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| Our geared exposure to the Rand per kilogram gold price continues to provide us with good tailwinds on both the revenue and marginal perspective |
| You've had excellent operational performance in the first half of the year |
| Our mineral resources and mineral reserves declaration of 138 million ounces and 39 million ounces respectively, presents an incredible opportunity to convert the quality ounces into shared value for our shareholders and stakeholders |
| So -- and we have a very strong track record of seismic management since army took over there |
| We are in a fortunate position that we can deliver on our long-term plans for internal investment, as we convert these resources to reserves |
| We are making good progress with various projects currently in execution |
| We have a strong technical and exploration capabilities |
| Group lost time injury frequency rates improved from 5.1 -- improved to $5.19 per million ounces worth in the first half of this financial year |
| Reflecting on the first half of the financial year of 2024, we have delivered significant improvement in safety with our last time injury frequency rate improving to from above seven in 2017 |
| We are proud that in our hands, Mponeng will reach its true potential and deliver a significant positive social impact |
| Importantly, the Mponeng extension combined with Moab Khotsong extension will deliver over 400,000 ounces high-quality, low-cost ounces per annum for more than two decades |
| This will ensure strong future cash flows at higher margins |
| And there's also something very good grades from the Sponsouth operation, which is the -- that is that we're mining in, which is -- was better than we expected |
| These projects are catalysts for meaningful, sustainable production and expand our margins within driving costs down in the future |
| Now the middle mine performed very well in the last six months and will most likely continue to perform well going forward |
| Total operating free cash flows increased by 265% to ZAR 7.1 billion, while operating free cash flow margins expanded to 24% from the 9% |
| So, well done on the back of not just the high price but also, very good operational performance |
| I think the margins of the portfolio of assets we have at the time is very good |
| This allowed for higher margins, driving record operating free cash flows |
| The stellar results in this reporting period were a result of our ongoing investment in operational excellence |
| This has enabled us to deliver consistency throughout the gold cycle |
| We are, therefore, well-positioned to take advantage of the current high gold price |
| This was further supported by a strong rand per kilogram gold price received |
| Your share of course has been the best performer globally over the past year |
| Operational flexibility and predictability in our planning ensures that we consistently deliver on the tonnes alongside higher-grade ounces |
| Improved safety and higher-grade grades translated into high production |
| The strong partnerships that we have built with our stakeholders enable us to maintain a social license and continue operating successfully |
| I'm pleased to present our exceptional financial performance for this reporting period |
| We are seeing a continued improvement in safety performance |
| As Boipelo mentioned, our flexible and strong balance sheet supports our growth pipeline |
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| Regretly four of our colleagues have lost their lives in the mine-related incidents since the start of this financial year |
| So we also -- there's obviously one of the biggest, biggest concerns was to do we have the capabilities and management of seismicity in these deep level mines? And Mponeng's seismic activity over 1,000 square meters per 7 square meters mine, the seismic release rates actually came down because of the configurations were used |
| So on the East, it's going to be a two-level decline sync |
| With a substantial mineral resource of 24 million ounces, that's another example of how we continue to extend our reduced production profile by converting mineral resources to mineral reserves |
| And then so -- yes, Target will now, obviously, create the flexibility that we need and everything else because I mean it was a very difficult project to execute on without any saying |
| And so we're not immune as the other mines to inflation |
| But yes, we don't -- other than seasonality, there's nothing that we believe that is in our horizon that will really drop production |
| But barring the seasonality that we have with a slow start in January and February |
| We don't foresee any issues other than seasonality, but I've talked about in value that, that obviously will have lower grades in the fourth quarter and even in this quarter, probably in the March month will be to normal grade |
| It's just going to delay it for a while |
| But there's always the one that is actually quite complex and have some sort of issue always for seismicity and things like that |
| I understand the seasonality going into the second half of the year, which is normally a bit weaker |
| Each loss of life is a sharp reminder that more needs to be done |
| But are you anticipating anything either the normal seasonality that's going to have an adverse impact on your operational performance because keeping your guidance flat or unchanged does sort of suggest that? So, if you could please give us a bit of color on that? And then just an update on the turnaround efforts at Target and how those are going? Are you still on track to have turned that mine around by the middle of the calendar year? And then my third question is, has the fatality at Mponeng had a significant impact on your operational momentum at that mine? Peter Steenkamp Now, the guidance, we said that we'll, at least, get to the upper end and probably beat that |
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