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•	an indication of profitability, efficiency and cash flows;

•	the trend in costs as the mining operations mature over time on a consistent basis; and

•	an internal benchmark of performance to allow for comparison against other mines, both within the AngloGold Ashanti group and at other gold mining companies.

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3A.	SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

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(1)	During 2013, the Company changed the frequency of dividend payments to be dependent upon the board’s ongoing assessment of AngloGold Ashanti’s earnings.

(2)	Dividends for these periods were declared in South African cents. US dollar cents per share figures have been calculated based on exchange rates prevailing on each of the respective payment dates.

(3)	The dividend policy allows the Board, at its discretion, to declare an annual dividend to be based on 10 percent of the free cash flow generated by the business, before growth capital expenditure, for that financial year.

(1)	The average rate of exchange on the last business day of each month during the year.

(2)	Based on the exchange rate as reported by Reuters.

(3)	Through to 19 March 2018.

(1)	Based on the exchange rate as reported by Reuters.

(2)	Through to 19 March 2018.

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3B.	CAPITALISATION AND INDEBTEDNESS

3C.	REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS

•	speculative positions taken by investors or traders in gold;

•	monetary policies announced or implemented by central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve;

•	changes in the demand for gold as an investment ;

•	changes in the demand for gold used in jewellery and for other industrial uses, including as a result of prevailing economic conditions;

•	changes in the supply of gold from production, divestment, scrap and hedging;

•	financial market expectations regarding the rate of inflation;

•	the strength of the U.S. dollar (the currency in which gold trades internationally) relative to other currencies;

•	changes in interest rates;

•	actual or anticipated sales or purchases of gold by central banks and the International Monetary Fund (IMF);

•	gold hedging and de-hedging by gold producers;

•	global or regional political or economic events; and

•	the cost of gold production in major gold producing countries.

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•	the insolvency of key suppliers or contractors, which could result in contractual breaches and a supply chain breakdown;

•	the insolvency of one or more joint venture partners, which could result in contractual breaches and disruptions at the operations of the company’s joint ventures;

•	changes in other income and expense, which could vary materially from expectations, depending on gains or losses realised on the sale or exchange of financial instruments and impairment charges that may be incurred with respect to investments;

•	the inability of AngloGold Ashanti’s defined benefit pension fund to achieve expected returns on its investments, which could require the company to make substantial cash payments to fund any resulting deficits;

•	a reduction in the availability of credit, which may make it more difficult for the company to obtain financing for its operations and capital expenditures or make that financing more costly;

•	exposure to the liquidity and insolvency risks of the company’s lenders and customers; and

•	impairment of operations.

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•	timing and cost of construction of mining and processing facilities, which can be considerable;

•	availability and cost of mining and processing equipment;

•	availability and cost of skilled labour, power, water and transportation;

•	availability and cost of appropriate smelting and refining arrangements;

•	applicable requirements under national and municipal laws and time needed to obtain the necessary environmental and other governmental permits; and

•	availability of funds to finance construction, development and environmental rehabilitation activities.

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•	future prices of metals and other commodities;

•	future foreign currency exchange rates;

•	the required return on investment as based on the cost and availability of capital; and

•	applicable regulatory requirements, including those relating to environmental or health and safety matters.

•	tonnages, grades and metallurgical characteristics of the ore to be mined and processed;

•	recovery rates of gold, uranium and other metals from the ore; and

•	capital expenditure and cash operating costs.

•	accidents or incidents, including due to human error, during exploration, production or transportation resulting in injury, loss of life or damage to equipment or infrastructure;

•	air, land and water pollution;

•	social or community disputes or interventions;

•	security incidents;

•	surface or underground fires or explosions;

•	electrocution;

•	falls from heights and accidents relating to mobile machinery, including shaft conveyances and elevators, drilling blasting and mining operations;

•	labour force disputes and disruptions;

•	loss of information integrity or data;

•	activities of illegal or artisanal miners;

•	shortages in material and equipment;

•	mechanical failure or breakdowns and ageing infrastructure;

•	failure of unproven or evolving technologies;

•	energy and electrical power supply interruptions or rationing;

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•	unusual or unexpected geological formations, ground conditions, including lack of mineable face length and ore-pass blockages;

•	water ingress and flooding;

•	process water shortages;

•	metallurgical conditions and gold recovery;

•	unexpected decline of ore grade;

•	unanticipated increases in gold lock-up and inventory levels at heap-leach operations;

•	fall-of-ground accidents in underground operations;

•	cave-ins, sinkholes, subsidence, rock falls, rock bursts or landslides;

•	failure of mining pit slopes, heap-leach facilities, water or solution dams, waste stockpiles and tailings dam walls;

•	changes to legal and regulatory requirements;

•	safety-related stoppages;

•	gold bullion or concentrate theft;

•	corruption and fraud;

•	allegations of human rights abuses;

•	seismic activity; and

•	other natural phenomena, such as floods, droughts or weather conditions, potentially exacerbated by climate change.

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4A.	HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMPANY

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Formation of AngloGold Limited through the consolidation of East Rand Gold and Uranium Company Limited; Eastvaal Gold Holdings Limited; Southvaal Holdings Limited; Free State Consolidated Gold Mines Limited; Elandsrand Gold Mining Company Limited; H.J. Joel Gold Mining Company Limited and Western Deep Levels Limited into a single, focused, independent gold mining company. Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited (Vaal Reefs), the vehicle for the consolidation, changed its name to AngloGold Limited and increased its authorised share capital, effective 30 March 1998.

•	Expansion of AngloGold Limited’s operations outside of South Africa.

•	Conclusion of the business combination with Ashanti Goldfields Company Limited, at which time the company changed its name to AngloGold Ashanti Limited.

•	Sale by Anglo American plc of 69,100,000 ordinary shares of AngloGold Ashanti, thereby reducing Anglo American’s shareholding in AngloGold Ashanti from 41.7 percent to 16.6 percent.

•	Sale by Anglo American plc of its remaining shareholding in AngloGold Ashanti to Paulson & Co. Inc.

•	Elimination of AngloGold Ashanti’s hedge book, thereby gaining full exposure to spot gold prices.

•	Acquisition of the remaining 50 percent interest in Serra Grande in Brazil for $215 million.

•	Acquisition of 100 percent of First Uranium (Proprietary) Limited for $335 million.

•	Commission of two new gold projects - Tropicana and Kibali - in the second half of 2013.

•	Sale of the Cripple Creek & Victor gold mine in the USA for $819 million.

•	South Africa region restructured - TauTona mine placed on orderly closure. Negotiations of the sales of Moab Khotsong and Kopanang mines during 2017 with the transactions concluding on 28 February 2018.

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4B.	BUSINESS OVERVIEW

•	South Africa (Vaal River, West Wits and Surface Operations)

•	Continental Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Tanzania)

•	Americas (Argentina, Brazil and Colombia)

•	Australasia (Australia)

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•	Focus on people, safety and sustainability. People are the foundation of our business. Our business must operate according to our values if it is to remain sustainable in the long term.

•	Promote financial flexibility. We must ensure our balance sheet always remains able to meet our core funding needs.

•	Optimise overhead costs and capital expenditure. All spending decisions must be thoroughly scrutinised to ensure they are optimally structured and necessary to fulfil our core business objective.

•	Improve portfolio quality. We have a portfolio of assets that must be actively managed to improve the overall mix of our production base as we strive for a competitive valuation as a business.

•	Maintain long-term optionality. While we are focused on ensuring the most efficient day-to-day operation of our business we must keep an eye on creating a competitive pipeline of long-term opportunities.

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•	make the Minister of Mineral Resources (Minister) the responsible authority for implementing the requirements of the National Environmental Management Act of 1998 (NEMA) and specific environmental legislation as they relate to prospecting, mining, exploration, production and related activities incidental thereto on the prospecting, mining, exploration or production area;

•	align the MPRDA with the NEMA in order to provide for one environmental management system;

•	remove ambiguities in certain definitions;

•	add functions to the Regional Mining Development and Environmental Committee;

•	amend transitional arrangements so as to further afford statutory protection to certain existing old order rights; and

•	provide for matters connected therewith.

•	Environmental authorisations: Provides for a prohibition on any prospecting and mining, or conducting technical co-operation operations, reconnaissance operations or any incidental work without an environmental authorisation (since 7 December 2014), permit and at least 21 days’ written notice to the landowner or lawful occupier.

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Historic residues: Provides that the definitions of “residue stockpile” and “residue deposit” now include an old order right. This provision is intended to make old order dumps subject to the MPRDA so that old order dumps which are part of a mining area covered by a new order mining right could only be treated by the holder of the new order rights. Old order dumps not covered by a new order mining right would be considered a residue deposit to which the Minister would have discretion to grant rights.

•	Applications: Provides that applicants for prospecting and mining rights must (since 7 December 2014) lodge an application for an environmental authorisation simultaneously with the application for rights. The Department of Mineral Resources should no longer accept more than one application in respect of the same area and mineral.

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Environmental regulation: Provides that the Minister is the responsible authority for implementing environmental provisions under NEMA as it relates to prospecting, mining, exploration, production or activities incidental thereto on a prospecting, mining, exploration or production area. An environmental authorisation issued by the Minister shall be a condition prior to the issuing of a permit or the granting of a right in terms of the MPRDA.

•	Closure certificates: Provides that previous holders of old order rights or previous owners of works that have ceased to exist remain responsible for any environmental liability until the Minister issues a closure certificate.

•	remove ambiguities;

•	provide for regulation of associated minerals, partitioning of rights, and enhanced provisions on mineral beneficiation;

•	promote national energy security;

•	streamline administrative processes; and

•	enhance sanctions.

•	Applications: The 2013 Bill proposes revising the application system by replacing the "first come, first served" system with a tender and allocation system. This would dramatically affect the way applications are made.

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Beneficiation: The 2013 Bill extends the concept of beneficiation (which has been defined in the 2013 Bill as "transformation, value addition or downstream beneficiation of a mineral or mineral product (or a combination of minerals) to a higher value product, over baselines to be determined by the Minister, which can either be consumed locally or exported") and would allow the Minister to prescribe the quantities, qualities and timelines at which certain designated commodities must be supplied to local beneficiators at a mine gate price or an agreed price. The reference to the mine gate price appears to suggest companies can recover costs, capital expenditure and make a profit. It is not clear whether the "agreed price" will have general application or whether it will be determined on a case-by-case basis. Another proposed amendment provides that written consent would have to be obtained before exporting of "designated minerals" if the producer or associated company has not offered minerals to local beneficiators. The Minister would have discretion to decide which minerals are to be designated.

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Residue stockpiles: The MPRDAA's inclusion of residue deposits and residue stockpiles in the definition of land, creating a “statutory accession” of movable dumps back to the land, is discussed above. The 2013 Bill would extend this definition to include historic mines and dumps created before the implementation of the MPRDA. The 2013 Bill also seeks to make these historic dumps subject to the MPRDA by making the working of these dumps subject to a mining right issued under the MPRDA.

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Partitioning of rights and transfers of interests in companies: Section 11 of the MPRDA currently requires that transfer of a controlling interest in an unlisted company be consented to by the Minister. The 2013 Bill proposes amending the MPRDA so that transfer of a controlling interest in listed companies and transfer of any interest in unlisted companies must be consented to by the Minister. The 2013 Bill further proposes amending the MPRDA to allow for an application for ministerial consent to be made to transfer a part of a right.

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Mine closure: The 2013 Bill provides for two major changes to mine closure under the MPRDA. Firstly, the MPRDA would be amended so that a mining company could still incur environmental liability even after obtaining a closure certificate relative to a mine. Secondly, any portion of the financial provision paid in terms of section 41 of the MPRDA may be retained by the Minister for latent and residual environmental impacts which may become known in the future for such time period as the Minister may determine, having regard to the circumstances relating to the relevant operation, which portion and time period must be determined in the prescribed manner.

•	Penalties: The 2013 Bill also provides for revised penalties for violations of the MPRDA by making provision for both an administrative fine not exceeding 10 per cent of the person or holder’s annual turnover and exports during the preceding year, and imprisonment not exceeding four years.

•	Legislative force of the Charter and Codes: The 2013 Bill proposes amending the definition of "this Act" in the MPRDA so that the MPRDA will include the Revised Mining Charter (defined below), the Code of Good Practice for the South African Mineral Industry (Code) and the Housing and Living Conditions Standard. This would give these documents the force of law.

•	promote equitable access to the nation’s Mineral Resources by all the people of South Africa;

•	substantially and meaningfully expand opportunities for HDSAs, including women, to enter the mining and minerals industry and to benefit from the exploitation of the nation’s Mineral Resources;

•	use the industry’s existing skills base for the empowerment of HDSAs;

•	expand the skills base of HDSAs in order to serve the community;

•	promote employment and advance the social and economic welfare of mining communities and the major labour-sending areas; and

•	promote beneficiation of South Africa’s mineral commodities.

•	taking into account, amongst other things, attributable units of production controlled by HDSAs;

•	allowing flexibility by credits or offsets, so that, for example, where HDSA participation exceeds any set target in a particular operation, the excess may be offset against shortfalls in another operation;

•	taking into account previous empowerment deals in determining credits and offsets; and

•	considering special incentives to encourage the retention by HDSAs of newly acquired equity for a reasonable period.

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•	facilitate local beneficiation of mineral commodities;

•	procure a minimum of 40 percent of capital goods, 70 percent of services and 50 percent of consumer goods from HDSA suppliers (i.e., suppliers in which a minimum of 25 percent + 1 vote of share capital is owned by HDSAs) by 2014, these targets being, however, exclusive of non-discretionary procurement expenditure;

•	ensure that multinational suppliers of capital goods put a minimum of 0.5 percent of their annual income generated from South African mining companies into a social development fund beginning in 2010, to contribute to the socioeconomic development of South African communities;

•	achieve a minimum of 40 percent HDSA demographic representation by 2014 at executive management (board) level, senior management (EXCO) as well as in those positions requiring core and critical skills, middle management level and junior management level;

•	invest up to five percent of annual payroll in essential skills development activities; and

•	implement measures to improve the standards of housing and living conditions for mineworkers by converting or upgrading mineworkers’ hostels into family units, attaining an occupancy rate of one person per room and facilitating home ownership options for all mineworkers in consultation with organised labour, all of which must be achieved by 30 April 2014.

•	human resource development;

•	employment equity;

•	migrant labour;

•	mine community and rural development;

•	housing and living conditions;

•	ownership and joint ventures;

•	beneficiation; and

•	reporting.

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The Reviewed Mining Charter introduces the new definition of “Black Person” which it defines as a generic term to mean Africans, Coloured and Indians who are citizens of South Africa by birth or decent; or who became citizens by naturalisation before 27 April 1994 or on or after 27 April 1994 and who would have been entitled to acquire citizenship by naturalisation prior to the date; and juristic persons managed and controlled by Black Persons who collectively or as a group own and control all issued share capital or members’ interest and are able to control the majority of the members’ vote.

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South African mining companies who held prospecting rights and mining rights prior to the coming into effect of the Reviewed Mining Charter must top up their Black Person shareholding within 12 months of the coming into effect of the Reviewed Mining Charter by four percent in order to achieve 30 percent Black Person (or company) shareholding, to enable meaningful economic participation of black people in the industry.

•	New applicants for mining rights must meet the 30 percent ownership by Black Persons threshold whereby the empowerment partner holding 14 percent ownership, and the community trusts and employee ownership schemes holding 8 percent each.

•	New applicants for prospecting rights must be Black-owned entities (50 percent +1 vote Black person shareholding).

•	The 30 percent Black Person shareholding requirement may be offset by a maximum of 11 percent against its contribution and financial investment in beneficiation in South Africa, subject to certain requirements.

•	Mining companies must procure 70 percent of mining goods (which includes capital goods and consumer goods), 80 percent of services and 70 percent of consumables goods from South African Black-owned entities (50 percent + one vote Black Person shareholding).

•	Non-South African suppliers of capital goods must annually contribute one percent of their annual income generated from local mining companies towards the Mining Transformation and Development Agency (to be established).

•	Holders of mining rights must employ South African based companies to analyse all mineral samples across the mining value chain and may only use non-South African companies with consent from the Minister.

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Mining companies must achieve a minimum representation of Black People in the following management positions: 50 percent on the Board of directors (25 percent of which must be Black women), 50 percent in executive (25 percent of which must be black women), 60 percent in senior management (30 percent of which must be black women); 75 percent in middle level (38 percent of which must be black women); 88 percent in junior level (44 percent of which must be black women) and 60 percent in core and critical skills. In addition; Black People with disabilities must constitute three percent of all employees.

•	The mining industry must continue to invest up to five percent of its leviable amount (meaning the amount an employer pays to an employee during any month to determine the employer’s liability for employee tax) in skills development activities. two percent of such investment must be paid towards the Mining Transformation and Development Agency.

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One percent of the annual turnover of mining companies who apply for mining rights after the Reviewed Mining Charter comes into effect must be given the BEE shareholders over and above any distributions to the shareholders of that company. The transitional period in which mining companies must comply with the procurement related provisions Reviewed Mining Charter is three years, with the possibility of requesting a further two years from the DMR to achieve compliance.

•	exempted micro enterprises must comply with sustainable development and growth of the mining industry targets;

•	small enterprises must comply with employment equity, human resource development, procurement/supplier and sustainable development targets; and

•	medium and large entities must comply with ownership, employment equity, human resource development, procurement/ supplier and sustainable development targets.

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•	broadening the definition of “financial provision” to require making financial provision for the adverse impacts that might arise from operations rather than only those listed in the environmental management plan (EMP), as was previously the case;

•	requiring the holder to annually assess environmental liability and adjust the financial provision to the satisfaction of the Minister of Mineral Resources;

•	requiring the holder to submit an audit report to the Minister of Mineral Resources on the adequacy of the financial provision from an independent auditor. If the Minister of Mineral Resources is not satisfied with the assessment, he is entitled to appoint his own auditor;

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requiring that a holder maintain and retain financial provision notwithstanding the issuance of a closure certificate. Furthermore, the Minister may retain such portion of the financial provision as may be required to rehabilitate the closed mining or prospecting operation in respect of latent, residual or any other environmental impacts, including the pumping of polluted or extraneous water, for a prescribed period. This is not only in respect of holders of rights, but also now in respect of holders of old order rights and holders of works;

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before the coming in to effect of the Financial Provision Regulations, 2015 holders could make financial provision for annual rehabilitation, final rehabilitation and post-closure residual impacts and water pumping by adding up the total amount for these three types of rehabilitation and making financial provision in one go using one or a mix of four methods: depositing cash in to the DMR bank account, keeping the amount in a rehabilitation trust in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1962, obtaining a financial guarantee or a bank guarantee in respect of the amount, or using a method determined by the Director-General (this was not common in practice). Under the Financial Provision Regulations, 2015 if the holder wishes to use a rehabilitation trust in accordance with the Income Tax Act, 1962, the amount in the trust can only relate to financial provision for post-closure residual impacts and water pumping. Holders can no longer make financial provision for annual and final closure through a trust fund;

•	a holder’s financial provision must be equal to the sum of actual costs of implementing all three broad classes of rehabilitation for at least 10 years; and

•	the financial provision liability associated with annual rehabilitation, final closure or latent or residual environmental impacts may not be deferred against assets at mine closure or mine infrastructure salvage value.

•	confusion regarding the applicability of the Financial Provision Regulations, 2015 to applicants and to previous holders;

•	duplicate funding or double provisioning;

•	unclear methods and periods for determining financial provision;

•	legal barriers to use of trust funds;

•	burdensome public consultation and disclosure requirements;

•	transitional provisions and time frames:

•	requirements for an additional 3 (three) plans;

•	over-auditing - time and cost implications; and

•	inclusion of care and maintenance.

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•	amending and clarifying the definition of the intended beneficiaries of such framework;

•	amending the definition of “Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment”, or BBBEE, to introduce the concept of viable BBBEE and providing standards for that preferential procurement;

•	expanding the scope of the Codes of Good Practice (BBBEE Codes), and the related transformation charters, on BBBEE matters that the Minister of Trade and Industry can issue under the BBBEE Act for specific sectors of the South African economy and making it compulsory for public authorities, governmental agencies and other public entities to apply such codes (Sector Codes);

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introducing into the BBBEE Act itself the definition of fronting BBBEE practices, which to date has been developed outside of the BBBEE Act and has now been expanded to capture the more sophisticated and unsuspecting fronting transactions, making fronting a criminal offense that is punishable with imprisonment and fines under certain circumstances, reasserting in the BBBEE Act the common law remedies for misrepresentation and more generally enhancing the enforcement mechanism against fronting;

•	establishing a BBBEE Commission responsible for overseeing, supervising and promoting compliance with the BBBEE Act, as well as receiving and investigating BBBEE-related complaints; and

•	providing that the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) may impose special requirements for specific industries.

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•	withholding taxes on amounts paid or credited on or after 1 January 2013; and

•	other income taxes, levied in respect of taxable periods beginning on or after 1 January 2013.

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•	to extend the term of the mining lease relating to the Obuasi mine until 2054 on terms existing prior to the business combination;

•	to maintain, for a period of 15 years, the royalties payable by AngloGold Ashanti with respect to its mining operations in Ghana at a rate of 3 percent per annum of the total revenue from minerals obtained by AngloGold Ashanti from such mining operations;

•	to ensure the income tax rate would be 30 percent for a period of 15 years. The agreement was amended in December 2006 to make the tax rate equal to the prevailing corporate rate for listed companies if the rate was less than 30 percent; and

•	to permit AngloGold Ashanti and any or all of its subsidiaries in Ghana to retain up to 80 percent of export proceeds in foreign currencies offshore, or if such foreign currency is held in Ghana, to guarantee the availability of such foreign currency.

•	An increase in the income tax rate applicable to mining businesses from 25 percent to 35 percent. AngloGold Ashanti is currently protected until 2019 from any increase of its income tax rate to greater than the rate provided for under the Ghana Stability Agreement.

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Introduction of a new capital allowance regime for class 3 assets (which include mineral and petroleum exploration and production rights, buildings, structures and works of a permanent nature used in mineral and petroleum exploration and production and plant and machinery used in mining and petroleum operations) that provides for a 20 percent straight line rate for a period of five years. Pursuant to the Ghana Stability Agreement, this change will not affect AngloGold Ashanti until 2019.

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Elimination of the five percent allowance on prior year additions. Prior to the 2012 amendment, the tax code granted an additional five percent of the value of assets acquired and qualified to be classified as class 3 assets for the purpose of granting capital allowances. Capital allowance is now 20 percent each year on the total value of the assets. Pursuant to the Ghana Stability Agreement, this change will not affect AngloGold Ashanti until 2019.

•	A ring fencing rule to prevent mining businesses from deducting or setting off costs from one mining area with another’s income. Pursuant to the Ghana Stability Agreement, this change will not affect AngloGold Ashanti until 2019.

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(i)	any amendment to or removal of the relevant provisions of the AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited Regulations setting out the rights and restrictions attaching to the Golden Share;

(ii)	the voluntary winding-up or voluntary liquidation of AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited;

(iii)	the redemption of or purchase by AngloGold Ashanti of the Golden Share;

(iv)	the disposal of any mining lease held by AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited or any subsidiary of AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited; and

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any disposal by AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited (other than any disposal in the ordinary course of business of AngloGold Ashanti) which, alone or when aggregated with any disposal or disposals forming part of, or connected with, the same or a connected transaction, constitutes a disposal of the whole or a material part of the assets of the AngloGold Ashanti group taken as a whole. For this purpose, a part of the AngloGold Ashanti group’s assets will be considered material if either (a) its book value (calculated by reference to the then latest audited consolidated accounts), or the total consideration to be received on its disposal, is not less than 25 percent of the book value of the net assets of the AngloGold Ashanti group or (b) the average profits attributable to it represent at least 25 percent of the average profits of the AngloGold Ashanti group for the last three years for which audited accounts are available (before deducting all charges, except taxation and extraordinary items).

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Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2015 (Act 902) provides new tax rates on the chargeable income of resident individuals for a year of assessment, introduces a 15 percent withholding tax rate applicable to service fees with a source in Ghana to resident individuals for services other than those expressly provided for under Act 902 and increases the monetary threshold for an individual to whom a presumptive tax applies. Presumptive tax payable on turnover is now three percent of the business where the turnover is more than GHS 20,000 but does not exceed GHS 200,000 (instead of the initial presumptive tax of three percent payable where the turnover was more than GHS 20,000 but did not exceed GHS 120,000); and

•	Income Tax (Amendment) Act 2016 (Act 907) exempts from tax, interest and dividends paid to an investor in an approved unit trust scheme or mutual fund, and also reduces withholding tax on service fees payable by a resident person, other than an individual, to another resident person from 15 percent to seven and one-half percent.

•	The Income Tax (Amendment) Act, 2017 (Act 941) provides for the exemption from tax of the gains from the realisation of securities listed on the Ghana Stock Exchange.

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The Income Tax (Amendment) (No.2), Act 2017, Act 956 provides for accelerated capital allowance for manufacturers and importers of stamping machines for the implementation of the excise tax stamp policy and also exempts from tax for five years, the income of an entrepreneur (who is not more than 35 years old) from the business of manufacturing, information and communications technology, agro processing, energy production, waste processing, tourism and creative arts, horticulture and medicinal plants.

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•	redemptions and coupon payments on Bonds held by non-residents;

•	investment income, technology and management transfer entitlements, expatriate emoluments, and other incentive packages and overseas commitments under provisions in various legislation and legislative instruments such as the GMM Act, and the Technology Transfer Regulations ( L.I.1547 ); and

•	other outward payments for imports of goods and services.

•	The limit of $1000.00 on over-the-counter foreign exchange cash withdrawal is removed.

•	Exporters shall continue to repatriate in full export proceeds in accordance with the terms agreed between the trading parties. Such proceeds shall be credited to their FEAs and converted on a need basis.

•	FEAs and FCAs will continue to be opened and operated as they were before the Notices of February 4, 2014.

•	Except for transfers from FEA to FCA which are still prohibited, all other transfers between accounts are permitted.

•	For the avoidance of doubt:

◦	FCAs shall be fed only with unrequited transfers such as transfers from abroad for investment or embassy transfers.

◦	FEAs shall be fed with foreign exchange generated from activities in Ghana such as proceeds from exports of goods and services.

•	The threshold for transfers abroad without initial documentation remains at $50,000.00. Where documentation in respect of a transfer remains outstanding, any subsequent import transaction by an importer, irrespective of value, shall only be made on prior provision of documentation required for the current import transaction.

•	Importers who use non-cash instruments (plastic cards) may continue to load up to $50,000 to meet their legitimate needs abroad subject to the necessary documentation requirements.

•	Foreign currency denominated loans may be granted by resident banks to their customers subject to their own internal procedures and processes and in compliance with the risk management guidelines of the Bank of Ghana.

•	Cheques and cheque books may be issued by banks to holders of FEAs and FCAs.

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•	a duration of 25 years, expiring 23 January 2042, subject to further renewal if mining operations continue at that time; and with the term of the Mining Concession being aligned with the term of the Revised Convention de Base such that the Mining Concession will be renewed as long as the Revised Convention de Base remains in force;

•	SAG’s operations remain governed by the 1995 Mining Code and are only subject to the provisions of the Mining Code to the extent they are expressly set out in the Revised Convention de Base;

•	the stability of the customs and tax regime is guaranteed for the entire initial term of the Revised Convention de Base, and subject to certain condition being met, any renewal period(s);

•	the Republic of Guinea holds a 15 percent free-carried/non-contributory interest;

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the Republic of Guinea is entitled to a royalty on gold of five percent based on a spot gold price as per LBMA fixing (PM) up until the date of steady state commercial production of the first phase of the Expansion, after which the royalty rate applicable to gold will vary depending on threshold prices as per LBMA fixing (PM), namely: three percent if the gold price is USD 1,300 or less, five percent, if above USD 1,300 and up to USD 2,000 and seven percent if above USD 2,000;

•	SAG will enjoy a 5 year income tax holiday as and from the beginning of steady state commercial production of the first phase of the Expansion, after which the income tax rate is set at 30 percent;

•	a local development tax of 0.4 percent is payable on the sale price for gold and silver received by SAG up until 31 December 2027, after which it will be increased to 0.6 percent;

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•	salaries of expatriate employees are subject to a 10 percent income tax;

•	goods imported into Guinea for purposes related to the construction and commissioning of the first phase of the Expansion are exempt from all customs taxes and duties; and

•	SAG is committed to adopting and progressively implementing a plan for the effective rehabilitation of the mining areas disturbed or affected by its operations.

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•	prospecting licence; and

•	gemstone prospecting licence.

•	special mining licence (if the proposed capital investment is equal to at least US$100 million);

•	mining licence (if the proposed capital investment is equal to between $100,000 and $100 million); and

•	primary mining licence (reserved for Tanzanian citizens).

•	processing licence;

•	smelting licence; and

•	refining licence.

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•	metallic minerals;

•	energy minerals;

•	gemstones other than kimberlitic diamonds; and

•	kimberlitic diamonds.

•	An increase in the royalty rate from three percent to four percent with effect from 1 May 2012;

•	With effect from the financial year 2015, the capital allowance applicable to the unredeemed qualifying capital expenditure (15 percent per annum) referred to in section 18(a) of the Income Tax Act No 33 of 1973 shall no longer apply; and

•	With effect from 1 July 2014, Geita Gold Mining Limited is liable to pay the Geita District Council Levy at a rate of 0.3 percent on turnover (no longer capped at US$200,000 per annum).

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•	Dissolution of the Tanzania Minerals Audit Agency (TMAA). All of TMAA’s functions and powers are now transferred to the Geological Survey of Tanzania (GST).

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Dissolution of the Mining Advisory Board and introduction of the Mining Commissions. The functions and powers of the Mining Advisory Board have been taken over by the Mining Commissions including the functions of the Commissioner for Minerals. However, the Mining Commissions have been made responsible for matters related to auditing and monitoring of mineral production in Tanzania. The Mining Commissions have powers to audit quality and quantity of mineral produced and exported by mining entities, financial records of mining entities for the purposes of tax assessments, and environmental management expenditures of the mining entities for the purpose of assessment of compliance to the mine closure plan. Mineral rights holders were required to submit all geological information in their possession to the GST.

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A local content requirement for procurement of goods and services: the Mining Act requires that mining companies must give: (i) first consideration to good and services provided or manufactured in Tanzania where they meet mining industry specifications (established by the Standards Authority / internationally acceptable standards), (ii) first consideration for employment to qualified Tanzanians and (iii) adequate provision for on-the-job training of Tanzanians. Specific minimum local content thresholds are specified in Schedule 1 to the Mining Regulations. These will be determined by the Commission alongside the work programme. The Minister may prescribe additional minimum local content thresholds.

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Mining Licence: To qualify for holding a Mining Licence in Tanzania, five percent of a licensee’s equity must be held by Tanzanians, with 80 percent of its managerial positions held by Tanzanians and 100 percent of other positions held by Tanzanians), in addition to the shareholding of the GoT pursuant to Section 10 of the Mining Act (i.e. free carried interest). This amount is determined, and may be varied, by the Minister.

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Establishment of the Local Content Committee (LC Committee) which will oversee the implementation of the Mining Regulations and which comprised of a member of the Commission, the Director of Labour and Employment, a member of the Tanzania Private Sector Foundation, the CEO of the Geological Survey of Tanzania, the head of legal services at the Ministry for Minerals and the Executive Secretary of the Commission. The LC Committee sets minimum standards for local content plans and reports to the Commission.

•	Cancellation of retention licences; right over these revert to the GoT.

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•	National parks;

•	Regional parks;

•	Protected forest reserves;

•	Paramos (included in Act 1382, introduced in 2010); and

•	Wetlands, pursuant to the Ramsar Convention.

•	0-2,000 hectares, one legal daily minimum wage (approximately $9.00) per hectare per year

•	2,001-5,000 hectares, two legal daily minimum wages (approximately $18.00) per hectare per year

•	5,001-10,000 hectares, three legal daily minimum wages (approximately $27.00) per hectare per year

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•	New projects include a closure plan which takes into account future closure and associated rehabilitation and other costs.

•	The closure plan is reviewed annually and updated every three years (annually in the final three years of a mine’s life) or whenever significant changes are made, taking into account operational conditions, planning and regulatory requirements, international protocols, technological developments and advances in practice.

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(1)	Both Morila and Kibali are managed and operated by Randgold Resources Limited.

(2)	Surface Operations includes First Uranium SA, which owns Mine Waste Solutions (MWS). MWS is managed and operated as a separate cash-generating unit.

(3)	Obuasi remained on care and maintenance in 2017. Prefeasibility study completed.

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•	South Africa (Vaal River, West Wits and Surface Operations)

•	Continental Africa (Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Tanzania)

•	Americas (Argentina, Brazil and Colombia)

•	Australasia (Australia)

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•	The Vaal River operations - Kopanang and Moab Khotsong;

•	The West Wits operations - Mponeng and TauTona; and

•	Surface operations.

(1)	Includes MWS for purposes of this report. It is operated and managed as a separate cash-generating unit.

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(1)	Refers to underground operations only.

(2)	Includes production ounces from the technology development programme.

(3)	Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs are non-GAAP measures. For further information on these non-GAAP measures, see “Item 5A: Operating Results”.

(4)	Excludes stockpile impairments.

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(1)	Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs are non-GAAP measures. For further information on these non-GAAP measures, see “Item 5A: Operating Results”.

(2)	Excludes stockpile impairments.

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(1)	Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs are non-GAAP measures. For further information on these non-GAAP measures, see “Item 5A – Operating Results”.

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(1)	Key statistics are for the continuing operations in the region and exclude CC&V which was sold effective 3 August 2015.

(2)	Total cash costs and all-in sustaining costs are non-GAAP measures. For further information on these non-GAAP measures, see “Item 5A: Operating Results”.

(3)	Excludes stockpile impairments.

(4)	100 percent, (not attributable) and includes Colombia.

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Greenfields exploration, which aims to discover large, high-value Mineral Resource that will eventually lead to the development of new gold mines. Our greenfields exploration team was recognised by a leading industry research group, in 2015 as the industry’s most successful in Mineral Resource discovery. The team has a proven track record that includes the discovery of world-class ore bodies at La Colosa, Gramalote, Tropicana and Nuevo Chaquiro. These discoveries are attributed to our committed and professional team of geoscientists working on a portfolio of highly prospective and rigorously prioritised greenfields ground holdings.

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Brownfields exploration, which focuses on delivering value through incremental additions to our Ore Reserve in existing mines as well as new discoveries in defined areas around existing operations. Brownfields exploration actively drives the creation of value by growing our Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve, our major assets. The brownfields exploration programme is based on innovative geological modelling and mine planning and continual optimisation of our asset portfolio.

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4C.	ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE

•	South Africa – operations in Vaal River, West Wits and surface operations;

•	Continental Africa – operations in Ghana, Guinea and Tanzania and joint venture operations in the DRC and Mali;

•	Australasia – operations in Australia; and

•	Americas – operations in Argentina and Brazil.

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4D.	PROPERTY, PLANTS AND EQUIPMENT

•	Vaal River operations

•	The VR contains approximately 98 percent of the Ore Reserve tonnage with mining grades between 5 - 10 g/t and comprises a series of oligomictic conglomerates and quartzite packages developed on successive unconformities. Several distinct facies have been identified, each with its unique gold distribution and grade characteristic.

•	The CR is a thin, small pebble conglomerate with a carbon-rich basal contact, located approximately 270 metres above the VR. It has less than two percent of the estimated Ore Reserve with grades similar to the VR, but is more erratic. The most significant structural features are the north-east striking normal faults which dip to the north-west and south-east, resulting in zones of fault loss.

(1)	Sold effective28 February 2018

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•	West Wits operations

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•	quartz veins which consist mainly of quartz with free gold in association with lesser amounts of various metal sulphides such as iron, zinc, lead and copper. The gold particles are generally coarse-grained and occasionally visible to the naked eye. This ore type is generally non-refractory; and

•	sulphide ore which is characterised by the inclusion of gold in the crystal structure of a sulphide material. The gold in these ores is fine-grained and often locked in arsenopyrite. Higher gold grades tend to be associated with finer grained arsenopyrite crystals. Other prominent minerals include quartz, chlorite and sericite. Sulphide ore is generally refractory.

•	laterite mineralisation (CAP) which occurs as surficial aprons of colluvium or as palaeo‑channels of alluvial lateritic gravel adjacent to, and immediately above in-situ deposits; and

•	in-situ quartz-vein related mineralisation hosted in meta-sediments with the better mineralisation associated with vein stockworks that occurs preferentially in the coarser, brittle siltstones and sandstones.

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•	Kopanang Ore Reserve 0.36Moz

•	Moab Khotsong Ore Reserve 4.87Moz

•	Surface Operations Ore Reserve 0.87Moz

•	Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve at Mponeng

•	Mineral Resource at Obuasi

•	Ore Reserve at Obuasi

•	Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve at Tropicana

•	Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve at Gramalote

•	Mineral Resource and Ore Reserve at Kibali

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(1)	Ore Reserve includes marginally economic and diluting materials delivered for treatment and allow for losses that may occur during mining.

(2)	Proven and/or Probable Ore Reserve includes Ore Reserve below infrastructure. See table that follows.

(3)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(4)	Recovery factor and cut-off grade vary according to ore type.

(5)	Tons refers to a short ton, which is equivalent to 2000 pounds avoirdupois.

(6)	The Vaal Reef Ore Reserve includes 89.16 million pounds of Uranium oxide by-products; this cannot be accounted for by individual mine as Kopanang, Moab Khotsong and Surface sources in Vaal River feed to a combination of plants.

(7)	The Ore Reserve contains 21.81 million ounces of silver to be recovered as a by-product.

(8)	The Ore Reserve contains 0.41 million tons of sulphur to be recovered as a by-product.

(9)	Includes Mine Waste Solutions (MWS).

(10)	In-situ cut-off grade.

(11)	Ore Reserve is estimated by Competent Persons employed by Randgold Resources Limited.

(12)	No Ore Reserve is declared for 2017 - TauTona is reported under Mponeng.

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(1)	Ore Reserve includes marginally economic and diluting materials delivered for treatment and allow for losses that may occur during mining.

(2)	Proven and/or Probable Ore Reserve includes Ore Reserve below infrastructure. See table that follows.

(3)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(4)	Recovery factor and cut-off grade vary according to ore type.

(5)	Tons refers to a short ton, which is equivalent to 2000 pounds avoirdupois.

(6)	The Vaal Reef Ore Reserve includes 123.48 million pounds of Uranium oxide by-products; this cannot be accounted for by individual mine as Kopanang, Moab Khotsong and Surface sources in Vaal River feed to a combination of plants.

(7)	The Ore Reserve contains 18.24 million ounces of silver to be recovered as a by-product.

(8)	The Ore Reserve contains 0.46 million tons of sulphur to be recovered as a by-product.

(9)	Includes Mine Waste Solutions (MWS).

(10)	In-situ cut-off grade.

(11)	Ore Reserve is estimated by Competent Persons employed by Randgold Resources Limited.

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(1)	Ore Reserve includes marginally economic and diluting materials delivered for treatment and allow for losses that may occur during mining.

(2)	Proven and/or Probable Ore Reserve includes Ore Reserve below infrastructure. See table that follows.

(3)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(4)	Recovery factor and cut-off grade vary according to ore type.

(5)	The Vaal Reef Ore Reserve includes 40.4 thousand tonnes of Uranium oxide by-products; this cannot be accounted for by individual mine as Great Noligwa, Kopanang, Moab Khotsong and Surface sources in Vaal River feed to a combination of plants.

(6)	Tonnes refers to a metric tonne which is equivalent to 1000 kilograms.

(7)	The Ore Reserve contains 678.44 tonnes of silver to be recovered as a by-product.

(8)	The Ore Reserve contains 0.37 million tonnes of sulphur to be recovered as a by-product.

(9)	Includes Mine Waste Solutions (MWS).

(10)	In-situ cut-off grade.

(11)	Ore Reserve is estimated by Competent Persons employed by Randgold Resources Limited.

(12)	No Ore Reserve is declared for 2017 - TauTona is reported under Mponeng.

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(1)	Ore Reserve includes marginally economic and diluting materials delivered for treatment and allow for losses that may occur during mining.

(2)	Proven and/or Probable Ore Reserve includes Ore Reserve below infrastructure. See table that follows.

(3)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(4)	Recovery factor and cut-off grade vary according to ore type.

(5)	The Vaal Reef Ore Reserve includes 56.0 thousand tonnes of Uranium oxide by-products; this cannot be accounted for by individual mine as Great Noligwa, Kopanang, Moab Khotsong and Surface sources in Vaal River feed to a combination of plants.

(6)	Tonnes refers to a metric tonne which is equivalent to 1000 kilograms.

(7)	The Ore Reserve contains 567.38 tonnes of silver to be recovered as a by-product.

(8)	The Ore Reserve contains 0.42 million tonnes of sulphur to be recovered as a by-product.

(9)	Includes Mine Waste Solutions (MWS).

(10)	In-situ cut-off grade.

(11)	Ore Reserve is estimated by Competent Persons employed by Randgold Resources Limited.

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(2)	Centralised operations treating material on surface that was previously generated by several underground operations, includes tailings material.

(3)	Spent heap included in Ore Reserve.

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(1)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(2)	Centralised operations treating material on surface that was previously generated by several underground operations, includes tailings material.

(3)	Spent heap included in Ore Reserve.

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(1)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(2)	Centralised operations treating material on surface that was previously generated by several underground operations, includes tailings material.

(3)	Spent heap included in Ore Reserve.

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(1)	Ore Reserve attributable to AngloGold Ashanti’s percentage interest shown.

(2)	Centralised operations treating material on surface that was previously generated by several underground operations, includes tailings material.

(3)	Spent heap included in Ore Reserve.

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ITEM 4A:	UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

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•	South Africa (comprising the Vaal River, West Wits and Surface Operations)

•	Continental Africa (comprising Ghana, Guinea, Mali, the DRC and Tanzania)

•	Australasia (comprising Australia)

•	Americas (comprising Argentina, Brazil and United States of America (sold August 2015))

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5A:	OPERATING RESULTS

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•	2015 - $1,159 per ounce

•	2016 - $1,249 per ounce

•	2017 - $1,258 per ounce

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•	South Africa: 64,000 ounces or seven percent decline in production in 2017 primarily due to the closure of TauTona, lower volumes and grades mined.

•	Continental Africa: 132,000 ounces or 10 percent increase in production primarily due to higher grades mined, as well as higher underground volumes.

•	Australasia: 39,000 ounces or eight percent increase in production primarily due to increased grades, improved metallurgical recoveries and improved mill throughput.

•	Americas: 20,000 ounces or two percent increase in production primarily due to higher tonnages mined, coupled with improved plant performance at AGA Mineração in Brazil.

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•	an indication of profitability, efficiency and cash flows;

•	the trend in costs as the mining operations mature over time on a consistent basis; and

•	an internal benchmark of performance to allow for comparison against other mines, both within the AngloGold Ashanti group and at other gold mining companies.

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(1)	Excludes discontinued operations in 2015.

(2)	All-in sustaining costs, all-in costs and total cash costs are non-GAAP measures.

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(1)	Adjusting for non-controlling interest of items included in calculation, to disclose the attributable portions only. Other consists of heap leach inventory.

(2)	Attributable portion (excluding pre-production ounces).

(3)

In addition to the operational performances of the mines, all-in sustaining cost per ounce, all-in cost per ounce and total cash costs per ounce are affected by fluctuations in the currency exchange rate. AngloGold Ashanti reports all-in sustaining cost per ounce and all-in cost per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold sold in ounces. AngloGold Ashanti reports total cash costs per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold produced in ounces.

(4)	Corporate includes non-gold producing subsidiaries.

(5)	Refer Item 18: Note 2 – Segmental Information.

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(1)	Adjusting for non-controlling interest of items included in calculation, to disclose the attributable portions only. Other consists of heap leach inventory.

(2)	Attributable portion.

(3)

In addition to the operational performances of the mines, all-in sustaining cost per ounce, all-in cost per ounce and total cash costs per ounce are affected by fluctuations in the currency exchange rate. AngloGold Ashanti reports all-in sustaining cost per ounce and all-in cost per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold sold in ounces. AngloGold Ashanti reports total cash costs per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold produced in ounces.

(4)	Corporate includes non-gold producing subsidiaries.

(5)	Refer Item 18: Note 2 – Segmental Information.

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(1)	Adjusting for non-controlling interest of items included in calculation, to disclose the attributable portions only. Other consists of heap leach inventory.

(2)	Attributable portion.

(3)

In addition to the operational performances of the mines, all-in sustaining cost per ounce, all-in cost per ounce, total cash costs per ounce per ounce are affected by fluctuations in the currency exchange rate. AngloGold Ashanti reports all-in sustaining cost per ounce and all-in cost per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold sold in ounces. AngloGold Ashanti reports total cash costs per ounce calculated to the nearest US dollar amount and gold produced in ounces.

(4)	Corporate includes non-gold producing subsidiaries.

(5)	Refer Item 18: Note 2 – Segmental Information.

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5B.	LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES

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•	A $1 billion five-year revolving credit facility with a syndicate of lenders. Amounts may be repaid and reborrowed under the facility during its five-year term and the facility bears interest at LIBOR plus 1.5%. The facility matures in July 2019. The interest margin will reduce should the group’s credit rating improve from its current BB+/Baa3 status and increase should its credit rating worsen.

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A five-year unsecured syndicated revolving credit facility of A$500 million ($390 million) with a group of banks which is currently charged at 2% above BBSY. The interest margin will reduce should the group’s credit rating improve from its current BB+/Baa3 status and increase should its credit rating worsen. This facility will be used to fund the working capital and development costs associated with the group's mining operations within Australia without eroding the group's headroom under its other facilities and exposing the group to foreign exchange gains/losses. The facility matures in July 2019.

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(1)	Including commitments through contractual arrangements with equity accounted joint ventures of $21 million.

(2)	Excludes commitments through contractual arrangements with equity accounted joint ventures.

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5C.	RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, PATENTS AND LICENSES, ETC.

5D.	TREND INFORMATION

5E.	OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENTS

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5F.	TABULAR DISCLOSURE OF CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

(1)	Interest calculations are at the rate existing at the year end. Actual rates are set at floating rates for some of the borrowings (Refer Note 25 of the consolidated financial statements).

(2)	Represents contracted capital expenditure for which contractual obligations exist. Amounts stated include commitments of equity accounted joint ventures.

(3)	Other purchase obligations represent contractual obligations for mining contract services, purchase of power, supplies, consumables, inventories, explosives and activated carbon.

(4)

Operations of gold mining companies are subject to extensive environmental regulations in the various jurisdictions in which they operate. These regulations establish certain conditions on the conduct of operations by AngloGold Ashanti. Pursuant to environmental regulations, AngloGold Ashanti is also obligated to close its operations and reclaim and rehabilitate the lands upon which it conducted its mining and gold recovery operations. The present estimated closure costs at existing operating mines and mines in various stages of closure are reflected in this table. They are calculated using undiscounted real cash flows, not nominal cash flows. The amount will change from year to year depending on rehabilitation work undertaken, changes in design and methodology and new occurrences. For more information of environmental rehabilitation obligations, see "Item 4B: Business Overview-Mine site rehabilitation and closure" and "Item 4B: Business Overview-Environmental, health and safety matters”. Amounts stated include a total estimated liability of $119 million in respect of equity accounted joint ventures

(5)	Represents payments for unfunded plans or plans with insufficient funding.

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6A.	DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT

(1)

Directors serve for a period of three years unless re-elected. At each annual general meeting, directors appointed since the previous annual general meeting are required to retire, but are eligible for re-election. In addition, one-third of the directors (if their number is not a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not less than one third), must retire according to seniority or by lot but may be re-elected.

(2)	Appointed as Chairman with effect from 17 February 2014.

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•	the following directors retired at the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2017 and being eligible for re-election were re-elected by the shareholders: Sipho Pityana, Rodney Ruston and Maria Richter.

•	Sindiswa Zilwa was appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Director with effect from 1 April 2017 and Professor Wiseman Nkuhlu retired as a Non-Executive Director from the board on 16 May 2017.

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6C.	BOARD PRACTICES

•	The acquisition of all or part of AngloGold Ashanti; or

•	A number of shareholders holding less than thirty-five percent of the company’s issued share capital consorting to gain a majority of the board and make management decisions; and

•	The contracts of Executive Committee members are either terminated or their role and employment conditions are curtailed.

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(1)	LW Nkuhlu retired from the board with effect of 16 May 2017.

(2)	MDC Richter was appointed to the Nomination Committee with effect from May 2017.

(3)	SV Zilwa was appointed to the board with effect from 1 April 2017 and as a member of the Audit and Risk Committee from 16 May 2017.

•	reviewed the quarterly market updates and the half year results;

•	confirmed the integrity of the group’s Integrated Report, Annual Financial Statements and the Form 20-F;

•	reviewed the expertise, experience and performance of the finance function and Chief Financial Officer;

•	assessed the scope and effectiveness of the systems to identify, manage and monitor financial and non-financial risks;

•	reviewed the procedures for detecting, monitoring and managing the risk of fraud;

•	reviewed the scope, resources, results and effectiveness of the internal audit department;

•	approved the internal audit plan and subsequent changes to the approved plan;

•	ensured that a combined assurance model is applied to provide a co-ordinated approach to all assurance activities;

•	nominated the appointment of independent external auditors by the shareholders;

•	reviewed and approved the terms of engagement as contained in the engagement letter of the external auditors;

•	approved the remuneration of the external auditors;

•	pre-approved all non-audit services in line with a revised formal policy on non-audit services;

•	assessed the external auditors’ independence;

•	annually consider the suitability, after assessing the information provided by the audit firm in terms of section 22.15(h) of the JSE Listings Requirements, for appointment of the audit firm and the designated individual partner;

•	assessed the effectiveness of the group’s external audit function;

•	approved the appointment of the external auditors to provide independent limited assurance on certain sustainability indicators as included in the Sustainable Development Report;

•	reviewed developments in reporting standards, corporate governance and best practice;

•	monitored the governance of information technology (IT) and the effectiveness of the group’s information systems;

•	reviewed the adequacy and effectiveness of the group’s compliance function; and

•	evaluated the effectiveness of the committee through a self-assessment.

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•	Reviewing and approving corporate goals and objectives relevant to the compensation of the executive management team;

•	Evaluating the performance of the executive management team in light of these goals and objectives annually and setting each executive’s compensation based on such evaluation;

•	Ensuring that the mix of fixed and variable pay, in base pay, shares and other elements of compensation meets the company’s requirements and strategic objectives;

•	Linking individual pay with operational and company performance in relation to strategic objectives;

•	Considering the sentiments and views of the company’s investors;

•	Overseeing and reviewing all aspects of any share option scheme operated by or to be established by the company;

•	Regularly reviewing incentive schemes to ensure continued contribution to shareholder value and ensure that these are administered in terms of the rules;

•	Regularly reviewing human resources strategy aimed at ensuring the supply and retention of sufficient skilled resources to achieve the company’s objectives;

•	Ensure that the remuneration policy and implementation report is put to a non-binding advisory vote at the general meeting of shareholders once every year; and

•	Review the outcome of the implementation of the remuneration policy to ensure that the set objectives are being achieved and fairness is addressed.

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(1)	Includes average number of employees at CC&V until the date of sale in August 2015.

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6E.	SHARE OWNERSHIP

•	Within three years of appointment (or for existing executives, from introduction of this rule) executive directors (CEO and CFO) are to accumulate a MSR of AngloGold Ashanti shares to the value of 100 percent of net annual base salary; and

•	At the end of six years, executive directors are to accumulate a MSR of AngloGold Ashanti shares to the value of 200 percent of net annual base salary (additional 100 percent MSR) which they will be required to hold on an on-going basis.

•	It is to be noted that the CFO’s MSR percentage was amended to be aligned with the executive committee members MSR being 75 percent for three years and 150 percent for six years within the years of appointment.

•	Within three years of appointment (or for existing executives, from the introduction of this rule), Executive Committee members are to accumulate a MSR of AngloGold Ashanti shares to the value of 75 percent of net annual base salary; and

•	At the end of six years, Executive Committee members are to accumulate a MSR of AngloGold Ashanti shares to the value of 150 percent of net annual base salary (additional 75 percent MSR) which they will be required to hold on an on-going basis.

(1)	Appointed prescribed officer with effect from 22 February 2017 and the 3 year MSR achievement is only due in March 2020.

(2)	The prescribed officer joined the company 1 June 2015 and the 3 year MSR achievement is only due in March 2019.

(3)	The prescribed officer joined the company 18 January 2016 and the 3 year MSR achievement is only due in March 2020.

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(1)	BSP and LTIP awards granted at nil cost to participants.

(2)	Includes Share Retention Bonus Scheme awards.

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•	Ordinary shares, par value 25 South African cents each (the “ordinary shares”);

•	A redeemable preference shares, par value 50 South African cents each (the “A preference shares”);

•	B redeemable preference shares, par value 1 South African cent each (the “B preference shares”); and

•	C redeemable preference shares of no par value (the “C preference shares”).

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The State of Minas Gerais v. Mineração Serra Grande S.A. (MSG): MSG received a tax assessment in October 2003 from the State of Minas Gerais related to VAT on gold bullion transfers. The tax administrators rejected the company’s appeal against the assessment. The company is now appealing the dismissal of the case to the State Court of Minas Gerais. The assessment is approximately $13.6 million. Any possible payment by MSG would be set off by an indemnity from Kinross Gold Corporation (Kinross) of $8.4 million.

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Brazilian tax authorities v. AngloGold Ashanti Brazil Mineração (AABM): AngloGold Ashanti’s subsidiaries in Brazil, including AABM, are involved in various disputes with tax authorities. These disputes date back to 2007 and involve federal tax assessments including income tax, royalties, social contributions, VAT and annual property tax. In December 2017, new VAT assessments (totalling $14 million) were received. Collectively, the total possible amount involved across all disputes is approximately $24 million.

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Notice from the Colombian Tax Office (DIAN) to AngloGold Ashanti Colombia S.A. (AGAC): In January 2013, AGAC received notice from the DIAN that it disagreed with the company’s tax treatment of certain items in the 2010 and 2011 income tax returns. On 23 October 2013, AGAC received the official assessments from the DIAN which established that an estimated additional tax of $21 million will be payable if the tax returns are amended. Penalties and interest for the additional taxes are expected to be $129 million. The company believes that the DIAN has applied the tax legislation incorrectly. AGAC subsequently challenged the DIAN’s ruling by filing lawsuits in March 2015 and April 2015, before the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca (the trial court for tax litigation). Closing arguments on the 2010 and 2011 tax dispute were presented in February and June 2017, and judgement is pending. The Administrative Tribunal may take 12 months to deliver its decision and if an appeal from either party is sought, a final judgement could take several years.

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Argentina Tax Authority (AFIP) and Cerro Vanguardia S.A. (CVSA): On 12 July 2013, CVSA received a notification from the AFIP requesting corrections to the 2007, 2008 and 2009 income tax returns of about $6 million relating to the non-deduction of tax losses previously claimed on hedge contracts. The AFIP is of the view that the financial derivatives could not be considered as hedge contracts, as hedge contract losses could only be offset against gains derived from the same kind of hedging contracts. Penalties and interest on the disputed amounts are estimated at a further $21 million. CVSA and AFIP have corresponded on this issue over the past several years, and the government continues to assert its position regarding the use of the financial derivatives. CVSA filed an appeal with the Tax Court on 19 June 2015, and the parties submitted their final reports in July 2017. The matter is pending with the Tax Court.

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Ghanaian tax authorities v. AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited (AGAG): In Ghana, AGAG received tax assessments of $28 million as of 31 December 2013 in respect of the 2006-2008 and 2009-2011 tax years, following an audit by the tax authorities related to withholding taxes on payments to non-resident persons. AGAG believes that the withholding taxes were not properly assessed and has lodged an objection to the assessment. In 2012, AGAG met with the Commissioner-General and provided its position in writing together with the relevant supporting documentation. AGAG has yet to receive a response from the Commissioner-General. Nonetheless, in 2015 the tax authorities again raised the issue of paying withholding taxes as part of their findings covering the 2012 - 2014 tax years. AGAG raised objections with the tax authorities.

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Silicosis litigation: On 03 March 2011, in Mankayi vs. AngloGold Ashanti, the Constitutional Court of South Africa held that section 35(1) of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, 1993 does not cover an “employee” who qualifies for compensation in respect of “compensable diseases” under the Occupational Diseases in Mines and Works Act, 1973 (ODMWA). This judgement allows such qualifying employee to pursue a civil claim for damages against the employer. Following the Constitutional Court decision, AngloGold Ashanti has become subject to numerous claims relating to silicosis and other Occupational Lung Diseases (OLD), including class actions and individual claims.

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La Colosa class action lawsuits: Four (4) class action lawsuits are pending in relation to AngloGold Ashanti Colombia S.A.’s (AGAC) Santa Maria-Montecristo and La Colosa projects. Each lawsuit aims to stop exploration and mining in certain restricted areas affected by the projects due to environmental concerns or alleged breaches of environmental laws.   In one of these lawsuits, the court granted the plaintiff a preliminary injunction in September 2011, suspending the mining concession contracts of the Santa Maria-Montecristo project.  The injunction remains in place and has been challenged by AGAC; however, it is not a critical path item for the project. In another lawsuit, on 10 October 2016, Tolima’s Administrative Court ordered that a technical study be prepared by April 2017 by a panel of seven (7) experts (selected by the plaintiff, AGAC, universities, the government and an NGO) to determine whether the La Colosa Project presents a “threat” to the environment during its exploration phase. AGAC successfully appealed the order to prepare the technical study and the order has been temporarily suspended, pending resolution by the State Council (appellate court). In another of the lawsuits, on 4 December 2017, Ibague’s Third Administrative Court ordered that a technical study similar to the one described on the October 2016 order be prepared for the La Colosa Project. AGAC also intends to appeal this order. If the studies were to conclude that a “threat” exists, certain activities at La Colosa may be suspended.

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Cortolima’s injunction against AGAC: On 11 March 2013, Cortolima, a regional environmental authority in Colombia, issued a regulatory injunction against AGAC alleging, among other things, that in relation to certain of AGAC’s La Colosa exploration activities, AGAC (1) did not provide timely notice to the government prior to performing certain exploration activities and (2) engaged in drilling and other activities that could have negative effects on the environment. On 22 March 2013, AGAC challenged the injunction, seeking an annulment of the action and the restoration of AGAC’s rights to continue exploration activities in the area. The request to annul the injunction was denied by the Director of Cortolima, and AGAC is continuing with its plans to challenge the injunction through a variety of legal actions. On 31 August 2013, AGAC presented before the State Council its claim for the annulment and rights re-establishment.  This matter is pending.  While the injunction remains in place, AGAC is not able to engage in certain of its activities related to the La Colosa Project.

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Piedras and Cajamarca: In 2013 the Council for the city of Piedras, near the La Colosa Project, issued a referendum attempting to ban all mining activities in Piedras.  This referendum does not have an immediate impact on the La Colosa Project, however, AGAC believes this referendum is in violation of federal law.  The referendum was subsequently validated by the local administrative court in Tolima (the Department in which Piedras is located).  AGAC subsequently filed a request for annulment of the referendum with the Second Administrative Court of Ibaque and a tutela (a legal action alleging a violation of AGAC’s constitutional rights) with the State Council (Supreme Court for administrative purposes). On 21 August 2014, the State Council dismissed the tutela action for lack of standing, which AGEAC appealed to a different division of the State Council. On 11 December 2014, this State Council division affirmed the earlier dismissal on the grounds that AGAC did not have mining tenements in Piedras. However, in the same ruling the court recognised that Piedras did not follow the correct procedure when it issued the 2013 referendum. AGAC’s request for annulment of the referendum is pending.

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La Colosa Human Rights Litigation: In November 2014, the Personero (Ombudsman) of Ibaque filed suit against the Colombian government in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights. This Court is an autonomous judicial institution whose purpose is the application and interpretation of the American Convention on Human Rights (Colombia, along with many other Central and South American countries, has ratified this Convention). The suit alleges that the Colombian government has failed to protect the interests of the people of Ibaque by issuing permits to AGAC for the La Colosa project and by failing to resolve the class actions that have been pending for an extended period of time. Although AGAC is not a party to the suit, its outcome is important to the development of the La Colosa project. The first step in the litigation process is for the Court to decide whether to accept the case. If the case is accepted, the Colombian government will have to defend itself against the lawsuit and will be bound by the findings of the Court. AGAC continues to regularly follow-up with the Colombian government for updates.

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Paramo Delimitation: In November 2016, the Colombian government issued Resolution 1987, which delineates certain wetlands or moorlands as environmentally important and establishes protected areas and includes areas in and around the La Colosa Project. In these areas there are limitations, or in some instances outright bans, on mining and mining-related activities. These limitations and bans could potentially adversely impact the design, operations and production of the mining project at the La Colosa Project. On 12 June 2017, AGAC filed suit against the Ministry of the Environment in the Administrative Tribunal of Cajamarca to challenge the paramo delimitation on technical and other grounds. The lawsuit is pending admission.

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Zonte Metals: A Canadian junior mining company, Zonte Metals, filed applications for title to certain corridors, or small slivers of land, overlaying sections of the Gramalote project. The Secretary of Mines in Antioquia denied the applications filed by Zonte Metals. However, Zonte Metals then filed a claim against the National Mining Agency and the Secretary of Mines before the Colombian State Council, by which it seeks to (i) revoke the resolution that denied its application and (ii) obtain the rights over the corridors requested in its application. The Council subsequently enjoined the Secretary of Mines and AGAC from moving forward on a pending application to integrate the corridors with our tenement. The Secretary of Mines has filed its response to the Zonte Metals claim, which includes arguments aligned with the interests and position of Gramalote. On 4 September 2017, the Council AGAC approved AGAC’s request to be made an interested party to the lawsuit.

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Pompora Treatment Plant Litigation: On 02 April 2013, AGAG received a summons from Abdul Waliyu and 152 others in which the plaintiffs allege that they were or are residents of the Obuasi municipality or its suburbs and that their health has been adversely affected by emissions and/or other environmental impacts arising in connection with the current and/or historical operations of the Pompora Treatment Plant (PTP), which was decommissioned in 2000. The plaintiffs’ alleged injuries include respiratory infections, skin diseases and certain cancers. The plaintiffs subsequently did not timely file their application for directions but AGAG intends to allow some time to pass prior to applying to have the matter dismissed for want of prosecution. On 24 February 2014, executive members of the PTP Smoke Effect Association (PASEA) (Frank Adjei Danso and five others), sued AGAG by themselves and on behalf of their members (undisclosed number) on grounds similar to those discussed above, as well as economic hardships resulting from the failure of their crops. This matter has been adjourned indefinitely. AGAG intends to allow some time to pass prior to applying to have the matter struck out for want of prosecution.

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Mining and Building Contractors Limited: On 11 October 2011, AGAG terminated Mining and Building Contractors Limited’s (MBC) underground development agreement, construction on bulkheads agreement and diamond drilling agreement at Obuasi. The parties reached agreement on the terms of the separation and concluded a separation agreement on 08 November 2012. On 20 February 2014, AGAG was served with a writ issued by MBC claiming a total of $97 million. In December 2015, the proceedings were stayed in the High Court pending arbitration. In February 2016, MBC submitted the matter to arbitration. To date, MBC has not appointed an arbitrator.

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Obuasi Arbitration: On 08 April 2016, AGAG filed a request for arbitration against the Government of Ghana (GoG). AGAG filed this request with the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID), an international arbitration institution headquartered in Washington, D.C., which facilitates dispute resolution between international investors and host states. AGAG is seeking relief from the GoG for breaching the mining lease relating to the Obuasi mine by withdrawing military personnel from the Obuasi mine and subsequently failing to restore law and order. In so doing, the GoG has allowed and facilitated illegal mining activity at Obuasi. These actions have prevented AGAG from peacefully enjoying the areas exclusively leased to it under the mining lease. The GoG may raise counterclaims against AGAG in response to AGAG’s request for arbitration. In October 2016, the tribunal at ICSID (the Tribunal) was formally constituted. On 17 February 2017, the Tribunal joined the GoG’s jurisdiction objections with proceedings on the merits. The parties subsequently stayed the arbitration through 31 December 2017. The arbitration remains suspended to date as discussions between the parties are ongoing.

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Government of Guinea (National Claim Commission) v. Société AngloGold Ashanti Goldfields de Guinée SA (SAG): A national claim recovery commission established by the government of Guinea has demanded that SAG pay $43 million in dividends and penalties that would allegedly have been owed to the government of Guinea for the accounting years 2004 - 2007. SAG opposes the claim. The two parties had originally decided to submit their dispute to an independent audit firm to be appointed by a common accord; however, the independent audit firm was never appointed. In December 2010, the national claim recovery commission was disbanded and the matter was turned over to the Inspector General of the Ministry of Finance. This matter has been dormant since it was handed over to the Inspector General.

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Designated Matters under the Stock Purchase Agreement between AngloGold Ashanti and Newmont Mining Corporation (Newmont): On 19 October 2017, Newmont filed a lawsuit in New York federal court against AngloGold Ashanti and certain related parties, alleging that AngloGold Ashanti and such parties did not provide Newmont with certain material information related to a gold-ore processing mill located at AngloGold Ashanti’s Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company (CC&V) in 2015 during the negotiation and sale of CC&V to Newmont. AngloGold Ashanti believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend against it. The matter is proceeding. Separately, in July 2017, CC&V succeeded in its Colorado arbitration claims against the mill design contractor, receiving an award of approximately $10.6 million, including costs.

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Geita Gold Mining Limited (GGM): In January 2007, Jackson Manyelo and other plaintiffs filed a suit against GGM in the Mwanza High Court alleging that they were affected by blasting activities in the Katoma area carried out by GGM and had suffered damages in the amount of Tshs9.6 billion (approximately $6 million). On 30 April 2015, the High Court issued a judgement in favour of GGM. In 2016, Plaintiffs appealed to the Court of Appeal, where the matter is pending.

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GGM and Samax Resources Limited v. Government of Tanzania: On 13 July 2017, GGM and Samax Resources Limited (the Companies) filed a notice of arbitration against the Government of Tanzania arising from the enactment by the government of certain legislation that purports to make a number of changes to the operating environment of Tanzania’s extractive industries, including mining. The notice of arbitration was submitted in accordance with Article 12 of the Agreement for the Development of a Gold Mine at Geita, Mwanza between the Government of Tanzania and the Companies (the MDA), and under the 1976 Arbitration Rules of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL). The Tribunal has been duly constituted. The next step will be for the Tribunal to hold a first procedural hearing.

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Arbitration under the United Kingdom-Tanzania Bilateral Investment Treaty (UK-Tanzania BIT): Separate from the arbitration under the MDA described above, on 04 September 2017, the Companies (together with Cluff Oil Limited and Cluff Mineral Exploration Limited) wrote to the Government of Tanzania, setting out that the Government of Tanzania’s conduct amounted to a breach of its commitments under the UK-Tanzania BIT (the Notice). The Notice triggered a ‘cooling-off’ period under the UK-Tanzania BIT, pursuant to which the parties had six months to achieve an amicable resolution to their dispute (the Cooling Off Period). The Cooling Off Period expired 04 March 2018 and now the Companies, Cluff Oil Limited and Cluff Mineral Exploration Limited are entitled to submit their dispute with the Government of Tanzania to ICSID arbitration in accordance with the terms of the UK-Tanzania BIT.

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8B.	SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

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9A.	OFFER AND LISTING DETAILS

(1)	Each ADS represents one ordinary share.

(2)	Through 19 March 2017.

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9B.	PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION

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9C.	MARKETS

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9D.	SELLING SHAREHOLDERS

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9E.	DILUTION

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9F.	EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE

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The A preference shares shall confer the right, on a winding-up of the company, in priority to any payment in respect of the Ordinary Shares in the capital of the company then issued, but after any payment in respect of the B preference shares and the C preference shares in the capital of the company then issued, to receive only so much of the net proceeds from the disposal of the assets relating to the Moab Lease Area as is then available for distribution;

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The B preference shares shall confer the right, on a winding-up of the company in priority to any payment in respect of the Ordinary Shares, the A preference shares and the C preference shares then in issue, to receive only so much of the net proceeds from the disposal of the assets relating to the Moab Lease Area as is available for distribution but not exceeding a return per B preference share of the capital paid-up thereon and any share premium paid on the issue of the B preference shares outstanding at that time;

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The C preference shares shall confer the right, on a winding-up of the company, ranking after and following payment of the holders of the B preference shares, but in priority to any payment in respect of the Ordinary Shares and the A preference shares in the capital of the company then issued, to receive only so much of the net proceeds from the disposal of the assets relating to the Moab Lease Area as is available for distribution but not exceeding a return per C preference share of the capital paid-up on the issue of the C preference shares outstanding at that time;

•	The A, B and C preference shares shall not be entitled to any participation, on a winding-up, in any of the surplus funds of the company in any other manner arising; and

•	the ordinary shares confer the right to participate equally in any surplus arising from the liquidation of all other assets of AngloGold Ashanti.

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•	are only obligated to take the actions specifically set forth in the Deposit Agreement without negligence or bad faith;

•	are not liable if either of AngloGold Ashanti or The Bank of New York Mellon is prevented or delayed by law or circumstances beyond their control from performing their obligations under the Deposit Agreement;

•	are not liable if either of AngloGold Ashanti or The Bank of New York Mellon exercises discretion permitted under the Deposit Agreement;

•	are not liable for the inability of any holder of ADSs to benefit from any distribution on deposited securities that is not made available to holders of ADSs under the terms of the Deposit Agreement, or for any special, consequential or punitive damages for any breach of the terms of the Deposit Agreement;

•	have no obligation to become involved in a lawsuit or other proceeding related to the ADSs or the Deposit Agreement on behalf of the holders of ADSs or on behalf of any other party;

•	may rely on advice of or information from legal counsel, accountants, and any persons presenting AngloGold Ashanti’s ordinary shares for deposit, any registered holder or any other person believed by AngloGold Ashanti in good faith to be competent to give such advice or information; and

•	pursuant to the Deposit Agreement, AngloGold Ashanti and The Bank of New York Mellon agree to indemnify each other under certain circumstances.

•	payment of stock transfer or other taxes or other governmental charges and transfer or registration fees charged by third parties for the transfer of any ordinary shares or other deposited securities;

•	production of satisfactory proof of the identity and genuineness of any signature or other information it deems necessary; and

•	compliance with regulations it may establish, from time to time, consistent with the Deposit Agreement, including presentation of transfer documents.

•	when temporary delays arise because: (1) either AngloGold Ashanti or The Bank of New York Mellon have closed AngloGold Ashanti’s transfer books; (2) the transfer of the ordinary shares is blocked in connection with voting at a general meeting of shareholders; or (3) AngloGold Ashanti is paying a dividend on the ordinary shares;

•	when ADS holders seeking to withdraw the ordinary shares are liable for unpaid fees, taxes and similar charges; or

•	when it is necessary to prohibit withdrawals in order to comply with any laws or governmental regulations that apply to ADSs or to the withdrawal of the ordinary shares or other deposited securities.

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before or at the time of the pre-release, the person to whom the pre-release is being made must represent to The Bank of New York Mellon in writing that it or its customer: (a) owns the ordinary shares or ADSs to be remitted, (b) assigns all beneficial rights, title and interest in such ADSs or ordinary shares, as the case may be, to The Bank of New York Mellon in its capacity as the depositary and for the benefit of the ADS holders, and (c) will not take any action with respect to such ADSs or ordinary shares, as the case may be, that is consistent with the transfer of beneficial ownership (including, without the consent of The Bank of New York Mellon, disposing of such ADSs or ordinary shares, as the case may be) other than satisfaction of such pre-release;

•	the pre-release must be fully collateralized with cash, US government securities, or other collateral that The Bank of New York Mellon considers appropriate; and

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•	Safeguarding the group’s core earnings stream from its major assets through the effective control and management of gold and other commodity price risk, foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk;

•	Effective and efficient usage of credit facilities in both the short- and long-term through the adoption of reliable liquidity management planning and procedures;

•	Ensuring that investment and hedging transactions are undertaken with creditworthy counterparts; and

•	Ensuring that all contracts and agreements related to financial risk management activities are co-ordinated and consistent throughout the group and comply where necessary with all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.

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Contracts that meet the criteria for hedge accounting are designated as the hedging instruments hedging the variability of forecasted cash flows from the sale of production into the spot market and from capital expenditure denominated in a foreign currency and are classified as cash flow hedges. Cash flow hedge losses pertaining to capital expenditure of $2m as at 31 December 2017 (2016: $2m) are expected to be reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income and recognised as an adjustment to depreciation expense over the life of the Serra Grande mine.

•	All other derivatives are measured at their estimated fair value, with the changes in estimated fair value at each reporting date reported as gains or losses on derivatives in earnings in the period in which they occur.

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(1)	These fees are typically paid to the Depositary by the brokers on behalf of their clients receiving the newly-issued ADSs from the Depositary and by the brokers on behalf of their clients delivering the ADSs to the Depositary for cancellation. The brokers in turn charge these transaction fees to their clients.

(2)	In practice, the Depositary has not collected these fees. If collected, such fees are offset against the related distribution made to the ADR holder.

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ITEM 13:	DEFAULTS, DIVIDEND ARREARAGES AND DELINQUENCIES

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Disclosure Controls and Procedures: As of 31 December 2017 (the “Evaluation Date”), the company, under the supervision and with the participation of its management, including the chief executive officer and chief financial officer has evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a - 15(e) and 15d - 15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“the Exchange Act”)). Based on such evaluation, the chief executive officer and chief financial officer have concluded that, as of the Evaluation Date, the company’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective, and are reasonably designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission. These disclosure controls and procedures include without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the company in reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to the company’s management, including its chief executive officer and chief financial officer, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding disclosure.

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Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting: Management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting for the company, as defined in the Exchange Act Rule 13a - 15(f) and 15d -15(f). The company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of the company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board.

•	Pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company;

•	Provide reasonable assurance that the transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorisations of management and the Directors of the company; and

•	Provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorised acquisition, use, or disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.

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Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting: The Company maintains a system of internal control over financial reporting that is designed to provide reasonable assurance that its books and records accurately reflect transactions and that established policies and procedures are followed. The Company started in 2013 with the implementation of an enterprise resource planning (“ERP”) system on a staggered basis and concluded with the implementation in quarter four of 2013 at all operations excluding its Continental Africa Region, for financial reasons. The ERP implementation will continue at Obuasi within the Continental Africa Region during quarter 3 of 2018.  The continuous implementation will result in a change to the system of internal control over financial reporting at the implicated sites. The Company continues to implement the global ERP system to improve standardization and automation, and not in response to a deficiency in its internal control over financial reporting. The Company believes that the continuing implementation of the ERP system and related changes to internal controls will enhance its internal controls over financial reporting while providing the ability to scale its business in the future.  The Company has taken the necessary steps to monitor and maintain appropriate internal control over financial reporting during this period of change and will continue to evaluate the operating effectiveness of related key controls during subsequent periods.

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ITEM 16A:	AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT

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ITEM 16B:	CODE OF ETHICS AND WHISTLE-BLOWING POLICIES

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ITEM 16C:	PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES

(1)	The Audit fees consist of fees billed for the annual audit services engagement and other audit services, which are those services that only the external auditor reasonably can provide, and include the Company audit; statutory audits; attest services; and assistance with and review of documents filed with the SEC.

(2)	Audit-related fees consist of fees billed for assurance and related services.

(3)	Tax fees include fees billed for tax advice and tax compliance services.

(4)	All other fees include non-audit services.

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ITEM 16G:	CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

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ITEM 16H:	MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURE

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ITEM 17:	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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ITEM 18:	FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

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(1)	Other capital reserves include a surplus on disposal of company shares held by companies prior to the formation of AngloGold Ashanti Limited of $11m (2016: $10m; 2015: $9m), surplus on equity transaction of joint venture of $36m (2016: $36m; 2015: $36m), equity items for share-based payments of $75m (2016: $68m; 2015: $69m) and other reserves.

(2)	Included in accumulated losses are retained earnings totalling $287m (2016: $250m; 2015: $210m) arising at the equity accounted investments and certain subsidiaries which may not be remitted without third party consent.

(3)	Cash flow hedge reserve represents the effective portion of fair value gains or losses in respect of cash flow hedges that expired in prior periods. The cash flow hedge reserve shall remain in equity and will unwind over the life of Serra Grande mine.

(4)	Available-for-sale reserve represents fair value gains or losses on available-for-sale financial assets.

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•	changes in proved and probable Ore Reserve;

•	the grade of Ore Reserve may vary significantly from time to time;

•	differences between actual commodity prices and commodity price assumptions;

•	unforeseen operational issues at mine sites; and

•	changes in capital, operating, mining, processing and reclamation costs, discount rates and foreign exchange rates.

•	It is probable that the future economic benefit (improved access to the orebody) associated with the stripping activity will flow to the group;

•	The group can identify the component of the orebody for which access has been improved; and

•	The costs relating to the stripping activity associated with that component or components can be measured reliably.

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•	deferred tax asset: $4m (2016: $4m; 2015: $1m);

•	deferred tax liability: $363m (2016: $496m; 2015: $514m);

•	taxation liability: $53m (2016: $111m; 2015: $91m); and

•	taxation asset: $3m (2016: $14m; 2015: $27m).

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•	asset carrying values may be affected due to changes in estimated future cash flows;

•	depreciation, depletion and amortisation charged in the income statement may change where such charges are determined by the units-of-production method, or where the useful economic lives of assets change;

•	overburden removal costs, including production stripping activities, recorded on the statement of financial position or charged in the income statement may change due to changes in stripping ratios or the units-of-production method of depreciation;

•	decommissioning site restoration and environmental provisions may change where changes in the estimated Ore Reserve affect expectations about the timing or cost of these activities; and

•	the carrying value of deferred tax assets may change due to changes in estimates of the likely recovery of the tax benefits.

•	silicosis prevalence rates;

•	estimated settlement per claimant;

•	benefit take-up rates;

•	disease progression rates;

•	timing of cashflows; and

•	discount rate.

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•	share capital and premium are translated at historical rates of exchange at the reporting date;

•	retained earnings are converted at historical average exchange rates;

•	assets and liabilities for each statement of financial position presented are translated at the closing rate at the date of that statement of financial position;

•	income and expenses for each income statement presented are translated at monthly average exchange rates (unless this average is not a reasonable approximation of the cumulative effect of the rates prevailing on the transaction dates, in which case income and expenses are translated at the rates prevailing at the date of the transaction); and

•	all resulting exchange differences are recognised in other comprehensive income and presented as a separate component of equity (foreign currency translation);

•	buildings up to life of mine;

•	plant and machinery up to life of mine;

•	equipment and motor vehicles up to five years;

•	computer equipment up to three years; and

•	leased assets over the shorter of the period of the lease and the useful life of the leased asset.

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•	Costs on greenfields sites, being those where the group does not have any mineral deposits which are already being mined or developed under the planned method of extraction, are expensed as incurred until the group is able to demonstrate that future economic benefits are probable, which generally will be the establishment of proved and probable Ore Reserve at this location;

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•	Costs relating to extensions of mineral deposits, which are already being mined or developed, including expenditure on the definition of mineralisation of such mineral deposits, are capitalised as a mine development cost.

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•	metals in process are valued at the average total production cost at the relevant stage of production;

•	gold doré/bullion is valued on an average total production cost method;

•	ore stockpiles are valued at the average moving cost of mining and stockpiling the ore. Stockpiles are classified as a non-current asset where the stockpile exceeds current processing capacity;

•	by-products, which include uranium oxide, silver and sulphuric acid, are valued using an average total production cost method;

•	mine operating supplies are valued at average cost; and

•	heap leach pad materials are measured on an average total production cost basis.

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•	the sale of mining products is recognised when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the products are transferred to the buyer;

•	dividends and royalties are recognised when the right to receive payment is established;

•	interest is recognised on a time proportion basis, taking account of the principal outstanding and the effective rate over the period to maturity, when it is determined that such income will accrue to the group; and

•	where a by-product is not regarded as significant, revenue is credited against cost of sales, when the significant risks and rewards of ownership of the products are transferred to the buyer.

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(1)	Includes equity-accounted investments.

(2)	Total assets includes allocated goodwill of nil (2016: $8m; 2015: $7m) for South Africa, $119m (2016: $110m; 2015: $111m) for Australasia and $8m (2016: $8m; 2015: $8m) for Americas (note 15). The South African segment includes assets held for sale of $348m (refer note 23).

(3)	In 2017, pre-tax impairments and derecognition of assets of $294m were accounted for in South Africa (2016: $3m; 2015: $5m).

(4)	The group's segmental profit measure is gross profit (loss), which excludes the results of associates and joint ventures. For the reconciliation of gross profit (loss) to profit before taxation, refer to the group income statement.

(5)	Non-current assets exclude financial instruments and deferred tax assets.

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(1)	The formula for determining the South African mining tax rate is:

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(1)	Employee compensation awards are included in basic earnings per share from the date that all necessary conditions have been satisfied and it is virtually certain that shares will be issued as a result of employees exercising their options.

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(1)	Transfers and other movements include amounts from deferred stripping, change in estimates of decommissioning assets, asset reclassifications and derecognition of assets with a carrying value of nil.

(2)	Included in the amounts for mine infrastructure are assets held under finance leases with a net book value of $56m (2016: $58m; 2015: $61m).

(3)	Included in the amounts for land and buildings are assets held under finance leases with a net book value of $6m (2016: $7m; 2015: $7m).

(4)	Assets of $11m (2016: $12m; 2015: $8m) have been pledged as security.

(5)	Impairment and derecognition of assets include the following:

•	the gold price assumption represents management’s best estimate of the future price of gold. A long-term real gold price of $1,240/oz (2016: $1,212/oz) is based on a range of economic and market conditions that will exist over the remaining useful life of the assets.

•	proved and probable Ore Reserve;

•	value beyond proved and probable reserves (including exploration potential) determined using the gold price assumption referred to above;

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in determining the impairment for each cash generating unit, the real pre-tax rate was derived from the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) using the Capital Asset Pricing Model ("CAPM") to determine the required return on equity with risk factors consistent with the basis used in 2016. At 31 December 2017, the derived group WACC was 7.50% (real post-tax) which is 20 basis points higher than in 2016 of 7.30%, and is based on the industry average capital structure of the major gold companies considered to be appropriate peers. In determining the WACC for each cash generating unit, sovereign and mining risk factors are considered to determine country specific risks. In certain instances, a specific risk premium was added to large projects being undertaken or the turnaround nature of a specific mine to address uncertainties in the forecast of the cash flows;

•	foreign currency cash flows translated at estimated forward exchange rates and then discounted using appropriate discount rates for that currency;

•	cash flows used in impairment calculations are based on life of mine plans which range from 2 years to 42 years; and

•	variable operating cash flows are increased at local Consumer Price Index rates.

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(1)	Transfers and other movements include amounts from asset reclassifications and amounts written off.

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(1)

Goodwill has been allocated to its respective CGU's where it is tested for impairment as part of the CGU . The group reviews and tests the carrying value of goodwill on an annual basis for impairment. Following the impairment review, goodwill to the value of $9m at First Uranium (Pty) Ltd was impaired utilising a real pre-tax discount rate of 9.23% during 2017. The discount rates for 2017 were determined on a basis consistent with the 2016 and 2015 discount rates. The value in use recoverable amount of First Uranium (Pty) Ltd is $317m (2016: $336m; 2015: $304m).

(2)	The value in use of the CGU is $402m in 2017 (2016: $487m; 2015: $504m).

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(1)	AngloGold Ashanti Limited has a 50% interest in Kibali (Jersey) Limited (Kibali) which holds our effective 45% interest in Kibali Goldmines S.A.

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(1)	The amount of the write-down of ore stockpiles, metals in process, by-products and mine operating supplies to net realisable value, and recognised as an expense during the year in special items or cost of sales is $17m (2016: $30m; 2015: $30m).

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(1)	The change in estimates is attributable to changes in discount rates due to changes in global economic assumptions and changes in mine plans resulting in a change in cash flows and changes in design of tailings storage facilities and in methodology following requests from the environmental regulatory authorities. These provisions are expected to unwind beyond the end of the life of mine.

(2)

Other provisions include the following significant item: Chemwes (Pty) Limited, a subsidiary of First Uranium (Pty) Limited acquired by AngloGold Ashanti Limited during 2012, agreed to sell 25% of its production, capped at 312,500oz from 1 January 2012, to Franco-Nevada (Barbados) Corporation. Franco Nevada is required to pay $400/oz which inflates at 1% compounded annually from 2013. These factors were considered in determining the commodity contract obligation. The provision is calculated as the present value of the portion which is deemed onerous in light of the current market conditions using a gold forward for the duration of the contract of $1,303/oz (2016: $1,152/oz; 2015: $1,061/oz). As at 31 December 2017, the remaining production due to Franco Nevada is 170,435oz (2016: 197,528oz; 2015: 220,447oz).

(3)	Other provisions include the provision for the silicosis class action litigation of $63m.

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•	The acquisition of all or part of AngloGold Ashanti; or

•	A number of shareholders holding less than 35% of the company’s issued share capital consorting to gain a majority of the board and make management decisions; and

•	The contracts of Executive Committee members are either terminated or their role and employment conditions are curtailed.

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(1)	Salaries are disclosed only for the period from or to which office is held, and include car allowances where applicable.

(2)	The performance related payments are calculated on the year’s financial results.

(3)	Includes health care, pension allowance, cash in lieu of dividends, vested CIP match awards, group personal accident, disability and funeral cover. Surplus leave days accrued are automatically encashed unless work requirements allow for carry over.

(4)	Values have been converted using the average annual exchange rate for 2017: R13.3014:$1 (2016: R14.6812:$1; 2015: R12.7719: $1).

(5)	Benefits for 2017 for CE Carter include a dependent’s scholarship award of $2,500.

(6)	L Eybers was appointed prescribed officer with effect from 22 February 2017.

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(1)	The latest expiry date of all options/awards granted and outstanding at 31 December 2017 is 1 March 2027 (2016: 1 March 2026; 2015: 3 March 2025).

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(1)	Relates to the BSP 17 awards that were issued prior to the Annual General Meeting on 16 May 2017.

(1)	Directors’ compensation is disclosed in US dollars.

(2)	Director joined in April 2017.

(3)	Director retired in May 2017.

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(1)	Held on the New York stock exchange as American Depositary Shares (ADSs) (1 ADS is equivalent to 1 ordinary share)

(2)	Held on the Australian stock exchange as CHESS Depositary Receipts (5 CDIs are equivalent to 1 ordinary share)

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(1)

Litigation - On 11 October 2011, AngloGold Ashanti (Ghana) Limited (AGAG) terminated Mining and Building Contractors Limited’s (MBC) underground development agreement, construction on bulkheads agreement and diamond drilling agreement at Obuasi mine. The parties reached agreement on the terms of the separation and concluded a separation agreement on 8 November 2012. On 20 February 2014, AGAG was served with a demand issued by MBC claiming a total of $97m. In December 2015, the proceedings were stayed in the High Court pending arbitration. In February 2016, MBC submitted the matter to arbitration.

(2)

Litigation - AGAG received a summons on 2 April 2013 from Abdul Waliyu and 152 others in which the plaintiffs allege that they were or are residents of the Obuasi municipality or its suburbs and that their health has been adversely affected by emission and/or other environmental impacts arising in connection with the current and/or historical operations of the Pompora Treatment Plant (PTP), which was decommissioned in 2000. The plaintiffs’ alleged injuries include respiratory infections, skin diseases and certain cancers. The plaintiffs subsequently did not timely file their application for directions, but AGAG intends to allow some time to pass prior to applying to have the matter struck out for want of prosecution. On 24 February 2014, executive members of the PTP (AGAG) Smoke Effect Association (PASEA), sued AGAG by themselves and on behalf of their members (undisclosed number) on grounds similar to those discussed above, as well as economic hardships as a result of constant failure of their crops. This matter has been adjourned indefinitely. AGAG intends to allow some time to pass prior to applying to have the matter struck out for want of prosecution. In view of the limitation of current information for the accurate estimation of a liability, no reliable estimate can be made for AGAG’s obligation in either matter.

(3)

Litigation - On 19 October 2017, Newmont Mining Co. filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York against AngloGold Ashanti and certain related parties, alleging that AngloGold Ashanti and such parties did not provide Newmont with certain information relevant to its purchase of the Cripple Creek & Victor Gold Mining Company in 2015 during the negotiation- and-sale process.  AngloGold Ashanti believes the lawsuit is without merit and intends to vigorously defend against it. The matter is proceeding. In view of the limitation of current information for the accurate estimation of a liability, no reliable estimate can be made for the obligation.

(4)

Tax disputes - AngloGold Ashanti Limited’s subsidiaries in Brazil are involved in various disputes with tax authorities. These disputes involve federal tax assessments including income tax, royalties, social contributions, VAT and annual property tax. In December 2017, new VAT assessments of $14m were received. Collectively, the possible amount involved is approximately $24m (2016: $15m, 2015: $11m). Management is of the opinion that these taxes are not payable.

(5)

Tax dispute - In January 2013, AngloGold Ashanti Colombia S.A. (AGAC) received notice from the Colombian Tax Office (DIAN) that it disagreed with the company’s tax treatment of certain items in the 2010 and 2011 income tax returns. On 23 October 2013, AGAC received the official assessments from the DIAN which established that an estimated additional tax of $21m (2016: $21m, 2015: $20m) will be payable if the tax returns are amended. Penalties and interest for the additional taxes are expected to be $129m (2016: $120m, 2015: $108m).The Company believes that the DIAN has applied the tax legislation incorrectly. AGAC subsequently challenged the DIAN’s ruling by filing lawsuits in March 2015 and April 2015 before the Administrative Tribunal of Cundinamarca (the trial court for tax litigation). Closing arguments on the tax disputes were presented in February and June 2017 and judgement is pending.

(6)

Tax dispute - On 12 July 2013, Cerro Vanguardia S.A. (CVSA) received a notification from the Argentina Tax Authority (AFIP) requesting corrections to the 2007, 2008 and 2009 income tax returns of about $6m (2016: $7m, 2015: $8m) relating to the non-deduction of tax losses previously claimed on hedge contracts. The AFIP is of the view that the financial derivatives could not be considered as hedge contracts, as hedge contract losses could only be offset against gains derived from the same kind of hedging contracts. Penalties and interest on the disputed amounts are estimated at a further $21m (2016: $22m, 2015: $24m). CVSA and AFIP have corresponded on this issue over the past several years and while management is of the opinion that the taxes are not payable, the government continues to assert its position regarding the use of the financial derivatives. CVSA filed an appeal with the Tax Court on 19 June 2015, and the parties submitted their final reports in July 2017. The matter is pending with the Tax Court.

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(7)

Groundwater pollution - AngloGold Ashanti has identified groundwater contamination plumes at certain of its operations, which have occurred primarily as a result of seepage from mine residue stockpiles. Numerous scientific, technical and legal studies have been undertaken to assist in determining the magnitude of the contamination and to find sustainable remediation solutions. The group has instituted processes to reduce future potential seepage and it has been demonstrated that Monitored Natural Attenuation (MNA) by the existing environment will contribute to improvements in some instances. Furthermore, literature reviews, field trials and base line modelling techniques suggest, but have not yet proven, that the use of phyto-technologies can address the soil and groundwater contamination. Subject to the completion of trials and the technology being a proven remediation technique, no reliable estimate can be made for the obligation.

(8)

Deep groundwater pollution - The group has identified potential water ingress and future pollution risk posed by deep groundwater in certain underground mines in Africa. Various studies have been undertaken by AngloGold Ashanti since 1999 to understand this potential risk.  In South Africa, due to the interconnected nature of mining operations, any proposed solution needs to be a combined one supported by all the mines located in these gold fields. As a result, the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA) requires that the affected mining companies develop a Regional Mine Closure Strategy to be approved by the Department of Mineral Resources. In view of the limitation of current information for the accurate estimation of a liability, no reliable estimate can be made for the obligation.

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•	safeguarding the group’s core earnings stream from its major assets through the effective control and management of gold price risk, other commodity risk, foreign exchange risk and interest rate risk;

•	effective and efficient usage of credit facilities in both the short and long-term through the adoption of reliable liquidity management planning and procedures;

•	ensuring that investment and hedging transactions are undertaken with creditworthy counterparties; and

•	ensuring that all contracts and agreements related to risk management activities are co-ordinated, consistent throughout the group and that they comply where necessary with all relevant regulatory and statutory requirements.

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Level 1:	quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities;

Level 2:	inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly (as prices) or indirectly (derived from prices); and

Level 3:	inputs for the asset or liability that are not based on observable market data (unobservable inputs).

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•	The $750m, $700m and $300m rated bonds are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by the group;

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The interest margin on the five-year unsecured syndicated revolving credit facility of A$500m ($390m) with a group of banks will reduce should the group’s credit rating improve from its current BB+/Baa3 status and should increase if its credit rating worsens. This facility will be used to fund the working capital and development costs associated with the group's mining operations within Australia without eroding the group's headroom under its other facilities and exposing the group to foreign exchange gains/losses each quarter.

•	The R1bn, R1.4bn and R2.5bn unsecured syndicated revolving credit facilities will be used to fund the working capital and development costs associated with the group's mining operations within South Africa without eroding the group's headroom under its other facilities and exposing the group to foreign exchange gains/losses each quarter.

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•	On 20 February 2018, the directors of AngloGold Ashanti declared a gross cash dividend per ordinary share of 70 South African cents (assuming an exchange rate of ZAR11.66/$, the gross dividend payable per ADS is equivalent to 6 US cents).

•	On 28 February 2018, the conditions precedent were fulfilled on the sale of Moab Khotsong and Kopanang Mines and the transactions were completed, with ownership of Moab Khotsong and Kopanang Mines transferring to Harmony and Heaven-Sent, respectively.

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•	Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;

•	Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

•	State whether applicable accounting standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

•	Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

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•	it is probable that the future economic benefit (improved access to the ore body) associated with the stripping activity will flow to the Group;

•	the Group can identify the component of the ore body for which access has been improved; and

•	the costs relating to the stripping activity associated with that component or components can be measured reliably.

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2.	KEY ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES AND JUDGEMENTS

•	the quantities of the proven and probable reserves being reserves for which there is a high degree of confidence in economic extraction;

•	future production levels;

•	future commodity prices; including oil forecast at US$70bbl (2016: US$60bbl) (2015: US$60bbl);

•	future cash cost of production and capital expenditure associated with extraction of the proven and probable reserves in the approved mine plan;

•	future gold prices - a gold price curve was used for the impairment calculations starting at a US$1 250/oz gold price (2016: US$1 200oz) (2015: US$1 150/oz) and increasing at an average of 2.5% per annum (2016: 2.0%) (2015: 1.5%). The gold price curve was determined after consideration of a range of forecast techniques and data sources;

•	a discount rate equivalent to 8.2% pre-tax (2016: 7.8%) (2015: 7.9%); and

•	an inflation rate of 2.5% (2016: 2%) (2015: 1.5%).

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(1)	Refer to note 19 and the consolidated cash flow statement.

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(1)	All the operations in South Africa, namely, Mine Waste Solutions, Kopanang, Moab Khotsong, Mponeng and TauTona are held by the parent company, AngloGold Ashanti Limited.

(2)	Owner of the Sunrise Dam operation and the Tropicana joint venture in Australia.

(3)	Operates the Obuasi mine in Ghana.

(4)	Owner of Kibali Goldmines S.A. which operates the Kibali mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

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1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of AngloGold Ashanti Limited;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB;

c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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1.	I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of AngloGold Ashanti Limited;

2.	Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

3.	Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the company as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

4.	The company’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the company and have:

a.	Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the company, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

b.	Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with IFRS as issued by the IASB;

c.	Evaluated the effectiveness of the company’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

d.	Disclosed in this report any change in the company’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the period covered by the annual report that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the company’s internal control over financial reporting; and

5.	The company’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the company’s auditors and the audit committee of company’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

a.	All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

b.	Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the company’s internal control over financial reporting.

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1.	The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.	The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

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