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The Annual Integrated Report, the primary document in
the suite of reports which has been produced in line with
the recommendations of the King Code of Governance for
South Africa, 2009 (King III) and the Listings Requirements
of the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE), the home of
our primary listing. We have taken cognisance of local and
international recommendations on integrated reporting in
developing our report content, and the style of reporting. It
contains an holistic view of our business – now and in the
future – containing operational, financial and non-financial
information. As this is a group-level report, operational targets
and performance are discussed at a group level. This report is
available online and, on request, as a printed report.
Stakeholders seeking more detailed and specific information
are referred to the reports listed below.
The Annual Financial Statements, which has been prepared
in accordance with: the International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS); the South African Companies Act, 71 of
2008 (as amended); and the Listings Requirements of the
JSE. This report is submitted to the JSE in South Africa, as
well as the London, New York, Ghana and Australian stock
exchanges on which AngloGold Ashanti is listed. This report is
available online and, on request, as a printed report.
Our Sustainability Report, which provides insight into our
approach to sustainability, and objectives, strategy and
performance. This global report focuses on those sustainability
issues that have been determined to be most important to us
and to our stakeholders. This report is available online and, on
request, as a printed report.
Our Online Sustainability Report, which provides a more
comprehensive view of our business, has been produced
in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI)
3.0 guidelines, as well as GRI’s Mining and Metals Sector
Supplement, the Sustainable Development Framework of
the International Council on Metals and Mining (ICMM), the
principles of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC) and
the Extractive Industries Reporting Initiative (EITI). This report
is available online.
This report, our Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve Report,
which records our Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve in
accordance with the South African Code for Reporting of
Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves
(The SAMREC Code, 2007 edition), and the Australasian Code
for Reporting of Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and
Ore Reserves (The JORC Code, 2004 edition). This report has
been prepared and reviewed with consent by the Competent
Persons as defined in terms of these codes.
Our Operational Profiles, which provide detailed financial
and non-financial information on each of our operations and
projects. These are available online at www.aga-reports.com,
and are downloadable in a pdf format.
A Notice of Meeting to shareholders together with the
relevant voting instruction forms for the stock exchanges at
which the company is listed. These provide details of the
forthcoming annual general meeting and of the resolutions on
which shareholders are to vote.
Additional supporting material including the document
entitled “Risk Factors related to AngloGold Ashanti’s suite of
2012 reports”, which was previously in the Annual Financial
Statements, is available on AngloGold Ashanti’s online
corporate report website www.aga-reports.com.
In compliance with the rules governing its listing on the NYSE
and in accordance with the accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States, AngloGold Ashanti prepares
an annual report on Form 20-F which is filed each year. The
full suite of 2012 reports will be furnished to the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on a Form 6-K.
GUIDE TO USING OUR REPORTS
Briefly, this suite of AngloGold Ashanti annual reports
to stakeholders 2012 comprises the following:
The inside pages of this report were printed on Triple Green Silk 135gsm.
A local double coated, high-white, wood-free coated art paper produced by
Sappi at the Stanger Mill in South Africa. ISO 9001 and 14001 certification.
PEFC, Sustainable Forest Initiative, FSC and CoC standards compliant.
Sappi Stanger Mill is one of the only mills in the world that uses bagasse as
its primary source of pulp. The pulp is a by-product of sugar production,
being the fibrous material remaining after raw sugar has been extracted
from sugar cane. This paper if free of both acid and elemental chlorine and
is recyclable.
Our primary platform
for reporting is
our online report at www.aga-reports.com