not be used to
cross-subsidize one another. Contributions to the various funds will continue to be made over the
operations life-of-mine and each fund is expected to be fully-funded at the time of closure.
Sudden and accidental pollution is covered under our public liability insurance policy. An Asset
Management Committee was formed during the year. The aim of this committee is to co-ordinate the
activities related to the disposal of assets and subsequent closure of redundant operational sites
to an environmentally acceptable standard. The EMF is represented on the committee at senior
management level. An important element of this committees work is to investigate alternative and
appropriate land use, particularly in respect of those assets for which closure is being planned.
Pursuant to South African law, mine properties must be rehabilitated upon closure. Mining
companies are required by law to submit Environmental Management Program Reports, or EMPRs, to the
Department of Minerals and Energy. EMPRs identify the rehabilitation issues for a mine and must
also be approved by other South African government departments including, but not restricted to,
the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.
EMPRs have been prepared and submitted for all of Harmonys South African operations. All of
Harmonys South African mining operations have permanent mining authorizations as required in terms
of the previous Minerals Act. Harmony is currently in the process of converting these mining
authorizations to mining licenses as required under the MPRDA. The application for the Evander
Operations has been submitted. Harmony has already obtained certain licenses and does not
anticipate any difficulties in this regard. Harmony meets with and intends to continue to meet on a
regular basis with the relevant government departments to continue the information sharing process
that it has with them and to ensure the environmental impact of Harmonys mining operations are
managed in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements and industry standards.
All water uses are now being licensed, and Harmony has submitted water-use registrations
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Water Act of 1998. Harmony has also developed water management plans for all of its South
African operations. In addition, in response to concerns that water from the Western Basin, located
at Harmonys Randfontein operations, might reach the Sterkfontein caves, Harmony has initiated a
study to evaluate the extent of this risk and has implemented measures to divert the water away
from the Sterkfontein caves.
An environmental surveillance system has been implemented at slimes dams at Harmonys
operations to monitor dust generation and fall-out in residential and other areas. This will assist
in future dust suppression and the design and measurement of rehabilitation programs.
Australia
Harmonys Western Australian operations are subject to applicable environmental legislation,
and also specific site conditions attaching to the mining tenements imposed by the Department of
Industry and Resources, operating licenses issued by the Department of Environmental Protection,
and water abstraction licenses issued by the Water and Rivers Commission.
As a result, Harmony must make provision for environmental rehabilitation whenever mining
operations are conducted. While Harmony believes that its current provision for compliance with
such requirements is reasonable, any future changes and development in Australian environmental
laws and regulations may adversely affect these Australian operations. The total Australian
rehabilitation liability was A$26.9 million (US$20.1 million) at the end of fiscal 2006.
In Western Australia, rehabilitation obligations under the Mining Act are covered by
environmental securities issued by Harmony, or by performance bonds issued by Harmonys bankers.
These bonds cannot be relinquished or cancelled without the approval of the Department of Industry
and Resources. The amount of the bond is established prior to issuance of the tenement and
commencement of operations, and generally is audited by the regional inspector. Thereafter, the
amount is reviewed on an annual basis following the issuance by Harmony of an annual environmental
report. As areas are successfully rehabilitated, the bond requirement is reduced.
Audits are generally conducted on a bi-annual basis by the Australian Department of
Environmental Protection to determine compliance with the relevant operating license(s). There are
no outstanding major non-compliance issues against Harmonys licenses.
At each of its mines, Harmony has appointed a person dedicated to environmental matters who,
in addition to organizing the implementation of the environmental management programs, monitors the
impact of mining on the environment and responds to impacts that require specific attention outside
of the normal program of environmental activities.
The primary environmental focus at most of Harmonys operations is water management and the
administration of areas outside the operating plants and shafts. The major objective is to ensure
that water is of a quality fit for use by downstream users.
Based on current environmental and regulatory requirements, Harmony accrues for the estimated
rehabilitation expense in full when mining commences and then amortizes these environmental
rehabilitation costs over the operating life of a mine.
Papua New Guinea
Harmonys Papua New Guinea operations are in exploration, pre feasibility study and project
construction phases, with applicable environmental legislation to those phases.which includes
specific site conditions attaching to the mining tenements imposed by the Papua New Guinea
Department of Environment and Conservation (DEC), operating licenses issued by the Department of
Mines and DEC, and water abstraction and discharge permits issued by DEC.
The current status of Harmonys Papua New Guinea projects can be summarized as follows:
The Hidden Valley project is in the pre construction phase. The project has obtained and is in
compliance with all permits and licences required for stage of the projects development. An access
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construction. An Updated Feasibility Study (UFS) for the site has recently been completed.
Information contained the UFS will be utilized to seek approval for an amendment to the
environmental permit previously approved for the site.
Wafi Golpu project is presently undertaking pre feasibility studies. The project has obtained
and is in compliance with all permits and licences for this stage of the projects development
Harmony Papua New Guinea is committed to working within the framework of corporate
environmental management systems (EMS) in accordance with the international EMS standard, ISO
14001:2004, adapted for use in Australia and New Zealand as AS/NZS ISO 14001:2004. These standards
provide Harmony Papua New Guinea with the elements of an effective EMS, that is, a procedure for
implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the companys environmental policy, and also
incorporate good industry environmental management practice, which forms the basis of a
project-specific EMS.
An EMS is a structured approach to managing an environmental program, and provides a quality
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Health and Safety Matters
The Mine Health and Safety Act. For many years, the safety of people working in South African
mines and quarries was controlled by the Mines and Works Act of 1956 and subsequently the former
Minerals Act which was replaced by the Minerals and Petroleum Resources Development Act 28 of 2002.
Several incidents in mines in recent years indicated that this legislation needed to be updated and
revised. The findings of the Leon Commission of Inquiry into Health and Safety in the Mining
Industry in April 1994 led to the drafting of new legislation, which resulted in the Mine Health
and Safety Act No. 29 of 1996, which has subsequently been amended by Act 72 of 1997 or the Mine
Health and Safety Act. The Mine Health and Safety Act was the result of intensive discussions and
consultations between government, employers and employee representatives over an extended period of
time, and came into force on January 15, 1997. The objectives of the Mine Health and Safety Act
are:
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to require employers and employees to identify hazards and eliminate, control and
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to give effect to the public international law obligations of South Africa that concern
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to provide for employee participation in matters of health and safety through health and
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The Mine Health and Safety Act prescribes general and specific duties for employers and
others, determines penalties and a system of administrative fines, and provides for employee
participation by requiring the appointment of health and safety representatives, and through the
establishment of health and safety committees. It also entrenches the right of employees to refuse
dangerous work. Finally, it describes the powers and functions of a mine health and safety
inspectorate and the process of enforcement.
It is anticipated that mining companies will incur additional expenditures in order to comply
with the legislations requirements. Management anticipates that such additional expenditures will
not have a material adverse effect upon Harmonys results of operations or financial condition,
although there can be no assurance of this.
HIV/AIDS Policy. Harmony is actively pursuing holistic HIV/AIDS awareness campaigns with its
South African workforce and is also providing medical assistance and anti-retroviral treatment.
Employees who decide to leave their place of work and return home for care are cared for at their
homes through the TEBA home based care system, to which Harmony contributes. Harmony currently
believes that the prevalence of HIV/AIDS-related diseases among its Australian workforce is not
material to its Australian operations. Indications are that Papua New Guinea is in the early
stages of an AIDS pandemic, although reliable statistics with regard to infection rates are not
readily available. As part of the development of the Hidden Valley project, and other exploration
activities carried out by Harmony in Papua New Guinea, it will roll out an appropriate health care
strategy for its employees to increase Aids awareness and provide appropriate health care. See Item
3. Key Information Risk Factors HIV/AIDS poses risks to Harmony in terms of productivity and
costs and Key Information Risk Factors The cost of occupational healthcare services may
increase in the future.
In South Africa, Harmony has an agreement with stakeholders covering the management of
HIV/Aids in the workplace. This agreement, originally signed in 2002 with the National Union of
Mine Workers (NUM) and the United Association of South Africa (UASA) was amended for the third time
in August 2006. While many aspects of the policy remain in place, the most fundamental change is
that we are changing our policies and agreements to cover all chronic manageable illnesses,
including HIV/Aids, but also including diabetes and hypertension, among others. We have done this
in the hope of doing more to take the stigma away from the disease and encouraging people to see it
for what it is we believe Aids can be managed through the proper use of medication. The
agreement is also used as a marketing tool to encourage employee participation in the Harmony
HIV/Aids Program.
Harmonys HIV/Aids program is spearheaded by a qualified medical practitioner, supported by
the management and appropriate consultants and consultancies. In September 2005, an independent
consultant, the Health Monitor Group undertook a business impact assessment for the group. Based
on actuarial information, the prevalence rates within Harmony are presumed to have stabilized at
around 30%. The introduction of Highly Active Anti-Retroviral Therapy (Haart) has the effect of
stabilizing or decreasing the HIV/Aids prevalence due to retention of HIV positive employees. The
effects of prevention programs on prevalence rates will only be seen over time.
In fiscal 2006 49 employees died as a result of known/documented cases of Aids, compared to 66
in fiscal 2005, and 1,572 employees left as a result of medical repatriation, compared to 1,611 in
2005. Medical repatriations refers to those employees who are not sufficiently well to continue
working and are thus provided with a humane exit from the company.
The Harmony HIV/Aids workplace program cost approximately R10 million by the end of fiscal
2006. In fiscal 2007, the company will embark on a more holistic and integrated campaign that is
expected to cost the company approximately R19 million.
Item 4A. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS
Not applicable.
Item 5. OPERATING AND FINANCIAL REVIEW AND PROSPECTS
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You should read the following discussion and analysis together with the consolidated financial
statements, including the related notes, appearing elsewhere in this annual report.
OVERVIEW
We conduct underground and surface gold mining and related activities, including exploration,
processing, smelting, refining and beneficiation. Our operations have grown significantly since
1995, largely through acquisitions. Since 1995, Harmony has expanded from a lease-bound mining
operation into an independent world-class gold producer. We are currently the third largest
producer of gold in South Africa, producing some 30% of the countrys gold output, and the fifth
largest gold producer in the world. Harmonys gold sales have increased from 650,312 ounces of gold
in fiscal 1995 to approximately 2.4 million ounces of gold in fiscal 2006. As at June 30, 2006,
Harmonys mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves of approximately 56 million
ounces and in fiscal 2006, we processed approximately 20.8 million tons of ore.
We manage and evaluate our operations on a shaft-by-shaft basis. The South African underground
operations are treated as three separate reporting entities for management and reporting purposes.
We have found this system to be very effective as, among other things, it allows for different
management styles and capital allocations.
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In addition, there are a number of surface operations.
Our South African operations are categorized as follows:
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CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES AND ESTIMATES
The preparation of our financial statements requires management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported results of our operations. Actual results may differ from
those estimates. Harmony has identified the most critical accounting policies upon which its
financial status depends. Some of Harmonys accounting policies require the application of
significant judgment and estimates by management in selecting the appropriate assumptions for
calculating financial estimates. By their nature, these judgments are subject to an inherent degree
of uncertainty and are based on Harmonys historical experience, terms of existing contracts,
managements view on trends in the gold mining industry and information from outside sources.
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Harmonys significant accounting policies are described in more detail in note 2 to the
consolidated financial statements. This discussion and analysis should be read in conjunction with
the consolidated financial statements and related notes included in reporting Item 18. Financial
Statements. Harmonys management has identified the following as critical accounting policies
because estimates used in applying these policies are subject to material risks and uncertainties.
Harmonys management believes the following critical accounting policies, together with the other
significant accounting policies discussed in the notes to the consolidated financial statements,
affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in the preparation of the consolidated
financial statements and could potentially impact Harmonys financial results and future financial
performance.
Accounting Changes:
During fiscal 2006, Harmony changed its method for accounting for underground development
costs, stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine and share-based payments.
See note 3 of Item 18 : Financial Statements, Accounting Policies for more information on these
changes.
Underground development costs
Previously, at our underground mines, costs incurred to develop the property were capitalized
only until the reef horizons were intersected. Subsequent mine development costs to access other
specific ore blocks or areas of the mine were treated as variable production costs. During fiscal
2006, we changed our policy to capitalize all underground development costs to access specific ore
blocks or other areas of the mine where such costs will provide future economic benefits as a
result of establishing proven and probable reserves associated with a specific block or area of
operations, even after the reef horizon may have been intersected with the development of the first
specific ore block or area of the mine. Under this revised policy, all costs associated with the
development of a specific underground block or area are capitalized until saleable minerals are
extracted from that specific block or area. At our underground mines, these costs include the cost
of shaft sinking and access, the costs of building access ways, lateral development, drift
development, ramps, box cuts and other infrastructure development.
We believe that the newly adopted principle is preferable because: (i) Harmony aligns its
policy with those of its global mining company industry peers; (ii) allows for a more direct link
between revenue and associated expenditure; (iii) each block of ore can be described as a
commencement of a new area of operations, separate and distinct from other existing operations -
with the choice to mine based on an approved life-of-mine plan for that particular block of ore;
and (iv) the additional costs capitalized under the revised policy meet the definition of an asset.
Stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine
On July 1, 2005, we adopted Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 04-06, Accounting for
Stripping Costs Incurred during Production in the Mining Industry (EITF 04-06). EITF 04-06
addresses the accounting for stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine and
refers to these costs as variable production costs that should be included as a component of
inventory to be recognized in Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortisation in the
same period as the revenue from the sale of inventory. As a result, capitalization of
post-production stripping costs is appropriate only to the extent product inventory exists at the
end of a reporting period.
Prior to July 1, 2005, at our Kalgold operations, deferred stripping costs were charged to
Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization as gold was produced and sold using the
units of production method based on estimated recoverable quantities of proven and probable gold or
copper reserves, using a stripping ratio calculated as the ratio of total tons to be moved to total
proven and probable ore reserves, which resulted in the recognition of the costs of waste removal
activities over the life of the mine as gold was produced. The application of the deferred
stripping accounting method previously generally resulted in the recognition of an asset (deferred
stripping costs).
Share Based Payments
On July 1, 2005, we adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R),
Share-Based Payments (SFAS No. 123(R)). Prior to that date, we applied SFAS No. 123, Accounting
for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123)
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in accounting for options granted after July 1, 2001 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion
No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25) together with its related
interpretations in accounting for options granted prior to July 1, 2001.
Effect of accounting changes
In connection with the changes relating to underground development costs and stripping costs
incurred during the production phase of a mine, we early adopted SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes
and Error Corrections (SFAS No. 154), which established new standards on accounting for changes
in accounting principles. Voluntary changes in accounting principles were previously required to be
recognized by including in net (loss) income of the period of the change the cumulative effect of
changing to the new accounting principle. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior
periods financial statements of changes in accounting principle, unless it is impracticable to do
so. We have therefore adjusted Harmonys financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2005 and
2004 as if the revised principles had always been used.
In connection with the change relating to share-based payments, we followed the modified
retrospective approach permitted by SFAS No. 123(R). Under this method, we have adjusted Harmonys
financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004 based on the amounts previously
recognized under SFAS No. 123 for purposes of pro forma disclosures, without adjustment. Prior to
the adoption of SFAS 123(R) however, we recognized actual forfeitures when they occurred (as
opposed to estimating forfeitures at the grant date and subsequently adjusting their estimated
forfeitures to actuals). In accordance with SFAS No. 123(R)s specific transition provisions, we
recorded a cumulative effect adjustment on July 1, 2005 related to outstanding awards that are not
expected to vest based on an estimate of forfeitures as of that date.
Refer to note 3 of audited financial statements for further details on these accounting
changes and their impact on our consolidated financial statements.
Depreciation and Amortization of Mining Assets
Depreciation and amortization expense is calculated using the units of production method and
is based on Harmonys current gold production as a percentage of total expected gold production
over the lives of Harmonys mines. A unit is considered to be produced for U.S. GAAP purposes at
the time it is physically removed from the mine. The lives of the mines are estimated by Harmonys
geology department using proven and probable mineral reserves, as determined in accordance with the
SECs Industry Guide Number 7. The resultant depreciation and amortization expense is then
classified as inventory and subject to inventory valuation under U.S. GAAP.
The estimate of the total expected future lives of Harmonys mines could be materially
different from the actual amount of gold mined in the future and the actual lives of the mines due
to changes in the factors used in determining Harmonys mineral reserves, such as the gold price,
foreign currency exchange rates, working costs and working rates (continuous operations mining). We
regularly review the lives of the mines and economic capacity of those assets with reference to any
events or circumstances that may indicate an adjustment is needed. Given the significance of mining
assets to our financial statements, any changes to the life of mine could have a material impact on
the annual amortization charge and materially impact on our results of operations and financial
conditions. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys gold reserve figures are
estimated based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and recovery
factors, future cash costs of production and the price of gold and may yield less gold under actual
production conditions than currently estimated.
Business Combinations
Harmony accounts for its business acquisitions under the purchase method of accounting. The
total value of consideration paid for acquisitions is allocated to the underlying net assets
acquired, based on their respective estimated fair values determined by us using internal or
external valuations. We use a number of valuation methods to determine the fair value of assets and
liabilities acquired including discounted cash flows, external market values, valuations on recent
transactions or a combination thereof and others and believes that it uses the most appropriate
measure or a combination of measures to value each asset or liability. In addition, we believe that
we use the most appropriate valuation assumptions underlying each of those valuation methods based
on current information available including discounted
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rates, market risk rates, entity risk rates, cash flow assumptions and others. The accounting
policy for valuation of business acquisitions is considered critical because judgments made in
determining the estimated fair value and expected useful lives assigned to each class of assets and
liabilities acquired can significantly impact the value of the asset or liability, including the
impact on deferred taxes, the respective amortization periods and ultimately net profit. Therefore,
the use of other valuation methods, as well as other assumptions underlying these valuation
methods, could significantly impact the determination of financial position and results of
operations.
Carrying Value of Goodwill
Harmony evaluates, on at least an annual basis, the carrying amount of goodwill to determine
whether current events and circumstances indicate that such carrying amount may no longer be
recoverable. To accomplish this, Harmony compares the fair values of its reporting units to their
carrying amounts. If the carrying value of a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value at the
time of the evaluation, Harmony would compare the implied fair value of the reporting units
goodwill to its carrying amount and any shortfall would be charged to statements of operations.
Assumptions underlying fair value estimates are subject to risks and uncertainties. If these
assumptions change in future, we may need to record impairment charges on goodwill not previously
recorded.
Impairment of Long-Lived Assets
Harmony reviews and evaluates its long-lived assets for impairment when events or changes in
circumstances indicate the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An asset impairment is
considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an undiscounted basis are less than
the carrying amount of the asset, including goodwill, if any. An impairment loss is measured and
recorded based on discounted estimated future cash flows. Future cash flows are estimated based on
estimated quantities of recoverable minerals, expected gold prices (considering current and
historical prices, price trends and related factors), production levels and cash costs of
production, capital and reclamation costs, all based on detailed life-of-mine plans. The
significant assumptions in determining the future cash flows for each individual operating mine at
June 30, 2006, apart from production cost and capitalized expenditure assumptions unique to each
operation, included a long-term gold price of $500 per ounce and South African and Australian
dollar exchange rates of $1 = R6.53 and A$1 = $0.74, respectively. The term recoverable minerals
refers to the estimated amount of gold that will be obtained from proven and probable reserves and
related exploration stage mineral interests, except for other mine-related exploration potential
and greenfields exploration potential discussed separately below, after taking into account losses
during ore processing and treatment. Estimates of recoverable minerals from such exploration stage
mineral interests are risk adjusted based on managements relative confidence in such materials.
With the exception of other mine-related exploration potential and greenfields exploration
potential, estimates of future undiscounted cash flows are included on an area of interest basis,
which generally represents an individual operating mine, even if the mines are included in a larger
mine complex. In the case of mineral interests associated with other mine-related exploration
potential and greenfields exploration potential, cash flows and fair values are individually
evaluated based primarily on recent exploration results and recent transactions involving sales of
similar properties.
As discussed above under Amortization of mining assets, various factors could impact
Harmonys ability to achieve its forecasted production schedules from proven and probable reserves.
Additionally, gold prices, capital expenditure requirements and reclamation costs could differ from
the assumptions used in the cash flow models used to assess impairment. The ability to achieve the
estimated quantities of recoverable minerals from exploration stage mineral interests involves
further risks in addition to those factors applicable to mineral interests where proven and
probable reserves have been identified, due to the lower level of confidence that the identified
mineralized material can ultimately be mined economically. Assets classified as other mine-related
exploration potential and greenfields exploration potential have the highest level of risk that the
carrying value of the asset can be ultimately realized, due to the still lower level of geological
confidence and economic modeling.
During the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, write-downs of long-lived assets were
$15.9 million, $243.1 million and $3.1 million, respectively. Material changes to any of these
factors or assumptions discussed above could result in future impairment charges.
Hedging and Financial Derivatives
Harmony accounts for its derivative financial instruments in accordance with Statement of
Financial Accounting
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Standards (SFAS) No. 133. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About
Market Risk General. The determination of the fair value of hedging instruments and financial
derivatives, when marked to market, takes into account estimates such as projected commodity
prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates under prevailing market conditions,
depending on the nature of the hedging and financial derivatives. These estimates may differ
materially from actual commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates
prevailing at the maturity dates of the hedging and financial derivatives and, therefore, may
materially influence the values assigned to the hedging and financial derivatives, which may result
in a charge to or an increase in Harmonys earnings at the maturity dates of the hedging and
financial derivatives.
Remediation Obligations (Asset Retirement Obligations)
Harmonys mining and exploration activities are subject to various laws and regulations
governing the protection of the environment. In August 2001, the FASB issued SFAS No. 143,
Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations, which established a uniform methodology for
accounting for estimated reclamation and abandonment cost. The reclamation costs are allocated to
expense over the life of the related assets and will be adjusted for changes resulting from the
passage of time and revisions to either the timing or amount of the original present value
estimate.
Prior to adoption of SFAS No. 143, estimated future reclamation costs were based principally
on legal and regulatory requirements. Such costs related to active mines were accrued and charged
over the expected operating lives of the mines using the units of production method based on proven
and probable reserves.
Accounting for reclamation and remediation obligations requires management to make estimates
unique to each mining operation of the future costs we will incur to complete the reclamation and
remediation work required to comply with existing laws and regulations. Actual costs incurred in
future periods could differ from amounts estimated. Additionally, future changes to environmental
laws and regulations could increase the extent of reclamation and remediation work required to be
performed by us. Any such increases in future costs could materially impact the amounts charged to
operations for reclamation and remediation.
For more information regarding the environmental regulations applicable to Harmonys
operations, see Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys operations are subject to
extensive government regulations, and Item 3. Key Information Regulation Environmental
Matters.
Deferred Tax Asset
We recognize a valuation allowance against its deferred tax assets when it is more likely than
not that the asset will not be utilized. Assessing recoverability of deferred tax assets requires
management to make significant estimates related to expectation of future taxable income. Estimates
of future taxable income are based on forecasted cash flows from operations, reversals of deferred
tax liabilities and the application of existing tax laws in each jurisdiction. To the extent that
future taxable income differs significantly from estimates, our ability to realize the net deferred
tax assets recorded at the balance date could be impacted. Additionally, future charges in tax laws
in the jurisdictions in which we operate could limit our ability to obtain the future tax benefits
represented by deferred tax assets recorded at the balance date.
REVENUE
Substantially all of Harmonys revenues are derived from the sale of gold. As a result,
Harmonys operating results are directly related to the price of gold. Historically, the price of
gold has fluctuated widely. The gold price is affected by numerous factors over which Harmony does
not have control. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors The profitability of Harmonys
operations, and the cash flows generated by those operations, are affected by changes in the market
price for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely.
As a general rule, Harmony sells the gold it produces at market prices to obtain the maximum
benefit from prevailing gold prices and does not enter into hedging arrangements such as forward
sales or derivatives that establish a price in advance for the sale of its future gold production.
A substantial proportion of the production at each of New Hampton and Hill 50 was already
hedged when acquired by Harmony and remains hedged. In fiscal 2002, in line with Harmonys strategy
of being generally unhedged, Harmony
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reduced New Hamptons hedge book by over 900,000 ounces. In fiscal 2002, Harmony also combined
and restructured the overall hedge portfolio of Harmonys Australian operations (which include New
Hampton and Hill 50), after which all of these hedge positions were normal purchase and sales
agreements, under which Harmony had to deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date in
exchange for an agreed-upon price. During fiscal 2003, Harmony continued to reduce the hedge book
of the Australian operations by delivering into the contracts as required and by closing out
certain contracts prior to their delivery date. Forward sales contracts, call options sold and put
options purchased covering a total of approximately 330,000 ounces were closed out prior to their
delivery dates during fiscal 2003. During fiscal 2004, Harmony continued with its policy to reduce
the hedge books inherited through the acquisition of the Australian operations by closing out
further contracts totaling 500,000 ounces at a cost of approximately $15 million. In fiscal 2005,
Harmony closed out all the gold lease rate agreements associated for the Australian hedge book and
received approximately $350,000.
For accounting purposes, following the restructuring of the Australian operations hedge book
during fiscal 2002, these commodity sales agreements qualified for the normal purchase, normal
sales exception of SFAS No. 133 and were accounted for as such. However, following the early close
of certain contracts during fiscal 2003, the remaining Australian operations hedge book has been
determined to be speculative, and as such does not qualify for the normal purchase, normal sales
exception of SFAS No. 133, and is being accounted for at fair value from that date, with changes in
fair value reflected in the income statement. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk.
Harmony intends to reduce the remaining hedge positions of the Australian operations gradually
by either closing out of the agreements or by delivering gold pursuant to the relevant agreements.
During fiscal 2006, 138,000 ounces of the inherited hedge books of New Hampton and Hill 50
were closed out at a cost of $34 million. There were no costs involved in the close out of the
Australian hedge book in fiscal 2005. The cost to Harmony of closing out certain Australian
operations hedge positions in fiscal 2006, 2005 and 2004 was approximately $34 million, $Nil, and
$15 million, before taxes, respectively.
Significant changes in the price of gold over a sustained period of time may lead Harmony to
increase or decrease its production in the near-term.
Harmonys Realized Gold Price
The average gold price in US dollars received by Harmony has generally increased since January
1, 2002. In fiscal 2006, the average gold price in US dollars received by Harmony was $529 per
ounce. The market price for gold (and, accordingly, the price received by Harmony) is affected by
numerous factors over which Harmony has no control. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
The profitability of Harmonys operations, and the cash flows generated by those operations, are
affected by changes in the market price for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely.
The following table sets out the average, the high and the low London Bullion Market price of
gold and Harmonys average US dollar sales price during the past three fiscal years:
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Fiscal Year Ended |
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June 30 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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($/oz) |
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Average |
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527 |
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422 |
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389 |
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High |
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726 |
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454 |
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427 |
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Low |
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418 |
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387 |
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343 |
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Harmonys average sales price(1) |
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529 |
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427 |
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385 |
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(1) |
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Harmonys average sales price differs from the average gold price due to the timing of its
sales of gold within each year and due to the effect of delivering under the commodity hedge
contracts acquired in the New Hampton and Hill 50 transactions. |
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COSTS
Harmonys cash costs and expenses typically make up over 80% of its total costs. The remainder
of Harmonys total costs consists primarily of exploration and new business costs, employment
termination costs, corporate and sundry expenditure, and depreciation and amortization. Harmonys
cash costs consist primarily of production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
Production costs are incurred on labor, stores and utilities. Labor costs are the largest component
and typically comprise approximately 50% of Harmonys production costs. Harmonys cash costs were
reduced to approximately $196 in fiscal 2002 but they increased to $253 per ounce in fiscal 2003,
$378 per ounce in fiscal 2005 and $436 per ounce in fiscal 2006, mainly as a result of lower
production volumes, the impact of increased wages of between 6% and 7% with effect from 1 July 2005
as a result of the two year wage agreement reached with the unions in August 2005, and inflationary
pressures on our supply chain.
Harmonys costs are very sensitive to the Rand-US dollar exchange rate. The South African Rand
appreciated significantly against the US dollar in fiscal 2004. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates. Appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar
increases working costs at Harmonys South African operations when those costs are translated into
US dollars. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Because most of Harmonys production
costs are in Rand, while gold is generally sold in US dollars, Harmonys financial condition could
be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of the Rand.
The South African Rand depreciated approximately 7.5% (30 June 2006 vs 30 June 2005) against
the US dollar in fiscal 2006.
Reconciliation of Non-GAAP Measures
Total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce are non-GAAP measures.
Harmonys cash costs consist primarily of production costs and include, among other things,
ongoing development costs, which are incurred to access ore to produce current mined reserves and
are expensed as incurred. Cash costs do not include capital development costs, which are incurred
to allow access to the ore body for future mining operations and are capitalized and amortized when
the relevant reserves are mined.
Harmony has calculated total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce by dividing total cash
costs, as determined using the guidance provided by the Gold Institute, by gold ounces sold for all
periods presented. Total cash costs, as defined in the guidance provided by the Gold Institute,
include mine production costs, transport and refinery costs, applicable general and administrative
costs, costs associated with movements in production inventories and ore stockpiles and ongoing
environmental rehabilitation costs as well as transfers to and from deferred stripping and costs
associated with royalties. Ongoing employee termination cost is included, however, employee
termination costs associated with major restructuring and shaft closures are excluded.
During the financial year, the group retrospectively changed its accounting policy on the
capitalization of mine development costs and stripping costs incurred during the production phase
of a mine. See - Critical Accounting Policies. Cash costs for fiscal 2005 and 2004 have also
been retrospectively adjusted for these changes to ensure that cash costs are presented on a
consistent basis for all periods presented. Changes in cash costs per ounce are affected by
operational performance, as well as changes in the currency exchange rate between the Rand and the
US dollar and, in the case of the Australian operations, the Australian dollar. Total cash costs
and total cash costs per ounce are non-GAAP measures. Total cash costs and total cash costs per
ounce should not be considered by investors in isolation or as an alternative to net income, income
before tax, operating cash flows or any other measure of financial performance calculated in
accordance with U.S. GAAP. In particular, depreciation and amortization would be included in a
measure of total costs of producing gold under U.S. GAAP, but is not included in the guidance
provided by the Gold Institute. In addition, while the Gold Institute has provided a definition for
the calculation of total cash costs and total cash costs per ounce, the calculation of total cash
costs and total cash costs per ounce may vary from company to company and may not be comparable to
other similarly titled measures of other companies. However, Harmony believes that cash costs per
ounce is a useful indicator to investors and management of a mining companys performance as it
provides (1) an indication of the cash generating capacities of our mining operations, (2) the
trends in cash costs as the companys
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operations mature, (3) a measure of a companys performance, by comparison of cash costs per ounce
to the spot price of gold and (4) an internal benchmark of performance to allow for comparison
against other companies.
The following is a reconciliation of total cash costs, as a non-GAAP measure, to the nearest
comparable GAAP measure, total production cost inclusive of
depreciation and amortization under U.S. GAAP:
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2006 |
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(adjusted) |
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(adjusted) |
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$'000 |
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$'000 |
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$'000 |
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Total production costs per ounce calculation under U.S. GAAP |
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1,234,999 |
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1,298,437 |
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1,233,771 |
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Depreciation and amortization expense (excluding depreciation on
non-mining assets) |
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(159,433 |
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(145,325 |
) |
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(136,729 |
) |
Other items to be excluded from GAAP measure (1) |
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(18,735 |
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(16,155 |
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3,646 |
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Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization per financial
statements |
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1,056,831 |
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1,136,957 |
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1,100,688 |
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Less: share-based compensation |
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(17,055 |
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(15,618 |
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(9,446 |
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Total cash costs per ounce calculation using Gold Institute guidance |
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1,039,776 |
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1,121,339 |
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1,091,242 |
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Per ounce calculation: |
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Ounces sold |
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2,386,925 |
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2,965,265 |
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3,225,188 |
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Total cash cost per ounce using Gold Institute guidance |
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436 |
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378 |
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338 |
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Total production cost per ounce under U.S. GAAP |
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517 |
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438 |
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383 |
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(1) |
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Includes corporate costs and decrease in rehabilitation cost. |
Within this disclosure document, Harmonys discussion and analysis is focused on the total
cash costs measure as defined by the Gold Institute.
While recognizing the importance of reducing cash costs, Harmonys chief focus is on
controlling and, where possible, reducing total costs, including overhead costs. Harmony aims to
control total unit costs per ounce produced by maintaining its low total cost structure at its
existing operations and implementing this low-cost structure at the new mining operations it
acquires. Harmony has been able to reduce total costs by implementing a management structure and
philosophy that is focused on reducing management and administrative costs, implementing an ore
reserve management system that allows for greater grade control and acquiring higher grade
reserves. See Item 4. Information on the Company Business Strategy. Harmony has reduced its
costs by flattening the management structure at its operating units by removing excess layers of
management. Harmonys ore reserve management system relies on a detailed geological understanding
of the orebody backed up by closely-spaced sampling and an emphasis on grade control.
EXCHANGE RATES
Harmonys revenues and costs are very sensitive to the Rand-US dollar exchange rate.
Currently, the majority of Harmonys earnings are generated in South Africa and, as a result, most
of its costs are incurred in Rand. Since gold is generally sold in US dollars, however, most of
Harmonys revenues are received in US dollars. The average gold price received by Harmony during
fiscal 2006 increased $102 per ounce to $529 per ounce from $427 per ounce during fiscal 2005, due
to the weakness of the Rand, Harmonys overall cash costs increased at a lower rate than the level
of increase in the gold price received.
Appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar increases working costs at Harmonys South
African operations when those costs are translated into US dollars, which serves to reduce
operating margins and net income from Harmonys South African operations. Depreciation of the Rand
against the US dollar reduces these costs when they are translated into US dollars, which serves to
increase operating margins and net income from Harmonys South African operations.
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Accordingly, strength in the Rand generally results in poorer Rand earnings for Harmony.
The exchange rates obtained when converting US dollars to Rand are set by foreign exchange
markets, over which Harmony has no control. The Rand appreciated significantly against the US
dollar during the period from April 1, 2002 through December, 2004 to Rand 5.58 per US$1.00.
Subsequent to December, 2004 the Rand has depreciated against the US dollar. The conversion rate
for balance sheet items as at June 30, 2006 is Rand 7.165 per US$1.00, except for specific items
included within shareholders equity that are converted at the exchange rate prevailing on the date
the transaction was entered into. This compares with a conversion rate of Rand 6.667 per US$1.00
for balance sheet items as at June 30, 2005, reflecting a depreciation of 7.5% of the Rand against
the US dollar when compared with June 30, 2005. Income statement items were converted at the
average exchange rate for the fiscal 2006 (Rand 6.363 per US$1.00), reflecting an depreciation of
3% of the Rand against the US dollar when compared with fiscal 2005. The majority of Harmonys
working costs are incurred in Rands and as a result this depreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar would reduce Harmonys working costs when translated into US dollars. This effect was
however negated by increases in our labor costs as a result of the two year wage agreement reached
with the unions in August 2005 (in terms of the agreement increases were between 6% and 7%, and
were backdated to 1 July 2005) as well as inflationary pressures on our supply chain, which served
to decrease operating margins and net income reflected in Harmonys consolidated income statement
for fiscal 2006. Depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar would cause a decrease in Harmonys
costs in US dollar terms. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Because most of Harmonys
production costs are in Rand, while gold is generally sold in US dollars, Harmonys financial
condition could be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of the Rand.
INFLATION
Harmonys operations have been materially impacted by inflation in recent years. Because
Harmonys costs are primarily in Rand and Harmony generally sells its gold in US dollars, movements
in the Rand US dollar exchange rate may further influence the impact of inflation on Harmonys
profits. To the extent the Rand depreciates against the US dollar, this depreciation may offset the
impact of inflation. However, in fact this was not the case in fiscal 2004 where the Rand
appreciated against the US dollar significantly. The Rand depreciated in fiscal 2006, but not
enough to offset the influence of inflation on our input costs.
SOUTH AFRICAN SOCIO-ECONOMIC ENVIRONMENT
Harmony is a South African company and the majority of its operations are in South Africa. As
a result, Harmony is subject to various economic, fiscal, monetary and political policies and
factors that affect South African companies generally. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors
socio-economic instability in South Africa or regionally may have an adverse effect on Harmonys
operations and profits.
South African companies are subject to significant exchange control limitations. While
exchange controls have been relaxed in recent years, South African companies remain subject to
significant restrictions on their ability to deploy capital outside of the Southern African Common
Monetary Area. As a result, Harmony has historically financed its offshore acquisitions with
offshore long-term debt. See Item 10. Additional Information Exchange Controls.
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Years Ended June 30, 2006 and 2005
Revenues
Revenue decreased $2.0 million, or 0.2%, from $1,265.2 million in fiscal 2005 to $1,263.3
million in fiscal 2006. This decrease was attributable primarily to the fewer ounces sold during
the year due to lower production. This decrease was, however, offset by the higher average sales
price of gold received by Harmony, $529 per ounce in fiscal 2006 compared to $427 per ounce in
fiscal 2005.
Harmonys gold sales decreased 578,340 ounces, or 19.5% from 2,965,265 ounces in fiscal 2005
to 2,386,925 ounces in fiscal 2006. The grade recovered was also slightly lower, negatively
impacting on the ounces produced.
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At Masimong ounces produced decreased by 23,828 ounces, or 15%. Production volumes decreased
slightly, with the decrease in ounces primarily due to a reduction in recovered grade and days lost
to the industry through labor action.
At Unisel ounces produced increased by 7,952 ounces, or 12% as a result of increased
production tonnages through improved blasting frequencies, and an improved recovered grade.
At Evander 2, ounces produced decreased by 48,764 ounces, or 100% as a result of the decision
taken in fiscal 2005 to downscale and combine the shaft with Evander 5. Production at Evander 5
increased by 15,295 ounces, or 32% as a result of this combination. The decision to place Evander 9
on care and maintenance resulted in a decrease of 2,573 ounces. At Evander 7, ounces produced
decreased by 46,807 ounces, or 36% as a result of lower production volumes in the No 3 decline due
to a major sill intrusion, and a reduction in recovered grade as a result of the depletion of a
very high grade pay shoot area during the year. At Evander 8, despite higher production volumes,
ounces produced decreased by 23,087 ounces, or 15% as a result of a significantly lower recovered
grade from payshoot variability.
At Cooke 1, ounces produced increased by 1,394 ounces, or 2% as a result of improved recovery
grades. At Cooke 2, ounces produced increased by 5,395 ounces, or 10% as a result of improved
recovery grades as a result of a change in mining mix. At Cooke 3, ounces produced decreased by
11,542 ounces, or 10% as a result of lower production volumes.
Elandsrand ounces produced decreased with 36,504 ounces, or 18%, in fiscal 2006 than in fiscal
2005. This was due to days lost to the mining industry through labor action and the continued lack
of flexibility, which resulted in lower tonnages and recovered grades in fiscal 2006 when compared
to fiscal 2005.
At Thsepong, ounces produced decreased by 45,406 ounces, or 12%, as a result of lower
recovered grades due to decreases in the shaft and plant call factors.
At Orkney 4, ounces produced decreased by 18,074 ounces, or 23%, as a result of lower
production volumes due to seismicity, and days lost o the industry though labor action. Recovered
grade also decreased as result of switching mining from higher grade pillars to lower grade areas.
At Kalgold, ounces produced decreased by 31,124 ounces, or 29%, as a result of a lower
recovered grade from mining the lower grade A Zone due to the poor ground conditions in the eastern
wall of the higher grade D Zone.
Costs
The following table sets out Harmonys total ounces sold and weighted average cash costs per
ounce for fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005:
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Percentage |
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Year Ended June 30, |
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Year Ended June 30, |
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Increase |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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in Cash |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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(oz) |
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($/oz)(1) |
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Costs |
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Adjusted |
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SOUTH AFRICA |
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Free State operations |
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|
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Quality
assets |
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
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Masimong |
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136,153 |
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489 |
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159,981 |
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|
409 |
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|
20 |
|
Leveraged
assets |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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Harmony 2 |
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69,446 |
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|
483 |
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68,547 |
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|
438 |
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10 |
|
Merriespruit 1 |
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48,069 |
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|
501 |
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45,559 |
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477 |
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5 |
|
Merriespruit 3 |
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43,691 |
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|
554 |
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54,690 |
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|
446 |
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24 |
|
Unisel |
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72,963 |
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|
395 |
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65,011 |
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|
478 |
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(17 |
) |
Brand 3 |
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41,647 |
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|
559 |
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46,299 |
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|
494 |
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13 |
|
Brand 5 |
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469 |
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2,079 |
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33 |
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64,242 |
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(97 |
) |
Saaiplaas 3 |
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2,541 |
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1,901 |
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Surface
operations |
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15,902 |
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|
404 |
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9,542 |
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348 |
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16 |
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Evander operations |
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143
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Percentage |
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Year Ended June 30, |
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Year Ended June 30, |
|
Increase |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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in Cash |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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(oz) |
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($/oz)(1) |
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Costs |
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Adjusted |
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Quality
assets |
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Evander 2 |
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48,764 |
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562 |
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Evander 5 |
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62,388 |
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530 |
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47,093 |
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338 |
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57 |
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Evander 7 |
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83,202 |
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392 |
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130,009 |
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252 |
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56 |
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Evander 8 |
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128,849 |
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|
348 |
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151,936 |
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273 |
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27 |
|
Leveraged
assets |
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Evander 9 |
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2,573 |
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1,168 |
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Randfontein
operations |
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Quality
assets |
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Cooke 1 |
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80,495 |
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|
401 |
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79,101 |
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393 |
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2 |
|
Cooke 2 |
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59,836 |
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|
386 |
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54,441 |
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|
443 |
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(13 |
) |
Cooke 3 |
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104,758 |
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|
395 |
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116,300 |
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|
364 |
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9 |
|
Growth
assets |
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|
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Doornkop |
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43,593 |
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|
558 |
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52,695 |
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|
447 |
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25 |
|
Surface
operations |
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11,650 |
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|
431 |
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33,397 |
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|
423 |
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2 |
|
Elandskraal
operations |
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Growth
assets |
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Elandsrand |
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170,867 |
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|
523 |
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207,371 |
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|
427 |
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22 |
|
Leveraged assets |
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|
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|
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Deelkraal |
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2,284 |
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|
313 |
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Freegold operations |
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Quality assets |
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Tshepong |
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|
335,289 |
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|
332 |
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|
|
380,695 |
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|
266 |
|
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|
25 |
|
Growth
assets |
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|
|
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Phakisa |
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Leveraged assets |
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|
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|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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Bambanani |
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|
175,214 |
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|
|
497 |
|
|
|
197,535 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
18 |
|
Joel |
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|
58,595 |
|
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
64,464 |
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
Eland |
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|
4,058 |
|
|
|
263 |
|
|
|
26,782 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
(48 |
) |
Kudu/Sable |
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|
2,024 |
|
|
|
442 |
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|
25,175 |
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|
750 |
|
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|
(41 |
) |
West Shaft |
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|
25,525 |
|
|
|
535 |
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|
|
28,165 |
|
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|
458 |
|
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|
17 |
|
Nyala |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
1,228 |
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|
|
23,503 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
St. Helena |
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|
12,791 |
|
|
|
845 |
|
|
|
29,965 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
11,019 |
|
|
|
489 |
|
|
|
36,420 |
|
|
|
424 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orkney 2 |
|
|
69,877 |
|
|
|
425 |
|
|
|
78,449 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Orkney 4 |
|
|
58,897 |
|
|
|
497 |
|
|
|
76,971 |
|
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Welkom 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,734 |
|
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
|
|
Avgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Target |
|
|
150,196 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
209,847 |
|
|
|
259 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
746 |
|
|
|
1,298 |
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
275 |
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
77,071 |
|
|
|
412 |
|
|
|
108,195 |
|
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
(10 |
) |
AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt. Magnet |
|
|
148,822 |
|
|
|
399 |
|
|
|
181,233 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
19 |
|
South Kal |
|
|
82,639 |
|
|
|
454 |
|
|
|
115,615 |
|
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other entities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
2,386,925 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,965,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
378 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the capitalization of mine
development costs. This change was made retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been restated.
See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting Policies and
Estimates. for further information on the effects of this change on Harmony. |
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Harmonys weighted average cash costs increased by $58 per ounce, or 15%, from $378 per ounce
in fiscal 2005 to $436 per ounce in fiscal 2006. Cash costs per ounce vary with the working costs
per ton (which is, in turn, affected by the number of tons processed) and grade of ore processed.
Cash costs expressed in US dollars per ounce also vary with fluctuations in the Rand-US dollar
exchange rate, because most of Harmonys working costs are incurred in Rand. The increase in cash
costs expressed in US dollars per ounce in fiscal 2006 was attributable primarily to the reduction
in ounces produced during the year, increased labor costs as a result of a two year wage agreement
reached with the unions in August 2005 of between 6% and 7%, and inflationary pressures on our
supply chain. This increase was offset by the depreciation of the Rand against the US Dollar. See
Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rates.
At Masimong, cash costs increased by 20%, from $409 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $489 per ounce
in fiscal 2006. This was due to higher labor costs as a result of the implementation of CONOPS A
lower grade also negatively impacted on the cost per ounce.
At Merriespruit 3 cash costs increased from $446 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $554 per ounce in
fiscal 2006, primarily due to lower production volumes and lower recovered grades.
Brand 5 was placed on care and maintenance during fiscal 2005 and as a result the cash costs
decreased from $64,242 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $2,079 per ounce in fiscal 2006.
Cash costs decreased at Evander 2 from $562 in fiscal 2005 to nil in fiscal 2006 as there was
no production from this shaft in fiscal 2006. This was due to the downscaling and combination of
the mining operations at Evander 2 with those from Evander 5.
At Evander 5, cash costs increased from $338 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $530 per ounce in
fiscal 2006. This increase was primarily attributable to the additional labor costs incurred due to
the downscaling and combination of the mining operations of Evander 2 with those of Evander 5.
At Evander 7, cash costs increased from $252 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $392 per ounce in fiscal
2006. This increase was primarily attributable to the lower year on year production at Evander 7.
At Evander 8, cash costs increased from $273 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $348 per ounce in fiscal
2006. This increase was primarily attributable to the lower recovered grade at Evander 8.
Lower tonnage as well as a lower recovery grade at Doornkop resulted in an increase in cash
costs from $447 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $558 per ounce in fiscal 2006.
At Elandsrand, cash costs increased from $427 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $523 per ounce in
fiscal 2006, primarily as a result of lower production.
At Tshepong, cash costs increased from $266 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $332 per ounce in fiscal
2006. This decrease was primarily attributable to lower production and costs associated with the
implementation of CONOPS during the year.
Lower tonnage as a result of Shaft 4 at St. Helena being placed on care and maintenance during
fiscal 2005 as well as a lower recovered grade at St. Helena resulted in an increase in the cash
costs from $807 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $845 per ounce in fiscal 2006.
Cash costs at Target increased from $259 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $346 per ounce in fiscal
2006. This was as a result of the reduction in production volumes and recovery grade.
Cash costs at South Kal increased from $340 per ounce in fiscal 2005 to $454 per ounce in
fiscal 2006. This was as a result of the reduction in production volumes and recovery grade.
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Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization charges increased $14.2 million, or 9%, from $151.9 in fiscal
2005. to $166.1 million in fiscal 2006.
This increase was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against the US
dollar, which increased the depreciation charges for the South African operations. Also
contributing to the increase were increases at the following shafts and surface operations due to a
decrease in the reserves resulting in accelerated depreciation: Kalgold ($8 million), Elandsrand
($1.4 million) and Tshepong ($2 million). Due to a decrease in production and increase reserves the
depreciation for the following shafts decreased compared to fiscal 2005: Cooke 1 ($2 million) and
Target ($6.5 million). Depreciation on capitalized underground development cost increased
significantly at the following shafts during fiscal 2006: Doornkop ($2.4 million), Evander 8 ($2.4
million) and Tshepong ($1.8 million).
Impairment of Assets
Impairment charges decreased from $243.1 million in fiscal 2005 to $15.9 million in fiscal
2006. The $15.9 million impairment recorded in 2006 relates to an impairment loss at Lydenburg
Exploration Ltd on amounts previously capitalized as undeveloped properties for which no future
financial benefits are expected by management. The impairment charge of $243.1 million in fiscal
2005 related to adjustments and revisions in the life of mine plans for the South African
operations for expected gold production as well as working costs. These plans did not support the
carrying value of some of the operations on an undisclosed cash flow basis. As a result,
impairments were recorded at numerous shafts and pit operations, including those in Australia.
Employment Termination Costs
Employment termination costs decreased $85.5 million, from $73.2 million in fiscal 2005 to a
credit of $12.3 million in fiscal 2006. During fiscal 2006 Harmony continued with the process of a
final restructuring process in the Free State region. This process was announced in fiscal 2005.
This affected the Free State, Free Gold, ARMgold and Avgold operations. A provision for this
process was raised in fiscal 2005.
The decrease from fiscal 2005 to fiscal 2006 can be primarily attributed to the reversal of an
overprovision in costs at the Free State (decrease of $8.6 million), Free Gold (decrease of $4.8
million) and ARMgold (decrease of $0.9 million) operations. As of June 30, 2005, the company had
completed negotiations with its unions related to restructuring of a number of its shafts in South
Africa and identified employees who would be made redundant. However, subsequent to year-end and
prompted in part by strikes during the fiscal year, the company and the unions renegotiated the
terms of agreement and in the end modified the scope of redundancies and instead redeployed many of
these employees. This led to the company utilizing less of its fiscal 2004 and fiscal 2005
restructuring provisions than anticipated.
In fiscal 2005 the Company also announced the decision to downscale certain shafts and this
was communicated to the unions by June 30, 2005. Additional Costs incurred in this process during
fiscal 2006 affected the Randfontein and Elandskraal ($0.8 million), Evander ($0.9 million) and
Avgold ($0.3 million) operations.
Care and Maintenance Cost of Restructured Shafts
The charge for the care and maintenance cost of restructured shafts decreased from $29.9
million in fiscal 2005. to $27.4 million in fiscal 2006. This resulted from lower labor costs
relating to the termination of non-productive employees.
Corporate Expenditure, Exploration Expenditure and Marketing and New Business Expenditure
Corporate expenditure, exploration expenditure and marketing and new business expenditure
increased $1 million, or 2%, from $44.9 million in fiscal 2005 to $45.9 million in fiscal 2006.
This increase was due primarily to increased corporate expenditures following Harmonys
unsuccessful bid for Gold Fields ($4.2 million) and the Harmony of Tomorrow (HOT) initiative ($0.8
million). In fiscal 2006, the exploration expenditure increased by $5.1 million, primarily due
to.increased
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exploration activity in Australia (South Kal and Mt Magnet tenements) and Papua New
Guinea (Wafi and Hidden Valley
areas) See Item 4. Information on the Company Business Exploration.
Share-Based Compensation
Effective July 1, 2005, the Company adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No.
123(R), Share-Based Payments (SFAS No. 123(R)). Prior to that date, the Company applied SFAS No.
123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123) in accounting for options granted
after July 1, 2001 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB 25) together with its related interpretations in accounting for options granted
prior to July 1, 2001.
The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified retrospective transition method. Under
this method, share-based payment expense for the year ended June 30, 2006 includes: (a)
compensation cost for all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of July 1,
2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the original provisions of
SFAS No. 123, and (b) compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to July 1,
2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in accordance with the provisions of SFAS No.
123(R). Results for all prior periods presented have been adjusted based on the amounts previously
recognized under SFAS No. 123 for purposes of pro forma disclosures. See note 3. In both cases, the
Company has recognised the share-based payment expense associated with options with graded-vesting
features over the requisite service period for each separately vesting tranche of the award as
though the award were, in substance, multiple awards.
Share-based compensation expenses increased by $1.5 million, or 10%, from $15.6 million in
fiscal 2005 to $17.1 million in fiscal 2006. Share-based compensation expense is included within
Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization. No new options were granted during the
2006 fiscal year. The charge in fiscal 2006 relates to the amortization of the fair value of the
2005, 2003 and 2001 options The charge in fiscal 2005 relates to the amortization of the fair value
of the 2005, 2003 and 2001 option grants for Harmony.
Decrease in Rehabilitation Costs
As from July 1, 2002, the company adopted FAS 143 for accounting for its environmental
rehabilitation costs. The decrease in rehabilitation costs in fiscal 2006 relates primarily to
decreases in rehabilitation liability at operations in excess of associated capitalized
rehabilitation costs (net of accumulated depreciation). The decrease in the rehabilitation
liability arose because of increases in the Life of Mine, which resulted in a decrease in the
present value of the liability The gain recognized as a result of the decrease in rehabilitation
liabilities in both years was partially offset by certain expenses that were paid in cash of $1.1
million in fiscal 2006 and $1.0million in fiscal 2005, respectively.
Provision for Former Employees Post-Retirement Benefits
Harmony provides for amounts due under its former employees post-retirement benefits. In
fiscal 2006, Harmony provided $1.2 million for these benefits compared with $9.1 million in fiscal
2005, based on updated actuarial valuations performed in fiscal 2006.
Dividends Received
Dividend income increased from $2.8 million in fiscal 2006 to $3.3 million in fiscal 2006
primarily as a result of dividends received from Gold Fields.
Loss on Derivative Financial Instruments
The loss on financial instruments in fiscal 2006 was $131.4 million, as compared with a loss
in fiscal 2005 was $17.7 million. The loss relates mainly to the change in the derivative financial
liability recorded as a result of the ARM Empowerment Trust transaction as well as to the change in
the mark-to-market of derivative instruments inherited as a result of the acquisitions of New
Hampton Hill 50 and Avgold. The amount comprises a loss of $49.3 million on the ARM Empowerment
Trust derivative, a loss of $78.8 million on the Australian derivatives and a loss of $3.3 million
on derivatives held by Avgold. The loss in fiscal 2005 relates to the change in the derivative
financial liability recorded as a result of the ARM Empowerment Trust transaction and the change in
the mark-to-market of derivative instruments
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inherited as a result of the acquisitions of New
Hampton, Hill 50 and Avgold.
(Loss)/Profit on Sale of Other Assets and Listed Investments
Harmony recorded a profit of $45.3 million on the sale of other assets and listed investments
in fiscal 2006 as compared with a loss of $93.5 million in fiscal 2005. In fiscal 2006 the Company
disposed of its remaining investment held in Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) for $361.8 million.
The process was concluded through market disposals which commenced on November 10, 2005 and an open
market offering on November 15 and 16, 2005. The investment was acquired at a cost of $316.4
million, resulting in a gain of $45.4 million.
The loss in fiscal 2005 comprises a loss of $38.2 million on the sale of the investment in ARM
as well as a loss of $60.2 million on the sale of the investment in Gold Fields. These losses were
partially offset by a gain of $4.9 million on the sale of the investment in Bendigo. During the
period that the investment in Bendigo was held by Harmony, an amount of $2 million for impairment
of investment in associate was taken to the income statement. Therefore the net amount taken to the
income statement was positive $2.9 million. The profit in fiscal 2004 arose as a result of the
disposal of its investments in High River for $3.1 million, Midas Resources for $0.01 million and
Legend Mining for $1.8 million
Impairment of Listed Investments
Harmony recorded no impairments of listed investments in fiscal 2006 versus an impairment of
its investment in ARM amounting to $63.2 million in fiscal 2005. Prior to the disposal of the ARM
shares to the ARM Empowerment Trust, the market value of ARM shares decreased significantly below
cost at which it was acquired. Harmony determined that this decrease was other-than-temporary and
recorded the unrealized loss as an impairment of listed investment in consolidated statements of
operations. See Item 7. Related Party Transactions for a discussion of the accounting treatment
of the investment subsequent to its transfer to the ARM Empowerment Trust.
(Loss)/Profit on Sale of Subsidiary
A profit of $3 million was recorded during fiscal 2006 on the sale of subsidiaries, compared
to the loss of $0.1 million that was recorded during fiscal 2005. The profit in 2006 results from
the Company disposing of the entire share capital of Buffalo Creek Mines (Pty) Ltd for $17.2
million (A$ 24 million) on March 31, 2006. Buffalo Creek Mines had a net asset value to the company
of $14.2 million.
The loss in fiscal 2005 results from the disposal of the entire shareholding of Future, which
had a net asset value of $1.4 million, for $0.17 million, resulting in a loss of $1.4 million. This
loss was partially offset by profits on the sale of NACS ($0.1 million) and Ubuntu ($1.1 million).
The entire shareholding of NACS, which had a net asset value of $0.1 million, was sold for $0.2
million. Ubuntus entire shareholding was sold for $0.1 million. The net asset value was a negative
$1.0 million. The profit in fiscal 2004 is attributable to the profit on the disposal of Harmonys
investment in Harmony Gold (Canada) Incorporated (Bissett) for C$7.6 million ($5.6 million).
Harmony disposed of the entire share capital of Bissett in exchange for 5 million ordinary shares
in San Gold, 5,714,285 ordinary shares in Gold City and the balance of $2.7 million in cash. The
net asset value of Bisset was $5.5 million, resulting in a profit of $0.1 million.
Interest Income
Interest received increased from $21.4 million in fiscal 2005 to $32.5 million in fiscal 2006.
This increase was attributable primarily to the increase in interest earned on bank and call
accounts due to higher average balances through the year as well as an increase in South African
interest rates.
Interest Expense
Interest paid was $56.5 million during fiscal 2006 compared to $65.1 million during fiscal
2005. This decrease was due to the lower average interest bearing debt balance during the year.
This was mitigated to an extent by the raising of the $140 million RMB loan to finance the
acquisition of the stake in Western Areas in March 2006.
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Other (Expenses)/Income
Other expenses increased by $0.1 million, from $3.7 million in fiscal 2005 to $3.8 million in
fiscal 2006.
The increase is attributable to higher foreign exchange losses as a result of the depreciation
of the Rand. The higher exchange losses were offset by a lower bad debts amount for the year.
Income and Mining Taxes
South Africa. Harmony pays taxes on mining income and non-mining income. The amount of
Harmonys South African mining income tax is calculated on the basis of a formula that takes into
account Harmonys total revenue and profits from, and capital expenditures for, mining operations
in South Africa. Five percent of total mining revenue is exempt from taxation in South Africa. The
amount of revenue subject to taxation is calculated by subtracting capital expenditures from
operating profit. The amount by which the adjusted profit figure exceeds 5% of revenue constitutes
taxable mining income. Harmony and its subsidiaries each make their own calculation of taxable
income.
The tax rate applicable to the mining and non-mining income of a gold mining company depends
on whether the company has elected to be exempt from the Secondary Tax on Companies, or STC. The
STC is a tax on dividends declared and, at present, the STC tax rate is equal to 12.5%. To the
extent Harmony receives dividends, such dividends received are offset against the amount of
dividends paid for purposes of calculating the amount subject to the 12.5% STC tax. In 1993, all
existing South African gold mining companies had the option to elect to be exempt from STC. If the
election was made, a higher tax rate would apply for both mining and non-mining income. In 2006,
the tax rates for companies that elected the STC exemption were 45% for mining income and 37% for
non-mining income, compared with 36% for mining income and 29% for non-mining income if the STC
exemption election was not made. In 2005, the tax rates were comparable to that in 2006. A change
of the tax rate was enacted during March 2005. In 1993, Harmony elected to pay the STC tax. All of
Harmonys South African subsidiaries, excluding Avgold, elected the STC exemption.
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2005 |
Effective tax rate benefit |
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2 |
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14 |
% |
The effective tax rate for fiscal 2006 was lower than the statutory tax rate of 45% for
Harmony and its subsidiaries as a whole. The most significant reason for the decrease in the
effective tax rate in fiscal 2006 relates to the non taxable income received by way of the profit
realized on the disposal of the investment held in Goldfields.
Australia. Generally, Australia imposes tax on the worldwide income (including capital gains)
of all of Harmonys Australian incorporated and tax resident entities. The current income tax rate
for companies is 30%. Ongoing business, mining, exploration and rehabilitation costs incurred each
year are fully deductible. The cost of plant and capital mining expenditure may be depreciated and
deducted over its effective life.
The Australian legislature has introduced a Tax Consolidations Regime, under which from July
1, 2003, Harmony Gold Australia Pty Ltd and its wholly owned Australian subsidiary companies are
recognised and taxed as a single entity. Under the consolidations rules all of the Australian
subsidiary companies are treated as divisions of Harmony Gold Australia. As a result all inter
company transactions between group members are ignored for tax purposes. This allows the group to
transfer assets between group members without any tax consequences, and to utilize all tax losses
incurred by each company in the group.
Mining operations (other than operations on freehold land) are also subject to a 2.5% gold
royalty because the mineral rights are owned by the state. All gold production from the Big Bell
and Mt. Magnet operations is subject to this royalty. Most of the production from the South
Kalgoorlie operations is from freehold land and is, accordingly, exempt from this royalty.
Withholding tax is payable on dividends, interest and royalties paid by Australian residents
to non-residents, which would include any dividends on the shares of Harmonys Australian
subsidiaries that are paid to Harmony. In the case of dividend payments to non-residents, a 30%
withholding tax applies. However, where the recipient of the dividend is a
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resident of a country
with which Australia has concluded a double taxation agreement, the rate of withholding tax is
generally limited to 15% (or 10% where the dividend is paid to a companys parent company).
Where dividends are fully taxable, an effective credit is allowed against any withholding tax
otherwise payable, regardless of whether a double taxation agreement is in place.
Papua New Guinea. Harmony is in the process of developing the Hidden Valley Project in Papua
New Guinea. We are also reviewing other potential projects and carrying out extensive exploration.
Papua New Guinea mining projects are taxed on a project basis. Therefore each project is taxed
as a separate entity, even though it may be one of a number of projects carried on by the same
company. Tax losses are generally quarantined and cannot be transferred between projects.
Papua New Guinea mining companies are taxed at a rate of tax of 30%.
Capital development and exploration expenditure incurred in Papua New Guinea is capitalised
for tax purposes and can be generally deducted at 25% per annum on a diminishing value basis
against project income.
Papua New Guinea imposes dividend withholding tax of 10% on dividends paid by Papua New Guinea
mining operations to non residents. Although Papua New Guinea also imposes interest withholding tax
on interest off shore, Papua New Guinea mining operations may qualify for an exemption.
Equity Loss of Associate Companies
Equity loss of associate companies was $16.4 million in fiscal 2006 ($nil in fiscal 2005). This
amount relates to our 29.2% attributable share of losses in Western Areas for the three months from
March 9, 2006 until June 30, 2006.
(Loss)/Income Before Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
Loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle was a loss of $157.7 million
in fiscal 2006 compared with the loss of $552.5 million in fiscal 2005. This improvement was
primarily attributable to: (1) lack of significant impairments on assets and investments in the
current fiscal year ($243 million and $63 million, respectively, in fiscal 2005); (2) lack of
termination and restructuring costs in the current fiscal year ($73 million in fiscal 2005); and
finally (3) gains of $45 million in fiscal 2006 versus losses of $93 million in fiscal 2005 on
sales of listed investments. These positives were offset by the increase in derivative losses
during fiscal 2006 of $114 million.
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle, Net of Tax
The Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle, Net of Tax was a credit of $2.1
million in fiscal 2006. There was no Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle, Net of
Tax in fiscal 2005. The cumulative credit was due to the adoption of FAS123(R) during fiscal 2006,
which related to the effect of recognizing fair values including estimates for forfeitures rather than only recording them
upon actual forfeiture.
Net(Loss) Income
Net loss was $155.8 million in fiscal 2006 compared with the loss of $552.5 million in fiscal
2005. This improvement is attributed primarily to the factors described above.
Years Ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
Revenues
Revenue increased $24.9 million, or 2%, from $1,240.3 million in fiscal 2004 to $1,265.2
million in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable primarily to the higher average sales price
of gold received by Harmony, $427 per ounce in fiscal 2005 compared to $385 per ounce in fiscal
2004, and the inclusion of Avgold for the whole fiscal year, representing $70.0 million of the
increase. This increase was, however, offset by a reduction in ounces sold at most operations due
to lower production.
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Harmonys gold sales decreased 259,923 ounces, or 8% from 3,225,188 ounces in fiscal 2004 to
2,965,265 ounces in fiscal 2005. Ounces produced at the Masimong complex decreased by 74,326
ounces, or 32%, as a result of lower tonnage due to underground fires, machinery breakdowns and
various strike actions during the fiscal year. The grade recovered was also lower, negatively
impacting on the ounces produced.
At Evander 2, ounces produced decreased by 37,408 ounces, or 43% as a result of lower tonnage
due to the decision to downscale and combine the shaft with Evander 5. A lower grade recovered also
resulted in the lower production. The decision to place Evander 9 on care and maintenance resulted
in a decrease of 20,867 ounces. Evander 7 and 8 produced an additional 37,504 ounces and 42,423
ounces, respectively in fiscal 2005. This was due to a significantly higher recovery grade due to
mining higher grade areas.
Staggered initial implementation of CONOPS and the planned reduction of operations in terms of
the restructuring process at Cooke 1 resulted in a decrease of 25,067 ounces, or 24%, due to the
lower tons milled and the significantly lower recovered grade. A reduction of 36,320 ounces at
Cooke 2 was also due to staggered initial implementation of CONOPS and the planned reduction of
operations in terms of the restructuring process. An increase in the recovered grade was not
sufficient to counter the decrease in tons milled, which resulted in the lower ounces recovered.
Elandsrand produced 43,210 ounces less in fiscal 2005 than in fiscal 2004. This was due to the
cessation of mining of loss-making panels and the continued lack of flexibility, which resulted in
lower tonnage in fiscal 2005 when compared to fiscal 2004. A significant increase in the recovery
grade due to the mining of higher grade areas in the new mine was not sufficient to counter the low
tons milled.
Mining operations were discontinued at Deelkraal in June 2004, resulting in a decrease of
65,843 ounces in fiscal 2005.
Despite its results being included for the full year as opposed to nine months in fiscal 2004,
ounces produced decreased at St. Helena by 22,344 ounces. This was due to the decision to place the
shaft on care and maintenance.
The decrease in ounces produced was partially offset by the inclusion of Avgold for the whole
year, resulting in an increase of 156,413 ounces.
Also, an increase of 25,439 ounces was produced at Kalgold due to an increase in tons milled
as a result of increased plant efficiency and performance at full operation. A slight increase in
the recovery grade also impacted on the ounces produced.
Costs
The following table sets out Harmonys total ounces sold and weighted average cash costs per
ounce for fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004:
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Percentage |
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Year Ended June 30, |
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Year Ended June 30, |
|
Increase |
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2005(1) |
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2004(1)(2) |
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in Cash |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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Costs |
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Adjusted |
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Adjusted |
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SOUTH AFRICA |
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Free
State operations |
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Quality
assets |
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Masimong |
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159,981 |
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409 |
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234,307 |
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323 |
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27 |
|
Leveraged
assets |
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Harmony 2 |
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68,547 |
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438 |
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87,472 |
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365 |
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20 |
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Merriespruit 1 |
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45,559 |
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477 |
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59,062 |
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405 |
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18 |
|
Merriespruit 3 |
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54,690 |
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446 |
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76,956 |
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419 |
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6 |
|
Unisel |
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65,011 |
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478 |
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91,020 |
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403 |
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19 |
|
Brand 3 |
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46,299 |
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494 |
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59,558 |
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401 |
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23 |
|
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Percentage |
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Year Ended June 30, |
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Year Ended June 30, |
|
Increase |
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2005(1) |
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2004(1)(2) |
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in Cash |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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(oz) |
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($/oz) |
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Costs |
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Adjusted |
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Adjusted |
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Brand 5 |
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33 |
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64,242 |
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19,262 |
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692 |
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9,184 |
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Saaiplaas 3 |
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2,541 |
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1,901 |
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26,783 |
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|
503 |
|
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|
278 |
|
Surface
operations |
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9,542 |
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348 |
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26,732 |
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347 |
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0.29 |
|
Evander operations |
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Quality
assets |
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Evander 2 |
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48,764 |
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562 |
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86,172 |
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337 |
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67 |
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Evander 5 |
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47,093 |
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338 |
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48,103 |
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295 |
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15 |
|
Evander 7 |
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130,009 |
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252 |
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92,505 |
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317 |
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(21 |
) |
Evander 8 |
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151,936 |
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|
273 |
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109,513 |
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|
322 |
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|
(15 |
) |
Leveraged
assets |
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|
|
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|
|
|
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Evander 9 |
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2,573 |
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1,168 |
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23,440 |
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|
386 |
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|
|
203 |
|
Surface
operations |
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1,961 |
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|
253 |
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(100 |
) |
Randfontein
operations |
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Quality
assets |
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Cooke 1 |
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79,101 |
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|
393 |
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104,168 |
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|
283 |
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39 |
|
Cooke 2 |
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54,441 |
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|
443 |
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90,761 |
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|
337 |
|
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32 |
|
Cooke 3 |
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116,300 |
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|
364 |
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134,003 |
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|
314 |
|
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|
13 |
|
Growth
assets |
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Doornkop |
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52,695 |
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|
447 |
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65,234 |
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|
315 |
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|
42 |
|
Surface
operations |
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33,397 |
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|
423 |
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18,872 |
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|
349 |
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21 |
|
Elandskraal
operations |
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Growth
assets |
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Elandsrand |
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207,371 |
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|
427 |
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250,581 |
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|
362 |
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18 |
|
Leveraged
assets |
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Deelkraal |
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2,284 |
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|
313 |
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68,127 |
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555 |
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(44 |
) |
Surface
operations |
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5,301 |
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|
498 |
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(100 |
) |
Freegold operations |
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Quality
assets |
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Tshepong |
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380,695 |
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|
266 |
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287,771 |
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|
354 |
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25 |
|
Growth
assets |
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Phakisa |
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Leveraged
assets |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bambanani |
|
|
197,535 |
|
|
|
422 |
|
|
|
213,730 |
|
|
|
478 |
|
|
|
(12 |
) |
Joel |
|
|
64,464 |
|
|
|
450 |
|
|
|
50,590 |
|
|
|
5,175 |
|
|
|
(91 |
) |
Eland |
|
|
26,782 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
37,337 |
|
|
|
656 |
|
|
|
(24 |
) |
Kudu/Sable |
|
|
25,175 |
|
|
|
750 |
|
|
|
29,347 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
West Shaft |
|
|
28,165 |
|
|
|
458 |
|
|
|
26,565 |
|
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
5 |
|
Nyala |
|
|
23,503 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
8,891 |
|
|
|
457 |
|
|
|
64 |
|
St. Helena |
|
|
29,965 |
|
|
|
807 |
|
|
|
52,309 |
|
|
|
597 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
36,420 |
|
|
|
424 |
|
|
|
49,262 |
|
|
|
487 |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orkney 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
602 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Orkney 2 |
|
|
78,449 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
|
|
81,434 |
|
|
|
307 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
Orkney 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,413 |
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Orkney 4 |
|
|
76,971 |
|
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
67,931 |
|
|
|
288 |
|
|
|
34 |
|
Orkney 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,060 |
|
|
|
486 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Orkney 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,533 |
|
|
|
435 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Welkom 1 |
|
|
2,734 |
|
|
|
587 |
|
|
|
19,226 |
|
|
|
517 |
|
|
|
14 |
|
Welkom 2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
405 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Welkom 3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
385 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Welkom 4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,922 |
|
|
|
381 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Welkom 6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,411 |
|
|
|
371 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Welkom 7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,902 |
|
|
|
360 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Avgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Target |
|
|
209,847 |
|
|
|
259 |
|
|
|
53,434 |
|
|
|
215 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
346 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
152
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage |
|
|
Year Ended June 30, |
|
Year Ended June 30, |
|
Increase |
|
|
2005(1) |
|
2004(1)(2) |
|
in Cash |
|
|
(oz) |
|
($/oz) |
|
(oz) |
|
($/oz) |
|
Costs |
|
|
|
|
Adjusted |
|
|
|
Adjusted |
|
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
108,195 |
|
|
|
373 |
|
|
|
82,756 |
|
|
|
345 |
|
|
|
8 |
|
AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt. Magnet |
|
|
181,233 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
173,228 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
0 |
|
South Kal |
|
|
115,615 |
|
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
120,532 |
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
6 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other entities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,528 |
|
|
|
302 |
|
|
|
(100 |
) |
Total |
|
|
2,965,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,225,188 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
338 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
During 2006, the Company changed its accounting policy for the capitalization of mine
development costs. This change was made retrospectively, and comparative numbers have been
restated. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting
Policies and Estimates. for further information on the effects of this change on Harmony. |
|
(2) |
|
Includes nine months of production from Free Gold and ARMgold and two months from production
from Avgolds Target operations |
Harmonys weighted average cash costs increased by $40 per ounce, or 11.8%, from $338 per
ounce in fiscal 2004 to $378 per ounce in fiscal 2005. Cash costs per ounce vary with the working
costs per ton (which is, in turn, affected by the number of tons processed) and grade of ore
processed. Cash costs expressed in US dollars per ounce also vary with fluctuations in the Rand-US
dollar exchange rate, because most of Harmonys working costs are incurred in Rand. The increase in
cash costs expressed in US dollars per ounce in fiscal 2005 was attributable primarily to the
appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
Prospects Exchange Rates. Cash costs per ounce in US dollars were also negatively impacted by
increases in the costs of labor and supplies at Harmonys South African operations due to the
implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
At Masimong, cash costs increased by 27%, from $323 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $409 per ounce
in fiscal 2005. This was due to higher labor costs as a result of the delayed restructuring at No.
4 shaft. A lower grade also negatively impacted on the cost per ounce.
Brand 5 was placed on care and maintenance during fiscal 2005 and as a result the cash costs
increased from $692 per ounce to $64,242 per ounce.
Pillar extraction is being conducted at Saaiplaas 3, and this costly form of mining resulted
in an increase in cash costs from $503 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $1,901 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs increased at Evander 2 from $337 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $562 in fiscal 2005.
This was due to a lower output as well as lower recovered grade.
At Evander 7 and 8, cash costs decreased in US dollar terms by 21% and 15% to $252 and $273
respectively. This was due to a significant increase in grade recovered due to improved production
efficiencies, and partially to an increase in tonnage at Evander 8.
Due to the shaft being placed on care and maintenance, cash costs at Evander 9 increased from
$386 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $1,168 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Lower production due to a change in the mining mix (move from conventional to pillar mining,
which is more costly) and seismicity resulted in an increase in the cash per ounce at Cooke 1, from
$283 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $393 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
At Cooke 2, the costs involved in the initial implementation of CONOPS as well as the lower
production due to the restructuring resulted in an increase of the cash costs from $337 per ounce
in fiscal 2004 to $443 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
153
Lower tonnage as well as a lower recovery grade at Doornkop resulted in an increase in cash
costs from $315 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $447 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Underground mining at Deelkraal was stopped during June 2004, due to the lower gold price in
Rand terms. Since then vamping and reclamation operations have been ongoing. This resulted in the
decrease of $242, or 43.6%, in cash costs.
Operations were ceased at Eland during fiscal 2005, resulting in a decrease in the cash costs
from $656 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $500 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs at Kudu/Sable were negatively impacted by lower production, lower recovery grade as
well as static fixed costs, resulting in an increase of 37% from $548 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to
$750 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs at Nyala increased from $457 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $748 per ounce in fiscal
2005 as a result of the costs involved in starting up the shaft. This led to the shaft being closed
during March 2005.
Lower tonnage as a result of Shaft 4 at St. Helena being placed on care and maintenance during
fiscal 2005 as well as a lower recovered grade at St. Helena resulted in an increase in the cash
costs from $597 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $807 per ounce in fiscal 2005.
Cash costs at Target increased by 21% from $215 per ounce in fiscal 2004 to $259 per ounce in
fiscal 2005. This was as a result of the reduction in recovery grade.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization charges increased $12.1 million, or 8.7%, from $139.8 million in
fiscal 2004 to $151.9 million in fiscal 2005. This increase was attributable primarily to the
appreciation of the Rand against the US dollar, which increased the depreciation charges for the
South African operations, the inclusion of Avgold for the full year as well as the depreciation
charge on underground development cost capitalized, in accordance with the change in accounting
policy. See note 3 of Item 18: Financial Statements, Accounting Policies for more information on
this change. Also contributing to the increase were increases at the following shafts and surface
operations due to a decrease in the reserves resulting in accelerated depreciation: Cooke 1 ($3.3
million), Cooke 2 ($0.8 million), Doornkop ($1.2 million), Kalgold ($1.1 million). The inclusion
for a full year as opposed to nine months in 2004 as well as a decrease in its reserves resulted in
an increase of $5.5 million at Tshepong shaft. Decreased production at the following shafts
resulted in a decrease during fiscal 2005: Masimong complex ($0.8 million), Unisel ($0.6 million),
Evander 2 ($0.7 million), Cooke 3 ($1.4 million), Deelkraal ($1.4 million), St. Helena ($0.9
million), Orkney 2 ($1.0 million), Orkney 4 ($1.1 million). Also contributing to the decrease was a
decrease of $7.1 million in the charge for Australia for fiscal 2005. Depreciation on capitalized
underground development cost decreased $2.9 million, from $37.4 million in fiscal 2004 to $34.5
million in fiscal 2005. This was mainly attributable to the following shafts: Cooke 2 ($2.6
million), Elandsrand ($1.8 million) and an increase in the charge from Tshepong ($2 million).
Impairment of Assets
Impairment charges increased from $3.1 million in fiscal 2004 to $243.1 million in fiscal
2005. The life of mine plans for the South African operations were revised and adjusted for
expected gold production as well as working costs. These plans did not support the carrying value
of some of the operations on an undiscounted cash flow basis. As a result, impairments were
recorded at the following shafts: Masimong complex ($15.9 million), Unisel ($8.9 million), Brand
5($3.1 million), Saaiplaas 3 ($0.3 million), Free State surface ($13.8 million), Evander 2 ($7.8
million), Evander 5 ($7.5 million), Joel ($2.1 million), Kudu/Sable ($6.5 million), Nyala ($16.6
million), St. Helena ($20.5 million), Freegold surface ($6.9 million), ARMgold ($0.5 million),
Kalgold ($12.4 million). Impairments were also recorded at Mt Magnet ($51.8 million), South
Kalgoorlie ($36.4 million) and other entities in Australia ($32.1 million) as a result of
management writing down amounts that had been previously capitalized as undeveloped properties, for
which they do not expect any future financial benefit, as well as a review performed on the life of
mine plans, adjusting for expected gold production as well as working costs.
154
The impairment for fiscal 2004 was attributable to the depletion of open pit reserves through
mining activities in the current year at the South Kalgoorlie operation in Australia. Despite
continued exploration around the South Kalgoorlie area in the year, the mine reserves from the open
pits were not replaced, which negatively impacted on ore reserves declared at the end of the fiscal
year.
Employment Termination Costs
Employment termination costs increased $41.5 million, or 131%, from $31.7 million in fiscal
2004 to $73.2 million in fiscal 2005. During March 2005, the Company announced that it had
commenced a final restructuring process in the Free State region. This affected the Free State,
Free Gold, ARMgold and Avgold operations. The Company also announced the decision to downscale
certain shafts and this was communicated to the unions by June 30, 2005. A provision for this
process was raised at year end. The increase can be primarily attributed to increases in costs at
the Free State (increase of $11.8 million), Randfontein and Elandskraal (increase of $8.5 million)
and Free Gold (increase of $21.3 million) operations.
Care and Maintenance Cost of Restructured Shafts
The charge for the care and maintenance cost of restructured shafts increased from $nil in
fiscal 2004 to $29.9 million in fiscal 2005. This resulted from excess labor costs relating to
employees who did not work or contribute to production and whose employment could not be
terminated. The negotiations for the termination were concluded by the fiscal year end.
Corporate Expenditure, Exploration Expenditure and Marketing and New Business Expenditure
Corporate expenditure, exploration expenditure and marketing and new business expenditure
increased $2.4 million, or 6%, from $42.5 million in fiscal 2004 to $44.9 million in fiscal 2005.
This increase was due primarily to increased corporate expenditures following Harmonys bid for
Gold Fields ($2.9 million) and the commencement of a project to ensure compliance with Sarbanes
Oxley requirements ($2.1 million). In fiscal 2005, the exploration expenditure decreased by $4.1
million, primarily due to the sale of the Kalplats project as well as Papua New Guinea moving into
the capitalization phase. See Item 4. Information on the Company Business Exploration.
Share-Based Compensation
Harmony adopted SFAS No. 123 on July 1, 2002. SFAS No. 123 requires that all share options
granted subsequent to that date be fair valued, and that the fair value be recognized as
share-based compensation expense over the options vesting period. Share-based compensation expense
is included within Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization.
Share-based compensation expenses increased by $6.2 million, or 66%, from $9.4 million in
fiscal 2004 to $15.6 million in fiscal 2005. New options were granted during the year, on August
10, 2004 as well as April 26, 2005. The charge in fiscal 2005 relates to the amortization of the
fair value of these 2005 options as well as the 2003 and 2001 options The charge in fiscal 2004
relates to the amortization of the fair value of 2003 and 2001 option grants for Harmony and its
subsidiary Abelle.
Decrease in Rehabilitation Costs
As from July 1, 2002, the company adopted FAS 143 for accounting for its environmental
rehabilitation costs. The decrease in rehabilitation costs in fiscal 2005 relates primarily to
decreases in rehabilitation liability at operations in excess of associated capitalized
rehabilitation costs (net of accumulated depreciation). The decrease in the rehabilitation
liability arose because of increases in the Life of Mine, which resulted in a decrease in the
present value of the liability The gain recognized as a result of the decrease in rehabilitation
liabilities in both years was partially offset by certain expenses that were paid in cash of $1.0
million in fiscal 2005 and $1.6 million in fiscal 2004, respectively.
Provision for Former Employees Post-Retirement Benefits
155
Harmony provides for amounts due under its former employees post-retirement benefits. In
fiscal 2005, Harmony
provided $9.1 million for these benefits compared with $nil million in fiscal 2004, based on
updated actuarial valuations performed in fiscal 2005.
Dividends Received
Dividend income increased from $0.5 million in fiscal 2004 to $2.8 million in fiscal 2005 as a
result of dividends received from Gold Fields.
Loss on Derivative Financial Instruments
The loss on financial instruments in fiscal 2005 was $17.7 million, as compared with a loss in
fiscal 2004 of $32.4 million. The loss relates mainly to the change in the derivative financial
liability recorded as a result of the ARM Empowerment Trust transaction as well as to the change in
the mark-to-market of derivative instruments inherited as a result of the acquisitions of New
Hampton, Hill 50 and Avgold. The amount comprises a loss of $20.4 million on the ARM Empowerment
Trust derivative, a gain of $8.9 million on the Australian derivatives and a loss of $6.2 million
on derivatives held by Avgold. The loss in fiscal 2004 relates to the change in the mark-to-market
of derivative instruments inherited as a result of the acquisitions of New Hampton, Hill 50 and
Avgold.
(Loss)/Profit on Sale of Other Assets and Listed Investments
Harmony recorded a loss of $93.5 million on the sale of other assets and listed investments in
fiscal 2005 as compared with a profit of $4.9 million in fiscal 2004. The loss in fiscal 2005
comprises a loss of $38.2 million on the sale of the investment in ARM as well as a loss of $60.2
million on the sale of the investment in Gold Fields. These losses were partially offset by a gain
of $4.9 million on the sale of the investment in Bendigo. During the period that the investment in
Bendigo was held by Harmony, an amount of $2 million for impairment of investment in associate was
taken to the income statement. Therefore the net amount taken to the income statement was positive
$2.9 million. The profit in fiscal 2004 arose as a result of the disposal of its investments in
High River for $3.1 million, Midas Resources for $0.01 million and Legend Mining for $1.8 million.
Impairment of Listed Investments
Harmony recorded an impairment of its investment in ARM amounting to $63.2 million in fiscal
2005. Prior to the disposal of the ARM shares to the ARM Empowerment Trust, the market value of ARM
shares decreased significantly below cost at which it was acquired. Harmony determined that this
decrease was other-than-temporary and recorded the unrealized loss as an impairment of listed
investment in consolidated statements of operations. See Item 7. Related Party Transactions for a
discussion of the accounting treatment of the investment subsequent to its transfer to the ARM
Empowerment Trust.
Profit on Sale and Loss on Dilution of Investment in Associates
Profit on sale of investments in associates decreased to $nil in fiscal 2005 from $77.6
million in fiscal 2004. The amount in fiscal 2004 is attributable to the disposal of Harmonys
investment in Highland Gold Limited on October 14, 2003 for $119.7 million. The investment was
acquired at a cost of $42.1 million and Harmony equity accounted for the earnings from Highland
Gold, resulting in a profit of $77.6 million.
Loss of dilution of investments decreased from $12.5 million in fiscal 2004 to $nil in fiscal
2005. The charge in fiscal 2004 is attributable to the dilution of Harmonys investment in ARM.
Harmony and ARMgold purchased the investment in ARM through a joint venture, Clidet 454
(Proprietary) Limited for $230 million. Since the acquisition Harmony has equity accounted for the
earnings of ARM. The carrying value of the investment was $260.9 million at April 30, 2004 before
the dilution. Following a range of transactions between Harmony, ARM and ARMI, Harmonys interest
in ARM was diluted from 34.5% to 19.0%, resulting in a loss of $12.5 million on the dilution.
(Loss)/Profit on Sale of Subsidiary
A loss of $0.1 million was recorded during fiscal 2005 on the sale of subsidiaries, compared
to the profit on sale of
156
subsidiaries of $0.1 million in fiscal 2004. The loss in fiscal 2005
results from the disposal of the entire shareholding of
Future, which had a net asset value of $1.4 million, for $0.17 million, resulting in a loss of
$1.4 million. This loss was partially offset by profits on the sale of NACS ($0.1 million) and
Ubuntu ($1.1 million). The entire shareholding of NACS, which had a net asset value of $0.1
million, was sold for $0.2 million. Ubuntus entire shareholding was sold for $0.1 million. The net
asset value was a negative $1.0 million. The profit in fiscal 2004 is attributable to the profit on
the disposal of Harmonys investment in Harmony Gold (Canada) Incorporated (Bissett) $5.6
million. Harmony disposed of the entire share capital of Bissett in exchange for 5 million ordinary
shares in San Gold, 5,714,285 ordinary shares in Gold City and the balance of $2.7 million in cash.
The net asset value of Bisset was $5.5 million, resulting in a profit of $0.1 million.
Interest Income
Interest received decreased from $28.0 million in fiscal 2004 to $21.4 million in fiscal 2005.
This decrease was attributable primarily to the decrease in interest earned on bank and call
accounts due to lower balances through the year as well as a decrease in the interest rate.
Interest Expense
Interest expense was paid $65.1 million during fiscal 2005 compared to $64.3 million during
fiscal 2004. A portion of this increase was due to the interest of $0.8 million on the short-term
borrowings for Avgold being included for the full year. Also contributing to the increase is the
interest relating to the ARM Empowerment Trust transaction ($2.6 million). An amount of $4.1
million relating to the time value of money portion of the rehabilitation costs was included in the
interest paid in fiscal 2005, being a decrease of $3.3 million from fiscal 2004.
Other (Expenses)/Income
Other income decreased by $17.9 million, from a positive $14.2 million in fiscal 2004 to a
negative $3.7 million in fiscal 2005. The decrease is due to the increase in bad debts of $6.0
million and the increase of $6.7 million in the net expenses in fiscal 2005. Also contributing was
the decrease in the profit on sale of mining assets, with a decrease of $9.8 million in fiscal
2005, from $22.3 million in fiscal 2004 to $12.5 million in fiscal 2005.
Income and Mining Taxes
South Africa. Harmony pays taxes on mining income and non-mining income. The amount of
Harmonys South African mining income tax is calculated on the basis of a formula that takes into
account Harmonys total revenue and profits from, and capital expenditures for, mining operations
in South Africa. Five percent of total mining revenue is exempt from taxation in South Africa. The
amount of revenue subject to taxation is calculated by subtracting capital expenditures from
operating profit. The amount by which the adjusted profit figure exceeds 5% of revenue constitutes
taxable mining income. Harmony and its subsidiaries each make their own calculation of taxable
income.
The tax rate applicable to the mining and non-mining income of a gold mining company depends
on whether the company has elected to be exempt from the Secondary Tax on Companies, or STC. The
STC is a tax on dividends declared and, at present, the STC tax rate is equal to 12.5%. To the
extent Harmony receives dividends, such dividends received are offset against the amount of
dividends paid for purposes of calculating the amount subject to the 12.5% STC tax. In 1993, all
existing South African gold mining companies had the option to elect to be exempt from STC. If the
election was made, a higher tax rate would apply for both mining and non-mining income. In 2005,
the tax rates for companies that elected the STC exemption were 45% for mining income and 37% for
non-mining income, compared with 36% for mining income and 29% for non-mining income if the STC
exemption election was not made. In 2004, the tax rates for companies that elected the STC
exemption were 46% for mining income and 38% for non-mining income, compared with 37% for mining
income and 30% for non-mining income if the STC exemption election was not made. A change of the
tax rate was enacted during March 2005. In 1993, Harmony elected to pay the STC tax. All of
Harmonys South African subsidiaries, excluding Avgold, elected the STC exemption.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income and Mining Tax |
|
2005 |
|
2004 |
Effective tax rate benefit |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
|
75 |
% |
157
The effective tax rate for fiscal 2005 was lower than the statutory tax rate of 46% for
Harmony and its subsidiaries as a whole. The most significant reason for the decrease in the effective tax rate in fiscal 2005
was related to the further reduction in profitability from fiscal 2004 as well as reduction in
estimated life of mines which resulted in lower assumed future tax rates, thus resulting in a
reversal of deferred tax into current tax expense.
Australia. Generally, Australia imposes tax on the worldwide income (including capital gains)
of all of Harmonys Australian incorporated and tax resident entities. The current income tax rate
for companies is 30%. Exploration costs and the depreciation of capital expenditure may be deducted
from income. In addition, other expenditures, such as export market development, mine closure costs
and the defense of native title claims, may be deducted from income. With effect from July 1, 1998,
mining operations (other than operations on freehold land) are also subject to a 2.5% gold royalty
because the mineral rights are owned by the state. All gold production from the Big Bell and Mt.
Magnet operations is subject to this royalty. Most of the production from the South Kalgoorlie
operations is from freehold land and is, accordingly, exempt from this royalty.
With effect from July 1, 2001, the Australian legislature introduced a Uniform Capital
Allowance, which allows tax deductions for depreciation attributable to assets and certain other
capital expenditures. In addition, under current Australian tax law, certain grouping concessions
are available to companies in the same ultimate control group. These concessions include the
ability to group losses and obtain capital gains tax roll-over relief from the transfer of assets
among two or more entities if the entities are engaged in the same business or if the entities are
wholly-owned by the same entity. Harmonys subsidiaries in Australia accordingly qualify to
transfer losses from one entity to another in the event that a loss is made in one entity and a
profit is generated in another.
Withholding tax is payable on dividends, interest and royalties paid by Australian residents
to non-residents, which would include any dividends on the shares of Harmonys Australian
subsidiaries that are paid to Harmony. In the case of dividend payments to non-residents, a 30%
withholding tax applies. However, where the recipient of the dividend is a resident of a country
with which Australia has concluded a double taxation agreement, the rate of withholding tax is
generally limited to 15% (or 10% where the dividend is paid to a companys parent company). Where
dividends are fully taxable, an effective credit is allowed against any withholding tax otherwise
payable, regardless of whether a double taxation agreement is in place.
Equity Income of Joint Venture
Equity income of joint venture decreased to $nil in fiscal 2005 from $9.5 million in fiscal
2004. The decrease arose due to Free Gold and Clidet becoming wholly-owned subsidiaries as of
September 22, 2003 after the merger of Harmony and ARMgold. Therefore, the equity income of joint
ventures is for three months of fiscal 2004.
Equity Profit/(Loss) of Associate Companies
Equity profit/(loss) of associate companies was decreased from a profit of $2.0 million in
fiscal 2004 to $nil in fiscal 2005. The profit in fiscal 2004 is primarily attributable to
Harmonys proportionate share of profits in Highland Gold ($1.2 million) and ARM ($6.0 million) and
costs in Avgold ($1.6 million) and Bendigo ($3.6 million). The costs in Bendigo relate to
exploration expenditure.
Impairment of Investment in Associate
The impairment of investment in associate decreased from $2.0 million in fiscal 2004 to $nil
in fiscal 2005. The charge in fiscal 2004 is due to a decrease in the carrying value of Bendigo. At
the time of its investment in Bendigo during fiscal 2002, Bendigos shares were trading at A$2.90
per share on the Australian stock exchange. During fiscal 2004, the share price decreased to A$0.88
per share, which is below the carrying value of the investment in Harmonys records, resulting in
an impairment of $2.0 million to reflect the current value of the investment of $19.9 million.
(Loss)/Income Before Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle
Loss before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle was $552.5 million in fiscal
2005 compared with a profit of $0.2 million in fiscal 2004. This decrease was primarily
attributable to: (1) the significant increase in impairments
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on assets and investments in fiscal
2005 ($240 million and $63 million, respectively); (2) the increase in employee
termination and restructuring costs as well as care and maintenance costs of restructured
shafts in fiscal 2005 ($42 million and $30 million, respectively) and finally; (3) increased loss
on sales of listed investments and decrease in gains on sale and dilution of investments in
associates net in fiscal 2005 ($89 million and $65 million, respectively).
Cumulative Effect of Change in Accounting Principle, Net of Tax
There was no charge for the cumulative effect of change in accounting principle.
Net(Loss) Income
Net loss was $552.5 million in fiscal 2005 compared with a profit of $0.2 million in fiscal
2004. This decrease is attributed primarily to the factors described above.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS.
In June 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued FASB Interpretation No.
48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, (FIN 48) an interpretation of FASB Statement No.
109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN 48 prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement
attribute for the financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position taken or
expected to be taken in a tax return. The Interpretation requires that we recognize in the
financial statements, the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of
being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. FIN 48 also provides
guidance on derecognition, classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim periods
and disclosure. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective beginning July 1, 2006 with the cumulative
effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to the opening balance of
retained earnings. We are currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN 48 on our financial
statements.
In September 2006, The FASB issued SFAS No. 157 Fair Value Measurements (SFAS 157). This
Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands
disclosures about fair value measurements. This Statement does not require any new fair value
measurements, it emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an entity-specific
measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement should be determined based on the assumptions that
market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. SFAS 157 expands disclosures about
the use of fair value to measure assets and liabilities in interim and annual periods subsequent to
initial recognition. This statement applies for derivatives and other financial instruments
measured at fair value under SFAS No. 133, Derivative Financial Instruments at initial
recognition and in all subsequent periods. We will be required to adopt SFAS 157 on July 1, 2008,
and is currently evaluating the impact of SFAS 157 on our financial position and results of
operations.
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employers Accounting for Defined Benefit
Pension and Other Postretirement Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)
(SFAS 158). SFAS 158 improves financial reporting by requiring an employer to recognize the
overfunded or underfunded status of a defined benefit postretirement plan (other than a
multiemployer plan) as an asset or liability in its statement of financial position and to
recognize changes in that funded status in the year in which the changes occur through
comprehensive income. SFAS 158 requires an employer to measure the funded status of a plan as of
the date of its year-end statement of financial position, with limited exceptions. The provisions
of SFAS 158 will be applicable for the Company as of the year ended June 30, 2007. The Company is
in the process of evaluating the potential impact the adoption of this standard will have on its
financial position and results of operations.
In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108 (SAB 108). The
interpretations in SAB 108 express the staffs views regarding the process of quantifying financial
statement misstatements. The staff believes registrants must consider the impact of correcting all
mistatements, including the effect of misstatements that were not corrected at the end of the prior
year. These prior year misstatements should be considered in quantifying misstatements in current
year financial statements. Thus, a registrants financial statements would require adjustment when
the assessment in the current year or in prior years results in qualifying a misstatement that is
material, after considering all relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. The Company will be
required to adopt SAB 108 on July 1, 2007, and is currently evaluating the impact of SAB 108 on its
financial position and results of operations.
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LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Funding and treasury policies are managed centrally by Harmony. There are no legal or economic
restrictions on the ability of Harmonys subsidiaries to transfer funds to Harmony. Harmony has
generally funded its operations and its short-term and long-term liquidity requirements from (i)
cash generated from operations, (ii) credit facilities and other borrowings and (iii) sales of
equity securities.
Cash Resources
Operations
Net cash provided by operations is primarily affected by the quantities of gold sold, the gold
price, the Rand-US dollar exchange rate, cash costs per ounce and, in the case of the Australian
operations, the Australian dollar-US dollar exchange rate. A significant adverse change in one or
more of these parameters could materially reduce cash provided by operations as a source of
liquidity.
Net cash generated by operations was $51.8 million in fiscal 2006, as compared with net cash
utilized of $115.6 million in fiscal 2005. This improvement is attributable primarily to the higher
gold price received during the year and lower production costs during the year, which were lower by
$80.1 million due to lower production volumes. Negating the effect of the improvement was the
increase in the working capital charges of $8.7 million. Income and mining taxes received decreased
by $7.1 million in fiscal 2006.
Net cash utilized by operations was $115.6 million in fiscal 2005, as compared with $9.6 million in
fiscal 2004. This increase is attributable primarily to higher costs due to the appreciation of the
Rand against the US dollar (which increased costs when translated into U.S. dollars), which more
than offset increased gold sales from higher US dollar denominated gold price. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Exchange Rate. Also impacting on the increase was
the decrease in the working capital charges of $81.9 million. Income and mining taxes paid
decreased by $74.9 million in fiscal 2005 and this partially offset the increase in cash paid to
suppliers and employees.
Investing
Net cash utilized by investing activities was $246.9 million in fiscal 2006, as compared with net
cash generated of $157.9 million in fiscal 2005. This decrease was mainly due to the acquisition of
the Western Areas Limited shares on March 14, 2006 ($321.5 million). During fiscal 2006 capital
expenditure increased by $43.2 million to $271.8 million, which further decreased the cash
generated from investing activities.
Net cash generated by investing activities was $157.9 million in fiscal 2005, as compared with
net cash utilized of $22.5 million in fiscal 2004. This increase was mainly due to the increase in
the proceeds received for the sale of listed investments ($234.0 million), including the sale of
Gold Fields shares. This was partially offset by the costs for acquiring the investment in Gold
Fields, which amounted to $13.8 million in fiscal 2005. Further contributing to the decrease was a
decrease of $100.2 million in the cash held by subsidiaries on acquisition, from $100.9 million to
$0.7 million. During fiscal 2005, capital expenditure increased by $35.1 million to $228.5 million,
which helped offset the increase in the cash generated from investing activities.
Financing
Net cash utilized by financing activities was $16.6 million in fiscal 2006, as compared with
net cash generated of $7.7 million in fiscal 2005. This decrease was mainly due to the repayment of
borrowings during the year.
Net cash generated by financing activities was $7.7 million in fiscal 2005, as compared with
$4.4 million utilized in fiscal 2004. This increase was mainly due to the decrease in dividends
paid, from $54.9 million in fiscal 2004 to $14.5 million in fiscal 2005, resulting in a decrease of
$40.4 million. This was partially offset by an increase in shares issue expenses, primarily due to
the issue of the shares for the investment in Gold Fields, which resulted in a decrease of $17.4
million in fiscal 2005. Also offsetting the increase was a decrease in the amount of net long-term
financing, from $42.8 million in fiscal 2004 to $31.9 million in fiscal 2005.
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Outstanding Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings
On July 30, 2003, Africa Vanguard Resources (Doornkop) (Proprietary) Limited (AVR) entered
into a term loan facility of R116 million ($16 million) with Nedbank Limited for the purpose of
partially funding AVRs purchase of an undivided 26% share of the Mining titles, to be contributed
to the Doornkop joint venture with Randfontein. Interest at a fixed rate equal to JIBAR plus the
applicable margin plus stamp duties and holding costs shall be repayable to the extent that the
borrower received profit participation interest for the interest periods. Unpaid interest shall be
capitalized and repaid with the loan amount. The loan amount and any interest accrued are repayable
on July 30, 2008. Interest capitalized during the fiscal 2006 was $2.3 million compared to $1.9
million in fiscal 2005 (fiscal 2004 was $1.7 million).
During fiscal 2005, Africa Vanguard borrowed an additional R18 million ($2.8 million) from its
holding company Africa Vanguard Resources to service working capital commitments (fiscal 2004: R14
million ($2 million)). The loan is uncollateralized and interest free, with no fixed terms of
repayment.
During December 2003 Musuku Beneficiation Systems (Proprietary) Limited, a wholly owned
subsidiary of the Company, entered into a long term loan facility of R2 million ($0.3 million) with
Auriel Alloys for the purpose of financing the acquisition of Dental Alloy equipment. The loan
bears interest at 11% and is payable by way of 60 installments of R50,000 ($6,974) each.
On May 21, 2004 Harmony issued an international unsecured fixed rate convertible bond in an
aggregate principal amount of R1.7 billion. Interest at a rate of 4.875% per annum is payable
semi-annually in arrears on May 21 and November 21, of each year, commencing November 21, 2004. The
bonds are convertible at the option of the bondholders at any time on or after July 1, 2004 and up
to and including May 15, 2009 unless previously redeemed, converted or purchased and cancelled,
into fully paid ordinary shares, at nominal value R0.50 per share. The bonds are listed on the
London Stock Exchange for bonds. Harmony issued the bonds to raise funds in order to refinance its
domestic Rand debt. The terms and conditions of the bonds prohibit Harmony and its material
subsidiaries from creating any encumbrance or security interest over any of its assets to secure
any relevant debt (or any guarantee or indemnity in respect of any relevant debt) without according
the same security to the bondholders or without obtaining the prior approval of the bondholders.
Including in the amortization charge as per the income statement is $1.4 million compared to $1.4
million in 2005 and $0.1 million in 2004 for amortization of the bond issue costs.
On April 15, 2005, the ARM Empowerment Trust entered into a term loan facility of R356 million
($56.7 million) with Nedbank Limited for the purpose of funding the ARM Empowerment Trusts partial
acquisition of the ARM shares held by Harmony. The loan bears interest, compounded monthly, at a
fixed rate of 10.02%. Interest capitalized during the year ended June 30, 2006 amounted to $6
million compared to $1.3 million in fiscal 2005. The loan is repayable on the fifth anniversary of
the advance date.
On April 15, 2005 the ARM Empowerment Trust entered into a second term loan facility of R474
million ($75.4 million) with Nedbank Limited for the purpose of funding the balance of the ARM
Empowerment Trusts acquisition of the ARM shares held by the Harmony. The loan bears interest,
compounded monthly, at a fixed rate of 9.52%. Interest capitalized during the year ended June 30,
2006 amounted to $7.6 million. Interest and additional charges capitalized during the year ended
June 30, 2005 amounted to $1.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The loan is repayable on
the fifth anniversary of the advance date.
On 9 March 2006, Harmony Gold Mining Company entered into a term loan facility of R1.0 billion
($159.7 million) with Rand Merchant Bank, for the purpose of partially funding the acquisition of
the 29.2% stake in Western Areas. Interest is compounded at a rate equal to three-month JIBAR plus
1.5%. The loan amount is payable on 13 March 2007 and interest, which is compounded monthly, is
payable quarterly from 13 June 2006.
Recently Retired Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings
On May 8, 2003, Harmony entered into a Rand-denominated term loan facility of Rand 850 million
($130.4 million), all of which has been drawn down, with Nedbank Limited for the purpose of funding
Harmonys acquisition of 17.25% of the outstanding share capital of ARM Limited. This facility was
guaranteed by Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and Lydex. The loan was repayable in full on November
8, 2004. The loan bore interest at a rate equal to 3 months JIBAR plus 1.5% plus
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specified costs, which was accrued daily from the drawdown date and was payable quarterly in
arrears. Harmony settled this loan in full on June 30, 2004.
On April 18, 2002, Harmony entered into a Rand-denominated term loan facility of Rand 500
million ($76.7 million), all of which has been drawn down, with BoE Bank Limited for the purpose of
partially funding (i) Harmonys acquisition of shares in Free Gold and (ii) loans made by Harmony
to Free Gold in connection with the acquisition of the Free Gold assets. This facility was secured
by a pledge of Harmonys shares in Free Gold and is guaranteed by Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and
Lydex. The loan was repayable in full on April 23, 2006, and eight equal semi-annual installments
due beginning October 23, 2002. The loan bore interest at a rate equal to JIBAR plus 1.5% plus
specified costs, which is accrued daily from the drawdown date and was payable quarterly in arrears
commencing July 23, 2002. Pursuant to the terms of this facility, Harmony was required to maintain
specified ratios of earnings to debt service and borrowings, as well as a specified level of
consolidated tangible net worth. In addition, pursuant to this facility, Harmony was subject to
specified limits on its ability to (i) permit encumbrances over pledged revenues or assets, (ii)
make loans or incur specified types of indebtedness, (iii) dispose of more than 25% of its assets
or (iv) make distributions to its shareholders if a default or event of default under this term
loan facility has occurred and is continuing. Harmony settled this loan in full on May 28, 2004.
On December 24, 2001, Free Gold entered into an agreement with AngloGold Limited to purchase
its Free Gold assets for R2.881 billion ($298 million). R1.8 billion ($169 million) was payable on
January 1, 2002 at the call rate from this date until the 10th business day after the date of
fulfilment of the last of the conditions precedent. The final R400 million ($38 million) was fully
repaid on December 30, 2004 at no interest charge through a Nedbank loan. The balance of the
consideration was payable five business days before AngloGold was obliged to pay recoupment tax,
capital gains tax and any other income tax on the disposal of the assets at no interest charge. As
at September 22, 2003, Free Gold become a fully owned subsidiary of Harmony through Harmonys
acquisition of ARMgold.
On March 2, 2001, Harmony entered into a US dollar denominated term loan facility of $9
million, all of which was drawn down, with BAE Systems plc for the purpose of financing the design,
development and construction of a facility for the manufacture and sale of value added gold
products at the Free State operations. The loan bore interest at LIBOR plus 2%, accrued daily from
the drawdown date, and was repayable on a quarterly basis. The loan was secured by a pledge of
certain gold proceeds and other assets from this facility (and limits Harmonys ability to use the
facility as security for other obligations) and was repaid in full on April 2, 2005.
On June 16, 2001, Harmony launched and priced an issue of South African Rand denominated
senior uncollateralized fixed rate bonds in an aggregate principal amount of R1.2 billion ($115.5
million), with semi-annual interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. The bonds were listed on
the Bond Exchange of South Africa and issued to settle existing debt and fund the purchase of
Elandskraal and New Hampton. As long as the bonds were outstanding, Harmony was not permitted
encumber its present or future assets or revenues to secure indebtedness for borrowed money,
without collateralizing the outstanding bonds equally and ratably with such indebtedness, except
for certain specified permitted encumbrances. Issuance costs of $1.9 million were incurred and
capitalized and are being amortized over the life of the bonds. Included in the amortization charge
in the income statement is $0.8 million (2005: $0.6 million) for amortization of the bond issue
costs. On July 6, 2005 a total of $45.0 million of the bonds notional value was repurchased at a
cost of some $47.1 million.This represented 23.5% of the total issue due for redemption. The
remaining balance of the bond was settled on June 14, 2006 (original redemption date) at a total
cost of R918 million (US$134.5 million).
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
Harmonys contractual obligations and commercial commitments consist primarily of credit
facilities, as described above, and guarantees for environmental rehabilitation expenses,
principally environmental performance bonds required for Harmonys Australian operations, as
described in Item 4. Information on the Company Regulation Environmental Matters.
Contractual Obligations on the Balance Sheet
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The following table summarizes Harmonys contractual obligations as of June 30, 2006:
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Payments Due by Period |
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|
|
|
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Less Than |
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12-36 |
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36-60 |
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After 60 |
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|
|
|
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12 Months |
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Months |
|
Months |
|
Months |
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|
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|
|
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July 1, 2006 |
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July 1, 2007 |
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July 1, 2009 |
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Subsequent |
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|
|
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to June 30, |
|
to June 30, |
|
to June 30, |
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June 30, |
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Total |
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2007 |
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2009 |
|
2011 |
|
2011 |
|
|
($000) |
|
($000) |
|
($000) |
|
($000) |
|
($000) |
Convertible uncollaterized
bonds(1) |
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|
271,643 |
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|
|
11,567 |
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|
|
11,567 |
|
|
|
248,509 |
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|
|
|
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Africa Vanguard Resources(1) |
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4,466 |
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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4,466 |
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Nedbank AVR(1) |
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26,659 |
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26,659 |
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Gold Fields(1) |
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705 |
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705 |
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Nedbank ARM 1(1) |
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86,264 |
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86,264 |
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|
|
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Nedbank ARM 2(1) |
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113,511 |
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|
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|
|
|
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113,511 |
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RMB loan facility (1) |
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142,436 |
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142,436 |
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Auriel Alloys (1) |
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202 |
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84 |
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118 |
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|
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Post retirement health care(2) |
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14,964 |
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14,964 |
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Environmental obligations(3) |
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236,541 |
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236,541 |
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Total contractual
obligations |
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897,391 |
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154,792 |
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38,344 |
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448,284 |
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255,971 |
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(1) |
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See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Liquidity and Capital Resources
Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings Outstanding Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings. |
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(2) |
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This liability relates to post-retirement medical benefits of former employees who retired
prior to December 31, 1996 and is based on actuarial valuations conducted during fiscal 2002. |
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(3) |
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Harmony makes provision for environmental rehabilitation costs and related liabilities based
on managements interpretations of current environmental and regulatory requirements. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Critical Accounting Policies. |
Contractual Obligations off the Balance Sheet
The following table summarizes Harmonys obligation with regards to operating leases:
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Payment Due by Period |
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Less |
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|
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Than 12 |
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12-36 |
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36-60 |
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Months |
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Months |
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Months |
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After 60 |
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July 1, |
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July 1, |
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July 1, |
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Months |
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2006 |
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2007 |
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2009 |
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Subsequent |
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to June |
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to June |
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to June |
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to June |
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30, |
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30, |
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30, |
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30, |
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Total |
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2007 |
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2009 |
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2011 |
|
2011 |
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($000) |
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($000) |
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($000) |
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($000) |
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($000) |
Melrose Arch, South Africa |
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48 |
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48 |
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Musuku |
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3 |
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3 |
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Perth Office, Australia |
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214 |
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107 |
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107 |
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|
|
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|
|
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Brisbane Office, Australia |
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|
307 |
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|
|
205 |
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|
|
102 |
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|
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|
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|
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PNG Offices (1) |
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Total Contractual
Obligations Off Balance
Sheet |
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|
572 |
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|
353 |
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|
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209 |
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(1) |
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The PNG offices are rented on a monthly basis and the agreement may be cancelled within
a months notice. |
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As the obligation has no fixed expiry date it has been excluded from the
above table. |
The following table sets forth our authorized capital expenditure as of June 30, 2006:
Capital Expenditure
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$000 |
Authorized and contracted for |
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21,398 |
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Authorized but not yet contracted for |
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373,794 |
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Total |
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395,192 |
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Commercial Commitments
The following table provides details regarding Harmonys commercial commitments as of June 30,
2006:
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Amount of Commitments Expiring by Period |
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Less |
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Than 12 |
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12-36 |
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36-60 |
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Months |
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Months |
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Months |
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After 60 |
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July 1, |
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July 1, |
|
July 1, |
|
Months |
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|
|
|
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2006 to |
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2007 to |
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2009 to |
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Subsequent |
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June 30, |
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June 30, |
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June 30, |
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to June 30, |
|
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Total |
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2007 |
|
2009 |
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2011 |
|
2011 |
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($000) |
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($000) |
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($000) |
|
($000) |
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($000) |
Guarantees(1) |
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20,535 |
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20,535 |
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Capital commitments(2) |
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21,398 |
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21,398 |
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Total commitments
expiring by period |
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41,933 |
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21,398 |
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20,535 |
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|
|
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(1) |
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Reflects guarantees for environmental rehabilitation expenses, principally environmental
performance bonds required for Harmonys Australian operations. See Item 4. Information on
the Company Regulation Environmental Matters. |
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Capital commitments consist only of amounts committed to external suppliers, although a total
of $683.3 million has been approved by the Board for capital expenditures. |
Trend Information
Information on recent trends in Harmonys operations is discussed in Item 4. Information on
the Company Business Strategy and Results of Operations above.
Working Capital and Anticipated Financing Needs
The Board believes that Harmonys working capital resources, by way of cash generated from
operations and existing cash on hand, are sufficient to meet Harmonys present working capital
needs. Harmony expects that its business requirements through June 30, 2007 will be financed from
internal resources and existing borrowings. For more information on Harmonys planned capital
expenditures, see Capital Expenditures above and Item 4. Information on the Company
Business Harmonys Mining Operations. Harmony may, in the future, explore debt and/or equity
financing in connection with its acquisition strategy and/or major capital projects. See Item 3.
Key Information Risk Factors Harmonys strategy depends on its ability to make additional
acquisitions. Harmonys Board believes that Harmony will have access to adequate financing on
reasonable terms given Harmonys cash-based operations and modest leverage. Harmonys ability to
generate cash from operations could, however, be materially adversely affected by increases in cash
costs, decreases in production, decreases in the price of gold and appreciation of the rand against
the US dollar. In addition, Harmonys ability to obtain additional financing could be limited by
covenants in the term loan facility
of April 18, 2002 between Harmony and BoE Bank Limited, which imposes debt to earnings ratios
and minimum net worth
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requirements and prevents Harmony from pledging, selling or creating
encumbrances over pledged assets including Harmonys shares of Free Gold. Access to financing could
also be limited by provisions of Harmonys corporate bonds, under which Harmony may not permit
encumbrances on its present or future assets or revenues to secure indebtedness for borrowed money,
without securing the outstanding bonds equally and ratably with such indebtedness, except for
certain specified permitted encumbrances. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
Liquidity and Capital Resources Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings Outstanding Credit
Facilities and Other Borrowings. Future financing arrangements would also be subject to the limits
on the Boards borrowing powers described in Item 10. Description of Ordinary Shares Memorandum
and Articles of Association Directors Borrowing Powers. In addition, South African companies
are subject to significant exchange control limitations, which may impair Harmonys ability to fund
overseas operations or guarantee credit facilities entered into by overseas subsidiaries. See Item
10. Additional Information Exchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting Security Holders.
OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Export Sales
In fiscal 2006 and fiscal 2005, approximately 84% (83% in fiscal 2004) of Harmonys gold
produced in South Africa was refined by Harmony with the balance refined at the Rand Refinery,
which is owned by a consortium of the major gold producers in South Africa. All of Harmonys gold
produced in Australia in fiscal 2006 and 2005 was sold to AGR Matthey, a Perth-based refinery. In
fiscal 2005 and fiscal 2004, approximately 83% of Harmonys gold produced in South Africa was
refined by Harmony and exported, and the remainder was refined at the Rand Refinery, which is owned
by a consortium of the major gold producers in South Africa.
Item 6. DIRECTORS, SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND EMPLOYEES
DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
The members of the Board, their principal past affiliations, information on their business
experiences and principal outside activities and selected other information are set forth below:
Executive Directors
Bernard Swanepoel (45) BSc (Mining Engineering), BCom (Hons), and the Chief Executive. Bernard
started his career with Gengold in 1983, culminating in his appointment as general manager of
Beatrix Mine in 1993. He joined Randgold in 1995 as managing director of Harmony. For the past 11
years, Bernard has led the team behind the companys growth and acquisition initiatives. Bernard is
a non-executive director of ARM Limited, Sanlam Limited and Western Areas.
Nomfundo Qangule (39), BCom, BCom (Hons) CTA, CA (SA), Member of CAIB (SA) and appointed the
Financial Director of Harmony in July 2004. Prior to joining Harmony, Nomfundo was the Executive
Manager of Worldwide African Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd (WAIH). Other positions held by Nomfundo
while at WAIH include chairperson of the Board of Argil Holdings (Pty) Ltd and non-executive
director of CS Holdings Limited where she served as a member of the Remuneration, Audit and
Investment committees. In addition, she was an Executive Committee member and non-executive
Director of Negotiated Benefits Consultants (Pty) Ltd. She started her career in the Corporate and
International Division of Nedcor Bank Limited as a Credit Manager. Later she joined ABSA Corporate
and Merchant Banks credit division. She is a qualified Chartered Accountant, a member of the
Institute of Bankers and holds a certificate in financial markets from Acumen.
Non-executive directors
Patrice Motsepe (Chairman) (44), BA (Legal), LLB. Appointed to the board in 2003. Patrice was a
partner in one of the largest law firms in South Africa, Bowman Gilfillan Inc. He was a visiting
attorney in the USA with the law firm, McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe. In 1994 he founded Future
Mining, which grew rapidly to become a successful contract mining company. He them formed ARMgold
in 1997, which listed on the JSE in 2002. ARMgold merged with Harmony in 2003 and this ultimately
led to the takeover of Anglovaal Mining (Avmin) by ARM. In 2002 he was voted South Africas
Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the top 100 companies in South Africa. In the same
year, he was winner of
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the Ernst & Young Best Entrepeneur of the Year Award. Patrice is the
executive chairman of African Rainbow Minerals Limited (ARM) and also deputy chairman of Sanlam.
His various business responsibilities include being President of Business Unity South Africa
(BUSA), which is the voice or organized business in South Africa. He is also president of the
Chambers of Commerce and Industry South Africa (CHAMSA), NAFCOC and Mamelodi Sundowns Football
Club.
Frank Abbott (51), BCom, CA(SA), MBL. Frank joined the Rand Mines/Barlow Rand Group in 1981, where
he obtained broad financial management experience at operational level. He was appointed as
financial controller to the newly formed Randgold in 1992 and was promoted to financial director of
that group in October 1994. Until 1997, he was also a director of the gold mining companies
Blyvooruitzicht, Buffelsfontein, Durban Roodepoort Deep and East Rand Proprietary Mines. Initially
a non-executive director of Harmony, he was appointed as financial director of the company in 1997.
Following the ARM Limited/ARMI transaction, it was agreed by the board that Frank be appointed as
financial director of ARM and remain on Harmonys board as a non-executive director. Currently,
Frank is the financial director of ARM.
Joaquim Chissano (66) independent non-executive Director. Mr. Chissano was appointed to Harmonys
Board of Directors with effect from 22 April 2005. As a former President of Mozambique, he has
served that country in many capacities, initially as a founding member of the FRELIMO Movement and
one of the leaders during that countrys struggle for independence (1962-1974). During the
transition period that led the country to independence, he served as prime minister of the
Transition Government (1974-1975). Subsequent to Mozambiques independence in 1975, he was
appointed Foreign Minister and on the death of Samora Machel, became President both of the Republic
and of the FRELIMO party in 1986. He contested the multi-party presidential election held in
Mozambique in 1994 and 1999, and won on both occasions. He declined to stand for a further term of
office in 2004. His leadership at the helm of the FRELIMO Party and of Government advanced the
constitutional and economic reforms that helped to stop the devastating civil war and start the
process of reconstructing a shattered economy. From 2003 to 2004, he served as chairman of the
African Union. He has the military rank of major general. After leaving office, he established the
Joaquim Chissano Foundation dealing with matters of peace, development and culture, of which he is
the Chairperson. He also established the Africa Forum for Former African Heads of State and
Government of which he is the current Chairperson. He has business interests in Mozambique, owning
two agro-industry companies called MJ3 Lagoas and Madricil. In South Africa he sits on the Boards
of ARM Ltd and TEAL Exploration & Mining. He is also a member of the Board of several international
institutions, notably the Club de Madrid, The Hunger Project, International Crisis Group, and
Nelson Mandela Institution (for Science & Technology).
Fikile De Buck (46), (BA Economics), FCCA (UK) non-executive Director. Fikile joined the board on
1 April 2006. A chartered certified accountant, she is a fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified
Accountants (FCCA) (UK) and a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
(UK). In 1990 Fikile won the Stuart Crystal Prize, awarded to the best accounting student at the
Birmingham Polytechnic in the United Kingdom. She is the chief operations officer and chief
financial officer of the Council for Medical Schemes in South Africa where she has held various
positions since joining in September 2000. Prior to that, she was treasurer at the Botswana
Development Corporation.
Dr. Simo Lushaba (39), BSc (Advanced Biochemistry), MBA, DBA, independent non-executive director.
Simo has been a director of Harmony since October 2002. He resigned as Chief Executive of Rand Water late in 2005 and joined Lonmin Platinum
Limited as Shared Business Services Advice President. Simo is the Chairperson of the GVSC SA (Pty)
Ltd as well as a member of the board of Sanibona Communications (Pty) Ltd, Fieldstone SA (Pty) Ltd
and Gravitas (Pty) Ltd. He is also a trustee of The Nepad Business Foundation SA.
Modise Motloba (40) (BSc), Diploma in Strategic Management, Baruch College, New York, independent
non-executive Director (appointed July 2004). Modise was appointed to the board in July 2004. He
started his career with Rand Merchant Bank in 1993 as a trainee in the Treasury Division, where he
progressed to money markets dealer and risk manager. He then moved on to African Merchant Bank in
1998 as head of the Money Markets Division. In 2000 he was employed by African Harvest Fund
Managers as the manager of the Fixed Interest Portfolio and Treasury specialist and afterwards as a
specialist in Structured Debt and Equity Markets. He is the former president of the Association of
Black Securities and Investment Professionals (ABSIP) where he led ABSIP and the Black Business
Council in formulating the Financial Services Sector Charter with other industry bodies such as the
Banking Council, the Life Officers Association and the JSE Ltd. Modise is the recipient of the
prestigious 2003 Black Business Quarterly Investment Specialist Award which recognises a leader who
made a lasting contribution in the investments arena and broader
financial and economic landscape. He is a member of the South African Financial Markets Board and
of the Standing
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Committee on the Revision of the Banks Act 1990, under the auspices of the
Ministry of Finance. He is also a council member of the NAFCOC/Johannesburg Chamber of Commerce and
Industry (JCCI) Unity Committee. He is a director of a number of companies including Wealthridge
Investments, Uthajiri Investments and Africa Vukani Investment Management Services.
Cedric Savage (67) BSc (Eng), MBA, ISMP (Harvard) independent non-executive Director. Cedric
started his career in the United Kingdom in 1960 as a graduate engineer with Fairey Aviation. He
returned to South Africa in 1963 and worked in the oil (Mobil), textile (Felt & Textiles) and
chicken (Rainbow Chickens Limited) industries. He was president of the South African Chamber of
Business from 1993 to 1994. He has also served as chairman of the Board of Governors of Natal
Universitys Development Foundation and as a member of the Council of that university. He joined
the Tongaat-Hulett Group Ltd in 1977 as managing director of Tongaat Foods and thereafter
progressed to Executive Chairman of the Building Materials Division; he became chief executive
officer of the group in 1991 and in May 2000, he assumed the dual roles of chief executive officer
and executive chairman. He is currently non-executive chairman of the group and serves on the
boards of a number of companies, including those of the Nedbank Group, Datatec Limited and Kumba
Resources.
Management
The members of Harmonys management, their principal past affiliations, information on their
business experiences and principal outside activities and selected other information are set forth
below:
Bob Atkinson (54), NHD (Metalliferous Mining). In the 2004 financial year, Bob was the Chief
Operating Officer at Harmony Gold Australia and was appointed as Executive, Sustainable Development
(Safety and Occupational Health) at Harmony in South Africa in July 2004. He serves as Operations
Director of Growth Projects. He has more than 30 years experience in the mining industry. He
joined Harmony as a production manager in 1986 and served as Operations Manager on the Executive
Committee from June 2001 to May 2003.
Jaco Boshoff (36), BSc (Hons), MSc (Geology), Pr.Sci.Nat. Jaco has been with Harmony since
April 1996. Since March 2004 he has served as an Ore Resources Executive and Competent Person.
Prior to this appointment he was the Ore Reserve Manager from 1998 to 2004 and before that held
geologist positions at Harmony and at Gengold. Jaco is registered as a professional geological
scientist with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions and has worked in the
mining industry for over 10 years.
Graham Briggs (51), BSc (Hons) (Geology), Pr.Sci.Nat. Graham has some 30 years experience in
the mining industry. He joined Harmony as New Business Manager in 1995 and is currently the Chief
Executive of Harmony Australia and the Regional Manager for Australasia. He started his career in
geology as a field assistant in 1972 and had exposure to various exploration projects. Before
attending university, Graham spent most of his time on gold exploration in the Free State, South
Africa. At Gengold he spent time on various mines in South Africa including Buffelsfontein, West
Rand Consolidated, Grootvlei and ended his career with Gengold as an Ore Reserve Manager at
Beatrix. He has had a varied career at Harmony including a 20 month period in Canada, but the focus
has been on matters relating to ore reserve management.
Tracey Jonkheid (35), B.A. Communication (Hons) (cum laude), MBA. Tracey has served as
Harmonys internal strategist on a full-time basis since May 2002, in which capacity she advises
the Executive Committee on implementing and integrating initiatives for internal change. She
fulfilled this role as an external consultant on a part-time basis for 18 months prior to May 2002.
Her background is in the advertising industry where she has worked as a strategist at four of South
Africas largest advertising agencies. Tracey was the companys Executive, Marketing. She is
married to Bernard Swanepoel. Tracey resigned on August 1, 2006.
Philip Kotze (45), GDE (Mining Economics) (Wits), NHD (Metalliferous Mining) (Wits), DPLR
(UNISA), MDP (Wits Business School). Philip started his career with Anglovaal in 1981. After
completing a NHD in Metalliferous Mining in 1984, he joined Anglo Americans Gold and Uranium
Division. During this period he was involved in a number of major projects. These included the
establishment of mechanized deep-level mining and restructuring of operations to optimum
profitability. He left Anglogold (as Anglo Americans Gold and Uranium Division was then known) at
the end of 1996 and was responsible for starting up Kalahari Goldridge Mining Company, a low-grade
open-pit gold mine in the Kalahari, South Africa. He was responsible for building the mine to
design capacity and served as executive director. During 1999,
following Harmonys acquisition of Kalgold, Philip became part of the Harmony Executive
Committee. His role in Harmony
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has been operational in nature and has mainly been focused on the
integration of new acquisitions. He accepted the position of Executive, Investor Relations when
Ferdi Dippenaar resigned in December 2005. Philip resigned on
October 1, 2006 to pursue his own business interests.
Jackie Mathebula (35), B.Admin (Hons), MBA. Jackie joined Harmony in September 2002 as an
Employee Relations and Industrial Relations Executive. In 2004 his portfolio was changed to that of
Training, Human Resource Development and Occupational Health, and in 2005 to the position of
Executive, Corporate Affairs. Prior to joining Harmony, he was a general manager in human resources
for Gensec Bank, a human resources manager at Gold Fields Limited and he also occupied various
positions within the then Iscor group (now Mittal Steel South Africa). His last position at Iscor
was that of works manager, human resources for the specialized steel products business. He also
worked for the South African government in the Gazankulu Public Service Commission.
De Wet Schutte (35), BComm (Acc), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA) and Executive Program University of
Virginia (USA). De Wet joined Harmony in May 2004 and is responsible for Exploration and New
Business Development. Before joining Harmony, De Wet spent seven years at Iscor Limited (now
Mittal Steel SA) in various positions including those of general manager, corporate finance. He
also brings experience from Metair Limited where he served as group financial manager.
Peter Steenkamp (44), BSc (Eng), Mine Managers Certificate. Peter currently serves on the
Executive Committee as Chief Operating Officer. Peter joined Harmony in October 2003 following the
merger with ARMgold. Prior to joining Harmony, he was an executive director of ARMgold in charge of
Gold Operations. Peter has 21 years experience in the mining industry. His started his career as
trainee miner with the Chamber of Mines Training College and after graduating he worked for Gold
Fields Limited as a shift boss. He then joined Vaal Reefs (an operation in Anglo Americans Gold
and Uranium Division) in 1989, occupying various positions including those of shift boss, mine
overseer, technical assistant, section manager and business unit manager until 1997. The following
year he began working for ARMgold as a business unit leader.
Boetie Swanepoel (46), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA). Boetie joined Harmony from Beatrix Mine in 1995
as Financial Manager. He has more than 21 years financial services experience, mostly in the
mining industry. He was appointed to the Executive Committee in November 2000 and is responsible
for the development of Harmonys shaft financial managers, the financial control environment and
the service delivery departments.
Marian van der Walt (33), BCom (Law), LLB, Higher Diploma in Tax, Diploma in Corporate
Governance, Diploma in Insolvency Law, Certificate in Business Leadership. Marian has ten years of
legal experience and was appointed as Company Secretary on February 3, 2003. She completed her
Articles at Routledges Modise Attorneys and was admitted as an attorney and conveyancer in 1998.
She then joined Deloitte and Touche as an Insolvency Practitioner/ Administrator. Prior to joining
Harmony, she held the positions of Legal Advisor, Credit Manager and Structured Finance Consultant
at The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited in the Commercial Properties Division. Marian was
appointed to the executive committee in October 2005 and Legal and Compliance (which includes risk
management) was added to her portfolio in January 2006.
Johannes van Heerden (34), BCompt (Hons), CA(SA). Johannes joined Harmony in 1998 as financial
manager of the Free State operations. Here he obtained broad financial management experience at
operational level. Subsequent to that he was appointed as Group Financial Manager in 2001, before
being relocated in 2003 to his current position at Harmony Australasia as Chief Financial Officer.
Abre van Vuuren (46) BComm, MDP, DPLR. Abre joined Harmony in 1997 from Grootvlei Mine, where
he was human resources manager. He was appointed to the executive committee in November 2000 and is
responsible for Human Resource Processes and Systems and Remuneration. He has approximately 21
years experience in the mining industry.
BOARD PRACTICES
The Articles of Association of Harmony provide that the Board must consist of no less than
four and no more than twenty directors at any time. The Board currently consists of nine directors.
Our Articles of Association provide that the longest serving one-third of directors retire
from office at each annual
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general meeting. Retiring directors normally make themselves available
for re-election and are re-elected at the annual general meeting on which they retire. Members of
our senior management who are also directors retire as directors in terms of the Articles of
Association, but their service as officers is regulated by standard industry employment agreements.
According to the Articles of Association, the Board meets not less than quarterly.
Details of directors service contracts are described under Compensation of Directors and
Senior Management and Directors Terms of Employment, below. We also describe significant ways
in which Harmonys corporate governance practices differ from practices followed by US companies
listed on the NYSE on our website under Corporate Governance.
In order to ensure good corporate governance, the Board has formed an Executive Committee, an
Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee, a Nomination Committee, an Investment Committee, an
Employment Equity Committee and Sustainable Development Committee. All of the Board committees are
comprised of a majority of non-executive directors.
Executive Committee
Harmonys Executive Committee comprises the executive directors and selected senior officers
of Harmony, each with his or her own area of responsibility. The Executive Committee consists of 14
executives who meet on a monthly basis and more often if required.
The composition of the Executive Committee (with areas of responsibility indicated) is as
follows:
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Bob Atkinson
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Operations Director (Projects) |
Jaco Boshoff
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Ore Reserves |
Graham Briggs
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Country Manager, Australia and PNG |
Philip Kotze*
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Investor Relations, Harmony of Tomorrow |
Jackie Mathebula
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Corporate Affairs |
Nomfundo Qangule
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Group Finance |
De Wet Schutte
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Exploration and New Business |
Peter Steenkamp
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Chief Operating Officer |
Bernard Swanepoel
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Chief Executive |
Boetie Swanepoel
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Operational Finance and Services |
Johannes van Heerden
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Finance (Australasia) |
Marian van der Walt
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Company Secretary; Legal and Compliance |
Abre van Vuuren
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* Resigned
on October 1, 2006.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee was established to:
o assist the Board in discharging its duties relating to the safeguarding of assets, the
operation of adequate system and internal controls, control processes and the preparation
of accurate financial reporting and statements in compliance with all applicable legal
requirements, corporate governance and accounting standards.
o to provide support to the Board on the risk profile and risk management of the group.
The Audit Committee reports and makes recommendations to the Board, but the Board retains
responsibility for implementing such recommendations. The Audit Committee fulfils the duties and
responsibilities set out in the Audit Committee Charter which is published on Harmonys website:
www.harmony.co.za.
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Harmony believes that members of the committee are knowledgeable about the affairs of the company
and have a working familiarity with basic finance and accounting practices. The Chief Executive,
the Financial Director, the Financial Accountant, the Company Secretary and the Executive: New
Business are invited to each meeting to answer any questions posed by the members of the committee.
Frank Abbott, a non-executive, is also invited to every meeting because of the skills and expertise
which he gained as the former financial director of Harmony.
Harmony does not have an individual audit committee financial expert as defined by the rules of
the SEC and in terms of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. However, the audit committee members through
their collective experience meet a majority of the definitions of the SEC for an audit committee
financial expert in both the private and public sectors. The members have served as directors and
officers of numerous public companies and have over the years developed extensive experience,
knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting principles, and in overseeing the
preparation, audit and evaluation of financial statements. Harmony believes that the combined
knowledge, skills and experience of the Audit Committee, and their authority to engage outside
experts as they deem appropriate to provide them with advice on matters related to their
responsibilities, enable them, as a group, to act effectively in the fulfillment of their tasks and
responsibilities required.
The current independent non-executive members of the Audit Committee are Mr. Cedric Savage
(chairman), Ms Fikile De Buck, Dr Simo Lushaba and Mr. Modise Motloba.
Nomination Committee
The primary purpose of the Nomination Committee is to ensure that the procedures for appointments
to the Board are formal and transparent, by making recommendations to the Board on all new Board
appointments. The duties and responsibilities of this committee are set out in the Nomination
Committee Charter. The Charter is published on Harmonys
website: www.harmony.co.za.
The committee must at all times consist of at least three members. The members are required to
meet annually or more often at the committees discretion, depending on the circumstances. The
members are Mr. Patrice Motsepe (chairman), Mr. Frank Abbott and Mr. J Chissano (independent).
Remuneration Committee
In October 2005, the Board resolved that the Remuneration Committee should meet at least quarterly.
The Remuneration Committee comprises three non-executive directors. The primary purposes of the
Remuneration Committee are to ensure that the Groups directors and senior executives, of which two
are independent, are fairly rewarded for their individual contributions to Harmonys overall
performance, to demonstrate to all stakeholders that the remuneration of senior executive members
of Harmony is set by a committee of Board members who have no personal interest in the outcomes of
their decisions and who will give due regard to the interests of the shareholders and to the
financial and commercial health of Harmony. The Remuneration Committees primary objectives are to
serve as a party to monitor and strengthen the objectivity and credibility of Harmony directors
and senior executives remuneration system and to make recommendations to the Board on remuneration
packages and policies applicable to directors.
The Remuneration Committee Charter sets out the objectives, role, responsibilities, authority,
membership and meeting requirements of the committee. The Charter is available on the companys
website.
The members of the committee are Mr. Cedric Savage (chairman as from May 3, 2006, independent), Dr
Simo Lushaba (independent) and Mr. Patrice Motsepe (chairman until May 2, 2006).
Investment Committee
The Investment Committee was established to focus on annual capital projects, strategic and
operational plans and any acquisitions, thereby assisting the Board with regard to these matters.
The primary purpose of the Investment Committee is to ensure that the capital projects have been
adequately reviewed and budgeted for, due diligence and any other procedures for mergers and
acquisitions have been followed and cognisance has been taken of BEE requirements.
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The Investment Committee consists of four non-executive members, three of whom are independent.
The Committee meets at least twice a year, but may, at its discretion, meet more often depending on
the circumstances. An Investment Committee Charter sets out the purpose, responsibilities and
duties, authority, membership and frequency of meetings of the committee and can be viewed on the
companys website.
The current non-executive members of the Investment Committee are Dr Simo Lushaba (chairman,
independent), Ms Fikile De Buck (independent), Mr. Cedric Savage (independent) and Mr. Frank
Abbott.
Sustainable Development Committee
The objective of the Sustainable Development Committee (SDC) is to assist the Board in
ensuring that Harmony is and remains a committed socially responsible corporate citizen. The
committees primary role is to supplement, support, advice and provide guidance on the
effectiveness or otherwise of managements efforts in respect of sustainable development.
The committee regards sustainable development issues as being the following:
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The Sustainable Development Committee charter is available on the companys website.
The independent non-executive members of the SDC are Mr. Modise Motloba (chairman), Mr.
Joacquim Chissano and Ms Fikile De Buck.
Empowerment Committee
The Empowerment Committee was established by the Board to ensure that the company meets not
only regulations stipulated in the Employment Equity Act, the Labour Relations Act and the in
the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Acts Mining Charter Scorecard, but also in
fulfilment of Harmonys own empowerment imperatives.
The responsibilities and duties of the Employment Equity Committee include:
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The non-executive members of the Empowerment Committee are Mr. Joacquim Chissano (independent
chairman), Mr. Modise Motloba (independent) and Mr. Bernard Swanepoel.
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Retirement |
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Contributions |
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Salaries and |
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During the |
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Total |
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Directors Fees |
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Benefits (1) |
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Year |
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Bonuses Paid |
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Compensation |
Name |
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($000) |
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(R000) |
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($000) |
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(R000) |
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($000) |
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(R000) |
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($000) |
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(R000) |
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($000) |
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(R000) |
Patrice Motsepe |
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18 |
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115 |
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18 |
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115 |
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Frank Abbott (2) |
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Joaquim Chissano |
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9 |
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60 |
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9 |
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60 |
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Fikile De Buck |
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Nolitha Fakude |
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22 |
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140 |
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22 |
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140 |
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Dr. Simo Lushaba |
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21 |
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130 |
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21 |
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130 |
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Modise Motloba |
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16 |
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100 |
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16 |
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100 |
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Cedric Savage |
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22 |
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140 |
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22 |
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140 |
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Executive (3) |
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Bernard Swanepoel(6) |
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325 |
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2,066 |
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51 |
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326 |
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376 |
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2,392 |
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Ferdi Dippenaar (4) |
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101 |
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644 |
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16 |
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103 |
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117 |
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747 |
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Ted Grobicki (5) |
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443 |
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2,818 |
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41 |
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257 |
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484 |
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3,075 |
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Nomfundo Qangule (6) |
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207 |
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1,317 |
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19 |
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124 |
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226 |
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1,441 |
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TOTAL (7) |
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131 |
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830 |
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1,076 |
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6,845 |
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127 |
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810 |
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1,334 |
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8,485 |
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(1) |
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Increase granted to executive directors in March 2006. |
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(2) |
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Frank Abbott has waived his non-executive Directors fee. |
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(3) |
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Our executive directors have waived their directors fees in terms of our Articles of
Association. |
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(4) |
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Ferdi Dippenaar resigned on December 6, 2005 and his remuneration is only reflected up to
December 31, 2005. |
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(5) |
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Ted Grobickis salary is paid in A$. The conversion rate from A$ to R is based on the
average exchange rate of R4.80/A$. |
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(6) |
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Includes increases awarded as from March 1, 2006. |
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(7) |
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The total Directors fee in FY06 also includes R120,000 (US$19,000) paid to Rick Menell and
R25,000 (US$4,000) paid to Dr Morley Nkosi. |
Directors Terms of Employment
No Harmony director has a service contract with Harmony or any of its subsidiaries with a
notice or contract period of one year or more or with provisions for pre-determining compensation
on termination of an amount which equals or exceeds one years salary and benefits in kind.
The terms of employment by Harmony of the executive directors continue until terminated by
reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 or on service of 30 days notice by either the employee
or Harmony. Each of our executive directors participates in the Harmony share option scheme and a
discretionary executive profit share scheme, the latter provided
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that certain profit targets, set by the Remuneration Committee, are achieved. They have all
waived their rights to directors fees.
The executive directors also benefit from pension contributions, life insurance and medical
aid, the value of which is included in the salary details listed above. The total amount currently
set aside or accrued by Harmony and its subsidiaries for the payment of these pension, life
insurance, medical aid and retirement benefits is approximately R810 million ($127million). The
non-executive directors are entitled to fees as agreed at Harmonys annual general meeting from
time to time, reimbursement of out-of-pocket expenses incurred on Harmonys behalf and remuneration
for other services, such as serving on committees.
Non-executive directors are paid R20,000 per quarter plus R5,000 per quarter per sub-committee
they serve on. An additional R4,000 per day is paid to a non-executive director who performs any
additional duties over and above his or her duties as a non-executive director. Executives
participate in an executive bonus scheme and bonuses (if any) are determined for a financial year
by the Remuneration Committee based on a share of profits over a pre-determined benchmark. This is
paid in equal parts over a three year term, provided that the executive is in service of the
company on date of payment. No bonus was awarded to any of the executive directors during the past
financial year.
Fees paid to non-executive directors were reviewed by the Remuneration Committee during May
2006. An external consultant, Deloitte, was mandated to establish the remuneration of non-executive
directors of similar companies and similar size companies. The Board agreed to the following
increases in non-executive fees, to be effective from July 1, 2006:
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Current fee |
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New fee |
Board
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R80,000 annually
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R110,000 annually |
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Audit Committee
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R20,000 annually
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R45,000 annually |
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Empowerment Committee
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R20,000 annually
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R30,000 annually
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Investment Committee
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R20,000 annually
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R30,000 annually
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Nomination Committee
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|
R20,000 annually
|
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R30,000 annually
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Remuneration Committee
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R20,000 annually
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R30,000 annually
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Sustainable Development
Committee
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R20,000 annually
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R40,000 |
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Special fee for additional
work performed
|
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R4,000 per day |
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R5,000 per day |
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Current fee |
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New fee (per annum) |
Chairman of Board
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No additional payment to act as chairman
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R495,000 (4,5 times the individual
directors fee) annually |
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Chairman of Board committees
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No additional payment to act as chairman
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Double the amount that the individual
Board committee member receives annually |
Shareholders will be required to consider whether or not these increases are acceptable at the
annual general meeting to be held on November 10, 2006.
The terms of employment of the non-executive directors are not set out in any written
agreements.
Share Options
At October 24, 2006, Harmonys directors and senior management held the following share
options, totaling less than 1% of Harmonys share capital:
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Average |
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Number of |
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Strike |
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Directors and |
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Share |
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Price |
|
Expiration |
Senior Management |
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Options |
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(R) |
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Dates |
Bernard Swanepoel |
|
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340,967 |
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52.58 |
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|
|
2015 |
|
Nomfundo Qangule |
|
|
160,124 |
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|
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52.58 |
|
|
|
2015 |
|
Patrice Motsepe |
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|
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|
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Frank Abbott |
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Joaquim Chissano |
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Fikile De Buck |
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Dr. Simo Lushaba |
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Modise Motloba |
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Cedric Savage |
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Senior Management (12 persons) |
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1,151,206 |
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|
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53.26 |
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|
|
2015 |
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|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
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|
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Share Ownership
The following sets forth, as at June 30, 2006 and at October 24, 2006, the total amount of
ordinary shares directly or indirectly owned by the directors and senior management of Harmony. The
directors and senior management of Harmony do not own any preference shares.
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Ordinary |
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Ordinary |
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Shares |
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Shares Number |
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Number as at |
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as at |
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October 24, |
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Holder |
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June 30, 2006 |
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Percentage |
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2006 |
|
Percentage |
Directors Non-executive |
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P. Motsepe* |
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F. Abbott |
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J. Chissano |
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F De Buck |
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Dr. S. Lushaba |
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M. Motloba |
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C. Savage |
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Executive Directors |
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B. Swanepoel |
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N. Qangule |
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Total Directors (9 persons) |
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Total Senior Management (12
persons) |
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* |
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The 14% indirect shareholding held by P. Motsepe was transferred to ARM Limited in
accordance with the ARM transaction in April 2004. See Item 7. Related Party
Transactions. |
Options to purchase a total of 12,094,554 ordinary shares were outstanding on September 30,
2006. The exercise prices of the outstanding options range between Rand 22.90 and Rand 93.00 per
share and they expire between 2008 and 2015. Of the outstanding options, options to purchase
501,091 ordinary shares were held by directors and senior management of Harmony and its subsidiary
companies, as described above. No consideration was payable on the grant of these options. No
further share options have been granted since June 30, 2006.
EMPLOYEES
General
The South African underground gold mining industry is very labor-intensive. The Australian
gold mining industry involves more mechanized mining, which is less labor intensive. The following
table lists the total number of employees at each of Harmonys operations, together with people
working at Harmonys operations but employed by outside contractors, at June 30 of the past three
fiscal years:
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Harmony Employees at |
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Outside Contractors at |
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June 30, |
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June 30, |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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2006 |
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2005 |
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2004 |
South Africa |
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43,283 |
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46,669 |
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55,397 |
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5,287 |
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|
359 |
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|
|
359 |
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Australia |
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204 |
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|
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198 |
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516 |
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416 |
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512 |
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512 |
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Papua New Guinea |
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237 |
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|
|
200 |
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|
|
269 |
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|
|
73 |
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|
|
5 |
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|
|
5 |
|
Grand total |
|
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43,724 |
|
|
|
47,067 |
|
|
|
56,182 |
|
|
|
5,776 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
175
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|
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(1) |
|
This represents Harmonys 50% interest in the Free Gold Joint Venture for 2003 and 2004. |
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(2) |
|
This includes St. Helenas employees. |
Subsequent to fiscal year-end and on the finalization of the restructuring in the Free State
region, the following employment reductions were effected:
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|
|
Summary of Employment Reduction FY06 |
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|
|
|
Voluntary separations |
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|
1,477 |
|
Compulsory separations |
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|
1,779 |
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Total employment opportunity reduction |
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|
3,256 |
|
Harmony will create 550 new jobs through the Hidden Valley project in Papua New Guinea (based
on the current feasibility study), of which 53 will be filled by expatriate employees. A further
100 have been created as part of the Wafi pre-feasibility project, providing support services to
Hidden Valley and the exploration programme in Papua New Guinea.
Unionized Labor
South Africa
Labor relations in South Africa are regulated by legislation that entrenches the rights of
employees in respect of:
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|
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prescribed minimum levels of compensation and benefits; |
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trade union access and membership; |
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the right to strike; |
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mandatory compensation in the event of termination for operational reasons; |
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|
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affirmative action policies and programs; |
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|
compensation in the event of occupational illness or injury; and |
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|
|
financing of training programs. |
In the mining industry in particular, the relationship at work between unions, the company and
the state (the so-called tri-partite relationship) is strictly governed and provides for
consultation and joint management of many operational issues, including for example, health and
safety.
The major unions present and recognized by Harmony are: the National Union of Mineworkers
(NUM), the United Association of South Africa (UASA), Mineworkers Solidarity and the South African
Electrical Workers Association (SAEWA).
Union representation at Harmony in South Africa as at June 30, 2006:
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Solidarity 2% |
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|
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Collective bargaining fund 7% |
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Balance (not unionized) 7%. |
As a result of our highly unionized labor force and the fact that labor costs constitute
approximately 50% of production costs, we have attempted to balance union demands with the need to
contain and reduce cash costs in order to ensure the long-term viability of its operations.
We have been restructuring our operations, mainly as a result of the external economic
factors, and have been working with the unions over the past two years as part of the restructuring
process. An agreement was entered into in the first half of 2004 with all unions on principles that
are meant to guide the retrenchment process. The agreement was the first of its kind in the gold
mining industry. The principles agreed included the following:
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reskilling, retraining and redeployment of surplus employees for alternative vacant
positions that may exist at a particular operation or other Harmony operations; |
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|
|
implementation of CONOPS (described below) to create additional job opportunities; |
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transferring surplus or redundant employees to other Harmony operations that have
placement opportunities; |
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|
opening up voluntary retrenchment to minimize the impact of restructuring and/or closure
of shafts/mines; and |
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|
|
replacing contractors, who are involved in non-specialized work, with Harmony employees. |
In addition, we have concluded a social plan agreement, which offers retrenched employees
the opportunity to receive portable skills which entail training such as bricklaying, plumbing,
carpentry, welding, basic farming and manufacturing. The costs are to be borne on a 50/50 basis
between companies and the Department of Labor in respect of South African citizens and 100% in
respect of non-South Africans. Our portion of the funding will be sourced from the Social Plan
Trust Fund, which is valued at Rand 21 million. In particular, the social plan has been affected by
the restructuring in the Free State. In the Free State to date there have been 1,635 compulsory
retrenchments and 1,414 voluntary retrenchments.
The restructuring proceeded smoothly in most regions in fiscal 2005, but unfortunately we were
unable to implement the agreement with the unions at the Free State operations. The reality was
that the loss-makers and mined-out shafts have to be scaled down, closed or placed on
care-and-maintenance, not only to stem the losses but also to stop depleting reserves that might
become profitable with time at a higher gold price.
At the beginning of January 2005, the NUM withdrew its support for Sunday work permission at
all our Free State operations, excluding Target. (Permission for Sunday work is given by the
Department of Minerals and Energy (DME) and requires union support). Other delays in the
much-needed Free State restructuring program included the receipt on May 6, 2005 of an 11th-hour
Labor Court interdict against the planned restructuring.
Therefore, on May 19, 2005 we had to restart our restructuring process, beginning with the
issue of a Section 189 notification (in terms of the South African Labor Relations Act) at our
affected operations. The Section 189 notification provided for a 60-day notice and consultation
period for all potentially affected employees and shafts. Following a period of consultation,
negotiation and planning, we signed a new agreement with the NUM on July 19, 2005. This allowed us
to right-size the Free State operations and re-implement CONOPS at our two biggest Free State
operations, Tshepong and Bambanani, and later in the year, we will implement CONOPS at the Masimong
shaft complex. As part of the agreement, we undertook to replace non-specialized contractors with
our own surplus employees, to transfer employees to vacancies at our other South African operations
where possible, and to offer voluntary retrenchments for a period of two weeks.
The re-implementation of the CONOPS agreement in the Free State is subject to a successful
application for Sunday-work permission, which will be for an initial period of 14-months. The
agreement provides for a three-month notice period of either partys intentions to terminate
CONOPS. The agreement also provides for the implementation of the job-loss
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avoidance measures to be monitored and for dispute resolution under the auspices of the
Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration (CCMA).
CONOPS has not been implemented at all shafts, nor will it be. CONOPS will only be efficient
at those operations with the sufficient ore reserves and infrastructure capacity. The
implementation of CONOPS is not only a sensible business decision, it also aligns our work
practices with those of mining companies internationally, makes best use of assets and
infrastructure, and maximizes benefits for employees and other stakeholders. By introducing CONOPS,
we are, however, going against current and historical practices in South Africa.
In fiscal 2006 we have attempted to focus on three principal goals in terms of our
relationship with organized labor:
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First, we aim to eliminate a backlog of disputes relating to issues which are sources of
grievance and unhappiness for our employees and their representatives. These include such
concerns as labor differential and inconsistent rates of payment across the group, the
housing policy being unevenly applied and perceptions of poor medical care at the hospital.
This lengthy process involves many hours of discussion and negotiation to arrive at mutually
acceptable solutions. It also involves the implementation of agreements that were entered
into over the past couple of years but not implemented for a variety of reasons, for
example, job grading and the appointmen ot HIV/Aids co-ordinators. |
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Secondly, we aim to structure our relations with the unions so that issues are dealt with
as quickly and efficiently as possible and at the appropriate level in the organization.
This has involved appointing regional employee relations managers and educating both
management and the unions in making use of the correct structure in their dealings with each
other. The objective is to reduce corporate-level involvement in employee relations at the
operational level, but also to ensure that where an issue has group-wide ramifications it is
dealt with at group level. To this end we have resurrected the Harmony Leadership Council
which involves the chairpersons and secretaries of all the branch ommittees of our major
unions which meets every month. Every six months we hold a bosberaad (meeting) with the
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Third, through these deliberations we are attempting to create a co-operative atmosphere
and positive work ethic, with the aim of having management and unions jointly tackling the
problem, rather than having a them/us approach with management defending itself against
perceived union attacks. For example, the training and development working party has looked
at the way in which we deliver Adult Basic Education and Training (ABET) and come up with an
agreement to improve it. The working party on the housing policy has engaged in discussions
on accommodation arrangements and policies have been jointly developed and solutions
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Work Stoppages
In fiscal 2004, following a protected strike that lasted from February 12, 2004 to February
16, 2004, we and the NUM reached an agreement on annual wage increases. NUM accepted our proposal
and these employees have now been included in the bi-annual wage agreement.
We experienced a number of strikes during fiscal 2005, one an industry-wide strike and the
others mainly related to restructuring. These were all resolved in an amicable fashion. In total,
422,754 shifts were lost in fiscal 2005 at the South African operations as a result of strike
action. The most significant strike was the one from March 23, 2005 to April 6, 2005 at our Free
State operations, which were mainly about housing and outsourcing issues; 277,452 shifts were lost
as a result of the strike.
We experienced two strikes during fiscal 2006, both affected all locations. The first was a
five-day strike in August 2005 related to wage disputes. The second was a one-day national
stay-away organized by COSATU.
Australia
Employee relations in Australia are regulated by a combination of federal and state statues
that stipulate minimum standards and provide for collective bargaining and action. All employment
contracts are Australian Workplace Agreements under federal and legislation. Our Australian
workforce is not unionized.
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Harmony continues to work to improve workplace relationships, have effective domestic dispute
settlement arrangements and through the establishment of a statutory body, the Commission for
Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration.
Share Option Schemes
Harmony share options are granted to management as an incentive, in addition to annual
salaries. The exercise of each option granted is set at the closing market price of Harmonys
ordinary shares on the JSE on the day before the date of grant. Each option remains open for
acceptance for 10 years after the date of grant, subject to the terms of the relevant option
scheme. Harmony has three share option schemes, namely the 1994 Share Option Scheme, the 2001
Share Option Scheme and the 2003 Share Option Scheme. They have similar rules. The options issued
under the share option schemes may only be exercised over five years in five equal parts. As of September 30, 2006 options for
12,094,554 shares under all of the plans have been granted.
Existing Share Option Scheme
The share option schemes may be amended from time to time (whether retrospectively or
otherwise) by the board in any respect (except for certain specific clauses that may only be
amended through approval in a general meeting), provided that no such amendment shall operate to
alter the terms and conditions of any option granted to a participant prior thereto, without the
written consent of that participant and provided that the prior written approval of the JSE has
been obtained. Share options allocations are approved by the Remuneration Committee. No share
options were re-priced during the financial year.
Harmony adopted a share purchase scheme in which 1994 and 2001 Share Option Scheme
participants respectively were allowed to participate. The share purchase scheme provides for a
share purchase trust controlled by Harmony. Recourse loans are provided by the trust to the
employees to enable them to acquire shares or exercise their options under the 1994 and the 2001
Share Option Schemes. Since March 27, 2003 share option scheme participants are no longer allowed
to place their shares in the share purchase trust. The share purchase trust is funded by a loan
from Harmony, which it repays once it receives repayment of the recourse loans granted to
employees. Members of the Remuneration Committee serve as trustees. The trustees are not eligible
to receive loans from the trust. We do not allow our participants to use structures to lock in
profits as the options are meant to align our employees with our shareholders. The 2003 Share
Option Scheme was approved by shareholders on November 14, 2003. The total number of shares
reserved for the 2003 Scheme was 23,204,960 which represented 9% of the issued share capital of the
Company as at September 16, 2003. Despite numerous discussions with unions representing our
non-managerial employees, we have not yet reached agreement as to the issue of options to
non-managerial employees in terms of the 2003 Scheme. As such, no options have been granted to
non-managerial employees under the 2003 Scheme; 5% of the scheme has been allocated to management.
Introduction of the Harmony 2006 Share Plan
The Remuneration Committee has engaged with independent professional service providers to
design an appropriate suite of share-based incentives which are in line with what they believe is
global best practice, and emerging South African practice, and which in combination serve to reward
the required attributes of shareholder alignment and long-term, sustained performance.
Recent developments in the accounting and regulatory treatments of share-based incentives,
coupled with evolving best practice internationally, has resulted in the conclusion that Harmonys
existing share option scheme is sub-optimal and should be replaced with a more contemporary plan.
The companys Remuneration Committee has resolved that the existing Share Option Scheme will remain
in place and run its course for options already granted until such time as all options are
exercised or lapse. However, no new options will be granted.
The Remuneration Committee and the board of the company recommend the adoption of the Harmony
2006 Share Plan (the Plan), which incorporates the following elements: equity settled share
appreciation rights, performance shares and performance allocated restricted shares.
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The Plan will be established by the company under which executive directors and senior
employees of the company and its subsidiaries and associates will be awarded rights to receive
shares in the company based on the value of these awards when time and performance conditions have
been met, the awards have vested, and, in the case of the Share Appreciation Rights (SARs) and the
restricted shares, these have been exercised.
The primary intent of the Plan is to reward executives and senior management for long-term,
sustained performance aligned to shareholder value, and at the same time to ensure an optimal
positioning in terms of the accounting and regulatory environment.
In order to minimise volatility in earnings dilution due to FAS123 (R), it is envisaged that
rewards will be settled in shares. The nature of the plan is not as dilutive as a normal share
option scheme. As a result the maximum number of shares, required for settlement over a 10-year
period, is envisaged to be 14% of the companys currently issued ordinary shares for all Harmony
share schemes. The 14% of the share capital of the company that is reserved for the share schemes
was approved at the annual general meeting held in November 2005.
The performance conditions governing the vesting of the scheme instruments are related to,
inter alia, growth in earnings above inflation, comparative total shareholder return relative to
competitor peer groups, and achievement of sustainability index measures. They are designed to be
stretching but achievable and are linked where applicable to the companys medium-term business
plan, over rolling three-year performance periods.
Annual allocations of SARs, awards of performance shares, and grants of restricted shares will
be governed by the companys reward philosophy, in which (inter alia) the expected value of
long-term incentive reward is set for defined categories of executives and senior management.
Expected value is defined as the present value of the future reward outcome of an
allocation/award/grant, given the targeted future performance of the company and of its share
price.
Broad-Based Employee Scheme
In line with our negotiations with the unions, a decision has been taken to form a separate
broad-based employee share option scheme or trust (the Broad-Based Scheme), with the beneficiaries
thereof being non-managerial employees and communal employee beneficiary schemes, aimed at
benefiting our non-managerial employees and their families. The total number of shares to be
reserved for the Broad-Based Scheme will be 5% of our current issued share capital. Options will be
granted under the Broad-Based Scheme, subject to certain employee performance linked milestones
which can be realistically achieved. Once achieved, the value is unlocked to the Broad-Based Scheme
for the ultimate benefit of the non-managerial employees. Management and employees will jointly
participate in the structuring of the Broad-Based Scheme, which the company intends forming and
implementing during the current financial year. It is the intention of the company to structure the
Broad-Based Scheme to maximize recognition of black participation therein, both from the
perspective of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act and the Broad-Based Black
Economic Empowerment Act.
Bonus scheme and long term incentive plan
Harmonys Remuneration Committee ensures that Harmonys directors and senior executives are
fairly rewarded for their individual contributions to the companys overall performance.
In May 2006, the board made the following decisions regarding executive remuneration:
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guaranteed remuneration of executives to be pitched at close to median (50
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through performance-related annual bonuses, capped at a maximum of 50% and long-term
incentive plans, executives will be able to earn up to the top quartile (75 percentile
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In September, 2006 the Remuneration Committee approved a bonus scheme and long-term incentive
plan in line with these principles. This plan will be available for executive directors and members
of management and is expected to come into effect during fiscal 2007.
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Item 7. MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS AND RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
Harmony is an independent gold producer, with no single shareholder exercising control. As of
October 24, 2006, the issued share capital of Harmony consisted
of 397,549,945 ordinary shares. To
the knowledge of Harmony, (A) Harmony is not directly or indirectly owned or controlled (i) by
another corporation or (ii) by any foreign government and (B) there are no arrangements (including
any announced or expected takeover bid), the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in
a change in control of Harmony.
The voting rights of Harmonys major shareholders do not differ from the voting rights of
other holders of the same class of shares.
Significant changes in the percentage ownership held by major shareholders in the past three
years are described below on Related Party Transactions.
A
list of the 5% holders of our securities as of September 29, 2006 is set forth below:
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1. The Bank of New York(1) |
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126,326,506 |
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31.8% |
2. ARM Ltd.(2) |
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63,632,922 |
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16.0% |
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Allan Gray Asset Management Ltd. |
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49,949,710 |
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12.6% |
4. JP Morgan Chase Bank(3) |
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37,626,426 |
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9.5% |
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Depository with respect to the ADRs held on the U.S. register. |
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Patrice Motsepe, the Chairman of Harmony, has an indirect holding in ARM Limited. |
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Depository with respect to Harmonys International Depository Shares. |
The voting rights of Harmonys major shareholders do not differ from the voting rights of
other holders of the same class of shares.
As
of September 30, 2006, there were 2,611 holders of record, which accounted for less than 1%
of our ordinary shares. In addition, as of October 26, 2006 there were 101,686,518 ADRs outstanding at that date, representing
25.5% of our share capital.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
None of the directors or major shareholders of Harmony or, to the knowledge of Harmony, their
families, had any interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction since July 1, 2003 or in any
proposed transaction that has affected or will materially affect Harmony or its subsidiaries, other
than as stated below.
ARM Limited currently holds 16.2% of Harmonys shares. Patrice Motsepe, Bernard Swanepoel, and
Frank Abbott are directors of ARM Limited.
Harmonys shareholding in African Rainbow Minerals Limited, or ARM Limited was diluted in
fiscal 2004 following a range of transactions to restructure ARM Limited among Harmony, ARM Limited
and ARMI. ARMI is represented by Patrice Motsepe, a non-executive director and chairman of Harmony
and executive chairman of ARM Limited. The reorganization principally involved the sale to ARM
Limited of (i) ARMIs holding of 35,002,396 shares in Harmony; (ii) all
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of the issued shares in ARM Platinum, now a subsidiary of ARM Limited; and (iii) the sale of
ARMIs interest in certain loans to ARM Mining Consortium Limited. As a result, Harmonys interest
in ARM was diluted from 34.5% to 19.84%. In addition, in May 2004, Harmony issued 28,630,526
ordinary shares to ARM in exchange for Avgold shares to acquire a 42.2% holding in Avgold, formerly
a subsidiary of ARM Limited. A further 31,888,830 ordinary shares were issued to ARM Limited on May
17, 2004 and May 20, 2004 to acquire the shareholding of the Avgold minorities and Avgold is now a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Harmony. Also as part of the reorganization transactions, ARM Limited
acquired the Kalplats platinum discovery and associated mineral rights from Kalgold, a subsidiary
of Harmony. Kalgold has renounced its rights to the 2,000,000 ARM Limited shares it received in the
acquisition in favor of Harmony.
In fiscal 2005 we decreased our interest in ARM Limited. On February 3, 2005, we undertook a
secondary placing of 3,703,704 shares of our holding in ARM Limited at a price of R27.00 per share.
On March 15, 2005, we placed another 3,418,803 of our ARM Limited shares at a price of R29.25 per
share. Following the ARM Empowerment Trust transaction described below, the remaining 3%
shareholding in ARM Limited was sold in the open market on May 27, 2005, at R29.01 (US$4.42) per
share, realizing net proceeds of R146,573,431 (US$22,326,494) (translated at US$1 = R6.565, the
rate on May 27, 2005).
On April 21, 2005, we disposed of our 14% investment in ARM Limited (the balance of our
shareholding, save for the 3% described above) to The ARM Broad-Based Economic Empowerment (BEE)
Trust, known as the ARM Empowerment Trust, for a cash consideration of R829,827,460
(US$136,765,960) representing a price of R29.00 (US$4.78) (translated at US$1 = R6.0675, the rate
on April 21, 2005) per ARM share. The ARM Empowerment Trust has been established for the purpose of
holding the ARM Limited shares to further facilitate broad-based empowerment in ARM Limiteds
shareholder base, which in turn benefits Harmony by enhancing Harmonys empowerment credentials.
Two of our directors, Nomfundo Qangule and Frank Abbott (Financial Director of ARM Limited),
represent two of the trustees, Harmony and ARM Limited, of the ARM Empowerment Trust. ARM is one of
Harmonys largest shareholders and BEE partner holding 16.2% of Harmony. On April 15, 2005, the ARM
Empowerment Trust entered into a term loan facility of R356,149,124 million (US$56,689,077)
(translated at US$1 = R6.2825, the rate on April 15, 2005) with Nedbank Limited, or Nedbank for the
purpose of funding the ARM Empowerment Trusts partial acquisition of the shares Harmony held in
ARM. The loan bears interest, compounded monthly, at a variable rate linked to the JIBAR. Interest
accrued during the year ended June 30, 2005, amounted to R8 million (US$1.29 million). The loan is
repayable on the fifth anniversary of the advance date.
Also on April 15, 2005, the ARM Empowerment Trust entered into a second term loan facility of
R480,400,000 million (US$76,466,375) (translated at US$1 = R6.2825, the rate on April 15, 2005)
with Nedbank for the purpose of funding the balance of the ARM Empowerment Trusts acquisition of
the shares Harmony held in ARM Limited. The loan bears interest, compounded monthly, at a variable
rate linked to the JIBAR. Interest and additional charges accrued during the year ended June 30,
2005, amounted to R9 million (US$1.5 million) and R7 million (US$1.1 million). The loan is
repayable on the fifth anniversary of the advance date.
The purchase by the ARM Empowerment Trust of the 14% stake in ARM Limited was partially
financed and underwritten by Harmony. Although the Trust is fully liable, Nedbank has a put option
whereby the first loan of R480,400,000 (US$76,466,375) can be put to Harmony by Nedbank in the
event of default of either of the loans obtained by the Trust in acquiring the shares from Harmony.
In addition, Harmony is entitled at any time up to the facilities discharge date to call the loan.
The put and call option, together with the fact that two of Harmonys directors are trustees of the
ARM Empowerment Trust, resulted in Harmony not being able to demonstrate that control over the
shares have been surrendered for accounting purposes. Therefore, Harmony has not been able to
reflect the transfer of its investment to the ARM Empowerment Trust as a sale and the total
liability to Nedbank and the total investment in ARM Limited has been accounted for in Harmonys
consolidated balance sheet. See discussion of ARM Empowerment Trust in consolidated financial
statements. This is intended to be unwound as the B units in the ARM Empowerment Trust are taken
up and paid for by the beneficiaries of the ARM Empowerment Trust.
On June 6, 2006, the put and call option was cancelled and replaced with a guarantee in
respect of the first loan subject to a maximum guaranteed amount of R367,375,455 plus interest
thereon at the applicable funding rate from May 26, 2006. In addition, the ARM Empowerment Trust
is entitled to dispose of 8,175,640 ARM shares. A disposal of all of those shares by the ARM
Empowerment Trust will reduce the guaranteed amount to R214,877,785 plus interest thereon at the
applicable funding rate from May 26, 2006. Harmony has also entered into an indemnity agreement
with ARM, in
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terms of which ARM has indemnified Harmony against 50% of the guaranteed amount, subject to a
maximum of R107,438,892 plus interest thereon at the applicable rate from May 26, 2006.
We acquired several companies owned by ARMI as part of the ARMgold acquisition in September
2003 pursuant to which Harmony acquired all of the shares in ARMgold. These companies had
competitive contractual arrangements with ARMgold for the provision of services and supplies
related to ARMgolds business which were entered into before the ARMgold merger. These companies
provided services and supplies to the merged company and were sold in July 2004 and November 2004.
See Note 12 of our consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Certain of ARMIs subsidiaries and community development companies established for the benefit
of the 60,000 community residents living near the ARM Mining Consortium/Anglo Platinum Joint
Venture mine received non-interest bearing loans from ARMgold prior to the ARMgold merger in the
aggregate amount of R37 million. No interest was charged due to ARMgolds long-term commitments and
contribution to upliftment and empowerment, for which ARMgold has received recognition and credit.
These loans were repaid in full as of June 30, 2004.
In March 2006, Harmony acquired 37.37 million of the 44.99 million shares held in Western
Areas Limited from Allan Gray Ltd. As at June 30, 2006 Allan Gray Ltd was one of Harmonys largest
shareholders, holding 11.8% of Harmonys total shares.
On June 21, 2006 Harmony announced that it had acquired 37.8% of the issued share capital of
Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company Limited (Village) for an amount of R458,775. The equity
stake was purchased from ARM Limited at a price of 20 cents per share. Due to the fact that the
acquisition surpasses the 35% mark, Harmony was obliged under the Securities Regulation Code on
Takeovers and Mergers to extend an offer to the remaining shareholders of Village to acquire all of
their shares at the same price at which it acquired the 37.8% stake. On August 14, 2006 Harmony
announced that minority shareholders holding 3,163 shares in Village (being 8.38% of the shares in
respect of which the offer was made) had accepted its offer. Harmony now holds 2,295,663 shares
representing 37.83% of the issued share capital of Village. The Chairman of Harmony, Patrice
Motsepe, is also a member of ARM Limiteds board of directors. Frank Abbott was also a director of
Village at the time of the purchase.
INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
Not applicable.
Item 8. FINANCIAL INFORMATION
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
Please refer to Item 18. Financial Statements of this annual report.
Legal Proceedings
None of Harmonys property is the subject of pending material legal proceedings. We experience
a number of claims and legal and arbitration proceedings incidental to the normal conduct of our
business. Our management does not believe that liabilities related to such claims and proceedings
are likely to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to our consolidated financial
condition.
In December 2004, 10 plaintiffs employed at the Elandsrand Mine instituted actions in respect
of silicosis claims. The First Defendant in these matters is Anglo American Corporation of South
Africa Limited, with Harmony cited as the Second Defendant. These 10 claims constitute test cases
in relation to claims for damages for silicosis allegedly contracted by the plaintiffs over their
period of employment with Anglo American and Harmony at Elandsrand. The Occupational Diseases and
Mine Works Act (unlike other similar legislation) does not contain a clause precluding employees
from instituting claims against employers for damages arising from an occupational disease. While
we cannot guarantee a favorable result, the Board does not believe that the present 10 test cases
present a significant risk and the probabilities vastly favor a dismissal of the actions.
On April 15, 2002, Wadethru Securities (Pty) Ltd, or Megamore, brought an action against
Harmony in the High Court
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in South Africa. Megamore has claimed damages totaling R69,403,299 for various claims relating
to a Vamping Agreement and a Sale Agreement in respect of Brand 2 Shaft. Megamore is currently in
liquidation and the appointed liquidator has decided not to proceed with this claim. As of October,
2006, the formal notice withdrawing the matter was expected imminently.
On September 23, 2002, Harmony and Durban Roodepoort Deep, another South African gold mining
company, filed a complaint with the South African Competition Commission against Mittal Steel South
Africa (formerly Iscor), a South African steel producer. The complaint alleges that Mittal is
abusing its dominant position by charging excessive prices for its local flat steel products and
providing inducements for steel purchasers to refrain from importing competing steel products. The
Competition Commission did not refer the complaint to the Competition Tribunal. On February 27,
2004, Harmony and Durban Roodepoort Deep referred the complaint to the Competition Tribunal for
determination. The hearing before the Competition Tribunal took place during March and April,
2006. Closing arguments will be presented at the end of November 2006 and the Competition Tribunal
is expected to issue its decision in the first quarter of 2007.
Gold Fields Proceedings
There were a number of legal and regulatory proceedings that occurred during the course of the
bid for Gold Fields Limited in fiscal 2005 which began in October 2004 and culminated in May 2005
with a South African High Court ruling to the effect that Harmonys subsequent offer for Gold
Fields lapsed on December 18, 2004. The ruling did not effect Harmonys initial offer for Gold
Fields, which resulted in Harmony owning approximately 11.5% of the issued share capital of Gold
Fields, of which approximately 6.1% was sold in June 2005. In November 2005 Harmony sold its
remaining holdings in a series of open market transactions. See Item 4. Business Disposals.
Dividends and Dividend Policy
We paid interim and final dividends on our ordinary shares in 2003 and 2004. Due to operating
conditions and our commitment to expenditure on long-term growth projects, we were not able to
declare any dividends in fiscal 2005 or fiscal 2006. An interim dividend was declared by the Board
for the first six months of the fiscal year and paid during the third quarter of the fiscal years
2003 and 2004. For information on Harmonys accounting policy relating to dividends, see note 2(w)
to the consolidated financial statements.
The following table sets forth the dividends announced and paid in respect of Harmony ordinary
shares for the periods indicated.
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Final Dividend June 30, 2003 |
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1.50 |
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Interim Dividend December 31, 2003 |
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0.40 |
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0.30 |
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Interim Dividend December 31, 2004 |
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South African law was relaxed to permit the distribution of a companys equity as a dividend,
provided that the necessary shareholder or board approval is obtained and, after the distribution
of the dividend, the company remains solvent and liquid. Cash dividends, however, may only be paid
out of accumulated profits or other distributable reserves. Previously under South African law, a
companys equity could not be distributed as a dividend. The amount of dividends, if any, paid in
the future will depend on our results of operations, financial condition, cash requirements and
other factors deemed relevant by the Board.
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Recent Developments
On October 19, 2006 Harmony entered into an agreement with Simmers and Jack Mines Limited and
Enzulwini Mining Company (Pty) Ltd (a 100% subsidiary of Simmers and Jack Mines Limited) to sell
certain land and infrastructure around the old Randfontein 4 Shaft for R55 million (US$7.7 million
at the closing balance sheet rate) in cash. This shaft was placed on care and maintenance by
Harmony in 2001. The carrying value of the assets sold in Harmonys balance sheet at June 30, 2006 was
US$nil. The R25.6 million (US$3.6 million at the closing balance sheet rate) environmental
rehabilitation liability and the associated rehabilitation fund of R19 million (U$2.7 million at
the closing balance sheet rate) of the asset is to be assumed by Simmers and Jack Mines Limited.
The transaction is subject to a number of conditions precedent, including regulatory approvals.
During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, Harmony took the decision to refine all our South
African production through Rand Refinery. Prior to this date approximately 84% of our annual
production was refined by the Harmony Refinery. The decision was made to close the Harmony Refinery
due to the historic losses incurred by the refinery. In fiscal 2006, the Harmony Refinery incurred
losses of US$1.9 millions. The staff in the refinery is to be offered alternative positions within Harmony,
and some of the assets of the company are to be sold to Rand Refinery. The terms of this sale are
currently being negotiated.
Item 9. THE OFFER AND LISTING
MARKETS
Stock Exchange Listings and Ticker Codes
The primary listing of our ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited. Our ordinary shares are also
listed on stock exchanges in London, Paris and Berlin, as well as being quoted in Brussels in the
form of International Depositary Receipts (IDRs) and on the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ in
the form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs).
Harmony listed its ADSs on NASDAQ in November 2005.
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JSE Limited
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New York Stock Exchange
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HMY |
NASDAQ
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London Stock Exchange
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Euronext Brussels
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Euronext Paris
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Berlin Stock Exchange
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HAM1 |
OFFERING AND LISTING DETAILS
The high and low sales prices in Rand for Harmonys ordinary shares on the JSE for the periods
indicated were as follows:
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2004 |
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First Quarter |
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117.20 |
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84.00 |
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Second Quarter |
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108.50 |
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92.48 |
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Third Quarter |
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122.51 |
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95.76 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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97.25 |
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61.00 |
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122.51 |
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61.00 |
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 Month of |
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First Quarter |
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88.55 |
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58.00 |
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Second Quarter |
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93.30 |
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51.00 |
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Third Quarter |
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58.50 |
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47.50 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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58.80 |
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36.40 |
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93.30 |
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36.40 |
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 Month of |
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71.99 |
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46.62 |
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Second Quarter |
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88.35 |
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65.50 |
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Third Quarter |
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117.05 |
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76.00 |
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Fourth Quarter |
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114.21 |
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80.51 |
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117.05 |
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46.62 |
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June 2006 |
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114.21 |
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80.51 |
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July 2006 |
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121.54 |
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93.47 |
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August 2006 |
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104.00 |
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88.76 |
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September 2006 |
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105.32 |
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86.10 |
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On October 24, 2006, the share price of Harmonys ordinary shares on the JSE was Rand 112.47.
Harmonys ADRs are dual-listed on the New York Stock Exchange and, as of November 29, 2005, on
the NASDAQ Stock Market. The high and low sales prices in US dollars for Harmonys ADRs for the
periods indicated, as reported the New York Stock Exchange and the NASDAQ Stock Market, were as
follows:
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15.95 |
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10.90 |
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16.75 |
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13.10 |
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17.80 |
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13.90 |
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15.62 |
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9.25 |
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17.80 |
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9.25 |
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2005 |
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13.74 |
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9.75 |
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14.29 |
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9.05 |
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9.58 |
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7.51 |
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8.80 |
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5.96 |
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14.29 |
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5.96 |
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 |
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First Quarter |
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11.23 |
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7.21 |
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11.06 |
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7.20 |
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13.64 |
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9.71 |
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13.64 |
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9.71 |
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18.84 |
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12.25 |
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18.84 |
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12.25 |
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17.76 |
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11.90 |
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17.76 |
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11.90 |
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18.84 |
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7.21 |
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18.84 |
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7.21 |
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June 2006 |
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16.38 |
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11.90 |
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16.38 |
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15.70 |
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17.10 |
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13.38 |
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14.55 |
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14.20 |
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14.75 |
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13.13 |
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14.75 |
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13.59 |
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14.56 |
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11.91 |
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13.18 |
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12.92 |
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On October
24, 2006, the closing share price of Harmonys
ordinary shares on the NYSE was US$14.57.
On October
24, 2006, the closing share price of Harmonys ordinary shares
on the NASDAQ was US$14.57.
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE IN SOUTH AFRICA
The JSE is the sixth largest emerging market exchange and by far the leading exchange in
Africa, playing a leadership role in the continent, supporting South Africas role as the African
financial hub. It is also recognized as a leading
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exchange in the global resources sector.
History
The Securities Exchange in South Africa, now known as JSE Limited, was formed in November
1887. In 1993 the JSE became an active member of the African Stock Exchanges Association. On May
15, 1996, the formal bond market passed from the JSE to the Bond Exchange of South Africa and is
separately licensed as a financial market in terms of the Financial Markets Control Act. Following
the closure of the open outcry trading floor on June 7, 1996, an order driven, centralized
automated trading system known as the JSE Equities Trading, or JET, system was introduced together
with dual trading and negotiated brokerage. On August 18, 1997, the Listings division of the JSE
introduced a real time news service for the dissemination of company announcements and price
sensitive information. SENS (Stock Exchange News Service) ensures early, equal and wide
dissemination of all information that is expected to have an effect on the prices of securities
that trade on the JSE. In 1998, the JSE introduced an Internet-based Service, the Emerging
Enterprise Zone, or the EEZ, to match seekers and providers of capital for small and medium
business. In November 1999, the electronic clearing and settlement system, STRATE (Share
TRAnsactions Totally Electronic) was introduced and the JET system was modified to prepare for the
implementation of an open interface to the system via the Application Program Interface. The
Alternative Exchange, known as the AltX, aimed at attracting smaller companies to the JSE, was
launched in October 2003 and currently boasts 14 listings with more companies to list by the end of
2005. Yield-X, which trades spot and derivative interest rate products across the yield curve on an
automated central order book was introduced in February 2005. Concurrent with its loss of
tax-exempt status on July 1, 2005, the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa demutualized, ending
its 118 year history as a tax-exempt, member owned, voluntary association to become JSE Limited, a
public but unlisted company. Liquidity on the JSE has grown from 5% in 1996 to nearly 40% by
December 2000 and has been relatively stable since then. The market capitalization of the JSE
equities market has grown from R1 trillion to in excess of R3,5 trillion over the same period.
The JSE is a fully integrated exchange, which over the last few years has successfully
broadened the range of products offered. Historically the JSE derived most of its revenue from the
equities market (100% in 2000). However, new products such as derivatives, fixed interest rate
products, exchange traded funds, agricultural products and information products has reduced the
JSEs reliance on equities (71.5% equities,17.6% agricultural products and 10.9% financial
derivatives in 2004). Turnover in terms of value of equities traded on the JSE increased during
2005/2006 despite the fall in the number of listed companies. Liquidity on the JSE (measured by
reference to the total market value of securities traded as a percentage of the total market
capitalization) as at September 30, 2006 was 42%. At that date there were 383 companies listed on
the JSE.
STRATE Settlement
Under STRATE there are essentially two types of clients: controlled and non-controlled. A
controlled client is one who elects to keep his shares and cash with his broker and these shares
are held in custody at the brokers chosen Custodian Bank, the CSDP. A non-controlled client is one
who appoints his own CSDP to act as custodian on his behalf. Equity settlements take place on a
contractual T+5 (where T= trade date) settlement cycle. Securities and funds become due for
settlement a set number of business days after the trade. Contractual settlement is a market
convention embodied in the rules of the JSE which states that a client has a contractual obligation
to cause a JSE trade to settle on settlement day. The JSE, in its capacity as Settlement Authority,
ensures that all on-market trades entered into by two JSE member firms settle five days after the
trade date.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Not applicable.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Not applicable.
DILUTION
Not applicable.
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EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE
Not applicable.
Item 10. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SHARE CAPITAL
Not applicable.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
This section summarizes certain material provisions of Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of
Association, the Companies Act and the JSE listings requirements, each as currently in effect.
These descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference
to all of the provisions of those sources. Directions on how to obtain a complete copy of Harmonys
Articles of Association are provided under Documents on Display below.
General
Harmony is a public company with limited liability, and is registered under the Companies Act
with the Registrar of Companies, Department of Trade and Industry under Registration number
1950/038232/06. Harmony is governed by its Memorandum of Association and Articles of Association,
the provisions of the Companies Act and the JSE Listings Requirements. Harmonys operations are
also subject to various laws and regulations, including those described in Item 4. Information on
the Company Regulation.
Objects and Purposes
Harmonys objects are set forth in Paragraph 3 of its Memorandum of Association and include:
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to acquire by purchase, cession, grant, lease, exchange or otherwise any movable or
immovable property, mines, mineral property, claims, mineral rights, mining rights, mining
leases, mining titles, mynpachts, lands, farms, buildings, water rights, concessions,
grants, rights, powers, privileges, surface rights of every description, servitudes or other
limited rights or interests in land and mineral contracts of every description; and any
interest therein and rights over the same; and to enter into any contract, option or
prospecting contract in respect thereof, and generally to enter into any arrangement that
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to carry out all forms of exploration work and in particular to search for, prospect,
examine, explore and obtain information in regard to mines, mineral properties, claims,
mineral rights, mining rights, mining leases, mining titles, mynpachts, mining districts or
locations and ground and soil supposed to contain or containing precious stones, minerals or
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to open, work, develop and maintain gold, silver, diamond, copper, coal, iron and other
mines, mineral and other rights, properties and works, and to carry on and conduct the
business of raising, crushing, washing, smelting, reducing and amalgamating ores, metals,
minerals and precious stones, and to render the same merchantable and fit for use and to
carry on all or any of the businesses of miners, mineralogists, metallurgists, amalgamators,
geophysicists, smelters, quarry owners, quarrymen and brickmakers; |
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to buy, sell, refine and deal in bullion, specie, coin and precious and base metals,
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to employ and pay mining experts, agents and other persons, partnerships, companies or
corporations, and to organize, equip and dispatch expeditions for prospecting, exploring,
reporting on, surveying, working and developing lands, farms, districts, territories and
properties in any part of the world, whether the same are the property of Harmony or
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Directors
Disclosure of Interests
A Harmony director may not vote in respect of any contract or arrangement in which he or she
is interested, and may not be counted in the quorum for the purpose of any resolution regarding
such a contract or arrangement. This restriction does not apply, however, to:
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any arrangement for giving the director a security or indemnity in respect of money
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any arrangement by which Harmony gives any security to a third party in respect of a
debt or obligation of Harmony for which the director himself or herself has assumed
responsibility, in whole or in part, whether under a guarantee or indemnity or by the
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any contract by the director to subscribe for or underwrite shares or debentures of
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any contract or arrangement with a company other than Harmony, in which the director
holds or controls, directly or indirectly, no more than one percent of shares representing
either (i) any class of the equity share capital of that company or (ii) the overall voting
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any retirement scheme or fund which relates to both directors and to employees (or a
class of employees) and does not accord to any director, as such, any privilege or advantage
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The restrictions preventing directors from voting in respect of contracts or arrangement in
which they are interested may be suspended or relaxed at any time, either generally or in respect
of particular circumstances, by the holders of 75% Harmonys ordinary shares who are present and
voting in a general meeting.
A director, notwithstanding his of her interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any
meeting where: (i) he or she or any other director is appointed to hold any office or position of
profit in Harmony; (ii) the directors resolve to exercise any of Harmonys rights to appoint, or
concur in the appointment of, a director to hold any office or position of profit in any other
company; or (iii) the terms of any such appointment are considered or varied. At this meeting, each
director may vote on the matters listed above, but no director may vote in respect of his or her
own appointment, or the arrangement or variation of the terms of his or her own appointment.
The restrictions described above do not prevent or debar any director, as a holder of any
class of Harmony shares, from taking part in or voting upon any question submitted to a vote by
that class at a general meeting, regardless of that directors personal interest or concern.
Compensation
The remuneration of the directors of Harmony in their capacity as directors, including fees
per directors meeting, and additional compensation for the performance of other services, such as
serving on committees, may be established either by a majority of the holders of Harmonys ordinary
shares, present and voting in a general meeting, or by a majority of disinterested directors at a
meeting of directors, provided they constitute a quorum.
Borrowing Powers
The Harmony directors may raise, borrow or secure the payment of any sums of money for
Harmonys purposes as they see fit. However, without the consent of a majority of the holders of
Harmonys ordinary shares present and voting in a general meeting, the aggregate principal amount
outstanding in respect of monies raised, borrowed or secured by Harmony and any of its subsidiaries
may not exceed the greater of (i) Rand 40 million or (ii) the aggregate amount, from time to time,
of Harmonys issued and paid up capital, plus the aggregate of the amounts standing to the credit
of all distributable and non-distributable reserves, plus Harmonys share premium account and the
share premium accounts of Harmonys subsidiaries.
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The Companies Act provides that a company may only make a loan to its owner, director or
manager with the prior consent of all the members of the company or pursuant to a special
resolution relating to a specific transaction.
Rotation
At each annual general meeting of Harmony, one-third of the directors, or, if the number is
not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not exceeding one-third, shall retire from
office by rotation. Those directors who have been longest in office since their last election or
re-election shall retire. As between directors of equal seniority, the directors to retire by
rotation shall, in the absence of agreement, be selected by lot. If at the date of any annual
general meeting, any director shall have held office for a period of at least three years since his
or her last election or re-election, he or she shall retire at such meeting, either as one of the
directors resigning pursuant to the aforementioned rotation principles, or in addition thereto. At
the next general meeting of shareholders, Frank Abbott, Cedric Savage and Patrice Motsepe, are due
to retire by rotation at the meeting. Retiring directors are eligible for re-election and said
directors have made themselves available for re-election.
If a director is appointed to any Harmony executive office, his or her employment contract may
provide that he or she shall be exempt from rotation for the lesser of (i) a period of 5 years or
(ii) the period during which he or she continues to hold the relevant executive office. During the
relevant period, the director in question shall not be taken into account in determining the
retirement of directors by rotation. The number of directors who may be exempt from retirement by
rotation in this manner shall not equal or exceed one-half of the total number of the directors at
the time of the relevant directors appointment. Currently none of Harmonys directors are exempted
from retirement under these provisions.
Qualifications
There is no age limit requirement with regard to retirement or non-retirement of directors.
Directors are not required to hold any shares in Harmony to qualify them for appointment as
directors.
Share Capital
As of June 30, 2006, the issued share capital of Harmony consisted of 396,934,450 ordinary shares
with a par value of rand 0.50 each. As of October 24, 2006, the issued share capital of Harmony
consisted of 397,549,945 ordinary shares with a par value of Rand 0.50 each. At the general meeting
held on November 12, 2004, Harmonys authorized share capital was increased from 450,000,000
ordinary shares with a par value of Rand 0.50 to 1,200,000,000 ordinary shares with a par value of
Rand 0.50 each. The terms of the ordinary shares are described in Description of Ordinary
Shares below.
Description of Ordinary Shares
This section summarizes the material provisions of Harmonys ordinary shares as set out in
Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act and the JSE listings
requirements, each as currently in effect. It does not purport to be complete and is qualified in
its entirety by reference to all of the provisions of those sources.
Dividends
Either the Board or a majority of the holders of Harmony ordinary shares, voting in a general
meeting, may, from time to time, declare a dividend to be paid to the registered holders of
ordinary shares according to their respective rights and interests in the profits, measured in
proportion to the number of ordinary shares held by them. Under South African law, a companys
equity may be distributed as a dividend, provided that any necessary shareholder approval is
obtained and, after the distribution of the dividend, the company remains solvent and liquid. Cash
dividends, however, may only be paid out of the profits of the company. Cash dividends paid by
Harmony will not bear any interest payable by Harmony. Dividends may be declared either free of, or
subject to, the deduction of income tax and any other tax or duty which may be chargeable. There is
currently no tax payable in South Africa by the recipients of dividends who are outside South
Africa.
Dividends are declared payable to holders of ordinary shares who are registered as such on a
record date determined
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by the Board, which must be after the later of the date of the dividend declaration or the
date of confirmation of the dividend. The period between the record date and the date of the
closing of the transfer registers in respect of the dividend shall be not less than 14 days.
Holders of Harmony ordinary shares, voting in a general meeting, may not declare a dividend
greater than the amount recommended by the directors, but may declare a smaller dividend. Dividends
will be paid to the holders of Harmony ordinary shares in proportion to the number of their shares.
All unclaimed dividends may be invested or otherwise utilized by the Board for the benefit of
Harmony until claimed; provided that dividends unclaimed after a period of twelve years from the
date of declaration may be declared forfeited by the Board. Forfeited dividends revert to Harmony.
Any dividend or other sum payable in cash to a holder may be transmitted by a payment method
determined by the directors, such as electronic bank transfer or ordinary post to the address of
the holder recorded in the register or any other address the holder may previously have given to
Harmony in writing. Harmony will not be responsible for any loss in transmission.
Any dividend may be paid and satisfied, either wholly or in part, by the distribution of
specific assets, including shares and debentures of any other company, in cash, or by one or more
of such methods, as the Board may determine and direct at the time of the dividend declaration.
When any holders of Harmony ordinary shares reside outside of South Africa, the Board has the
power, subject to any applicable laws or regulations, to declare a dividend in a relevant currency
other than the Rand and to determine the date on which and the rate of exchange at which the
dividend shall be converted into the other currency.
All cash dividends paid by Harmony are expected to be in rand. Holders of ADRs on the relevant
record date will be entitled to receive any dividends payable in respect of the ordinary shares
underlying the ADRs, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Cash dividends paid in Rand
will be converted by the depository to US dollars and paid by the depository to holders of ADRs, to
the extent it can do so on a reasonable basis and can transfer the US dollars to the United States,
net of conversion expenses of the depository, and in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
Voting Rights
Subject to any rights or restrictions attached to any class of ordinary shares, every holder
of Harmony ordinary shares who is present in person at a shareholder meeting, or a person present
as a representative of holders of one or more ordinary shares, shall on a show of hands have one
vote, irrespective of the number of ordinary shares he holds or represents. Every holder of
ordinary shares shall, on a poll, have one vote for every ordinary share held by him. A shareholder
is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and speak and vote at any meeting on his or her behalf.
The proxy need not be a shareholder. On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote (or
his representative, proxy or agent) need not, if he votes, use all of his votes or cast all of his
votes in the same way.
Distribution of Assets on Liquidation
In the event of voluntary or compulsory liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the assets
remaining after payment of all the debts and liabilities of Harmony, including the costs of
liquidation, will be applied to repay the amount paid up on Harmonys issued capital to holders of
Harmony ordinary shares and, thereafter, the balance will be divided pro rata among the holders of
Harmony ordinary shares, subject to any special rights or conditions attaching to any shares. Any
portion of Harmonys assets may, upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and with the
approval of a special resolution, be paid to the ordinary shareholders by the distribution of
specific assets or may be vested in trustees for the benefit of such ordinary shareholders.
Redemption/Purchase of Shares
No shares shall be issued which are redeemable by their terms or at the option of any party.
The Companies Act permits companies to establish share incentive trusts and provide funds with
which such trusts may purchase securities (including debt and equity securities) of the company or
its holding company. These securities are to be held by or for the benefit of employees, including
salaried directors. The Companies Act also permits such a
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trust to loan funds to company employees for the purpose of purchasing or subscribing for
Harmony securities, provided that such trusts may not loan funds to directors who do not hold
salaried employment or office.
The Companies Amendment Act provides that, with effect from June 1, 1999, a company may
approve the acquisition of its own shares by special resolution, if authorized to do so by its
articles. A company is not, however, permitted to make any form of payment to acquire any of its
own shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that the company is or, after the payment,
would be unable to pay its debts or if, after the payment, the consolidated assets of the company
fairly valued would be less than the consolidated liabilities of the company. The procedure for
acquisition of shares by a company is regulated, in the case of listed companies, both by the
Companies Amendment Act and the Listings Requirements of the JSE. The Companies Amendment Act
further provides that a company may make payments to its shareholders if authorized by its articles
subject to the liquidity and solvency requirements described above.
Harmony is authorized pursuant to its Articles of Association to approve the acquisition of
its shares by special resolution from time to time. Harmony is also authorized pursuant to its
Articles of Association to make payments in cash or in specie to any class of its shareholders.
Issue of Additional Shares and Pre-emptive Rights
The Companies Act does not provide holders of any class of Harmonys shares with pre-emptive
rights. However, the JSE requires that any new issues of equity shares by companies listed on the
exchange must first be offered to existing holders of such shares, in proportion to their current
holding.
The JSE will, however, allow a company to issue shares to third parties without first offering
them to existing shareholders, in circumstances such as the following:
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the holders of the relevant class of shares in a general meeting; |
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for the acquisition of an asset, provided that if the issue is more than 30% of the
companys issued share capital, a simple majority of holders of ordinary shares present and
voting, must vote in favor of the acquisition; |
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to raise cash by way of a general issue in the discretion of the directors (but not to
related parties) of up to 15% of the issued share capital in any one fiscal year at an issue
price with a discount not exceeding 10% of the 30-day weighted average trading price prior
to the determination date, provided that the holders of ordinary shares, present and voting
at a general meeting, must approve the granting of such authority to the directors by a 75%
vote; or |
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to raise cash by way of a specific issue of a specified number or a maximum number of
shares for cash provided that the holders of ordinary shares, other than controlling
shareholders, present and voting, vote in favor of the resolution to issue the shares at a
general meeting by a 75% vote. In terms of JSE listings requirements, the circular to be
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details of the persons to whom the shares are to be issued if such persons fall into
the following categories or other categories identified by the JSE: directors of the company
or its subsidiaries or their associates; trustees of employee or directors share scheme or
pension funds; any person having the right to nominate directors of the company; and certain
shareholders holding more than 10% of the issued share capital; |
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if the persons to whom the shares are to be issued are related parties, an independent
experts opinion that the issue price is fair and reasonable; and |
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should the maximum size of the issue equal or exceed 30% of the companys issued share
capital, full listing particulars, which include, inter alia, a reporting accountants
report and, in the case of a mining company, a competent persons report setting out
technical details of the companys operations and assets. |
Transfer of Shares
Owners of Harmony ordinary shares may transfer any or all of their shares in writing in any
common form or in any
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form approved by the Harmony directors. Every instrument of transfer must be executed by the
transferor or, if the directors so determine, by the transferor and the transferee. The transferor
will remain the holder of the ordinary shares transferred until the name of the transferee is
entered in Harmonys register of members in respect of such ordinary shares.
The Board may refuse to recognize any instrument of transfer that is not duly stamped (if
required) or is not accompanied by appropriate evidence of the transferors title. Such right of
refusal will not prevent dealings occurring on an open and proper basis. Harmony retains all
instruments of transfer that are registered. Any instrument of transfer that the Board refuses to
register is, except in the case of fraud, returned on demand to the person depositing such
instrument.
Rights of Minority Shareholders and Fiduciary Duties
Majority shareholders of South African companies have no fiduciary obligations under South
African common law to minority shareholders. However, under the Companies Act, a shareholder may,
under certain circumstances, seek relief from the court if he has been unfairly prejudiced by the
company. The provisions in the Companies Act are designed to provide relief for oppressed
shareholders without necessarily overruling the majoritys decision. There may also be common law
personal actions available to a shareholder of a company.
Although the concepts are similar, the specific interpretations of fiduciary obligations of
directors in South Africa may differ from those in the U.S. and certain other countries. In South
Africa, the common law imposes on directors a duty to act with care, skill and diligence and
fiduciary duties, which include the duty to conduct the companys affairs honestly and in the best
interests of the company.
Variation of Rights
Harmony may vary the rights attached to any issued or not yet issued shares by special
resolution. However, if at any time the issued share capital is divided into different classes of
shares, the rights attached to any class may not be varied except with the consent in writing of
the holders of at least 75% of the issued shares of that class or through a resolution passed at a
separate general meeting of the holders of the shares of that class. The quorum for such a meeting
shall be the lesser of (i) 3 shareholders or (ii) 75% of the shareholders of that class, present in
person or by their representatives, agents or proxies, provided that such shareholders must control
or hold at least one half of the issued shares of that class. A share shall be a share of a
different class from another share if the two shares do not rank pari passu in every respect.
Changes in Capital or Objects and Powers of Harmony
The provisions of Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of Association pertaining to changes in
Harmonys share capital and powers are substantially equivalent to the provisions of the Companies
Act. Harmony may by special resolution:
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Meetings of Shareholders
The Harmony directors may at any time convene general meetings of Harmonys shareholders. The
directors shall convene a general meeting upon request of shareholders in accordance with the
provisions of the Companies Act. No more than fifteen months may elapse between the date of one
annual general meeting and the next, and the annual general meeting shall be held within six months
after the expiration of each financial year of Harmony.
Harmony is required to provide its members with written notice of meetings, which shall
specify the place, the day and time of the meeting. In every notice calling a meeting of Harmony or
of any class of members of Harmony, there shall appear with reasonable prominence a statement that
a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to appoint a proxy to attend and vote in lieu of
such person and that a proxy need not also be a member. Notice of a general meeting shall be given
to the JSE and to the following persons and no other person shall be entitled to receive notice of
general meetings:
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to every person entitled to a share in consequence of the death or insolvency of a
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Annual general meetings and meetings calling for the passage of a special resolution require
twenty-one days notice in writing. Any other general meeting requires no less than fourteen days
notice in writing. A meeting called upon shorter notice shall be deemed to have been duly called if
a majority in number of the members having a right to attend and vote at the meeting agree to such
a shortened notice period, and if such members hold no less than 95% of the total voting rights of
all members.
Harmony business may be transacted at a general meeting only when a quorum of members is
present. Three members present personally or by representative and entitled to vote are a quorum.
The annual general meeting deals with and disposes of all matters prescribed by the Harmony
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The holder of a general or special power of attorney given by a member, whether the holder is
a member or not, shall be entitled to attend meetings of Harmony or of any class of members of
Harmony and to vote at such meetings if so authorized by the power of attorney. Any member may
appoint a proxy, who need not be a member, to attend, speak and, subject to the provisions of the
Companies Act, to vote in his place on a show of hands and on a poll at any general meeting or at
any meeting of any class of members. The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of
Harmony and the power of attorney or other authority shall be deposited at the transfer office of
Harmony not later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public Holidays) before the
meeting at which the person empowered proposes to vote. No instrument appointing a proxy shall be
valid after the end of a period of 6 months commencing on the date on which it is signed unless
otherwise expressly stated in the proxy.
Title to Shares
The registered holder or holders of any shares shall, during his or their respective lifetimes
and while not subject to any legal incapacity, be the only person or persons recognized by Harmony
as having any right to, or in respect of, such shares and, in particular, Harmony shall not be
bound to recognize:
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Where any share is registered in the names of two or more persons they shall be deemed to be
joint holders. Accordingly where any member dies, the survivor or survivors, where the deceased was
a joint holder, and the executor of the deceased, where the deceased was the sole holder, shall be
the only persons recognized by Harmony as having any right to the interest of the deceased in any
shares of Harmony.
Harmony may enter in the register as member, no mine official, of Harmony, the name of any
person who submits proof of his appointment as the executor, administrator, trustee, curator or
guardian in respect of the estate of a deceased member of Harmony or of a member whose estate has
been sequestrated or of a member who is otherwise under disability or as liquidator of any body
corporate in the course of being wound up which is a member of Harmony, and any person whose name
has been so entered in the register shall be deemed to be a member of Harmony.
Non-South African Shareholders
There are no limitations imposed by South African law or by the Articles of Association of
Harmony on the rights of non-South African shareholders to hold or vote Harmonys ordinary shares
or securities convertible into ordinary shares.
Disclosure of Interest in Shares
Pursuant to the Companies Amendment Act Number 37 of 1999, where securities of an issuer are
registered in the name of a person and that person is not the holder of the beneficial interest in
all of the securities so held, it is obliged, at the end of every three-month period after June 30,
1999 (i.e., commencing on September 30, 1999), to disclose to the issuer the identity of each
person on whose behalf the registered holder holds securities and the number and class of
securities issued by that issuer held on behalf of each such person. Moreover, an issuer of
securities may, by notice in writing, require a person who is a registered shareholder, or whom the
issuer knows or has reasonable cause to believe to have a beneficial interest in, a security issued
by the issuer, to confirm or deny whether or not such person holds that beneficial interest and, if
the security is held for another person, to disclose to the issuer the identity of the person on
whose behalf a security is held. The addressee of the notice may also be required to give
particulars of the extent of the beneficial interest held during the three years preceding the date
of the notice. All issuers of securities are obliged to establish and maintain a register of the
disclosures described above and to publish in their annual financial statements a
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list of the persons who hold beneficial interests equal to or in excess of 5% of the total
number of securities of that class issued by the issuer together with the extent of those
beneficial interests.
Changes in Control
There are various procedures under the Companies Act whereby mergers and takeovers can be
effected. These procedures are not exclusive and there are a variety of techniques that can be used
to acquire control. All of these procedures are, however, subject to control by the Securities
Regulation Panel and the requirements embodied in the Securities Regulation Code on Take-overs and
Mergers shall be adhered to. The JSE Listing Requirements also contain certain requirements with
regard to the process involved in a merger or takeover. While the requirements of the Securities
Regulation Panel and the JSE Listings Requirements might have the general effect of delaying,
deferring or preventing a change in control of a company, Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of
Association do not impose additional restrictions on mergers or takeovers.
Register of Members
Harmony keeps a register of shareholders at Harmonys office and at the office of Harmonys
transfer secretaries in South Africa, and Harmonys transfer secretaries in the United Kingdom keep
a branch shareholders register at their offices.
The register of members includes:
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Annual Report and Accounts
The Board is required to keep such accounting records and books of account as are prescribed
by the Companies Act.
The directors will cause to be prepared annual financial statements and a South African annual
report as required by the Companies Act and the JSE rules. Harmony will deliver a copy of the South
African annual report and annual financial statements to every member not less than twenty-one days
prior to the date of each annual general meeting.
Harmonys annual report on Form 20-F is available on the Companys website at
www.harmony.co.za. Harmony will deliver a paper copy of the annual report containing its US GAAP
audited financial statements, free of charge, to any shareholder upon request.
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
Harmony enters into material contracts in connection with its business, as described in Item
4. Information on the Company Business and in connection with financing arrangements, as
described in Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Liquidity and Capital
Resources.
EXCHANGE CONTROLS
Introduction
The following is a general outline of South African exchange controls. Investors should
consult a professional adviser as to the exchange control implications of their particular
investments.
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The Republic of South Africas exchange control regulations provide for restrictions on
exporting capital from a Common Monetary Area consisting of South Africa, the Republic of Namibia
and the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. Transactions between South African residents (including
corporations) and between residents of the Common Monetary Area are subject to these exchange
controls, which are regulated by the SARB.
Since 1995 a number of exchange control regulations have been relaxed with regard to both
residents and nonresidents. The government remains committed to the total abolition of exchange
control, but has stated its intention of following a gradual approach. This gradual approach to the
abolition of exchange controls adopted by the South African government is designed to allow the
economy to adjust more smoothly to the removal of controls that have been in place for a
considerable period of time. The stated objective of the authorities is to reach a point where
there is equality of treatment between residents and non-residents in relation to inflows and
outflows of capital. South Africa, being classified as an emerging market, is therefore still
regarded as a capital importer, hence the controls over capital flows. The risk of capital outflow
has been eased over the past five years due to the substantial inflows of foreign portfolio
investment and a substantial increase in the countrys foreign exchange reserves. Unlimited outward
transfers of capital are not permitted at this stage, but the emphasis of regulation is expected to
be increasingly on the positive aspects of prudential financial supervision. Further exchange
control liberalization will depend to a large extent on the achievement and maintenance of balance
of payments and exchange rate stability.
A considerable degree of flexibility is built into the system of exchange control, and the
SARB possesses substantial discretionary powers in approving or rejecting the applications that
fall outside the authority granted to authorized dealers.
The main purpose of exchange controls is to ensure the timely repatriation of funds into the
South African banking system of certain foreign currency acquired by residents of South Africa,
whether through transactions of a current or of a capital nature. Timely repatriation of funds will
help avoid undue pressure on the countrys gold and foreign reserves and an undue depreciation of
the exchange rate of the Rand, which in turn would result in significant domestic inflation and a
weakening of the countrys terms of trade with the rest of the world. Payment of foreign currency
and the use of gold and foreign reserves for importation of goods and services into the country are
relatively freely allowed.
These comments relate to exchange controls in force at June 30, 2006. These controls are
subject to change at any time without notice. It is not possible to predict whether existing
exchange controls will be abolished, continued or modified by the South African Government in the
future.
Government Regulatory Considerations
Shares
A foreign investor may invest freely in shares in a South African company, whether listed on
the JSE or not. The foreign investor may also sell his or her share investment in a South African
company and transfer the proceeds out of South Africa without restriction. However, when the
company is not listed on the JSE, the SARB must be satisfied that the sales price of any shares
reflects fair market value.
Under present South African exchange control regulations, the ordinary shares and ADSs of
Harmony are freely transferable outside the Common Monetary Area between non-residents of the
Common Monetary Area. No prior SARB approval is required for the transfer of proceeds to South
Africa, in respect of shares listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, provided these funds enter
the country through the normal banking channels. In addition, the proceeds from the sale of
ordinary shares on the JSE on behalf of those holders of ordinary shares who are not residents of
the Common Monetary Area are freely remittable to those holders. Share certificates and warrant
certificates held by non-residents will be endorsed with the words non-resident.
Loans
Generally, the making of loans to Harmony or its subsidiaries, the ability of Harmony and its
subsidiaries to borrow from non-South African sources and the repatriation of dividends, interest
and royalties by Harmony will be regulated by the Exchange Control Department of the SARB. If a
foreign investor wishes to lend capital to a South African company, the prior approval of the SARB
must be sought mainly in respect of the interest rate and terms of repayment applicable to such
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Interest on foreign loans is freely remittable abroad, provided the loans received prior SARB
approval.
Investments
Harmony is also required to seek approval from the SARB to use funds held in South Africa to
make investments outside of South Africa.
Dividends
Dividends declared by a quoted company are freely transferable out of South Africa from both
trading and non-trading profits earned in South Africa through a major bank as agent for the SARB.
Where 75% or more of a South African companys capital, voting power, power of control or
earnings is directly or indirectly controlled by non-residents, such a company is designated an
affected person by the SARB, and certain restrictions are placed on its ability to obtain local
financial assistance. Harmony is not, and has never been, designated an affected person by the
SARB.
Affected persons must apply for SARB approval, for the remittance of dividends offshore, if
such companies have made use of local borrowing facilities. As a general matter, an affected
person that has accumulated historical losses may not declare dividends out of current profits
unless and until that persons local borrowings do not exceed the local borrowings limit.
CERTAIN SOUTH AFRICAN TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The discussion in this section is based on current law and our interpretation thereof. Changes
in the law may alter the tax treatment of Harmonys ordinary shares or ADSs, as applicable,
possibly on a retroactive basis. The following summary is not a comprehensive description of all of
the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase, own or dispose of Harmonys
ordinary shares or ADSs and does not cover tax consequences that depend upon your particular tax
circumstances. In particular, the following summary addresses tax consequences for holders of
ordinary shares or ADSs who are not tax residents of and who do not carry on business in South
Africa, and who hold ordinary shares or ADSs as capital assets (that is, for investment purposes).
Harmony recommends that you consult your own tax advisor about the consequences of holding
Harmonys ordinary shares or ADSs, as applicable, in your particular situation.
Dividends
With effect from October 1, 1995, South Africa repealed all legislation imposing any
withholding tax on dividends. Consequently, Harmony will not be obliged to withhold any form of
non-resident shareholders tax on dividends paid to non-residents of South Africa.
Capital Gains Tax
A capital gains tax is imposed on capital gains realized or shares sold in a South African
company. However, only those sellers of shares who are tax residents of, or have a permanent
business establishment in, South Africa will be liable for the tax. The Convention between South
Africa and the United States for the avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal
evasion with respect to taxes on income and capital gains only permits the imposition of an income
or withholding tax on gains by a United States resident seller of shares where such shares form
part of the business property of a permanent establishment which the seller has in South Africa.
Stamp Duty on the Shares
Uncertificated securities tax (or UST) is imposed in respect of dematerialized shares listed
on a stock exchange in the Republic, in terms of the Uncertificated Securities Tax Act. This duty
will be applicable to Harmonys shares listed on the JSE.
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UST has since 1 January 2006 not been payable in respect of new issues of shares. However,
any subsequent transaction which results in a change in the beneficial ownership of shares listed
on the JSE (such as a sale of shares) will attract UST. The concept of a change in beneficial
ownership includes the redemption or cancellation of shares, as well as transactions resulting in a
transfer of the dividend, voting, conversion, redemption or other rights attaching to a share.
ADSs in respect of Harmonys shares are not listed on the JSE and are thus not subject to UST.
However, the process of depositing shares listed on the JSE in return for ADSs, or withdrawing
such shares from the deposit facility, may attract UST as and when the shares are transferred to or
from the depositary institution.
Broadly speaking, UST is paid at the rate of 0.25% of the greater of the consideration paid
for the shares or other rights concerned, and their market value (which, in the case of a
transaction relating to the shares as a whole, is the closing price of the shares on the date of
the transaction). Where a transaction is effected through a stockbroker or a STRATE participant,
UST is payable by that broker or participant, but may be recovered from the person acquiring
beneficial ownership of the shares or other rights. In all other instances, UST is payable by the
person acquiring beneficial ownership.
Harmony shares which are not listed on the JSE may be subject to stamp duty in terms of the
Stamp Duties Act. Since 1 January 2006 stamp duty has not been payable in respect of new issues of
such shares. However, on the subsequent registration of transfer, redemption or cancellation of
shares that are not listed on the JSE, stamp duty is payable at the rate of 0.25% of the greater of
the consideration given or the market value of the shares concerned. South African stamp duty is
payable regardless of whether the transfer of shares is registered or other transaction takes place
within or outside South Africa. The duty is payable by the transferee (in the case of a transfer
of shares) or issuing company (in the case of a redemption or cancellation of shares).
There are certain exceptions to the payment of stamp duty where, for example, the instrument
of transfer is executed outside South Africa and registration of transfer is effected in a branch
register kept offshore, subject to certain provisions set forth in the Stamp Duties Act.
Transfers or redemptions of ADSs listed on the NYSE will not attract South African stamp duty
provided that the relevant transfer or redemption documents are executed offshore. However, if
shares that are not listed on the JSE are withdrawn from the deposit facility or the relevant
Deposit Agreement is terminated, then stamp duty will be payable on the subsequent transfer of the
shares. An acquisition of shares that are not listed on the JSE from the depository in exchange
for ADSs representing the relevant underlying shares will also render an investor liable to South
African stamp duty at the same rate as stamp duty on a subsequent transfer of shares, upon the
registration of the investor as the holder of the shares in the companys register.
Capitalization Shares
Capitalization shares distributed at the option of holders of shares in lieu of cash dividends
would generally not attract a tax on companies known as Secondary Tax on Companies. For this
reason it has become common practice for listed South African companies to offer capitalization
shares in lieu of cash dividends. In addition there is no withholding tax payable in respect of the
issue of these shares by the recipients thereof.
Voting Rights
There are no limitations on the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold or vote
Harmonys ordinary shares imposed by South African law or by Harmonys charter.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Except as described below under the heading Non-U.S. Holders, the following summary
describes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences for a U.S. holder of owning the
ordinary shares. For purposes of this summary, references to the ordinary shares include the ADSs,
unless the context otherwise requires. You will be a U.S. holder if you are an individual who is a
citizen or resident of the United States, a U.S. domestic corporation, or any other person that is
subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect of an investment in the
ordinary shares. This summary
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does not purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that may
be relevant to a decision to purchase the ordinary shares. In particular, this summary deals only
with U.S. holders that will hold the ordinary shares as capital assets. It does not address
considerations that may be relevant to you if you are an investor that is subject to special tax
rules, such as a bank, thrift, real estate investment trust, regulated investment company,
insurance company, dealer in securities or currencies, trader in securities or commodities that
elects mark-to-market treatment, person that will hold the ordinary shares as a hedge against
currency risk or as a position in a straddle or conversion transaction, tax-exempt organization,
or person whose functional currency is not the US dollar.
This summary is based on laws, regulations, rulings, and decisions now in effect, all of which
may change. Any change could apply retroactively and could affect the continued validity of this
summary.
You should consult your own tax advisors about the tax consequences of holding the ordinary
shares, including the relevance to your particular situation of the considerations discussed below,
as well as the relevance to your particular situation of state, local, or other tax laws.
If you are not a U.S. holder, or a non-U.S. holder, the discussion below under Non-U.S.
Holders will apply to you.
ADSs
In general, if you hold ADSs, you will be treated as the holder of the ordinary shares
represented by those ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
Taxation of Dividends
The gross amount of dividends that you receive in cash (or that are part of a distribution
that any shareholder has the right to receive in cash) in respect of the ordinary shares generally
will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source dividend income.
Dividends paid in South African Rand will be includible in your gross income in a US dollar
amount calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the day you receive (or the
depository receives, in the case of the ADSs) the dividend. You generally should not be required to
recognize any foreign currency gain or loss to the extent such dividends paid in South African Rand
are converted into US dollars immediately upon receipt by the applicable party.
Capital Gains
If you sell your ordinary shares, you will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal
to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale and your adjusted tax basis in the
ordinary shares. Such gain or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you held the
ordinary shares for more than one year. Long-term capital gain recognized by an individual U.S.
holder is generally subject to a maximum tax rate of 15%. In general, any capital gain or loss
recognized upon the sale or exchange of ordinary shares will be treated as U.S. source income or
loss, as the case may be, for U.S. foreign tax purposes. Your ability to offset capital losses
against income is subject to limitations.
Deposits and withdrawals of ordinary shares by U.S. holders in exchange for ADSs will not
result in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
To the extent that you incur South African stamp duty, MST or uncertified securities tax in
connection with a transfer or withdrawal of ordinary shares as described under Certain South
African Tax Considerations Stamp Duty on the Shares above, such stamp duty, MST or uncertified
securities tax will not be a creditable tax for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes.
Non-U.S. Holders
If you are a non-U.S. holder of the ordinary shares, you generally will not be subject to U.S.
federal income or withholding tax on dividends received on such ordinary shares, unless such income
is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business in the United States. If you are
a non-U.S. holder of the ordinary shares, you will also generally not be subject to U.S. federal
income or withholding tax in respect of gain realized on the sale of such ordinary
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shares, unless (i) such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business
in the United States or (ii) in the case of gain realized by an individual non-U.S. holder, you are
present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of the sale and certain other
conditions are met. If you are a corporate foreign shareholder, effectively connected income may,
under certain circumstances, be subject to an additional branch profits tax.
U.S. Information Reporting and Backup Withholding Rules
Payments of dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through
certain U.S.-related financial intermediaries are subject to information reporting and may be
subject to backup withholding at a rate currently of 28% unless the holder (i) is a corporation or
other exempt recipient or (ii) provides a taxpayer identification number and certifies that no loss
of exemption from backup withholding has occurred. Holders that are not U.S. persons generally are
not subject to information reporting or backup withholding. However, such a holder may be required
to provide a certification of its non-U.S. status in connection with payments received within the
United States or through a U.S.-related financial intermediary.
The preceding discussion of certain United States federal income tax consequences is intended
for general information only and does not constitute tax advice. Accordingly, each investor should
consult its own tax adviser as to particular tax consequences to it of purchasing, holding and
disposing of the ordinary shares and warrants, including the applicability and effect of any state,
local or foreign laws, and proposed changes in applicable laws.
DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS
Not applicable.
STATEMENTS BY EXPERTS
Not applicable.
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of Association may be examined at its principal place of
business at: 4 The High Street, First Floor, Melrose Arch, Melrose North 2196, South Africa.
Harmony also files annual and, furnishes interim reports and other information with the Securities
and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. You may read and copy any reports or other information on file
at the SECs public reference room at the following location:
Public Reference Room
100 F Street, NW
Room 1580
Washington D.C. 20549
Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms.
The SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval services.
Harmony files electronically with the SEC, and the documents it files are available on the website
maintained by the SEC at www.sec.gov.
SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION
Not applicable.
Item 11. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK
General
Harmony is exposed to market risks, including credit risk, foreign currency risk, commodity
price risk and interest rate risk associated with underlying assets, liabilities and anticipated
transactions. Following periodic evaluation of these exposures, Harmony may enter into derivative
financial instruments to manage these exposures. Harmony has policies in areas such as counterparty
exposure and hedging practices, which have been approved by Harmonys senior
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management. Harmony does not hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or
economically speculative purposes.
In accordance with FAS 133, Harmony accounts for its derivative financial instruments as
hedging transactions if the following criteria are met:
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the effectiveness of the hedge is tested regularly throughout the life of the hedge,
and a hedging instrument is identified as highly effective if it is able to offset changes
in the fair value of cash flows from the hedged item by between 80% and 125% of the price at
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Foreign Currency Sensitivity
In the ordinary course of business, Harmony enters into transactions denominated in foreign
currencies (primarily US dollars and Australian dollars). In addition, Harmony incurs investments
and liabilities in US dollars, Canadian dollars, British pounds sterling and Australian dollars
from time to time. As a result, Harmony is subject to transaction and translation exposure from
fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates. Harmony does not generally hedge its exposure to
foreign currency exchange rates.
Harmony did not have any liability subject to risk of foreign currency exchange rate
fluctuations at June 30, 2006 as well as at present. At June 30, 2004 however, Harmony had a
liability denominated in foreign currency. The liability amounted to US$9 million and reflected
Harmonys only foreign-currency borrowing, which was a US dollar denominated debt from BAE Systems
plc. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects Credit Facilities and Other
Borrowings Outstanding Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings. Harmonys revenues and costs are
very sensitive to the Rand-US dollar exchange rate because gold is generally sold throughout the
world in US dollars, but most of Harmonys operating costs are incurred in Rand. Appreciation of
the Rand against the US dollar increases working costs at Harmonys South African operations when
those costs are translated into US dollars, which serves to reduce operating margins and net income
from Harmonys South African operations. Depreciation of the Rand against the US dollar reduces
these costs when they are translated into US dollars, which serves to increase operating margins
and net income from Harmonys South African operations. See Item 3. Key Information Exchange
Rates and Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors Because most of Harmonys production costs are
in Rand, while gold is generally sold in US dollars, Harmonys financial condition could be
materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of the Rand.
Commodity Price Sensitivity
General
The market price of gold has a significant effect on the results of operations of Harmony, the
ability of Harmony to pay dividends and undertake capital expenditures, and the market prices of
Harmonys ordinary shares.
Gold prices have historically fluctuated widely and are affected by numerous industry factors
over which Harmony does not have any control. See Item 3. Key Information Risk Factors The
profitability of Harmonys operations, and the cash flows generated by those operations, are
affected by changes in the market price for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely. The
aggregate effect of these factors, all of which are beyond the control of Harmony, is impossible
for Harmony to predict.
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Harmonys Hedge Policy
As a general rule Harmony sells its gold production at market prices. We generally do not
enter into forward sales, derivatives or hedging arrangements to establish a price in advance for
the sale of our future gold production, although we may do so in the future. For more detailed
information on Harmonys hedge policy, see Item 4. Information on the Company Business Hedge
Policy.
A substantial proportion of the production of both New Hampton and Hill 50 was already hedged
when acquired by Harmony. In fiscal 2003, Harmony restructured the overall hedge portfolio of the
Australian operations and changed the classification of the hedge book from normal purchase and
sale agreements to speculative contracts. The mark-to-market movements on these contracts are
reflected in the income statement. Harmony has reduced the remaining hedge positions of the
Australian operations by primarily closing out the remainder of these hedge agreements. The
resulting hedge portfolio, as of June 30, 2006, covered 357,000 ounces over a four-year period at
an average strike price of A$518 per ounce (US$395 per ounce at an exchange rate of A$0.76 per
US$1.00).
Commodity Sales Agreements
Harmonys commodity sales agreements by type of agreement as of June 30, 2006 are set forth
below.
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FORWARD SALES AGREEMENTS |
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Ounces |
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147,000 |
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100,000 |
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347,000 |
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A$/ounce |
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157,000 |
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For accounting purposes, Harmonys commodity sales agreements do not meet the hedge accounting
criteria. The mark-to-market values of these agreements were determined at specific points in time
based on independent valuations, using present value methods or standard option value methods with
assumptions about commodity prices based on those observed in the gold market. For the
determination as of June 30, 2006, a gold price of US$600 (A$808) per ounce was used, together with
exchange rates of US$0.74 per A$1.00 and prevailing market interest rates and volatilities. These
values are estimates that involve uncertainties and cannot be determined with precision.
Sensitivity Analysis
A sensitivity analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys commodity sales
agreements as of June 30, 2006 is set forth below.
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Commodity Hedging Experience
Harmony acquired New Hampton in fiscal 2001, which had a hedge book of approximately 1,500,000
ounces and Hill 50 during fiscal 2002, which had a hedge book of approximately 1,354,000 ounces. A
condition of Harmonys offer for Hill 50 was that all counterparties contracted into hedge
contracts with Hill 50 or any of its subsidiaries agree not to terminate, suspend or rescind these
contracts. In fiscal 2002, Harmony also combined and restructured the overall hedge portfolio of
Harmonys Australian operations (including New Hampton and Hill 50). All of these hedge positions
were classified as commodity sales agreements, under which Harmony had to deliver a specified
quantity of gold at a future date subject to the agreed-upon prices. During fiscal 2003, Harmony
restructured these hedge contracts again and classified these hedge portfolios as speculative. All
mark-to-market movements are accounted for in the income statement.
During fiscal 2003, Harmony closed out the remaining variable price sales contracts with
floors which were inherited through the acquisition of Hill 50. No gold production was sold under
these hedging contracts in fiscal 2004 and the derivative contracts, which related to the 2004
fiscal year, were closed out prior to the various delivery dates. During fiscal 2005, Harmony did
not close out any hedge contracts. Harmony closed out 30,000oz call contracts and 108,000oz
forward contracts during fiscal 2006.
In fiscal 2005, Harmony sold 2,965,250 ounces of gold at average price of $427 per ounce. At a
gold price of $250 per ounce, product sales would have amounted to approximately $741 million for
fiscal 2005, a reduction of approximately $525 million in product sales. In fiscal 2006, Harmony
sold 2,386,925 ounces of gold at an average price of $529 per ounce. At a gold price of $250,
product sales would have amounted to approximately $597 million for fiscal 2006, a reduction of
approximately $666 million in product sales.
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gold spot price on October 24, 2006 was $583.60 per ounce. During fiscal 2006, the gold
spot price traded in a range from $725 to $418 per ounce.
Foreign Currency Sensitivity
Harmonys revenues are sensitive to the ZAR/US$ exchange rates as all of the revenues are
generated by gold sales, denominated in US$. Harmony generally does not enter into forward sales,
derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish a ZAR/US$ exchange rate in advance for the
sale of its future gold production.
Harmony however, inherited forward exchange contracts with the acquisition of Avgold in fiscal
2004. These contracts did not meet the hedging criteria and the mark-to-market movement was
reflected in the income statement. The last portion of these forward exchange contracts matured on
December 31, 2005. All the forward exchange contracts were closed out in accordance with the
contract specifications, resulting in a NIL exposure to Harmony on June 30, 2006.
The maturity schedule of the Harmony Groups currency contracts as at June 30, 2006 are set
forth below:
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Sensitivity Analysis
All of Harmonys currency contracts were closed out as of June 30, 2006.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
Gold lease rate swaps. Harmony generally does not undertake any specific actions to cover its
exposure to interest rate risk. However, through its acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50,
Harmony held certain gold lease rate swaps. Harmony closed out all the remaining gold lease rate
swaps during fiscal 2005.
Interest rate swaps. On June 14, 2001, Harmony issued Rand-denominated senior unsecured fixed
rate bonds in an aggregate principal amount of Rand 1.2 billion ($167 million at an exchange rate
of R7.17 per U.S.$1.00), with semi-annual interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. These bonds
were repaid on June 14, 2006. In connection with these bonds, Harmony entered into an interest rate
swap on Rand 600 million ($84 million at an exchange rate of 7.17 per U.S.$1.00). The interest rate
swap consisted of two tranches: (i) a Rand 400 million ($56 million at an exchange rate of R7.17
per U.S. $1.00) tranche which received a fixed rate of 13% and paid a floating rate of 3 Month
JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus 1.8% and (ii) a Rand 200 million ($28 million at an exchange rate if
R7.17 per U.S.$1.00) tranche which received a fixed rate of 13% and paid a floating rate at 3 month
JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus 2.2%.
Harmonys interest rate swaps were all closed out as of June 30, 2006.
At June 30, 2006, the fair value of Harmonys US dollar-denominated long-term liabilities,
including the short-term portion of such liabilities, was $ nil.
Item 12. DESCRIPTION OF SECURITIES OTHER THAN EQUITY SECURITIES
Not applicable.
GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS
The following explanations are not intended as technical definitions, but rather are intended to
assist the general reader in understanding certain terms as used in this annual report.
Alluvial: the product of sedimentary processes in rivers, resulting in the deposition of
alluvium (soil deposited by a river).
Arenaceous: said of a sediment or sedimentary rock consisting wholly or in part of sand-sized
fragments or having a sandy texture or the texture of such a sediment or rock.
Auriferous: a substance that contains gold (AU).
Beneficiation: the process of adding value to gold products by transforming gold bullion into
fabricated gold products.
Call option: a contract that permits the owner to purchase an asset at a specified price on
or before a specified date.
Carbon In Pulp (CIP): a common process used to extract gold from cyanide leach slurries. The
process consists of carbon granules suspended in the slurry and flowing counter-current to the
process slurry in multiple-staged agitated tanks. The process slurry, which has been leached with
cyanide prior to the CIP process, contains solubilized gold. The solubilized gold is absorbed onto
the carbon granules, which are subsequently separated from the slurry by screening.
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The gold is then recovered from the carbon by electrowinning onto steel wool cathodes or by a
similar process.
Carbon In Solution (CIS): a process similar to CIP except that the gold, which has been
leached by the cyanide into solution, is separated by the process of filtration (solid/liquid
separation). The solution is then pumped through six stages where the solution comes into contact
with the activated carbon granules.
Cash cost: a measure of the average cost of producing an ounce of gold, calculated by
dividing the total cash working costs in a period by the total gold production over the same
period. Working costs represent total operating costs less certain administrative expenses,
royalties and depreciation. In determining the cash cost of different elements of the operations,
production overheads are allocated pro rata.
Conglomerate: a coarse-grained classic sedimentary rock, composed of rounded to subangular
fragments larger than 2mm in diameter (granules, pebbles, cobbles, boulders) set in a fine-grained
matrix of sand or silt, and commonly cemented by calcium carbonate, iron oxide, silica or hardened
clay.
Crosscut: a mine working that is driven horizontally and at right angles to an adit, drift or
level.
Cut and fill: a method of underground mining in which a stope is excavated and refilled with
material (waste or tailings).
Cut-off grade: the grade at which the total profit from mining the orebodies, under a
specified set of mining parameters, is maximized.
Cyanide leaching: the extraction of a precious metal from an ore by its dissolution in a
cyanide solution.
Decline: an inclined underground access way.
Deferred Stripping: the removal of overburden through stripping in the current period to
access ore expected to be exploited in a future period. Costs incurred with deferred stripping are
deferred until the ore is accessed, in order to ensure matching of costs and revenues.
Depletion: the decrease in quantity of ore in a deposit or property resulting from extraction
or production.
Development: activities (including shaft sinking and on-reef and off-reef tunneling) required
to prepare for mining activities and maintain a planned production level and those costs to enable
the conversion of mineralized material to reserves.
Electro-winning: the process of removing gold from solution by the action of electric
currents.
Elution: removal of the gold from the activated carbon before the zinc precipitation stage.
Exploration: activities associated with ascertaining the existence, location, extent or
quality of mineralized material, including economic and technical evaluations of mineralized
material.
Fabricated gold: gold on which work has been performed to turn it into a product, such as
jewelry, which differs from a pure investment product, such as a gold bullion bar.
Fluvial: produced by the action of a stream or river.
Footwall: the underlying side of a fault, orebody or stope.
Forward purchase: an agreement for the purchase of a commodity at a specified future date at
a fixed price.
Forward sale: the sale of a commodity for delivery at a specified future date and price.
Gold reserves: the gold contained within proven and probable reserves on the basis of
recoverable material (reported
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as mill delivered tons and head grade).
Gold lease rate swap: an agreement to pay a floating lease rate in exchange for the fixed
lease rate inherent in establishing the fixed price in one or more forward gold sales.
Grade: the quantity of metal per unit mass of ore expressed as a percentage or, for gold, as
ounces of gold per ton of ore.
Greenfield: a potential mining site of unknown quality.
Greenstone: a field term applied to any compact dark-green altered or metamorphosed basic
igneous rock that owes its color to the presence of chlorite, actinolite or epidote.
Grinding: reducing mineralized rock to the consistency of fine sand by crushing and abrading
in a rotating steel grinding mill.
Head grade: the grade of the ore as delivered to the metallurgical plant.
Heap leaching: a low-cost technique for extracting metals from ore by percolating leaching
solutions through heaps of ore placed on impervious pads. Generally used on low-grade ores.
Leaching: dissolution of gold from the crushed and milled material, including reclaimed
slime, for absorption and concentration on to the activated carbon.
Level: the workings or tunnels of an underground mine that are on the same horizontal plane.
Littoral: of or pertaining to a shore.
Longhole sub-level caving: a process for removing ore in which relatively thin blocks of ore
are caused to cave in by successively undermining small panels of ore. The broken and caved ore is
then extracted by mechanical means.
Mark-to-market: the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices or to
calculate the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices, as the case may
be.
Measures: conversion factors from metric units to U.S. units are provided below.
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1 gram per tonne
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1 kilogram per tonne
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1 kilometer
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1 meter
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1 centimeter
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Metallurgical plant: a processing plant used to treat ore and extract the contained gold.
Mill delivered tons: a quantity, expressed in tons, of ore delivered to the metallurgical
plant.
Milling/mill: the comminution of the ore, although the term has come to cover the broad range
of machinery inside the
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treatment plant where the gold is separated from the ore.
Mineable: that portion of a mineralized deposit for which extraction is technically and
economically feasible.
Mineralization: the presence of a target mineral in a mass of host rock.
Mineralized material: a mineralized body that has been delineated by appropriately spaced
drilling and/or underground sampling to support a sufficient tonnage and average grade of metals to
warrant further exploration. Such a deposit does not qualify as a reserve until a comprehensive
evaluation based upon unit cost, grade, recoveries, and other material factors conclude legal and
economic feasibility.
Morphology: the form or shape of a crystal or mineral aggregate.
Open pit/Open cast/Open cut: mining in which the ore is extracted from a pit. The geometry of
the pit may vary with the characteristics of the orebody.
Ore: a mixture of mineralized material from which at least one of the contained minerals can
be mined and processed at an economic profit.
Ore grade: the average amount of gold contained in a ton of gold bearing ore expressed in
ounces per ton.
Ore reserves: that part of mineralized material which at the time of the reserve
determination could be economically and legally extracted or produced. Ore reserves are reported as
general indicators of the life of mineralized materials. Changes in reserves generally reflect:
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Grades of ore actually processed may be different from stated reserve grades because of
geologic variation in different areas mined, mining dilution, losses in processing and other
factors. Recovery rates vary with the metallurgical characteristics and grade of ore processed.
Neither reserves nor projections of future operations should be interpreted as assurances of the
economic life of mineralized material nor of the profitability of future operations.
Orebody: a well defined mass of mineralized material of sufficient mineral content to make
extraction economically viable.
Ounce: one Troy ounce, which equals 31.1035 grams.
Overburden: the soil and rock that must be removed in order to expose an ore deposit.
Overburden tons: tons that need to be removed to access an ore deposit.
Palaeotopography: the topography implied at some time in the past.
Pay limit: the breakeven grade at which the orebody can be mined without profit or loss,
calculated using the forecast gold price, working costs and recovery factors.
Placer: a sedimentary deposit containing economic quantities of valuable minerals mainly
formed in alluvial environments.
Precipitate: the solid product of chemical reaction by fluids such as the zinc precipitation
referred to below.
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Probable reserves: reserves for which quantity and grade and/or quality are computed from
information similar to that used for proven reserves, but the sites for inspection, sampling, and
measurement are farther apart or are otherwise less adequately spaced. The degree of assurance,
although lower than that for proven reserves, is high enough to assume continuity between points of
observation.
Prospect: an area of land with insufficient data available on the mineralization to determine
if it is economically recoverable, but warranting further investigation.
Prospecting license: an area for which permission to explore has been granted.
Proven reserves: reserves for which: (a) quantity is computed from dimensions revealed in
outcrops, trenches, workings or drill holes; grade and/or quality are computed from the results of
detailed sampling; and (b) the sites for inspection, sampling and measurement are spaced so closely
and the geologic character is so well defined that size, shape, depth and mineral content of
reserves are well-established.
Put option: a contract that enables the owner to sell an asset at a specified price on or
before a specified date.
Pyrite: a brassy-colored mineral of iron sulfide (compound of iron and sulfur).
Quartz: a mineral compound of silicon and oxygen.
Recovery grade: the actual grade of ore realized after the mining and treatment process.
Reef: a gold-bearing sedimentary horizon, normally a conglomerate band, that may contain
economic levels of gold.
Refining: the final stage of metal production in which final impurities are removed from the
molten metal by introducing air and fluxes. The impurities are removed as gases or slag.
Rehabilitation: the process of restoring mined land to a condition approximating its original
state.
Sampling: taking small pieces of rock at intervals along exposed mineralization for assay (to
determine the mineral content).
Shaft: a shaft provides principal access to the underground workings for transporting
personnel, equipment, supplies, ore and waste. A shaft is also used for ventilation and as an
auxiliary exit. It is equipped with a surface hoist system that lowers and raises conveyances for
men, materials and ore in the shaft. A shaft generally has more than one conveyancing compartment.
Slimes: the finer fraction of tailings discharged from a processing plant after the valuable
minerals have been recovered.
Slurry: a fluid comprising fine solids suspended in a solution (generally water containing
additives).
Smelting: thermal processing whereby molten metal is liberated from beneficiated ore or
concentrate with impurities separating as lighter slag.
Spot price: the current price of a metal for immediate delivery.
Stockpile: a store of unprocessed ore.
Stockwork: mineralized material consisting of a three-dimensional network of planar to
irregular veinlets closely enough spaced that the whole mass can be mined.
Stope: the underground excavation within the orebody where the main gold production takes
place.
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Stripping: the process of removing overburden to expose ore.
Sulfide: a mineral characterized by the linkages of sulfur with a metal or semi-metal, such
as pyrite, FeS.
Syncline: a basin-shaped fold.
Tailings: finely ground rock from which valuable minerals have been extracted by milling.
Ton: one ton is equal to 2,000 pounds (also known as a short ton).
Tonnage: quantities where the ton or tonne is an appropriate unit of measure. Typically used
to measure reserves of gold-bearing material in situ or quantities of ore and waste material mined,
transported or milled.
Tonne: one tonne is equal to 1,000 kilograms (also known as a metric ton).
Trend: the arrangement of a group of ore deposits or a geological feature or zone of similar
grade occurring in a linear pattern.
Unconformity: the structural relationship between two groups of rock that are not in normal
succession.
Waste: ore rock mined with an insufficient gold content to justify processing.
Waste rock: the non-mineralized rock and/or rock that generally cannot be mined economically
that is hoisted to the surface for disposal on the surface normally close to the shaft on an
allocated dump.
Yield: the actual grade of ore realized after the mining and treatment process.
Zinc precipitation: a chemical reaction using zinc dust that converts gold solution to a
solid form for smelting into unrefined gold bars.
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PART II
Item 13. DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES
Not applicable.
Item 14. MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS AND USE OF PROCEEDS
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF SECURITY HOLDERS
At a general meeting held on November 11, 2005, Harmonys shareholders authorized the Board to
acquire from time to time such a number of its issued ordinary shares at such price or prices and
on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, but subject to the requirements of the JSE
and the requirements of the other exchanges upon which Harmonys ordinary shares may be quoted or
listed. The shareholders also approved amendments to Harmonys Articles of Association in order to
comply with the JSE amended listing requirements.
At a general meeting held on November 12, 2004, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions
(i) increasing Harmonys authorized ordinary share capital from a total of R175,000,000 divided
into 350,000,000 ordinary shares of R0.50 each to R225,000,000 divided into 450,000,000 ordinary
shares of R0.50 each (ii) authorizing the Board to allot and issue all or any of Harmonys
authorized but unissued ordinary shares for cash to such persons and on such terms as the Board
may, without restriction, from time to time, deem fit as and when suitable opportunities arise, but
subject to the requirements of the JSE (iii) authorizing Harmony to acquire from time to time such
a number of its issued ordinary shares at such price or prices and on such terms and conditions as
the Board may determine, but subject to the requirements of the JSE and the requirements of the
other exchanges upon which Harmonys ordinary shares may be quoted or listed. The shareholders also
approved amendments to Harmonys Articles of Association in order to comply with the JSE amended
listing requirements.
Directly following the general meeting an extra-ordinary shareholders meeting was held on
November 12, 2004 regarding the proposed merger with Gold Fields Limited. At this meeting Harmonys
shareholders approved a further increase of the authorized share capital from R225,000,000 divided
into 450,000,000 ordinary shares of 50 cents each to R600,000,000 divided into 1,200,000,000
ordinary shares of R0.50 cents each.
At a general meeting held on May 7, 2004, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions (i)
approving the creation and issuing for cash up to a maximum of 1,700 bonds convertible into new
ordinary equity shares of Harmony with a principal amount of R1,000,000, comprising a maximum
aggregate subscription price of R1,700,000,000, (ii) authorizing the directors of Harmony to allot
and issue new ordinary shares on and subject to the terms and conditions of the convertible bonds
and (iii) authorizing the directors of Harmony to allot and issue equity securities for cash on
such terms and conditions as the directors may from time to time at their sole discretion deem fit,
but subject to the requirements of the JSE Securities Exchange.
At a general meeting held on November 14, 2003, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions
(i) approving the Harmony (2003) Share Option Scheme, (ii) authorizing the Board to allot and issue
all or any of Harmonys authorized but unissued ordinary shares for cash to such persons and on
such terms as the Board may, without restriction, from time to time, deem fit as and when suitable
opportunities arise, but subject to the requirements of the JSE (iii) authorizing Harmony to
acquire from time to time such a number of its issued ordinary shares at such price or prices and
on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, but subject to the requirements of the JSE
and the requirements of the other exchanges upon which Harmonys ordinary shares may be quoted or
listed. The shareholders also approved amendments to Harmonys Articles of Association in order to
comply with the JSE amended listing requirements.
At a general meeting held on September 1, 2003, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions
(i) increasing Harmonys authorized ordinary share capital to a total of R175,000,000 divided into
350,000,000 ordinary shares of R0.50 each, (ii) authorizing the directors to issue and allot the
consideration shares to the ARMgold shareholders and (iii) to revise the directors authority to
issue shares for cash.
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USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
Item 15. DISCLOSURE CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES
During the period covered by this report, we initiated our preparation for the new corporate
governance and public disclosure requirements in the United States that will come into effect for
us with respect to our internal controls beginning with our annual report for the 2007 fiscal year.
As part of this evaluation, as of the end of the period covered by this report, we conducted an
assessment (under the supervision and with the participation of management, including the chief
executive officer and chief financial officer), pursuant to Rule 13a-15 promulgated under the U.S.
Exchange Act, of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and
procedures. Based on this evaluation, our chief executive officer and chief financial officer
concluded that as of June 30, 2006, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective due
to the material weaknesses described more fully below.
Our disclosure controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide
only reasonable, not absolute, assurance of achieving the objectives of the control system. Because
of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of controls can provide absolute
assurance that all potentially adverse control issues have been detected. A material weakness is a
control deficiency, or combination of control deficiencies that results in more than a remote
likelihood that a material misstatement of our annual financial statements prepared in accordance
with U.S. GAAP would not have been detected or prevented. In connection with the audit of our
financial statements for the year ended June 30, 2006, we have identified a number of control
deficiencies, some of which constitute material weaknesses. Areas classified as material weaknesses
are (1) insufficient segregation of duties over the U.S. GAAP reporting process and a lack of
experience in the application of U.S. GAAP and (2) a lack of current external support for the
existing computer system used for our financial reporting and computer system integrity issues
which require substantial workarounds including the use of spreadsheets. The full impact and
nature of these material weaknesses have been reported and discussed with our Audit Committee.
As discussed with the Audit Committee, we identified steps to address these material
weaknesses and plan on implementing appropriate changes to our internal control structure which we
believe will remedy these weaknesses. The group finance team will be
strengthened by additional staff members who will assist with the
preparation of financial information. A senior finance team
member will in the future be responsible to manage this group and their responsibilities will
include researching U.S. GAAP and SEC matters, monitoring new U.S. GAAP issues and performing a
detailed review of the U.S. GAAP adjustments and financial statements, including related
disclosures, and ensuring that all supporting documentation exists for the adjustments recorded. In
addition, we are in the process of putting in place an agreement with an external professional
services firm to provide international and technical expertise and guidance on matters relating to
the U.S. GAAP reconciliation on an as needed basis. The existing financial reporting computer
system is scheduled for replacement with a more robust system beginning December 2006. We have also
employed additional resources to oversee this installation and transition between systems. The
preparation and transition processes have been ongoing since April 2006. The foregoing steps may be
supplemented by additional measures as we believe necessary or appropriate to remedy the material
weaknesses.
There has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting that occurred
during the period covered by this annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, our internal controls over financial reporting.
As mentioned above, we are currently evaluating our internal controls over financial reporting
in order to allow management to complete its assessment of, and our independent registered public
accounting firm to attest to and report on, the effectiveness of internal control over financial
reporting for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007, as required by Section 404 of the U.S.
Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Please see Risk Factors Compliance with new and changing corporate
governance and public disclosure requirements adds uncertainty to our compliance policies and
increases our costs of compliance. We are currently undertaking remedial measures to address
certain material weaknesses which have been identified to date and which, if not remedied, could
adversely impact our reporting obligations under Section 404.
Item 16A. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT
At this time Harmony does not have an individual audit committee financial expert as defined
by the rules of the SEC.
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The audit committee members through their collected experience do meet a majority of the
definitions of the SEC for an audit committee financial expert in both the private and public
sectors. The members have served as directors and officers of numerous public companies and have
over the years developed a strong knowledge and understanding of generally accepted accounting
principles, overseeing the preparation, audit and evaluation of financial statements. Harmony
believes that the combined knowledge, skills and experience of the Audit Committee, and their
authority to engage outside experts as they deem appropriate to provide them with advice on matters
related to their responsibilities, enable them, as a group, to act effectively in the fulfillment
of their tasks and responsibilities required under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. See Item 7.
Directors and Management Board Practices Audit Committee.
Item 16B. CODE OF ETHICS
The Harmony Code of Ethics has been developed to respond to the challenge of ethical conduct in a
business environment. The Code of Ethics goes beyond the companys legal and institutional
responsibilities by formalizing Harmonys values. The purpose of the code is to guide employees
behaviour, not to provide specific answers to every conceivable situation in the workplace. We
approached the development and the recent review of the Code of Ethics in a fully inclusive manner,
with broad consultation and information gathering at all levels of the company. Employees have been
kept fully informed about the Code of Ethics and all employees are expected to comply with its
contents. (The term employees is used in the broadest sense and includes all staff with which a
service contract exists, including management, non-management, directors, contractors, consultants,
suppliers and temporary staff.) An Ethics Committee was formed in May 2006, which consists of the
company secretary, the human resources executive and the executive operational finance. This
committee is required to meet quarterly to monitor the gift registers and any reported unethical
behaviour. The Code of Ethics is available on Harmonys website at www.harmony.co.za.
Item 16C. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES
AUDIT FEES
The following sets forth the aggregate fees billed for each of the two past fiscal years for
professional fees to the principal accountants of Harmony for the audit of the annual financial
statements or for services normally provided by the accountant in connection with statutory and
regulatory filings or engagements for those fiscal years.
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2005
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$1.211 million |
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
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$1.634 million |
AUDIT-RELATED FEES
The following sets forth additional aggregate fees to those reported under Audit Fees in
each of the last two fiscal years that were provided by the principal accountant that are
reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements:
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$0.915 million |
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
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$0.688 million |
Fees related to interim reviews and review of interim reports, other SEC filings as well as
guidance on section 404 Sarbanes Oxley compliance.
TAX FEES
The following sets forth the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for
professional services rendered by the principal accountant for tax compliance, tax advice and tax
planning:
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2005
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
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Services comprised advice on capital gains tax issues, treatment of tax in respect of
acquisitions, guidance on share option schemes.
ALL OTHER FEES
The following sets forth the aggregate fees billed in each of the last two fiscal years for
products and services provided by the principal accountant not described above:
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Fiscal year ended June 30, 2006
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$0.0 million |
The services comprised consulting advice in respect of corporate governance matters.
AUDIT COMMITTEE APPROVAL
Harmonys audit committee pre-approves every engagement by Harmony of PricewaterhouseCoopers
Inc. to render audit or non-audit services. All of the services described above were approved by
the audit committee.
Item 16D. EXEMPTIONS FROM LISTING STANDARDS FOR AUDIT COMMITTEES
Not applicable.
Item 16E. PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY THE ISSUER
Not applicable.
Item 17. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
We have elected to provide financial statements for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2006 and
the related information pursuant to Item 18.
Item 18. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Item 19. EXHIBITS
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Memorandum of Association of Harmony, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration
Statement (file no. 333-13516) on Form F-3 filed on June 21,
2001). |
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Articles of Association of Harmony, as amended (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Notice to shareholders dated September 3, 2004 in respect of
the Annual General Meeting held on November 12, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Notice to Shareholders dated September 2, 2005 in respect of
the Annual General Meeting to be held on November 4, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Share Exchange Agreement between Avmin and Harmony to
acquire the shareholding in Avgold dated February 16, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Deposit Agreement among Harmony, The Bank of New York, as
Depositary, and owners and holders of American Depositary
Receipts, dated as of August 12, 1996, as amended and
restated as of October 2, 1996, as further amended and
restated as of September 15, 1998 (incorporated by reference
to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to Harmonys Registration
Statement (file no. 333-5410) on Form F-6 filed on May 17,
2001). |
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Form of ADR (included in Exhibit 2.4). |
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Form of Harmonys senior unsecured 13% bonds due June 14,
2006 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 filed
on September 26, 2001). |
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Shareholder Circular to Avgold shareholders dated April 8,
2004 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Shareholder Circular to Anglovaal Mining Limiteds (ARM)
shareholders dated March 23, 2004 (incorporated by reference
to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2004, as amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Trust Deed entered into between Harmony and JPMorgan
Corporate Trustee Services Limited dated May 21, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Agency Agreement between Harmony, JPMorgan Corporate Trustee
Services Limited, JPMorgan Chase Bank and JPMorgan
Luxembourg SA dated May 21, 2004 (incorporated by reference
to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2004, as amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Form of Global Bond (incorporated by reference to Harmonys |
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Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2004, as amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Bond Offering Circular dated October 14, 2004 (incorporated
by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as amended, filed on
October 14, 2004). |
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Voting Agreement between ARMI and Clidet 454 (Pty) Ltd
signed on February 16, 2004 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year
ended June 30, 2004, as amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Acquisition and Disposal Agreement between ARMI and
Anglovaal Mining Limiteds (ARM) holding in Harmony, ARM
Platinum (Pty) Ltd (ARMPlats) and the African Rainbow
Minerals Consortium Limiteds debt, signed on February 16,
2004 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report
on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Addendum to Acquisition and Disposal Agreement between ARMI
and Anglovaal Mining Limited signed on March 15, 2004
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Voting Agreement between ARMI and Clidet 454 (Pty) Ltd
signed on February 16, 2004 (see Exhibit 3). |
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Harmony (2003) Share Option Scheme, as amended (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Form of Harmonys senior unsecured 13% bonds due June 14,
2006 (see Exhibit 2.6). |
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Joint Venture Agreement between ARMgold Limited, Harmony and
Clidet 383 (Proprietary) Limited, dated April 5, 2002
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2004, as
amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Merger Agreement between ARMgold Limited and Harmony dated
September 22, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys
Registration Statement on Form 20-F filed on December 17,
2003). |
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Sale of Business Agreement between Anglogold Limited, Clidet
383 (Pty) Ltd and Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and
ARM (Pty) Ltd in respect of the Free Gold assets entered
into on December 24, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year |
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ended June 30, 2004, as amended, filed on October 14, 2004). |
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Sale of Shares Agreement amongst Harmony, ARMgold Harmony
Joint Investment Company (Proprietary) Limited, and The ARM
Broad-Based Empowerment Trust signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Subordination Agreement amongst Harmony, Nedbank Limited and
The ARM Broad-Based Empowerment Trust signed on April 15,
2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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First Loan Agreement between Nedbank Limited and The ARM
Broad-Based Empowerment Trust signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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First Ranking Cessation and Pledge between The ARM
Broad-Based Empowerment Trust and Nedbank Limited signed on
April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Second Loan Agreement between Nedbank Limited and The ARM
Broad-Based Empowerment Trust signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Second Ranking Cessation and Pledge between The ARM
Broad-Based Empowerment Trust and Nedbank Limited signed on
April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Flow of Funds Agreement amongst Nedbank Limited, ARMgold
Harmony Joint Investment Company (Proprietary) Limited,
Harmony and The ARM Broad-Based Empowerment Trust signed on
April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Right of Pre-emption and Deed of Adherence between Nedbank
Limited, Harmony, African Rainbow Minerals & Exploration
Investments (Proprietary) Limited and ARMgold Harmony Joint
Investment Company (Proprietary) Limited signed on April 15,
2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Agreement of Assignment between African Rainbow Minerals &
Exploration Investments (Proprietary) Limited, Harmony,
ARMgold Harmony Joint Investment Company (Proprietary)
Limited and The Trustees of The ARM Broad-Based Empowerment
Trust signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Harmony Option Agreement between Harmony and Nedbank Limited
signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Harmony Undertaking amongst Harmony, ARMgold Harmony Joint
Investment Company (Proprietary) Limited and Nedbank Limited
signed on April 15, 2005 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Term Loan Agreement with Rand Merchant Bank dated
March 9, 2006. |
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Pledge Agreement in favor of FirstRand Bank Limited (acting
through its Rand Merchant Bank division) dated March 9, 2006. |
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Significant subsidiaries of Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual
Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30,
2005, filed on November 3, 2005). |
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Certification of the principal executive officer required by
Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15(d)-14(a), pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of the principal financial officer required by
Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15(d)-14(a), pursuant to Section 302
of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of the chief executive officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. |
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Certification of the chief financial officer, pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Harmony
hereby certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that it has duly
caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED
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Chief Executive Officer |
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Date: October 30, 2006 |
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Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the
Board of Directors and Shareholders of Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2006 and 2005, and
the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash
flows and changes in shareholders equity for each of the three years in the
period ended June 30, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility
of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on
these financial statements based on our audits.
We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about
whether 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. An audit also includes assessing
the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We
believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our
opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Harmony
Gold Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries at June 30, 2006 and 2005,
and the results of their operations, their cash flows and changes in
shareholders equity for each of the three years in the period ended June 30,
2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America.
As discussed in note 3 to the consolidated financial statements, the Company
changed its method of accounting for underground development costs,
stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine and
share-based payments during the year ended June 30, 2006.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
October 27, 2006
F-1
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Income
For the years ended June 30
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$000 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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REVENUES |
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Product sales |
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1,263,333 |
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1,265,200 |
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1,240,339 |
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Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization |
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|
1,056,831 |
|
|
|
1,136,957 |
|
|
|
1,100,688 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
166,120 |
|
|
|
151,967 |
|
|
|
139,829 |
|
Impairment of assets |
|
|
15,951 |
|
|
|
243,124 |
|
|
|
3,145 |
|
Employment termination and restructuring costs |
|
|
(12,289 |
) |
|
|
73,215 |
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
Care and maintenance cost of restructured shafts |
|
|
27,387 |
|
|
|
29,975 |
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate expenditure |
|
|
19,971 |
|
|
|
17,969 |
|
|
|
14,193 |
|
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
16,803 |
|
|
|
11,676 |
|
|
|
15,810 |
|
Marketing and new business expenditure |
|
|
9,171 |
|
|
|
15,310 |
|
|
|
12,533 |
|
Decrease in rehabilitation costs |
|
|
(1,236 |
) |
|
|
(1,814 |
) |
|
|
(17,839 |
) |
Post retirement benefits expense |
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
9,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,299,884 |
|
|
|
1,687,516 |
|
|
|
1,300,027 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
OPERATING LOSS |
|
|
(36,551 |
) |
|
|
(422,316 |
) |
|
|
(59,688 |
) |
|
|
|
OTHER (EXPENSES)/INCOME |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends received |
|
|
3,321 |
|
|
|
2,785 |
|
|
|
533 |
|
Loss on derivative financial instruments |
|
|
(131,444 |
) |
|
|
(17,672 |
) |
|
|
(32,385 |
) |
Profit/(loss) on sale of listed investments |
|
|
45,345 |
|
|
|
(93,470 |
) |
|
|
4,910 |
|
Impairment of listed investment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(63,234 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale and loss on dilution of investment in associates net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,097 |
|
Profit/(loss) on sale of subsidiaries |
|
|
3,035 |
|
|
|
(114 |
) |
|
|
115 |
|
Interest income |
|
|
32,505 |
|
|
|
21,396 |
|
|
|
28,029 |
|
Interest expense net of amounts capitalized of $2.3 million,
$1.9 million and $1.7 in 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively |
|
|
(56,537 |
) |
|
|
(65,074 |
) |
|
|
(64,289 |
) |
Other (expenses)/income |
|
|
(3,802 |
) |
|
|
(3,661 |
) |
|
|
14,155 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(107,577 |
) |
|
|
(219,044 |
) |
|
|
16,165 |
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE TAX, MINORITY INTERESTS, EQUITY
INCOME OF JOINT VENTURE, EQUITY (LOSS)/INCOME
OF ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, IMPAIRMENT OF
INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE AND CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(144,128 |
) |
|
|
(641,360 |
) |
|
|
(43,523 |
) |
Income and mining tax benefit |
|
|
2,344 |
|
|
|
88,811 |
|
|
|
32,859 |
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE MINORITY INTERESTS, EQUITY INCOME
OF JOINT VENTURE, EQUITY (LOSS)/INCOME OF
ASSOCIATED COMPANIES, IMPAIRMENT OF
INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE AND CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(141,784 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
(10,664 |
) |
Minority interests |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,281 |
|
|
|
|
LOSS BEFORE EQUITY INCOME OF JOINT VENTURE,
EQUITY (LOSS)/INCOME OF ASSOCIATED COMPANIES,
IMPAIRMENT OF INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATE AND
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(141,784 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
(9,383 |
) |
Equity income of joint venture |
|
|
445 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,503 |
|
Equity (loss)/income of associated companies |
|
|
(16,444 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,020 |
|
Impairment of investment in associate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,956 |
) |
|
|
|
(LOSS)/INCOME BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF
CHANGES IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(157,783 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax |
|
|
2,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET (LOSS)/INCOME |
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
|
BASIC (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE ($) BEFORE
CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
|
FULLY DILUTED (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE ($)
BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN
ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
|
BASIC (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE ($) |
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
|
FULLY DILUTED (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE ($) |
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
|
0.00 |
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN
THE COMPUTATION OF BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |
|
|
394,409,512 |
|
|
|
362,499,012 |
|
|
|
254,240,500 |
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN
THE COMPUTATION OF FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER
SHARE |
|
|
394,409,512 |
|
|
|
362,499,012 |
|
|
|
255,570,834 |
|
DIVIDEND PER SHARE ($) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.05 |
|
|
|
0.26 |
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-2
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
(Loss)/income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle |
|
|
(157,783 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle, net of tax |
|
|
2,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (loss)/income |
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive (loss)/income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other investments unrealized |
|
|
119,713 |
|
|
|
(44,674 |
) |
|
|
(52,338 |
) |
Mark-to-market of listed and other investments realized |
|
|
(38,253 |
) |
|
|
105,892 |
|
|
|
(6,006 |
) |
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
(191,651 |
) |
|
|
(197,665 |
) |
|
|
388,397 |
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive (loss)/income |
|
|
(110,191 |
) |
|
|
(136,447 |
) |
|
|
330,053 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive (loss)/income |
|
|
(265,916 |
) |
|
|
(688,996 |
) |
|
|
330,237 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-3
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Balance Sheets
At June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
89,189 |
|
|
|
266,746 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
100,175 |
|
|
|
94,730 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
91,998 |
|
|
|
86,829 |
|
Materials contained in heap leach pads |
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
553 |
|
Income and mining taxes |
|
|
4,359 |
|
|
|
3,980 |
|
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
142,109 |
|
|
|
138,519 |
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
428,345 |
|
|
|
591,357 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
3,306,555 |
|
|
|
3,451,963 |
|
Other assets |
|
|
3,605 |
|
|
|
12,817 |
|
Goodwill |
|
|
28,256 |
|
|
|
30,367 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
35,599 |
|
|
|
7,798 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
4,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
Listed and other investments |
|
|
387,396 |
|
|
|
642,516 |
|
Investments in associates |
|
|
266,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in joint ventures |
|
|
2,065 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
|
4,462,199 |
|
|
|
4,736,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and other liabilities |
|
|
78,391 |
|
|
|
119,224 |
|
Short term portion of long term loans |
|
|
140,344 |
|
|
|
200,451 |
|
Payroll and leave liabilities |
|
|
87,909 |
|
|
|
62,814 |
|
Accrued liabilities |
|
|
36,182 |
|
|
|
45,056 |
|
Dividends payable |
|
|
976 |
|
|
|
1,211 |
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
343,802 |
|
|
|
428,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term loans |
|
|
394,608 |
|
|
|
409,486 |
|
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
521,000 |
|
|
|
541,188 |
|
Derivative financial liabilities |
|
|
150,038 |
|
|
|
76,720 |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
110,164 |
|
|
|
120,450 |
|
Provision for social plan |
|
|
2,259 |
|
|
|
2,109 |
|
Provision for post retirement benefits |
|
|
14,964 |
|
|
|
13,276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Commitments and contingencies (Note 31) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital - 1,200,000,000 (2005: 1,200,000,000)
authorized ordinary shares of 50 South African cents each.
Shares issued 397,616,950 (2005: 394,023,694) |
|
|
31,730 |
|
|
|
31,448 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
3,429,775 |
|
|
|
3,383,610 |
|
Accumulated loss |
|
|
(540,587 |
) |
|
|
(384,862 |
) |
Accumulated other comprehensive income |
|
|
4,446 |
|
|
|
114,637 |
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity |
|
|
2,925,364 |
|
|
|
3,144,833 |
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
4,462,199 |
|
|
|
4,736,818 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-4
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
loss)/retained |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
earnings |
|
|
other |
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
ordinary shares |
|
|
warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
comprehensive |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
issued |
|
|
issued |
|
|
Share capital |
|
|
paid-in capital |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
income/(loss) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2003 |
|
|
185,536,615 |
|
|
|
2,368,030 |
|
|
|
15,712 |
|
|
|
952,967 |
|
|
|
236,961 |
|
|
|
(78,969 |
) |
|
|
1,126,671 |
|
|
Issue of shares
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Acquisition of 11.5% interest in Avgold |
|
|
6,960,964 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
83,941 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,396 |
|
- Acquisition of ARMgold |
|
|
63,666,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,308 |
|
|
|
678,089 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
682,397 |
|
- Acquisition of 42.2% interest in Avgold |
|
|
28,630,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,048 |
|
|
|
411,927 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
413,975 |
|
- Acquisition of Avgold minorities |
|
|
33,574,367 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,474 |
|
|
|
482,986 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
485,460 |
|
Exercise of employee share options |
|
|
703,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
51 |
|
|
|
12,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,544 |
|
Share issue expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,781 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(11,781 |
) |
Conversion of warrants |
|
|
2,351,133 |
|
|
|
(2,351,133 |
) |
|
|
156 |
|
|
|
13,222 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,378 |
|
Warrants expired |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,897 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Consolidation of share trusts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,425 |
) |
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
|
Dividends declared |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(55,005 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(55,005 |
) |
Mark-to-market of listed and other
investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(58,344 |
) |
|
|
(58,344 |
) |
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
388,397 |
|
|
|
388,397 |
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2004 |
|
|
321,424,077 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,204 |
|
|
|
2,616,419 |
|
|
|
182,140 |
|
|
|
251,084 |
|
|
|
3,074,847 |
|
|
Issue of shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
- Acquisition of 11.5% interest in Gold
Fields |
|
|
72,173,265 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,210 |
|
|
|
760,980 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
767,190 |
|
Exercise of employee share options |
|
|
426,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34 |
|
|
|
18,844 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,878 |
|
Share issue expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,957 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,957 |
) |
Consolidation of share trusts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
324 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
Dividends declared |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,453 |
) |
Mark-to-market of listed and other
investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61,218 |
|
|
|
61,218 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(197,665 |
) |
|
|
(197,665 |
) |
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2005 |
|
|
394,023,694 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,448 |
|
|
|
3,383,610 |
|
|
|
(384,862 |
) |
|
|
114,637 |
|
|
|
3,144,833 |
|
|
Issue of shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercise of employee share options |
|
|
3,593,256 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
282 |
|
|
|
43,399 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43,681 |
|
Consolidation of share trusts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,766 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,766 |
|
Net loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
Mark-to-market of listed and other
investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,460 |
|
|
|
81,460 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(191,651 |
) |
|
|
(191,651 |
) |
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2006 |
|
|
397,616,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
31,730 |
|
|
|
3,429,775 |
|
|
|
(540,587 |
) |
|
|
4,446 |
|
|
|
2,925,364 |
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
F-5
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A s adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
CASH FLOW FROM OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources of cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received from customers |
|
|
1,263,333 |
|
|
|
1,265,200 |
|
|
|
1,240,339 |
|
Interest and dividends received |
|
|
35,826 |
|
|
|
24,181 |
|
|
|
28,562 |
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
1,299,159 |
|
|
|
1,289,381 |
|
|
|
1,268,901 |
|
|
|
|
Uses of cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid to suppliers and employees |
|
|
1,213,910 |
|
|
|
1,353,887 |
|
|
|
1,150,471 |
|
Interest paid |
|
|
31,609 |
|
|
|
42,156 |
|
|
|
44,189 |
|
Income and mining taxes paid |
|
|
1,829 |
|
|
|
8,952 |
|
|
|
83,881 |
|
|
|
|
Cash used in operating activities |
|
|
1,247,348 |
|
|
|
1,404,995 |
|
|
|
1,278,541 |
|
|
|
|
NET CASH GENERATED/(UTILIZED) BY OPERATIONS |
|
|
51,811 |
|
|
|
(115,614 |
) |
|
|
(9,640 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOW FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Amounts invested in environmental trusts |
|
|
(4,318 |
) |
|
|
(251 |
) |
|
|
(5,529 |
) |
Restricted cash |
|
|
(31,913 |
) |
|
|
1,585 |
|
|
|
(8,973 |
) |
Cash held by subsidiaries on acquisition |
|
|
|
|
|
|
723 |
|
|
|
100,872 |
|
Cash held by subsidiaries at disposal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,830 |
) |
|
|
(69 |
) |
Cash paid for Abelle Mines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(85,168 |
) |
Other direct costs of acquisition of ARMgold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(195 |
) |
Other direct costs of acquisition of Avgold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(256 |
) |
Cash received for Bissett |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,598 |
|
Other direct costs of investment in Gold Fields |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,802 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for Villiage |
|
|
(64 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for Western Areas |
|
|
(321,477 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received for Buffalo Creek |
|
|
3,058 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for Orpheo |
|
|
(733 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds on disposal of listed investments |
|
|
364,974 |
|
|
|
380,363 |
|
|
|
146,350 |
|
Decrease/(increase) in other non-current investments |
|
|
2,824 |
|
|
|
(1,204 |
) |
|
|
(7,677 |
) |
Proceeds on disposal of mining assets |
|
|
12,509 |
|
|
|
20,892 |
|
|
|
28,981 |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
|
(271,755 |
) |
|
|
(228,524 |
) |
|
|
(193,457 |
) |
|
|
|
NET CASH (UTILIZED)/GENERATED BY INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
(246,895 |
) |
|
|
157,952 |
|
|
|
(22,523 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term borrowings raised |
|
|
160,149 |
|
|
|
231,554 |
|
|
|
271,012 |
|
Long-term borrowings paid |
|
|
(204,414 |
) |
|
|
(199,655 |
) |
|
|
(228,245 |
) |
Ordinary shares issued net of expenses |
|
|
28,684 |
|
|
|
(9,695 |
) |
|
|
7,729 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(1,034 |
) |
|
|
(14,495 |
) |
|
|
(54,943 |
) |
|
|
|
NET CASH (UTILIZED)/GENERATED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
(16,615 |
) |
|
|
7,709 |
|
|
|
(4,447 |
) |
|
|
|
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
34,142 |
|
|
|
(323 |
) |
|
|
64,592 |
|
|
|
|
NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH
EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(177,557 |
) |
|
|
49,724 |
|
|
|
27,982 |
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS JULY 1 |
|
|
266,746 |
|
|
|
217,022 |
|
|
|
189,040 |
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS JUNE 30 |
|
|
89,189 |
|
|
|
266,746 |
|
|
|
217,022 |
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements
The principal non-cash transactions are the issue of shares as
consideration for business acquisitions and the mark-to-market of
listed and other investments. See note 4 and note 22.
F-6
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
1 NATURE OF OPERATIONS
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries (collectively
Harmony or the Company) is engaged in gold mining and related
activities, including exploration, extraction, processing and refining.
Gold bullion, the Companys principal product, is currently produced at
its operations in South Africa and Australia.
2 ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
(a) |
|
USE OF ESTIMATES: The Companys consolidated financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation
of the Companys consolidated financial statements requires the
Companys management to make estimates and assumptions about current
and future events that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Future events and
their effects cannot be determined with absolute certainty.
Therefore, the determination of estimates requires the exercise of
judgement based on various assumptions and other factors such as
historical experience, current and expected economic conditions, and
in some cases actuarial techniques. Actual results ultimately may
differ from those estimates. |
|
|
|
|
The more significant areas requiring the use of management estimates
and assumptions relate to mineral reserves that are the basis for
future cash flow estimates and units-of-production depreciation,
depletion and amortization calculations; environmental, reclamation
and closure obligations; estimates of recoverable gold and other
materials in heap leach pads; asset impairments (including
impairments of goodwill, long-lived assets, and investments);
write-downs of inventory to net realizable value; post employment,
post retirement and other employee benefit liabilities (including
valuation of share options); valuation allowances for deferred tax
assets; reserves for contingencies and litigation; and the fair
value and accounting treatment of financial instruments. |
|
|
|
|
The following are the accounting policies used by the Company which,
except as described in note 3, have been consistently applied: |
|
|
(b) |
|
CONSOLIDATION: |
|
|
(i) |
|
Consolidated entities: The Companys consolidated financial
statements include the financial statements of the Company, its
subsidiaries, and its investments in joint ventures and associates. A
company in which the Group has, directly or indirectly, through
subsidiary undertakings, a controlling interest is classified as a
subsidiary undertaking. The Company also reviews its relationships
with other entities to assess if the Company is the primary
beneficiary of a variable interest entity. If the determination is
made that the Company is the primary beneficiary, then that entity is
consolidated.
See note 5. The results of any subsidiary acquired or disposed of
during the year are consolidated from the effective date of
acquisition and up to the effective date of disposal. |
|
|
|
|
Any excess between the purchase price and the fair value of the
identifiable net assets of subsidiaries, joint ventures and
associates at the date of acquisition is capitalized as goodwill. |
|
|
|
|
Intercompany profits, transactions and balances have been eliminated. |
|
|
(ii) |
|
Investments in associates: An associate is an entity, other than a
subsidiary, in which the Company has a material long-term interest
and in respect of which the Company exercises significant influence
over operational and financial policies, normally owning between 20%
and 50% of the voting equity. |
|
|
|
|
Investments in associates are accounted for by using the equity
method of accounting based on the most recent audited financial
statements of those entities. Equity accounting involves
recognizing in the income statement the Groups share of the
associates profit or loss for the period. The Groups interest in
the associate is carried in the balance sheet at an amount that
reflects the cost of the investment, the Groups share of post
acquisition earnings and other movement in reserves. The carrying
value of an associate is reviewed on a regular basis and, if an
impairment in the carrying value has occurred, it is written off in
the period in which such permanent impairment is identified. |
F-7
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(iii) |
|
Investment in joint ventures: A joint venture is an entity in
which the Company holds a long-term interest and which is jointly
controlled by the Company and one or more venturers under a contractual
arrangement. The Companys interest in jointly controlled entities is
accounted for under the equity method as described in note 2(b)(ii)
above. |
|
(c) |
|
FOREIGN CURRENCIES: |
|
(i) |
|
Foreign entities: For self-sustaining foreign entities, assets
and liabilities are translated using the closing rates at year-end,
and income statements are translated at average rates. Differences
arising on translation are taken directly to shareholders equity,
until the foreign entity is sold or disposed of when the translation
differences are recognized in the income statement as part of the
gain or loss on sale. |
|
|
|
Fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of the foreign
entities are treated as assets and liabilities of the foreign
entity are translated at the closing rate. |
|
(ii) |
|
Foreign currency transactions: Transactions in foreign
currencies are converted at the rates of exchange ruling at the date
of these transactions. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in
foreign currencies are translated at rates of exchange ruling at
balance sheet date. Gains, losses and costs associated with foreign
currency transactions are recognized in the income statement in the
period to which they relate. These transactions are included in the
determination of other (expenses)/income. |
|
(iii) |
|
Functional currency: The functional currency of the majority of
the Companys operations is the South African Rand. The
translation differences arising as a result of converting to US
dollars using the current exchange rate method are included as a
separate component of shareholders equity. |
|
|
|
References to A$ refers to Australian currency, R to South
African currency, and $ or US$ to United States currency. |
|
(d) |
|
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS are initially measured at cost. Subsequent to
initial recognition these instruments are measured as set out below in
terms of the applicable accounting policy. Financial instruments
carried on the consolidated balance sheets include cash and cash
equivalents, money market instruments, investments, receivables,
accounts payable, long term loans, interest free loans, forward sales
contracts, option contracts, interest rate swaps and gold leases. |
|
(e) |
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS are defined as cash on hand, deposits
held at call with banks and short term highly liquid investments with
insignificant interest rate risk and original maturities of three
months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are measured at fair value. |
|
(f) |
|
NON-CURRENT INVESTMENTS: Management determines the appropriate classification of its
investments in equity securities at the time of purchase and re-evaluates such determinations at
each reporting date. Non-current investments comprise of the following : |
|
(i) |
|
Listed investments:
Investments in listed companies, other than investments in subsidiaries, joint ventures and
associates, are carried at fair value. These investments are considered to be available-for-sale
investments. Changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale investments, are excluded from
earnings and included as a separate component of shareholders equity. On disposal of
available-for-sale investments, amounts previously included as a separate component of
shareholders equity, are transferred to income/(loss) and included in the determination of the
gain/(loss) on disposal of available-for-sale securities. The amount transferred out of equity is
determined by reference to the amounts previously included as a seperate component of shareholders
equity relating to the specific investment. Unrealized losses are recognized in the determination
of net income/(loss) when the market value decreases below the carrying value of the investment and
this decrease is determined by management to be other than temporary in nature. |
F-8
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(ii) |
|
Unlisted investments are reflected at cost. If the directors are of
the opinion that there has been an impairment in the value of these
investments they are written down, with the write down recognized as
an expense in the period in which the impairment is determined to
have taken place. |
|
(g) |
|
INVENTORIES are valued at the lower of cost and net realizable
value. The Companys inventories comprise of consumable stores,
gold-in-process and ore stockpiles and are accounted for as
follows:
Consumable stores are valued at average cost, after
appropriate provision for redundant and slow moving items. |
|
|
|
Gold-in-process inventories represent materials that are currently
in the process of being converted to a saleable product. Conversion
processes vary depending on the nature of the ore and the specific
mining operation, but include mill in-circuit, leach in-circuit,
flotation and column cells, and carbon in-pulp inventories.
In-process material is measured based on assays of the material fed
to process and the projected recoveries of the respective plants.
In-process inventories are valued at the average cost of the
material fed to process attributable to the source material coming
from the mine, stockpile or leach pad plus the in-process
conversion costs, including applicable depreciation relating to the
process facility, incurred to that point in the process. Where
mechanized mining is used in underground operations,
gold-in-process is accounted for at the earliest stage of
production when reliable estimates of quantities and costs are
capable of being made, normally from when ore is broken
underground. |
|
|
|
Stockpiles represents coarse ore that has been extracted from the
mine and is available for further
processing. Stockpiles are measured by estimating the number of tons
(via truck counts and/or in-put surveys of the ore before
stockpiling) added and removed from the stockpile, the number of
contained ounces (based on assay data) and the recovery percentage
(based on the process for which the ore is destined). Stockpile
tonnages are verified by periodic surveys. Stockpiles are valued
based on mining costs incurred up to the point of stockpiling the
ore, including applicable depreciation and amortization relating to
mining operations. Value is added to a stockpile based on the
current mining cost per ton plus applicable depreciation and
amortization and removed at the average cost per recoverable ounce
of gold in the stockpile. |
|
(h) |
|
MATERIALS CONTAINED IN HEAP LEACH PADS: The recovery of gold from
certain oxide ores is best achieved through the heap leaching process.
Under this method, ore is placed on leach pads where it is permeated
with a chemical solution, which dissolves the gold contained in the ore.
The resulting pregnant solution is further processed in a leach plant
where the gold in solution is recovered. For accounting purposes, value
is added to leach pads based on current mining costs, including
applicable depreciation and amortization relating to mining operations.
Value is removed from the leach pad as ounces are recovered in circuit
at the leach plant based on the average cost per recoverable ounce of
gold on the leach pad. |
|
|
|
The engineering estimates of recoverable gold on the heap leach pads
are calculated from quantities of ore placed on the pads (measured
tons added to the leach pads), the grade of ore placed on the leach
pads (based on assay data) and a recovery percentage (based on the
leach process and the ore type). In general, the leach pad
production cycles project recoveries of approximately 50% to 70% of
the placed recoverable ounces during the leaching process, declining
at the end of the leaching process. |
|
|
|
Although the quantities of recoverable gold placed on the leach pads
are reconciled by comparing the grades of ore placed on the pads to
the quantities of gold actually recovered (metallurgical balancing),
the nature of the leaching process inherently limits the ability to
precisely monitor inventory levels. As a result, the metallurgical
balancing process is constantly monitored and engineering estimates
are refined based on actual results over time. Variations between
actual and estimated quantities resulting from changes in
assumptions and estimates that do not result in write-downs to net
realizable value are accounted for on a prospective basis. The
ultimate recovery of gold from the pad will not be known until the
leaching process is terminated. |
F-9
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
The current portion of leach pad inventories is determined based on
engineering estimates of the quantities of gold at the balance
sheet date that are expected to be recovered during the next twelve
months. |
|
(i) |
|
RECEIVABLES: Accounts receivable are stated at the gross invoice
value adjusted for payments received and an allowance for doubtful
debt, where appropriate, to reflect the fair value of the anticipated
realizable value. Bad debts are written off during the period in which
they are identified. |
|
(j) |
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE are stated at cost adjusted for payments made
to reflect the value of the anticipated economic outflow of
resources. |
|
(k) |
|
HEDGING: The Company accounts for its hedging activities in
accordance with Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (SFAS)
No. 133 (SFAS No. 133), Accounting for Derivative instruments and
Hedging Activities, as amended by Statements of Financial Accounting
Standards Nos. 137, 138 and 149. |
|
|
|
Under SFAS No. 133, all derivatives are recognized on the balance
sheet at their fair value, unless they meet the criteria for the
normal purchases normal sale exemption. On the date a derivative
contract is entered into, the Company designates the derivative as
(1) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability
(fair value hedge), (2) a hedge of a forecasted transaction (cash
flow hedge), or (3) a hedge of a net investment in a foreign
entity. Certain derivative transactions, while providing effective
economic hedges under the Companys risk management policies, do
not qualify for hedge accounting. The Company does not currently
hold or issue derivative financial instruments for trading or
speculative purposes. |
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Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective,
and that is designated and qualifies as a fair value hedge, are
recorded in the income statement, along with the change in fair
value of the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the
hedged risk. |
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Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective,
and that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge, are
recognized directly as a separate component of shareholders equity.
Amounts deferred as a component of shareholders equity are included
in the income statement in the same periods during which the hedged
firm commitment or forecasted transaction affects net profit or
loss. |
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Hedges of net investment in foreign entities are accounted for similarly to cash flow hedges. |
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Recognition of derivatives which meet the criteria for the normal
purchases, normal sales exemption under SFAS No. 133 are deferred
until settlement. Under these contracts the group must physically
deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date at a
specified price to the contracted counter party. |
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Gains and losses arising from a change in the fair value of a
contract before the contracts designated delivery date are
therefore not recorded, but the contract price recognized in Product
sales following settlement of the contract by physical delivery of
production to the counterparty at contract maturity. |
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Changes in the fair value of derivatives which are not designated
as hedges and do not qualify for hedge accounting and the
ineffective portion of the derivatives are recognized in the
income statement. |
F-10
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
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The Group formally documents all relationships between hedging
instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management
objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions.
This process includes linking derivatives designed as hedges to
specific assets and liabilities or to specific firm commitments or
forecasted transactions. The Group also formally assesses, both at
the hedge inception date and on an ongoing basis, whether the
derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly
effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of
hedged items. |
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EXPLORATION COSTS are expensed as incurred prior to the completion
of a final feasibility study to establish proved and probable reserves. |
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PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
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Mining assets including mine development costs and mine plant facilities are recorded at
cost. |
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At the Companys surface mines, when it has been determined that a
mineral property can be economically developed as a result of
establishing proven and probable reserves, costs incurred to develop
the property are capitalized as incurred until saleable minerals are
extracted from the mine and are amortized using the
units-of-production method over the estimated life of the ore body
based on estimated recoverable ounces or pounds mined from proven
and probable reserves. These costs include costs to further
delineate the ore body and remove overburden to initially expose the
ore body. Subsequent mine development costs at the Companys surface
mines are treated as variable production costs. See note 3. |
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At the Companys underground mines, all costs incurred to develop
the property, including costs to access specific ore blocks or
other areas of the underground mine, are capitalized to the extent
that such costs will provide future economic benefits as a result
of establishing proven and probable reserves associated with
specific ore blocks or areas of operations. These costs include
the cost of shaft sinking and access, the costs of building access
ways, lateral development, drift development, ramps, box cuts and
other infrastructure development. The Company previously
capitalized underground development costs only until the reef
horizons were intersected. See note 3. |
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Interest on borrowings incurred in respect of assets requiring a
substantial period of time to prepare for their intended use are
capitalized to the date on which the assets are substantially
completed and ready for their intended use. |
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Mining operations placed on care and maintenance: The net assets
of operations placed on care and maintenance are written down to net
realizable value. Expenditure on the care and maintenance of these
operations is charged against income, as incurred. |
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Non mining fixed assets: Land is shown at cost and not
depreciated. Other non-mining fixed assets are shown at cost less
accumulated depreciation. |
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Mineral and surface use rights represent mineral and surface use
rights for parcels of land both owned and not owned by the Company.
Mineral and surface rights include acquired mineral use rights in
production, development and exploration stage properties. The amount
capitalized related to a mineral and surface rights represents its
fair value at the time it was acquired, either as an individual
asset purchase or as part of a business combination and are recorded
at cost of acquisition. |
F-11
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
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Production stage mineral interests represent interests in operating
properties that contain proven and probable reserves. Development
stage mineral interests represent interests in properties under
development that contain proven and probable reserves. Exploration
stage mineral interests represent interests in properties that are
believed to potentially contain (i) other mineralized material such
as inferred material within pits; measured, indicated and inferred
material with insufficient drill spacing to qualify as proven and
probable reserves; and inferred material in close proximity to
proven and probable reserves; (ii) around-mine exploration potential
such as inferred material not immediately adjacent to existing
reserves and mineralization but located within the immediate mine
infrastructure; (iii) other mine-related exploration potential that
is not part of measured, indicated or inferred material and is
comprised mainly of material outside of the immediate mine area; or
(iv) greenfield exploration potential that is not associated with
any other production, development or exploration stage property as
described above. |
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The Companys mineral use rights are enforceable regardless of
whether proven or probable reserves have been established. In
certain limited situations, the nature of a use changes from an
exploration right to a mining right upon the establishment of proven
and probable reserves. The Company has the ability and intent to
renew mineral use rights where the existing term is not sufficient
to recover all identified and valued proven and probable reserves
and/or undeveloped mineral interests. |
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Depreciation and amortization of mineral property interests, mine
development costs and mine plant facilities are computed principally by
the units of production method based on estimated proven and probable
reserves. Costs incurred and capitalized to enable access to specific
ore blocks or areas of the mine, and which only provide an economic
benefit over the period of mining that ore block or area, are
attributed to earnings using the units-of-production method where the
denominator is estimated recoverable ounces of gold contained in proven
and probable reserves within that ore block or area. If capitalized
underground development costs provide an economic benefit over the
entire mine life, the costs are attributed to earnings using the
units-of-production method, where the denominator is the estimated
recoverable ounces of gold contained in total accessible proven and
probable reserves. Other non-mining fixed assets are depreciated by
straight line over estimated useful lives of two to five years. |
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Amortization of mineral and surface use rights: Mineral rights
associated with production stage mineral interests are amortized over
the life of mine using the units-of-production method in order to
match the amortization with the expected underlying future cash
flows. Mineral interests associated with development and exploration
stage mineral interests are not amortized until such time as the
underlying property is converted to the production stage. |
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Impairment: The Company reviews and evaluates its long-lived
assets for impairment when events or changes in circumstances indicate
that the related carrying amounts may not be recoverable. An impairment
is considered to exist if the total estimated future cash flows on an
undiscounted basis are less than the carrying amount of the assets,
including goodwill, if any. An impairment loss is measured and recorded
based on discounted estimated future cash flows. Future cash flows are
estimated based on quantities of recoverable minerals, expected gold
prices (considering current and historical prices, price trends and
related factors), production levels and cash costs of production and
capital, all based on life-of-mine plans. |
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The term recoverable minerals refers to the estimated amount of
gold that will be obtained from proven and probable reserves and
all related exploration stage mineral interests (except for other
mine-related exploration potential and greenfields exploration
potential discussed separately below) after taking into account
losses during ore processing and treatment. Estimates of
recoverable minerals from such related exploration stage mineral
interests will be risk adjusted based on managements relative
confidence in such materials. In estimating future cash flows,
assets are grouped at the lowest level for which there are
identifiable cash flows that are largely independent of cash flows
from other asset groups. With the exception of other mine-related
exploration potential and greenfields exploration potential,
estimates of future undiscounted cash flows are included on an area
of interest basis, which generally represents an individual
operating |
F-12
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
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mine, even if the mines are included in a larger mine complex. In
the case of mineral interests associated with other mine-related
exploration potential and greenfields exploration potential, cash
flows and fair values are individually evaluated based primarily
on recent exploration results and recent transactions involving
sales of similar properties, if any. Assumptions underlying future
cash flow estimates are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties. |
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(n) |
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GOODWILL: Goodwill represents the excess of the cost of an
acquisition over the fair value of the Companys share of the net assets
of the acquired subsidiary, associate, joint venture or business at the
date of acquisition. Goodwill on acquisition of subsidiaries and
businesses is presented seperately within non-current assets. Goodwill
on acquisition of associates and joint ventures are included in the
carrying value of investments in associates and joint ventures. |
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Goodwill is not subject to amortization. Instead, the Company
evaluates, on at least an annual basis, the carrying amount of
goodwill to determine whether current events and circumstances
indicate that such carrying amount may no longer be recoverable. To
accomplish this, the Company compares the fair value of its
reporting units to their carrying amounts. If the carrying value of
a reporting unit were to exceed its fair value, the Company would
perform the second step of the impairment test. In the second step,
the Company would compare the implied fair value of the reporting
units goodwill to its carrying amount and any excess of the
carrying value over the implied fair value would be charged to
operations. |
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The gain or loss on disposal of an entity includes the carrying
amount of goodwill relating to the entity sold. |
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(o) |
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ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS: SFAS No. 143, Accounting for Asset
Retirement Obligations (SFAS No. 143) applies to legal obligations
associated with the retirement of a long-lived asset that result from
the acquisition, construction, development and/or the normal operation
of a long-lived asset. |
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SFAS No. 143 applies to legal obligations associated with the
retirement of a long-lived asset that result from the acquisition,
construction, development and/or the normal operation of a long-lived
asset. Under SFAS No. 143 the Company records the fair value of a
liability for an asset retirement obligation in the period in which it
is incurred. When the liability is initially recorded, the Company
capitalizes the cost by increasing the carrying value of the related
long-lived asset. Changes resulting from revisions in the amount of
estimated cash flows are recognized as an increase or decrease in the
carrying amount of the rehabilitation liability and the associated
capitalized retirement cost. Decreases in the rehabilitation liability
in excess of capitalized retirement costs (net of accumulated
depreciation) are recognized in the income statement as Decrease in
rehabilitation costs . Over time, the liability is increased to
reflect an interest element (accretion) considered in its initial
measurement at fair value, and the capitalized cost is amortized over
the useful life of the related asset. Upon settlement of the liab
will record a gain or loss if the actual cost incurred is different
than the liability recorded. |
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Environmental liabilities, other than rehabilitation costs which
relate to liabilities from specific events, are expensed as
incurred. |
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(p) |
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ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUNDS: Contributions are made to the Companys
trust funds, created in accordance with statutory requirements, to fund
the estimated cost of pollution control, rehabilitation and mine closure
at the end of the life of the Companys South African mines.
Contributions are determined on the basis of the estimated environmental
obligation over the life of the mine. Income earned on monies paid to
environmental trust funds is accounted for as investment income. The
funds contributed to the trusts plus growth in the trust funds are
included under investments on the balance sheet. |
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(q) |
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PROVISIONS are recognized when information is available prior to
the issuance of financial statements which indicates that it is
probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been
incurred as at the date of the financial statements and can be
reasonably estimated. |
F-13
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(r) |
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DEFERRED TAXATION: The Company follows the comprehensive liability
method of accounting for deferred tax using the balance sheet approach.
Under this method deferred income and mining taxes are recognized for
the tax consequences of temporary differences by applying expected
future mining tax rates to the differences between the tax base of
certain assets or liabilities and their balance sheet carrying amount.
The effect on deferred tax of any changes in tax rates is recognized in
the income statement during the period in which the change in tax rate
occurs. |
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The principal temporary differences arise from amortization and
depreciation on property, plant and equipment, provisions,
deferred financial liability and unredeemed capital expenditure. A
valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the carrying value of
deferred tax assets if it is more likely than not that such assets
will not be realized. |
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(s) |
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PENSION PLANS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: |
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(i) |
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Pension plans are funded through annual contributions. The
Companys contributions to the defined contribution pension plans are
charged to the income statement in the year to which they relate. The
Companys liability is limited to its annually determined
contributions. |
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(ii) |
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Medical plans: The Company provides medical cover to current
employees and certain retirees through certain funds. The medical
accounting costs for the defined benefit plan are assessed using the
projected unit credit method. The health care obligation is measured
as the present value of the estimated future cash outflows using
market yields consistent with the term and risks of the obligation.
Actuarial gains and losses as a result of these valuations are
recognised in the income statement at re-valuation date. A
liability for retirees and their dependents is accrued in full
based on actuarial valuations every year. |
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(iii) |
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Share-based compensation: Effective July 1, 2005, the Company
adopted the fair value recognition provisions of SFAS No. 123(R),
Share-Based Payments (SFAS No. 123(R)). Prior to that date, the
Company applied SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS No. 123) in accounting for options granted after
July 1, 2001 and Accounting Principles Board Opinion No. 25,
Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees (APB 25) together with its
related interpretations in accounting for options granted prior to
July 1, 2001. |
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The Company adopted SFAS No. 123(R) using the modified retrospective
transition method. Under this method, share-based payment expense
for the year ended June 30, 2006 includes: (a) compensation cost for
all share-based payments granted prior to, but not yet vested as of
July 1, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in
accordance with the original provisions of SFAS No. 123, and (b)
compensation cost for all share-based payments granted subsequent to
July 1, 2005, based on the grant-date fair value estimated in
accordance with the provisions of SFAS No. 123(R). Results for all
prior periods presented have been adjusted based on the amounts
previously recognized under SFAS No. 123 for purposes of pro forma
disclosures. See note 3(c). In both cases, the Company has
recognised the share-based payment expense associated with options
with graded-vesting features over the requisite service period for
each separately vesting tranche of the award as though the award
were, in substance, multiple awards. |
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(t) |
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REVENUE RECOGNITION: Revenue arising from gold sales is recognized
when the price is determinable, the product has been delivered in
accordance with the terms of the contract, including title being passed,
the significant risks and rewards of ownership have been transferred to
the customer and collection of the sales price is reasonably assured.
These criteria are met when the gold leaves the Companys smelt-houses. |
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Revenue further excludes value-added tax but includes the net
profit and losses arising from hedging transactions from matched
gold sales contracts, which are designated as normal sales
contracts. Revenues from silver and other by-products sales are
credited to production costs as a by-product credit. |
F-14
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(u) |
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INTEREST INCOME: Interest is recognized on a time proportion basis,
taking into account the principal outstanding and the effective rate
over the period to maturity, when it is determined that such income will
accrue to the Group. |
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(v) |
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DIVIDEND INCOME is recognized when the shareholders right to
receive payment is established, recognized at the last date of
registration. |
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(w) |
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DIVIDENDS DECLARED: Dividends proposed and the related transactions
thereon are recognized when declared by the the Board of directors.
Dividends paid therefore relate to those declared in the current fiscal
year. Dividends are payable in South African Rands. |
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Dividends declared which are payable to foreign shareholders are
subject to approval by the South African Reserve Bank in terms of
South African foreign exchange control regulations. In practice,
dividends are freely transferable to foreign shareholders. |
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(x) |
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(LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE: (Loss)/earnings per share is based on net
(loss)/income divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
in issue during the year. Diluted (loss)/earnings per share is presented
when the inclusion of potential ordinary shares has a dilutive effect on
earnings per share. |
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(y) |
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RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS: |
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In September 2006, The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued SFAS No. 157 Fair Value Measurements (SFAS No. 157). This
Statement defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring
fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.
This Statement does not require any new fair value measurements, it
emphasizes that fair value is a market-based measurement, not an
entity-specific measurement. Therefore, a fair value measurement
should be determined based on the assumptions that market
participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. SFAS No.
157 expands disclosures about the use of fair value to measure
assets and liabilities in interim and annual periods subsequent to
initial recognition. This statement applies for derivatives and
other financial instruments measured at fair value under SFAS No.
133, Derivative Financial Instruments at initial recognition and
in all subsequent periods. The group will be required to adopt SFAS
No. 157 on July 1, 2008, and is currently evaluating the impact of
SFAS No. 157 on its financial position and results of operations. |
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In June 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, Accounting
for Uncertainty in Income Taxes, (FIN No. 48) an interpretation of
FASB Statement No. 109, Accounting for Income Taxes. FIN No. 48
prescribes a recognition threshold and measurement attribute for the
financial statement recognition and measurement of a tax position
taken or expected to be taken in a tax return. The Interpretation
requires that the Company recognize in the financial statements, the
impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not
of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the
position. FIN No. 48 also provides guidance on derecognition,
classification, interest and penalties, accounting in interim
periods and disclosure. The provisions of FIN No. 48 are effective
for the years beginning after December 31, 2006 (July 1, 2007), with
the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded
as an adjustment to the opening balance of retained earnings. The
Company is currently evaluating the impact of adopting FIN No. 48 on
its financial statements. |
F-15
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 158, Employers
Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Postretirement
Plans an amendment of FASB Statements No. 87, 88, 106, and 132(R)
(SFAS No. 158). SFAS No. 158 improves financial reporting by
requiring an employer to recognize the overfunded or underfunded
status of a defined benefit postretirement plan (other than a
multiemployer plan) as an asset or liability in its statement of
financial position and to recognize changes in that funded status in
the year in which the changes occur through comprehensive income.
SFAS No. 158 requires an employer to measure the funded status of a
plan as of the date of its year-end statement of financial position,
with limited exceptions. The provisions of SFAS No. 158 will be
applicable for the Company as of the year ended June 30, 2007. The
Company is in the process of evaluating the potential impact the
adoption of this standard will have on its financial position and
results of operations.
In September 2006, the SEC issued Staff Accounting Bulletin No. 108
(SAB No. 108). The interpretations in SAB No. 108 express the
staffs views regarding the process of quantifying financial
statement misstatements. The staff believes registrants must
consider the impact of correcting all misstatements, including the
effect of misstatements that were not corrected at the end of the
prior year. These prior year misstatements should be considered in
quantifying misstatements in current year financial statements.
Thus, a registrants financial statements would require adjustment
when the assessment in the current year or in prior years results
in qualifying a misstatement that is material, after considering all
relevant quantitative and qualitative factors. The Company will be
required to adopt SAB No. 108 on July 1, 2007, and is currently
evaluating the impact of SAB No. 108 on its financial position and
results of operations.
3 ACCOUNTING CHANGES
During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company changed its method
for accounting for underground development costs, stripping costs
incurred during the production phase of a mine and share-based
payments.
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Underground development costs |
Previously, at the Companys underground mines, costs incurred to
develop the property were capitalized only until the reef horizons
were intersected. Subsequent mine development costs to access other
specific ore blocks or areas of the mine were treated as variable
production costs. During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company
changed its policy to capitalize all underground development costs
to access specific ore blocks or other areas of the mine where such
costs will provide future economic benefits as a result of
establishing proven and probable reserves associated with a specific
block or area of operations, even after the reef horizon may have
been intersected with the development of the first specific ore
block or area of the mine. Under this revised policy, all costs
associated with the development of a specific underground block or
area are capitalized until saleable minerals are extracted from that
specific block or area. At the Companys underground mines, these
costs include the cost of shaft sinking and access, the costs of
building access ways, lateral development, drift development, ramps,
box cuts and other infrastructure development. See note 2(m)(i) and
2(m)(v).
The Company believes that the newly adopted principle is preferable
because: (i) it aligns its policy with those of its global mining
company industry peers; (ii) allows for a more direct link between
revenue and associated expenditure; (iii) each block of ore can be
described as a commencement of a new area of operations, separate
and distinct from other existing operations with the choice to
mine based on an approved life-of-mine plan for that particular
block of ore; and (iv) the additional costs capitalized under the
revised policy meet the definition of an asset.
F-16
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(b) |
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Stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine |
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On July 1, 2005, the Company adopted Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue No. 04-06, Accounting for Stripping Costs Incurred during
Production in the Mining Industry (EITF 04-06) . EITF 04-06
addresses the accounting for stripping costs incurred during the
production phase of a mine and refers to these costs as variable
production costs that should be included as a component of inventory
to be recognized in Production costs exclusive of depreciation and
amortisation in the same period as the revenue from the sale of
inventory. As a result, capitalization of post-production stripping
costs is appropriate only to the extent product inventory exists at
the end of a reporting period. |
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Prior to July 1, 2005, at the Companys Kalgold operations, deferred stripping costs were
charged to
Production costs exclusive of depreciation and amortization as gold
was produced and sold using the units of production method based on
estimated recoverable quantities of proven and probable gold or
copper reserves, using a stripping ratio calculated as the ratio of
total tons to be moved to total proven and probable ore reserves,
which resulted in the recognition of the costs of waste removal
activities over the life of the mine as gold was produced. The
application of the deferred stripping accounting method previously
generally resulted in the recognition of an asset (deferred
stripping costs). |
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(c) |
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Share-based payments |
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On July 1, 2005, the Company adopted the fair value recognition
provisions of SFAS No. 123(R), Share-Based Payments (SFAS No.
123(R)). Prior to that date, the Company applied SFAS No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (SFAS No. 123) in
accounting for options granted after July 1, 2001 and Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB 25) together with its related interpretations in
accounting for options granted prior to July 1, 2001. |
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(d) |
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Effect of accounting changes |
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In connection with the changes relating to underground development
costs and stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a
mine, the Company early adopted SFAS No. 154, Accounting Changes
and Error Corrections (SFAS No. 154), which established new
standards on accounting for changes in accounting principles.
Voluntary changes in accounting principles were previously required
to be recognized by including in net (loss) income of the period of
the change the cumulative effect of changing to the new accounting
principle. SFAS No. 154 requires retrospective application to prior
periods financial statements of changes in accounting principle,
unless it is impracticable to do so. The Company has therefore
adjusted its financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2005
and 2004 as if the revised principles had always been used. |
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In connection with the change relating to share-based payments, the
Company followed the modified retrospective approach permitted by
SFAS No. 123(R). Under this method, the Company has adjusted its
financial statements for the years ended June 30, 2005 and 2004
based on the amounts previously recognized under SFAS No. 123 for
purposes of pro forma disclosures, without adjustment. Prior to the
adoption of SFAS No. 123(R) however, the Company recognized actual
forfeitures when they occurred (as opposed to estimating forfeitures
at the grant date and subsequently adjusting their estimated
forfeitures to actuals). In accordance with SFAS No. 123(R)s
specific transition provisions, the Company recorded a cumulative
effect adjustment on July 1, 2005 related to outstanding awards that
are not expected to vest based on an estimate of forfeitures as of
that date. |
F-17
The net effect of all three accounting changes discussed above is as follows:
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Year ended June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Net income |
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63,918 |
|
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31,585 |
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Effect on per share amounts: |
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Increase in basic (loss)/earnings before cumulative
effect of changes in accounting principal ($) |
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17.63 |
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12.42 |
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Increase in basic (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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17.63 |
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12.42 |
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Increase in fully diluted (loss)/earnings before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principal ($) |
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17.63 |
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12.36 |
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Increase in fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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17.63 |
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12.36 |
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June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Increase in retained earnings as at July 1, 2003 |
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42,525 |
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F-18
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
The following financial statement line items for the year ended
June 30, 2005 and 2004 were affected by each of the individual
accounting changes above:
(i) Underground development costs
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Year ended June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Decrease in production costs as a result of capitalizing
underground development costs after the reef horizon has
been intersected (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) |
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96,223 |
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81,241 |
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Increase in depreciation and amortization as a result of
amortization of capitalized underground development costs
after the reef horizon has been intersected |
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(34,498 |
) |
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(35,786 |
) |
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Decrease in production costs (inclusive of depreciation and
amortization) |
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61,725 |
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45,455 |
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Increase in equity income of joint venture |
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1,585 |
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Increase in deferred income tax expense |
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(11,882 |
) |
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(9,025 |
) |
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Effect on (loss)/income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle |
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49,843 |
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38,015 |
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Effect on net (loss)/income |
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49,843 |
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38,015 |
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Effect on per share amounts: |
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Increase in basic (loss)/earnings before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle ($) |
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13.75 |
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14.95 |
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Increase in basic (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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13.75 |
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14.95 |
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Increase in fully diluted (loss)/earnings before cumulative effect
of change in accounting principle ($) |
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13.75 |
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14.87 |
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Increase in fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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13.75 |
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14.87 |
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June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Increase in inventories |
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708 |
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Increase in property, plant and equipment, net |
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180,944 |
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133,197 |
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Increase in deferred income taxes |
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30,890 |
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21,275 |
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Increase in retained earnings as at July 1, 2003 |
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45,375 |
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(ii) Stripping costs incurred during the production phase of a mine
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Year ended June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Elimination of deferred stripping costs |
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15,362 |
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(4,119 |
) |
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Decrease/(increase) in production costs |
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15,362 |
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(4,119 |
) |
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Effect on (loss)/income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle |
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15,362 |
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(4,119 |
) |
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Effect on net (loss)/income |
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15,362 |
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(4,119 |
) |
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F-19
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
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Year ended June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Effect on per share amounts: |
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Increase/(decrease) in basic (loss)/earnings before cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle ($) |
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4.24 |
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(1.62 |
) |
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Increase/(decrease) in basic (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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4.24 |
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(1.62 |
) |
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Increase/(decrease) in fully diluted (loss)/earnings before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle ($) |
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4.24 |
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(1.62 |
) |
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Increase/(decrease) in fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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4.24 |
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(1.62 |
) |
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June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Decrease in other assets |
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(1,511 |
) |
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(16,157 |
) |
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Decrease in retained earnings as at July 1, 2003 |
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(9,621 |
) |
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(iii) Share-based payments
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Year ended June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Increase in share-based compensation costs |
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(1,287 |
) |
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(2,311 |
) |
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Effect on (loss)/income before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle |
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(1,287 |
) |
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(2,311 |
) |
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Effect on net (loss)/income |
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(1,287 |
) |
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(2,311 |
) |
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Effect on per share amounts: |
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Decrease in basic (loss)/earnings before cumulative effect of
change in accounting principle ($) |
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(0.36 |
) |
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(0.91 |
) |
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Decrease in basic (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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(0.36 |
) |
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(0.91 |
) |
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Decrease in fully diluted (loss)/earnings before cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle ($) |
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(0.36 |
) |
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(0.91 |
) |
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Decrease in fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share ($) |
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(0.36 |
) |
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(0.91 |
) |
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June 30, |
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2005 |
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2004 |
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$000 |
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$000 |
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Increase in retained earnings as at July 1, 2003 |
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6,771 |
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4 ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF BUSINESSES
AND INVESTMENTS
(a) Disposal of Highland
Gold Limited (Highland Gold)
The Companys aggregate interest in the outstanding share capital of
Highland Gold, a Jersey based company holding various Russian gold
interests, amounted to 31.7% at July 1, 2003. This investment was
accounted for under the equity method since Harmony exercised
significant influence over its financial and operating policies. On
October 14, 2003, Harmony disposed of its investment in Highland Gold
for $119.7 million, resulting in a profit on sale of associate of $77.6
million. See note 11.
F-20
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(b) Disposal of High River Gold Mines Limited (High River)
On October 17, 2003, the Company disposed of its entire 16% investment
in High River, a company listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange holding
gold mining assets in Russia, Canada and West Africa, for cash proceeds
of $22.5 million. This investment was previously classified as an
available-for-sale investment and the sale resulted in a realized profit
of $3.1 million. See note 9.
(c) Acquisition of Abelle Limited (Abelle)
On March 15, 2004, the Company announced that it had made an off-market
cash offer to acquire all the remaining ordinary shares and, listed and
unlisted options in Abelle that it did not already own. The Harmony
offer, valued at approximately $85.2 million, or A$125 million,
consisted of the following: (1) A$2.00 per Abelle share; (2) A$1.70 for
each of the listed options in Abelle; and (3) a price equal to the
difference between the cash price offered to Abelle shareholders and the
exercise price for each of the unlisted options.
The offers were made by Harmonys wholly-owned subsidiary, Harmony Gold
Australia (Proprietary) Limited. All the conditions precedent and
regulatory requirements were met and Harmony proceeded with the
compulsory acquisition of the outstanding shares. As of June 30, 2004,
Abelle was a 100% owned subsidiary of Harmony.
Abelle has been treated as a majority owned subsidiary of Harmony since
the close of Harmonys initial offer to Abelle shareholders in May 2003.
The aggregate purchase consideration relating to the Companys
acquisition of the remaining minority interest in 2004, was allocated as
follows:
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2004 |
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$000 |
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Total purchase price |
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85,168 |
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Plus: Fair value of liabilities assumed by Harmony
Deferred tax |
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24,034 |
|
Less: Fair value of assets acquired by Harmony
Property, plant and equipment |
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(80,115 |
) |
Minority interest |
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(29,087 |
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Residual purchase price allocated to goodwill |
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(d) |
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Acquisition and disposal of African Rainbow Minerals Limited
(ARM) (formerly Anglovaal Mining Limited) (Avmin) |
On May 8, 2003 and May 14, 2003 the Company acquired a 17.25% interest
in ARM through its 50% interest in a joint venture with ARMgold Limited,
ARMgold/Harmony Joint Investment Company (Proprietary) Limited
(Clidet). The joint venture company purchased 27,786,362 shares in ARM
from Anglo American Plc for a cash consideration of R1,209 million ($167
million) on May 8, 2003 and a further 11,003,399 shares for a cash
consideration of R478 million ($63 million) on May 14, 2003, giving it a
combined interest of 34.5% in the issued share capital of ARM. ARM is
listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange and has interests in operating
gold, manganese, iron, chrome, platinum, and nickel mines in South
Africa, as well as cobalt and copper mines in Zambia.
The Company equity accounted its investment in Clidet from May 8, 2003
through September 22, 2003. With the acquisition of ARMgold on September
22, 2003, the Company obtained control over the entire shareholding of
Clidet, and have treated it as a subsidiary from that date (see note
4(f) below). Accordingly, the Company equity accounted its investment in
ARM, directly, from September 22, 2003.
The Company continued to equity account its investment in ARM through
May 3, 2004, the date on which the Company acquired ARMs 42.2% interest
in Avgold. Following the acquisition of Avgold, Harmony has classified
the investment in ARM as available-for-sale. See note 4(e) below.
F-21
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
The Company disposed of 5.82% of the 19.5% investment held in ARM in
the open market for $57.3 million through a range of transactions on
February 3, 2005, March 15, 2005 and May 27, 2005, resulting in a loss
of $38.2 million. See note 9. On April 15, 2005, the Company
transferred the remaining 13.68% of the investment in ARM to the ARM
Broad-Based Economic Empowerment Trust (the ARM Trust) for an
aggregate cash consideration of R829.8 million ($132.1 million),
representing a price of R29 per ARM share.
The acquisition of the shares by the ARM Trust was financed
through two term loan facilities with Nedbank Limited (Nedbank). The
second term loan facility of R473.6 million ($75.4 million) previously
contained a put option whereby Nedbank could have put the loan to the
Company in the event of default by the ARM Trust. The Company was also
entitled, at any time up to the facilities discharge date, to call the
loan and step into the shares of Nedbank as the lender. On June 6,
2006, this put and call option was replaced by a guarantee from the
Company to the value of R367 million ($54.0 million), plus interest
accrued at the applicable funding rate. On the same date, the Company
received an indemnity from ARM to the value of 50% of the Companys
liability under the guarantee. The first term loan facility amounting
to R356.2 million ($56.7 million) continues to be secured by the
underlying ARM shares in the ARM Trust. Nedbank is entitled to force
the trust to sell the shares if the market price of the ARM shares
decrease to a certain level.
For accounting purposes, the Company did not account for the transfer of
the shares to the ARM Trust as a sale. This is because the previous put
and call option on the second term loan facility, as well as the new
guarantee and the fact that two of Harmonys directors are trustees of
the ARM Trust, are according to the guidance in SFAS No. 140 Accounting
for Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets and Extinguishments of
Liabilities, indications that Harmony has not surrendered control over
the ARM shares. The 13.68% investment therefore continues to be
accounted for as available-for sale with gains and losses arising from
changes in the fair value of the shares excluded from earnings and
included as a separate component of stockholders equity. See note 22.
Harmony also considered the appropriate accounting for the fact that, in
terms of the stated objective of the ARM Trust, the upside on
appreciation of the ARM shares legally belongs to the intended
beneficiaries of the ARM Trust.
The Company determined that this written option would qualify as a
derivative instrument under the SEC staffs long standing position for
written options as noted in EITF 00-6 Accounting for Freestanding
Derivative Financial Instruments Indexed to, and Potentially Settled in,
the Stock of a Consolidated Subsidiary. Harmony has therefore recorded
a derivative financial liability on its balance sheet to reflect the
fair value of the net increase in the ARM Empowerment Trust. Any changes
in the fair value of the derivative financial liability have been
accounted for in the consolidated income statements. See Note 27.
(e) |
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Acquisition of Avgold Limited (Avgold) |
On July 15, 2003, the Company announced that it had acquired a 11.5%
interest in Avgold from Anglo South Africa Capital (Proprietary) Limited
for a total consideration of $84.5 million by the issuance of 6,960,964
new Harmony shares. Avgold was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange
South Africa and has interests in an operating gold mine, as well as
development projects in the Free State province of South Africa. For
accounting purposes, the Company equity accounted Avgold since that
date, as it exercised significant influence over the financial and
operating policies of Avgold.
On November 13, 2003, the Company announced that it had reached in
principle an agreement regarding the acquisition of ARMs 42.2% interest
in Avgold for a total consideration of $414.0 million. The transaction
was completed on May 3, 2004, by the issuance of 28,630,526 new Harmony
shares. Following the acquisition of ARMs 42.2% interest, the Company
held 53.7% of the outstanding share capital of Avgold and accounted for
Avgold as a subsidiary from that date.
F-22
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
On November 13, 2003, Harmony also announced that it would extend a
mandatory offer to purchase the outstanding minority shareholders in
Avgold in terms of JSE Securities Exchange South Africa Regulations.
Accordingly, Harmony proceeded to extend a mandatory offer of 1 Harmony
share for every 10 Avgold shares to the remaining Avgold shareholders
in a scheme meeting held on May 3, 2004. The High Court of South Africa
approved the scheme of arrangement on May 11, 2004, and the scheme of
arrangement was completed by the issuance of 33,574,367 new Harmony
shares for a total value of $485.5 million. This resulted in Harmony
owning 100% of the issued share capital of Avgold.
The total purchase consideration for the acquisition of ARMs 42.2%
interest, as well as the mandatory acquisition of minorities, were
both measured on November 13, 2003, the date on which both these
acquisitions were announced and agreed-upon, and allocated as
follows:
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2004 |
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$000 |
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Shares issued |
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977,515 |
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Direct costs of acquisition |
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|
257 |
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Total purchase price |
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977,772 |
|
Plus: Fair value of liabilities assumed by Harmony |
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Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
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|
13,536 |
|
Income and mining taxes |
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|
7,003 |
|
Deferred financial liability |
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|
35,777 |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
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|
1,299 |
|
Minority interest |
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2,621 |
|
Less: Fair value of assets acquired by Harmony |
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Cash and cash equivalents at acquisition |
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(183 |
) |
Inventories |
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(6,036 |
) |
Accounts receivable |
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(5,510 |
) |
Investments |
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(5,793 |
) |
Property, plant and equipment |
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|
(1,020,486 |
) |
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|
Residual purchase price allocated to goodwill |
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Harmonys acquisition of Avgold from ARM, as well as the mandatory
acquisition of minority shareholders, as described above, were
components of a series of transactions entered into between Harmony, ARM
and African Rainbow Minerals Investment (Proprietary) Limited (ARMI).
The transactions were all indivisible and no component part thereof
allowed to proceed or implemented except in conjunction with all the
other component parts.
The transactions contemplated involved, amongst others, a series of
acquisitions by ARM in exchange for newly-issued shares. This resulted
in a dilution of Harmonys interest in ARM from 34.5% to 19.0%, and
accordingly, Harmony recorded a loss on dilution of investment in
associate of $12.5 million on May 3, 2004. See note 11.
In addition, Harmony also entered into a voting pool agreement with ARMI
in respect of Harmonys remaining interest in ARM. In terms of the
voting pool agreement, ARMI has the power and authority to exercise all
of the voting rights attaching to Harmonys ARM shares and to appoint
itself as proxy in respect thereof at general and other meetings of ARM.
The voting pool agreement is effective until the earlier of: (1) the
expiry of a three year period; or (2) the date when all of the old order
rights (as defined in the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development
Act, 2002) held by Harmony are converted into appropriate new order
rights as defined in the
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002.
Because of the decrease in Harmonys investment in ARM below 20%, as
well as the voting pool agreement above, Harmony has ceased
equity-accounting for its investment in ARM on May 3, 2004. See note
4(d) above. The investment was classified as available-for-sale
marketable equity securities.
F-23
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(f) |
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Acquisition of African Rainbow Minerals Gold Limited (ARMgold) |
On May 2, 2003, Harmony and ARMgold announced details on a proposed
merger of their operations. The transaction was effected by the issuance
of two Harmony shares for every three ARMgold shares held, resulting in
the issuance of 63,666,672 new Harmony shares. The ratio was calculated
with reference to the 30-day volume weighted average traded price of
Harmony and ARMgold shares prior to the final negotiation of the terms
of the merger. In addition, ARMgold paid a special dividend of R6.00 per
ARMgold share prior to the implementation of the merger. The transaction
was treated as a purchase of ARMgold by the Company for accounting
purposes and was completed on September 22, 2003 following the final
court approval of the scheme of arrangements.
The total purchase consideration of $697.0 million, measured at the
market price of the 63,666,672 new Harmony shares on the date the
merger was announced and agreed upon, was allocated as follows:
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2004 |
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|
|
$000 |
|
|
Shares issued |
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|
696,775 |
|
Direct costs of acquisition |
|
|
195 |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
696,970 |
|
Plus: Fair value of liabilities assumed by Harmony |
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
57,837 |
|
Income and mining taxes |
|
|
50,517 |
|
Long-term loans |
|
|
66,092 |
|
Deferred tax |
|
|
206,951 |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
30,236 |
|
Provision for post retirement benefits |
|
|
154 |
|
Less: Fair value of assets acquired by Harmony |
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at acquisition |
|
|
(100,689 |
) |
Inventories |
|
|
(4,106 |
) |
Accounts receivable |
|
|
(31,266 |
) |
Investments |
|
|
(171,588 |
) |
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
(754,795 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Residual purchase price allocated to goodwill |
|
|
46,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
(g) |
|
Disposal of Harmony Gold (Canada) Incorporated (Bissett) |
On March 17, 2004 the Company disposed of its wholly owned subsidiary,
Bissett for total proceeds of $5.6 million to Rice Lake Joint Venture
Incorporated, a joint venture controlled by San Gold Resources
Corporation (San Gold) and Gold City Industries Limited (Gold City).
The Company received 5,000,000 ordinary shares in San Gold, issued at
C$0.40 per share, and 5,714,285 ordinary shares in Gold City, issued at
C$0.35 per share, as partial consideration for the sale. The balance of
$2.6 million was settled in cash, resulting in a net gain on disposal of
subsidiary of $0.1 million (See note 12). The investments in San Gold
and Gold City, both mineral resources companies with secondary listings
on the Toronto Stock Exchange, are classified as available-for-sale.
F-24
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(h) |
|
Disposal of interest in Bendigo Mining NL (Bendigo) |
Harmony acquired an equity interest in Bendigo, a single project
Australian gold mining development company whose ordinary shares are
listed on the Australian Stock Exchange, on September 13, 2001. Bendigo
controls the new Bendigo Gold Project in the historical Bendigo
goldfields, which includes all of the mining and exploration rights
beneath and in the vicinity of the city of Bendigo in Victoria. During
the 2004 fiscal year, the share price of Bendigo decreased to A$0.88 per
share, which was below the carrying value of the equity investment in
Harmonys records. The Company considered the decline in value to be
other-than-temporary and recorded an impairment charge of $3.4 million
during the year ended June 30, 2004. On July 7, 2004 Bendigo announced
that it had raised A$100 million in a capital raising exercise, by the
issuing of new Bendigo shares at A$0.72 per share. As a result,
Harmonys shareholding in Bendigo has been diluted from 31.6% to 12.7%,
and the Company discontinued equity accounting its investment in Bendigo
on July 7, 2004 and classified the remaining 12.7% investment as
available-for-sale marketable equity securities. See note 23. Harmony
finally sold the remaining interest in Bendigo for aggregate proceeds of
$25.5 million on April 1, 2005, resulting in a realized profit of $4.9
million. See note 9.
(i) |
|
Acquisition and disposal of Gold Fields Limited (Gold Fields) |
On October 18, 2004, Harmony announced the terms of a proposed merger
between Harmony and Gold Fields Limited offering 1.275 newly issued
Harmony shares for each Gold Fields Limited share. The proposed merger
was structured on the basis of an Initial Offer and a Subsequent Offer.
As at December 1, 2004, Harmony had received valid acceptances of the
Initial Offer in respect of a total of 57,993,991 shares representing
approximately 11.5% of the entire issued share capital of Gold Fields
Limited. Between November 30, 2004 and December 14, 2004 Harmony issued
72,173,265 offer shares as consideration for the Initial Offer.
On May 20, 2005 the Witwatersrand Local Division of the High Court of
South Africa ruled that Harmonys subsequent offer for Gold Fields had
lapsed at midnight on December 18, 2004. Accordingly, the subsequent
offer was no longer in force and no Gold Fields shares tendered into the
subsequent offer were accepted.
On June 3, 2005 the Company disposed of 30 million shares in Gold
Fields for $297.6 million, resulting in a realised loss of $60.2
million. The remaining investment was disposed through market disposals
which commenced on November 10, 2005 and an open market offering on
November 15, and 16, 2005 for aggregate proceeds of $361.8 million.
This resulted in a realized gain of $45.4 million. See note 9.
(j) |
|
Acquisition of Orpheo by Harmony (Proprietary) Limited (Orpheo) |
On July 1, 2005 the Company acquired a 50% interest in an incorporated
joint venture with Orpheo for R5 million ($1 million). This investment
is accounted for under the equity method.
(k) |
|
Acquisition of Western Areas Limited (Western Areas) |
On March 9, 2006, the Company acquired 44.9 million shares in Western
Areas, representing a 29.2% interest in its issued share capital.
Western Areas is listed on the JSE Limited and has interests in
operating gold mines in South Africa, primarily the South Deep
unincorporated joint venture. The Company exercises significant
influence over the financial and operating policies of Western Areas
and has accounted for this investment under the equity method. See note
23.
F-25
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
(l) |
|
Disposal of Buffalo Creek Mines (Proprietary) Limited (Buffalo Creek) |
On September 23, 2005, the Company announced that it had reached agreement with GBS Gold
International Inc. (GBS Gold) on the divestment of its 50% stake in
the Burnside Joint Venture. In terms of the agreement, GBS Gold agreed
to purchase Harmonys interest for an aggregate purchase consideration
of A$24 million ($17.2 million), payable as follows: (a) a
non-refundable deposit of A$0.25 million [on signing of the
agreements]; (b) a cash payment of A$4.0 million and the issue of A$5.0
million of shares (1,907,892 GBS Gold shares (1.9% of their issued
shares)) on completion of the transaction, including the replacement of
a A$1.0 million performance bond; (c) a cash payment of A$5.0 million
and the issue of A$4.4 million shares (at an issue price equal to the
higher of A$0.25/share and the prevailing 30 day volume weighted
average market price) six months after completion; and (d) a cash
payment of A$5.35 million payable 18 months after the completion date.
The transaction was subject to normal regulatory approvals, all of
which were completed on March 31, 2006. The shares acquired in GBS Gold
have been classified as available for sale, with the deferred purchase
consideration included in non-current receivables. See notes 16 and 22.
(m) |
|
Acquisition of Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company (1934) Limited (Village) |
On June 21, 2006 Harmony acquired 37.8% of the issued share capital of
Village at a total cost of $0.06 million. The equity stake was
purchased from ARM at a price of 20 cents per share. Villiage is
listed on the JSE Limited in the gold sector and has been dormant for
some time without any operating mines. This investment is accounted
for under the equity method. See note 23.
(n) |
|
Pro-forma information relating to Avgold, ARMgold and Abelle |
The consolidated income statements reflect the operating results of
Avgold, ARMgold and Abelle since their respective effective acquisition
dates.
The following unaudited pro-forma data reflects the consolidated
results of the Company as if the acquisitions of Avgold, ARMgold
and Abelle had taken place on July 1, 2003.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
|
Unaudited |
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
1,479,265 |
|
(Loss)/income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principles |
|
|
(14,866 |
) |
Net (loss)/income |
|
|
(14,866 |
) |
Basic (loss)/earnings per share before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principles$ |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
Fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principles$ |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
Basic (loss)/earnings per share$ |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
Fully diluted (loss)/earnings per share$ |
|
|
(0.06 |
) |
Average shares used in the computation of basic (loss)/earnings |
|
|
254,240,500 |
|
Average shares used in the computation of fully diluted (loss)/earnings |
|
|
254,240,500 |
|
These pro-forma amounts have been prepared for comparative
purposes only and they do not purport to be indicative of the results
of operations which actually would have resulted had the business
combinations been effected on July 1, 2003 or of future results of
operations of the consolidated entities.
F-26
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
5 CONSOLIDATION OF VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITIES
(a) Africa Vanguard Resources (Proprietary) Limited transaction
On January 21, 2003, Randfontein Estates Limited (Randfontein), a
wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into an agreement with
Africa Vanguard Resources (Proprietary) Limited (Africa Vanguard
Resources), in terms of which Randfontein disposed of 26% of its
mineral rights in respect of the Doornkop Mining Area to Africa
Vanguard (Proprietary) Limited (Africa Vanguard), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Africa Vanguard Resources. The total purchase
consideration amounted to R250 million ($34 million), which comprised a
cash payment of R140 million ($19 million), and R110 million ($15
million) payable over a period of 10 years, the monthly payment amount
which is determined by reference to a predetermined gold price formula.
On the same day, Randfontein and Africa Vanguard also entered into a
joint venture agreement, in terms of which they agreed to jointly
conduct a mining operation in respect of the Doornkop Mining Area by
means of the Doornkop Joint Venture.
The agreements were subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions
precedent, the last of which was fulfilled on August 12, 2003. The
agreements were implemented, and the cash portion of the purchase price
of $19 million was received by the Company on August 15, 2003. For
accounting purposes, the consideration was not accounted for as a sale
as Africa Vanguard has the right to put its share of the Doornkop Joint
Venture back to Randfontein for an amount equal to the original
purchase consideration.
In addition, the Company determined that both Africa Vanguard and the
Doornkop Joint Venture are variable interest entities because of certain
capital structures and contractual relationships, primarily the sharing
of the expected residual returns with a party that did not have an
equity investment at risk that is considered significant to the total
expected residual returns, as well as indications of insufficient
equity, as defined by FASB Interpretation No. 46-Revised, Consolidation
of Variable Interest Entities (FIN 46-R). Finally, the Company
determined that it is the primary beneficiary of both Africa Vanguard
and the Doornkop Joint Venture since it expects to absorb the majority
of these entities expected losses and receive a majority of their
residual returns. Accordingly, the Company fully consolidated the
results of operations and financial position of Africa Vanguard and the
Doornkop Joint Venture from August 12, 2003.
(b) ARM Trust transaction
As discussed in note 4(d), the Company disposed of its remaining 13.68%
investment in ARM to the ARM Trust, which financed the acquisition of
the shares through two term loan facilities with Nedbank. The Company has
determined that the ARM Trust is a variable interest entity within the
scope of FIN 46-R, mainly as a result of the lack of sufficient equity
investments on the part of the intended beneficiaries to finance the
initial acquisition of the shares by the ARM Trust. As a result, the
Company considered the rights and obligations conveyed by the guarantee
on the first term loan facility and the relationship of this variable
interest with the variable interests held by other parties to the ARM
Trust and has determined that its variable interest will absorb the
majority of the ARM Trusts expected losses. The impact of consolidation
of the ARM Trust however, did not have a significant impact on the
Companys financial statements since the Company did not meet the
requirements for recognising the transfer of the ARM shares to the ARM
Trust.
F-27
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
6 PRODUCTION COSTS EXCLUSIVE OF DEPRECIATION AND AMORTISATION
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Production costs include mine production, transport and refinery
costs, general and administrative costs, movement in inventories and
ore stockpiles as well as transfers to and from deferred stripping.
Ongoing employee termination cost is included, however employee
termination costs associated with major restructuring and shaft
closures are excluded. These costs, analyzed by nature, consist of the
following: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labor costs, including contractors |
|
|
673,322 |
|
|
|
707,798 |
|
|
|
626,818 |
|
Stores and materials |
|
|
213,744 |
|
|
|
234,187 |
|
|
|
237,443 |
|
Water and electricity |
|
|
116,532 |
|
|
|
128,993 |
|
|
|
115,443 |
|
Hospital costs |
|
|
12,788 |
|
|
|
21,968 |
|
|
|
15,785 |
|
Changes in inventory |
|
|
(18,775 |
) |
|
|
(4,393 |
) |
|
|
16,433 |
|
Share-based compensation |
|
|
17,055 |
|
|
|
15,618 |
|
|
|
9,446 |
|
Other |
|
|
42,165 |
|
|
|
32,786 |
|
|
|
79,320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,056,831 |
|
|
|
1,136,956 |
|
|
|
1,100,688 |
|
|
|
|
7 IMPAIRMENT OF ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
South African operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
Lydenburg Exploration |
|
|
15,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,441 |
|
|
|
|
|
Freegold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
52,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
479 |
|
|
|
|
|
Australian operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
120,305 |
|
|
|
3,145 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,951 |
|
|
|
243,124 |
|
|
|
3,145 |
|
|
|
|
During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company recorded an
impairment loss of $16.0 million on amounts previously capitalized as
undeveloped properties at its Lydenburg operations for which no future
financial benefits are expected by management through detail
investigation during the mineral rights convertion process.
During the year ended June 30, 2005, the Company recorded an impairment
of $122.8 million at a number of its South African operations. The
adjustment to the expected amount of gold to be produced as well as
revised working costs resulted in revised life of mine plans being
designed for the South African operations. Utilizing the revised mine
plans, a gold price of $380 per ounce and an exchange rate of $1=R7.53
the life of mine plans did not support the carrying value of some of the
South African operations on an undiscounted cash flow basis. Accordingly
an asset impairment of $122.8 million was charged against income,
utilizing a discount rate of 8.2%, which reduced the carrying value of
the South African operations assets to $2,834 million.
F-28
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
The Australian operations also recorded an impairment loss of $120.3
million during the year ended June 30, 2005. This impairment relate to a
$52.5 million impairment loss on amounts previously capitalized as
undeveloped properties for which no future financial benefits were
expected by management. An impairment loss of $67.8 million was also
recorded on mining assets mainly resulting from a review performed on
life of mine plans. The revised life of mine plans included an adjusted
Australian dollar gold price and adjustments to estimated production
costs. Utilizing the revised mine plans, a gold price of $380 per ounce
and an exchange rate of AU$1=$0.69, the life of mine plans did not
support the carrying value of some of the Australian operations on an
undiscounted cash flow basis. Accordingly, an asset impairment of $120.3
million was charged against income, utilizing a discount rate of 7%,
which reduced the carrying value of the Australian operations assets to
$417 million.
During the year ended June 30, 2005, the Australian operations recorded
an impairment of $3.1 million at its South Kalgoorlie operations, mainly
as a result of the depletion of open pit reserves through mining
activities, despite continued exploration around the South Kalgoorlie
area.
8 EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION AND RESTRUCTURING COSTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Free State |
|
|
(8,695 |
) |
|
|
20,909 |
|
|
|
9,083 |
|
Evander |
|
|
917 |
|
|
|
4,005 |
|
|
|
3,841 |
|
Kalgold |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein and Elandskraal |
|
|
751 |
|
|
|
16,721 |
|
|
|
8,245 |
|
Freegold |
|
|
(4,867 |
) |
|
|
28,076 |
|
|
|
6,756 |
|
ARMgold (Welkom and Orkney) |
|
|
(914 |
) |
|
|
1,872 |
|
|
|
3,743 |
|
Avgold |
|
|
369 |
|
|
|
1,489 |
|
|
|
|
|
Musuku (Refinery) |
|
|
146 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,289 |
) |
|
|
73,215 |
|
|
|
31,668 |
|
|
|
|
During the years ended June 30, 2006, 2005 and 2004, the Company
incurred employee termination and restructuring costs relating to
down-scale and other restructuring activities at its South African
operations.
In March 2005, the Company had commenced a final restructuring process
in its Free State region following the weakening of the gold price in
Rand per kilogram terms. A process to down-scale production at some
shafts was initiated and, since the plan was communicated to unions and
employees by June 30, 2005, the Company recognised a provision of $32.9
million (comprising mainly of employment termination costs) to cover the
estimated cost of the restructuring. Actual costs during the year ended
June 30, 2006 however, only amounted to $22.0 million and was fully
utilized against the provision. This was due to re-negotiations with the
various labor unions during the year ended June 30, 2006, which resulted
in some of the employees accommodated at other operations. The excess
provision was therefore reversed to income.
Similarly, during the year ended June 30, 2005, the Company incurred
employment termination costs amounting to $7.0 million relating to
ongoing restructurings at its operations. This was in addition to the
restructuring process announced on April 2, 2004, in which some of the
older shafts, which had come to the end of their economic lives, were
jointly evaluated by the Company and organised labour. The process to
down-scale production at the shafts was initiated, the detail plan
finalized and announced by June 30, 2004, and a provision of $26.4
million recognized (comprising mainly of employment termination costs).
Actual costs amounted to $57.2 million and the provision was fully
utilized by September 30, 2004.
The following is a reconciliation of the liability for employment
termination costs, which has been included in accounts payable and
accrued liabilities. See note 25.
F-29
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Balance at July 1, 2005 and 2004 |
|
|
32,910 |
|
|
|
26,368 |
|
Employment termination costs paid |
|
|
(22,001 |
) |
|
|
(57,244 |
) |
(Benefit from)/provision for employment termination costs |
|
|
(12,480 |
) |
|
|
66,174 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
(2,388 |
) |
|
|
|
Balance at June 30, 2006 and 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,910 |
|
|
|
|
9 PROFIT/(LOSS) ON SALE OF LISTED INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Atlas Gold Limited |
|
|
79 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on sale of investment in San Gold Corporation |
|
|
(121 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) on sale of investment in Gold Fields Limited |
|
|
45,387 |
|
|
|
(60,168 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Gindalbie Gold NL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on sale of investment in ARM Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(38,242 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Bendigo NL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Legend Mining Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,755 |
|
Profit on sale of investment in Midas Resources Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12 |
|
Profit on sale of investment in High River Gold Mines Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
45,345 |
|
|
|
(93,470 |
) |
|
|
4,910 |
|
|
|
|
On January 18, 2006 Harmony disposed of its investment in Atlas Gold
Limited for $0.2 million (A$0.2 million). The investment of 500 000
shares was carried at a total cost of A$0.1 million, resulting in a
profit of A$0.1 million (see note 22).
On December 29, 2005 Harmony disposed of its investment in San Gold
Corporation for $3.1 million. The investment was carried at a total
cost of $3.2 million, resulting in a loss of $0.1 million (see note
22).
On June 3, 2005, the Company disposed of 30 million shares in Gold
Fields for $297.6 million, resulting in a loss of $60.2 million. The
Company disposed of its remaining investment held in Gold Fields
Limited (Gold Fields) for $361.8 million, through market disposals
which commenced on November 10, 2005 and an open market offering on
November 15 and 16, 2005. The investment was acquired at a cost of
$316.4 million, resulting in a profit of $45.4 million.
On March 15, 2005 Harmony disposed of its investment in Gindalbie,
carried at total cost of A$0.1 million less a provision for
diminution of A$0.05 million which it received as partial
consideration for the sale of tenements on 30 December 2003, for
$0.05 million, resulting in a profit of $0.01 million.
The Company disposed of 5.82% of the 19.5% investment held in ARM for
$57.3 million through a range of transactions on February 3, 2005,
March 15, 2005 and May 27, 2005, resulting in a loss of $38.2 million
(Also see note 10).
On April 1, 2005 Harmony disposed of its investment in Bendigo, carried
at a total cost of A$26 million, for $25.5 million, resulting in a
profit of $4.9 million. Previously an impairment of $2.0 million was
accounted for, resulting in a net profit over the life of the
investment of $2.9 million.
On March 23, 2004 Harmony disposed of its investment in Legend Mining
Limited, acquired at a value of A$1 million on February 17, 2004
through a share exchange transaction during the sale of Gidgee mine,
for $2.6 million, resulting in a profit of $1.8 million.
On March 22, 2004 Harmony disposed of its investment in Midas Resources
Limited, acquired at a total cost of A$2 million, for $1.5 million,
resulting in a profit of $0.01 million.
F-30
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
On October 17, 2003 the Company disposed of its investment in High
River. The investment was acquired at a cost of $14.5 million, resulting
in a profit of $3.1 million.
10 IMPAIRMENT OF LISTED INVESTMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Impairment of shares in listed companies |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(63,234 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prior to the disposal of the ARM shares to the ARM Trust, the market
value of ARM shares decreased significantly below the cost at which it
was originally acquired. The Company determined that this decrease was
other-than-temporary and recorded the unrealized loss as an
impairment of listed investment in consolidated statements of
operations.
11 PROFIT ON SALE AND LOSS ON DILUTION OF INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES NET
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Highland Gold Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
77,596 |
|
Loss on dilution of investment in ARM |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,499 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,097 |
|
|
|
|
On October 14, 2003 the Company disposed of its investment in Highland
Gold for $119.7 million. The carrying value of the investment on that
date, which was accounted for under the equity method, amounted to
approximately $42.1 million, resulting in a profit of $77.6 million.
The Company and ARMgold purchased the investment in ARM through a joint
venture, Clidet, for $230 million (See note 4(d)). Since acquisition
Harmony equity accounted for the earnings of ARM. The carrying value of
the investment was $260.9 million at April 30, 2004, before the
dilution. Following a range of transactions between Harmony, ARM and
ARMI, Harmonys interest in ARM was diluted from 34.5% to 19.0% (See
note 4(e)). As a result, Harmony recorded a net loss on dilution of
$12.5 million.
12 PROFIT/(LOSS) ON SALE OF SUBSIDIARIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Buffalo Creek |
|
|
3,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Ubuntu |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,125 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loss on sale of investment in Future |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,367 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in NACS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
128 |
|
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of investment in Bissett |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,035 |
|
|
|
(114 |
) |
|
|
115 |
|
|
|
|
On September 23, 2005, the Company announced that it had reached
agreement with GBS Gold on the divestment of its 50% stake in the
Burnside Joint Venture. In terms of the agreement, Northern Gold agreed
to purchase Harmonys interest for an aggregate purchase consideration
of A$24 million ($17.2 million). See note 4(l). The net asset value of
Buffalo Creek was $14.2 million (A$20.1 million), resulting in a profit
of $3.0 million (A$3.9 million) for the Company.
F-31
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
On November 30, 2004 the Company disposed of the entire share capital
of Ubuntu Small Scale Mining (Proprietary) Limited (Ubuntu) for $0.1
million. The net asset value of Ubuntu was a negative $1.0 million,
resulting in a profit of $1.4 million for the Group. The subsidiary
was acquired from ARMI as part of the acquisition of ARMgold on 23
September 2003.
On November 29, 2004 the Company disposed of the entire share capital
of Future Mining (Proprietary) Limited (Future) for $0.17. The net
asset value of Future was $1.4 million, resulting in a loss of $1.4
million for the Group. The subsidiary was acquired from ARMI as part
of the acquisition of ARMgold on 23 September 2003.
On July 1, 2004 the Company disposed of the entire share capital of
National Accomodation & Catering Services (Proprietary) Limited
(NACS) for $0.2 million. The net asset value of NACS was $0.1
million, resulting in a profit of $0.1 million for the Group. The
subsidiary was acquired from ARMI as part of the acquisition of
ARMgold on 23 September 2003.
On March 17, 2004, the Company disposed of the entire share capital of
Bissett for $5.6 million. The proceeds were settled by the issue of 5
000 000 shares in San Gold, 5 714 285 shares in Gold City and the
balance of $2.7 million in cash. The net asset value of Bissett was
$5.5 million, resulting in a profit of $0.1 million for the Group.
13 OTHER (EXPENSES)/INCOMENET
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
10,148 |
|
|
|
12,542 |
|
|
|
22,303 |
|
Foreign exchange (losses)/gains |
|
|
(3,959 |
) |
|
|
452 |
|
|
|
(4,279 |
) |
Non-mining bad debts |
|
|
854 |
|
|
|
(6,079 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other expenditure net |
|
|
(10,845 |
) |
|
|
(10,576 |
) |
|
|
(3,869 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,802 |
) |
|
|
(3,661 |
) |
|
|
14,155 |
|
|
|
|
14 TAXATION
The Companys income tax benefit comprise of:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Current income and mining taxes |
|
|
(642 |
) |
|
|
(12,255 |
) |
|
|
(5,820 |
) |
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
2,986 |
|
|
|
101,066 |
|
|
|
38,679 |
|
|
|
|
Total income and mining taxation benefit |
|
|
2,344 |
|
|
|
88,811 |
|
|
|
32,859 |
|
|
|
|
The Companys pre-tax loss before minority interests and
cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles comprise of:
F-32
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
South Africa |
|
|
(69,024 |
) |
|
|
(538,791 |
) |
|
|
2,453 |
|
Foreign |
|
|
(91,104 |
) |
|
|
(102,569 |
) |
|
|
(36,409 |
) |
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
(160,128 |
) |
|
|
(641,360 |
) |
|
|
(33,956 |
) |
|
|
|
Mining tax on South African mining income is determined on a formula
basis which takes into account the profit and revenue from mining
operations during the year. South African non-mining income is taxed at
a standard rate. Mining and non-mining income of Australian operations
are taxed at a standard tax rate of 30% (2005: 30% and 2004: 30%).
Deferred tax is provided at the estimated expected future mining tax
rate for temporary differences. Major items causing the Companys
income tax provision to differ from the maximum mining statutory tax
rate of 45% (2005: 45% and 2004: 46%) were:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Income and mining tax benefit on loss before tax, minority
interests and cumulative effect of changes in accounting
principles at the maximum statutory mining tax rate |
|
|
71,770 |
|
|
|
287,641 |
|
|
|
12,074 |
|
Valuation allowance raised against deferred tax assets |
|
|
4,004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non-taxable income / additional deductions |
|
|
(39,006 |
) |
|
|
(25,273 |
) |
|
|
30,677 |
|
Difference between estimated effective mining tax rate and
maximum mining statutory rate on timing differences |
|
|
6,048 |
|
|
|
18,602 |
|
|
|
(2,467 |
) |
Difference between South African mining formula tax rate and
maximum mining statutory rate on mining income |
|
|
1,534 |
|
|
|
(108,338 |
) |
|
|
9,861 |
|
Difference between South African formula tax rate and
maximum mining statutory rate on non-mining income |
|
|
(11,950 |
) |
|
|
(12,552 |
) |
|
|
262 |
|
Change in estimated effective mining tax rate on deferred tax |
|
|
(30,056 |
) |
|
|
(71,269 |
) |
|
|
(17,547 |
) |
|
|
|
Income and mining tax benefit |
|
|
2,344 |
|
|
|
88,811 |
|
|
|
32,859 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective income and mining tax rate |
|
|
2 |
% |
|
|
14 |
% |
|
|
75 |
% |
|
|
|
The components of the Companys consolidated deferred tax assets/(liabilities) are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative financial liability |
|
|
10,101 |
|
|
|
11,346 |
|
Unredeemed capital expenditure |
|
|
95,088 |
|
|
|
90,482 |
|
Provisions, including rehabilitation accruals |
|
|
25,754 |
|
|
|
19,515 |
|
Tax losses |
|
|
65,262 |
|
|
|
52,707 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
196,205 |
|
|
|
174,223 |
|
Valuation allowance for deferred tax assets |
|
|
(4,004 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred income and mining tax assets |
|
|
192,200 |
|
|
|
174,223 |
|
|
|
|
F-33
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining assets |
|
|
(560,559 |
) |
|
|
(574,429 |
) |
Product inventory not taxed |
|
|
(8,939 |
) |
|
|
(2,463 |
) |
Other |
|
|
(1,593 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
(571,091 |
) |
|
|
(576,892 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
(378,891 |
) |
|
|
(402,670 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred income and mining tax liabilities comprise of: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current deferred income and mining tax assets |
|
|
142,109 |
|
|
|
138,519 |
|
Non-current deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
(521,000 |
) |
|
|
(541,189 |
) |
|
|
|
Net deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
(378,891 |
) |
|
|
(402,670 |
) |
|
|
|
As at June 30, 2006 the Company has unredeemed capital expenditure of
$1,088.2 million (2005: $987.0 million) and tax losses carried forward
of $280.3 million (2005: $266.2 million) available for deduction against
future South African mining income. These future deductions are
utilizable against mining income generated only from the Companys
current mining operations in South Africa and do not expire unless the
Company ceases to trade for a period longer than one year.
In terms of Australian taxation legislation, tax losses incurred by
Harmony Gold Australia (Proprietary) Limited are carried forward
indefinitely. Harmony Gold Australia (Proprietary) Limited has tax
losses of $69.5 million (2005: $7.9 million) available for utilization
against future profits. During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company
recognized a valuation allowance against approximately $4.0 million of
these losses.
15 (LOSS)/EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2006 |
|
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Per-share |
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
|
(Denominator) |
|
|
amount |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
($) |
|
|
Basic loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
394,023,694 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued during
the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
385,818 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss available to common shareholders |
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
|
|
394,409,512 |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted loss per share |
|
|
(155,725 |
) |
|
|
394,409,512 |
|
|
|
(0.39 |
) |
|
|
|
The inclusion of share options issued to employees as of June 30, 2006,
as potential ordinary shares, would have an anti-dilutive effect on
diluted loss per share. Accordingly, such additional shares have not
been taken into account in the determination of diluted loss per share.
F-34
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2005 |
|
|
|
Loss |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Per-share |
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
|
(Denominator) |
|
|
amount |
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
($) |
|
|
Basic loss per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
321,424,077 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued during
the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
41,074,935 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss available to common shareholders |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
362,499,012 |
|
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted loss per share |
|
|
(552,549 |
) |
|
|
362,499,012 |
|
|
|
(1.52 |
) |
|
|
|
The inclusion of share options issued to employees as of June 30, 2005,
as potential ordinary shares, would have an anti-dilutive effect on
diluted loss per share. Accordingly, such additional shares have not
been taken into account in the determination of diluted loss per share.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2004 |
|
|
|
Earnings |
|
|
Shares |
|
|
Per-share |
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
|
(Denominator) |
|
|
amount |
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
($) |
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
185,536,615 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares issued during
the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
68,703,885 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common shareholders |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
254,240,500 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,330,334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
255,570,834 |
|
|
|
0.00 |
|
|
|
|
16 RECEIVABLES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade receivables (gold) |
|
|
40,738 |
|
|
|
43,133 |
|
Other mining related receivables net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $1.8
million and $1.1 million in 2006 and 2005, respectively |
|
|
12,422 |
|
|
|
9,779 |
|
Value Added Tax |
|
|
15,098 |
|
|
|
15,009 |
|
Insurance claims and prepayments |
|
|
8,339 |
|
|
|
5,013 |
|
Employee receivables |
|
|
5,621 |
|
|
|
5,240 |
|
Deferred consideration for sale of Buffalo Creek |
|
|
6,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and other |
|
|
11,426 |
|
|
|
16,556 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,175 |
|
|
|
94,730 |
|
|
|
|
Non-current |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred consideration for sale of Buffalo Creek |
|
|
4,047 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total receivables |
|
|
104,222 |
|
|
|
94,730 |
|
|
|
|
F-35
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
17 INVENTORIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Gold in-process |
|
|
63,465 |
|
|
|
50,645 |
|
Consumable stores |
|
|
28,533 |
|
|
|
36,184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
91,998 |
|
|
|
86,829 |
|
|
|
|
Gold in-process is valued at fair value less cost to sell, except for
the Elandskraal operations (2005: Free State, Randfontein, Elandskraal
and Freegold operations) gold in-process, that are valued at net
realisable value. Gold in-process includes immaterial amounts of
stockpile inventories.
18 PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Mining properties, mine development costs and mine plant facilities cost |
|
|
4,832,328 |
|
|
|
4,916,547 |
|
Other non-mining assets cost |
|
|
57,518 |
|
|
|
53,321 |
|
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |
|
|
(1,583,291 |
) |
|
|
(1,517,905 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,306,555 |
|
|
|
3,451,963 |
|
|
|
|
Other non-mining assets consist of freehold land, computer equipment and motor vehicles.
Depreciation of property, plant and equipment amounted to $157.2
million in 2006, $169.3 million in 2005 and $139.7 million in 2004.
19 OTHER ASSETS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Mineral subscriptions, participation rights and slimes dams |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,084 |
|
Bond issue costs, net of amortization |
|
|
3,605 |
|
|
|
5,733 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,605 |
|
|
|
12,817 |
|
|
|
|
During the year ended June 30, 2006, the Company recorded an impairment
loss on amounts previously capitalized as undeveloped properties at its
Lydenburg operations for which no future financial benefits are
expected by management through detail investigation during the mineral
rights convertion process.
20 GOODWILL
The Company allocated the goodwill arising from the ARMgold acquisition
(see note 4(f)) primarily to the Tshepong and Phakisa reporting units.
The allocation was based on the valuations of those shafts and based on
the mine-specific synergies arising from the acquisition that are
expected to be realized in future. There have been no impairments or
other adjustments to the goodwill since acquisition. The movement in
the goodwill balance compared to the prior year relates to currency
fluctuations. The goodwill is reflected in the Freegold reportable
segment. See note 38.
F-36
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
21 RESTRICTED CASH
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Bissett proceeds held in trust |
|
|
182 |
|
|
|
143 |
|
Australian dissentient shareholders funds |
|
|
1,064 |
|
|
|
1,334 |
|
Security deposits |
|
|
34,353 |
|
|
|
6,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,599 |
|
|
|
7,798 |
|
|
|
|
An amount of C$0.2 million (2005: C$0.2 million) of the proceeds on
sale of Bissett is held in trust with Stike and Elliot attorneys in
Canada. The amount will be held in trust until clearance is provided by
the Canadian tax authority that all outstanding tax obligations by
Harmony have been met.
An amount of A$1.4 million (2005: A$2.0 million) is held to acquire
the remaining shares in Australian subsidiaries, as part of the
compulsory takeover of the New Hampton, Hill 50 and Abelle shares.
An amount of A$46 million (2005: A$8 million) is held in respects of security deposits on mining
tenements.
22 LISTED AND OTHER INVESTMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Listed investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in listed shares (a) |
|
|
196,346 |
|
|
|
453,712 |
|
|
|
|
Other investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unlisted investments and loans (b) |
|
|
11,383 |
|
|
|
13,109 |
|
Amounts contributed to environmental trust funds (c) |
|
|
179,667 |
|
|
|
175,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
191,050 |
|
|
|
188,804 |
|
|
|
|
Total non-current investments |
|
|
387,396 |
|
|
|
642,516 |
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
On January 25, 2005 the Company received 5 million ordinary shares
in Peninsula Minerals Limited, issued at A$0.02 per share, as partial
consideration for the sale of tenements. The market value of the
investment was $0.07 million (A$0.02 per share) on June 30, 2006 (2005:
$0.04 million (A$0.01 per share)). |
|
|
|
|
During January 2006 the Company disposed of the 500 000 ordinary
held in Atlas Gold Limited (Atlas) for $0.2 million (A$0.2
million). See note 9. The Company received the shares in Atlas,
issued at A$0.20 per share, on January 13, 2005, as partial
consideration for the sale of tenements. The market value of the
investment was $0.07 million (A$0.20 per share) on 30 June 2005. |
|
|
|
|
On November 30, 2004 the Company acquired 56,606,482 ordinary
shares in Gold Fields, representing 11.5% of their issued share
capital, at a total cost of $767.2 million by the issue of 1.275
Harmony shares for every Gold Fields share. Gold Fields is a
mineral resources company, primarily gold, which is listed on the
JSE and has a secondary listing on the New York Stock Exchange. The
investment was classified as an available-for-sale investment since
acquisition. On June 3, 2005 the Company disposed of 30 million
shares in Gold Fields, representing 6.5% of their issued share
capital, for $297.6 million. These shares were acquired at a total
cost of $415.2 million, resulting in a loss of $60.2 million. The
Company disposed of its remaining investment held in Gold Fields
Limited (Gold Fields) for $361.8 million, through market disposals
which commenced on November 10, 2005 and an open market offering on
November 15 and 16, 2005. This resulted in a realized gain of $45.4
million. See note 9. |
|
|
|
|
The market value of the remaining investment was $304.0
million (R76.20 per share) on June 30, 2005, resulting in a
decrease of $17.5 million since acquisition, which was reflected
as a component of shareholders equity. Dividends to the value of
$1.7 million were received from this investment during the year
ended June 30, 2006 (2005: $2.7 million). |
F-37
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Harmonys 34.5% investment in 38,789,761 issued ordinary shares of
ARM was diluted to 19.5% on May 3, 2004, by the issue of new shares
by ARM, following a range of transactions between Harmony, ARM and
ARMI. The result was that the investment in ARM was reclassified
from an investment in an associate to an available-for-sale
investment. Through the same range of transactions, Harmony disposed
of its interest in the Kalplats platinum project to ARM for the
issue of 2,000,000 new ordinary shares in ARM. The market value of
the investment was $233.2 million (R34.00 per share) on June 30,
2004, which resulted in a decrease of $51.1 million in the carrying
value of the investment. This decrease is viewed as a temporary
decrease in market value and thus recorded as a component of other
comprehensive income. The majority of the mark-to-market loss in
2004 relates to the investment in ARM.
During the 2005 fiscal year Harmony entered into a number of
transactions to dispose of the 19.5% investment held in ARM. These
transactions included transactions in the open market to dispose of
a 5.82% share in ARM on which a loss of some $38.2 million was
recorded (See note 9). In addition Harmony disposed of the
remaining portion of the investment in ARM to the ARM Trust. As
part of the various agreements put in place to arrange the sale of
the shares to the ARM Trust, Harmony has accepted terms which
resulted in the majority of the risks not being transferred to the
ARM Trust. Harmony has therefore not derecognized the shares (See
note 4(d) and 10). The market value of the remaining investment was
$191.7 million (R47.99 per share) on June 30, 2006 (2005: $145.9
million (R33.99 per share)).
On March 17, 2004 the Company received 5,000,000 ordinary shares in
San Gold, issued at C$0.40 per share, and 5,714,285 ordinary shares
in Gold City, issued at C$0.35 per share, as partial consideration
for the sale of the Companys wholly owned subsidiary, Bissett. San
Gold and Gold City are mineral resources companies, which have
secondary listings on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The market value
of the investment in San Gold was $1.6 million (C$0.40 per share)
on June 30, 2005, resulting in an increase of $0.2 million since
acquisition, which was reflected in other comprehensive income. The
market value of the investment in Gold City was $0.9 million
(C$0.20 per share) on June 30, 2005, resulting in a decrease of
$0.6 million since acquisition, which was reflected in other
comprehensive income. The decrease in the market values of both
companies was considered to be temporary.
Effective June 30, 2005, San Gold and Gold City were amalgamated to
form a new company named San Gold Corporation. Accordingly the
Company received 1 San Gold Operation share for 1 San Gold share
and 0.5176 San Gold Corporation shares for each Gold City share
held, bringing the total shares held in San Gold Corporation to 7
957 498 shares. On December 29, 2005, the Company disposed of its
investment in San Gold Corporation for $3.1 million. The investment
was carried at a total cost of $3.2 million, resulting in a loss of
$0.1 million (Seenote
9).
On March 31, 2006 Vadessa (Pty) Ltd, a subsidiary of Harmony Gold
(Australia) (Proprietary) Limited, received 1,907,892 shares in GBS
Gold, issued at C$1.75, as partial consideration for the sale of
the Companys wholly owned subsidiary, Buffalo Creek. See note
4(l). GBS Gold is a mineral resources company, which are listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange. The market value of the investment was
$3.0 million (C$1.75 per share) on June 30, 2006, resulting in a
decrease of $0.7 million since acquisition, which was reflected in
other comprehensive income.
On April 3, 2006, Big Bell Gold Operations (Pty) Ltd, a
subsidiary of Harmony Gold (Australia) (Proprietary) Limited,
received 5,000,000 shares, valued at A$0.20 per share, in Alloy
Resources Limited (Alloy Resources), as partial consideration
for the sale of Comet tenements. The market value of the
investment was $0.7 million (A$0.185 per share) on June 30,
2006, resulting in a decrease of $0.1 million since acquisition,
which was reflected in other comprehensive income.
The following table summarizes the unrealized gains/(losses)
in the market value of the listed investments included in
equity since their acquisition on June 30, 2006 and 2005:
F-38
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
ARM |
|
|
85,767 |
|
|
|
23,111 |
|
San Gold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
153 |
|
Gold City |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(649 |
) |
Gold Fields |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20,748 |
) |
GBS Gold |
|
|
(735 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Alloy Resources |
|
|
(57 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
84,975 |
|
|
|
1,867 |
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
|
Unlisted investments comprise of various industry related
investments and loans, which have been recorded at cost. The
directors of the Company perform independent valuations of the
investments on an annual basis to ensure that no permanent
diminution in the value of the investments has occurred. No
dividends were received from these investments in the 2006, 2005
and 2004 fiscal years. |
|
|
(c) |
|
The environmental trust funds are irrevocable trusts under the Companys control. The cash
in the trusts are invested primarily in interest bearing short-term and other investments and
approximate their fair value. |
23 INVESTMENT IN ASSOCIATES
Investments in associates comprise of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying amounts |
|
Investment |
|
Description of business |
|
|
Ownership % |
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Western Areas Limited |
|
Gold mining |
|
|
29.2 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
266,267 |
|
|
|
|
|
Village Main Reef Gold
Mining Company(1934)
Limited |
|
Dormant |
|
|
37.8 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
64 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
266,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
On March 9, 2006 the Company acquired a 29.2% interest in the issued
share capital of Western Areas through its subsidiary ARMgold/Harmony
Joint Investment Company (Pty) Ltd. The Company purchased 44,985,939
shares in Western Areas at R44.23 per share, resulting in total cost of
$321 million. Western Areas is listed on the JSE Limited and has
interests in operating gold mines in South Africa. On June 30, 2006 the
fair value of the investment decreased to $250 million (R39.83 per
share), which is considered to be temporary. Western Areas has a
December 31 year-end and the latest available audited financials are for
the year ended December 31, 2005.
See note 4(k).
The unaudited results of Western Areas for the period since
acquisition of the investment on March 9, 2006, to June 30, 2006,
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100% |
|
|
29.2% |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
7,933 |
|
|
|
2,316 |
|
Production costs |
|
|
(25,949 |
) |
|
|
(7,577 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18,016 |
) |
|
|
(5,261 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss |
|
|
(56,317 |
) |
|
|
(16,444 |
) |
|
|
|
At June 30, 2006, the unaudited balance sheet of Western Areas was as follows:
F-39
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100% |
|
|
29.2% |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Non-current assets |
|
|
843,364 |
|
|
|
246,262 |
|
Current assets |
|
|
34,947 |
|
|
|
10,205 |
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
878,311 |
|
|
|
256,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
123,838 |
|
|
|
36,161 |
|
Non-current liabilities |
|
|
647,927 |
|
|
|
189,195 |
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
106,546 |
|
|
|
31,111 |
|
|
|
|
Total equity and liabilities |
|
|
878,311 |
|
|
|
256,467 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The difference between the cost of the Companys investment and the
underlying net assets has been allocated to undeveloped properties
($187.7 million) and goodwill ($66.9 million). |
|
|
|
|
On June 21, 2006 Harmony acquired 37.8% of the issued share capital of
Village at a total cost of $0.06 million. The equity stake was
purchased from ARM at a price of 20 cents per share. Village is listed
on the JSE Limited in the gold sector and has been dormant for some
time without any operating mines. The acquisition forms part of
Harmonys strategic positioning. See note 4(m). |
|
|
|
|
The following table summarizes the change in value of the Groups investments in associates: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Opening carrying amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,908 |
|
Shares at cost |
|
|
321,541 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net share of results of associates |
|
|
(16,444 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Associate becoming a listed investment on dilution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(20,303 |
) |
Foreign currency translation differences |
|
|
(38,766 |
) |
|
|
395 |
|
|
|
|
Closing carrying amount |
|
|
266,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The investment in Bendigo was made during fiscal 2002. The Company did
not receive any dividends from Bendigo during the 2005 and 2004 fiscal
years. On July 7, 2004 Bendigo announced that it had raised A$100
million in a capital raising exercise, through the issuing of new
Bendigo shares at A$0.72 per share. As a result, Harmonys shareholding
in Bendigo has been diluted from 31.6% to 12.7%. From this date, Bendigo
was classified as an available-for-sale investment. See note 4(h). |
|
|
24 |
|
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURES |
|
|
(a) |
|
Interest in Orpheo by Harmony (Pty) Ltd |
|
|
|
|
The Company acquired 50% of the Orpheo by Harmony company on July 2,
2005. Orpheo by Harmony operates as a gold jewelry manufacturer and
retailer, with operations in Johannesburg and Cape Town. The 50% stake
in Orpheo was capitalized by means of a R5 million (US$ 1 million) cash
capital contributions from Harmony. (See note 4(j) for more details
regarding the joint venture formation and the acquisition of the Orpheo
assets). |
|
|
(b) |
|
Interest in Healthshare Solutions (Pty) Ltd |
|
|
|
|
The Company acquired the 45% of Healthshare on July 1, 2004, for a total
cash consideration of R45 ($7). Healthshare was capitalized by means of
capital contributions and loans from the joint venture partners. The
Company, together with the joint venture partner, Network Healthcare
Holdings Limited, control the entire shareholding of Healthshare, and
have treated it as a subsidiary since the acquisition date. |
F-40
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
25 |
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Trade payables |
|
|
72,947 |
|
|
|
49,664 |
|
Short term borrowings |
|
|
1,107 |
|
|
|
2,726 |
|
Employment termination costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,910 |
|
Other liabilities |
|
|
4,337 |
|
|
|
33,924 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,391 |
|
|
|
119,223 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Uncollateralized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior uncollaterized fixed rate bonds (a) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
179,991 |
|
Fair value adjustment of cash flow hedge |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,577 |
) |
Less : amortized discount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(245 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
176,169 |
|
Less : short term portion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(176,169 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Convertible uncollaterized fixed rate bonds (b) |
|
|
237,264 |
|
|
|
254,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa Vanguard Resources (Proprietary) Limited (c) |
|
|
4,467 |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total uncollateralized long term loans |
|
|
241,731 |
|
|
|
259,787 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collateralized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nedbank Limited (d) |
|
|
21,544 |
|
|
|
20,970 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold Fields Limited (e) |
|
|
705 |
|
|
|
822 |
|
Less : short term portion |
|
|
(705 |
) |
|
|
(308 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BOE Bank Limited (f) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,864 |
|
Less : short term portion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23,864 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nedbank Limited (g) |
|
|
56,065 |
|
|
|
54,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nedbank Limited (h) |
|
|
75,173 |
|
|
|
73,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Auriel Alloys (i) |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
248 |
|
Less : short term portion |
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
(69 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
179 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Rand Merchant Bank Limited (j) |
|
|
139,567 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: short term portion |
|
|
(139,567 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total collateralized long term loans |
|
|
152,877 |
|
|
|
149,699 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long term loans |
|
|
394,608 |
|
|
|
409,486 |
|
|
|
|
F-41
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
(a) |
|
On June 16, 2001, Harmony launched and priced an issue of South
African Rand denominated senior uncollateralized fixed rate bonds in
an aggregate principal amount of R1, 200 million ($115.5 million), with
semi-annual interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. The bonds
were listed on the Bond Exchange of South Africa and issued to settle
existing debt and fund the purchase of Elandskraal and New Hampton. As
long as the bonds were outstanding, Harmony was not permitted encumber
its present or future assets or revenues to secure indebtedness for
borrowed money, without collateralizing the outstanding bonds equally
and ratably with such indebtedness, except for certain specified
permitted encumbrances. Issuance costs of $1.9 million were incurred
and capitalized and are being amortized over the life of the bonds.
Included in the amortization charge in the income statement is $0.8
million (2005: $0.6 million) (2004: $0.7 million) for amortization of
the bond issue costs. On July 6, 2005 a total of $45.0 million of the
bonds notional value was repurchased at a cost of some $47.1
million. This represented 23.5% of the total issue due for redemption.
The remaining balance of the bond was settled on June 14, 2006
(original redemption date) at a total cost of $134.5 million. |
|
(b) |
|
On May 21, 2004, Harmony issued an international unsecured fixed
rate convertible bond in an aggregate principal amount of R1,700
million ($252 million). Interest at a rate of 4.875% per annum is
payable semi-annually in arrears on May 21 and November 21 of each
year, commencing November 21, 2004. The bonds mature 5 years from the
issue date at their nominal value of R1 700 million unless converted
into the Companys ordinary shares. The bonds are convertible at the
option of the bondholders at any time on or after July 1, 2004 and up
to and including May 15, 2009, unless previously redeemed, converted
or purchased and cancelled, into fully paid ordinary shares, at
nominal value Rand 0.50 per share. The number of ordinary shares to be
issued at such a conversion shall be determined by dividing the
principal amount of each bond by the conversion price in effect on the
relevant conversion date. The bonds are listed on the London Stock
Exchange for Bonds. The terms and conditions of the bonds prohibit
Harmony and its material subsidiaries from creating any encumbrance or
security interest over any of its assets to secure any relevant debt
(or any guarantee or indemnity in respect of any relevant debt)
without according the same security to the bondholders or without
obtaining the prior approval of the bondholders. Included in the
amortisation charge as per the income statement is $1.4 million (2005:
$1.4 million) (2004: $0.1 million) for amortization of the bond issue
costs. |
|
(c) |
|
During the 2005 fiscal year Africa Vanguard borrowed an
additional R18 million ($2.8 million) (2004: R14 million ($2.0
million)) from its holding company Africa Vanguard Resources to
service working capital commitments. The loan is uncollateralized and
interest free, with no fixed terms of repayment. See note 5. |
|
(d) |
|
On July 30, 2003, Africa Vanguard Resources (Doornkop)
(Proprietary) Limited (AVR) entered into a term loan facility of R116
million ($16 million) with Nedbank Limited for the purpose of
partially funding AVRs purchase of an undivided 26% share of the
Mining titles, to be contributed to the Doornkop joint venture with
Randfontein. See note 5. Interest at a fixed rate equal to JIBAR plus
the applicable margin plus stamp duties and holding costs shall be
repayable to the extent that the borrower received profit
participation interest for the interest periods. Unpaid interest shall
be accrued and repaid with the loan amount. The loan amount and any
interest accrued is repayable on July 30, 2008. Interest capitalized
during the year ended June 30, 2006 amounted to $2.3 million (2005:
$1.9 million and 2004: $1.7 million). |
|
(e) |
|
On July 1, 2002 Freegold entered into an agreement with St Helena
Gold Mines Limited, a fully owned subsiadiary of Gold Fields Limited,
to purchase its St Helena assets for R129 million ($12.8 million).
R120 million ($11.9 million) was payable on October 29, 2002, being
the effective date after the fulfilment of all the conditions
precedent. The balance of R9 million ($0.9 million) is payable by way
of a 1 % royalty on turnover, monthly in arrears, for a period of 48
months, commencing on the 10th of the month following the effective
date. |
F-42
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
(f) |
|
On April 5, 2002, ARMgold entered into a term loan facility of
R500 million ($45.3 million) with BOE Bank Limited for the purpose of
partially funding ARMgolds acquisition of shares in Freegold and
loans made by ARMgold to Freegold in connection with the acquisition
of mining assets from AngloGold Limited. The facility was
collateralized by a pledge of the following: |
|
|
|
(i) ARMgolds shares in
Freegold; |
|
|
|
(ii) The proceeds to ARMgold from the exercise of call
options of Harmony as set out in the Freegold Joint Venture Agreement; |
|
|
|
(iii)The proceeds to ARMgold of put options purchased by ARMgold to
create downside protection on the gold price, |
|
|
|
(iv) All amounts owing
to ARMgold by Freegold; and |
|
|
|
(v) Monies held to the account of the
Distribution Account, being the account to which all distributions by
Freegold to ARMgold in the form of the distribution on shares or
repayments of interest or capital in respect of unsecured shareholder
loans, must be credited. |
|
|
|
The loan was repayable over a 4 year period in bi-annual
installments of R90 million ($14.4 million), the first was on
December 31, 2002 and the final installment was settled on June 30,
2006. The loan bore interest, compounded monthly, at a fixed
interest rate of 15,49%. |
|
(g) |
|
On April 15, 2005 the ARM Trust entered into a term loan facility
of R356 million ($56.7 million) with Nedbank Limited for the purpose
of funding the ARM Trusts partial acquisition of the shares, the
Company held in ARM (See note 4(d)). The loan bears interest,
compounded monthly, at a fixed rate of 10.02%. Interest accrued
during the year ended June 30, 2006 amounted to $6.0 million (2005:
$1.3 million). The loan is repayable on the 5th anniversary of the
advance date. |
|
(h) |
|
On April 15, 2005 the ARM Trust entered into a second term loan
facility of R474 million ($75.4 million) with Nedbank Limited for the
purpose of funding the balance of the ARM Trusts acquisition of the
shares, the Company held in ARM (See note
4(d)). The loan bears
interest, compounded monthly, at a fixed rate of 9.52%. Interest
accrued during the year ended June 30, 2006 amounted to $7.6 million.
Interest and additional charges accrued during the year ended June 30,
2005 amounted to $1.4 million and $1.1 million, respectively. The loan
is repayable on the 5th anniversary of the advance date. |
|
(i) |
|
During December 2003 Musuku Beneficiation Systems (Proprietary)
Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, entered into a long
term loan facility of R2 million ($0.3 million) with Auriel Alloys for
the purpose of financing the acquisition of Dental Alloy equipment.
The loan bears interest at 11% and is payable by way of 60 instalments
of R50,000 each. |
|
(j) |
|
On March 9, 2006, Harmony entered into a term loan facility of
R1,000 million ($159.7 million) with Rand Merchant Bank, for the
purpose of partially funding the acquisition of the 29.2% stake in
Western Areas. Interest is charged at a fixed rate equal to a 3 month
JIBAR plus 1.5%. The loan amount is repayable on March 13, 2007 and
interest accrued is repayable every quarter commencing on June 13,
2006. The loan facility is collateralized by the Western Areas
shares. |
|
|
The maturity of current and non-current borrowings is as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Current |
|
|
140,344 |
|
|
|
200,451 |
|
Between 1 to 2 years |
|
|
95 |
|
|
|
693 |
|
Between 2 to 5 years |
|
|
390,046 |
|
|
|
403,993 |
|
Over 5 years |
|
|
14,467 |
|
|
|
4,800 |
|
|
|
|
Total borrowings |
|
|
534,952 |
|
|
|
609,937 |
|
|
|
|
F-43
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
27 |
|
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL LIABILITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Mark-to-market of financial instruments at year end |
|
|
88,680 |
|
|
|
57,863 |
|
ARM Empowerment Trust |
|
|
61,358 |
|
|
|
18,857 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
150,038 |
|
|
|
76,720 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the year ended June 30, 2006 Harmony closed out 30,000oz call
options sold and 108,000oz forward sales agreements of the New Hampton
Gold and Hill 50 hedge books at a cost of R213 million (US$34 million).
During the previous year, Harmony closed out the remaining gold lease
rate swaps which were inherited through the acquisition of New Hampton
Gold and Hill 50. These close outs are in accordance with Harmonys
strategy of being unhedged. |
|
|
|
|
All forward-pricing commitments and forward exchange contracts do not
meet the criteria to qualify for hedge accounting and the mark-to-market
movements are reflected in the income statement. |
|
|
|
|
The liability of $61.4 million (2005: $18.9 million) represents the
fair value of the net increase in the ARM Empowerment Trust. See note
4(d). Changes in the fair value of this derivative financial liability
have been accounted for in the consolidated income statements. |
|
|
|
|
Refer to note 34 for more detail on the outstanding financial instruments. |
|
|
28 |
|
PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION |
|
|
|
|
The Companys mining and exploration activities are subject to
extensive environmental laws and regulations. These laws and
regulations are continually changing and are generally becoming more
restrictive. The Company has made, and expects to make in the future,
expenditures to comply with such laws and regulations, but cannot
predict the full amount of such future expenditures. Estimated future
reclamation costs are based principally on legal and regulatory
requirements. The following is a reconciliation of the total liability
for environmental rehabilitation: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Balance as at July 1, 2005 and 2004 |
|
|
120,450 |
|
|
|
125,917 |
|
Revisions in estimates |
|
|
(10,184 |
) |
|
|
(3,891 |
) |
Accretion expenses |
|
|
6,917 |
|
|
|
4,053 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
(7,019 |
) |
|
|
(5,629 |
) |
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2006 and 2005 |
|
|
110,164 |
|
|
|
120,450 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company intends to finance the ultimate rehabilitation costs of the
South African operations from the money invested with the environmental
trust funds, ongoing contributions, as well as the proceeds on sale of
assets and gold from plant clean-up at the time of mine closure. The
Company will finance the ultimate rehabilitation costs of the non-South
African operations from funds to be set aside for that purpose. |
F-44
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
29 |
|
PROVISION FOR SOCIAL PLAN |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Opening balance |
|
|
2,109 |
|
|
|
1,958 |
|
Charge to income statement |
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
299 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
(184 |
) |
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
|
Closing balance |
|
|
2,259 |
|
|
|
2,109 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The company has undertaken to donate R50 million ($8.0 million) over a
period of 10 years to The Harmony Gold Mining Company Social Plan Trust
in terms of an agreement signed on November 3, 2003. R18.5 million ($2.7
million) was donated during the 2004 year and the balance will be
donated in instalments of R3.5 million ($0.6 million) annually over 9
years. The purpose of the trust is to fund the social plan to reduce the
negative effects of retructuring on the companys workforce, to put
measures in place to ensure that the technical and life skills of the
companys workforce are developed and to develop the companys workforce
in such a manner to avoid or minimize job losses and a decline in
employment through turnaround or redeployment strategies. |
|
|
30 |
|
PROVISION FOR POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
|
|
|
|
Most of the supervisory and managerial workers in South Africa
participate in the Minemed defined contribution medical scheme, as well
as other medical schemes. The Company contributes to these schemes on
behalf of current employees and retired employees who retired prior to
December 31, 1996 (the Minemed scheme). The Companys contributions to
these schemes on behalf of retired and current employees amounted to
$13.9 million, $10.0 million and $6.6 million for 2006, 2005 and 2004
respectively. |
|
|
|
|
With the exception of some Freegold employees, included from date of
acquisition, no post-retirement benefits are available to other workers.
No liability exists for employees who were members of these schemes who
retired after the date noted above. The medical schemes pay certain
medical expenses for both current and retired employees and their
dependents. Current and retired employees pay an annual fixed
contribution to these schemes. |
|
|
|
|
Assumptions used to determine the liability relating to the Minemed
medical scheme included, a discount rate of 9%, no increases in
employer subsidies (in terms of the agreement) and mortality rates
according to the SA a mf tables, which are generally used in South
Africa to represent the mortality of CAWMs, and a medical inflation
rate of 6.34%. |
|
|
|
|
The company operates a post retirement medical aid benefit scheme. The
amounts were based on an actuarial valuation conducted during the year
ended June 30, 2006, on the Minemed medical scheme, following the last
actuarial valuation on June 30, 2005. The liability was valued using the
projected unit credit method. The next actuarial valuation will be
performed on June 30, 2007. |
|
|
|
|
The movements in the present value of the unfunded obligations of the
accrued post-retirement health care costs recognised in the balance
sheet are as follows: |
F-45
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Opening balance at the beginning of the year |
|
|
13,276 |
|
|
|
1,584 |
|
|
|
1,017 |
|
Acquired through purchase of subsidiary |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
157 |
|
Additional provision for the current employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,470 |
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions paid |
|
|
(333 |
) |
|
|
(971 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other expenses included in staff costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current service cost |
|
|
528 |
|
|
|
971 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest cost |
|
|
1,237 |
|
|
|
3,235 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net actuarial gains recognised during the year |
|
|
1,507 |
|
|
|
3,074 |
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
(1,251 |
) |
|
|
(1,087 |
) |
|
|
413 |
|
|
|
|
Balance at the end of the year |
|
|
14,964 |
|
|
|
13,276 |
|
|
|
1,584 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The principal actuarial assumptions used for accounting purposes were: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
9 |
% |
|
|
4% - 12 |
% |
Healthcare inflation rate |
|
|
6.34 |
% |
|
|
6.34 |
% |
|
0 |
% - 7 |
% |
Normal retirement age |
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
The obligation has been valued using the projected unit credit funding method on past service
liabilities. |
A one percentage point increase
in the assumed health-care cost inflation rate would increase the accumulated benefit
obligation as at June 30, 2006 by $2.8 million and the net period post-retirement
benefit cost for 2006 by $3.1 million. A one percentage point decrease in assumed health-care
cost inflation rate would decrease the accumulated benefit
obligation as at June 30, 2006 by $2.2 million and the net
period post-retirement benefit cost for 2006 by $2.5 million. The valuation of the liability was
performed as at June 30, 2006.
The expected employer benefit payments for the next five years and
cumulatively thereafter at June 30 is presented below:
|
|
|
|
|
Period Ending June 30: |
|
$'000 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
348 |
|
2008 |
|
|
361 |
|
2009 |
|
|
375 |
|
2010 |
|
|
391 |
|
2011 |
|
|
406 |
|
Thereafter |
|
|
2,308 |
|
The
post-retirement medical benefit plan is unfunded. The Companys best estimate of
expected contributions for the next year equals the expected benefit
payment of $0.3 million.
|
31 |
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Capital expenditure commitments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts for capital expenditure |
|
|
21,398 |
|
|
|
4,226 |
|
Authorized by the directors but not contracted for |
|
|
373,794 |
|
|
|
274,318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
395,192 |
|
|
|
278,544 |
|
|
|
|
This expenditure will be financed from existing cash resources and where appropriate borrowings.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contingent liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantees and suretyships |
|
|
2,481 |
|
|
|
2,666 |
|
Environmental guarantees |
|
|
18,054 |
|
|
|
20,107 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,535 |
|
|
|
22,773 |
|
|
|
|
F-46
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Occupational healthcare services
|
|
|
Occupational healthcare services are made available by Harmony to
employees from its existing facilities. There is a risk that the cost of
providing such services could increase in the future depending upon
changes in the nature of underlying legislation and the profile of
employees. This increased cost, should it transpire, is currently
indeterminate. The group is monitoring developments in this regard. |
|
|
|
|
Action was instituted by 10 Plaintiffs employed at Elandsrand Mine in
December 2004. The First Defendant in these matters is Anglo American
Corporation of South Africa Limited (Anglo American), with Harmony cited
as the Second Defendant. These 10 claims constitute test cases in
relation to claims for damages for silicosis allegedly contracted by the
Plaintiffs over their period of employment with Anglo American and
Harmony at Elandsrand. The Board of directors do not believe that the
present 10 test cases present a significant risk and the probabilities
vastly favour a dismissal of the actions. At this stage, any potential
liability can not be reasonably quantified. |
|
|
32 |
|
DISCLOSURES REGARDING FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
|
|
|
|
Cash and equivalents |
|
|
|
|
The carrying amount approximates fair value as a result of the short-term maturity of these
instruments. |
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
|
|
It is not practical to determine the fair value of unlisted equity
investments. These investments are carried at their original cost in the
balance sheet. The fair value of listed equity investments is determined
with reference to their market value at the end of each reporting
period. |
|
|
|
|
Receivables, accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
|
|
The carrying amount of receivables, accounts payable and accrued
liabilities approximates fair value as a result of the short-term
maturity of these items. |
|
|
|
|
Long-term and short-term debt |
|
|
|
|
The fair value of long-term debt is estimated based on the effective
interest rate and expected future cash flows. The fair value of
short-term debt approximates the carrying value as a result of the
short-term maturity periods. |
|
|
|
|
Interest rate swaps |
|
|
|
|
The fair value of interest rate swaps is determined by reference
to quoted market prices for similar instruments. |
|
|
|
|
Derivative liabilities |
|
|
|
|
The fair value of a derivative liability is defined as the amount at
which the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between
willing parties. |
|
|
|
|
The fair values of financial instruments were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
|
Carrying value |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
89,189 |
|
|
|
89,189 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
104,222 |
|
|
|
104,222 |
|
Investments in listed securities |
|
|
196,346 |
|
|
|
196,346 |
|
Investments in unlisted securities |
|
|
11,383 |
|
|
|
11,382 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
78,391 |
|
|
|
78,391 |
|
Long and short-term debt |
|
|
534,952 |
|
|
|
526,420 |
|
Derivative liabilities |
|
|
150,038 |
|
|
|
150,038 |
|
F-47
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 |
|
|
|
Carrying value |
|
|
Fair Value |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
266,746 |
|
|
|
266,746 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
94,730 |
|
|
|
94,730 |
|
Investments in listed securities |
|
|
453,712 |
|
|
|
453,712 |
|
Investments in unlisted securities |
|
|
13,109 |
|
|
|
13,109 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
119,224 |
|
|
|
119,224 |
|
Long and short-term debt |
|
|
609,937 |
|
|
|
649,693 |
|
Derivative liabilities |
|
|
76,720 |
|
|
|
76,720 |
|
Interest rate swaps |
|
|
3,577 |
|
|
|
3,577 |
|
|
33 |
|
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS |
|
|
(a) |
|
PENSION AND PROVIDENT FUNDS: The Company contributes to several defined
contribution pension and provident funds governed by the Pension Funds Act,
1946 for the employees of its South African subsidiaries. The pension funds
are multi-employer industry plans. The Companys liability is limited to
its annually determined contributions. |
|
|
|
|
The provident funds are funded on the money accumulative basis
with the members and employers contributions having been fixed in
the constitution of the funds. |
|
|
|
|
The Australian group companies make contributions to each employees
Superannuation (pension) funds in accordance with the Superannuation
Guarantee Scheme (SGS). The SGS is a Federal Government initiative
enforced by law which compels employers to make regular payments to
regulated funds providing for each employee on their retirement. The
Superannuation Guarantee Contributions were set at a minimum of 9% of
gross salary and wages for the year ended June 30, 2006 (2005: 9% and
2004: 9%). |
|
|
|
|
Substantially all the Companys employees are covered by the above
mentioned retirement benefit plans. Funds contributed by the Company
for the year ended June 30, 2006, amounted to $49.8 million (2005 :
$56.0 million and 2004 : $43.4 million). |
|
|
(b) |
|
SHARE OPTION SCHEMES |
|
|
(i) |
|
HARMONY SHARE OPTION SCHEMES: The Company currently has three employee
share option schemes, being the Harmony (1994) Share Option Scheme (HSOS
1994 Scheme), the Harmony (2001) Share Option Scheme (HSOS 2001 Scheme)
and the Harmony (2003) Share Option Scheme (HSOS 2003 Scheme). Pursuant
to the rules of the HSOS 1994 Scheme, the HSOS 2001 Scheme and the HSOS
2003 Scheme certain qualifying employees may be granted options to purchase
shares in the Companys authorized but unissued ordinary shares. The HSOS
2001 Scheme was established following approval by the Companys
shareholders during fiscal 2002. The HSOS 2001 Scheme came into effect on
November 16, 2001 and the HSOS 2003 Scheme came into effect on November 12,
2003, however, options previously issued under the HSOS 1994 Scheme remain
in force. The terms of the HSOS 2001 Scheme and the HSOS 2003 Scheme are
substantially equivalent to the terms of the HSOS 1994 Scheme, except that
the maximum number of share options that may be granted under the HSOS |
|
|
|
|
2001 Scheme is a fixed amount (8,000,000), rather than a percentage of
share capital. Options granted under the HSOS 1994 Scheme are not counted
against this maximum. Of the 8,000,000 ordinary shares under the specific
authority of the directors in terms of the HSOS 2001 Scheme, 7,572,500
shares have been offered to participants leaving a balance of 427,500 to
be offered to eligible employees. Upon the date of adoption of the HSOS
2001 Scheme, 1,065,400 shares were still outstanding under the HSOS 1994
Scheme. Following the adoption of the HSOS 2001 Scheme, no further option
grants have been made under the HSOS 1994 Scheme. On June 30, 2005
13,532,997 shares of the 23,204,960 ordinary shares have been offered to
participants in terms of the HSOS 2003 Scheme, leaving a balance of
9,671,963. In terms of the rules of the HSOS 1994 Scheme, the HSOS 2001
Scheme and the HSOS 2003 Scheme, the exercise price of the options
granted is equal to fair market value of the shares at the date of the
grant. |
F-48
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
On November 29, 1999, the Company adopted a share purchase scheme (the
Share Purchase Scheme), in which eligible employees may participate.
The Share Purchase Scheme provides for a share purchase trust controlled
by the Company. The share purchase trust provides recourse loans to
enable employees to acquire shares or exercise their options under the
HSOS 1994 Scheme. To date, the Share Purchase Scheme has only been used
for the purpose of making recourse loans to employees to enable them to
exercise their options under the HSOS 1994 Scheme. The shares acquired
by an employee pursuant to the exercise of the option are then pledged
by that employee to the share purchase trust to secure repayment of the
recourse loan granted by the share purchase trust, plus any interest
thereon. The share purchase trust is funded by a loan from the Company,
which it repays once it receives repayment of the loans granted to
employees. Three non-executive directors of the Company serve as
trustees of the share purchase trust. The trustees are not eligible to
receive loans from the trust. The Company cancelled the share purchase
scheme on March 21, 2003. |
|
|
|
|
Options currently expire no later than 10 years from the grant date.
Pursuant to the HSOS 1994 Scheme rules, annually upon anniversary of the
grant date, a third of the total options granted are exercisable.
Pursuant to the HSOS 2001 Scheme rules, annually upon anniversary of the
grant date, a third or a fifth of the total options granted are
exercisable, depending on the vesting terms of the respective grant.
Pursuant to the HSOS 2003 Scheme rules, annually upon anniversary of the
grant date, a fifth of the total options granted are exercisable.
Proceeds received by the Company from the exercise are credited to share
capital and additional paid in capital. |
|
|
|
|
Details of the activity in the HSOS 1994 Scheme, the HSOS 2001 Scheme
and the HSOS 2003 Scheme were as follows (For convenience of the
reader, the Rand amounts have been converted to US$ at the balance
sheet date for the respective fiscal years): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
exercise price |
|
|
exercise price |
|
|
|
Available for |
|
|
share options |
|
|
per share |
|
|
per share |
|
|
|
grant |
|
|
granted |
|
|
SA Rand |
|
|
US Dollar |
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2003 |
|
|
4,291,400 |
|
|
|
7,763,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(874,808 |
) |
|
|
41.82 |
|
|
|
6.07 |
|
Share options forfeited during the year |
|
|
786,388 |
|
|
|
(786,388 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2004 |
|
|
5,077,788 |
|
|
|
6,101,958 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options reserved during the year |
|
|
23,204,960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options granted during the year |
|
|
(13,611,762 |
) |
|
|
13,611,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(471,962 |
) |
|
|
45.69 |
|
|
|
7.39 |
|
Share options forfeited during the year |
|
|
883,695 |
|
|
|
(883,695 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2005 |
|
|
15,554,681 |
|
|
|
18,358,063 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,167,575 |
) |
|
|
49.76 |
|
|
|
7.82 |
|
Share options forfeited during the year |
|
|
1,449,181 |
|
|
|
(1,449,181 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2006 |
|
|
17,003,862 |
|
|
|
12,741,307 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The options exercisable on June 30, 2006 and 2005 were 1,525,234 and 2,596,250, respectively. |
|
|
|
|
The range of exercise prices for options outstanding at June 30, 2006
was R22.90 to R91.60. The range of exercise prices for options is wide
primarily due to the fluctuation of the prices of the Companys shares
over the period of the grants. |
F-49
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
The following tables summarize information relating to the options
outstanding at June 30, 2006 (Tables are denominated in South African
Rand and US$ where applicable): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding options weighted average |
|
Range of prices |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
Contractual life |
|
|
Exercise price |
|
|
Exercise price |
|
SA Rand |
|
US$ |
|
|
shares |
|
|
(in years) |
|
|
SA Rand |
|
|
US$ |
|
|
22.90 - 27.20 |
|
|
3.20 - 3.80 |
|
|
|
37,600 |
|
|
|
3.90 |
|
|
|
25.42 |
|
|
|
3.55 |
|
35.40 - 49.60 |
|
|
4.94 - 6.92 |
|
|
|
8,832,806 |
|
|
|
7.83 |
|
|
|
40.19 |
|
|
|
5.61 |
|
66.00 - 66.15 |
|
|
9.21 - 9.23 |
|
|
|
3,203,901 |
|
|
|
8.04 |
|
|
|
66.14 |
|
|
|
9.23 |
|
91.60 |
|
|
12.78 |
|
|
|
667,000 |
|
|
|
6.75 |
|
|
|
91.60 |
|
|
|
12.78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,741,307 |
|
|
|
8.20 |
|
|
|
49.36 |
|
|
|
6.89 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
|
average |
|
Range of prices |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
exercise price |
|
|
exercise price |
|
SA Rand |
|
US$ |
|
|
shares |
|
|
Rand |
|
|
US$ |
|
|
22.90 - 27.20 |
|
|
3.20 - 3.80 |
|
|
|
37,600 |
|
|
|
25.42 |
|
|
|
3.55 |
|
35.40 - 49.60 |
|
|
4.94 - 6.92 |
|
|
|
898,152 |
|
|
|
39.32 |
|
|
|
5.49 |
|
66.00 - 66.15 |
|
|
9.21 - 9.23 |
|
|
|
221,282 |
|
|
|
66.12 |
|
|
|
9.23 |
|
91.60 |
|
|
12.78 |
|
|
|
368,200 |
|
|
|
91.60 |
|
|
|
12.78 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,525,234 |
|
|
|
55.49 |
|
|
|
7.74 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
These options will expire if not exercised at specific dates ranging
from September 2009 to April 2015. The market prices for options
exercised during the three years ended June 30, 2006 ranged from
R50.85 (US$7.09) to R117.02 (US$16.32). |
|
|
|
|
The Company used the following assumptions under FAS No. 123 and FAS
No. 123(R), as applicable, in valuing the option grants: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
April 26, |
|
|
August 10, |
|
|
March 27 , |
|
|
November |
|
|
|
2005 option |
|
|
2004 option |
|
|
2003 option |
|
|
20, 2001 |
|
|
|
grant |
|
|
grant |
|
|
grant |
|
|
option grant |
|
|
Expected life (in years) |
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
3.5 |
|
Risk free interest rate (%) |
|
|
8.37 |
% |
|
|
9.94 |
% |
|
|
11.63 |
% |
|
|
11.50 |
% |
Volatility (%) |
|
|
35.00 |
% |
|
|
40.00 |
% |
|
|
45.00 |
% |
|
|
40.00 |
% |
Dividend yield (%) |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
1.52 |
% |
|
|
4.00 |
% |
Price at date of grant (Rand per share) |
|
|
39.00 |
|
|
|
66.15 |
|
|
|
91.60 |
|
|
|
49.60 |
|
Vesting period (in years) |
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
3.0 to 5.0 |
|
|
|
|
The Company used the binomial method in determining the fair value of the options granted. |
F-50
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
(ii) |
|
ABELLE SHARE OPTION SCHEME: Prior to the Companys acquisition of the
entire outstanding shareholdings in Abelle, Abelle also had a share option
scheme (the Abelle Scheme). Abelle established the Abelle Scheme to
incentivize and to assist in the recruitment, reward and retention of
employees of Abelle. All employees may have been granted options to
purchase shares in Abelles authorized but unissued ordinary shares
pursuant to the Abelle Scheme rules. The Abelle Scheme was established
following approval by Abelles shareholders during fiscal 2002. The Abelle
Scheme came into effect on April 29, 2002. The maximum number of share
options that may have been granted under the Abelle Scheme were not to
exceed 5% of the total number of Abelle shares in issue. In terms of the
rules of the Abelle Scheme, the exercise price of the options granted must
be equal to at least 112% of the fair market value of the shares at the
date the participant is invited to apply for an option. |
|
|
|
|
Options currently expire no later than 3 years from the grant date. 12
months after the options were granted, 50% of the total option grant are
exercisable. 18 months after the options were granted, the remaining 50%
of the total option grant is exercisable. Proceeds received by Abelle
from the exercise of options are credited to share capital and
additional paid in capital. |
|
|
|
|
Details of the activity in the Abelle Scheme was as follows (For
convenience of the reader, the Australian dollar amounts have been
converted to US$ at the balance sheet date for the respective fiscal
years): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average |
|
|
Average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
|
exercise price |
|
|
exercise price |
|
|
|
Available for |
|
|
share options |
|
|
per share |
|
|
per share |
|
|
|
grant |
|
|
granted |
|
|
AUS$ |
|
|
US$ |
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2003 |
|
|
5,460,382 |
|
|
|
4,440,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of outstanding options by Harmony |
|
|
(5,460,382 |
) |
|
|
(4,440,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Upon acquisition by Harmony of Abelle on May 1, 2003, the 2,662,500
Abelle options outstanding at a weighted average exercise price of
A$0.53 per option were fair valued. The weighted average fair value of
the outstanding options was determined to be A$0.70 per option, and
accordingly deferred share based compensation expense of $1.3 million
was recorded. $0.78 million was recognized as share based compensation
expense related to these option grants in fiscal 2004. A further
1,800,000 Abelle options were granted on June 15, 2003 at A$1.01 per
option. These options were fair valued at A$0.47 per option and deferred
share based compensation of $0.5 million was recorded. $0.42 million was
recognized as share based compensation expense during fiscal 2004. As
part of the acquisition of the remaining interest in Abelle on March 15,
2004, the Company acquired all the outstanding share options. The
Company used the following assumptions in valuing the option grants: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2004 |
|
|
Expected life (in years) |
|
|
3.0 |
|
Risk free interest rate |
|
|
4.64 |
% |
Volatility |
|
|
53.00 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
0.00 |
% |
|
|
|
The Company used the binomial method in determining the fair value of the Abelle options granted. |
F-51
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
34 |
|
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE AND CREDIT RISK OF FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
|
|
|
|
Harmony is exposed to various market risks, including commodity price risk, foreign
currency risk, interest rate risk, liquidity risk and credit risk associated with the
underlying assets and liabilities of the company as well as with anticipated
transactions. Harmony does not issue derivative financial instruments for trading or
speculative purposes. However, following periodic evaluation of these exposures,
Harmony may enter into derivative financial instruments to manage these exposures. |
|
|
|
|
Commodity price sensitivity
As a general rule, the Company sells its gold production at market prices. The Company,
generally, does not enter into forward sales, derivatives or other hedging arrangements
to establish a price in advance for the sale of its future gold production. A significant proportion of New Hampton and Hill 50s production was already hedged when acquired
by the Company. During the 2006 fiscal year, in accordance with Harmonys strategy, a
significant portion of the inherited hedge books of both New Hampton and Hill 50, were
closed out. Harmony closed out 30,000oz call options sold and 108,000 farward sale
agreements at a cost of US$34 million. |
|
|
|
|
It is Harmonys strategy to continuously evaluate the hedge agreements as well as
market conditions in order to close these contracts out at the most beneficial time. |
|
|
|
|
The group had the following net forward-pricing commitments against future production at June 30,
2006. |
|
|
|
|
Summary of the groups gold hedge position at June 30, 2006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to- |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
market |
|
Year |
|
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR GOLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward contracts |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
4,573 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
10,793 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
147,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
347,000 |
|
|
|
(86,276 |
) |
|
|
A$ per oz |
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
516 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call options sold |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
(1,842 |
) |
|
|
A$ per oz |
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total commodity |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
4,884 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
11,104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
contracts |
|
Ounces |
|
|
157,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
357,000 |
|
|
|
(88,118 |
) |
|
|
|
|
The mark-to-market of these contracts was a negative R631 million (negative USD88
million) at June 30, 2006. The values at June 30, 2006 were based on a gold price of
USD600 (AUD808) per ounce, exchange rates of USD1 / R7.17 and AUD1 / USD0.74 and
prevailing market interest rates and volatilities at that date. These valuations were
provided by independent risk and treasury management experts. |
|
|
|
|
Summary of the groups gold hedge position at June 30, 2005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
market |
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2007 |
|
|
2008 |
|
|
2009 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR GOLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward contracts |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
3,359 |
|
|
|
4,573 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
14,152 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
108,000 |
|
|
|
147,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
455,000 |
|
|
|
(36,828 |
) |
|
|
A$ per oz |
|
|
510 |
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Call options sold |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
933 |
|
|
|
311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,244 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
30,000 |
|
|
|
10,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
(994 |
) |
|
|
A$ per oz |
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
562 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
554 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total commodity |
|
Kilograms |
|
|
4,292 |
|
|
|
4,884 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
15,396 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
contracts |
|
Ounces |
|
|
138,000 |
|
|
|
157,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
495,000 |
|
|
|
(37,822 |
) |
|
|
|
|
The mark-to-market of these contracts was a negative R252 million (US$38 million) at
June 30, 2005. The values at June 30, 2005 were based on a gold price of US$435 (A$571)
per ounce, exchange rates of US$1 / R6.6670 and A$1 / US$0.7622 and prevailing market interest rates and volatilities at that date. These valuations were provided by
independent risk and treasury management experts. These contracts are classified as
speculative and the marked-to-market movement is reflected in the income statement. |
|
|
|
|
These marked-to-market valuations are not predictive of the future value of the hedge
position, nor of the future impact on the revenue of the company. The valuation
represents the cost of buying all hedge contracts at the time of the valuation, at
market prices and rates avaliable at the time. |
F-52
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Foreign currency sensitivity
Harmonys revenues are sensitive to the ZAR/US$
exchange rates as all of the revenues are
generated by gold sales, denominated in US$.
Harmony, generally, does not enter into forward
sales, derivatives or other hedging arrangements
to establish a ZAR/US$ exchange rate in advance
for the sale of its future gold production.
Harmony inherited these currency contracts with
the acquisition of Avgold. The contracts were
classified as speculative and the mark-to-market
movement was reflected in the income statement.
These currency contracts matured on December 31,
2005 and was closed out accordingly at a total
cost of $20 million. The mark-to-market of these
contracts was Rnil at June 30, 2006. At June 30,
2005 the mark-to-market was a negative R108
million (negative US$16 million), based upon an
exchange rate of US$1/R6.6670 and prevailing
market interest rates at the time. Independent
risk and treasury management experts provided
these valuations.
Summary of the groups currency hedge position at June 30, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to- |
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
market |
|
Year |
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
Total |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Forward exchange contracts |
|
US$ million |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
(16,467 |
) |
(Buy US$, sell ZAR at the agreed exchange rate) |
|
Average strike ZAR/US$ |
|
|
9.54 |
|
|
|
9.54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward exchange call contracts sold |
|
US$ million |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
|
|
(Sell US$, buy ZAR at the agreed exchange rate) |
|
Average strike ZAR/US$ |
|
|
9.54 |
|
|
|
9.54 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,467 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest rates and liquidity risk
Fluctuations in interest rates and gold lease rates impact on the value of short-term cash and financing activities, giving rise to
interest rate risk.
Gold Lease Rate Swaps:
The Company generally does not undertake any specific actions to cover its exposure to gold lease rates in respect of its derivative
financial instruments. Through its acquisitions of New Hampton Gold and Hill 50, the Company did however acquire certain gold lease rate
swaps.
During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2005 Harmony closed out the remaining gold lease rate swaps which were inherited through the
acquisition of New Hampton Gold and Hill 50. Through the close out of these agreements, Harmony received R2 million (US$ 0.3 million).
Interest Rate Swaps:
The Group had interest rate swap agreements to convert R600 million (US$84 million) of its R1,2 billion (US$167 million)senior unsecured
fixed rate bond (HAR1) to variable rate debt. These interest rate swaps were designated as fair value hedges.
The interest rate swap ran over the term of the bond and comprises two separate tranches:
(a) R400 million (US$56 million) receive interest at a fixed rate of 13% and pay floating at JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus a spread of 1,8%.
(b) R200 million (US$29 million) receive interest at a fixed rate of 13% and pay floating at JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus a spread of 2,2%.
The bond as well as the interest rate swaps matured on June 14, 2006 and was settled in full. The marked-to-market value of the
transactions was Rnil at June 30, 2006 (June 30, 2005: a negative R24 million (US$4 million)), based on the prevailing interest rates and
volatilities at the time.
Surplus Funds
In the ordinary course of business, the Group receives cash from its operations and is required to fund its working capital and capital
expenditure requirements. The cash is managed to ensure that surplus funds are invested in a mannner to achieve market-related returns and
to provide sufficient liquidity at the minimum risk. The group is able to actively source financing at competitive rates.
Concentration of credit risk
Credit risk arises from the risk that a counterpart may default or not meet its obligations timely.
Financial instruments, which subject the Company to significant concentrations of credit risk, consist predominantly of cash and cash
equivalents, short-term investments and various derivative financial instruments. The Groups financial instruments do not represent a
concentration of credit risk as the Group deals with and maintains cash and cash equivalents, short-term investments and derivative
financial instruments with a variety of well established financial institutions of high quality and credit standing.
The credit exposure to any one counter party is managed by setting exposure limits, which are reviewed regularly. The Groups debtors and
loans are regularly monitored and assessed. An adequate level of provision is maintained.
F-53
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
35 CASH (UTILIZED)/GENERATED BY OPERATIONS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2006 |
|
|
2005 |
|
|
2004 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
As adjusted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
(note 3) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
Reconciliation of loss before taxation to cash generated from operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before taxation, minority interest and effect of change in
accounting principal
|
|
|
(160,127 |
) |
|
|
(641,360 |
) |
|
|
(33,955 |
) |
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Profit)/loss on sale of listed investments |
|
|
(45,345 |
) |
|
|
93,470 |
|
|
|
(4,910 |
) |
Profit on sale and loss on dilution of investment in associates net |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(65,097 |
) |
(Profit)/loss on sale of subsidiaries |
|
|
(3,035 |
) |
|
|
114 |
|
|
|
(115 |
) |
Profit on sale of mining assets |
|
|
(10,148 |
) |
|
|
(12,542 |
) |
|
|
(22,303 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
166,120 |
|
|
|
151,967 |
|
|
|
139,829 |
|
Impairment of assets |
|
|
15,951 |
|
|
|
243,124 |
|
|
|
3,145 |
|
Loss on derivative financial instruments |
|
|
131,444 |
|
|
|
17,672 |
|
|
|
32,385 |
|
Equity income of joint venture |
|
|
(445 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,503 |
) |
Equity loss/(profit) of associated companies |
|
|
16,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,020 |
) |
Impairment of investment in associate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,956 |
|
Permanent diminution in value of listed investment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
63,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net decrease in provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
(2,162 |
) |
|
|
(2,828 |
) |
|
|
(19,461 |
) |
Provision for post retirement benefits |
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
9,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other non cash transactions |
|
|
12,778 |
|
|
|
13,256 |
|
|
|
5,564 |
|
Income and mining taxes paid |
|
|
(1,829 |
) |
|
|
(8,952 |
) |
|
|
(83,881 |
) |
Cash cost to close out hedges |
|
|
(54,045 |
) |
|
|
(34,248 |
) |
|
|
(19,349 |
) |
Share-based compensation |
|
|
17,055 |
|
|
|
15,618 |
|
|
|
9,446 |
|
Effect of changes in operating working capital items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
|
(8,702 |
) |
|
|
38,092 |
|
|
|
25,400 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
(12,822 |
) |
|
|
(8,121 |
) |
|
|
(700 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(10,496 |
) |
|
|
(53,247 |
) |
|
|
33,929 |
|
|
|
|
Cash generated/(utilized) by operations |
|
|
51,811 |
|
|
|
(115,614 |
) |
|
|
(9,640 |
) |
|
|
|
36 RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
On June 21, 2006 Harmony acquired 37.8%of the issued share capital of
Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company (1934) Limited (Village) from
ARM Limited. The Chairman of the Companys Board of directors, Patrice
Motsepe, is also a member of the ARM board of directors. Frank Abbott
was also a director of Village, at the time that Harmony purchased
ARMs 37.8% holding in Village. (See note 23)
The Group acquired 37.37 million of the 44.99 million shares held in
Western Areas Limited from Allan Gray Ltd. As at June 30, 2006 Alan
Gray Ltd was one of the Groups largest shareholders, by holding 11.8%
of Harmonys total shares. (See note 23)
The Chairman of the Companys Board of directors, Patrice Motsepe, was
involved as a related party in the sale of Harmonys interest in ARM.
14% of Harmonys shareholding in ARM was sold to the ARM Trust of
which Nomfundo Qangule and Frank Abbott, directors of the Company, are
trustees (See note 22).
The Companys largest shareholder up to May 3, 2004, holding
approximately 14% of the Companys issued shares since the ARMgold
acquisition was ARMI, represented by the Companys Chairman. In terms
of the transaction with ARM, these shares were sold to ARM.
F-54
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
The Company has, with effect from September 2003,
acquired several companies owned by ARMI. These
companies had competitive contractual arrangements
with ARMgold for the provision of services and
supplies related to ARMgolds business which were
entered into before the ARMgold merger. These
companies may continue to provide services and
supplies to Harmony.
Certain of ARMIs subsidiaries and community
development companies established for the benefit
of the 60,000 community residents living near the
ARM Mining Consortium/Anglo Platinum Joint Venture
mine received non-interest bearing loans from
ARMgold prior to the ARMgold acquisition in the
aggregate amount of R37 million ($5.1 million). No
interest was charged due to ARMgolds long-term
commitments and contribution to upliftment and
empowerment, for which ARMgold has received
recognition and credit. These loans have been
repaid in full as at June 30, 2004.
Pieter Taljaard, Andre Wilkens and Michael King,
directors of the Company during the 2004 financial
year, all held shares directly in ARMgold.
Following the acquisition of ARMgold, these shares
were converted to Harmony shares.
As at June 30, 2003, A.R. Flemming and Lord
Renwick of Clifton KCMG each owned, directly and
indirectly, shares in Highland Gold. As such, each
of them had an interest in Harmonys investment in
Highland Gold at that time, which the Company
disposed of on October 17, 2003.
Key management personnel are those persons having
authority and responsibility for planning,
directing and controlling the activities of the
company, directly or indirectly, including any
director, (whether executive or otherwise) of the
company. For the fiscal year 2006 total directors
remuneration amounted to $1.3 million and senior
managements remuneration to $82.3 million.
None of the directors or major shareholders of
Harmony or, to the knowledge of Harmony, their
families, had any interest, direct or indirect, in
any transaction concluded in the 2006, 2005 and
2004 fiscal years, or in any proposed transaction
that has affected or will materially affect
Harmony or its investment interests or
subsidiaries, other than stated above.
None of the directors or members of senior
management of Harmony or any associate of such
director or member of senior management is
currectly or has been at any time during the past
three fiscal years indebted to Harmony and /or its
subsidiaries.
37 SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
|
|
On June 21, 2006 Harmony announced that it had
acquired 37.8% of the issued share capital of
Village. Due to the fact that the acquisition
exceeded 35% of Villiages issued share capital,
Harmony was obliged under the Securities
Regulation Code on Takeovers and Mergers to extend
an offer to the remaining shareholders of Village
to acquire all of their shares at the same price
at which it acquired the 37.8% stake. On August
14, 2006 Harmony announced that minority
shareholders holding 3,163 shares in Village
(being 8.38% of the shares in respect of which the
offer was made) had accepted its offer. Harmony
currently holds 2,295,663 shares representing
37.83% of the issued share capital of Village.
(See note 4(m) and 23). |
|
|
|
On October 19, 2006 Harmony entered into an
agreement with Simmers and Jack Mines Limited and
Enzulwini Mining Company (Pty) Ltd (a
100% subsidiary of Simmers and Jack Mines Limited)
to sell certain land and infrastructure around the
old Randfontein 4 Shaft for R55 million (US$7.7
million at the closing balance sheet rate) in
cash. This shaft was placed on care and
maintenance by Harmony in 2001. The carrying value
of the assets sold in Harmonys balance sheet at
June 30, 2006 was US$nil. The R25.6 million
(US$3.6 million at the closing balance sheet rate)
environmental rehabilitation liability and the
associated rehabilitation fund of R19 million
(U$2.7 million at the closing balance sheet rate)
of the asset is to be assumed by Simmers and Jack
Mines Limited. The transaction is subject to a
number of conditions precedent, including
regulatory approvals. |
|
|
|
During the first quarter of fiscal 2007, Harmony
took the decision to refine all our South African
production through Rand Refinery. Prior to this
date approximately 84% of our annual production
was refined by the Harmony Refinery. The decision
was made to close the Harmony Refinery due to the
historic lossess incurred by the refinery. In
fiscal 2006, the Harmony Refinery incurred losses
of US$1.9 million. The staff in the
refinery is to be offered alternative positions
within Harmony, and some of the assets of the
company are to be sold to Rand Refinery. The terms
of this sale are currently being negotiated. |
F-55
38 |
|
GEOGRAPHICAL AND SEGMENT INFORMATION |
|
|
|
The company is primarily involved in gold mining, exploration and related activities. Activities
are conducted and investments held both inside and outside of South Africa. |
|
|
|
The Companys operations are managed on a shaft-by-shaft (geographical) basis and discrete
financial information under International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS) for each shaft
is reviewed by the Companys chief operating decision maker to assess performance and allocate
resources. The accompanying geographical and segment information has therefore been presented on
a shaft by shaft basis and reconciled to U.S. GAAP. |
|
|
|
These segments have been grouped together in the regions in which they operate, being the
Free State, Evander, Kalgold, Randfontein, Elandskraal, Free Gold, ARMgold and Avgold. The
Bissett mine in Canada, which ceased operations at the end of fiscal 2001, has been reported as
part of the other segment for fiscal 2004. The Big Bell, Mt Magnet, South Kal and Abelle mines
are located primarily in Western Australia. The Hidden Valley project is located in Papua New
Guinea. The Company also has exploration interests in Southern Africa and Australia which are
included in Other. Selling, administrative, general charges and corporate costs are allocated
between segments based on the size of activities based on production results. |
|
|
|
In addition to the grouping of its operating segments by geographic region, management has also
categorized its South African underground operations as follows: |
|
o |
|
Quality assets, which are typically those with a
larger reserve base and hence a longer life which form
the core of the groups operations; |
|
|
o |
|
Leveraged assets, which are those that supplement
operations and provide significant upside in the
event of a rising gold price; |
|
|
o |
|
Growth assets, which comprise the expansion
projects/new mines in South Africa; and |
|
|
o |
|
Surface operations |
Management believes that the categorization above is in line with its shafts strategic roles and
the different skill sets, which are currently used to manage them. While the leveraged
operations generally require a more short-term, flexible and lean approach, the quality assets
require investment over the longer time horizon. This grouping has also enabled increased focus
on the completion of the growth projects and in turning them into mines.
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Year ended June 30, 2006
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
operating |
|
Mining |
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
Capital |
|
Ounces |
|
Tons milled |
|
|
Revenue |
|
costs |
|
profit/(loss) |
|
assets |
|
assets |
|
Total assets |
|
liabilities |
|
expenditure |
|
produced (*) |
|
(*) |
|
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
oz |
|
000 |
SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Masimong |
|
|
72,854 |
|
|
|
66,563 |
|
|
|
6,291 |
|
|
|
65,928 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
65,928 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,520 |
|
|
|
136,153 |
|
|
|
1,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmony 2 |
|
|
36,716 |
|
|
|
33,527 |
|
|
|
3,189 |
|
|
|
6,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,964 |
|
|
|
69,446 |
|
|
|
598 |
|
Merriespruit 1 |
|
|
25,685 |
|
|
|
24,061 |
|
|
|
1,624 |
|
|
|
6,217 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,217 |
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
2,445 |
|
|
|
48,069 |
|
|
|
410 |
|
Merriespruit 3 |
|
|
23,078 |
|
|
|
24,188 |
|
|
|
( 1,110 |
) |
|
|
5,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,175 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,783 |
|
|
|
43,691 |
|
|
|
452 |
|
Unisel |
|
|
38,172 |
|
|
|
28,789 |
|
|
|
9,383 |
|
|
|
29,519 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,519 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,907 |
|
|
|
72,963 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
Brand 3 |
|
|
22,147 |
|
|
|
23,272 |
|
|
|
( 1,125 |
) |
|
|
2,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,557 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
41,647 |
|
|
|
405 |
|
Brand 5 |
|
|
236 |
|
|
|
975 |
|
|
|
( 793 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
8,614 |
|
|
|
6,427 |
|
|
|
2,187 |
|
|
|
33,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,818 |
|
|
|
15,902 |
|
|
|
897 |
|
]
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
operating |
|
Mining |
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
Capital |
|
Ounces |
|
Tons milled |
|
|
Revenue |
|
costs |
|
profit/(loss) |
|
assets |
|
assets |
|
Total assets |
|
liabilities |
|
expenditure |
|
produced (*) |
|
(*) |
|
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
oz |
|
000 |
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
61,711 |
|
|
|
126,700 |
|
|
|
188,411 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Free State |
|
|
227,502 |
|
|
|
207,802 |
|
|
|
19,700 |
|
|
|
211,706 |
|
|
|
126,700 |
|
|
|
338,406 |
|
|
|
506,639 |
|
|
|
31,424 |
|
|
|
428,340 |
|
|
|
4,285 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 5 (note b) |
|
|
32,183 |
|
|
|
33,068 |
|
|
|
( 885 |
) |
|
|
33,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,453 |
|
|
|
62,388 |
|
|
|
450 |
|
Evander 7 |
|
|
42,365 |
|
|
|
32,648 |
|
|
|
9,717 |
|
|
|
47,034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
47,034 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,021 |
|
|
|
83,202 |
|
|
|
435 |
|
Evander 8 |
|
|
67,325 |
|
|
|
44,863 |
|
|
|
22,462 |
|
|
|
40,464 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,464 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,726 |
|
|
|
128,849 |
|
|
|
815 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
( 21 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,025 |
|
|
|
26,212 |
|
|
|
64,237 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,033 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Evander |
|
|
141,873 |
|
|
|
110,600 |
|
|
|
31,273 |
|
|
|
158,543 |
|
|
|
26,212 |
|
|
|
184,755 |
|
|
|
45,017 |
|
|
|
27,233 |
|
|
|
274,439 |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cooke 1 |
|
|
42,978 |
|
|
|
32,274 |
|
|
|
10,704 |
|
|
|
11,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,759 |
|
|
|
80,495 |
|
|
|
490 |
|
Cooke 2 |
|
|
32,025 |
|
|
|
23,082 |
|
|
|
8,943 |
|
|
|
12,962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,738 |
|
|
|
59,836 |
|
|
|
353 |
|
Cooke 3 |
|
|
55,901 |
|
|
|
41,329 |
|
|
|
14,572 |
|
|
|
27,692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,197 |
|
|
|
104,758 |
|
|
|
652 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doornkop |
|
|
23,294 |
|
|
|
24,322 |
|
|
|
( 1,028 |
) |
|
|
200,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,031 |
|
|
|
43,593 |
|
|
|
515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
6,108 |
|
|
|
5,022 |
|
|
|
1,086 |
|
|
|
5,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,712 |
|
|
|
11,650 |
|
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
114,154 |
|
|
|
114,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Randfontein |
|
|
160,306 |
|
|
|
126,029 |
|
|
|
34,277 |
|
|
|
257,728 |
|
|
|
114,154 |
|
|
|
371,882 |
|
|
|
130,543 |
|
|
|
50,437 |
|
|
|
300,332 |
|
|
|
2,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandsrand operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandsrand |
|
|
90,097 |
|
|
|
89,349 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
259,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
259,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,523 |
|
|
|
170,867 |
|
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deelkraal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
91,572 |
|
|
|
91,572 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Elandsrand |
|
|
90,097 |
|
|
|
89,349 |
|
|
|
748 |
|
|
|
259,800 |
|
|
|
91,572 |
|
|
|
351,372 |
|
|
|
80,720 |
|
|
|
30,523 |
|
|
|
170,867 |
|
|
|
987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
operating |
|
Mining |
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
Capital |
|
Ounces |
|
Tons milled |
|
|
Revenue |
|
costs |
|
profit/(loss) |
|
assets |
|
assets |
|
Total assets |
|
liabilities |
|
expenditure |
|
produced (*) |
|
(*) |
|
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
oz |
|
000 |
Freegold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tshepong |
|
|
179,626 |
|
|
|
111,462 |
|
|
|
68,164 |
|
|
|
429,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
429,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,529 |
|
|
|
335,289 |
|
|
|
1,786 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phakisa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
260,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
260,966 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,522 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bambanani |
|
|
93,111 |
|
|
|
87,064 |
|
|
|
6,047 |
|
|
|
98,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98,472 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,870 |
|
|
|
175,214 |
|
|
|
1,196 |
|
Joel |
|
|
31,346 |
|
|
|
29,170 |
|
|
|
2,176 |
|
|
|
10,239 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,239 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
58,595 |
|
|
|
436 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eland |
|
|
2,026 |
|
|
|
1,066 |
|
|
|
960 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,058 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
Kudu/Sable |
|
|
890 |
|
|
|
895 |
|
|
|
( 5 |
) |
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,024 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
West Shaft |
|
|
13,117 |
|
|
|
13,650 |
|
|
|
( 533 |
) |
|
|
8,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
887 |
|
|
|
25,525 |
|
|
|
206 |
|
Nyala |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
226 |
|
|
|
( 145 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
2 |
|
St Helena |
|
|
6,867 |
|
|
|
10,802 |
|
|
|
( 3,935 |
) |
|
|
6,416 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,416 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
443 |
|
|
|
12,791 |
|
|
|
127 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
5,366 |
|
|
|
5,386 |
|
|
|
( 20 |
) |
|
|
858 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
858 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
340 |
|
|
|
11,019 |
|
|
|
336 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
160,980 |
|
|
|
257,043 |
|
|
|
418,023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Freegold |
|
|
332,430 |
|
|
|
259,721 |
|
|
|
72,709 |
|
|
|
976,284 |
|
|
|
257,043 |
|
|
|
1,233,327 |
|
|
|
402,860 |
|
|
|
65,238 |
|
|
|
624,699 |
|
|
|
4,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orkney 2 |
|
|
36,589 |
|
|
|
29,716 |
|
|
|
6,873 |
|
|
|
9,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,231 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,380 |
|
|
|
69,877 |
|
|
|
347 |
|
Orkney 4 |
|
|
31,117 |
|
|
|
29,273 |
|
|
|
1,844 |
|
|
|
11,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,690 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,759 |
|
|
|
58,897 |
|
|
|
406 |
|
Welkom 1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
671 |
|
|
|
340,179 |
|
|
|
340,850 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total ARMgold |
|
|
67,706 |
|
|
|
58,989 |
|
|
|
8,717 |
|
|
|
21,592 |
|
|
|
340,179 |
|
|
|
361,771 |
|
|
|
20,065 |
|
|
|
7,139 |
|
|
|
128,774 |
|
|
|
753 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Avgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Target |
|
|
81,178 |
|
|
|
51,904 |
|
|
|
29,274 |
|
|
|
279,852 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
279,852 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,644 |
|
|
|
150,196 |
|
|
|
813 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
404 |
|
|
|
968 |
|
|
|
( 564 |
) |
|
|
678 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
678 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
746 |
|
|
|
204 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
717,182 |
|
|
|
19,180 |
|
|
|
736,362 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Avgold |
|
|
81,582 |
|
|
|
52,872 |
|
|
|
28,710 |
|
|
|
997,712 |
|
|
|
19,180 |
|
|
|
1,016,892 |
|
|
|
5,309 |
|
|
|
9,644 |
|
|
|
150,942 |
|
|
|
1,017 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
39,341 |
|
|
|
31,740 |
|
|
|
7,601 |
|
|
|
12,190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
389 |
|
|
|
77,071 |
|
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,402 |
|
|
|
5,402 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Kalgold |
|
|
39,341 |
|
|
|
31,740 |
|
|
|
7,601 |
|
|
|
12,190 |
|
|
|
5,402 |
|
|
|
17,592 |
|
|
|
1,933 |
|
|
|
389 |
|
|
|
77,071 |
|
|
|
2,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
operating |
|
Mining |
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
Capital |
|
Ounces |
|
Tons milled |
|
|
Revenue |
|
costs |
|
profit/(loss) |
|
assets |
|
assets |
|
Total assets |
|
liabilities |
|
expenditure |
|
produced (*) |
|
(*) |
|
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
oz |
|
000 |
Other entities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,450 |
|
|
|
429,445 |
|
|
|
430,895 |
|
|
|
133,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
1,140,837 |
|
|
|
937,102 |
|
|
|
203,735 |
|
|
|
2,897,005 |
|
|
|
1,409,887 |
|
|
|
4,306,892 |
|
|
|
1,326,716 |
|
|
|
222,027 |
|
|
|
2,155,464 |
|
|
|
17,422 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt Magnet |
|
|
80,090 |
|
|
|
59,427 |
|
|
|
20,663 |
|
|
|
71,897 |
|
|
|
9,401 |
|
|
|
81,298 |
|
|
|
23,669 |
|
|
|
22,651 |
|
|
|
148,822 |
|
|
|
1,918 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Kal |
|
|
42,406 |
|
|
|
37,523 |
|
|
|
4,883 |
|
|
|
42,637 |
|
|
|
8,367 |
|
|
|
51,004 |
|
|
|
12,213 |
|
|
|
2,320 |
|
|
|
82,639 |
|
|
|
1,480 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
212,166 |
|
|
|
851 |
|
|
|
213,017 |
|
|
|
3,164 |
|
|
|
18,221 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,367 |
|
|
|
93,253 |
|
|
|
114,620 |
|
|
|
162,640 |
|
|
|
104 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
122,496 |
|
|
|
96,950 |
|
|
|
25,546 |
|
|
|
348,067 |
|
|
|
111,872 |
|
|
|
459,939 |
|
|
|
201,686 |
|
|
|
43,296 |
|
|
|
231,461 |
|
|
|
3,398 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL HARMONY |
|
|
1,263,333 |
|
|
|
1,034,052 |
|
|
|
229,281 |
|
|
|
3,245,072 |
|
|
|
1,521,759 |
|
|
|
4,766,831 |
|
|
|
1,528,402 |
|
|
|
265,323 |
|
|
|
2,386,925 |
|
|
|
20,820 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of
segment data to consolidated financial statements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
200,947 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
51,141 |
|
|
|
(355,773 |
) |
|
|
( 304,632 |
) |
|
|
8 432 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,263,333 |
|
|
|
1,234,999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,296,213 |
|
|
|
1,165,986 |
|
|
|
4,462,199 |
|
|
|
1,536,834 |
|
|
|
265,323 |
|
|
|
2,386,925 |
|
|
|
20,820 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*) |
|
Production statistics are unaudited |
F-56
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Year ended June 30, 2005
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Masimong |
|
|
68,342 |
|
|
|
65,388 |
|
|
|
2,954 |
|
|
|
48,026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,026 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,630 |
|
|
|
159,981 |
|
|
|
1,046 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmony 2 |
|
|
29,295 |
|
|
|
30,021 |
|
|
|
(726 |
) |
|
|
6,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,234 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,555 |
|
|
|
68,547 |
|
|
|
559 |
|
Merriespruit 1 |
|
|
19,428 |
|
|
|
21,719 |
|
|
|
(2,291 |
) |
|
|
5,865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,865 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,833 |
|
|
|
45,559 |
|
|
|
414 |
|
Merriespruit 3 |
|
|
23,325 |
|
|
|
24,379 |
|
|
|
(1,054 |
) |
|
|
5,091 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,091 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,696 |
|
|
|
54,690 |
|
|
|
548 |
|
Unisel |
|
|
27,798 |
|
|
|
31,055 |
|
|
|
(3,257 |
) |
|
|
21,106 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,106 |
|
|
|
Information not
allocated
at
shaft
level |
|
|
|
4,147 |
|
|
|
65,011 |
|
|
|
494 |
|
Brand 3 |
|
|
19,807 |
|
|
|
22,883 |
|
|
|
(3,076 |
) |
|
|
3,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,267 |
|
|
|
46,299 |
|
|
|
448 |
|
Brand 5 |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
2,120 |
|
|
|
(2,112 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
|
|
Saaiplaas 3 |
|
|
1,026 |
|
|
|
4,831 |
|
|
|
(3,805 |
) |
|
|
475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
475 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
2,541 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
3,720 |
|
|
|
3,318 |
|
|
|
402 |
|
|
|
37,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
37,481 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,589 |
|
|
|
9,542 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
66,795 |
|
|
|
604,336 |
|
|
|
671,131 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Free State |
|
|
192,749 |
|
|
|
205,714 |
|
|
|
(12,965 |
) |
|
|
194,508 |
|
|
|
604,336 |
|
|
|
798,844 |
|
|
|
539,519 |
|
|
|
25,751 |
|
|
|
452,203 |
|
|
|
4,006 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 2 |
|
|
20,695 |
|
|
|
27,404 |
|
|
|
(6,709 |
) |
|
|
10,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
48,764 |
|
|
|
357 |
|
Evander 5 |
|
|
20,078 |
|
|
|
15,912 |
|
|
|
4,166 |
|
|
|
10,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,006 |
|
|
|
47,093 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
Evander 7 |
|
|
55,502 |
|
|
|
32,795 |
|
|
|
22,707 |
|
|
|
44,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,948 |
|
|
|
130,009 |
|
|
|
541 |
|
Evander 8 |
|
|
64,912 |
|
|
|
41,500 |
|
|
|
23,412 |
|
|
|
40,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,216 |
|
|
|
151,936 |
|
|
|
734 |
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 9 |
|
|
1,078 |
|
|
|
3,005 |
|
|
|
(1,927 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information
not allocated
at
shaft
level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,573 |
|
|
|
31 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,101 |
|
|
|
31,242 |
|
|
|
71,343 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Evander |
|
|
162,265 |
|
|
|
120,616 |
|
|
|
41,649 |
|
|
|
146,768 |
|
|
|
31,242 |
|
|
|
178,010 |
|
|
|
46,946 |
|
|
|
23,185 |
|
|
|
380,375 |
|
|
|
1,908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-57
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
Randfontein
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cooke 1 |
|
|
33,888 |
|
|
|
31,115 |
|
|
|
2,773 |
|
|
|
13,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,317 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,811 |
|
|
|
79,101 |
|
|
|
520 |
|
Cooke 2 |
|
|
23,274 |
|
|
|
24,144 |
|
|
|
(870 |
) |
|
|
13,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,538 |
|
|
|
54,441 |
|
|
|
403 |
|
Cooke 3 |
|
|
49,478 |
|
|
|
42,278 |
|
|
|
7,200 |
|
|
|
24,610 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,610 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,287 |
|
|
|
116,300 |
|
|
|
740 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doornkop |
|
|
22,478 |
|
|
|
23,573 |
|
|
|
(1,095 |
) |
|
|
192,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
192,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,621 |
|
|
|
52,695 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
14,185 |
|
|
|
14,117 |
|
|
|
68 |
|
|
|
2,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,676 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,120 |
|
|
|
33,397 |
|
|
|
2,757 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
69,082 |
|
|
|
69,082 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Randfontein |
|
|
143,303 |
|
|
|
135,227 |
|
|
|
8,076 |
|
|
|
247,117 |
|
|
|
69,082 |
|
|
|
316,199 |
|
|
|
59,469 |
|
|
|
48,377 |
|
|
|
335,934 |
|
|
|
4,946 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandsrand operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandsrand |
|
|
88,577 |
|
|
|
88,599 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
257,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
257,670 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,081 |
|
|
|
207,371 |
|
|
|
1,019 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deelkraal |
|
|
958 |
|
|
|
714 |
|
|
|
244 |
|
|
|
2,514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,514 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,284 |
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
334 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98,919 |
|
|
|
98,919 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Elandsrand |
|
|
89,535 |
|
|
|
89,313 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
260,518 |
|
|
|
98,919 |
|
|
|
359,437 |
|
|
|
100,437 |
|
|
|
26,088 |
|
|
|
209,655 |
|
|
|
1,020 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freegold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tshepong |
|
|
162,958 |
|
|
|
101,091 |
|
|
|
61,867 |
|
|
|
642,328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
642,328 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,346 |
|
|
|
380,695 |
|
|
|
1,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phakisa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bambanani |
|
|
84,165 |
|
|
|
83,289 |
|
|
|
876 |
|
|
|
101,291 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
101,291 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,178 |
|
|
|
197,535 |
|
|
|
1,090 |
|
Joel |
|
|
27,282 |
|
|
|
28,990 |
|
|
|
(1,708 |
) |
|
|
8,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,271 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,582 |
|
|
|
64,464 |
|
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eland |
|
|
11,436 |
|
|
|
13,404 |
|
|
|
(1,968 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,782 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
Kudu/Sable |
|
|
10,764 |
|
|
|
18,885 |
|
|
|
(8,121 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,175 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
West Shaft |
|
|
12,049 |
|
|
|
12,907 |
|
|
|
(858 |
) |
|
|
10,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,230 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
107 |
|
|
|
28,165 |
|
|
|
176 |
|
Nyala |
|
|
9,897 |
|
|
|
17,587 |
|
|
|
(7,690 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,440 |
|
|
|
23,503 |
|
|
|
198 |
|
St Helena |
|
|
12,660 |
|
|
|
24,191 |
|
|
|
(11,531 |
) |
|
|
2,227 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,227 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
901 |
|
|
|
29,965 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
15,407 |
|
|
|
15,436 |
|
|
|
(29 |
) |
|
|
3,376 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,376 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
314 |
|
|
|
36,420 |
|
|
|
1,361 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
596,686 |
|
|
|
596,686 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Freegold |
|
|
346,618 |
|
|
|
315,780 |
|
|
|
30,838 |
|
|
|
1,026,147 |
|
|
|
596,686 |
|
|
|
1,622,833 |
|
|
|
455,720 |
|
|
|
59,624 |
|
|
|
812,704 |
|
|
|
5,637 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orkney 2 |
|
|
33,279 |
|
|
|
31,495 |
|
|
|
1,784 |
|
|
|
9,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,666 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,443 |
|
|
|
78,449 |
|
|
|
413 |
|
Orkney 4 |
|
|
32,720 |
|
|
|
29,616 |
|
|
|
3,104 |
|
|
|
10,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,321 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
915 |
|
|
|
76,971 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
Welkom 1 |
|
|
1,164 |
|
|
|
1,604 |
|
|
|
(440 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,734 |
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,088 |
|
|
|
21,088 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
394 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total ARMgold |
|
|
67,163 |
|
|
|
62,715 |
|
|
|
4,448 |
|
|
|
19,987 |
|
|
|
21,088 |
|
|
|
41,075 |
|
|
|
48,872 |
|
|
|
2,752 |
|
|
|
158,154 |
|
|
|
889 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-58
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
Avgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Target |
|
|
89,233 |
|
|
|
54,391 |
|
|
|
34,842 |
|
|
|
303,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
303,491 |
|
|
|
Information
not allocated
at shaft level
|
|
|
|
10,818 |
|
|
|
209,847 |
|
|
|
1,178 |
|
Surface operations |
|
|
579 |
|
|
|
467 |
|
|
|
112 |
|
|
|
942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
942 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
1,790 |
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
770,753 |
|
|
|
16,303 |
|
|
|
787,056 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Avgold |
|
|
89,812 |
|
|
|
54,858 |
|
|
|
34,954 |
|
|
|
1,075,186 |
|
|
|
16,303 |
|
|
|
1,091,489 |
|
|
|
29,989 |
|
|
|
12,608 |
|
|
|
211,197 |
|
|
|
1,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface operations |
|
|
46,331 |
|
|
|
40,341 |
|
|
|
5,990 |
|
|
|
20,442 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,442 |
|
|
|
Information
not allocated
at shaft level |
|
|
|
(4,145 |
) |
|
|
108,195 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,217 |
|
|
|
7,403 |
|
|
|
8,620 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Kalgold |
|
|
46,331 |
|
|
|
40,341 |
|
|
|
5,990 |
|
|
|
21,659 |
|
|
|
7,403 |
|
|
|
29,062 |
|
|
|
4,621 |
|
|
|
(4,145 |
) |
|
|
108,195 |
|
|
|
1,855 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other entities |
|
|
1,755 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,755 |
|
|
|
900 |
|
|
|
172,201 |
|
|
|
173,102 |
|
|
|
122,657 |
|
|
|
2,035 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
1,139,531 |
|
|
|
1,024,564 |
|
|
|
114,967 |
|
|
|
2,992,790 |
|
|
|
1,617,260 |
|
|
|
4,610,051 |
|
|
|
1,408,230 |
|
|
|
196,275 |
|
|
|
2,668,417 |
|
|
|
21,527 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt Magnet |
|
|
77,242 |
|
|
|
60,915 |
|
|
|
16,327 |
|
|
|
78,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,172 |
|
|
|
74,686 |
|
|
|
15,652 |
|
|
|
181,233 |
|
|
|
2,743 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Kal |
|
|
48,427 |
|
|
|
39,263 |
|
|
|
9,164 |
|
|
|
55,289 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,289 |
|
|
|
52,123 |
|
|
|
10,161 |
|
|
|
115,615 |
|
|
|
1,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200,749 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200,749 |
|
|
|
2,680 |
|
|
|
12,051 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
24,265 |
|
|
|
103,357 |
|
|
|
127,622 |
|
|
|
51,541 |
|
|
|
2,178 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
125,669 |
|
|
|
100,178 |
|
|
|
25,491 |
|
|
|
358,475 |
|
|
|
103,357 |
|
|
|
461,832 |
|
|
|
181,030 |
|
|
|
40,042 |
|
|
|
296,848 |
|
|
|
4,148 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL HARMONY |
|
|
1,265,200 |
|
|
|
1,124,742 |
|
|
|
140,458 |
|
|
|
3,351,265 |
|
|
|
1,720,617 |
|
|
|
5,071,883 |
|
|
|
1,589,260 |
|
|
|
236,317 |
|
|
|
2,965,265 |
|
|
|
25,675 |
|
Reconciliation of segment
data to consolidated
financial statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
173,695 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
85,334 |
|
|
|
(420,399 |
) |
|
|
(335,065 |
) |
|
|
2 724 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,265,200 |
|
|
|
1,298,437 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,436,599 |
|
|
|
1,300,218 |
|
|
|
4,736,818 |
|
|
|
1,591,984 |
|
|
|
236,317 |
|
|
|
2,965,265 |
|
|
|
25,675 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*) |
|
Production statistics are unaudited |
F-59
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Year ended June 30, 2004
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|
Cash |
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|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Masimong |
|
|
84,119 |
|
|
|
69,774 |
|
|
|
20,390 |
|
|
|
57,468 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,468 |
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
10,615 |
|
|
|
234,307 |
|
|
|
1,378 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmony 2 |
|
|
31,213 |
|
|
|
27,362 |
|
|
|
3,851 |
|
|
|
5,401 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,401 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,526 |
|
|
|
81,317 |
|
|
|
643 |
|
Merriespruit 1 |
|
|
20,980 |
|
|
|
19,521 |
|
|
|
1,459 |
|
|
|
8,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,328 |
|
|
|
54,565 |
|
|
|
477 |
|
Merriespruit 3 |
|
|
27,376 |
|
|
|
28,026 |
|
|
|
(650 |
) |
|
|
5,005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,005 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,287 |
|
|
|
71,156 |
|
|
|
743 |
|
Unisel |
|
|
32,475 |
|
|
|
29,713 |
|
|
|
2,762 |
|
|
|
29,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,181 |
|
|
|
84,308 |
|
|
|
677 |
|
Brand 3 |
|
|
21,412 |
|
|
|
21,052 |
|
|
|
360 |
|
|
|
7,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,957 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,390 |
|
|
|
55,400 |
|
|
|
531 |
|
Brand 5 |
|
|
5,702 |
|
|
|
11,591 |
|
|
|
(5,889 |
) |
|
|
3,022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,662 |
|
|
|
153 |
|
Saaiplaas 3 |
|
|
10,331 |
|
|
|
13,485 |
|
|
|
(3,154 |
) |
|
|
5,291 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,291 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
200 |
|
|
|
26,783 |
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface operations |
|
|
10,215 |
|
|
|
9,289 |
|
|
|
926 |
|
|
|
55,246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
55,246 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,501 |
|
|
|
26,732 |
|
|
|
2,368 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71,834 |
|
|
|
215,497 |
|
|
|
287,331 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Free State |
|
|
243,823 |
|
|
|
223,768 |
|
|
|
20,055 |
|
|
|
248,442 |
|
|
|
215,497 |
|
|
|
463,939 |
|
|
|
592,666 |
|
|
|
30,745 |
|
|
|
633,248 |
|
|
|
7,224 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 2 |
|
|
33,216 |
|
|
|
29,018 |
|
|
|
4,198 |
|
|
|
13,564 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,564 |
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
619 |
|
|
|
86,172 |
|
|
|
491 |
|
Evander 5 |
|
|
18,559 |
|
|
|
14,192 |
|
|
|
4,367 |
|
|
|
20,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,062 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,811 |
|
|
|
48,103 |
|
|
|
223 |
|
Evander 7 |
|
|
35,566 |
|
|
|
29,297 |
|
|
|
6,269 |
|
|
|
44,007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,007 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,705 |
|
|
|
92,505 |
|
|
|
577 |
|
Evander 8 |
|
|
41,945 |
|
|
|
35,280 |
|
|
|
6,665 |
|
|
|
39,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,519 |
|
|
|
109,513 |
|
|
|
692 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander 9 |
|
|
9,079 |
|
|
|
9,042 |
|
|
|
37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,440 |
|
|
|
202 |
|
|
Surface operations |
|
|
756 |
|
|
|
496 |
|
|
|
260 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,367 |
|
|
|
1,961 |
|
|
|
101 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,881 |
|
|
|
24,613 |
|
|
|
67,494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Evander |
|
|
139,121 |
|
|
|
117,325 |
|
|
|
21,796 |
|
|
|
159,650 |
|
|
|
24,613 |
|
|
|
184,263 |
|
|
|
40,628 |
|
|
|
27,021 |
|
|
|
361,694 |
|
|
|
2,286 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cooke 1 |
|
|
39,891 |
|
|
|
29,472 |
|
|
|
10,419 |
|
|
|
16,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,900 |
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
2,985 |
|
|
|
104,168 |
|
|
|
605 |
|
Cooke 2 |
|
|
34,748 |
|
|
|
30,615 |
|
|
|
4,133 |
|
|
|
14,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,411 |
|
|
|
90,761 |
|
|
|
749 |
|
Cooke 3 |
|
|
51,283 |
|
|
|
42,036 |
|
|
|
9,247 |
|
|
|
21,828 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,828 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,084 |
|
|
|
134,003 |
|
|
|
999 |
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doornkop |
|
|
24,913 |
|
|
|
20,546 |
|
|
|
4,367 |
|
|
|
183,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
183,313 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,819 |
|
|
|
65,234 |
|
|
|
567 |
|
|
Surface operations |
|
|
7,264 |
|
|
|
6,590 |
|
|
|
674 |
|
|
|
5,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,542 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,511 |
|
|
|
18,872 |
|
|
|
2,428 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,252 |
|
|
|
62,252 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Randfontein |
|
|
158,099 |
|
|
|
129,259 |
|
|
|
28,840 |
|
|
|
242,436 |
|
|
|
62,252 |
|
|
|
304,688 |
|
|
|
93,053 |
|
|
|
36,810 |
|
|
|
413,038 |
|
|
|
5,348 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
Elandsrand operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandsrand |
|
|
96,831 |
|
|
|
90,627 |
|
|
|
6,204 |
|
|
|
210,309 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
210,309 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,087 |
|
|
|
250,581 |
|
|
|
1,437 |
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deelkraal |
|
|
26,206 |
|
|
|
37,796 |
|
|
|
(11,590 |
) |
|
|
50,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,630 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,305 |
|
|
|
68,127 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
2,047 |
|
|
|
2,640 |
|
|
|
(593 |
) |
|
|
891 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
891 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
5,301 |
|
|
|
451 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,777 |
|
|
|
17,777 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Elandsrand |
|
|
125,084 |
|
|
|
131,063 |
|
|
|
(5,979 |
) |
|
|
261,830 |
|
|
|
17,777 |
|
|
|
279,607 |
|
|
|
31,067 |
|
|
|
27,686 |
|
|
|
324,009 |
|
|
|
2,410 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freegold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tshepong |
|
|
130,491 |
|
|
|
74,494 |
|
|
|
55,997 |
|
|
|
686,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
686,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,866 |
|
|
|
339,259 |
|
|
|
1,584 |
|
Growth assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Phakisa |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258,043 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
258,043 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,845 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bambanani |
|
|
96,943 |
|
|
|
83,793 |
|
|
|
13,150 |
|
|
|
117,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
117,453 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,756 |
|
|
|
251,970 |
|
|
|
1,403 |
|
Joel |
|
|
22,906 |
|
|
|
21,481 |
|
|
|
1,425 |
|
|
|
10,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,587 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,922 |
|
|
|
59,642 |
|
|
|
494 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Eland |
|
|
16,952 |
|
|
|
22,465 |
|
|
|
(5,513 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
274 |
|
|
|
44,017 |
|
|
|
303 |
|
Kudu/Sable |
|
|
13,331 |
|
|
|
14,473 |
|
|
|
(1,142 |
) |
|
|
14,341 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,341 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
34,597 |
|
|
|
240 |
|
West Shaft |
|
|
12,061 |
|
|
|
9,546 |
|
|
|
2,515 |
|
|
|
11,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,744 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
31,318 |
|
|
|
175 |
|
Nyala |
|
|
4,033 |
|
|
|
3,578 |
|
|
|
455 |
|
|
|
15,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,663 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,276 |
|
|
|
10,482 |
|
|
|
98 |
|
St Helena |
|
|
23,643 |
|
|
|
27,012 |
|
|
|
(3,369 |
) |
|
|
21,975 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,975 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,538 |
|
|
|
61,668 |
|
|
|
443 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
23,850 |
|
|
|
20,427 |
|
|
|
3,423 |
|
|
|
3,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
61,192 |
|
|
|
3,538 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
520,795 |
|
|
|
520,795 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
228,305 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Freegold |
|
|
344,210 |
|
|
|
277,269 |
|
|
|
66,941 |
|
|
|
1,139,667 |
|
|
|
520,795 |
|
|
|
1,660,462 |
|
|
|
453,412 |
|
|
|
293,425 |
|
|
|
894,145 |
|
|
|
8,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ARMgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Leveraged
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Orkney 1 |
|
|
123 |
|
|
|
194 |
|
|
|
(71 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
322 |
|
|
|
3 |
|
Orkney 2 |
|
|
31,435 |
|
|
|
25,026 |
|
|
|
6,409 |
|
|
|
11,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,866 |
|
|
|
81,434 |
|
|
|
387 |
|
Orkney 3 |
|
|
4,425 |
|
|
|
6,440 |
|
|
|
(2,015 |
) |
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
427 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
464 |
|
|
|
11,413 |
|
|
|
137 |
|
Orkney 4 |
|
|
26,269 |
|
|
|
19,543 |
|
|
|
6,726 |
|
|
|
12,295 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,295 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
860 |
|
|
|
67,931 |
|
|
|
401 |
|
Orkney 6 |
|
|
4,304 |
|
|
|
5,378 |
|
|
|
(1,074 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,060 |
|
|
|
157 |
|
Orkney 7 |
|
|
1,760 |
|
|
|
1,970 |
|
|
|
(210 |
) |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,533 |
|
|
|
28 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
welkom 1 |
|
|
7,415 |
|
|
|
9,939 |
|
|
|
(2,524 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,226 |
|
|
|
159 |
|
welkom 2 |
|
|
525 |
|
|
|
547 |
|
|
|
(22 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,350 |
|
|
|
12 |
|
welkom 3 |
|
|
592 |
|
|
|
581 |
|
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,511 |
|
|
|
15 |
|
welkom 4 |
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
|
1,496 |
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,922 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
welkom 6 |
|
|
935 |
|
|
|
894 |
|
|
|
41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,411 |
|
|
|
24 |
|
welkom 7 |
|
|
3,890 |
|
|
|
3,566 |
|
|
|
324 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,902 |
|
|
|
88 |
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,097 |
|
|
|
20,097 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
614,962 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total ARMgold |
|
|
83,204 |
|
|
|
75,574 |
|
|
|
7,630 |
|
|
|
24,322 |
|
|
|
20,097 |
|
|
|
44,419 |
|
|
|
73,715 |
|
|
|
618,152 |
|
|
|
215,015 |
|
|
|
1,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Avgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quality
assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Target |
|
|
19,772 |
|
|
|
11,514 |
|
|
|
8,258 |
|
|
|
384,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
384,862 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,175 |
|
|
|
53,434 |
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
772,158 |
|
|
|
22,766 |
|
|
|
794,924 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,106,736 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Avgold |
|
|
19,772 |
|
|
|
11,514 |
|
|
|
8,258 |
|
|
|
1,157,020 |
|
|
|
22,766 |
|
|
|
1,179,786 |
|
|
|
75,671 |
|
|
|
1,107,911 |
|
|
|
53,434 |
|
|
|
228 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-61
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production |
|
|
operating |
|
|
Mining |
|
|
Unallocated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
Tons milled |
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
costs |
|
|
profit/(loss) |
|
|
assets |
|
|
assets |
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
liabilities |
|
|
expenditure |
|
|
produced (*) |
|
|
(*) |
|
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
$000 |
|
|
oz |
|
|
000 |
|
Kalgold operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Surface
operations |
|
|
31,532 |
|
|
|
28,511 |
|
|
|
3,021 |
|
|
|
38,066 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
38,066 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,405 |
|
|
|
82,756 |
|
|
|
1,530 |
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,509 |
|
|
|
17,509 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Kalgold |
|
|
31,532 |
|
|
|
28,511 |
|
|
|
3,021 |
|
|
|
38,066 |
|
|
|
17,509 |
|
|
|
55,575 |
|
|
|
3,293 |
|
|
|
4,405 |
|
|
|
82,756 |
|
|
|
1,530 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other entities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
278,676 |
|
|
|
278,676 |
|
|
|
2,617 |
|
|
|
1,278 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Information not allocated at shaft level |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL SOUTH AFRICA |
|
|
1,144,84 |
|
|
|
994,283 |
|
|
|
150,562 |
|
|
|
3,271,433 |
|
|
|
1,179,982 |
|
|
|
4,451,415 |
|
|
|
1,366,122 |
|
|
|
2,147,433 |
|
|
|
2,977,339 |
|
|
|
28,728 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt Magnet |
|
|
67,714 |
|
|
|
58,202 |
|
|
|
9,512 |
|
|
|
122,297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
122,297 |
|
|
|
50,794 |
|
|
|
13,596 |
|
|
|
173,228 |
|
|
|
3,058 |
|
South Kal |
|
|
46,651 |
|
|
|
38,848 |
|
|
|
7,803 |
|
|
|
81,053 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,053 |
|
|
|
28,052 |
|
|
|
5,435 |
|
|
|
120,532 |
|
|
|
1,843 |
|
Papua New Guinea |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
211,671 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
211,671 |
|
|
|
1,222 |
|
|
|
1,857 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other entities |
|
|
17,103 |
|
|
|
13,457 |
|
|
|
3,646 |
|
|
|
12,332 |
|
|
|
100,353 |
|
|
|
112,685 |
|
|
|
73,026 |
|
|
|
9,614 |
|
|
|
44,528 |
|
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL AUSTRALASIA |
|
|
131,468 |
|
|
|
110,507 |
|
|
|
20,961 |
|
|
|
427,353 |
|
|
|
100,353 |
|
|
|
527,706 |
|
|
|
153,094 |
|
|
|
30,502 |
|
|
|
338,288 |
|
|
|
5,227 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL HARMONY |
|
|
1,276,313 |
|
|
|
1,104,790 |
|
|
|
171,523 |
|
|
|
3,698,786 |
|
|
|
1,280,335 |
|
|
|
4,979,121 |
|
|
|
1,519,216 |
|
|
|
2,177,935 |
|
|
|
3,315,627 |
|
|
|
33,955 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of
segment
data to consolidated
financial statements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(35,974 |
) |
|
|
128,981 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,524 |
|
|
|
(235,781 |
) |
|
|
(200,257 |
) |
|
|
184,800 |
|
|
|
(1,964,093 |
) |
|
|
(90,439 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,240,339 |
|
|
|
1,233,771 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,734,310 |
|
|
|
1,044,554 |
|
|
|
4,778,864 |
|
|
|
1,704,016 |
|
|
|
213,842 |
|
|
|
3,225,188 |
|
|
|
33,955 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(*) |
|
Production statistics are unaudited |
F-62
\
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
For the years ended June 30
Notes to the reconciliation of segment data to the consolidated financial statements
a) |
|
Reversal of proportionate consolidation |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, the Free Gold Company was proportionately consolidated until its
acquisition on September 22, 2003. Under US GAAP, the equity method of accounting is applied in
accounting for joint ventures. |
|
b) |
|
Exploration costs |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, certain exploration costs are capitalized. US GAAP does not
permit the capitalization of exploration and evaluation expenditure. |
|
(c) |
|
Business combinations goodwill |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, prior to 2004, goodwill was amortized using the straight-line
method over the estimated life of the underlying asset. Under US GAAP, goodwill is not subject to
amortization. Instead, the Company evaluates, on at least an annual basis, the carrying amount of
goodwill to determine whether current events and circumstances indicate that such carrying amount
may no longer be recoverable. From July 1, 2004, this is in line
with managements reporting. |
|
d) |
|
Business combinations acquisition date |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, the Free Gold Company results have been included from the date
upon which the Company assumed joint operational control of the assets together with the seller.
Under US GAAP, the Company accounts for its interest in the Free Gold Company from the date that
all the conditions precedent to the transaction were met, and the assets were no longer subject to
joint operational control. |
|
e) |
|
Business combinations purchase price |
|
|
|
In addition, for management reporting purposes, the purchase price of the initial investment in
Free Gold was determined as the sum of a cash payment, the fair value of an interest free loan and
the taxes payable on the transaction by the seller. Under US GAAP, the purchase price was
determined as the sum of a cash payment, the fair value of the interest free loan, the taxes
payable on the transaction by the seller, offset by the cash flows generated by the joint venture
during the period the assets were subject to joint operational control with the seller, as the cash
flows generated during this period were for the account of the joint venture. |
|
f) |
|
Reversal of previously recognized impairments |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, certain impairments recognized in prior periods have been
reversed. Under US GAAP, the reversal of previously recognized impairments is not permitted. |
|
g) |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
|
(i) Revisions to the asset retirement obligation |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, all changes in the carrying amount of the obligation are
recognized in the income statement. Changes resulting from revisions in the timing or amount of
estimated cash flows are recognized as an increase or decrease in the carrying amount of the asset
retirement obligation and the associated capitalized retirement cost for US GAAP.
|
|
|
|
In addition, the current discount rate is applied to measure the retirement obligation for
management reporting purposes. Under US GAAP any decreases in the asset retirement obligation as a
result of downward revisions in cash flow estimates should be treated as a modification of an
existing asset retirement obligation, and should be measured at the historical discount rate used
to measure the initial asset retirement obligation.
|
F-63
|
|
(ii) Amortization of rehabilitation asset |
|
|
|
The rehabilitation assets carrying value for management reporting purposes is different to that
under US GAAP, mainly as a result of the unique transition provisions under SFAS No. 143 and
revisions to the asset retirement obligation described above, which results in a different
amortization charge. |
|
h) |
|
Share-based compensation |
|
|
|
For management reporting purposes, share-based compensation expense has been recognized on a fair
value basis for all grants subsequent to November 2002. Under US GAAP, the Company has recognized
share-based compensation expense for the fair value of options granted subsequent to January 2001.
It has adopted FAS 123(R) using the modified prospective approach effective July 1, 2005. |
|
|
|
i) Transfer of ARM shares to the ARM Trust |
|
|
|
Although the transfer of the ARM shares to the ARM Trust was
also not recognised for management
reporting purposes, the Company ceased accounting for the increase in the fair value of ARM shares
subsequent to the transfer of those shares to the ARM Trust. Under US GAAP, the Company has
continued to account for the investment as available-for sale with gains and losses arising from
changes in the fair value of the shares excluded from earnings and included as a separate component
of stockholders equity. In turn, under US GAAP only, the Company recorded a derivative financial
liability in respect of the increase in fair value of the shares and to reflect the fact that the
upside on appreciation of the ARM shares now legally belongs to the intended beneficiaries of the
ARM Trust. |
F-64