Review of the year

Operations at a glance – summary (PDF – 55KB)

Operations at a glance – summary

For the year ended 31 December

	Attributable tonnes treated/milled (Mt)			Average grade recovered (g/t)			Attributable gold production (000 oz)
Operation	2007	2006	2005	2007	2006	2005	2007	2006	2005
South Africa							2,328	2,554	2,676
Vaal River
Great Noligwa	2.0	2.4	2.3	7.54	8.08	9.30	483	615	693
Kopanang	1.8	2.0	2.0	7.24	7.01	7.38	418	446	482
Moab Khotsong ⁽¹⁾	0.3	0.2	–	7.94	6.35	–	67	44	–
Tau Lekoa	1.4	1.5	2.1	3.62	3.76	3.96	165	176	265
Surface operations	8.0	7.2	5.8	0.49	0.49	0.51	125	113	95
West Wits
Mponeng	1.9	1.9	1.7	9.50	9.93	9.15	587	596	512
Savuka	0.3	0.4	0.6	6.69	7.68	6.80	73	89	126
TauTona ⁽²⁾	1.8	2.0	1.6	9.67	10.18	9.62	409	474	502
Argentina							204	215	211
Cerro Vanguardia (92.5%)	0.9	0.9	0.9	6.88	7.29	7.70	204	215	211
Australia							600	465	455
Sunrise Dam ⁽³⁾	3.8	4.0	3.6	4.86	3.39	3.68	600	465	455
Brazil							408	339	346
Brasil Mineração ⁽²⁾	1.4	1.1	1.3	7.48	7.60	7.27	317	242	250
Serra Grande (50%) ⁽²⁾	0.4	0.4	0.4	7.21	7.51	7.93	91	97	96
Ghana							527	592	680
Bibiani ⁽⁵⁾	–	2.1	2.4	–	0.55	1.45	–	37	115
Iduapriem ⁽³⁾⁽⁴⁾	2.8	3.0	3.2	1.85	1.74	1.71	167	167	174
Obuasi ⁽²⁾	6.0	6.2	4.7	4.43	4.39	4.77	360	387	391
Guinea							280	256	246
Siguiri (85%) ⁽³⁾	8.3	7.0	5.8	1.05	1.08	1.21	280	256	246
Mali							441	537	528
Morila (40%)	1.7	1.7	1.5	3.36	3.88	5.41	180	207	262
Sadiola (38%)	1.6	1.8	1.9	2.76	3.22	2.73	140	190	168
Yatela (40%) ⁽⁶⁾	1.2	1.3	1.3	3.46	4.12	2.99	120	141	98
Namibia							80	86	81
Navachab	1.6	1.5	1.2	1.56	1.81	2.05	80	86	81
Tanzania							327	308	613
Geita	5.1	5.7	6.1	2.01	1.68	3.14	327	308	613
USA							282	283	330
Cripple Creek & Victor ⁽⁶⁾	20.9	21.8	19.2	0.53	0.54	0.62	282	283	330

(1)	Attributable production at Moab Khotsong prior to commercial production in 2006 was capitalised against pre-production costs.
(2)	The yields of TauTona, Brasil Minera??o, Serra Grande and Obuasi represent underground operations.
(3)	The yields of Sunrise Dam, Iduapriem and Siguiri represent open-pit operations.
(4)	The minority shareholdings of the International Finance Corporation (10%) and Government of Ghana (5%) were acquired effective 1?September 2007 and Iduapriem is now fully owned by AngloGold Ashanti.
(5)	The yield of Bibiani represents surface and dump reclamation in 2006 and open-pit operations in 2005. Bibiani was sold effective 1?December 2006.
(6)	The yield of Yatela and the Cripple Creek & Victor Joint Venture reflects recoverable gold placed/tonnes placed.

	Total cash costs ⁽¹⁾ ($/oz)			Attributable adjusted gross profit (loss)⁽¹⁾ ($m)			Attributable cash gross profit (loss)^{(1) (2)} ($m)
Operation	2007	2006	2005	2007	2006	2005	2007	2006	2005
South Africa	343	285	291	403	549	230	657	788	399
Vaal River
Great Noligwa	403	261	264	61	156	87	108	203	120
Kopanang	307	291	277	99	109	54	133	136	74
Moab Khotsong ⁽³⁾	668	655	–	(40)	(22)	–	(8)	(3)	–
Tau Lekoa	474	440	410	1	(4)	(14)	25	25	9
Surface operations	305	281	287	37	31	16	41	35	16
West Wits
Mponeng	264	237	279	165	156	49	214	216	86
Savuka	403	336	430	11	21	(8)	17	24	(1)
TauTona	317	269	256	67	101	44	128	152	95
Argentina	264	228	174	48	37	32	73	69	56
Cerro Vanguardia (92.5%)	261	225	171	45	35	31	68	65	52
Minorities and exploration	–	–	–	3	2	1	5	4	4
Australia	313	306	279	137	137	46	186	173	78
Sunrise Dam	306	298	269	137	137	46	186	173	78
Brazil	260	216	184	141	138	86	186	165	108
Brasil Mineração	233	195	169	88	86	48	119	101	61
Serra Grande (50%)	263	198	158	27	26	22	35	33	26
Minorities and exploration	–	–	–	26	26	16	32	31	21
Ghana	432	390	339	3	(26)	(29)	68	60	40
Bibiani ⁽⁴⁾	–	437	305	–	5	(10)	–	9	3
Iduapriem ⁽⁵⁾	373	368	348	23	7	(2)	35	23	9
Obuasi	459	395	345	(24)	(42)	(16)	28	21	26
Minorities and exploration	–	–	–	4	4	(1)	5	7	2
Guinea	464	399	301	14	4	15	50	42	40
Siguiri (85%)	464	399	301	9	–	12	40	33	33
Minorities and exploration	–	–	–	5	4	3	10	9	7
Mali	350	250	220	92	146	69	115	188	115
Morila (40%)	350	275	191	38	52	39	51	69	65
Sadiola (38%)	414	270	265	24	49	20	29	61	32
Yatela (40%)	322	228	263	30	44	11	35	57	18
Namibia	419	265	321	13	22	10	19	28	17
Navachab	419	265	321	13	22	10	19	28	17
Tanzania	452	497	298	6	(2)	9	50	37	47
Geita	452	497	298	6	(2)	9	50	37	47
USA	282	260	236	74	23	17	106	62	57
Cripple Creek & Victor	269	248	230	74	23	17	106	62	57
Other		–	–	4	30	(15)	17	40	(2)
AngloGold Ashanti	357	308	281	935	1,058	470	1,527	1,652	955

(1)	Refer to Non-GAAP disclosure.
(2)	Adjusted gross profit (loss) plus amortisation of tangible and intangible assets, less non-cash revenues.
(3)	All income and expenses were capitalised until commercial production was reached in the first quarter of 2006.
(4)	Bibiani was sold effective 1 December 2006.
(5)	The minority shareholdings of the International Finance Corporation (10%) and Government of Ghana (5%) were acquired effective 1?September 2007 and Iduapriem is now fully owned by AngloGold Ashanti.

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