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Update on West Wits Power Outage
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa \ Reg. No. 1944/017354/06)
ISIN No. ZAE000043485 – JSE share code: ANG \ CUSIP: 035128206 – NYSE share code: AU
Website: www.anglogoldashanti.com
18 March 2013
Update on West Wits Power Outage
(ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI) – AngloGold Ashanti’s two main operational sites in the West Wits region
in South Africa – Mponeng and Tau Tona – had all main power interrupted between Wednesday,
March 13 and Friday, March 15, after a fire caused by lightning damaged a transformer at a main
regional substation belonging to power utility Eskom. While emergency procedures allowed safe and
prompt evacuation of all underground work areas, continued disruption of power to the mines due to
the unplanned interruption of the main Eskom electricity supply halted all but essential water pumping
services on those two operations. There was not sufficient power to run ventilation and cooling
plants, hoisting infrastructure or metallurgical plants and other associated production activities.
Eskom has partially restored power until the transformer is repaired. Tau Tona resumed
underground mining activities on Friday March 15. Mponeng resumed most of its operations today,
apart from certain project and hoisting activities in order to enable us to operate within current
electricity supply constraints. Eskom has advised that the work to repair the damage is receiving
urgent attention to restore permanent supply at the regional substation.
While all efforts will be made to recover output once power is fully restored, production for the first
quarter will be affected. The total adverse impact from this incident on first quarter 2013 gold
production is likely to be in the region of 20,000 ounces, with consequential impact on unit costs.
Details of the lost output will be made available after the quarter-end.
The company’s Vaal River operations have not been affected.
About AngloGold Ashanti
AngloGold Ashanti is a global gold mining company and the world’s third largest gold producer.
Headquartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, AngloGold Ashanti has 20 operations on four
continents and one of the gold industry’s most successful exploration teams which work across both
the established and new gold producing regions of the world. This includes land positions in
Colombia, Guinea and Australia, among others. AngloGold Ashanti produced 3.944Moz of gold in
2012, generating $6.35bn in gold income. As at 31 December 2012, AngloGold Ashanti’s Ore
Reserve totalled 74.1Moz.
The primary listing of the company’s ordinary shares is on the JSE Limited (JSE). Its ordinary shares
are also listed on stock exchanges in London and Ghana, as well as being quoted in New York in the
form of American Depositary Shares (ADSs), in Australia, in the form of CHESS Depositary Interests
(CDIs) and in Ghana, in the form of Ghanaian Depositary Shares (GhDSs).
SPONSOR: UBS South Africa (Pty) Limited
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Investors
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General inquiries +27 11 637 6059 investors@anglogoldashanti.com
Certain statements made in this communication, other than statements of historical fact, including, without limitation, those concerning the economic outlook
for the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices, production, cash costs and other operating results, return on shareholders’ equity,
productivity improvements, growth prospects and outlook of AngloGold Ashanti’s operations, individually or in the aggregate, including the achievement of
project milestones, the completion and commencement of commercial operations of certain of AngloGold Ashanti’s exploration and production projects and
the completion of acquisitions and dispositions, AngloGold Ashanti’s liquidity and capital resources and capital expenditures and the outcome and
consequence of any potential or pending litigation or regulatory proceedings or environmental issues, are forward-looking statements or forecasts regarding
AngloGold Ashanti’s operations, economic performance and financial condition. These forward-looking statements or forecasts involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause AngloGold Ashanti’s actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from the anticipated
results, performance or achievements expressed or implied in these forward-looking statements. Although AngloGold Ashanti believes that the expectations
reflected in such forward-looking statements and forecasts are reasonable, no assurance can be given that such expectations will prove to have been correct.
Accordingly, results could differ materially from those set out in the forward-looking statements as a result of, among other factors, changes in economic,
social, political and market conditions, success of business and operating initiatives, changes in the regulatory environment and other government actions
including environmental approvals, fluctuations in gold prices and exchange rates, and business and operational risk management. For a discussion of certain
of these and other factors, refer to AngloGold Ashanti's annual report for the year ended 31 December 2011, which was distributed to shareholders on 4 April
2012, the company’s 2011 annual report on Form 20-F, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States on 23 April 2012
and the prospectus supplement to the company’s prospectus dated 17 July 2012 that was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 25 July
2012. These factors are not necessarily all of the important factors that could cause AngloGold Ashanti’s actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in any forward-looking statements. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also have material adverse effects on future results.
Consequently, stakeholders are cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. AngloGold Ashanti undertakes no obligation to update
publicly or release any revisions to these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after today’s date or to reflect the occurrence of
unanticipated events, except to the extent required by applicable law. All subsequent written or oral forward-looking statements attributable to AngloGold
Ashanti or any person acting on its behalf are qualified by the cautionary statements herein.
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managing its business. Non-GAAP financial measures should be viewed in addition to, and not as an alternative for, the reported operating results or cash
flow from operations or any other measures of performance prepared in accordance with IFRS. In addition, the presentation of these measures may not be
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website to obtain important information about AngloGold Ashanti.
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