e20vf
As filed with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on December 23, 2002
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
Form 20-F
ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO
SECTION 13 OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934,
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
Commission File Number: 001-31545
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
(Exact name of registrant
as specified in its charter)
Republic of South Africa
(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)
Suite No. 1
Private Bag X1
Melrose Arch, 2076
South Africa
(Address of principal executive offices)
Securities registered or to be registered
pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities registered or to be registered
pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
Ordinary shares, with
nominal value Rand 50 cents per share*
(Title of Class)
American Depositary Shares
(as evidenced by American Depositary Receipts),
each representing
one ordinary share
(Title of Class)
Warrants, each to purchase
one ordinary share
(Title of Class)
* Not for
trading, but only in connection with the registration of American Depositary Shares, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Securities for which there is a reporting
obligation pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act: None
The number of outstanding shares of each
of the issuers classes of capital or common stock as of the close of the last
full fiscal year covered by this Annual Report was:
169,929,842 ordinary
shares, with nominal value of Rand 50 cents per share
8,013,446 warrants, each
to purchase one ordinary share
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
(1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period
that the registrant was required to file such reports) and (2) has been subject
to such filing requirements for the past 90 days:
Yes X
No __
Indicate by check mark which financial statement
item the registrant has elected to follow:
Item 17__
Item 18 X
TABLE OF CONTENTS
|
|
PART I
|
1
|
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior
Management and Advisers
|
1
|
Item 2. Offer Statistics and Expected Timetable
|
1
|
Item 3. Key Information
|
1
|
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
|
1
|
EXCHANGE RATES
|
8
|
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
|
8
|
REASONS FOR THE OFFER AND USE OF PROCEEDS
|
8
|
RISK FACTORS
|
9
|
Item 4. Information on the Company
|
26
|
BUSINESS
|
26
|
Introduction
|
26
|
History
|
27
|
Strategy
|
32
|
Hedge Policy
|
36
|
Description of Mining Business
|
38
|
Harmonys Management Structure
|
41
|
Exploration
|
42
|
Capital Expenditures
|
45
|
Description of Property
|
45
|
Geology
|
48
|
Reserves
|
48
|
Harmonys Mining Operations
|
51
|
REGULATION
|
94
|
Mineral Rights
|
94
|
Environmental Matters
|
97
|
Health and Safety Matters
|
99
|
Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects
|
101
|
OVERVIEW
|
101
|
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
|
103
|
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
|
111
|
Years ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
|
111
|
Years ended June 30, 2001 and 2000
|
118
|
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
|
123
|
Cash Resources
|
123
|
Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings
|
124
|
Sales of Equity Securities
|
127
|
Contractual Obligations and Commercial Commitments
|
128
|
Trend Information
|
129
|
Working Capital and Anticipated Financing Needs
|
129
|
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management
and Employees
|
130
|
DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
|
130
|
BOARD PRACTICES
|
134
|
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
|
137
|
SHARE OWNERSHIP
|
140
|
EMPLOYEES
|
141
|
General
|
141
|
Unionized Labor
|
141
|
Share Option Scheme
|
143
|
i
Share Purchase Scheme
|
144
|
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related
Party Transactions
|
144
|
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
|
144
|
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
|
147
|
INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND COUNSEL
|
147
|
Item 8. Financial Information
|
147
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
|
147
|
OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
|
147
|
Export Sales
|
147
|
Legal Proceedings
|
148
|
Dividends and Dividend Policy
|
148
|
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
|
149
|
Item 9. The Offer and Listing
|
149
|
MARKETS
|
149
|
OFFERING AND LISTING DETAILS
|
150
|
THE JSE SECURITIES EXCHANGE SOUTH AFRICA
|
151
|
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
|
153
|
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
|
153
|
DILUTION
|
153
|
EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE
|
153
|
Item 10. Additional Information
|
154
|
SHARE CAPITAL
|
154
|
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION
|
154
|
General
|
154
|
Objects and Purposes
|
154
|
Directors
|
155
|
Share Capital
|
157
|
Variation of Rights
|
167
|
Changes in Capital or Objects and Powers of Harmony
|
168
|
Meetings of Shareholders
|
169
|
Title to Shares
|
170
|
Non-South African Shareholders
|
170
|
Disclosure of Interest in Shares
|
171
|
Changes in Control
|
171
|
Register of Members
|
171
|
Annual Report and Accounts
|
172
|
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
|
172
|
EXCHANGE CONTROLS
|
172
|
CERTAIN SOUTH AFRICAN TAX CONSIDERATIONS
|
174
|
CERTAIN UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
|
176
|
DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS
|
178
|
STATEMENTS BY EXPERTS
|
178
|
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
|
178
|
SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION
|
179
|
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk
|
180
|
Item 12. Description of Securities
Other than Equity Securities
|
190
|
GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS
|
191
|
PART II
|
199
|
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages
and Delinquencies
|
199
|
Item 14. Material Modifications to
the Rights of Securityholders and Use of Proceeds
|
199
|
ii
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS
OF SECURITY HOLDERS
|
199
|
USE OF PROCEEDS
|
200
|
Item 15. Controls and Procedures
|
200
|
Item 16. [Reserved]
|
200
|
PART III
|
201
|
Item 17. Financial Statements
|
201
|
Item 18. Financial Statements
|
201
|
Item 19. Exhibits
|
203
|
SIGNATURES
|
206
|
CERTIFICATIONS
|
207
|
iii
Defined terms
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited is a corporation organized
under the laws of the Republic of South Africa. As used in this Annual Report on Form 20-F, or this
annual report, unless the context otherwise requires, the term Harmony
refers to Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited; the term South Africa
refers to the Republic of South Africa; the terms we, us
and our refer to Harmony and, as applicable, its direct and indirect
subsidiaries as a group; the terms South African Government and Government refer
to the government of South Africa and, where the context requires, include
the South African state.
In this annual report, references to R, Rand,
¢ and cents are to the South African Rand, the lawful currency of South
Africa, A$ refers to Australian dollars, C$ refers to Canadian
dollars, £ refers to British Pounds Sterling and references to $
and U.S. dollars are to United States dollars.
This annual report contains information concerning the gold reserves
of Harmony. While this annual report has been prepared in accordance with the definitions contained
in Securities and Exchange Commission Guide 7, it is based on assumptions which
may prove to be incorrect. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to
mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less gold
under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
This annual report contains descriptions of gold mining and the gold
mining industry, including descriptions of geological formations and mining processes. We have explained
some of these terms in the glossary included in this annual report. This glossary
may assist you in understanding these terms.
Forward-looking statements
This annual report contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to
Harmonys financial condition, results of operations, business strategies, operating
efficiencies, competitive positions, growth opportunities for existing services,
plans and objectives of management, markets for stock and other matters. In particular,
among other statements, certain statements in Item 4. Information on the
Company, Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and Prospects
and Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
are forward-looking in nature. Statements in this annual report that are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements for the purpose of the safe harbor
provided by Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and
Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.
These forward-looking statements, including, among others, those
relating to the future business prospects, revenues and income of Harmony, wherever they may occur
in this annual report and the exhibits to this annual report, are necessarily estimates
reflecting the best judgment of the senior management of Harmony and involve a number
of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from those suggested by the forward-looking
iv
statements. As a consequence, these
forward-looking statements should be considered in light of various important factors,
including those set forth in this annual report. Important factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially from estimates or projections contained in the
forward-looking statements include, without limitation:
overall economic and business conditions
in South Africa and elsewhere;
the ability to achieve
anticipated efficiencies and other cost savings in connection with past and future
acquisitions;
decreases in the market price of gold;
the occurrence of hazards
associated with underground and surface gold mining;
the occurrence of labor disruptions;
availability, terms and
deployment of capital;
changes in government regulation,
particularly environmental regulation;
fluctuations in exchange rates,
currency devaluations and other macroeconomic monetary policies; and
political instability in South
Africa and regionally.
Harmony undertakes no obligation to update publicly or
release any revisions to these
forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of
this annual report or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.
Presentation of financial information
Harmony is a South African company and the majority
of its operations are located
there. Accordingly, its books of account are maintained in South African Rand and
its annual and interim financial statements are prepared in accordance with South
African Statements of Generally Accepted Accounting Practice, or S.A. GAAP, as prescribed
by law and are based on International Accounting Standards. Harmony also prepares
annual financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
in the United States which are translated into U.S. dollars. The financial information
included in this annual report has been prepared in accordance with United States
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, or U.S. GAAP, and is presented in U.S.
dollars. Unless otherwise stated, balance sheet item amounts are translated from
Rand to U.S. dollars at the exchange rate prevailing on the last business day of
the period (Rand 10.39 per $1.00 as at June 28, 2002), except for specific items
included within shareholders equity that are converted at the exchange rate
prevailing on the date the transaction was entered into, and income statement item
amounts are translated from Rand to U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate for
the period (Rand 10.20 per $1.00 for fiscal 2002).
v
For the convenience of the reader, certain
information in this annual report presented
in Rand, A$, C$ and £ has been translated into U.S. dollars. By including convenience
currency translations in this annual report, we are not representing that the Rand,
A$, C$ and £ amounts actually represent the U.S. or Australian dollar amounts, as
the case may be, shown or that these amounts could be converted into U.S. or Australian
dollars, as the case may be, at the rates indicated. Unless otherwise stated, the
conversion rate for translations from Rand amounts into U.S. dollar amounts is Rand
8.74 per $1.00, which was the noon buying rate on December 13, 2002.
vi
PART I
Item 1. Identity of Directors, Senior
Management and Advisers
Not applicable.
Item 2. Offer Statistics and
Expected Timetable
Not applicable.
Item 3. Key Information
SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA
The selected consolidated financial data below should be
read in conjunction with, and are qualified in their entirety by reference to, our consolidated financial
statements and the notes thereto included elsewhere in this annual report.
Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data
The following selected historical consolidated
financial data for the last five fiscal
years has been extracted from the more detailed information and financial statements,
including Harmonys audited consolidated financial statements for each of the
years in the three years ended June 30, 2002 and at June 30, 2001 and 2002 and the
related notes, which appear elsewhere in this annual report. The historical consolidated
financial data at June 30, 1998, 1999 and 2000, and for each of the years in the
two years ended June 30, 1998 and 1999, has been extracted from Harmonys audited
consolidated financial statements not included in this annual report.
1
The audited financial information included in this
annual report has been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP.
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
20012
|
|
20003
|
|
19994
|
|
1998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in $ thousands, except per share amounts)
|
Income statement data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues
|
696,840
|
|
|
607,220
|
|
|
490,651
|
|
|
381,412
|
|
249,536
|
|
Operating Income
|
206,375
|
|
|
88,424
|
|
|
72,971
|
|
|
64,878
|
|
3,640
|
|
Equity income of joint venture
|
13,176
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity loss of associate companies
|
473
|
6
|
|
|
|
|
1,401
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before taxes and minority Interests
|
103,659
|
|
|
29,804
|
|
|
73,489
|
|
|
30,199
|
|
(7,149
|
)
|
Minority interests
|
(1,575
|
)
|
|
(349
|
)
|
|
(2,910
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income/ (loss) before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle
|
87,716
|
|
|
14,830
|
|
|
57,030
|
|
|
27,908
|
|
(7,004
|
)
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle,
net of tax8
|
|
|
|
(5,822
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income/(loss)
|
87,716
|
|
|
9,008
|
|
|
57,030
|
|
|
27,908
|
|
(7,004
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share ($) before cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle9
|
0.57
|
|
|
0.15
|
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
0.42
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
Basic earnings/(loss) per share ($)10
|
0.57
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
0.68
|
|
|
0.42
|
|
(0.14
|
)
|
Diluted earnings per share before cumulative effect of change in
accounting principle11
|
0.53
|
|
|
0.14
|
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
0.41
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share11
|
0.53
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
|
0.67
|
|
|
0.41
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of basic
earnings per share
|
153,509,862
|
|
|
102,156,205
|
|
|
83,593,424
|
|
|
66,843,932
|
|
49,043,746
|
|
Weighted average number of shares used in the computation of diluted
earnings per share
|
165,217,088
|
|
|
105,504,328
|
|
|
85,590,876
|
|
|
68,070,172
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends per share ($)
|
0.07
|
|
|
0.16
|
|
|
0.19
|
|
|
0.18
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends per share (R)
|
0.75
|
|
|
1.20
|
|
|
1.20
|
|
|
1.10
|
|
|
|
Other financial data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends per share ($)12
|
0.41
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash dividends per share (R)12
|
4.25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost per ounce of gold ($/oz)13
|
196
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
245
|
|
|
239
|
|
305
|
|
1
|
Hill 50s financial results have
been equity accounted for the month of March 2002 and consolidated thereafter. The Free
Gold Companys financial results have been equity accounted from May 1, 2002 and
are, accordingly, reflected as a single line item Equity income of joint venture.
|
|
|
2
|
The financial results of the Elandskraal mines
and New Hampton have been consolidated from April 1, 2001.
|
|
|
3
|
Randfonteins financial results have been
equity accounted from January 14, 2000 to February 29, 2000 and consolidated thereafter. The financial
results of Kalgold have been consolidated from October 1, 1999.
|
|
|
4
|
The financial results of Evander have been
consolidated from July 1, 1998.
|
|
|
5
|
Reflects Harmonys equity accounted
interest in the Free Gold Companys results from May 1, 2002.
|
|
|
6
|
Reflects Harmonys equity accounted
interest in Bendigos results with effect from January 1, 2002 and in Hill 50s results
for the month of March 2002.
|
|
|
7
|
Reflects Harmonys equity accounted
interest in Randfonteins results during the period from January 14 to February 29, 2000.
|
|
|
8
|
Harmony adopted FAS 133 on July 1, 2000.
As Harmonys derivative instruments held on that date did not meet the FAS 133 criteria
for hedge accounting, these derivatives were fair valued and recorded on the balance sheet, resulting
in a cumulative effect of change in accounting principle adjustment of approximately
$5.8 million.
|
|
|
9
|
Calculated by dividing income/(loss) before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle by the weighted average number of shares used
in the computation of basic earnings per share.
|
|
|
10
|
Calculated by dividing net income/(loss) by
the weighted average number of basic shares used in the computation of basic earnings per share.
|
|
|
11
|
Presented where there is a dilutive effect
when including potential ordinary shares in the calculations in 9 and 10 above.
|
|
|
12
|
Reflects dividends related to fiscal 2002 that
were declared on August 2, 2002.
|
2
13
|
Harmony has calculated cash costs per
ounce by dividing total cash costs, as determined using
the Gold Institute industry standard, by gold ounces sold for all periods presented.
The Gold Institute is a non-profit international association of miners, refiners,
bullion suppliers and manufacturers of gold products that has developed a uniform
format for reporting production costs on a per ounce basis. The standard was first
adopted in 1996 and was revised in November 1999. Cash costs, as defined in the
Gold Institute standard, include mine production costs, transport and refinery costs,
general and administrative costs, costs associated with movements in production
inventories and ore stockpiles, costs associated with transfers to deferred stripping
and costs associated with royalties. Cash costs have been calculated on a consistent
basis for all periods presented. Changes in cash costs per ounce are affected by
operational performance, as well as changes in the currency exchange rate between
the Rand and the U.S. dollar. Cash costs per ounce is not a U.S. GAAP measure.
Cash costs per ounce should not be considered by investors in isolation or as an
alternative to net income, income before tax, operating cash flows or any other
measure of financial performance presented. While the Gold Institute has provided
a definition for the calculation of cash costs per ounce, the calculation of cash
costs per ounce may vary from company to company and may not be comparable to other
similarly titled measures of other companies. However, Harmony believes that cash
costs per ounce is a useful indicator to investors and management of a mining companys performance
as it provides (1) an indication of a companys profitability
and efficiency, (2) the trends in costs as the companys operations mature,
(3) a measure of a companys gross margin per ounce, by comparison of cash
costs per ounce to the spot price of gold and (4) an internal benchmark of performance
to allow for comparison against other companies.
|
|
At June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
20012
|
|
20003
|
|
19994
|
|
1998
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(in $ thousands)
|
Balance sheet data
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents
|
90,223
|
|
144,096
|
|
77,942
|
|
45,318
|
|
8,518
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,744
|
|
15,618
|
Other current assets
|
109,397
|
|
136,794
|
|
59,582
|
|
32,071
|
|
21,252
|
Property, plant and equipment - net
|
812,753
|
|
667,113
|
|
557,725
|
|
347,036
|
|
251,461
|
Restricted cash
|
|
|
|
|
7,310
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in associates5
|
42,791
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in joint venture6
|
102,578
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other long-term assets7
|
137,399
|
|
81,822
|
|
69,629
|
|
9,244
|
|
4,995
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets
|
1,295,141
|
|
1,029,825
|
|
772,188
|
|
444,413
|
|
301,844
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities
|
138,677
|
|
152,886
|
|
150,148
|
|
70,583
|
|
43,055
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation
|
63,125
|
|
53,136
|
|
52,525
|
|
33,811
|
|
21,779
|
Deferred income and mining taxes
|
99,789
|
|
47,050
|
|
48,686
|
|
28,442
|
|
22,445
|
Provision for post-retirement benefits
|
737
|
|
1,002
|
|
3,709
|
|
5,793
|
|
3,756
|
Deferred financial liability
|
87,226
|
|
49,374
|
|
40,174
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term loans
|
152,461
|
|
151,466
|
|
46,635
|
|
14,024
|
|
8,546
|
Preference shares
|
|
|
681
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest
|
|
|
331
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity
|
753,126
|
|
573,899
|
|
430,311
|
|
291,760
|
|
202,263
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity
|
1,295,141
|
|
1,029,825
|
|
772,188
|
|
444,413
|
|
301,844
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Includes the financial position of Hill
50 acquired during the year.
|
|
2
|
Includes the financial position of Elandskraal
and New Hampton acquired during the year.
|
|
3
|
Includes the financial position of Randfontein
and Kalgold acquired during the year.
|
|
4
|
Includes the financial position of Evander
acquired during the year.
|
|
5
|
Reflects Harmonys equity-accounted share
of the net assets of Bendigo and Highland Gold as at June 30, 2002.
|
|
6
|
Reflects Harmonys equity-accounted share
of the net assets of the Free Gold Company as at June 30, 2002.
|
|
7
|
Includes mineral subscription and participation
rights relating to Harmonys exploration activities and slimes dams and bond issue costs, which are
included in Other Assets in note 12 to the consolidated financial statements.
|
3
Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Income Statement
On November
21, 2001, Harmony and ARMGold reached an agreement in principle with AngloGold to
purchase the Free Gold assets, subject to specified conditions. Pursuant to the
subsequently executed definitive agreements, the Free Gold assets were purchased
by the Free Gold Company for Rand 2,200 million, plus an amount equal to any liability
for taxes payable by AngloGold in connection with the sale. Rand 1,800 million
of the purchase price, plus accrued interest, was paid by the Free Gold Company
in April 2002 following the fulfillment of all conditions precedent and Rand 400
million is payable by the Free Gold Company under an interest-free loan on January
1, 2005. The additional amount relating to taxes is payable by the Free Gold Company
as and when the tax liability becomes payable by AngloGold. Harmony has estimated
that this tax liability will be approximately Rand 632 million and will be payable
in March 2003. The Free Gold Company assumed management control of the Free Gold
assets from January 1, 2002, and completed the acquisition on April 23, 2002 (the
date on which all conditions precedent to the transaction were fulfilled), with
the profits and cash flows generated by the Free Gold assets up to that date being
for the account of the Free Gold Company. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHistory and BusinessHarmonys
Mining Operations.
For purposes
of U.S. GAAP, Harmony equity accounted for its interest in the Free Gold Company
with effect from May 1, 2002 and the purchase price of the Free Gold assets was
determined to be Rand 2,213 million ($208.0 million at an exchange rate of R10.64
per $1.00). This figure is the sum of the cash payment of Rand 1,800 million ($169.2
million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00), the fair value of the interest-free
loan of Rand 270 million ($25.4 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00)
and the estimated tax payable to AngloGold of Rand 632 million ($59.4 million at
an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00), offset by the cash flows of Rand 489 million
($46.0 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) generated by the Free Gold
assets during the period from January 1, 2002 until the completion of the acquisition
on April 23, 2002.
On April 18,
2002, Harmony entered into a term loan facility of Rand 500 million, all of which
has been drawn down, with BoE Bank Limited for the purpose of partially funding
(i) Harmonys acquisition of shares in the Free Gold Company and (ii) loans
made by Harmony to the Free Gold Company in connection with the acquisition of the
Free Gold assets. This facility is collateralized by a pledge of Harmonys
shares in the Free Gold Company and is guaranteed by Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold
and Lydex. The loan is repayable in full on April 23, 2006, and eight equal semi-annual
installments are due beginning October 23, 2002. The loan bears interest
at a rate equal to the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate for deposits in Rand,
or JIBAR, plus 1.5% plus specified costs, which is accrued daily from the drawdown
date and is payable quarterly in arrears commencing July 23, 2002.
Harmony closed
its offer for all of the outstanding shares and listed options of Hill 50 on May
3, 2002 and subsequently completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares
and options under the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange. The total cash bid
valued Hill 50 at approximately A$233 million (R1,419 million at an exchange rate
of R6.09 per A$1.00, or $124.8 million at an exchange rate of R11.37 per $1.00).
In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce corporate expenditures, in the quarter
ended June 30, 2002 Harmony
4
integrated New
Hamptons Jubilee operations with Hill 50s New Celebration operations to form the South
Kalgoorlie operations and combined the corporate offices associated with these operations.
The following
unaudited pro forma condensed income statement of Harmony has been prepared to illustrate
the estimated effect of the acquisition of Hill 50 and Harmonys interest in
the Free Gold assets during fiscal 2002 as if such acquisitions had taken place
on July 1, 2001. This unaudited pro forma condensed income statement has been derived
by the application of pro forma adjustments to the historical consolidated financial
information of Harmony and the historical financial information of the Free
Gold assets and Hill 50. The historical consolidated financial statements of Harmony
for the years ended June 30, 2002, 2001 and 2000, the historical financial statements
of the Free Gold assets for the calendar year ended December 31, 2001 and the historical
financial statements of Hill 50 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 have been
included elsewhere in this annual report. The historical consolidated financial
statements of Harmony and the Free Gold assets have been prepared in accordance
with U.S. GAAP. The historical financial statements of Hill 50 have been prepared
in accordance with Australian GAAP and reconciled to U.S. GAAP. The allocation
of the consideration for the Free Gold assets and Hill 50 acquisitions to the fair
values of the assets acquired and the liabilities assumed in the acquisitions remains
subject to final determination and, accordingly, the amounts reflected herein may
differ from the amounts that would have been determined if the final fair value
allocations were known.
The unaudited
pro forma condensed income statement should not be considered indicative of results
that would have been achieved had the acquisitions been consummated on the dates
or during the periods indicated and does not purport to indicate results of operations
as of any future date or any future period. The unaudited pro forma condensed income
statement should be read in conjunction with the historical consolidated financial
statements of Harmony, Hill 50 and the Free Gold Company and related notes thereto
included elsewhere in this annual report.
The unaudited
pro forma condensed income statement excludes the effects of the following transactions:
|
|
the issuance
of 8,500,000 ordinary shares by means of a international private placement on April
29, 2002;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the purchase
of a 31.8% equity interest in Bendigo during December 2001;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the purchase
of a 32.5% equity interest in Highland Gold during May and June 2002; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
the repurchase
of the 10% participation rights in the Elandskraal Venture with effect from April
1, 2002.
|
5
For the
purposes of the following unaudited pro forma condensed income statement, the exchange
rates of Rand 10.20 per $1.00 and Rand 4.96 per A$1.00 were used unless otherwise indicated.
Dollars in thousands, except
per share data
|
Harmony
for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
Hill 50 for
the nine months ended March 31, 2002
|
|
Free
Gold assets for the ten months ended April 30, 2002
|
|
Adjustments
|
|
|
|
Pro forma
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales
|
|
675,287
|
|
|
|
|
52,051
|
|
|
|
|
131,205
|
|
|
|
|
(131,205
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
727,338
|
|
|
Interest and dividends
|
|
12,403
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,403
|
|
|
Other income - net
|
|
9,150
|
|
|
|
|
(1,151
|
)
|
|
|
|
(317
|
)
|
|
|
|
317
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
7,999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
696,840
|
|
|
|
|
50,900
|
|
|
|
|
130,888
|
|
|
|
|
(130,888
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
747,740
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COSTS AND EXPENSES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production costs
|
|
469,398
|
|
|
|
|
41,415
|
|
|
|
|
97,196
|
|
|
|
|
(97,196
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
510,813
|
|
|
Deferred stripping costs
|
|
(486
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(486
|
)
|
|
Depreciation and amortization
|
|
30,183
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,189
|
|
|
|
|
(14,189
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
43,241
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,058
|
|
|
|
(d)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment termination costs
|
|
8,775
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,324
|
|
|
|
|
(1,324
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
8,775
|
|
|
Provision for rehabilitation cost
|
|
15,192
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,192
|
|
|
Corporate expenditure
|
|
7,641
|
|
|
|
|
1,263
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
|
(1
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
8,904
|
|
|
Exploration expenditure
|
|
7,065
|
|
|
|
|
2,126
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,191
|
|
|
Marketing and new business expenditure
|
|
8,741
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,741
|
|
|
(Gain)/loss on financial instruments
|
|
(8,939
|
)
|
|
|
|
19,984
|
|
|
|
|
(8,956
|
)
|
|
|
|
8,956
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
11,045
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation
|
|
9,434
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,434
|
|
|
Profit on sale of other assets and listed investments
|
|
(4,524
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,524
|
)
|
|
Equity income of joint venture
|
|
(13,176
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,025
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
(25,261
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,940
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss from associate companies
|
|
473
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
942
|
|
|
|
(e)
|
|
|
1,415
|
|
|
Impairment of assets
|
|
44,284
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,284
|
|
|
Interest paid
|
|
19,077
|
|
|
|
|
221
|
|
|
|
|
2,760
|
|
|
|
|
(2,760
|
)
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
23,605
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,307
|
|
|
|
(c)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for former employees post retirement benefits
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
43
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
593,181
|
|
|
|
|
65,009
|
|
|
|
|
106,514
|
|
|
|
|
(100,292
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
664,412
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME/(LOSS) BEFORE TAX
|
|
103,659
|
|
|
|
|
(14,109
|
)
|
|
|
|
24,374
|
|
|
|
|
(30,596
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
83,328
|
|
|
INCOME AND MINING TAX (EXPENSE)/BENEFIT
|
|
(14,368
|
)
|
|
|
|
4,220
|
|
|
|
|
(9,226
|
)
|
|
|
|
9,226
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
|
(4,960
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,917
|
|
|
|
(f)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,271
|
|
|
|
(g)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET INCOME/(LOSS) BEFORE MINORITY INTERESTS
|
|
89,291
|
|
|
|
|
(9,889
|
)
|
|
|
|
15,148
|
|
|
|
|
(16,182
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
78,368
|
|
|
MINORITY INTERESTS
|
|
(1,575
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,575
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET INCOME/(LOSS) BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
|
|
87,716
|
|
|
|
|
(9,889
|
)
|
|
|
|
15,148
|
|
|
|
|
(16,182
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
76,793
|
|
|
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF
CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE
|
|
57.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50.0
|
|
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN THE COMPUTATION
OF BASIC EARNINGS/(LOSS) PER SHARE
|
|
153,509,862
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153,509,862
|
|
|
See notes to the unaudited pro
forma condensed income statement.
6
Notes to Unaudited Pro
Forma Condensed Income Statement
Adjustments
For the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, the adjustments column
on the unaudited pro forma condensed income statement relates to:
|
a.
|
|
Reflects the
elimination of the results of operations of the Free Gold assets acquired and liabilities
assumed, which are accounted for as a single line item, equity income of joint
venture.
|
|
|
b.
|
|
The adjustment
of equity income of joint venture to reflect the depreciation and amortization
expense of the Free Gold assets (net of tax) to reflect the excess arising on acquisition
allocated to property, plant and equipment.
|
|
|
c.
|
|
Interest expense
of $4.3 million on the term loan facility draw down of $45 million (Rand 500 million
at an exchange rate of R11.10 per $1.00). A one-eighth increase/decrease in the
applicable interest rate would increase/decrease interest expense by $0.6 million, respectively.
|
|
|
d.
|
|
Reflects the
adjustment of depreciation and amortization expense of Hill 50 to reflect the excess
arising on acquisition allocated to property, plant and equipment.
|
|
|
e.
|
|
Reversal of
Harmonys equity interest in the profit of Hill 50 for the month of March 2002.
|
|
|
f.
|
|
Reflects the
tax effects of the Hill 50 adjustments at an effective Australian corporate tax
rate of 30%.
|
|
|
g.
|
|
Reflects the
tax effects of the term loan facility interest adjustment at an effective South
African tax rate of 29.5%.
|
7
EXCHANGE RATES
Unless otherwise
stated, balance sheet item amounts are translated from Rand to U.S. dollars at the
exchange rate prevailing on the last business day of the period (Rand 10.39 per
$1.00 as at June 28, 2002), except for specific items included within shareholders equity
that are converted at the exchange rate prevailing on the date the
transaction was entered into, and income statement item amounts are translated from
Rand to U.S. dollars at the average exchange rate for the period (Rand 10.20 per
$1.00 for fiscal 2002).
As of December 13, 2002, the noon buying rate per $1.00 was Rand 8.74.
The following table sets forth, for the past five fiscal years, the average and period
end noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers in Rand and, for the
past six months, the high and low noon buying rates in New York City for cable transfers
in Rand, in each case, as certified for customs purposes by the Federal Reserve
Bank of New York for Rand expressed in Rand per $1.00.
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
Average1
|
|
Period End
|
|
|
|
|
1998
|
4.96
|
|
5.92
|
1999
|
6.04
|
|
6.04
|
2000
|
6.35
|
|
6.79
|
2001
|
7.61
|
|
8.04
|
2002
|
10.20
|
|
10.39
|
|
|
|
|
Month of
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
|
|
|
June 2002
|
10.62
|
|
9.70
|
July 2002
|
10.35
|
|
9.95
|
August 2002
|
10.90
|
|
10.24
|
September 2002
|
10.74
|
|
10.48
|
October 2002
|
10.53
|
|
10.00
|
November 2002
|
9.98
|
|
9.25
|
December 2002 (through December 13, 2002)
|
9.28
|
|
8.74
|
|
|
1
|
The average of the noon buying rates on the last
day of each full month during the relevant period.
|
CAPITALIZATION AND INDEBTEDNESS
Not applicable.
REASONS FOR THE OFFER
AND USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
8
RISK FACTORS
In addition to the other information included in this annual
report and the exhibits to this annual report, you should carefully consider the following factors
related to an investment in Harmonys ordinary shares (or ADSs) and Harmonys warrants.
There may be additional risks that Harmony does not currently know of or that Harmony
currently deems immaterial based on information available to it. Harmonys
business, financial condition or results of operations could be materially adversely
affected by any of these risks, resulting in a decline in the trading price of Harmonys
ordinary shares (or ADSs) and Harmonys warrants.
The profitability of Harmonys operations,
and the cash flows generated by those operations, are affected by changes in the
market price for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely.
Substantially
all of Harmonys revenues come from the sale of gold. Historically, the market
price for gold has fluctuated widely and has been affected by numerous factors over
which Harmony has no control, including:
|
|
the demand
for gold for industrial uses and for use in jewelry;
|
|
|
|
international
or regional political and economic trends;
|
|
|
|
the strength
of the U.S. dollar (the currency in which gold prices generally are quoted) and
of other currencies;
|
|
|
|
financial
market expectations regarding the rate of inflation;
|
|
|
|
interest rates;
|
|
|
|
speculative
activities;
|
|
|
|
actual or
expected purchases and sales of gold bullion holdings by central banks or other
large gold bullion holders or dealers;
|
|
|
|
forward sales
by gold producers; and
|
|
|
|
the production
and cost levels for gold in major gold-producing nations, such as South Africa.
|
In addition, the current demand for and supply of gold
affects the price of gold, but not necessarily in the same manner as current demand and supply
affect the prices of other commodities. Historically, gold has tended to retain its value in
relative terms against basic goods in times of inflation and monetary crisis. As a result, central
banks, financial institutions and individuals hold large amounts of gold as a store of value and
production in any given year constitutes a very small portion of the total potential
supply of gold. Since the potential supply of gold is large relative to mine production
in any given year, normal variations in current production will not necessarily
have a significant effect on the supply of gold or its price.
9
The volatility
of gold prices is illustrated in the following table, which shows the annual high,
low and average of the afternoon London Bullion Market fixing price of gold in U.S.
dollars for the past ten years:
|
|
|
|
Price per Ounce
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
Average
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($)
|
|
|
1992
|
360
|
|
330
|
|
344
|
1993
|
406
|
|
326
|
|
360
|
1994
|
396
|
|
370
|
|
384
|
1995
|
396
|
|
372
|
|
384
|
1996
|
415
|
|
367
|
|
388
|
1997
|
367
|
|
283
|
|
331
|
1998
|
313
|
|
273
|
|
294
|
1999
|
326
|
|
253
|
|
279
|
2000
|
313
|
|
264
|
|
282
|
2001
|
293
|
|
256
|
|
271
|
2002 (through December 13, 2002)
|
332
|
|
278
|
|
309
|
Source: Bloomberg
|
|
|
|
|
|
On June 28,
2002, the afternoon fixing price of gold on the London Bullion Market was $318.50
per ounce. On December 13, 2002, the afternoon fixing price of gold on the
London Bullion Market was $332.20 per ounce.
While the aggregate effect of these factors is impossible
for Harmony to predict, if gold prices should fall below Harmonys cost of production and
remain at such levels for any sustained period, Harmony may experience losses and may be forced to
curtail or suspend some or all of its operations. In addition, Harmony would also have
to assess the economic impact of low gold prices on its ability to recover any losses
it may incur during that period and on its ability to maintain adequate reserves.
Harmonys average cash cost of production per ounce of gold sold was approximately
$196 in fiscal 2002, $234 in fiscal 2001 and $245 in fiscal 2000.
Actual or expected sales of gold by central
banks have had a significant impact on the price of gold.
Over the past
several years, one of the most important factors influencing the gold price has
been actual or expected sales of gold reserves by central banks. Since 1997, a
number of central banks, including the central banks of Australia, Switzerland and
the United Kingdom, have announced plans to sell significant gold reserves, and,
more recently, the International Monetary Fund has discussed selling significant
gold reserves to fund international debt relief. The gold price has declined following
each such announcement and sale, culminating in a drop in the gold price to its
lowest level in at least twenty years in July 1999, after the Bank of England completed
the first part of its announced sale of more than half of its gold reserves. In
September 1999, the central banks of fifteen European countries agreed to limit
sales of gold reserves for the next five years to sales announced at that time and
to limit gold lending and derivative operations for five years. The announcement
of this agreement led to an immediate increase in the price of gold, although the
gold price was subsequently subject to downward pressure around the time of the
periodic auctions held by the Bank of England. The agreement by the central banks
is voluntary and there are a number of central banks with significant gold
10
reserves that are not subject to
the agreement. Any future sales or publicly announced proposed sales by central banks of
their gold reserves are likely to result in a decrease in the price of gold.
Because Harmony does not use commodity
or derivative instruments to protect against low gold prices with respect to most
of its production, Harmony is exposed to the impact of any significant drop in the
gold price.
As a general
rule Harmony sells its gold production at market prices. Recently, there have been
two instances in which Harmony has made use of gold price hedges: Harmonys
forward sale of a portion of the production at Bissett at a set gold price and,
in February 2001, put options relating to 1 million ounces of Harmonys production
at Elandskraal. Both of these hedges were affected by Harmony in order to secure
loan facilities and have since been closed out. A significant proportion of the
production at Randfontein was already hedged when acquired by Harmony, and these
hedges have since been closed out. In addition, a substantial proportion of the
production at each of New Hampton and Hill 50 was already hedged when acquired by
Harmony and remains hedged. Harmony generally does not enter into forward sales,
derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish a price in advance for the
sale of its future gold production. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHedge
Policy and Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market RiskOperating and Financial Review and ProspectsMarket
Risk. In general, hedging in this manner reduces the risk of
exposure to volatility in the gold price. Such hedging also enables a gold producer
to fix a future price for hedged gold that generally is higher than the then current
spot price. Because Harmonys hedging does not generally establish a future
price for hedged gold, Harmony can realize the positive impact of any increase in
the gold price. However, this also means that Harmony is not fully protected against
decreases in the gold price and if the gold price decreases significantly Harmony
runs the risk of reduced revenues in respect of gold production that is not hedged.
Harmonys gold reserve figures are
estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less
gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
The ore reserve estimates contained in this annual report
are estimates of the mill delivered quantity and grade of gold in Harmonys deposits and
stockpiles. They represent the amount of gold that Harmony believes can be mined, processed and
sold at prices sufficient to recover Harmonys estimated future total costs of production,
remaining investment and anticipated additional capital expenditures. Harmonys
ore reserves are estimated based upon many factors, including:
|
|
the results
of exploratory drilling and an ongoing sampling of the orebodies;
|
|
|
|
past experience
with mining properties; and
|
|
|
|
the experience
of the person making the reserve estimates.
|
11
The ore reserve
estimates contained in this annual report are calculated based on estimates of future
production costs, future gold prices and, because Harmonys gold sales are
primarily in U.S. dollars and Harmony incurs most of its production costs in Rand,
the exchange rate between the Rand and the U.S. dollar and, in the case of Harmonys
Australian operations, the Australian dollar. As a result, the reserve estimates
contained in this annual report should not be interpreted as assurances of the economic
life of Harmonys gold deposits or the profitability of its future operations.
Since ore
reserves are only estimations which Harmony makes based on the above factors, in
the future Harmony may need to revise its estimates. In particular, if Harmonys
production costs increase (whether in Rand terms, in Australian dollar terms,
or in relative terms due to appreciation of the Rand or the Australian dollar against
the U.S. dollar) or if gold prices decrease, a portion of Harmonys
ore reserves may become uneconomical to recover. This will force Harmony
to lower its estimated reserves.
For example,
following the acquisition of New Hampton, the Big Bell underground mine yielded
disappointing results, including lower than expected grade. As a result, in the
quarter ended June 30, 2002, Harmony reduced grade estimates for Big Bells
future production, which has led to a substantial reduction in proven and probable
reserves attributable to the Big Bell mine. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsAustralian Operations.
Harmonys strategy depends on its
ability to make additional acquisitions.
In order to increase Harmonys gold production and to
acquire additional reserves so that Harmony can maintain and grow its gold production beyond the
life of its current ore reserves, Harmony is exploring opportunities to expand by acquiring selected
gold producers and mining operations. However, Harmony cannot guarantee that:
|
|
Harmony will
be able to identify appropriate acquisition candidates or negotiate acquisitions
on favorable terms;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Harmony will
be able to obtain the financing necessary to complete future acquisitions; or
|
|
|
|
|
|
the issuance
of Harmonys ordinary shares or other securities in connection with any future
acquisition will not result in a substantial dilution in ownership interests of
holders of Harmonys ordinary shares.
|
As at June 30, 2002, Harmonys mining operations reported
total proven and probable reserves of approximately 49.08 million ounces, which includes Elandskraal,
New Hampton, Hill 50 and ounces attributable to Harmonys 50% interest in the Free Gold
Company. If Harmony is unable to acquire additional gold producers or generate
additional proven and probable reserves at its existing operations or through Harmonys
exploration activities, Harmony cannot be certain that it will be able to
expand or replace its current production with new reserves in an amount sufficient
to sustain the life of its mining operations beyond the current life of its reserves.
12
Harmony may experience problems in managing
new acquisitions and integrating them with its existing operations.
Acquiring new gold mining operations involves a number of
risks including:
|
|
difficulties
in assimilating the operations of the acquired business;
|
|
|
|
|
|
difficulties
in maintaining the financial and strategic focus of Harmony while integrating the
acquired business;
|
|
|
|
|
|
problems in
implementing uniform standards, controls, procedures and policies;
|
|
|
|
|
|
increasing
pressures on existing management to oversee a rapidly expanding company; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
to the extent
Harmony acquires mining operations outside South Africa, encountering difficulties
relating to operating in countries in which Harmony has not previously operated.
|
Any difficulties or time delays in achieving
successful integration of new acquisitions could have a material adverse effect
on Harmonys business, operating results, financial condition and stock price.
For example, following the acquisition of New Hampton, Harmony has encountered
higher than expected costs and disappointing results from the Big Bell operations.
See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsAustralian Operations. Harmony may encounter similar
difficulties or other problems in integrating other acquisitions.
To maintain gold production beyond the
expected lives of Harmonys existing mines or to increase production materially
above projected levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through
development or discovery.
Harmonys Australian operations have limited proven
and probable reserves. Exploration and discovery will be necessary to maintain current gold
production levels at these operations in the future. Exploration for gold and other
precious metals is speculative in nature, is frequently unsuccessful and involves
many risks, including risks related to:
|
|
locating orebodies;
|
|
|
|
|
|
identifying
the metallurgical properties of orebodies;
|
|
|
|
|
|
estimating
the economic feasibility of mining orebodies;
|
|
|
|
|
|
developing
appropriate metallurgical processes;
|
|
|
|
|
|
obtaining
necessary governmental permits; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
constructing
mining and processing facilities at any site chosen for mining.
|
13
Harmonys exploration efforts might not result in the
discovery of mineralization and any mineralization discovered might not result in an increase
in Harmonys proven and probable reserves.
To access additional reserves in South Africa, Harmony will
need to successfully complete development projects, including extending existing mines and, possibly,
developing new mines. Development projects would also be necessary to access the platinum
and palladium mineralization identified at the Kalplats platinum group metals project
described in Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessExploration and
any mineralization discovered through exploration in Australia or elsewhere.
Harmony typically
uses feasibility studies to determine whether or not to undertake significant development
projects. Feasibility studies include estimates of expected or anticipated economic
returns, which are based on assumptions about:
|
|
future gold
and other metal prices;
|
|
|
|
|
|
anticipated
tonnage, grades and metallurgical characteristics of ore to be mined and processed;
|
|
|
|
|
|
anticipated
recovery rates of gold and other metals from the ore; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
anticipated
total costs of the project, including capital expenditure and cash operating costs.
|
Actual costs,
production and economic returns may differ significantly from those anticipated
by Harmonys feasibility studies. Moreover, it can take a number of years
from the initial feasibility studies until development is completed. During that
time, the economic feasibility of production may change. In addition, there are
a number of uncertainties inherent in the development and construction of an extension
to an existing mine or any new mine, including:
|
|
the availability
and timing of necessary environmental and other governmental permits;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the timing
and cost necessary to construct mining and processing facilities, which can be considerable;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the availability
and cost of skilled labor, power, water and other materials;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the accessibility
of transportation and other infrastructure, particularly in remote locations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the availability
and cost of smelting and refining arrangements; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
the availability
of funds to finance construction and development activities.
|
14
Accordingly,
there is no assurance that any future development projects will extend the life
of Harmonys existing mining operations or result in any new commercial mining
operations.
Due to the nature of mining and the type
of gold mines it operates, Harmony faces a material risk of liability, delays and
increased production costs from environmental and industrial accidents and pollution.
The business
of gold mining by its nature involves significant risks and hazards, including environmental
hazards and industrial accidents. In particular, hazards associated with underground
mining include:
|
|
rock bursts;
|
|
|
|
|
|
seismic events;
|
|
|
|
|
|
underground
fires;
|
|
|
|
|
|
cave-ins or
falls of ground;
|
|
|
|
|
|
discharges
of gases and toxic chemicals;
|
|
|
|
|
|
release of
radioactive hazards;
|
|
|
|
|
|
flooding;
|
|
|
|
|
|
accidents;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
other conditions
resulting from drilling, blasting and removing and processing material from a deep
level mine.
|
Hazards associated with open cast mining
(also known as open pit mining) include:
|
|
flooding of
the open pit;
|
|
|
|
|
|
collapse of
the open pit walls;
|
|
|
|
|
|
accidents
associated with the operation of large open pit mining and rock transportation equipment;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
accidents
associated with the preparation and ignition of large scale open pit blasting operations.
|
Hazards associated with waste rock mining
include:
|
|
accidents
associated with operating a waste dump and rock transportation; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
production
disruptions due to weather.
|
15
Harmony is
at risk of experiencing any and all of these environmental or other industrial hazards.
The occurrence of any of these hazards could delay production, increase production
costs and result in liability to Harmony.
Harmonys insurance coverage may
prove inadequate to satisfy future claims against it.
Harmony has
third party liability coverage for most potential liabilities, including environmental
liabilities. While Harmony believes that its current insurance coverage for the
hazards described above is adequate and consistent with industry practice,
Harmony may become subject to liability for pollution or other hazards against which
it has not insured or cannot insure, including those in respect of past mining activities.
Further, Harmony maintains and intends to continue to maintain, property and liability
insurance consistent with industry practice, but such insurance contains exclusions
and limitations on coverage. In addition, there can be no assurance that insurance
will continue to be available at economically acceptable premiums. As a result,
in the future Harmonys insurance coverage may not cover the extent of claims
against it for environmental or industrial accidents or pollution.
Because most of Harmonys production
costs are in Rand, while gold is generally sold in U.S. dollars, Harmonys
financial condition could be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of
the Rand.
Gold is generally
sold throughout the world in U.S. dollars, but most of Harmonys operating
costs are incurred in Rand. As a result, any significant and sustained appreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar will serve materially to reduce Harmonys
Rand revenues and overall net income as a result of higher working costs in U.S.
dollar terms.
The Rand has
experienced significant depreciation against the U.S. dollar since 1997. The Rands
depreciation was particularly pronounced in calendar 2001 and during the
first quarter of calendar 2002. There can be no assurance that the general depreciation
trend of the Rand will continue. The Rand appreciated significantly against
the U.S. dollar during the period from April 1, 2002 through December 13, 2002.
If the appreciation experienced during this more recent period continues, it may
have a material adverse impact on Harmonys operating results. In December
2001, in response to significant depreciation in the Rand and to protect itself
against possible appreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, Harmony entered
into Rand-U.S. dollar currency forward exchange contracts intended to cover estimated
revenues from the Free State operations planned production for calendar 2002.
Harmony fixed the Rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate for a total of $192 million at
an average exchange rate of Rand 11.20 per U.S. dollar. As of December 13, 2002,
$15 million was remaining under these contracts at an average exchange rate of Rand
11.31 per U.S. dollar. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market RiskForeign Currency Sensitivity. This measure, however,
is not expected to fully protect Harmony from sustained fluctuations in the value
of the Rand relative to the U.S. dollar since it covers only a limited amount, it
expires on December 31, 2002 and Harmony does not expect to renew or repeat it.
16
Political or economic instability in
South Africa or regionally may have an adverse effect on Harmonys operations
and profits.
Harmony is
incorporated and owns significant operations in South Africa. As a result, there
are important political and economic risks relating to South Africa which could
affect an investment in Harmony.
South Africa
has been transformed into a democracy since 1994, with a successful second round
of democratic elections held during 1999. While Harmony believes that the South
African government is stable, government policies aimed at redressing the disadvantages
suffered by the majority of citizens under previous governments may impact on Harmonys
operations and profits.
In addition
to political issues, South Africa faces many challenges in overcoming substantial
differences in levels of economic development among its people. While South Africa
features highly developed, sophisticated first world business sectors
and infrastructure at the core of its economy, large parts of the population do
not have access to adequate education, health care, housing and other services,
including water and electricity. Furthermore, in recent years, South Africa has
experienced high levels of crime and unemployment. These problems have been among
the factors that impeded fixed inward investment into South Africa and prompted
emigration of skilled workers.
Over the past
five years, the South African economy has grown at a relatively slow rate, inflation
and unemployment have been high by comparison with developed countries, and foreign
reserves have been relatively low. GDP growth was approximately 2.5% in 1997, 0.6%
in 1998, 1.2% in 1999, 3.1% in 2000 and 2.2% in 2001. The depreciation of the Rand
in 1997 and 1998 resulted in an increase in the South African bank prime lending
rate, which peaked at approximately 25.5% during 1998, although rates have since
decreased and as of December 13, 2002, the rate was 17.0%.
Although the
South African government has indicated on numerous occasions that it is committed
to creating a stable, democratic free market economy, including the phasing out
of exchange controls, it is difficult to predict the future political, social and
economic direction of South Africa or how the government will try to address South
Africas problems. It is also difficult to predict the effect on Harmonys
business of these problems or of the governments efforts to solve them.
Further, there
has been regional political and economic instability in countries north of South
Africa. As discussed above, any resulting political or economic instability in
South Africa could have a negative impact on Harmonys ability to manage and
operate its South African mines.
The results of Harmonys South African
operations may be negatively impacted by inflation.
In the late
1980s and early 1990s, inflation in South Africa reached record highs. This increase
in inflation resulted in considerable year over year increases in operational costs.
By calendar 2001, the inflation rate had decreased to single-digit figures; however,
the recent depreciation of the Rand has created inflationary pressure.
17
While Harmonys operations have not in recent years been materially affected by inflation,
a period of significant inflation in South Africa, without a concurrent devaluation
of the Rand or an increase in the price of gold, could have a material adverse effect
on Harmonys profits and financial condition.
Harmonys financial flexibility
could be materially constrained by South African currency restrictions.
South Africas
exchange control regulations provide for restrictions on exporting capital
from South Africa, the Republic of Namibia, and the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland,
known collectively as the Common Monetary Area. Transactions between South African
residents (including corporations) and nonresidents of the Common Monetary Area
are subject to these exchange control regulations which are enforced by the South
African Reserve Bank, or the SARB. As a result, Harmonys ability to raise
and deploy capital outside the Common Monetary Area is restricted. In particular,
Harmony:
|
|
is generally
not permitted to export capital from South Africa or to hold foreign currency without
the approval of the South African exchange control authorities;
|
|
|
|
|
|
is generally
required to repatriate to South Africa profits of foreign operations; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
is limited
in its ability to utilize profits of one foreign business to finance operations
of a different foreign business.
|
These restrictions
could hinder Harmonys normal corporate functioning. While exchange controls
have been relaxed in recent years and are continuing to be so relaxed, it is difficult
to predict whether or how the South African government will further relax the exchange
control regulations in the future.
Since Harmonys South African labor
force has substantial trade union participation, Harmony faces the risk of disruption
from labor disputes and new South African labor laws.
Due to the
number of its South African employees that belong to unions, Harmony is at risk
of having its production stopped for indefinite periods due to strikes and other
labor disputes. Significant labor disruptions may have a material adverse effect
on Harmonys operations and financial condition. Harmony is not able to predict
whether it will experience significant labor disputes in the future.
Harmonys
production may also be materially affected by labor laws. Since 1995, South African
laws relating to labor have changed significantly in ways that affect Harmonys
operations. In particular, laws enacted since then that regulate work time, provide
for mandatory compensation in the event of termination of employment for operational
reasons and impose large monetary penalties for non-compliance with administrative
and reporting requirements in respect of affirmative action policies could result
in significant costs to Harmony. In addition, future South African legislation
and regulations relating to labor may further increase Harmonys
18
costs or alter
Harmonys relationship with its employees. There may continue to be significant
changes in labor law in South Africa over the next several years. For example,
amendments to South African labor law have recently been proposed that would, with
effect from August 1, 2002, require mandatory consultation with labor in the event
of retrenchments, transfers of businesses or insolvency.
AIDS poses risks to Harmony in terms
of productivity and costs.
The incidence
of AIDS in South Africa, which is forecast to increase over the next decade, poses
risks to Harmony in terms of potentially reduced productivity and increased medical
and other costs. Harmony currently estimates that the infection rate among Harmonys
South African workforce is approximately 28%, a figure which Harmony believes
is consistent with the overall infection rate in South Africa. Harmony expects
that significant increases in the incidence of AIDS infection and AIDS-related diseases
among its South African workforce over the next several years may adversely
impact its operations and financial condition. Currently, Harmony expects that
the cost of addressing AIDS infection and AIDS-related diseases among its South
African workforce will grow to approximately $4.00 per ounce of gold by 2007. This
expectation, however, is based on assumptions about, among other things, infection
rates and treatment costs, which are subject to material risks and uncertainties
beyond Harmonys control, as a result of which actual results may differ from
Harmonys current expectation. Harmony is actively pursuing AIDS awareness
campaigns with its South African workforce workforce and is also providing medical
assistance and separation packages for employees who decide to leave their place
of work and return home for care. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessRegulatory and Environmental MattersHealth and Safety Matters.
Harmonys operations are subject
to extensive government regulations.
The Mine Health and Safety Act.
In January
1997, the South African government introduced The Mine Health and Safety Act. This
act is intended to encourage greater interaction between government regulators,
labor representatives and mining companies with regard to health and safety matters.
The act leaves room for self-regulation but also provides for strict control by
the government. As part of Harmonys compliance with this act, Harmony has
made progress in establishing risk management and medical surveillance systems at
its South African operations to improve the safety performance of Harmonys
workers. Harmony has also established the health and safety committees required
by the act and has arranged for the elections of workplace representatives. To
date, the cost of complying with these regulations has not been material. There
can be no assurance, however, that any additional expenditure required for compliance
with this act will not be material.
19
Mineral rights ownership.
On June 26,
2002, the South African parliament passed the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development
Act, or the Act. The Act will come into force on a date to be fixed by the President
by proclamation in the Government Gazette. The principal objectives set out in the Act are:
|
|
To recognize
the internationally accepted right of the state of South Africa to exercise full
and permanent sovereignty over all the mineral and petroleum resources within South
Africa;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To give effect
to the principle of the States custodianship of the nations mineral
and petroleum resources;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To promote
equitable access to South Africas mineral and petroleum resources to all the
people of South Africa and redress the impact of past discrimination;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To substantially
and meaningfully expand opportunities for historically disadvantaged persons, including
women, to enter the mineral and petroleum industry and to benefit from the exploitation
of South Africas mineral and petroleum resources;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To promote
economic growth and mineral and petroleum resources development in South Africa;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To promote
employment and advance the social and economic welfare of all South Africans;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To provide
security of tenure in respect of prospecting, exploration, mining and production
operations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To give effect
to Section 24 of the South African Constitution by ensuring that South Africas
mineral and petroleum resources are developed in an orderly and ecologically sustainable
manner while promoting justifiable social and economic development;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To follow
the principle that mining companies keep and use their mineral rights, with no expropriation
and with guaranteed compensation for mineral rights; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
To ensure
that holders of mining and production rights contribute towards socioeconomic development
of the areas in which they are operating.
|
Under the
Act, tenure over established operations will be secure for 30 years (and renewable
for 30 years thereafter), provided that mining companies obtain new licenses over
existing operations within five years of the date of enactment of the Act and fulfill
requirements
20
specified in a broad-based socioeconomic empowerment charter for the
South African mining industry, or the Mining Charter.
The latest
draft of the Mining Charter was released on October 11, 2002. The principles contained
in the Mining Charter relate to the transfer, over a ten-year period, of 26% of
South Africas mining assets to historically disadvantaged South Africans,
as defined in the Mining Charter. Under the Mining Charter, the South African mining
industry has committed to securing financing to fund participation of historically
disadvantaged South Africans in an amount of R100 billion within the first
five years of the Mining Charters tenure. The Mining Charter provides for
the review of the participation process after five years to determine what further
steps, if any, are needed to achieve the 26% target participation. The Mining Charter
requires programs for black economic empowerment and the promotion of value-added
production, such as jewelry-making and other gold fabrication, in South Africa.
The Mining Charter also sets out targets for broad-based black economic empowerment
in the areas of human resources, skill development, employment equality,
procurement and beneficiation. In addition, the Mining Charter addresses other
socioeconomic issues, such as migrant labor, housing and living conditions.
Harmony actively
carries out mining and exploration activities in all of its material mineral rights
areas. Accordingly, Harmony will be eligible to apply for new licenses over its
existing operations, provided that it complies with the Mining Charter. Harmony
has begun taking steps to comply with the expected provisions of the Mining Charter,
such as promoting value-added production, exploring black empowerment initiatives
and increasing worker participation. Harmony is currently evaluating the impact
that the Mining Charter may have with regard to its operations and no assurance
can be given as to when the Mining Charter will be finalized or what the final form
of the Mining Charter will contain. Harmony expects that there will be costs involved
in complying with the Mining Charter, which may have an adverse impact on the profits
generated by Harmonys operations in South Africa.
The Act also
makes reference to royalties being payable to the state in terms of an Act of Parliament,
known as the Money Bill, which is currently being drafted and is expected to be
available for public comment in early 2003. The introduction of the Money Bill
as law may have an adverse impact on the profits generated by Harmonys operations
in South Africa. Harmony is currently evaluating the impact that the proposed Money
Bill may have with regard to its operations and no assurance can be given as to
whether or when the proposed Money Bill will be published for comment or enacted.
For more information regarding the Act and the Money Bill, see Item 4. Information
on the CompanyBusinessRegulatory and Environmental MattersMineral
Rights.
In Australia,
most mineral rights belong to the government, and mining companies must pay royalties
to the government based on production. There are, however, limited areas where
the government granted freehold estates without reserving mineral rights. Harmonys
subsidiary New Hampton has freehold ownership of its Jubilee mining areas,
but the other mineral rights in Harmonys Australian operations belong to the
Australian government and are subject to royalty payments. In addition, current
Australian law generally requires native title approval to be obtained before a
mining license can be granted and mining operations can commence. New Hampton and
Hill 50 have approved mining leases for most of their reserves,
21
including
all reserves that are currently being mined, and Bendigo has an approved mining
license for its current development area. If New Hampton, Hill 50 or Bendigo desired
to expand operations into additional areas under exploration, these operations would
need to convert the relevant exploration licenses prior to commencing mining, and
that process could require native title approval. There can be no assurance that
any approval would be received.
Harmony is subject to extensive environmental regulations.
As a gold
mining company, Harmony is subject to extensive environmental regulation. Harmony
has experienced and expects to continue to experience increased costs of production
arising from compliance with South African environmental laws and regulations.
The Minerals Act, the regulations promulgated under the Minerals Act, certain other
environmental legislation and the administrative policies of the South African government
all regulate the impact of Harmonys prospecting and mining operations on the
environment. Pursuant to these regulations, upon the suspension, cancellation,
termination or lapsing of a prospecting permit or mining authorization in South
Africa, Harmony will remain liable for compliance with the provisions of the Minerals
Act, including any rehabilitation obligations. This liability will continue until
such time as the South African Department of Minerals and Energy certifies that
Harmony has complied with the provisions of the Minerals Act.
Currently,
Harmony provides for environmental liabilities by contributing to environmental
trust funds. While Harmony believes that its current provision for compliance with
South African environmental laws and regulations is reasonable, any future
changes and development in environmental regulation may adversely affect its operations.
In the future, Harmony may incur significant costs associated with complying with
more stringent requirements imposed under new legislation and regulations. This
may include the need to increase and accelerate expenditure on environmental rehabilitation,
and alter provisions for this expenditure, which could have a material adverse effect
on Harmonys results and financial condition.
The South
African government is currently reviewing requirements imposed upon mining companies
to ensure environmental restitution. For example, with the introduction of an environmental
rights clause in South Africas constitution, a number of environmental legislative
reform processes have been initiated. Legislation passed as a result of these initiatives
has tended to be materially more onerous than laws previously applied in South Africa.
Examples of such legislation include the National Water Act 36 of 1998 and the
National Environmental Management Act 107 of 1998, both of which include stringent
polluter-pays provisions. The adoption of these or additional or more
comprehensive and stringent requirements, in particular with regard to the management
of hazardous wastes, the pollution of ground and ground water systems and the duty
to rehabilitate closed mines may result in additional costs and liabilities to Harmony.
Harmonys
Australian operations must comply with mining lease tenement conditions set by the
Department of Minerals and Energy, the Mining Act (1978), the Department of Environmental
Protection operating licenses, and water abstraction licenses issued by the Water
and Rivers commission for each of its sites. Harmonys Australian operations
must also comply with numerous environmental acts and bills. As a result, Harmony
22
must make
provisions for mining rehabilitation whenever mining is commenced at a
new site in Australia. While Harmony believes that its current provision for compliance
with such requirements is reasonable, any future changes and development
in Australian environmental laws and regulations may adversely affect these Australian
operations.
Bendigo operates
tenements granted under the Victorian Mineral Resources Development Act (1990),
administered by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment. Operations
that involve a deliberate discharge to the environment are subject to the Victorian
Environment Protection Authority. Conditions attached to approvals include requirements
for environmental management, monitoring and protection. While Bendigo has made
allowances for the expected costs of complying with these conditions, any
future changes and development in Australian environmental laws and regulations
may increase these costs.
Harmonys subscription agreement
with Simane Investments (Proprietary) Limited, or Simane, has resulted in Simane
acquiring a significant number of Harmonys shares and related influence.
Simane, a
South African empowerment group, acquired 10,958,982 ordinary shares, representing
approximately 6.2% of Harmonys voting share capital, under subscription agreements
described in Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
South African companies commonly have a shareholder who owns a position in their
stock of more than 20%. As the largest shareholder of Harmony, Simane could influence
the outcome of matters requiring shareholder approval, including the election of
Harmonys directors and the approval of significant corporate transactions,
including business combinations.
The sale of
a significant position in a companys shares may affect the market price of
its shares. As a consequence, Harmonys agreement with Simane provides that,
except as provided in the agreement, Simane will not have the right to dispose of
or transfer any of the ordinary shares acquired under the agreement for a period
of 18 months from the September 7, 2001 effective date of the agreement, and provides
that Simane will not enter into any arrangement or transaction that may have the
same or similar effect. See Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related
Party TransactionsMajor Shareholders.
Because the principal non-United States
trading market for Harmonys ordinary shares is the JSE Securities Exchange
South Africa, investors face liquidity risk in the market for Harmonys ordinary
shares.
The principal
non-United States trading market for Harmonys ordinary shares is the JSE Securities
Exchange South Africa, or the JSE. Historically, trading volumes and liquidity
of shares listed on the JSE have been low in comparison with other major markets.
The ability of a holder to sell a substantial number of Harmonys ordinary
shares on the JSE in a timely manner, especially with regard to a large block trade,
may be restricted by the limited liquidity of shares listed on the JSE.
Harmony may not pay cash dividends to
its shareholders in the future.
It is the
current policy of Harmonys Board of Directors, or the Board, to declare and
pay cash dividends if profits and funds are available for that purpose. Whether
funds are
23
available depends on a variety of factors, including the amount of cash
available and Harmonys capital expenditures and other cash requirements existing
at the time. Under South African law, cash dividends may only be paid out of the
profits of Harmony. No assurance can be given that cash dividends will be paid
in the future.
Harmonys non-South African shareholders
face additional investment risk from currency exchange rate fluctuations since any
dividends will be paid in Rand.
Dividends
or distributions with respect to Harmonys ordinary shares have historically
been paid in Rand. The U.S. dollar equivalent of any dividends or distributions
with respect to Harmonys ordinary shares will be adversely affected by potential
future reductions in the value of the Rand against the U.S. dollar. In fiscal 2002,
the value of the Rand relative to the U.S. dollar decreased by an average of 34%.
Because Harmony has a significant number
of outstanding options and warrants, its ordinary shares are subject to dilution.
As of December
13, 2002, Harmony had an aggregate of 250,000,000 ordinary shares authorized to
be issued and at that date an aggregate of 174,560,203 ordinary shares were issued
and outstanding. In addition, as of December 13, 2002, warrants to purchase a total
of 4,219,642 ordinary shares in this offering at an exercise price of Rand
43.00 per share or the U.S. dollar equivalent, subject to adjustment as described
in this annual report, on or before June 29, 2003 were outstanding.
Harmony also
has an employee share option plan. The employee share option plan in effect prior
to November 16, 2001 permitted the granting of options in an amount up to an aggregate
of 10% of the number of Harmony ordinary shares outstanding as of the date of the
grant. With effect from November 16, 2001, this plan was replaced by a plan authorizing
the granting of options to purchase up to an aggregate of 8,000,000 ordinary shares
(in addition to any previously granted options that remain outstanding under the
previous plan). As of December 13, 2002, options to purchase a total of 7,329,200
ordinary shares were outstanding, 5,613,300 of which were granted under the current
plan and 1,715,900 of which were granted under the previous plan. The exercise prices
of these options vary between Rand 11.70 and Rand 49.60.
As a result,
shareholders equity interests in Harmony are subject to dilution to the extent
of future exercises of these warrants and options.
Prior to June 2001, there was no trading
market for Harmonys warrants, there is currently only a limited trading market
for the warrants and there can be no assurance that an active trading market will
be sustained in the future.
Prior to the
global offering, in June 2001, of Harmonys ordinary shares and warrants, there
was no trading market for the warrants. The warrants are currently listed on the
JSE and The Nasdaq Stock Market, but there is only a limited trading market for
the warrants and the liquidity of the market, if any, achieved through these listings
may be limited. There can be no assurance that an active trading market will develop
or be sustained prior to June 29, 2003 when the warrants expire.
24
A holders ability to exercise Harmonys
warrants would be impaired if Harmony is unable to maintain a current registration
statement or prospectus or if applicable state securities laws restrict the holders
ability to exercise warrants.
Any exercise
of Harmonys warrants must be made pursuant to an effective registration statement
and prospectus that must cover the ordinary shares and ADSs issuable upon exercise
and that must, at the time of exercise, be current regarding material developments
with respect to Harmony and its operations. Harmony will endeavor to maintain an
effective and current registration statement and prospectus throughout the exercise
period for the warrants. If, however, Harmony is not able to maintain a current
registration statement or prospectus, a black-out period will be imposed and the
warrants will not be exercisable unless and until the registration statement and
prospectus are made current. Moreover, holders of the warrants may not be able
to transfer or exercise their warrants if they or their intended transferees reside
in a state whose securities laws do not permit such transactions.
The terms
of Harmonys warrants and the warrant agency agreement do not impose limits
on the frequency or duration of black-out periods.
The desirability of exercising Harmonys
warrants will depend upon the market price for Harmonys ordinary shares.
To exercise
their warrants, holders will be charged Rand 43.00 per ordinary share or, except
as described in this annual report, the U.S. dollar equivalent determined as described
in this annual report, subject to adjustment from time to time. Consequently, exercise
of the warrants is attractive only if and when the market price of Harmonys
ordinary shares is greater than this exercise price. Therefore, a holding in the
warrants is subject to the risks generally applicable to a holding in the ordinary
shares.
The warrants expire on June 29, 2003.
Any warrant
not exercised before 5:00 pm (Johannesburg time) on June 29, 2003 will become void
and all rights of the warrantholders under the warrants and the warrant agency agreement
will cease.
25
Item 4. Information on the Company
BUSINESS
Introduction
Harmony and
its subsidiaries conduct underground and surface gold mining and related activities,
including exploration, processing, smelting and refining. Harmony is the third
largest gold producer in South Africa and one of the largest gold producers
in the world. As at June 30, 2002, Harmonys mining operations reported total
proven and probable reserves of approximately 49.08 million ounces, which
includes Elandskraal, New Hampton, Hill 50 and ounces attributable to Harmonys
50% interest in the Free Gold Company.
In fiscal
2002, Harmony processed approximately 22.811 million tons of ore and sold
2,388,458 ounces of gold, which includes sales from Elandskraal and New Hampton
and three months of sales from Hill 50, but excludes sales by the Free Gold
Company.
The gold market
is relatively deep and liquid with the price of gold generally quoted in U.S. dollars.
The demand for gold is primarily for fabrication purposes and bullion investment.
The purchase and sale of gold takes place around the globe in all sizes and forms.
Harmonys
principal mining operations are located in South Africa and Australia. Harmony
conducts its Australian operations through two recently acquired Australian gold
mining companies: New Hampton and Hill 50. Harmony also has a gold mining operation
in the Manitoba Province of Canada, production at which was suspended in the quarter
ended September 30, 2001 due to mining operations being uneconomical at then-current
gold prices. In addition, in December 2001, Harmony acquired ordinary shares representing
approximately 31.8% of the outstanding share capital of Bendigo, a single project
Australian gold mining development company. In May and June 2002, Harmony acquired
ordinary shares representing approximately 32.5% of the outstanding share capital
of Highland Gold, a privately held company organized under the laws of Jersey,
Channel Islands. Highland Gold holds Russian gold mining assets and mineral rights,
including an operating mine and development projects. In November 2002, Harmony
acquired ordinary shares representing approximately 21% of the outstanding share
capital of High River, a company organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada that
is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and holds gold mining assets in Russia,
Canada and West Africa.
Harmony conducts
its mining operations through various subsidiaries. As of June 30, 2002, Harmonys
significant subsidiaries were Randfontein Estates Limited, Evander Gold Mines
Limited and Hill 50 Limited. Randfontein Estates Limited and Evander Gold Mines
Limited are wholly-owned direct subsidiaries incorporated in South Africa. Hill
50 Limited is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Harmony incorporated in Australia.
In South Africa,
Harmony and its subsidiaries (excluding the Free Gold Company) have nine operating
shafts in the Free State Province, five operating shafts at Evander in the Mpumalanga
Province, four operating shafts at Randfontein in the Gauteng Province, an
26
open cast mine
at Kalgold in the North West Province, and two production shaft units
at Elandskraal in the North West and Gauteng provinces consisting of six shafts
(two of which are sub-vertical shafts). The Free Gold Company (in which Harmony
has a 50% interest) has eleven operating shafts in the Free State Province. Harmonys
Australian operations include three operations in Western Australia: Big
Bell (acquired in the New Hampton transaction), Mt. Magnet (acquired in the Hill
50 transaction) and South Kalgoorlie (including Jubilee, acquired in the New Hampton
transaction, and New Celebration, acquired in the Hill 50 acquisition). Underground
and surface mining is conducted at each of these Australian operations, with underground
access through one decline at Big Bell, two declines at Mt. Magnet and one decline
at South Kalgoorlie and surface access principally through open pits.
In fiscal
2002, Hill 50 sold 217,185 ounces of gold, three months of which, or 61,472 ounces, were
included in Harmonys gold sales for fiscal 2002. On a pro
forma basis, the combined gold sales of Harmony (including Elandskraal, New Hampton
and Hill 50, but excluding the Free Gold Company) would have been 2,602,171
ounces for fiscal 2002. During Harmonys fiscal 2002, sales from the Free
Gold assets amounted to 1,143,243 ounces of gold and Harmonys interest in
two months of these sales (reflecting the period from May 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002)
totaled 104,005 attributable ounces. Because Harmony equity accounts for its 50%
interest in the Free Gold Company, sales from the Free Gold assets are not included
in Harmonys sales figures in this annual report. For more information on
Harmonys consolidation policy, see note 2(b) to the consolidated financial
statements.
Ore from the
shafts and surface material are treated at fourteen metallurgical plants in South
Africa (three at the Free State operations, two at Elandskraal, two
at Evander, two at Randfontein, one at Kalgold and four at the Free Gold
Company) and at four metallurgical plants in Australia (one at Big Bell, one at
Mt. Magnet and two at South Kalgoorlie). Harmony received regulatory approval in
1997 to market its own gold, a function that was previously the sole preserve of
the SARB. A refinery was commissioned by Harmony during fiscal 1997 in the Free
State Province at South Africa. Harmony increased the capacity of this refinery
in fiscal 2002, as a result of which Harmony has the capacity to refine all of its
gold produced in South Africa.
History
Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited was incorporated and registered as a public company in South
Africa on August 25, 1950. Harmonys principal executive offices are located
at 4 The High Street, First Floor, Melrose Arch, Melrose North 2196, South Africa
and the telephone number at this location is 011-27-11-684-0140. Harmony operates
under a variety of statutes and regulations. To learn more about these statutes
and regulations, see Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessRegulatory
and Environmental Matters and Item 10. Additional InformationMemorandum
and Articles of Incorporation.
Commercial
gold mining in South Africa evolved with the establishment of various mining houses
at the beginning of the 1900s by individuals who bought and consolidated blocks
of claims until sufficient reserves could be accumulated to sustain underground
mining. The mines were then incorporated, but it was not the practice of the founding
mining house to retain a majority shareholding. Instead, the mining house would
enter into a management
27
agreement with the mine pursuant to which the mining house
would carry out certain managerial, administrative and technical functions pursuant
to long-term contracts. Fees were generally charged based on revenues, working
costs or capital expenditures, or a combination of all three, without regard to
the cost or the level of services provided.
Harmony was
operated as a mining operation in this manner and the mining house Randgold &
Exploration Company Limited, or Randgold, retained the management agreement. In
late 1994, Randgold cancelled the management agreement and entered into a service
agreement with Harmony to supply executive and administrative services at market
rates. In 1997, Harmony and Randgold terminated their service agreement and Harmony
began operating as a completely independent gold mining company.
Harmonys
operations have grown significantly since 1995. Since 1995, Harmony has expanded
from a lease-bound mining operation into an independent, world-class gold producer.
Harmony increased its gold sales from 650,312 ounces of gold in fiscal 1995 to
2,388,458 ounces of gold in fiscal 2002. These figures include sales from Elandskraal
and New Hampton (each of which was acquired in fiscal 2001) and three months of
sales from Hill 50 (which was acquired in fiscal 2002), but exclude sales from the
Free Gold Company (in which Harmony acquired a 50% interest in fiscal 2002).
In fiscal
2002, approximately 89.0% of Harmonys gold production took place in
South Africa, with 10.7% taking place in Australia and the remaining 0.3% taking
place in Canada. In fiscal 2002, approximately 86.2% of Harmonys gold came
from underground mines and 13.8% came from its surface mines. For more detailed
geographical information about Harmonys activities, see Geographical
and Segment Information in note 31 to the consolidated financial statements.
Harmony acquired
additional mineral rights in the Free State, Gauteng and North West provinces in
South Africa when it acquired Lydex in 1997, in the North West Province when it
acquired Kalgold in 1999 and in the Gauteng Province when it acquired Randfontein
in 2000.
In 1998, Harmony
acquired its first production facility outside South Africa by purchasing the mining
assets in the Bissett area of Manitoba in Canada from the liquidators of the Rea
Gold Corporation. Harmony has completed the capital expenditure and development
programs required to establish a production unit capable of producing over 65,000
ounces per year on this property. In fiscal 2001, due to the mining operations
being uneconomical at then-current gold prices, Harmony decided to suspend production
at the Bissett mine, and placed the operations on a care and maintenance program
during the quarter ended September 30, 2001. See Item 4. Information on
the CompanyBusinessMining OperationsBissett Operations.
On January
11, 2000, Harmony announced its offer to purchase all of the outstanding ordinary
share capital of Randfontein at a purchase price of either 31 Harmony shares for
every 100 Randfontein shares or Rand 11.00 per Randfontein share, or a combination
of shares and cash. Also at that time, Harmony offered to purchase all of the outstanding
warrants of Randfontein at a purchase price of either 7 Harmony ordinary shares
for every 100
28
Randfontein warrants held or Rand 2.48 per warrant, or a combination
of cash and ordinary shares. Harmony increased the offer price on January 14, 2000
to either 34 Harmony shares for every 100 Randfontein shares or Rand 12.25 per Randfontein
share, or a combination of shares and cash. In addition, Harmony increased the
offer price for all the outstanding warrants of Randfontein to a purchase price
of either 8 Harmony ordinary shares for every 100 Randfontein warrants held or Rand
2.76 per warrant, or a combination of cash and ordinary shares. Harmony obtained
management control of Randfontein in January 2000 and by June 30, 2000 had acquired
100% of Randfonteins outstanding ordinary share capital and 96.5% of the warrants
to purchase ordinary shares of Randfontein. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsRandfontein Operations.
On January
31, 2001, Harmony entered into an agreement with AngloGold to purchase the assets
and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines from AngloGold for approximately Rand 1
billion. On March 22, 2001, Harmony entered into a syndicated loan facility of
approximately $260 million to, among other things, fulfill its obligations to AngloGold.
See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsLiquidity
and Capital ResourcesCredit Facilities and Other BorrowingsRecently
Retired Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings. As a condition to the loan
facility, in February 2001 Harmony protected some of its production from downward
movements in the gold price by entering into put options relating to the delivery
of 1 million ounces of Harmonys 2001 and 2002 production. The put options
covered 83,333 ounces per month for 12 months, commencing on March 29, 2001, at
a price of Rand 64,000 per kilogram (Rand 1,990 per ounce). Harmony paid Rand 29
million to secure these put options. These purchased put options permitted Harmony
to take advantage of increased gold spot prices by allowing the put options to expire
without exercise, and merely provided Harmony with downside protection. Harmony
closed out these put options during July 2001 and received Rand 3 million. Harmony
and AngloGold jointly managed the Elandskraal mines between February 1, 2001 and
April 9, 2001 and Harmony completed the purchase on April 9, 2001. Harmony and
Randfontein agreed to indemnify AngloGold against any loss AngloGold may suffer
or incur as a consequence of Harmonys management during the interim period.
On November
21, 2001, Harmony and ARMGold, a subsidiary of ARM, reached an agreement in principle
with AngloGold to purchase the Free Gold assets, subject to specified conditions.
Pursuant to the subsequently executed definitive agreements, the Free Gold assets
were purchased by the Free Gold Company (in which Harmony and ARMGold each has a
50% interest) for Rand 2,200 million ($206.8 million at an exchange rate
of R10.64 per $1.00), plus an amount equal to any liability for taxes payable by
AngloGold in connection with the sale. Rand 1,800 million ($169.2 million at an
exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) of the purchase price, plus accrued interest,
was paid by the Free Gold Company in April 2002 following the fulfillment of all
conditions precedent and Rand 400 million ($37.5 million at an exchange rate of
R10.64 per $1.00) is payable by the Free Gold Company under an interest-free loan
on January 1, 2005. The additional amount relating to taxes is payable by the Free
Gold Company as and when the tax liability becomes payable by AngloGold. The Free
Gold Company has estimated that this tax liability will be approximately Rand 632
million ($59.4 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) and will be payable
in March 2003. The Free Gold Company expects that approximately 80% of this amount
will provide the Free Gold Company with a capital expense deduction against its
taxable income from the Free Gold assets. The Free
29
Gold Company assumed management
control of the Free Gold assets from January 1, 2002, and completed the acquisition
on April 23, 2002 (the date on which all conditions precedent to the transaction
were fulfilled). For purposes of U.S. GAAP, Harmony equity accounted for its interest
in the Free Gold Company with effect from May 1, 2002 and the purchase price of
the Free Gold assets was determined to be Rand 2,213 million ($208.2 million at
an exchange rate of 10.64 per $1.00). See Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and ProspectsOverview.
In connection
with the acquisition of the Free Gold assets, on April 5, 2002 Harmony and ARMGold
entered into a formal joint venture and shareholders agreement relating to
the Free Gold Company. The agreement provides that Harmony and ARMGold are each
responsible for 50% of the expenses associated with operating the Free Gold assets.
Pursuant to the agreement, an interim executive committee composed of an equal
number of representatives appointed by Harmony and ARMGold managed the Free Gold
assets until the acquisition was completed. Following completion of the acquisition,
management of the Free Gold Company is vested in a board, which initially is composed
of an equal number of Harmony representatives and ARMGold representatives. In the
future, the number of representatives on the board will vary proportionally with
the number of shares of the Free Gold Company held by Harmony and ARMGold.
On October
23, 2001, Gold Fields Limited, or Gold Fields, granted Harmony an exclusive option
to negotiate the possible acquisition from Gold Fields of the St. Helena and Oryx
mines in the Free State Province. Harmony, in return, granted Gold Fields an exclusive
option to negotiate the acquisition of Harmonys stake in AurionGold. These
agreements expired, without exercise, on February 15, 2002.
On May 24,
2002, Harmony, ARMGold and Gold Fields, through its subsidiary, St. Helena Gold
Mines Limited, announced that an agreement in principle had been reached under which
St. Helena Gold Mines Limited would sell the St. Helena gold mining assets to the
Free Gold Company for Rand 120 million ($13.7 million), plus a royalty equal to
one percent of revenue for a period of 48 months beginning on the effective date
of the sale. St. Helena Gold Mines Limited and the Free Gold Company concluded
a formal agreement of sale on July 1, 2002. The sale was completed on October 30,
2002, and the Free Gold Company assumed management control on that date.
Harmony conducts
Australian operations through two recently acquired Australian gold mining companies:
New Hampton, acquired with effect from April 1, 2001, and Hill 50, acquired with
effect from April 1, 2002. On December 19, 2000, Harmony announced that it had
agreed to purchase 19.99% of New Hampton ordinary shares from Normandy Mining and
made an offer for all of the outstanding ordinary shares of New Hampton. The total
cash bid valued New Hampton at approximately A$56.3 million (R228.2 million at an
exchange rate of R4.05 per A$1.00, or $28.5 million at an exchange rate of R8.00
per $1.00). This offer closed on July 12, 2001, at which time Harmony had acquired
96.2% of New Hamptons shares and 95% of New Hamptons warrants. Harmony
subsequently completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and warrants.
On December 11, 2001, Harmony commenced a conditional cash offer for all of the
outstanding ordinary shares and listed options of Hill 50. The total cash bid valued
Hill 50 at approximately A$233 million (R1,419 million at an exchange rate of R6.09
per A$1.00, or $124.8 million at an exchange rate of R11.37 per $1.00). The offer
closed on
30
May 3, 2002, at which time shareholders holding 98.57% of Hill 50s
shares and 98.76% of Hill 50s listed options had accepted Harmonys offer
and this offer had become unconditional. Harmony subsequently completed a compulsory
acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the rules of the Australian
Stock Exchange. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsAustralian Operations. Harmony financed the
Hill 50 offer from existing cash resources and borrowings, including a syndicated
loan facility entered into on February 28, 2002, with Citibank, N.A., as lead arranger.
See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsCredit Facilities
and Other Borrowings. In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce corporate
expenditures, in the quarter ended June 30, 2002 Harmony integrated New Hamptons
Jubilee operations with Hill 50s New Celebration operations to form
the South Kalgoorlie operations and combined the corporate offices of New Hampton
and Hill 50 in Perth. With effect from April 1, 2002, Harmony reports the New Hampton
and Hill 50 operating results together within an Australian Operations
segment.
Harmony made
its first investment in the Australian gold mining industry in February 2000, by
acquiring a stake in Goldfields (Australia), an independent gold production and
exploration company. As of September 2001, Harmonys stake in Goldfields (Australia)
was approximately 22.96%. Effective December 31, 2001, Delta Gold Limited, or Delta,
completed a merger with Goldfields (Australia). In connection with the merger,
holders of Delta shares received 187 Goldfields (Australia) shares in exchange for
every 200 Delta shares held. Harmonys stake in Goldfields (Australia) following
the merger was diluted to approximately 9.8%. In February 2002, Goldfields (Australia)
changed its name to AurionGold Limited. On May 25, 2002, Harmony and Placer Dome
entered into an agreement under which Harmony accepted Placer Domes offer
to acquire all of Harmonys interest in AurionGold, subject to specified conditions.
Pursuant to the offer, Harmony would receive 17.5 newly-issued Placer Dome ordinary
shares for every 100 AurionGold ordinary shares tendered. On July 29, 2002, Harmony
announced that Placer Dome had increased its offer by adding a cash payment of A$0.35
per AurionGold ordinary share. Harmony accepted this revised offer, which had become
unconditional as of July 29, 2002. The transaction was completed on August 6, 2002.
As a result, Harmony obtained a 1.9% interest in Placer Dome.
On September
25, 2001, Harmony announced that it had reached an agreement in principle with Bendigo,
to acquire 294 million shares of Bendigo for a total purchase price of approximately
A$50 million (R292 million at an exchange rate of R5.84 per A$1.00, or $22.8
million at an exchange rate of R12.80 per $1.00). On December 13, 2001, shareholders
of Bendigo approved this subscription and Harmony acquired ordinary shares representing
approximately 31.8% of the outstanding share capital of Bendigo. On that date,
Harmony was also granted options to acquire 360 million additional shares of Bendigo
at any time before December 31, 2003, at a price of A$0.30 per share for a maximum
consideration of A$108 million (R630.7 million at an exchange rate of R5.84 per
A$1.00, or $72.2 million). If Harmony exercises these options, Harmony would
own approximately 50.1% of the diluted capital of Bendigo. Bendigo is a single
project Australian gold mining development company that controls the New Bendigo
Gold Project in the historic Bendigo goldfields. Bendigo controls all of the mining
and exploration rights beneath and in the vicinity of the city of Bendigo in Victoria.
Bendigo has reported that it is using the funds it received from Harmonys
investment in a project with the goal of developing and bringing into production
a high grade, mechanized underground mine.
31
On May 31,
2002, Harmony acquired ordinary shares representing approximately 25% of
the outstanding share capital of Highland Gold for a purchase price of $18.9 million.
On June 28, 2002, Highland Gold issued 750,000 additional shares to Harmony for
a purchase price of £7,500 ($11,925 at an exchange rate of $1.59 per £1.00), which
increased Harmonys aggregate interest to approximately 32.5% of Highland Golds
outstanding share capital. Highland Gold is a privately held company organized
under the laws of Jersey, Channel Islands. Highland Gold holds Russian gold mining
assets and mineral rights, including an operating mine and development projects.
On November
22, 2002, Harmony purchased approximately 21.0% of the outstanding share capital
of High River for a purchase price of $14.5 million. High River is a company organized
under the laws of Ontario, Canada that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and
holds gold mining assets in Russia, Canada and West Africa. Harmony may, subject
to market conditions, consider additional investments in High River in the future.
The principle assets of High River are:
|
|
a 53% fully-diluted
equity interest in OJSC Buryatzoloto, the fifth largest gold producer in Russia,
which has two operating mines and has reported total production of approximately
150,000 ounces of gold per year;
|
|
|
|
|
|
an agreement
to acquire 100% ownership of a project to exploit the Berezitovoye deposit in Siberia,
which is reported to be amenable to open pit mining;
|
|
|
|
|
|
an 50% ownership
interest in the New Britannia gold mine in Manitoba, Canada, which has reported
total production of approximately 110,000 ounces of gold per year; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
an ownership
interest in the Taparko gold development project in Burkina Faso.
|
Strategy
Harmony is
an independent growth oriented company in the gold production business and is distinguished
by the focused operational and management philosophies that it employs throughout
the organization. Harmonys growth strategy is focused on building a leading
international gold mining company through acquisitions, organic growth and focused
exploration. Harmony is currently expanding in South Africa and Australia, building
on Harmonys position as a leading cost-effective South African gold company
in order to enhance Harmonys position as one of the worlds premier international
gold producers. Harmony has also recently acquired interests in Highland Gold,
which holds Russian gold mining assets and mineral rights, and High River, which
holds interests in Russian, Canadian and West African gold mining assets
and mineral rights.
The international
and South African gold mining industries have been in the recent past and continue
to be affected by structural and investment trends moving toward the consolidation
of relatively smaller operations into larger, more efficient gold producers with
32
lower, more competitive cost structures. This consolidation enables gold producers
to be more competitive in pursuing new business opportunities and creates the critical
mass (measured by market capitalization) necessary to attract the attention of international
gold investment institutions. Harmonys current strategy is predominantly
influenced by these investment trends, which have already resulted in significant
restructuring and rationalization in the South African, Australian and North American
gold mining industries. Harmony believes these trends will continue to lead to
significant realignments in the international gold production business. Harmony
intends to continue to participate in the South African and international restructuring
activity to continue to achieve its growth objectives.
Since undergoing
a change in management in 1995, Harmony has employed a successful strategy of growth
through a series of acquisitions and through the evolution and implementation of
a simple set of management systems and philosophies, which Harmony refers to as
the Harmony Way, and which it believes are unique in the South African
gold mining industry. A significant component of the success of Harmonys
strategy to date has been its ability to acquire underperforming mining assets,
mainly in South Africa, and in a relatively short time frame to transform these
mines into cost-effective production units. The initial phase of Harmonys
strategy between fiscal 1995 and fiscal 2002 has resulted in the growth of Harmonys
annual gold sales from approximately 650,000 ounces to over 2.4
million ounces. With the acquisitions of Elandskraal, New Hampton and Hill
50, Harmony has increased its annualized sales to approximately 2.6 million
ounces, excluding Harmonys 50% interest in the Free Gold Company. From June
30, 1995 to June 30, 2002, Harmony has reduced weighted average cash operating costs
from approximately $341 per ounce to approximately $196 per ounce.
See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange Rates
and Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsResults of
OperationsYears ended June 30, 2002 and 2001Costs. Harmony has
also expanded its proven and probable ore reserve base and, as at June 30, 2002,
Harmonys mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves of
approximately 49.08 million ounces, which includes Elandskraal, New Hampton,
Hill 50 and ounces attributable to Harmonys 50% interest in the Free Gold
Company.
Although Harmonys primary focus has been on pursuing growth through the acquisition of producing
mines, Harmony has also addressed growth through the recent expansion of its exploration
activities. Harmony currently maintains a range of focused exploration programs
mainly concentrating on areas not too distant from its operating mines. Harmony
has also embarked on several focused gold exploration initiatives in prospective
regions where it does not yet produce gold. In addition, in light of the increase
in the market price of gold in fiscal 2002, it has become relatively more attractive
for Harmony to pursue organic growth in South Africa, including greenfield and brownfield
developments.
Harmony is
managed according to the philosophy that its shareholders have invested in Harmony
in order to own a growth stock which will also participate in movements in the gold
price. Accordingly, Harmony has consistently maintained a policy of generally not
hedging its future gold production. Harmonys policy is to eliminate any hedging
positions existing within the companies that it acquires as soon as opportunities
can be created to do so in sound, commercially advantageous transactions. There
may, however, be instances where certain hedge positions in acquired companies need
to be kept in place for contractual or other reasons.
33
In addition,
Harmony is considering involvement in platinum mining and related activities in
South Africa. Harmony believes that there may be opportunities to acquire South
African platinum industry assets within the next two to three years. Harmony believes
that that the Harmony Way might be usefully applied to mature platinum
mines with turnaround potential in South Africa; however, no assurance can be made
that Harmony will find suitable acquisition targets or successfully integrate them
into Harmonys operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
strategy depends on its ability to make additional acquisitions and Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsHarmony may experience problems in managing new acquisitions
and integrating them with its existing operations.
The major components of Harmonys strategy include:
Continuing to implement Harmonys
unique management structure and philosophy.
Harmony implements
a simple set of management systems and philosophies, which Harmony refers to as
the Harmony Way, and which it believes are unique to the South African
gold mining industry. This Harmony Way is underpinned by the following concepts:
|
|
Empowered
management teams. At each mining site Harmony has established small, multi-disciplinary,
focused management teams responsible for planning and implementing the mining operations
at the site. Each of these teams is accountable for the results at its particular
site and reports directly to Harmonys executive committee.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Active
strategic management by the Board. Annual operational goals and targets, including
cost, volume and grade targets are established in consultation with the Harmonys
executive committee for each mining site. Each management team develops
an operational plan to implement the goals and targets for its mine site. Harmonys
executive committee reviews and measures the results at each mining site
on a regular basis throughout the year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Increased
productivity. Gold mining in South Africa is very labor intensive with labor
accounting for approximately 50% of Harmonys costs. To control these costs,
Harmony structures its operations to achieve maximum productivity with the goal
of having 60% of Harmonys workforce directly engaged in stoping, or underground
excavation, and development rock breaking activities. In addition, Harmony has
implemented productivity-based bonuses designed to maximize productivity.
|
|
|
|
|
|
A no-frills,
low cost ethic. Harmony has an obsession about lowering its cost base and to
this end Harmony extensively benchmarks its costing parameters both internally between
operations within Harmony and externally against other gold producers.
|
|
|
|
34
|
|
Systems.
Harmony has implemented sophisticated cost accounting systems and strict ore
accounting and ore reserve management systems to measure and track costs and ore
reserve depletion accurately, so as to enable it to be proactive in its decision
making.
|
Harmony has
implemented the Harmony Way at its original mining operations and at
each mining property Harmony has acquired since 1995, and is currently implementing
the Harmony Way at the Australian operations acquired through the acquisitions
of New Hampton and Hill 50. By implementing this process, Harmony generally
has been able to reduce costs significantly while increasing production and extending
mine life. Harmony and ARMGold, shareholders of the Free Gold Company, share similar
management philosophies. The Free Gold Company has begun implementing measures
to reduce costs while increasing production and extending mine life, in a manner
that Harmony believes is consistent with the Harmony Way.
Growing through acquisitions in South Africa and
internationally.
Harmonys
acquisition strategy in South Africa has been, and will continue to be, mainly to
pursue mature, underperforming gold mining operations in which it believes it can
successfully introduce the Harmony Way to increase productivity, reduce
costs and extend mine life. The advantage to acquiring mature, underperforming
operations is that they tend to be cheaper to acquire and, particularly for underground
operations, much of the required capital expenditure has already been made. Harmonys
corporate strategy with respect to acquisition targets is as follows:
|
|
to make acquisitions
in addition to pursuing greenfield and brownfield developments when it is economical
to do so;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to acquire
mature assets with turnaround potential;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to acquire
assets that fit Harmonys management model; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
to acquire
assets that enhance Harmonys overall resource base.
|
In South Africa,
Harmony continues to explore a number of potential acquisitions. The South African
gold mining industry has undergone a significant restructuring since 1990 with the
result that a number of gold mining companies owned principally by mining houses
have been sold to other gold operators. Harmony believes that this restructuring
process has not yet been completed and that there will continue to be opportunities
for further acquisitions in South Africa.
Outside of
South Africa, Harmony intends to leverage the broad gold mining experience it has
gained through acquisitions and existing operations. Through Harmonys existing
operations, Harmony has gained extensive underground mining experience. Harmony
has also gained extensive experience in surface mining by open cast methods through
its acquisition of Kalgold and the open cast operations of Randfontein and New Hampton,
and in mechanized mining of greenstone orebodies through Harmonys acquisitions
of Bissett and New
35
Hampton. These types of mining are more typical outside of South
Africa. Harmony believes that these skills should position it to be able to pursue
a broad range of acquisition opportunities. Harmony continues to explore new business
opportunities both inside and outside of South Africa, particularly in Australia
and Russia. Harmony may in the future pursue additional suitable potential acquisitions
in South Africa or internationally.
Expanding Harmonys exploration
and development activities to increase its reserve base.
Traditionally,
like most other major South African gold producers, Harmony has not focused much
of its efforts on greenfield exploration. With the acquisition of Kalgold, Harmony
acquired potentially valuable exploration rights and an active exploration capability
in South Africa. Harmony acquired further exploration rights and an active exploration
program in Australia through the acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50. Harmony
intends to continue to support and expand these activities as another important
avenue for increasing the size of its reserve base. Exploration projects involve
material risks and uncertainties, however, and Harmony cannot be sure these projects
will be successful. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsTo
maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of Harmonys existing mines
or to increase production materially above projected levels, Harmony will need to
access additional reserves through development or discovery.
In addition,
in light of the increase in the market price of gold in fiscal 2002, it has become
relatively more attractive for Harmony to pursue organic growth in South Africa,
including greenfield and brownfield developments. Harmony is engaging in, and investigating
possibilities for, organic growth through targeted development projects. Harmony
is pursuing substantial projects to deepen the Elandskraal operations and improve
the Masimong shaft system. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyHarmonys
Mining OperationsElandskraal Operations, Item 4. Information
on the Company Harmonys Mining OperationsRandfontein Operations, Item 4. Information
on the Company Harmonys Mining OperationsFree State
Operations and Item 4. Information on the CompanyHarmonys Mining
OperationsEvander Operations. Harmony is
also currently conducting feasibility studies for shallow and medium-depth capital
projects in the vicinity of Harmonys existing Randfontein and Evander operations
and has commenced an advanced feasibility study to evaluate the Kalplats platinum
group metals project described in Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessExploration. In
evaluating and pursuing these projects, Harmonys
goal is to achieve organic growth in South Africa. Capital development projects
of this type involve material risks and uncertainties; however, and Harmony cannot
be sure its development efforts will be successful. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsTo maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of
Harmonys existing mines or to increase production materially above projected
levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
Hedge Policy
As a general
rule Harmony sells its gold production at market prices. Harmony generally does
not enter into forward sales, derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish
a price in advance for the sale of its future gold production. As a result of this
policy,
36
Board approval is required when hedging arrangements are to be entered into
to secure loan facilities. Any change to this policy requires ratification by the
Board. Currently, Harmonys hedge book is managed by a risk and treasury management
services company, that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of a major South African bank.
Hedge activity is monitored weekly and all hedge transactions must be approved
by the Harmony Chief Financial Officer after consultation with the Board.
Harmony does
not trade in derivatives for its own account. Recently there have been two instances
in which Harmony has made use of gold price hedges: Harmonys forward sale
of a portion of the production at Bissett at a set gold price and, more recently,
put options relating to 1 million ounces of Harmonys production at Elandskraal.
Both of these hedges were entered into in order to secure loan facilities and have
since been closed out. See Item 5Operating and Financial Review and
ProspectsMarket Risk.
A significant
proportion of the production at Randfontein was already hedged when acquired by
Harmony. On April 12, 2002, Harmony announced that it had completed the process
of closing out all of the Randfontein hedge positions, including closing forward
sale contracts and call options covering a total of 490,000 ounces and forward purchases
covering a total of 200,000 ounces. See Item 5Operating and Financial
Review and ProspectsMarket Risk.
In addition,
a substantial proportion of the production at each of New Hampton and Hill 50 was
already hedged when acquired by Harmony and remains hedged. In fiscal 2002, in
line with Harmonys strategy of being generally unhedged, Harmony reduced New
Hamptons hedge book by over 900,000 ounces. In fiscal 2002, Harmony
also combined and restructured the overall hedge portfolio of Harmonys Australian
operations (including New Hampton and Hill 50). All of these hedge positions are
now normal purchase and sale agreements, under which Harmony must deliver a specified
quantity of gold at a future date subject to the agreed-upon prices. The resulting
hedge portfolio covered, as of September 30, 2002, approximately 1,689,705 ounces
over a seven-year period at an average strike price of A$532 per ounce ($287 at
an exchange rate of A$0.54 per $1.00). Harmony intends to reduce the remaining
hedge positions of the Australian operations gradually by delivering gold pursuant
to the relevant agreements. See Item 5Operating and Financial Review
and ProspectsMarket Risk.
In December
2001, in response to significant depreciation in the Rand and to protect itself
against possible appreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, Harmony entered
into Rand-U.S. dollar currency forward exchange contracts intended to cover estimated
revenues from the Free State operations planned production for calendar 2002.
Harmony fixed the Rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate for a total of $192 million at
an average exchange rate of Rand 11.20 per U.S. dollar. As of December 13, 2002,
$15 million was remaining under these contracts at an average exchange rate of Rand
11.31 per U.S. dollar. This measure, however, is not expected to fully protect
Harmony from sustained fluctuations in the value of the Rand relative to the U.S.
dollar since it covers only a limited amount, it expires on December 31, 2002 and
Harmony does not expect to renew or repeat it. See Item 5Operating
and Financial Review and ProspectsMarket RiskForeign Currency Sensitivity.
37
Description of Mining Business
Exploration
Exploration
activities are focused on the extension of existing orebodies and identification
of new orebodies both at existing sites and at undeveloped sites. Once a potential
orebody has been discovered, exploration is extended and intensified in order to
enable clearer definition of the orebody and the potential portions to be mined.
Geological techniques are constantly refined to improve the economic viability
of prospecting and mining activities.
Mining
The mining
process can be divided into two main phases: (i) creating access to the orebody
and (ii) mining the orebody. This basic process applies to both underground and
surface operations.
|
|
Access
to the orebody. In Harmonys underground mines, access to the orebody
is by means of shafts sunk from the surface to the lowest economically and practically
mineable level. Horizontal development at various intervals of a shaft (known as
levels) extends access to the horizon of the reef to be mined. On-reef development
then provides specific mining access.
In Harmonys open pit mines, access
to the orebody is provided by overburden stripping, which removes the covering layers
of topsoil or rock, through a combination of drilling, blasting, loading and hauling,
as required.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining
the orebody. The process of ore removal starts with drilling and blasting the
accessible ore. The blasted faces are then cleaned and the ore is transferred to
the transport system. In open pit mines, gold-bearing material may require drilling
and blasting and is usually collected by bulldozers or shovels to transfer it to
the ore transport system.
In Harmonys underground mines, once ore has
been broken, train systems collect ore from the faces and transfer it to a series
of ore passes that gravity feed the ore to hoisting levels at the bottom of the
shaft. The ore is then hoisted to the surface in dedicated conveyances and transported
either by conveyor belts directly or via surface railway systems or roads to the
treatment plants. In addition to ore, waste rock broken to access reef horizons
must similarly be hoisted and then placed on waste rock dumps. In open pit mines,
ore is transported to treatment facilities in large capacity vehicles.
|
38
Processing
Harmony currently
has fourteen metallurgical plants that treat ore to extract the gold. The Elandskraal,
New Hampton and Hill 50 acquisitions resulted in the acquisition of two plants each,
which are included in this figure. In addition, there are three metallurgical plants
within the Free Gold assets, which are not included in this figure. The principal
gold extraction processes used by Harmony are carbon in leach, or CIL, carbon in
pulp, or CIP, and carbon in solution, or CIS, although Harmony also has an old filter
plant processing low grade waste rock. Harmony has discontinued the active use
of its heap leach operation, as described below.
The gold plant circuit consists of the following:
|
|
Comminution.
Comminution is the process of breaking up the ore to expose and liberate the
gold and make it available for treatment. Conventionally, this process occurs in
multi-stage crushing and milling circuits, which include the use of jaw and gyratory
crushers and rod and tube and ball mills. Harmonys more modern milling circuits
include semi or fully autogenous milling where the ore itself is used as the grinding
medium. Typically, ore must be ground to a minimum size before proceeding to the
next stage of treatment.
|
|
|
|
Treatment.
In most of Harmonys metallurgical plants, including the plants within
the Free Gold assets and at Hill 50, gold is extracted into a leach solution from
the host ore by leaching in agitated tanks. Gold is then extracted onto activated
carbon from the solution using the CIL, CIP or CIS process. In addition, each of
Harmony and the Free Gold Company has one metallurgical plant that uses the zinc
precipitation filter process to recover gold in solution. Harmonys Saaiplaas
plant also used the zinc precipitation filter process prior to fiscal 2002, but
it was converted to the CIS process during fiscal 2002. Harmony expects to convert
the Saaiplaas plant to the CIL process in the quarter ending June 30, 2003, in an
effort to lower cost and improve extraction efficiency. Harmony will consider
a similar conversion for the remaining Harmony zinc precipitation plant depending
on the properties of the materials to be processed.
Gold in solution from
the filter plants is recovered using zinc precipitation. Recovery of the gold from
the loaded carbon takes place by elution and electro-winning. Because cathode sludge
produced from electro-winning is now sent directly to Harmonys refinery, most
of the plants no longer use smelting to produce rough gold bars (doré). Harmonys
zinc precipitation plant, however, and the zinc precipitation plant used
by the Free Gold Company continue to smelt precipitate to produce rough gold bars.
These bars are then transported to Harmonys refinery, which is responsible
for refining the bars to a minimum of good delivery status.
Harmony also
had one heap leach operation, active use of which was
|
39
|
|
discontinued in July 2001.
In the heap leach process, ore is stacked on impervious leach pads and a leaching
solution is sprayed on the pile, which dissolves the gold from the host ore. Gold
is then extracted from the leach solution using the CIS process. Although Harmony
has discontinued the active use of its heap leach operation, over time small amounts
of gold normally can be recovered from ore remaining on the leach pads. Harmony
expects to apply leaching solution occasionally in the future to recover any available
gold.
|
Harmony operates
the only independent gold refinery in South Africa. In fiscal 2002, approximately
63% of Harmonys South African gold production was refined at Harmonys
refinery and the remainder was refined at the Rand Refinery, which is owned by a
consortium of the major gold producers in South Africa. In April 2002, Harmony
sold its ownership interest in the Rand Refinery back to the Rand Refinery. Harmony
received approximately Rand 6.4 million ($0.6 million at an exchange rate of R10.66
per $1.00) from this sale.
Harmony produces
its own branded products at its refinery, including various sizes of gold bars.
This has allowed Harmony to sell to markets such as India, the Middle East and
East Asia. Harmonys refinery supplies gold alloys and associated products
to jewelry manufacturers in South Africa and internationally. In fiscal 2001, Harmony
expanded refining capacity from 40 tons per year to 100 tons per year. In fiscal
2002, Harmony further increased refinery capacity to 120 tons per year. Harmony
spent approximately Rand 22.6 million on capital expenditures at its refinery in
fiscal 2002. Harmony has budgeted Rand 10.6 million ($1.2 million) to complete
refinery expansion and upgrades in fiscal 2003.
The South
African government has emphasized that the production of value-added fabricated
gold products, such as jewelry, is an important means for creating employment opportunities
in South Africa and has made the promotion of these beneficiation activities a requirement
of the Mining Charter described in Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessRegulatory
and Environmental MattersMineral Rights. Harmonys
beneficiation initiatives have benefited from the expansion and improvement of Harmonys refinery.
Harmony supports jewelry ventures in South Africa, including providing
facilities for a jewelry school and, in fiscal 2002, Harmony acquired rights to
manufacture and distribute a range of jewelry based on the Lord of the Rings trilogy
in South Africa, the United States and Canada. On December
11, 2002, Harmony and Mintek, a South African government research and development
organization, signed a memorandum of understanding to create Musuku Beneficiation
Systems, or Musuku, an integrated manufacturing and technology group focusing on
the beneficiation of precious metals. Musuku will provide management, operational
and technical services to integrate value-added processes into the gold mining industry.
Services and Supplies
Mining activities
require extensive services, located both on the surface and underground. These
services include mining-related services such as mining engineering (optimizing
mining layouts and safe mining practices), planning (developing short-term and long-term
mining plans), ore reserve management (to achieve optimal orebody extraction),
40
ventilation
(sustaining operable mining conditions underground), provision of supplies and materials,
and other logistical support. In addition, engineering services are required to
ensure equipment operates effectively. Unlike many other South African gold producers,
Harmony generally provides only those services directly related to mining. In some
cases, other services are provided by outside contractors. Harmony provides medical
services to employees at its Free State, Evander and Randfontein hospitals.
The Free Gold assets include a hospital facility, and Harmony is considering
options to achieve synergies between this facility and the existing Free State facility.
The Mining
Charter described in Item 4. Information on the CompanyRegulationMineral
Rights establishes a policy of according preferred supplier status to enterprises
controlled by members of historically disadvantaged groups when those enterprises
are able to offer goods and services at competitive prices and quality levels.
Harmony believes that its procurement policy is consistent with this policy.
In June 2002,
Izingodo Holdings, a black empowerment consortium, acquired a 30% stake in Timrite
(Pty) Ltd. Timrite is currently Harmonys major supplier of timber, supplying
approximately 90% of Harmonys timber requirements.
Harmonys Management Structure
As part of
the Harmony Way, Harmony structures its mining operations in a way that
it considers to be unique in the South African gold mining industry. Harmonys
operational structure is based on small empowered management teams at each production
site, which may include one or more underground mine shafts or open cast sites.
These management teams are fully responsible for planning and executing the mining
at the production site and report directly to Harmonys Executive Committee.
Each management team consists of an ore reserve manager, a mining manager, a financial
manager, an engineering manager and a human relations manager. Each member of the
management team has an individual area of responsibility: the mining manager is
responsible for rock breaking and safety; the ore reserve manager is responsible
for geology and ore reserves; the financial manager is responsible for financial
management; the engineering manager is responsible for maintaining equipment; and
the human relations manager is responsible for manpower issues. One of the managers
is appointed as the team captain. Financial incentives are provided for the production
team at each site based on the production and efficiency at the site.
Placing management
power at the level of the actual production sites has resulted in greater flexibility,
innovation and quicker decision-making than the more traditional management structures
at South African gold mines. It also means that Harmony operates without multiple
levels of management. This contributes to decreased overhead costs, which has a
positive impact on the payable portion of Harmonys mineral resources. In
addition, the reduced management structure is important in facilitating Harmonys
goal of having 60% of its work force being directly involved in actual mining
as opposed to the industry standard of 40%. Harmony believes that this initiative
has resulted in increased productivity.
In addition,
on October 2, 2002, Harmony and the United Association of South Africa signed
an agreement to redefine the traditional role of shift boss, or supervisor, to that
of a
41
coach. This initiative, which Harmony has implemented at its
South African operations, re-aligns features of Harmonys operational-level organization.
The principal features of this initiative are to allow coaches to focus on safety
promotion by transferring line supervision duties to the mine overseers (whose technical
expertise will be available to blasting crews) and changing the compensation structure
so that coaches will not receive incentive compensation based on production levels.
In addition, coaches spend the entire eight-hour working shift underground with
the mining team, in contrast with the four hours shift bosses typically spent with
the mining team. Harmony believes that this initiative will promote a safe production
environment for the blasting crew and enhance career development for previously
disadvantaged individuals; however, because this is a new initiative, no assurance
can be given that it will succeed in meeting these goals.
Exploration
Harmony conducts
exploration activities by itself or with joint venture partners. Harmonys
prospecting interests in South Africa measure approximately 382,000 hectares.
Harmonys Australian operations also control prospecting interests, as described
below. In addition to ongoing mine site exploration, Harmony has a program
of investment in regional exploration. Harmony has spent approximately Rand 115
million over the last three fiscal years on exploration, mainly within the Kraaipan
greenstone belt (particularly on the Kalgold mining lease and surrounding areas)
and in Peru. The exploration strategy on these greenstone belts uses geological,
geophysical and geochemical techniques to identify broad systems of anomalous gold
and associated rock alteration within which gold deposits typically occur as clusters.
In fiscal 2003, Harmony intends to carry out exploration in Peru, Russia and Central
Asia and within the Kraaipan greenstone belt in South Africa.
Harmony spent
approximately Rand 72 million, excluding contributions from joint venture partners,
on exploration in fiscal 2002, Rand 36 million of which was spent on projects in
South Africa, Rand 28 million was spent on projects in Australia and Rand 7 million
of which was spent on projects in Peru. Harmony expects to spend approximately
Rand 33 million ($3.8 million) for exploration in fiscal 2003, including approximately
Rand 5 million for projects in South Africa, approximately Rand 8 million
for projects in Australia and approximately Rand 20 million for projects in Peru.
Harmonys
exploration activities since 1998 have focused on prospective greenstone-type ore
belts in the search for deposits that may be exploited by open pit and shallow underground,
low cost operations. Current fieldwork programs primarily involve exploration targets
in South Africa, Peru and Australia. Harmony has also carried out fieldwork
in Peru, which has focused on the search for deposits. Harmony has compiled
a comprehensive database on gold exploration and evaluation opportunities in other
parts of the world. During fiscal 2002, Harmony began investigating exploration
projects in Russia and Central Asia and is investigating whether it would be feasible
to engage in exploration with joint venture partners in these regions.
Harmonys
Australian operations conducts prospecting at various sites within their exploration
mineral right areas, which include various types of property rights recognized in
Australia covering a total area of approximately 298,355 hectares (737,250 acres).
Harmonys exploration strategy in Australia includes exploration on
greenstone belts using aeromagnetics,
42
ground magnetics, geochemical, regolith and
geotechnical techniques to identify broad systems of anomalous gold and associated
rock alteration within which gold mineralization typically occurs. Thereafter,
promising targets are drilled to test geological structures and establish the presence
of gold mineralization. Should this process be successful in discovering ore, the
deposits are then drilled and sampled systematically to determine ore reserves and
metallurgical characteristics.
Following
the acquisition of Hill 50, Harmony is integrating Hill 50s exploration programs
on the properties south of Kalgoorlie with New Hamptons programs in that area.
These programs involve exploration on a combination of freehold title and mineral
leases forming an east-west belt extending from Lake Roe to Coolgardie, south of
Kalgoorlie. The tenements span a number of geological domains including the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda
Belt and the Boulder-Lefroy structure, the Zuleika Shear, the Coolgardie Belt and
the Yilgarn-Roe structures. A comprehensive structural-geological and regolith-geochemical
review was completed in July 2001 for the Southeast Goldfields area. This review
outlined priority targets within Harmonys holdings, which were the focus of
regional exploration over the 2002 fiscal year and are expected to be the continued
focus of regional exploration over the 2003 fiscal year. Hill 50s exploration
has also focused on brownfield and greenfield opportunities at Mt. Magnet and on
regional targets in the Yalgoo tenements, which comprise approximately 35,800 hectares
(88,464 acres) located approximately 70 kilometers southwest of Mt. Magnet.
Through the
Hill 50 transaction, Harmony also acquired two development projects in the Northern
Territory of Australia: the Maud Creek project and the Brocks Creek project. Maud
Creek is an advanced greenfield project based on a recent discovery located close
to the historic Yeuralba gold field in the Pine Creek district. The Maud Creek
project faces a metallurgical risk associated with the extraction of gold from the
ore. The Maud Creek orebody is partially refractory in nature and specific (yet
to be finalized) ore processing routes would be required to liberate the gold.
The contemplated processes are expected to result in higher capital and operating
costs, but are not expected to involve significant technical risk. Brocks Creek
is an effort to bring mines formerly operated by AngloGold back into production.
The Brocks Creek area includes shallow open pits located at Rising Tide, and rights
to develop the underground Zapopan and Cosmo Deeps sites. In fiscal 2003, Harmony
expects to maintain the current combined levels of exploration at New Hampton and
Hill 50, at a total expenditure of approximately Rand 70 million ($8 million).
With the exception
of the Burnside Joint Venture, which Hill 50 and Northern Gold NL formed in March
2002 to develop the Brocks Creek project, Harmonys exploration and development
projects are wholly owned. An exploration program in the Murchison greenstone belt
in the Limpopo Province (formerly known as the Northern Province) was conducted
in a joint venture with Metorex Limited. As of December 31, 2001, Harmony had fulfilled
its funding commitment to this joint venture and during the quarter ended June 30,
2002, Harmony terminated its involvement in this venture.
During the
course of gold prospecting in the Kraaipan greenstone belt in late 2000, Harmony
discovered promising deposits of open pittable platinum and palladium mineralization
and is currently conducting a detailed evaluation of the economic potential of this
discovery, known as the Kalplats platinum group metals project, or Kalplats. The
mineralization
43
occurs in seven separate bodies with strike lengths ranging between
500 meters and 1,000 meters and additional discoveries are likely.
Exploration activities to date have revealed mineralized widths that range from
15 meters to 45 meters with average grades of platinum plus palladium running
at between 1.3 and 2.5 g/t. Higher grade zones with approximate widths
of 2 to 5 meters and with grades of up to 4 to 6 g/t occur within some of
these mineralized bodies. Harmony estimates the ratio of platinum to palladium
is about 1 to 1. Drilling on two of the four deposits has been completed
on sectioned lines spaced 50 meters apart with reef intersection at depths ranging
from 4 meters to 180 meters below surface. Wider drill spacing of between 100 to
200 meters has been completed on the other two deposits. As of December 13, 2002,
boreholes included 465 rotary airblast boreholes, 402 reverse circulation
percussion boreholes and 52 diamond core boreholes representing a combined total
of 36,600 meters of drilling. Metallurgical test work to date has indicated poor
flotation recoveries (6064%) for the lower grade (1.02.0 g/t) mineralization,
but higher recoveries (7580%) for the higher grade (2.55.0 g/t) mineralization
using a two-stage mill-float circuit in combination with magnetic separation. The
pre-feasibility study, which was completed in August 2002, concluded that the economic
viability of the project depends on selectively mining the higher grade reef zones
(of 2 to 3 g/t of total precious metals) using open pit methods, sustained
platinum and palladium markets and platinum and palladium recoveries being higher
than 70%. During the first quarter of fiscal 2003, the Board approved Rand 25 million
($2.9 million) for an advanced feasibility study, which Harmony has commenced.
The feasibility study includes collecting a 550 ton bulk sample for pilot plant
scale metallurgical testing. The ore sample is being collected at a depth of approximately
45 meters below surface with sampling of the various reefs under different weathering
conditions as the box cut advances. Harmony estimates that the pilot plant test
results will be available by the end of March 2003.
Harmony is
considering various options regarding the platinum and palladium deposits and numerous
parties have expressed an interest in the project. Harmony estimates that net expenditures
of approximately Rand 300 million ($34.3 million) would be required to develop Kalplats
into an open pit mine producing platinum and palladium concentrate by flotation.
On a simplistic basis, Harmony estimates that the Kalplats mineralization may be
sufficient to conduct open pit mining over a period of approximately ten years,
at a rate of approximately 90,000 ounces of platinum group metals per year. However,
these figures are based on assumptions related to the current feasibility studies
and testwork, and Harmony cannot be sure that development at Kalplats would lead
to a commercially viable mining operation. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsTo maintain production beyond the expected lives of Harmonys
existing mines or to increase production materially above projected levels, Harmony
will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery. In addition,
Harmony believes that there may be opportunities to acquire South
African platinum industry assets within the next two to three years; however, no
assurance can be made that Harmony will find suitable acquisition targets, or successfully
integrate them into Harmonys operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsHarmonys strategy depends on its ability to make additional
acquisitions and Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmony
may experience problems in managing new acquisitions and integrating them with its
existing operations. As of November 30, 2002, Harmony had spent Rand 25.2
million on exploration on the Kalplats project, Rand 11.2 million of which
was spent during fiscal 2002.
44
Capital Expenditures
Capital expenditures,
including the non-cash portion, incurred for fiscal 2002 totaled approximately $59.0
million, compared with $52.5 million for fiscal 2001 and $30 million in fiscal
2000. The focus of Harmonys capital expenditures in recent years has been
underground development and plant improvement and upgrades, and management currently
expects this focus to continue in fiscal 2003. The increase in capital
expenditures in fiscal 2002 compared with fiscal 2001 was primarily due to the inclusion
of expenditures for the development of the shaft deepening project at Elandskraal
for the full fiscal year and increased capital expenditures at Harmonys Australian
operations (primarily Big Bell and the Jubilee portion of the South Kalgoorlie operations).
This increase in capital expenditures was partially offset by reduced capital expenditures
at Free State and Randfontein and the placement of Bissett on a care and maintenance
program. The increase in capital expenditures in fiscal 2001 compared
with fiscal 2000 was largely due to the inclusion of Randfontein for a full fiscal
year and the inclusion of Elandskraal and New Hampton with effect from April 1,
2001. Harmony has budgeted approximately $84 million for capital expenditures
in fiscal 2003. Details regarding the capital expenditures for each operation are
found in the individual mine sections under BusinessHarmonys Mining
Operations. Harmony currently expects that its planned capital expenditures
will be financed from operations and existing cash on hand. However, if Harmony
decides to expand major projects such as the Doornkop South Reef Project at Randfontein
or the Poplar Project and the Rolspruit Project at Evander beyond its current
plans, Harmony may consider alternative financing sources described below. See Item
4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining
OperationsElandskraal Operations and Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsEvander Operations.
Description of Property
Harmonys
operational mining areas in South Africa comprise the Free State operations of 58,249
acres, the Evander area of 97,926 acres, the Randfontein area of 41,026 acres,
the Kalgold area of 5,259 acres, the Elandskraal area of 22,864 acres and Harmonys
interest in the Free Gold Companys total area of 35,582 acres. Harmonys
operational mining areas in Australia comprise the Big Bell area of 67,410
acres, the Mt. Magnet area of 41,373 acres and the South Kalgoorlie
area of 66,311 acres. The Bissett area in Canada totals 1,083 acres. Harmony
furthermore owns, controls or shares in mineral rights that have not been brought
to production.
In line with
the rest of the South African mining industry, Harmony has been rationalizing its
mineral rights holdings in recent years. Accordingly, over the past three years,
Harmony disposed of its shares and its participation rights in areas in South Africa
in which it has not actively pursued mining. Harmony may continue to investigate
further disposals.
The following
pages contain maps of Harmonys South African and worldwide operations and
interests.
45
46
Geology
The major
portion of Harmonys South African gold production is derived from mines located
in the Witwatersrand Basin in South Africa. In contrast to the greenstone hosted
gold deposits at Kalgold, Harmonys Australian operations and Bissett, the
Witwatersrand gold deposits are a unique gold bearing succession of sedimentary
rocks that show great continuity through the Witwatersrand area. As a consequence,
resource estimates can often be made with a higher degree of confidence, even when
the exploration data is limited.
The Witwatersrand
Basin is an elongate structure that extends approximately 300 kilometers in a northeast-southwest
direction and approximately 100 kilometers in a northwest-southeast direction. It
is an Archean sedimentary basin containing a 6 km deep stratigraphic sequence consisting
mainly of quartzites and shales with minor intermittent volcanic units.
Conglomerate
layers occur in distinctive depositional cycles or packages within the upper, arenaceous
portion of the sequence, known as the Central Rand Group. The conglomerate packages
are thicker and tend to display greater basin edge proximality in terms of sedimentary
characteristics from the base of the Central Rand Group to the top. The thickest
units are multiple stacks of lenticular conglomerate layers, separated by erosional
surfaces. It is within these predominately conglomeratic units that the gold-bearing
alluvial placer deposits, termed reefs, are located.
The differences
in the morphology and gold distribution patterns within a single reef, and from
one reef to the next, are a reflection of the different sedimentary processes at
work at the time of placer deposition on erosional surfaces in fluvial and littoral
environments.
Within the
various goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin there are major and minor fault systems,
and some of the normal faults have displaced basin-dipping placers upwards in a
progressive step-like manner, enabling mining to take place at accessible depths.
Folding is most prominent along the previously active tectonic margins of the basin,
and syndepositional interference warping appears to have played a role in some placer
formation and gold accumulation.
Harmonys
South African gold production is derived from auriferous placer reefs situated at
different stratigraphic positions and at varying depths below surface in three of
the seven defined goldfields of the Witwatersrand Basin.
Harmonys
Australian production is obtained from open pit and underground mines operating
on gold lodes, which are typical of gold bearing greenstone belts found in Canada
and Australia.
Reserves
Harmony applies
an ore reserve management system that emphasizes effective geological control of
the orebody. In addition, ongoing management of the ore reserves is decentralized
to each production site where management applies site-specific technical and working
cost parameters to determine the optimal cut-off grade. This cut-off grade is defined
as the grade at which the total profits from mining the orebody, under a specific
set of mining
48
parameters, is maximized and, therefore,
optimizes exploitation of the orebody. The use of a cut-off grade attempts to account
for all the ore tons that make a marginal contribution to the profitability of the
mine.
Historically,
South African gold mining companies have not been required to follow any particular
standard for reporting ore reserves. Consequently, Harmony inherited a number of
different standards for reporting ore reserves as it acquired mining operations.
In March 2000,
the JSE announced that all gold mining companies listed on the JSE must report ore
reserves on the basis of the South African Mineral Resource Committee code of practice,
or SAMREC. In accordance with this ruling, Harmony has recalculated its ore reserves.
As at June 30, 2002 all of Harmonys ore reserves for South African operations
are reported on the basis of SAMREC. In addition, the ore reserve information for
Harmonys Australian operations is reported on the basis of the Australian
Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves, or JORC Code. The JORC
Code is consistent with SAMREC, although the JORC code focuses more specifically
on open cast mining, which is more common in Australia. Only the reserves which
qualify as proven and probable reserves for purposes of the SECs industry
guide number 7 at each of Harmonys mining operations are presented in this
annual report. See Glossary of Mining Terms.
49
As at June
30, 2002, Harmonys mining operations reported total proven and probable reserves
of approximately 49.08 million ounces, which includes Elandskraal, New Hampton,
Hill 50 and ounces attributable to Harmonys 50% interest in the Free Gold
Company, as set forth in the following table:
|
|
Ore reserve statement
as at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold sales
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
in the fiscal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
year ended
|
Operations
|
|
Proven Reserves
|
|
Probable Reserves
|
|
Total Reserves
|
|
June 30, 20021
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons
|
|
Grade
|
|
Gold oz2
|
|
Tons
|
|
Grade
|
|
Gold oz2
|
|
Tons
|
|
Grade
|
|
Gold oz2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(million)
|
|
(oz/ton)
|
|
(million)
|
|
(million)
|
|
(oz/ton)
|
|
(million)
|
|
(million)
|
|
(oz/ton)
|
|
(million)
|
|
(oz)
|
S.A. Underground
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandskraal
|
|
|
23.18
|
|
|
|
0.205
|
|
|
|
4.75
|
|
|
|
36.60
|
|
|
|
0.204
|
|
|
|
7.47
|
|
|
|
59.78
|
|
|
|
0.204
|
|
|
|
12.22
|
|
|
|
442,715
|
|
Free State
|
|
|
35.04
|
|
|
|
0.136
|
|
|
|
4.75
|
|
|
|
20.06
|
|
|
|
0.128
|
|
|
|
2.56
|
|
|
|
55.10
|
|
|
|
0.133
|
|
|
|
7.32
|
|
|
|
598,635
|
|
Randfontein
|
|
|
19.02
|
|
|
|
0.163
|
|
|
|
3.10
|
|
|
|
9.01
|
|
|
|
0.167
|
|
|
|
1.51
|
|
|
|
28.03
|
|
|
|
0.164
|
|
|
|
4.61
|
|
|
|
531,588
|
|
Evander
|
|
|
10.75
|
|
|
|
0.183
|
|
|
|
1.97
|
|
|
|
58.07
|
|
|
|
0.223
|
|
|
|
12.92
|
|
|
|
68.82
|
|
|
|
0.216
|
|
|
|
14.89
|
|
|
|
415,382
|
|
Free Gold assets3
|
|
|
10.78
|
|
|
|
0.204
|
|
|
|
2.20
|
|
|
|
19.47
|
|
|
|
0.222
|
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
30.26
|
|
|
|
0.216
|
|
|
|
6.53
|
|
|
|
90,487
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total S.A. Underground
|
|
|
98.77
|
|
|
|
0.178
|
|
|
|
16.77
|
|
|
|
143.22
|
|
|
|
0.189
|
|
|
|
28.80
|
|
|
|
241.99
|
|
|
|
0.187
|
|
|
|
45.57
|
|
|
|
2,078,807
|
|
S.A. Surface
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandskraal
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.43
|
|
|
|
0.018
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
2.43
|
|
|
|
0.018
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
33,344
|
|
Free State
|
|
|
5.21
|
|
|
|
0.026
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
4.33
|
|
|
|
0.018
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
|
|
9.54
|
|
|
|
0.022
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
|
13,309
|
|
Randfontein
|
|
|
1.69
|
|
|
|
0.023
|
|
|
|
0.04
|
|
|
|
2.03
|
|
|
|
0.034
|
|
|
|
0.07
|
|
|
|
3.72
|
|
|
|
0.029
|
|
|
|
0.11
|
|
|
|
30,050
|
|
Kalgold (open cast)
|
|
|
7.72
|
|
|
|
0.061
|
|
|
|
0.47
|
|
|
|
2.10
|
|
|
|
0.061
|
|
|
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
9.82
|
|
|
|
0.061
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
62,179
|
|
Free Gold assets3
|
|
|
9.72
|
|
|
|
0.022
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9.72
|
|
|
|
0.022
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
|
13,518
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total S.A. Surface
|
|
|
24.33
|
|
|
|
0.026
|
|
|
|
0.86
|
|
|
|
10.89
|
|
|
|
0.026
|
|
|
|
0.32
|
|
|
|
35.23
|
|
|
|
0.030
|
|
|
|
1.17
|
|
|
|
152,400
|
|
Australian Operations4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Bell
|
|
|
1.86
|
|
|
|
0.090
|
|
|
|
0.17
|
|
|
|
2.90
|
|
|
|
0.081
|
|
|
|
0.24
|
|
|
|
4.77
|
|
|
|
0.085
|
|
|
|
0.40
|
|
|
|
132,389
|
|
Mt. Magnet
|
|
|
3.77
|
|
|
|
0.055
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
|
7.18
|
|
|
|
0.160
|
|
|
|
1.15
|
|
|
|
10.95
|
|
|
|
0.124
|
|
|
|
1.36
|
|
|
|
44,255
|
5
|
South Kalgoorlie6
|
|
|
3.96
|
|
|
|
0.053
|
|
|
|
0.21
|
|
|
|
4.36
|
|
|
|
0.085
|
|
|
|
0.37
|
|
|
|
8.32
|
|
|
|
0.070
|
|
|
|
0.58
|
|
|
|
76,348
|
7
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Australian Operations
|
|
|
9.59
|
|
|
|
0.066
|
|
|
|
0.58
|
|
|
|
14.45
|
|
|
|
0.109
|
|
|
|
1.76
|
|
|
|
24.04
|
|
|
|
0.093
|
|
|
|
2.34
|
|
|
|
252,992
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
|
132.69
|
|
|
|
0.137
|
|
|
|
18.21
|
|
|
|
168.56
|
|
|
|
0.183
|
|
|
|
30.87
|
|
|
|
301.25
|
|
|
|
0.163
|
|
|
|
49.08
|
|
|
|
2,484,239
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Includes sales
from Hill 50 for three months from April 1, 2002 and sales attributable to Harmonys
interest in the Free Gold assets for two months from May 1, 2002. Excludes
sales at Bissett in fiscal 2002.
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Gold
oz figures are fully inclusive of all mining dilutions and gold losses, and
are reported as mill delivered tons and head grades. Metallurgical recovery factors
have not been applied to the reserve figures. Approximate metallurgical recovery
factors are set forth below.
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
Includes 50%
of the reserves from the Free Gold assets, representing Harmonys equity interest
in the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
|
|
4
|
Includes reserves
from underground and surface mining at each of the Australian operations.
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
Includes sales
from the Mt. Magnet operations for the period from March 1, 2002, during which the
Mt. Magnet operations were operated for the account of Harmony.
|
|
|
|
|
6
|
The South
Kalgoorlie operations include Jubilee, acquired in the New Hampton transaction,
and New Celebration, acquired in the Hill 50 transaction.
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
Includes sales
from Jubilee for all of fiscal 2002 and sales from New Celebration for the period
from March 1, 2002, during which New Celebration was operated for the account of
Harmony.
|
The numbers
shown in the table above are fully inclusive of all mining dilutions and gold losses,
and are reported as mill delivered tons and head grades. Metallurgical recovery
factors have not been applied to the reserve figures stated above. The approximate
metallurgical recovery factors for the table above are as follows: (a) Elandskraal
97%; (b) Free State 95%; (c) Randfontein 96%; (d) Evander 96%; (e)
Kalgold 82%; (f) the Free Gold assets 97%; (g) Big Bell 86%; (h) Mt. Magnet 93%;
(i) South Kalgoorlie 92%; and (j) Bissett 91%. A gold price of
50
Rand 95,000 (A$16,879 at an exchange
rate of R5.63 per A$1.00) per kilogram was applied in calculating the ore reserve
figures. The gold price on December 13, 2002 was approximately Rand 93,454 per kilogram.
Harmonys standard for sampling with respect to both proven and
probable reserve calculations for underground mining operations at Elandskraal,
Free State, Evander, Randfontein and the Free Gold assets is applied on a 6 meter
by 6 meter grid. Average sample spacing on development ends is at 2 meter intervals
in development areas. Harmonys standard for sampling with respect to both
proven and probable reserves at its Australian underground operations include sampling
development drives and crosscuts at intervals of up to 4 meters, drilling fans of
diamond drill boreholes with a maximum spacing of 20 meters in any orientation within
the ore bodies, and assaying core at 1 meter intervals. The Kalgold open cast operations
are sampled on diamond drill and reverse circulation drill spacing of no more than
25 meters on average. Surface mining at South African operations other than Kalgold
involves recovering gold from areas previously involved in mining and processing,
such as metallurgical plants, waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes and sand)
for which random sampling is used. Australian surface operations are sampled on
diamond drill and reverse circulation drill spacing of no more than 20 meters on
average. Bissett operations have not been included in the table above because given
the recovery factor identified above and cut-off grade calculated as described below,
there were no proven and probable reserves at Bissett as at June 30, 2002. Production
at Bissett was suspended in the quarter ended September 30, 2001 due to mining operations
being uneconomical at then-current gold prices. See Item 4. Information on
the CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsBissett Operations.
In calculating
proven and probable reserves, Harmony applies a cut-off grade. The cut-off grade
is determined for each shaft using Harmonys optimizer computer program, which
takes account of a number of factors, including grade distribution of the orebody,
an assumed gold price, planned production rates, planned working costs and mine
recovery factors. Harmonys optimizer computer program determines the total
profits that can be made from mining blocks of various grades. The point of maximum
total profit is used to determine the cut-off grade. Mining the blocks at and above
the cut-off grade will be profitable if the assumptions underlying the cut-off grade
hold true. Blocks below the cut-off grade are not included in Harmonys reserve
estimates. Harmony generally aims to mine above the cut-off grade. This can be contrasted
with the so-called pay limit approach for determining reserve estimates,
which identifies the grade at which revenues and costs are equal and then determines
the portion below this break-even grade that can be mined together with portions
above the break-even grade to remain profitable. Harmony believes the cut-off grade
methodology defines more precisely which blocks should be mined for profitable operations.
Harmonys Mining Operations
In South Africa,
Harmony and its subsidiaries (excluding the Free Gold Company) conduct underground
mining at four sitesElandskraal, the Free State, Randfontein and Evanderand
surface mining at five sitesElandskraal, the Free State, Randfontein, Evander
and Kalgold. The Free Gold Company (in which Harmony has a 50% interest) conducts
underground and surface mining at the Free Gold assets. Harmony conducts surface
mining through open cast methods at Kalgold. Surface mining conducted at the South
African operations other than Kalgold involves recovering gold from areas previously
involved in mining and processing, such as metallurgical plants, waste rock dumps
and tailings dams (slimes and
51
sand). Harmony has also conducted
open cast mining at Randfontein, but these open cast operations were downscaled
and discontinued in the six months ended December 31, 2001 because the open cast
mine had reached the end of its useful life.
In Australia,
Harmony and its subsidiaries conduct underground and surface mining at three sites the
Big Bell operations (which were acquired in the New Hampton transaction),
the Mt. Magnet operations (which were acquired in the Hill 50 transaction) and the
South Kalgoorlie operations (which include the Jubilee operations acquired in the
New Hampton transaction and the New Celebration operations acquired in the Hill
50 transaction). Underground and surface mining is conducted at each of these operations,
with underground access through one decline at Big Bell, two declines at Mt. Magnet
and one decline at South Kalgoorlie and surface access principally through open
pits.
South African Underground Operations
The following
chart details the operating and production results from underground operations in
South Africa for the past three fiscal years:
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
20012
|
|
20003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
13,368
|
|
13,603
|
|
10,324
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.149
|
|
0.140
|
|
0.148
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
1,988,320
|
|
1,903,766
|
|
1,530,180
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000)
|
|
567,006
|
|
521,523
|
|
444,418
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
384,434
|
|
441,400
|
|
377,047
|
Cash profit (000)
|
|
182,607
|
|
80,123
|
|
67,371
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
193
|
|
232
|
|
246
|
1
|
Excludes Harmonys
interest in gold sales by the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
2
|
Includes Elandskraals
gold sales for three months from April 1, 2001.
|
|
|
3
|
Includes Randfonteins
gold sales for four months from March 1, 2000.
|
Given the
relative significance of surface production as a proportion of total production
at the Elandskraal operations, Harmony began to segment the Elandskraal operations
into underground and surface production in the quarter ended December 31, 2001.
The historic figures presented above have been adjusted to reflect this segmentation
in all prior periods.
Tons milled
from underground operations in South Africa decreased to 13,368,000 in fiscal 2002,
compared with 13,603,000 in fiscal 2001, due to lower production at the Randfontein
and Free State operations following the closure of Randfonteins shaft 4, the
closure of the Free States Harmony 4 and Virginia 2 shafts and the suspension
of mining at the Free States Brand 2 shaft. See Randfontein Operations
and Free State Operations below. This decrease was partially
offset by inclusion of Elandskraal underground operations for the full fiscal year.
Recovered grade increased 6.4% in fiscal 2002, compared with fiscal
2001, due primarily to improved recovered grades at the underground operations of
Free State and Randfontein, and inclusion of the higher-grade Elandskraal underground
operations for a full year.
52
Cash costs
for underground operations in South Africa were $193 per ounce of gold in fiscal
2002, compared with $232 in fiscal 2001. This decrease was attributable primarily
to the depreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant
reduction when these costs were translated into U.S. dollars. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange Rates. If expressed
in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2002, due primarily
to the inclusion of relatively higher-cost production from the Elandskraal
operations and increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation
of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
South African Surface Operations
The following chart details the operating
and production results from Harmonys surface operations in South Africa for
the past three fiscal years (with historic figures adjusted to reflect the segmentation
of the Elandskraal operations described above):
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
20012
|
|
20003
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
4,198
|
|
3,732
|
|
2,773
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.033
|
|
0.037
|
|
0.035
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
138,882
|
|
136,319
|
|
95,745
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000)
|
|
40,034
|
|
36,987
|
|
27,700
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
24,037
|
|
32,355
|
|
22,100
|
Cash profit (000)
|
|
16,003
|
|
4,632
|
|
5,600
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
173
|
|
237
|
|
231
|
|
1
|
Excludes Harmonys
interest in gold sales by the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
Includes Elandskraals
gold sales for three months from April 1, 2001.
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
Includes Randfonteins
gold sales for four months from March 1, 2000 and Kalgolds gold sales
for nine months from October 1, 1999.
|
The amount
of gold sold from surface operations in South Africa increased in fiscal
2002, due primarily to the inclusion of surface results from Elandskraal for a full
fiscal year, the improved recovered grades from Kalgolds surface sources
and the treatment of Free State surface sources during the year. These factors more
than offset decreased production from Randfontein surface sources as a result of
the closure of Randfonteins open pit. The amount of gold sold from
surface operations increased in fiscal 2001, due primarily to the inclusion
of Randfonteins results for a full fiscal year. During fiscal 2000, Harmony
produced additional ounces of surface gold as a result of the acquisition of Kalgold
and Randfontein.
In addition,
in light of the higher prevailing market price for gold in fiscal 2002, and in order
to maximize use of the Free State plants, Harmony began processing materials from
secondary surface sources, primarily waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes
and sand), at the Free State operations in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. This
production is included in South African surface operations for the March 31, 2002
quarter and all subsequent periods.
Tons milled
from surface operations in South Africa were 4,198,000 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 3,732,000 in fiscal 2001. This increase was primarily due to
the inclusion
53
of surface operations at Elandskraal and
increased production at Kalgold, which more than offset a decrease in tons milled
and ounces sold from Randfonteins surface operations in connection with the
closure of Randfonteins open cast mine. Recovered grade from surface operations
in South Africa was 0.033 in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.037 in fiscal 2001 as
a result of lower grade surface sources being treated at Randfontein and the closure
of the Randfontein open pit.
Cash costs
for surface operations in South Africa were $173 per ounce of gold in fiscal
2002, compared with $237 in fiscal 2001. This decrease was attributable primarily
to the depreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant
reduction when these costs were translated into U.S. dollars. See Item 5.
Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange Rates. If expressed
in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2002, due primarily
to the inclusion of relatively higher-cost production from the Elandskraal
operations, the reduction of relatively lower-cost surface operations at Randfontein
and increases in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective
bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Australian Operations
Harmony conducts
its Australian operations through two recently acquired Australian gold mining companies:
New Hampton, acquired with effect from April 1, 2001, and Hill 50, acquired with
effect from April 1, 2002. The following chart details the operating and production
results from Harmonys Australian operations for the past two fiscal years:
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
20012
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
|
5,273
|
|
|
|
1,200
|
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
|
0.048
|
|
|
|
0.048
|
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
|
252,993
|
|
|
|
55,653
|
|
Results of operations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales (000)
|
|
|
66,402
|
|
|
|
18,057
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
|
59,537
|
|
|
|
17,779
|
|
Cash profit (000)
|
|
|
6,865
|
|
|
|
278
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
|
235
|
|
|
|
319
|
|
1
|
Includes gold
sales from Hill 50 (including Mt. Magnet and the New Celebration portion of the
South Kalgoorlie operations) for three months from April 1, 2002.
|
|
|
2
|
Includes gold
sales from New Hampton (including Big Bell and the Jubilee portion of the South
Kalgoorlie operations) for three months from April 1, 2001.
|
Tons milled
from Australian operations were 5,273,000 in fiscal 2002, compared with 1,200,000
in fiscal 2001. This increase was primarily due to the inclusion of a full year
of results from New Hampton and three months of results from Hill 50, reflecting
the period during which the Hill 50 mines were operated for the account of Harmony,
which was offset by the reduction in tons milled from Big Bell due primarily to
disappointing results from Big Bells underground mine. Recovered grade from
Australian operations was 0.048 in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.046 in fiscal 2001.
Recovered grade increased slightly due primarily to the inclusion of the higher
grade Hill 50 operations for three months in fiscal 2002. Cash costs for Australian
operations were $235 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2002, compared with $319 in fiscal
54
2001. This decrease was attributable primarily
to reduction of high cost production at the New Hampton operations, the implementation
of the Harmony Way at the New Hampton operations and the inclusion of
relatively lower-cost production from Hill 50 for three months.
Elandskraal Operations
Introduction. On
January 31, 2001, Harmony entered into an agreement to purchase the assets
and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines in the North West and Gauteng provinces
of South Africa for approximately Rand 1 billion. Harmony and AngloGold jointly
managed the Elandskraal mines between February 1, 2001 and April 9, 2001 and Harmony
completed the purchase on April 9, 2001. In fiscal 2002, the Elandskraal operations
accounted for approximately 20% of Harmonys total gold sales.
The assets and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines include the mineral rights
and mining title (excluding a portion of the Carbon Leader Reef horizon, which AngloGold
will continue to mine), mining equipment, metallurgical facilities, underground
and surface infrastructure necessary for the continuation of mining, ore treatment
and gold extraction at Elandskraal as a going concern, and contributions to a rehabilitation
trust fund equivalent to the current rehabilitation liability of this operation.
The addition of Elandskraal to Harmonys operations increased Harmonys
reserves by approximately 9.9 million ounces.
On April 24,
2001, Harmony entered into an agreement with Randfontein and Open Solutions, pursuant
to which the parties agreed to associate together in a joint venture related to
the business of the Elandskraal mines, or the Elandskraal Venture. Open Solutions,
an empowerment group, undertook to purchase a 10% participation interest in the
Elandskraal Venture for cash consideration equal to 10% of the historical acquisition
costs (including all transaction costs but excluding loan financing costs) of the
Elandskraal mines, in an amount estimated to be approximately Rand 100 million.
Randfontein retained the remaining 90% participation interest in the Elandskraal
Venture, continued to own and operate the Elandskraal mines, and had the sole discretion
to manage the Elandskraal Venture (but was required to consult with Open Solutions
prior to effecting a sale or disposal of the material portion of the assets of the
Elandskraal mines). Under the agreement, Randfontein also undertook to loan the
purchase price to Open Solutions at an interest rate equal to the prime rate less
1%, to be repaid by Open Solutions from the benefits accruing to Open Solutions
attributable to its 10% participation interest. As security for the repayment of
this loan, Open Solutions ceded and assigned to Randfontein all its right, title
and interest in and to its participation interest (other than the right to appoint
the representatives described below) until the loan was repaid in full.
Under the
agreement, Randfontein agreed to accept liability, as to third parties, for all
obligations and liabilities of the Elandskraal Venture and Open Solutions agreed
to indemnify Randfontein in respect of a pro rata portion of these obligations and
liabilities. Open Solutions could not dispose of its participation interest without
the prior written consent of Randfontein, or encumber its participation interest
other than as provided in the agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, Open Solutions
was granted the right, at any time prior to the repayment in full of Randfonteins
loan, to require Randfontein to acquire Open Solutions participation
interest at a price equal to the then-outstanding loan balance. With effect from
April 1, 2002, Randfontein reacquired this 10% participation interest in the Elandskraal
Venture from Open Solutions. The aggregate consideration paid by Randfontein to
Open Solutions was
55
Rand 210 million ($18.5 million at an exchange
rate of R11.35 per $1.00). This aggregate consideration included the cancellation
of the remaining Rand 91 million ($8.0 million at an exchange rate of R11.35 per
$1.00) due to Randfontein under its loan of April 24, 2001 to Open Solutions.
History. Gold
mining began at Elandskraal in 1978 following approval of the project in
1974 by Elandsrand Gold Mining Company for the Elandsrand operations and by Gold
Fields of South Africa Ltd. for the Deelkraal operations. Two surface shafts and
two adjoining sub-vertical shafts were sunk at Elandsrand and Deelkraal. The sub-vertical
shafts at Elandsrand were completed in 1984, which accessed a deeper reef in the
lease area. The sub shaft deepening project, or SSDP, the deepening of the sub-vertical
shafts to approximately 3,400 meters below surface, is an on-going project to access
and exploit a portion of the mine. Harmony believes that the SSDP will help enable
Elandskraal to produce approximately 350,000 ounces per year over the life of the
mines. Sinking of a third surface shaft commenced at Deelkraal in 1988. However,
this shaft was not completed and is now flooded. In 1997, Gold Fields of South Africa
Ltd. sold Deelkraal to Elandsrand, which later was incorporated into AngloGold.
Geology. Elandskraal
contains three identified main reef groupings, the Ventersdorp Contact
Reef, or VCR, the Carbon Leader Reef, or CLR and the Mondeor Reef. Only the VCR
is economic to mine and has been mined at depths below surface between 1,600 and
2,800 meters with future production to 3,300 meters below surface at the Elandsrand
operations and at depths below surface of 2,750 meters at the Deelkraal operations.
The VCR and CLR consist of narrow (20 centimeters to 2 meters) tabular orebodies
of quartz pebble conglomerates hosting gold, with extreme lateral continuity.
At the Elandsrand
operations, the vertical separation between the VCR and CLR increases east to west
from 900 meters to 1,300 meters as a result of the relative angle of the VCR unconformity
surface to the regional stratigraphic strike and dip. The CLR strikes west-southwest
and dips to the south at 25°. The VCR strikes east-northeast and has a regional
dip of 21° to the south-southeast. Local variations in dip are largely due to the
terrace-and-slope palaeotopography surface developed during VCR deposition.
The dip of
the VCR at the Deelkraal operations is relatively consistent at 24°, although there
is some postulation of a slight flattening of dip at depth. The VCR has a limit
of deposition running roughly north-south through the center of the lease area.
The VCR is not developed to the west of this line. Some stoping has occurred to
the west of this limit, but this was to exploit reefs from the Mondeor Conglomerates,
stratigraphically underlying the VCR.
Mining Operations. The
Elandskraal operations are engaged in both underground and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Due to the operating depths of
the Elandskraal underground operations, seismicity and pressure related problems
are a risk. In December 2001, a seismic event at the Deelkraal operations caused
the deaths of six workers. Another seismic event in July 2002 fatally injured two
workers. Harmony does not expect these events to have a material effect on long-term
production. Harmony regularly revisits its mining strategy and management procedures
at all of its deeper mining operations in connection with its efforts to mitigate
this risk. The primary challenges facing the Elandskraal operations are the lowering of
56
working costs, increasing mining flexibility,
controlling capital expenditure and the timely completion of the SSDP. Harmony expects
that the SSDP will be completed by the end of fiscal 2005.
Following
the acquisition, Harmony has implemented the Harmony Way at Elandskraal
in an effort to cut costs and increase productivity. Implementation of the Harmony
Way at Elandskraal has improved the overall cost structure. This improvement
has enabled Harmony to pursue capital development of the 35 level of the
Deelkraal shaft, which is a one-level extension of the depth of mining operations.
Harmony believes that this capital development will permit an additional 156,000
ounces of gold production over the life of the Deelkraal mine, although results
are dependant upon the timely and successful completion of this project. In particular,
Harmony completed a restructuring of the Elandskraal operations, which resulted
in the retrenchment of approximately 1,450 employees.
During fiscal
2002, the safety record at the Elandskraal mines in terms of lost time frequency
rate (17.51) compared favorably with the South African industry average. The fatality
frequency rate (0.64) was, however, higher than the South African industry average
as a result of the seismic event described above. Safety standards for other Harmony
operations are being applied at Elandskraal and receive constant and high-level
attention and where problems are identified steps are being taken to address the
situation. In May 2002, Harmony appointed an executive officer to lead initiatives
to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 6. Directors Directors and Senior ManagementBoard Practices.
During the
quarter ended September 30, 2002, the Elandskraal operations experienced operational
problems. Development was delayed by an accident caused by a seismic event that
resulted in one fatality. This delay led to reduced stoping areas being available
for mining. As a result, lower-grade areas were mined, which diluted the recovered
grade. Harmony has formed a team to address the operational problems and to ensure
that the development necessary for further mining operations takes place. Harmony
expects that these operational problems and their effects will be addressed by the
quarter ending March 31, 2003.
57
Underground
Operations. Detailed below are the operating and production results from underground
operations at Elandskraal for fiscal 2002, and for the calendar years ended December
31, 2001, 2000 and 1999:
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ended
|
|
Calendar Year ended
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
|
2,420
|
|
|
2,427
|
|
2,487
|
|
3,109
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
|
0.183
|
|
|
0.189
|
|
0.212
|
|
0.202
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
|
442,715
|
|
|
459,626
|
|
528,083
|
|
628,281
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
|
88,425
|
|
|
111,867
|
|
150,900
|
|
167,500
|
Cash profit (000)
|
|
|
35,683
|
|
|
13,510
|
|
2,300
|
|
31,400
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
243
|
|
286
|
|
267
|
Following
the completion of the Elandskraal acquisition, Harmony increased the processing
of secondary surface sources at Elandskraal. Given the significance of the surface
production as a proportion of Elandskraals total production, Harmony began
to segment Elandskraals production figures into underground and surface production
in the quarter ended December 31, 2001. The historic figures presented above have
been adjusted to reflect this segmentation in all prior periods.
Cash costs
were $200 per ounce of gold in fiscal 2002, compared with $243 per ounce in calendar
2001. This decrease was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against
the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated
into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have
increased in fiscal 2002 due to increases in the costs of labor and supplies due
to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation
on supply contracts.
Elandskraal
operates two production shaft units, comprised of four surface shafts and two sub-vertical
shafts. Set out below are the rock hoisting capacities of Elandskraals production
shafts.
Shaft
|
|
Hoisting Capacity
|
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
Elandsrand No. 2 shaft and sub-vertical shaft
|
|
|
331,000
|
|
Deelkraal No. 1 shaft and sub-vertical shaft
|
|
|
187,000
|
|
In the quarter
ended June 30, 2001, the hoisting capacity at the Deelkraal No. 1 sub-vertical shaft
was limited to approximately 50% of designed rating because of the corrosive effects
of mine water on the shaft steelwork. Harmony employed remedial action designed
to prevent further deterioration and to repair the infrastructure to maintain current
production. As a result of the remedial action, the Deelkraal No. 1 sub-vertical
shaft is now fully operative.
58
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore
reserves of 59.78 million tons will be sufficient for the Elandskraal operations
to maintain underground production until approximately calendar year 2020.
However, because the Elandskraal operations consist of several different mining
sections that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections
will decrease production earlier than others. In addition, any future changes to
the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen
events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected
period of future operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions,
including assumptions as to mining and recovery factors, future production costs
and the price of gold, and may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
Surface Operations. Following the completion of the
Elandskraal acquisition, Harmony increased the processing of ore from numerous secondary surface
sources located in close proximity to the Elandskraal shafts, including low grade rock dumps and
tailings dams (slimes and sand). Given the significance of the surface production
as a proportion of Elandskraals total production, Harmony began to segment
Elandskraals production figures into underground and surface production in
the quarter ended December 31, 2001. AngloGold, the previous owner of the Elandskraal
assets, had not focused on this type of production and accordingly, had not reported
such production from secondary sources at Elandskraal.
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from surface operations at Elandskraal
for fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001.
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
Fiscal Year
|
|
|
ended
|
|
ended
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
20011
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
|
1,197
|
|
|
|
141
|
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
|
0.028
|
|
|
|
0.028
|
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
|
33,344
|
|
|
|
3,987
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
|
4,744
|
|
|
|
530
|
|
Cash profit/(loss) (000)
|
|
|
4,984
|
|
|
|
601
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
133
|
|
1
|
Includes gold
sales from surface mining at Elandskraal mines for three months from April 1, 2001.
|
Tons milled
from the Elandskraal surface operations were 1,197,000 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 141,000 in fiscal 2001. This increase was attributable primarily to the fact
that fiscal 2002 figures represent a full year of production compared with three
months of production in fiscal 2001 and secondarily to increased processing of materials
from rock dumps and tailings dams at the Deelkraal plant which is now dedicated
to the processing of such secondary surface sources. Cash costs per ounce of gold
were $142 per ounce in fiscal 2002, compared with $133 per ounce in fiscal 2001.
This increase was attributable primarily to the fact that the higher prevailing
gold price made it economical to transport additional surface materials over greater
distances to the Deelkraal plant.
59
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves were identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, proven and probable ore reserves of 2.40 million
tons would be sufficient for the Elandskraal operations to maintain
surface production for approximately two years. However, because the Elandskraal
operations consist of several different mining sections that are at various stages
of maturity, it is expected that some sections will decrease production earlier
than others. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels,
could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item
3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are
estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less
gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants. Commissioned
in 1978, the Elandsrand Plant has milling in closed circuit with
primary and secondary hydrocyclones, secondary ball milling in closed circuit with
hydrocyclones, thickening and cyanide leaching in a CIP pump cell carousel circuit.
The CIP was commissioned after an upgrade of the facility in 1999. Following post-acquisition
capital improvements, loaded carbon milled at the Elandsrand Plant is transported
by road to the Cooke Plant at Randfontein for elution, electro-winning and smelting
to produce doré. Residues from the CIP are pumped either to a backfill plant or
directly to the tailings facility. The primary feed is from Elandsrand, comprising
underground sources.
Commissioned
in 1978, the Deelkraal plant has milling in closed circuit with primary and secondary
hydrocyclones, thickening, cyanide leaching, filtration, zinc precipitation and
smelting to produce doré. Residues from the re-pulped filtercake are pumped either
directly to a backfill preparation plant or directly to the tailings facilities.
The primary feed is from Deelkraal and currently comprises both underground and
waste rock sources, although Harmonys future plans call for the Deelkraal
plant to be used primarily for the treatment of waste rock.
The following table sets forth processing capacity and
average tons milled during fiscal 2002 for each of the plants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average milled
|
|
|
Processing
|
|
for fiscal year ended
|
Plant
|
|
Capacity
|
|
June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
|
(tons/month)
|
Elandsrand Plant
|
|
|
190,000
|
|
|
|
174,000
|
|
Deelkraal Plant
|
|
|
135,000
|
|
|
|
99,000
|
|
In fiscal
2002, the Elandsrand Plant recovered approximately 96% of the gold contained in
the ore delivered for processing and the Deelkraal Plant recovered approximately
93% of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 127.7 million in capital
expenditures at the Elandskraal operations in fiscal 2002, principally for the SSDP.
Harmony has budgeted Rand 172.4 million ($19.7 million) for capital expenditures
at the
60
Elandskraal operations in fiscal 2003, primarily
for the SSDP and secondarily to develop level 35 of the Deelkraal shaft and improve
underground conditions of the Elandsrand shaft.
Randfontein Operations
Introduction. The
Randfontein gold mine is located in the Gauteng Province of South Africa,
approximately thirty kilometers west of Johannesburg. The Randfontein mine currently
operates under a mining authorization with a total area of 17,753 hectares. The
Randfontein mine has both underground and surface (waste rock) mining operations,
and has two metallurgical plants. Underground mining is conducted at Randfontein
at depths ranging from 500 meters to 2,500 meters. Harmony has also historically
conducted open cast mining at Randfontein, however, these open cast operations were
downscaled and discontinued in the six months ended December 31, 2001, as the open
cast mine had reached the end of its useful life. In fiscal 2002, Harmonys
Randfontein operations accounted for approximately 24% of Harmonys total gold
sales.
History. Gold
mining began at the Randfontein mine in 1889. Since the commencement of
mining operations to June 30, 2002, Randfontein has sold approximately 53.9 million
ounces of gold at an average recovered grade of 0.164 ounces per ton.
Harmony obtained management control of Randfontein in January 2000 and by June 30,
2000 had acquired 100% of Randfonteins outstanding ordinary share capital
and 96.5% of the warrants to purchase ordinary shares of Randfontein. See Item
4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHistory.
Since acquiring
Randfontein, Harmony has implemented the Harmony Way at Randfontein.
Harmony has reduced the number of senior managers, has sold off non-core assets
and has implemented management teams.
Geology. The
Randfontein mine is situated in the West Rand Goldfield of the Witwatersrand
Basin, the structure of which is dominated by the Witpoortjie and Panvlakte Horst
blocks, which are superimposed over broad folding associated with the southeast
plunging West Rand Syncline. The structural geology in the north section of the
Randfontein mine is dominated by a series of northeast trending dextral wrench faults.
The Randfontein
mine contains six identified main reef groupings: the Black Reef; the Ventersdorp
Contact Reef; the Elsburg Formations; the Kimberleys; the Livingstone Reefs; and
the South Reef. Within these, several economic reef horizons have been mined at
depths below surface between 600 and 1,260 meters.
The reefs
comprise fine to coarse grained pyritic mineralization within well developed thick
quartz pebble conglomerates or narrow single pebble lags, which in certain instances
are replaced by narrow carbon seams.
Mining Operations. The
Randfontein operations are engaged in both underground and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section, and have historically also been
subject to the open pit mining risks. The open cast operations were downscaled and
discontinued in the six months ended December 31, 2001, as the mine had reached
the end of its useful life.
61
Due to the shallow to moderate depths of
the operations, seismicity and pressure related problems are infrequent. There is
a risk of subterranean water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the mine.
However, this risk is mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring,
which includes the drilling of boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or
gas is indicated in the drilling, appropriate preventative action is taken.
The primary
challenge facing the Randfontein operations is the lowering of working costs, and
some progress in addressing this challenge has been made since Harmonys acquisition
of management control of Randfontein in January 2000. In particular, in early
2000 the shaft 4 section of the Randfontein operations was operating at a loss,
raising the risk of closure at that location. Although losses at this location were
reduced during 2000, Harmony believed that losses were still at unacceptable levels
in the quarter ended March 31, 2001 and closed the shaft (other than pumping installations)
in the quarter ended June 30, 2001. The closure resulted in the retrenchment of
approximately 1,500 employees (not including contractors), with the rest of the
employees transferred to other shafts (including Doornkop), displacing contractors.
Following Harmonys closure of the shaft, contractors mined this shaft at a
reduced rate on a royalty basis. The contractors completed their contract in April
2002 and Harmony is currently evaluating its future plans for this shaft.
As a result
of an eleven day strike by Randfonteins NUM members, Randfonteins production
for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 was reduced by approximately 102,000 tons at
a grade of 0.146 ounces per ton, or 14,892 ounces. See Item 6. Directors,
Senior Management and EmployeesEmployeesUnionized Labor.
Production
at the Cooke 1 shaft is focused on the extraction of the shaft pillar, and tonnage
and grade at this shaft began to decline in the quarter ended September 30, 2002
from the previous levels of approximately 70,000 tons per month to approximately
50,000 tons per month at a grade of approximately 0.15 ounces per ton.
The safety
record at the Randfontein operations during fiscal 2002 in terms of lost time frequency
rate (26.27) and fatality frequency rate (0.26) compared favorably with the
South African industry average. Nevertheless, safety at the operations receives
constant and high-level attention and where problems are identified steps are taken
to address the situation. In May 2002, Harmony appointed an executive officer to
lead initiatives to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South
African operations. See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesDirectors
and Senior ManagementBoard Practices.
62
Underground
Operations. Detailed below are the operating and production results from underground
operations at Randfontein for the past three fiscal years:
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
3,606
|
|
4,397
|
|
4,675
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.147
|
|
0.145
|
|
0.161
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
531,588
|
|
640,408
|
|
754,853
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
93,324
|
|
139,781
|
|
190,110
|
Cash profit (000)
|
|
57,781
|
|
31,822
|
|
29,154
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
176
|
|
218
|
|
252
|
Tons milled
from Randfonteins underground operations were 3,606,000 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 4,397,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces sold were 531,588 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 640,408 in fiscal 2001. This decrease in tons milled and ounces sold was primarily
due to the closure of Randfontein shaft 4 and the Cooke 1 shaft. Cash costs per
ounce of gold were $176 in fiscal 2002, compared with $218 in fiscal 2001. This
decrease was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against the
U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated
into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have
increased in fiscal 2002, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor
and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the
effect of inflation on supply contracts.
The underground
operations at Randfontein are comprised of the underground sections of the Cooke
shafts No. 1, 2, and 3, shaft 4 and the Doornkop shaft.
Set out below
are the hoisting capacities of Randfonteins producing shafts:
|
|
|
|
|
Hoisting Capacity
|
Shaft
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cooke 11
|
|
|
|
176,400
|
|
|
Cooke 2
|
|
|
|
187,400
|
|
|
Cooke 3
|
|
|
|
264,600
|
|
|
Shaft 42
|
|
|
|
148,800
|
|
|
Doornkop
|
|
|
|
49,600
|
|
|
|
1
|
Currently
operating at a rate of 50,000 tons per month in connection with the extraction of
the shaft pillar.
|
|
|
|
|
2
|
This shaft,
which is currently closed, was mined at a reduced rate by third party firms on a
royalty basis from July 2001 until the completion of their contract in April 2002.
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable underground
ore reserves of 28.03 million tons will be sufficient for the Randfontein
underground operations to maintain production until approximately fiscal 2009. However,
because the Randfontein operations consist of several different mining sections
that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections will decrease
production earlier than others. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions
upon which the reserves are based, as
63
well as any unforeseen events affecting
production levels, could have a material effect on the expected period of future
operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions
as to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold,
and may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Surface
Operations. Open cast operations at Randfontein, which exploited the open pit
operations of the Lindum mine, were downscaled and discontinued in the six months
ended December 31, 2001, as the mine had reached the end of its useful life. Currently,
Randfonteins surface operations are focused on the recovery of gold from areas
previously involved in processing, including waste rock dumps and tailings dams
(slimes and sand). Detailed below are the operating and production results from
surface operations at Randfontein for the past three fiscal years:
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
20021
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
|
1,687
|
|
|
|
2,533
|
|
|
|
3,496
|
|
Recovered grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
|
0.018
|
|
|
|
0.032
|
|
|
|
0.031
|
|
Gold sold (ounces)
|
|
|
30,050
|
|
|
|
83,013
|
|
|
|
109,485
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
|
5,952
|
|
|
|
19,203
|
|
|
|
29,347
|
|
Cash profit/(loss) (000)
|
|
|
2,568
|
|
|
|
3,557
|
|
|
|
2,606
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce of gold ($)
|
|
|
198
|
|
|
|
231
|
|
|
|
267
|
|
1
|
Open cast
operations were downscaled and discontinued in the six months ended December 31,
2002 and current surface operations exploit waste rock dumps and tailings dams (slimes
and sand).
|
Tons milled
from Randfonteins surface operations were 1,687,000 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 2,533,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces sold were 30,050 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 83,013 in fiscal 2001, primarily because of the downscaling and closure of the
open cast mine. Recovered grade was 0.018 in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.032 in fiscal
2001, primarily because of the closure of the open cast mine and the
use of lower grade surface sources to fill plant capacity.
In fiscal
2002, cash operating costs decreased to $198 per ounce from $231 in fiscal 2001.
This decrease was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against
the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated
into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have
increased in fiscal 2002, due primarily to the reduction of relatively lower-cost,
higher-grade production from the open cast operations. In fiscal 2001, cash
operating costs decreased to $231 per ounce from $267 in fiscal 2000, primarily
as a result of the implementation of the Harmony Way. The increase in
cash operating costs to $267 per ounce for fiscal 2000 from $204 per ounce in fiscal
1999 was due primarily to the lower production achieved given a high fixed cost
base.
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable surface
reserves of 3.72 million tons would be sufficient for the Randfontein operations to
64
maintain surface production until approximately
the end of fiscal 2004. Future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves
are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have
a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3.
Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are estimates
based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and recovery
factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less gold
under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants. The
processing facilities at the Randfontein mine presently comprise two operating
plants: the Cooke metallurgical plant and the Doornkop metallurgical plant, both
of which are serviced by a surface rail network. The Cooke metallurgical plant,
commissioned in 1977, is a hybrid CIP/CIL plant. The Doornkop metallurgical plant,
commissioned in 1985, is a conventional CIP plant.
Prior to fiscal
2002, the processing facilities at the Randfontein mine included two additional
plants. The No. 4 metallurgical plant, commissioned in 1965, was a process route
that included carbon extraction based on a CIP process route. The Lindum metallurgical
plant, commissioned in 1992, was a small conventional CIP operation. Due to a reduction
in surface tonnage during the quarters ended December 31, 2000 and March 31, 2001,
Harmony closed the Lindum metallurgical plant in the quarter ended December 31,
2000. As a result of the closure of the No. 4 shaft, Harmony closed the No. 4 metallurgical
plant in the quarter ended June 30, 2001.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for the Cooke and Doornkop plants:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average milled for the fiscal year ended
|
Plant
|
|
Processing Capacity
|
|
June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
|
(tons/month)
|
Cooke
|
|
|
280,000
|
|
|
|
231,000
|
|
Doornkop
|
|
|
220,000
|
|
|
|
168,000
|
|
In fiscal
2002, the plants at the Randfontein operations recovered approximately 96% of the
gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital Expenditure. Harmony
made approximately Rand 14.3 million in capital expenditures
at the Randfontein operations in fiscal 2002, principally to upgrade plants and
equipment and develop shaft infrastructure. Harmony has budgeted Rand 17.6
million ($2 million) for capital expenditures at the Randfontein operations
in fiscal 2003, primarily to upgrade the Cooke plant, and secondarily to conduct
exploration and development at the Cooke 3 shaft and complete the Doornkop feasibility
study.
In addition,
Harmony is currently considering whether to make capital expenditures to complete
the development of additional mining at Doornkop by completing the Doornkop South
Reef Project. This project is a shaft development and deepening project that was
put on hold in May 1999 because it was uneconomical at then-current gold prices.
At the time of Harmonys acquisition of Randfontein, Randfontein had estimated
that an additional Rand 400 million of capital expenditures (net of tax and expected
cash flows from gold
65
production during the development period)
would be needed to complete this project. Harmony currently estimates that these
net capital expenditures would total approximately Rand 500 million. Harmony is
currently conducting a feasibility study to determine the viability of extending
the shaft from 1,340 meters, where the project was stopped, to 2,033 meters below
surface. Harmonys Board has approved the project in principle, subject to
finalizing the project plan and identifying a suitable economic empowerment partner,
within the meaning of the Mining Charter.
Free State Operations
Introduction. Harmonys
Free State operations are comprised of the original Harmony mines,
the Unisel mine, Saaiplaas shaft 3, the Masimong shaft complex (comprised of Masimong
shafts 4 and 5), Brand shafts 2, 3 and 5, and the Vermeulenskraal North mineral
rights area. Mining is conducted at Harmonys Free State operations at depths
ranging from 500 meters to 2,500 meters. In fiscal 2002, Harmonys Free State
operations accounted for approximately 26% of Harmonys total gold sales.
History. Harmonys Free
State operations began with the Harmony mine, which is
an amalgamation of the Harmony, Virginia and Merriespruit mines. Beginning in 1996,
Harmony began purchasing neighboring mine shafts. The Unisel mine was purchased
in September 1996, the Saaiplaas mine shafts 2 and 3 were purchased in April 1997,
the Brand mine shafts 2, 3 and 5 were purchased in May 1998 and the Masimong complex
(formerly known as Saaiplaas shafts 4 and 5) was purchased in September 1998.
Geology. Harmonys
Free State operations are located in the Free State goldfield
on the southwestern edge of the Witwatersrand Basin.
Within this
area, the operations are located on the southwestern and southeastern limb of a
synclinal closure, with the Brand, Saaiplaas and Masimong shafts occupying northerly
extensions of the same structure. The reefs dip inwardly from their sub-outcrop
positions in the east and south of the mine to a position close to the western boundary
of the original Harmony mine, where the reefs abut against the De Bron fault. To
the west of the De Bron faulted zone, faulting is generally more intense, resulting
in structurally more complex mining conditions.
Mining Operations. The
Free State operations are engaged in both underground and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Due to the shallow to moderate
depths of the underground operations, seismicity and pressure related problems are
relatively infrequent with the exception of the Brand shafts where these problems
receive constant attention. Harmony regularly revisits its mining strategy and management
procedures in connection with its efforts to mitigate risks of these problems. There
is a risk of subterranean water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the mine.
However, this risk is mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring,
which includes the drilling of boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or
gas is indicated in the drilling, appropriate preventative action is taken. The
principal challenges at the Free State operations of achieving optimal volumes and
grades of ore production are addressed by stringent ore reserve management. Due
to possible operational
66
inflexibility of some of the older shafts, it is becoming
increasingly difficult to achieve the originally expected grades and tonnages.
Harmony focused
on improving grade in fiscal 2002, including increasing pillar mining at various
shafts (Harmony 2, 4 and Brand 3) and equipping the Masimong 5 shaft to hoist and
mine higher tonnage at higher grade. In fiscal 2002, grade improved as a result
of these efforts. In the quarter ended September 30, 2002, Harmony also began implementing
the Masimong Expansion Project, which includes developing the Basal and B-Reef orebodies
in the Masimong shaft area and equipping the shaft.
The Virginia
2 shaft was closed the quarter ended December 31, 2001, and is currently used only
as a service shaft. Harmony also began closing the Harmony 4 shaft in the quarter
ended June 30, 2002, following the partial extraction of the shaft pillar. Mining
personnel from the Harmony 4 shaft have been transferred to other shafts.
The Harmony 3 shaft is currently used only as a service shaft, although
some of its reserves are mined through the adjacent Harmony 2 shaft. In
conjunction with the development of the hoisting operations at Masimong 5 shaft,
Harmony downscaled the Masimong 4 shaft to a service and small mining shaft in the
quarter ended June 30, 2001. In the quarter ended June 30, 2002, however, Harmony
determined that additional production at the Masimong 4 shaft had become economical
under current market conditions. Additional personnel are being redeployed as and
when additional areas of the Masimong 4 shaft are accessed to permit further production
in the future. Under market conditions prevailing in the quarter ended June 30,
2002, Harmony also decided to commence extraction of the shaft pillar at Saaiplaas
3, which previously operated as a service shaft. Harmony is also currently considering
whether, in the future, it will operate Brand 2 as part of the larger Brand complex
or as a stand-alone shaft, or whether it would be more economical for contractors
to mine this shaft on a royalty basis. Production at the Brand 2 shaft has been
suspended pending this decision.
The safety
record at the Free State operations during fiscal 2002 in terms of lost time frequency
rate (26.34) and fatality frequency rate (0.26) compares favorably with the
South African industry average. Safety at the operations receives constant and
high-level attention and where problems are identified steps are taken to address
the situation. In May 2002, Harmony appointed an executive officer to lead initiatives
to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesDirectors and
Senior ManagementBoard Practices.
Underground
Operations. Detailed below are the operating and production results from the
Free State underground operations for the past three fiscal years:
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
2001
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
4,748
|
|
5,831
|
|
6,268
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
0.126
|
|
0.118
|
|
0.137
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
598,635
|
|
686,223
|
|
856,816
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
131,817
|
|
181,239
|
|
213,793
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
43,238
|
|
6,862
|
|
29,755
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
220
|
|
264
|
|
250
|
|
67
Tons milled
from the Free State underground operations were 4,748,000 in fiscal 2002, compared
with 5,831,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces sold were 598,635 in fiscal 2002,
compared with 686,223 in fiscal 2001, primarily because production in fiscal 2002
included only limited production from the Masimong 4, Virginia 2, Harmony 4 and
Brand 2 shafts. A two-day stayaway by employees and an underground
fire also had a negative impact on production at the Free State operations in fiscal
2002, but Harmony does not expect these events to materially affect production in
the long-term.
Recovered
grade was 0.126 in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.118 in fiscal 2001, as a
result of the steps to improve grade described above. Cash costs were $131,817,000
in fiscal 2002, compared with $181,239,000 in fiscal 2001. This decrease was attributable
primarily to lower production levels from the Masimong 4, Virginia 2, Harmony 4
and Brand 2 shafts, as described above. Cash costs per ounce were $220 in fiscal
2002, compared with $264 in fiscal 2001. This decreases was attributable primarily
to improvement in recovered grade, as well as the depreciation of the Rand against
the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated
into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have
increased in fiscal 2002, due primarily to increases in the costs of labor
and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining agreements and the
effect of inflation on supply contracts.
Harmony currently
has nine operating shafts at its Free State operations and three service
shafts. The total shaft hoisting capacity is detailed below:
Shaft
|
Hoisting Capacity (tons/month)
|
|
|
Harmony shaft
2
|
227,000
|
|
Harmony shaft
31
|
90,000
|
|
Harmony shaft
42
|
146,000
|
|
Merriespruit
shaft 1
|
129,000
|
|
Merriespruit
shaft 3
|
197,000
|
|
Virginia shaft
23
|
103,000
|
|
Unisel
|
137,000
|
|
Saaiplaas
34
|
176,000
|
|
Brand shaft
25
|
120,000
|
|
Brand shaft
3
|
120,000
|
|
Brand shaft
5
|
151,000
|
|
Masimong shaft
complex6
|
149,000
|
|
|
1
|
Integrated
with Harmony shaft 2 during fiscal 2002 and currently operating as a service shaft.
|
|
|
2
|
Closed in
the quarter ended June 30, 2002 and currently operating as a service shaft.
|
|
|
3
|
Closed in
the quarter ended December 31, 2001 and currently operating as a service shaft.
|
|
|
4
|
Previously
operated as a service shaft. Limited extraction of the shaft pillar commenced in
the quarter ended September 30, 2002.
|
|
|
5
|
Production
suspended in the quarter ending March 31, 2002 pending consideration of this shafts future.
|
|
|
6
|
Includes the
Masimong 4 and 5 shafts.
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore
reserves of 55.10 million tons will be sufficient for the Free State
operations to maintain underground production until approximately fiscal 2009.
However, because Harmonys Free State operations consist of several
different mining sections that are at various stages of maturity,
68
it is expected
that some sections will decrease production earlier than others and it is currently
envisaged that a decrease of production in certain sections will commence in the
near term. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves
are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have
a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3.
Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are
estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less
gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Surface
operations. In light of the higher prevailing market price for gold in fiscal
2002, and in order to maximize use of the Free State plants, Harmony began processing
materials from secondary surface sources, primarily waste rock dumps and tailings
dams (slimes and sand), at the Free State operations in the quarter ended March
31, 2002. Detailed below are the operating and production results from the Free
State surface operations for the six months ended June 30, 2002, which is the first
period during which Harmony processed significant amounts of these secondary surface
materials at the Free State operations:
|
Six months
ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
255
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
0.052
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
13,309
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
613
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
3,673
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)1
|
46
|
|
|
1
|
Includes 8,808
ounces of low-cost production from clean-up of the plant and refinery.
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved during the six months ended June 30, 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported
proven and probable ore reserves of 9.53 million tons will be sufficient
for the Free State operations to maintain surface production until approximately
fiscal 2009. However, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the
reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels,
could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3.
Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve
figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as
to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and
may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants
.. There are three metallurgical plants at the Free State operations, namely the
Central, Virginia and the Saaiplaas plants. The Central and Virginia plants employ
CIP/CIL hybrid technology. The Saaiplaas plant is being converted from the zinc
precipitation filter process to the CIL process during fiscal 2003. Harmony expects
to complete the conversion in the quarter ending June 30, 2003.
69
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for each of the plants:
Plant
|
Processing Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Central
|
204,000
|
174,000
|
Virginia
1
|
204,000
|
150,000
|
Saaiplaas
|
140,000
|
123,000
|
|
1
|
In connection
with the closure of the Virginia 2 shaft in the quarter ended December 31, 2001,
certain leach tanks were taken off-line, reducing processing capacity to approximately
150,000 tons per month.
|
In fiscal
2002, Harmonys plants at its Free State operations recovered approximately
95% of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing. Harmonys refinery
is also located at its Free State operations.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 94.9 million in capital expenditures
at the Free State operations in fiscal 2002, principally for shaft development at
Saaiplaas 3, Unisel and the Masimong shaft complex. Harmony has budgeted Rand 95.8
million ($11 million) for capital expenditures at the Free State operations
in fiscal 2003, primarily for development of the Masimong, Unisel and Merriespruit
shafts and secondarily to upgrade plants, including converting the Saaiplaas plant
to the CIL process.
Evander Operations
Introduction
. Harmonys Evander operations are located in the province of Mpumalanga
in South Africa and are comprised of an amalgamation of the former Kinross, Bracken,
Leslie and Winkelhaak mines and 26,952 hectares of mineral rights adjacent to these
mines. Mining at Harmonys Evander operations is conducted at depths ranging
from 300 meters to 2,100 meters. In fiscal 2002, Harmonys Evander operations
accounted for approximately 17% of Harmonys total gold sales.
History
. Gold mining in the Evander Basin began in 1955. Eventually, four mining operations
were established at Evander. In 1996, as a result of depletion of ore reserves,
all four mining areas were merged to form Evander. In August 1998, Harmony acquired
Evander as a wholly-owned subsidiary. Since then, Harmony has implemented the Harmony
Way management process at Evander.
Geology
. The area covered by Evanders mining authorization and mineral rights
is situated within the Evander basin, a geologically discrete easterly extension
of the main Witwatersrand Basin.
Only one economic
placer unit, the Kimberley Reef, is mined at Evander. In addition to the faulting
of the reef horizon, there are numerous dykes and sills that complicate the mining
layouts, the most significant of which is an extensively developed dolerite footwall
sill that occasionally intersects the Kimberley Reef, causing displacements within
it.
70
Mining
Operations. The Evander operations are primarily engaged in underground mining.
The Evander operations also process a limited amount of waste rock as and when
necessary to allow the plants to operate efficiently. These operations are
subject to all of the underground mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section.
Due to the shallow to moderate depths of the Evander underground operations, seismicity
and pressure related problems are relatively infrequent. There is a risk of subterranean
water and/or gas intersections in some areas of the mine. However, this risk is
mitigated by active and continuous management and monitoring, which includes the
drilling of boreholes in advance of faces. Where water and/or gas is indicated
in the drilling, appropriate preventative action is taken. Evander was affected
by two underground fires and the flooding of parts of the mine during fiscal 2000,
both of which had a negative impact on production during fiscal 2000. Such incidents
are generally infrequent and there were no significant incidents in fiscal 2002.
On July 12,
2002, a seismic event at the Evander 8 shaft caused injuries to four workers (but
no fatalities), significant infrastructure damage and an interruption in production
for three weeks. The damage from this incident negatively impacted production in
the quarter ended September 30, 2002, but Harmony believes that the damage from
the incident will not reduce production materially in the long run.
The safety
record at the Evander operations in terms of lost time frequency rate (24.16) and
fatality frequency rate (0.33) during fiscal 2002 compares favorably with the South
African industry average. Safety at the operations receives constant and
high-level attention and where problems are identified steps are taken to address
the situation. Underground falls of ground have historically been the biggest cause
of fatal injuries at Evander. Roofbolting has been implemented at Evander to address
this risk. In May 2002, Harmony appointed an executive officer to lead initiatives
to improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesDirectors and
Senior ManagementBoard Practices.
Detailed below
are the operating and production results at Evander for the past three fiscal years:
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
2,594
|
|
|
|
2,738
|
|
|
|
2,651
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.160
|
|
|
|
0.167
|
|
|
|
0.148
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
415,382
|
|
|
|
458,212
|
|
|
|
393,235
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
70,867
|
|
|
|
91,053
|
|
|
|
93,840
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
|
45,905
|
|
|
|
34,089
|
|
|
|
20,349
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
171
|
|
|
|
199
|
|
|
|
239
|
|
Tons milled
from the Evander operations were 2,594,000 in fiscal 2002, compared with
2,738,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces sold were 415,382 in fiscal
2002, compared with 458,218 in fiscal 2001. This decrease was due
to the downscaling of the Evander 9 shaft. Recovered grade was 0.160
in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.167 in fiscal 2001. This decrease
71
was due to a return to
mining at the average grade of the orebody following higher
than expected grade in fiscal 2001.
Since it acquired
Evander, Harmony has implemented the Harmony Way to cut costs and increase
productivity. Harmony has decreased the number of employees at Evander and has
reorganized Evanders operations by introducing its production site management
concept, its ore reserve management system and by selling off non-core assets.
These changes have contributed to a decrease in Evanders cash operating costs
from $370 per ounce in the fiscal year prior to Harmonys purchase to $171
per ounce in fiscal 2002. The decrease in cash costs from $199 per ounce in fiscal
2001 to $171 per ounce in fiscal 2002 was attributable primarily to the depreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these
costs were translated into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and ProspectsExchange Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs
per ounce would have increased in fiscal 2002, due to a decline in grade and increases
in the costs of labor and supplies due to the implementation of collective bargaining
agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts. The decrease in cash
operating costs to $199 per ounce in fiscal 2001 from $239 per ounce
in fiscal 2000 was primarily due to higher recovered grade.
Harmony currently
has five operating shafts and one service shaft at its Evander operations. The
total shaft hoisting capacities are detailed below:
Shaft
|
Hoisting Capacity
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
Evander No.
2 shaft
|
68,800
|
|
Evander No.
3 shaft1
|
19,800
|
|
Evander No.
5 shaft
|
93,700
|
|
Evander No.
7 shaft
|
105,800
|
|
Evander No.
8 shaft
|
146,600
|
|
Evander No.
9 shaft2
|
82,700
|
|
|
1
|
Limited production
recommenced in the quarter ended December 31, 2001.
|
|
2
|
Downscaled
beginning in the quarter ended September 30, 2002 and currently operating as a service
shaft.
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore
reserves of 68.82 million tons will be sufficient for the Evander
operations to maintain production until approximately fiscal 2018. However,
because Harmonys Evander operations consist of several different mining sections
that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections will decrease
production earlier than others. In particular, Harmony downscaled shaft 9 in the
quarter ended September 30, 2002, following the final extraction of the shaft pillar
in the quarter ended June 30, 2002. Production at shaft 3 had also been halted
when Harmony acquired the Evander operations, and Harmony recommenced limited production
from this shaft in the quarter ended December 31, 2001, although commercial production
levels have not yet been achieved. Harmony currently expects that production
at Shafts 2, 5 and 7 will end between 2009 and 2010. Although production increases
are planned at other production shafts and total production is expected to remain
generally constant in the foreseeable future, some uncertainty about longer-term
production exists because infrastructure for the subsequent years has not been planned
to the same degree of detail as in the years 2001 through 2010. In addition, any
future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well as
any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected
72
period of future operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are estimates based on
a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and recovery factors,
future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less gold under actual
production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants
.. There are currently two operating metallurgical plants at Evander. The
bulk of the mines ore production is treated at the Kinross plant, which is
a CIP/CIL hybrid plant. The Winkelhaak plant has recently been restarted for milling
only following a refurbishing. The plant mills all of the ore from shafts 2 and
5, and pumps the slurry to the Kinross plant for further processing. The Leslie
plant was an old zinc precipitation and filter plant that used to treat low-grade
material from dumps and underground. The Leslie plant was closed during the quarter
ended June 30, 2001 following the depletion of the surface reserves.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for each of the operating plants:
Plant
|
Processing Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Kinross
|
198,000
|
140,000
|
Winkelhaak
|
72,000
|
59,000
|
In fiscal
2002, Harmonys plants at its Evander operations recovered approximately 96%
of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 97.9 million in capital expenditures
at the Evander operations in fiscal 2002, principally for underground development
at shafts 3, 5, 7 and 8. Harmony has budgeted Rand 93.8 million ($10.7 million) for capital
expenditures at the Evander operations in fiscal 2003, primarily for development of
shafts 2, 3, 5, 7 and 8.
Harmony is
currently evaluating two development projects in the vicinity of the Evander operations,
which, if undertaken, would involve significant capital expenditures. The Poplar
Project is a greenfield site located 20 kilometers from the existing Evander operations.
Harmony estimates that a twin shaft system extending approximately 1,200 meters
below the surface would be required to mine this site, and is evaluating whether
such a project would be economically feasible. The Rolspruit Project extends from
the existing Evander 8 shaft to the Poplar Project area. Harmony is evaluating
two possibilities for developing this area. The first possibility would involve
sinking a twin sub-vertical shaft system to extend Evander 8 shaft from a depths
of 1,535 meters to a depths of 2,515 meters to exploit probable reserves of 6 million
ounces of gold. The second possibility would involve sinking a separate twin shaft
from the surface to a depth of approximately 2,600 meters to exploit probable reserves
of 17 million ounces of gold. Harmony expects to complete these feasibility studies
in the second half of fiscal 2003.
73
Kalgold Operations
Introduction. Harmony
conducts a surface mining operation at the Kalgold gold mine near
Mafikeng in the North West Province of South Africa. Through Kalgold, Harmony also
controls extensive mineral rights on the Kraaipan Greenstone Belt in the North West
Province of South Africa. Harmony purchased Kalgold on July 1, 1999. In fiscal
2002, the Kalgold operations accounted for approximately 3% of Harmonys
total gold sales.
History. Harmony
acquired Kalgold on July 1, 1999 and fully incorporated Kalgold into
its operations in October 1999. Prior to Harmonys acquisition, the Kalgold
mine had operated for more than three years. Open cast mining operations at Kalgold
began in April 1996 with the first gold poured in July 1996.
Geology.
The Kalgold operations are situated on the Kraaipan granite-greenstone belt,
which is a typical gold-bearing greenstone formation. It has undergone intense
structural deformation that has led to its dislocation into separate units.
Within the
mining lease area, six steeply dipping zones of mineralization have been identified.
Several additional zones of mineralization have been located within this area and
are being evaluated. The first zone to be exploited by open cast mining has been
an area known as the D-Zone. The D-Zone orebody has a strike length of 1,400 meters,
varying in width between 40 meters in the south and 15 meters in the north.
Gold mineralization
is associated with pyrite and pyrrohotite, which was developed as a replacement
mineral within a banded ironstone formation and also within extensional, cross-cutting
quartz veins within the ironstone.
Mining
Operations. The Kalgold operations are engaged in open pit mining. This operation
is subject to all of the open cast mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section.
Small subterranean water intersections in the pit are common and are actively managed
and appropriate action is taken when necessary. The primary mining challenges at
the Kalgold operations of achieving optimal volumes and grades of ore production
are addressed by stringent ore reserve management.
Some mining
operations at Kalgold are conducted by mining contractors, who are responsible for
provision of the equipment and personnel needed for production of the ore under
guidance of Harmonys management. As of June 30, 2002, Harmony had 222 employees
at Kalgold, while the contractors employed 250 people. While there is no reliable
industry benchmark for safety at South African surface mining operations, the Kalgold
operations had a lost time injury frequency rate of 12.18 per million hours worked
in fiscal 2002, and recorded no fatal accidents in fiscal 2002. During fiscal 2002,
refurbishment activities at Kalgolds CIL plant resulted in some safety related
incidents, which contributed to the increased lost time injury frequency rate.
Harmony has, however, addressed these issues and does not expect them to have a
material impact on long-term production. Safety at the operations receives constant
and high-level attention and where problems are identified steps are taken to address
the situation. In May 2002, Harmony appointed an executive officer to lead initiatives
to improve workplace health
74
and safety at Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 6. Directors, Senior Management and EmployeesDirectors and
Senior ManagementBoard Practices.
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from open cast operations at Kalgold for
the past three fiscal years:
|
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
1,060
|
|
|
|
1,057
|
|
|
|
1,676
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.059
|
|
|
|
0.047
|
|
|
|
0.041
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
62,179
|
|
|
|
49,351
|
|
|
|
68,738
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
12,727
|
|
|
|
12,834
|
|
|
|
17,896
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
|
4,778
|
|
|
|
673
|
|
|
|
1,446
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
205
|
|
|
|
260
|
|
|
|
260
|
|
Ounces sold
were 62,179 in fiscal 2002, compared with 49,351 in
fiscal 2001. This increase was due primarily to improved recovered grade. Recovered
grade was 0.059 in fiscal 2002, compared with 0.047 in fiscal
2001. The increase in recovered grade was due to discontinuation of Kalgolds
heap leach operation in fiscal 2002 and higher grade reserves becoming available.
Cash costs
at Kalgold were $205 per ounce in fiscal 2002, compared with $260 in fiscal 2001.
This decrease was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against
the U.S. dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated
into U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, costs per ounce would have
increased slightly in fiscal 2002, due primarily to the implementation of collective
bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts, which was
offset by improved grade. Cash operating costs remained constant at $260 per ounce
in fiscal 2001, despite the absence in fiscal 2001 of the abnormally high rainfall
that increased costs in fiscal 2000. The maintenance of this constant cost level
was primarily attributable to the lower throughput rates that were realized in connection
with restructuring.
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming that no additional reserves are identified), at the production
level achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable
ore reserves of 982 million tons will be sufficient for the Kalgold operations
to maintain production until approximately fiscal 2008. However,
any future changes to the assumptions upon which the reserves are based, as well
as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have a material effect
on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are estimates based on
a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and recovery factors,
future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less gold under actual
production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants. During
fiscal 2001, Kalgold had a CIL plant and a heap leach operation. Harmony
discontinued the active use of Kalgolds heap leach operation in July 2001
and no gold was recovered through heap leaching in fiscal 2002. Over time, however,
small amounts of gold
75
normally can be recovered from ore remaining on the leach
pads. Harmony expects to apply leaching solution occasionally in the future to
recover any available gold. In fiscal 2002, Kalgold processed and milled 88,333
tons of ore per month at an average recovered grade of 0.059 ounces per ton.
Ore is trucked
from the pit and stockpiled according to grade categories. Higher grade ore is
processed in the CIL plant. Lower grade ore is dumped on heap leach pads. Following
the recent commissioning of the pre-primary crusher, the ore now undergoes a five
phase crushing process.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for each of the plants:
Plant
|
Processing Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
CIL
|
99,200
|
88,000
|
Heap Leach
|
66,100
|
*
|
|
*
|
Active use
of heap leaching was discontinued in July 2001; however, Harmony expects to apply
leaching solution occasionally in the future to recover any available gold.
|
In fiscal
2002, Harmonys plants at its Kalgold operations recovered approximately 82%
of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 24.5 million in capital expenditures
at the Kalgold operations during fiscal 2002, principally for plant maintenance.
In February 2002, Harmonys management authorized expansion of the plant through
construction of a third mill, which is expected to involve expenditures of approximately
Rand 19.4 million in fiscal 2003. Harmony has spent Rand 7 million ($0.8 million)
on the third mill to date. Harmony has budgeted Rand 25.4 million ($2.9 million)
for capital expenditures at the Kalgold operations in fiscal 2003, primarily for
plant expansion and secondarily for exploratory drilling.
Free Gold Operations
Introduction. On
November 21, 2001, Harmony and ARMGold reached an agreement in principle
with AngloGold to purchase the Free Gold assets, subject to specified conditions.
Pursuant to the subsequently executed definitive agreements, the Free Gold assets
were purchased by the Free Gold Company (in which Harmony and ARMGold each has a
50% interest) for Rand 2,200 million ($206.8 million at an exchange rate of R10.64
per $1.00), plus an amount equal to any liability for taxes payable by AngloGold
in connection with the sale. The Free Gold Company assumed management control of
the Free Gold assets from January 1, 2002, and completed the acquisition on April
23, 2002 (the date on which all conditions precedent to the transaction were fulfilled).
Rand 1,800 million ($169.2 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) of
the purchase price, plus accrued interest, was paid by the Free Gold Company in
April 2002 following the fulfillment of all conditions precedent and Rand 400 million
($37.6 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) is payable by the Free Gold
Company under an interest-free loan due January 1, 2005. The additional amount
relating to taxes is payable by the Free Gold Company as and when the tax liability
becomes payable by
76
AngloGold. The Free Gold Company has estimated that this amount
will be approximately Rand 632 million ($59.4 million at an exchange rate
of R10.64 per $1.00) and will be payable in March 2003. The Free Gold Company expects
that approximately 80% of this amount will provide the Free Gold Company with a
capital expense deduction against its taxable income from the Free Gold assets.
For purposes of U.S. GAAP, Harmony equity accounted for its interest in the Free
Gold Company with effect from May 1, 2002 and the purchase price of the Free Gold
assets was determined to be Rand 2,213 million ($208.2 million at an exchange rate
of 10.64 per $1.00). See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsOverview.
In connection
with the acquisition of the Free Gold assets, on April 5, 2002 Harmony and ARMGold
entered into a formal joint venture and shareholders agreement relating
to the Free Gold Company. The agreement provides that Harmony and ARMGold
are each responsible for 50% of the expenses associated with operating the Free Gold
assets. Pursuant to the agreement, an interim executive committee composed of an
equal number of representatives appointed by Harmony and ARMGold managed
the Free Gold Company until the acquisition was completed. Following completion
of the acquisition, management of the Free Gold Company is vested in a board, which
initially is composed of an equal number of Harmony and ARMGold representatives.
In the future, the number of representatives on the board will vary proportionally
with the number of shares of the Free Gold Company held by Harmony and ARMGold. The
Free Gold Company also employs mining, ore reserve, engineering and human
resource managers, who were previously employed by AngloGold, Harmony or ARMGold.
Shaft operations are supervised by teams of these managers.
The Free Gold
assets consist of the Joel, Tshepong, Matjhabeng and Bambanani mines, associated
infrastructure and other mineral rights in the Free State Province of South Africa.
Production from the underground mines and adjacent surface sources is processed
through three processing facilities (the Free State 1, or FS1, Plant, the Free State
2, or FS2, Plant and the Joel Plant). During Harmonys fiscal 2002, sales
from the Free Gold assets amounted to 1,143,243 ounces of gold and Harmonys
interest in two months of these sales (reflecting the period from May 1, 2002 to
June 30, 2002) totaled 104,005 attributable ounces. Because Harmony equity accounts
for its 50% interest in the Free Gold Company, sales from the Free Gold assets are
not included in Harmonys sales figures in this annual report. For more information
on Harmonys consolidation policy, see note 2(b) to the consolidated
financial statements.
On May 24,
2002, Harmony, ARMGold and Gold Fields, through its subsidiary St. Helena Gold Mines
Limited, announced that an agreement in principle had been reached under which St.
Helena Gold Mines Limited would sell the St. Helena gold mining assets to the Free
Gold Company for Rand 120 million ($13.7 million), plus a royalty equal to one
percent of revenue for a period of 48 months beginning on the effective date of
the sale. St. Helena Gold Mines Limited and the Free Gold Company concluded a final
agreement of sale on July 1, 2002. The sale was completed on October 30, 2002,
and the Free Gold Company assumed management control on that date. Under the terms
of the agreement of sale the Free Gold Company agreed to assume specified environmental
liabilities relating to the operation of the St. Helena mine. Harmony believes
that the acquisition of the St. Helena mine will create operational efficiencies
and add approximately 60,000 attributable ounces of gold to Harmonys production
base.
77
History.
Exploration, development and production history in the area of the Free Gold
assets dates from the early 1900s, leading to commercial production by 1932.
Subsequent consolidation and restructuring led to the formation of Free State Consolidated
Gold Mine (Operations) Limited, which became a wholly owned subsidiary of AngloGold
in June 1998. AngloGold also owned the Joel mine, which, although it was not a
part of this AngloGold subsidiary, is now included within the Free Gold assets owned
by the Free Gold Company. The Free Gold Company also acquired the St. Helena gold
mine in October 2002. St. Helena was the first gold mine to be established in the
Free State.
Geology.
The Free Gold Companys mines are located in the Free State goldfield,
which is on the southwestern edge of the Witwatersrand basin. The Bambanani, Tshepong,
Matjhabeng and St. Helena mines are located in and around Welkom, while the Joel
mine is approximately 30 kilometers south of Welkom. Mining at Bambanani, Tshepong
and Matjhabeng is primarily conducted in the Basal reef, with limited exploitation
of secondary reefs. Mining at Joel is primarily conducted in the Beatrix-VS5 Composite
Reef. The reefs generally dip towards the east or northeast while most of the major
faults strike north-south, with the most intense faulting in evidence at Matjhabeng.
Mining
Operations. The Free Gold Company is engaged in both underground and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and waste rock
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. The Free Gold Company regularly
revisits its mining strategy and management procedures at the Free Gold operations
in connection with its effort to minimize risks. Mining depths range from shallow-intermediate
at the Joel mine to deep at the Bambanani mine. The primary mining challenges
at the Free Gold operations are seismic risks, ventilation and fire avoidance.
Both the Bambanani mine and the Matjhabeng mine are classified as seismically
active operations with seismic monitoring systems installed, with activity generally
located in the vicinity of remnant operations and/or geological structures. Seismic
systems are managed by external specialists. There is an opportunity to improve
the current ventilation and refrigeration systems, which Harmony believes would
improve productivity and safety. Plans to this effect are being implemented by
the Free Gold Company. Refrigeration plants are installed at the Bambanani and
Tshepong Mines. Following underground fires during the second half of 1999 at the
Bambanani mine, mine management reviewed and modified working practices and the
efficiency of the overall fire management system.
Mining is
conducted at depths ranging from 1,200 and 3,000 meters at Bambanani, at an average
depth of approximately 1,925 meters at Tshepong, at an average depth of approximately
1,700 meters at Matjhabeng, at an average depth of approximately 1,000 meters at
Joel and at an average depth of 1,489 meters at St. Helena. Production at Matjhabeng,
which is a mature mine nearing closure, is currently focused on the extraction of
remnant pillars and shaft pillars, specifically at the Eland Shaft. The Free Gold
Company is conducting a development program at the Bambanani shaft. Harmony expects
this program to allow access to additional mining areas, which would reduce overall
grade but increase overall production. The Free Gold Company is in the process
of restarting of operations at the Kudu, Nyala and Sable shafts. The board of directors
of the Free Gold Company has also approved in principle the construction
of decline tunnels to access lower levels of the Tshepong North shaft. This project
will add two additional operating levels below the present level of the Tshepong
North Shaft.
78
The Free Gold Company estimates the cost of the project to be Rand
260 million ($29.7 million). The Free Gold Company estimates that full production
at the two additional operating levels will commence by December 2005 and will add
150,000 ounces of gold per year to current production.
Excess metallurgical
plant capacity at the FS1 and FS2 plants is filled by exploiting surface
sources, including waste rock dumps, slimes dams, and general clean-up material
mined as part of the environmental rehabilitation process. These surface operations
include free digging of waste rock dumps and hydraulic mining of slimes dams, which
are either transported by the surface rail network or by dedicated pipelines to
the individual plants. The majority of surface sources at the Free Gold assets
are currently treated at the FS2 Plant.
During Harmonys
fiscal 2002, the safety record at the Free Gold assets compared favorably
with the South African industry average. The Free Gold Company applies safety
standards similar to safety standards for Harmony operations and safety standards
receive constant and high-level attention. Where problems are identified, the Free
Gold Company takes steps to address the situation.
Harmony and
ARMGold, shareholders in the Free Gold Company, share similar management philosophies.
The Free Gold Company has begun implementing measures to reduce costs while increasing
production and extending mine life, in a manner that Harmony believes is consistent
with the Harmony Way.
Underground
Operations. Detailed below are the operating and production results from underground
mining at the Free Gold assets for the calendar years ended December 31, 2001, 2000
and 1999 and for the six months ended June 30, 2002.
|
Six months
ended June 30, 2002
|
|
Calendar
year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
2,179
|
|
|
|
5,454
|
|
|
|
6,791
|
|
|
|
6,882
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.228
|
|
|
|
0.204
|
|
|
|
0.197
|
|
|
|
0.208
|
|
Gold sold
(000 ounces)
|
|
497,080
|
|
|
|
1,110,000
|
|
|
|
1,339,000
|
|
|
|
1,429,000
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
77,108
|
|
|
|
251,200
|
|
|
|
361,300
|
|
|
|
383,3000
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
|
83,380
|
|
|
|
66,000
|
|
|
|
47,900
|
|
|
|
66,300
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
155
|
|
|
|
226
|
|
|
|
270
|
|
|
|
268
|
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production level
achieved at the Free Gold assets in the six months ended June 30, 2002, the June
30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore reserves of 30.26 million tons will be
sufficient for the Free Gold assets to maintain underground production until approximately
2015. However, because the Free Gold assets consist of several different mining
sections that are at various stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections
will decrease production earlier than others. In addition, any future changes to
the assumptions upon which the ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen
events affecting production levels, could have a material effect on the expected
period of future operations. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions,
including
79
assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future production costs
and the price of gold, and may yield less gold under actual production conditions
than Harmony currently estimates.
The Free Gold
Company has eleven operating shafts, the rock hoisting capacities of which are set
forth below. In addition, hoisting facilities are currently being installed at
the Joel North Shaft.
Shaft
|
Hoisting
Capacity
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
Tshepong North
shaft1
|
165,000
|
|
Bambanani
East shaft
|
200,000
|
|
Bambanani
West shaft
|
60,000
|
|
Joel South
shaft2
|
160,000
|
|
Matjhabeng Eland shaft
|
60,000
|
|
Matjhabeng Sable and Kudu shafts
|
70,000
|
|
Matjhabeng Nyala shaft
|
100,000
|
|
St. Helena No. 2 shaft3
|
75,000
|
|
St. Helena No. 4 shaft4
|
80,000
|
|
St. Helena No. 8 shaft5
|
80,000
|
|
St. Helena No. 10 shaft6
|
100,000
|
|
|
1
|
Currently
operating at a rate of 136,000 tons per month while upgrades in the shaft to facilitate
increased production are in progress.
|
|
|
2
|
Currently
operating at a rate of 40,000 tons per month, in line with the shafts current
mining plan.
|
|
|
3
|
Currently
operations at a rate of 20,000 tons per month due to the reduction of mining operations
by GoldFields prior to the sale of St. Helena to the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
4
|
Currently
operating at a rate of 15,000 tons per month due to the reduction of mining operations
by GoldFields prior to the sale of St. Helena to the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
5
|
Currently
operating at a rate of 36,000 tons per month due to the reduction of mining operations
by GoldFields prior to the sale of St. Helena to the Free Gold Company.
|
|
|
6
|
Currently
closed due to the reduction of mining operations by GoldFields prior to the sale
of St. Helena to the Free Gold Company.
|
Surface
Operations. Detailed below are the operating and production results from the
Free Gold Companys surface operations for the calendar years ended December
31, 2001, 2000 and 1999 and for the six months ended June 30, 2002.
|
Six months
ended June 30, 2002
|
|
Calendar
year ended December 31,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
1999
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
2,641
|
|
|
|
4,049
|
|
|
|
3,100
|
|
|
|
3,738
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.023
|
|
|
|
0.022
|
|
|
|
0.027
|
|
|
|
0.026
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
61,086
|
|
|
|
89,000
|
|
|
|
83,000
|
|
|
|
98,000
|
|
Results of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
7,526
|
|
|
|
11,000
|
|
|
|
11,600
|
|
|
|
24,300
|
|
Cash profit
(000)
|
|
11,980
|
|
|
|
13,500
|
|
|
|
12,500
|
|
|
|
6,500
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
123
|
|
|
|
167
|
|
|
|
227
|
|
|
|
246
|
|
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production level
achieved at the Free Gold assets (excluding St. Helena) in the six months ended
June 30, 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore reserves of 9.72
million tons will be sufficient for the Free Gold assets to maintain surface production
until approximately 2004. However, any future changes to the assumptions upon which
the ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production
levels, could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations.
See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
80
gold reserve
figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as
to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and
may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plants.
The Free Gold Company operates four plants: the FS1, FS2, Joel and St. Helena
plants. The FS1 plant, which processes underground ore, waste rock and various
surface accumulations, was commissioned in 1986 and is a conventional CIP plant
processing ore that has been milled by semi-autogenous grinding. Gold is recovered
from the eluate solution using zinc precipitation and a precoat vacuum filter.
The precipitate recovered from the filter is calcined and smelted to bullion. The
FS2 Plant is largely dedicated to the treatment of surface sources. It was
commissioned in the early 1950s and employs conventional crushing and filtration
technology. The Joel plant is a hybrid CIP/CIL plant and was commissioned in 1984.
St. Helena operates a conventional zinc precipitation filter plant supported by
two mills that treat surface sources.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during the six months
ended June 30, 2002 and the calendar year ended December 31, 2001 for each of the
plants:
Plant
|
Processing
Capacity
|
Average
milled for the six months ended June 30, 2002
|
Average
milled for the calendar year ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
FS 1
|
420,000
|
|
374,000
|
|
382,000
|
|
FS 2
|
300,000
|
|
290,000
|
|
287,000
|
|
Joel
|
160,000
|
|
113,000
|
|
93,000
|
|
St. Helena
1
|
77,000
|
|
73,610
|
|
58,000
|
|
1
|
Not currently
used due to other shafts at the Free Gold assets operating in an efficient manner.
The Free Gold Company expects to use the St. Helena plant to treat surface sources
in the future.
|
Harmony estimates
that in the periods covered by the above chart, FS1 recovery has been in the range
of 96% to 97%, FS2 recovery has ranged from 91% to 96%, Joel recovery has ranged
from 93% to 96% and St. Helena recovery has ranged from 85% to 90%. Overall recovery
is a function of the mix of feed ore, as surface sources tend to have a lower recovery
than underground reef.
Capital
Expenditure. The Free Gold Companys capital expenditures amounted to
approximately Rand 31.6 million in the six months ended June 30, 2002, primarily
for underground development at Bambanani and re-opening the Bambanani West shaft.
The Free Gold Company budgeted Rand 137 million ($15.7 million) for capital expenditures
in fiscal 2003, primarily for developing the Tshepong North Shaft, including capital
expenditures for the deepening of the shaft, and underground development at Bambanani.
81
Australian Operations
Introduction
Harmony conducts
its Australian operations through two recently acquired Australian gold mining companies:
New Hampton, acquired with effect from April 1, 2001, and Hill 50, acquired with
effect from April 1, 2002. Through the New Hampton transaction described below,
Harmony acquired two operations in Western Australia (Big Bell in the Murchison
region and Jubilee in the Eastern Goldfields near Kalgoorlie), two processing plants
associated with these operations and related exploration rights. Through the Hill
50 transaction described below, Harmony acquired the Mt. Magnet operations in the
Murchison region, the New Celebration operations in the Eastern Goldfields near
Kalgoorlie, two plants associated with these operations and related exploration
rights. In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce corporate expenditures,
in the quarter ended June 30, 2002 Harmony integrated New Hamptons Jubilee
operations with Hill 50s New Celebration operations to form the South Kalgoorlie
operations and combined the corporate offices of New Hampton and Hill 50 in Perth.
Each of Harmonys Australian operations Big Bell, Mt. Magnet, and South
Kalgoorlie conducts surface mining (principally through open pit methods)
and underground mining, with access through one decline at Big Bell, two declines
at Mt. Magnet and one decline at South Kalgoorlie.
Mining at
Harmonys Australian operations involves more mechanized mining than at Harmonys
South African operations. Outside contractors conduct much of this mechanized
mining. The contractors are responsible for provision of the equipment and personnel
needed for production of the ore under guidance of Harmonys management. As
of June 30, 2002, Harmonys Australian operations had 309 employees, while
the contractors employed 659 people.
Harmony commenced
gold mining operations in Australia following the New Hampton transaction. On December
19, 2000, Harmony announced that it had agreed to purchase 19.99% of New Hampton
ordinary shares from Normandy Mining, subject to certain conditions. Harmony also
made an offer for all of the outstanding ordinary shares of New Hampton at a purchase
price of A$0.265 per share. Harmony received SARB and Australian Foreign Investment
Review Board approval for the transaction in January 2001. On March 22, 2001, Harmony
increased its offer price to A$0.275 per share and announced that Normandy Mining
had accepted Harmonys offer for Normandy Minings remaining 13.2% shareholding
in New Hampton, and that the New Hampton board of directors recommended that New
Hampton shareholders accept Harmonys offer and indicated their intention to
accept Harmonys offer for their individual holdings. The total cash bid valued
New Hampton at approximately A$56.3 million (R228.2 million at an exchange rate
of R4.05 per A$1.00, or $28.5 million at an exchange rate of R8.00 per $1.00).
This offer closed on July 12, 2001, at which time Harmony had acquired 96.2% of
New Hamptons shares and 95% of New Hamptons options. Harmony subsequently
completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the
rules of the Australian Stock Exchange. In line with Harmonys strategy to
mine reserves only when it is economical to do so, following the New Hampton transaction,
Harmony reduced New Hamptons production to approximately 200,000 ounces per
year.
82
Harmony expanded
its Australian operations through the Hill 50 transaction. On December 11, 2001,
Harmony commenced a conditional cash offer for all of the outstanding ordinary shares
and listed options of Hill 50, at a purchase price of A$1.35 per share and A$0.65
per listed option. Harmony would also pay a price equal to the difference between
the cash price offered for the Hill 50 shares and the exercise price for each Hill
50 director and employee option. On that date, Harmony also announced that Hill
50s largest shareholder had accepted Harmonys offer for its 16.3% holding.
Harmony increased the offer price to A$1.40 per share and A$0.70 per listed option
on February 21, 2002, and to A$1.45 per share and A$0.75 per listed option on April
3, 2002, for a total price of approximately A$233 million (R1,419 million at an
exchange rate of R6.09 per A$1.00, or $124.8 million at an exchange rate of R11.37
per $1.00). On February 21, 2002, Harmony also announced that Hill 50s directors
had informed Harmony that they intended to recommend Harmonys offer to Hill
50 shareholders, and to accept Harmonys offer in respect of their own shareholdings.
The offer closed on May 3, 2002, at which time shareholders holding 98.57% of Hill
50s shares and 98.76% of Hill 50s listed options had accepted Harmonys
offer and this offer had become unconditional. Harmony subsequently completed
a compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the rules of
the Australian Stock Exchange.
New Hampton
sold 191,521 ounces of gold in fiscal 2002, which were included in Harmonys
gold sales for fiscal 2002, and Hill 50 sold 275,185 ounces of gold in fiscal 2002,
three months of which, or 61,472 ounces, were included in Harmonys
gold sales for fiscal 2002. The addition of New Hampton and Hill 50 to Harmonys
operations has increased Harmonys reserves by approximately 2.34 million
ounces. With effect from April 1, 2002, Harmony reports the New Hampton
and Hill 50 operating and financial results together within an Australian
Operations segment, which is further segmented into the Big Bell operations,
the Mt. Magnet operations and the South Kalgoorlie operations (consisting of the
Jubilee and New Celebration operations). In fiscal 2002, the Australian
operations accounted for approximately 11% of Harmonys total gold sales.
Harmonys
Australian operations control exploration and mineral rights over a total area of
approximately 298,355 hectares (737,250 acres), of which the active mining areas
currently total approximately 75,516 hectares (186,604 acres).
Big
Bell Operations
History.
Gold mining at Big Bell commenced in 1937. The Big Bell mine closed in 1955
and reopened in early 1989. Normandy Mining acquired Big Bell in 1991 and New Hampton
acquired the mine from Normandy Mining in 1999. Since the commencement of operations
in 1937 to June 30, 2002, total gold sales from the Big Bell area exceed two million
ounces.
Geology.
The Big Bell operations, located in the Murchison region of Western Australia,
include a mature underground mine and nearby open pit operations at Cuddingwarra
and Cue. The Murchison region is a sub-province of the Archaean Shield in Western
Australia. The Big Bell lode is a steeply Southeast dipping (50 to 70°) sheet with
a strike length of 1,000 meters. The distinctive gold-bearing horizon is 5 meters
to 25 meters thick and is intersected by resource drilling down to 1,400 meters
below surface. The Cuddingwarra and Cue deposits,
83
approximately 17 kilometers and
27 kilometers from the Big Bell underground mine, respectively, occur in a sequence
of porphyry-intruded metamorphosed mafic and ultamafic rocks of the Meekatharra-Widgee
greenstone belt.
Mining
Operations. The Big Bell operations are engaged in both underground and open
pit mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground and open pit
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Harmony intends to revisit its
mining strategy and management procedures at these operations on a regular basis
in connection with its effort to minimize mining risks. Underground mining at depths
of up to 600 meters is conducted by way of a decline and a longhole sub-level caving
method is employed. Contractors operate diesel powered mining equipment to transport
ore up the decline and deliver it to the crusher pad. At the Cuddingwarra and Cue
open pit operations, New Hampton employs outside contractors to extract ore with
large earthmoving equipment. The open pits are situated on small ore bodies, which
results in short mine lives (generally less than a year). As a result, Harmony
must continuously locate, evaluate, plan, develop and bring into production a succession
of open pits to access additional reserves. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsTo maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of
Harmonys existing mines or increase production materially above projected
levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
The primary
challenges facing the Big Bell operations are controlling costs in the underground
mine and finding replacement ore reserves (particularly for short-lived open pits)
through an aggressive exploration program. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessExploration. The Big Bell underground mine is
also affected by seismic events and good geotechnical management is important to
maintain safety and productivity. During fiscal 2002, the safety record at Big
Bell compared unfavorably with the Australian industry average. Safety standards
for other Harmony operations are now being applied at Big Bell and will receive
constant and high-level attention. Where problems are identified, steps are taken
to address the situation. Harmony is making a concerted effort to train line management
at newly acquired assets, including Big Bell, in Harmony Australias safety
management systems.
Mining of
the upper levels of the underground mine at the Big Bell operations was completed
in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. The lower levels of the Big Bell underground
mine have yielded disappointing results, including lower than expected grade. As
a result, Harmony has reduced grade estimates on future production, which has led
to a substantial reduction in reserve figures for New Hampton. In addition, the
bankruptcy of the main underground contractor employed by New Hampton disrupted
production at Big Bell during the quarter ended June 30, 2002, and Harmony encountered
delays in obtaining and installing a replacement contractor during that quarter.
Since current results indicate that continuing underground mining at Big Bell would
be uneconomical at current gold prices, Harmony has begun the process of phasing
out production from the Big Bell underground mine.
84
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from operations at Big Bell for the last
three fiscal years:
|
|
Year ended
June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
2,900
|
|
|
|
2,763
|
|
|
|
2,650
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.046
|
|
|
|
0.059
|
|
|
|
0.086
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
132,389
|
|
|
|
164,315
|
|
|
|
226,948
|
|
Results
of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
38,288
|
|
|
|
62,106
|
|
|
|
56,699
|
|
Cash profit/(loss)
(000)
|
|
(2,265
|
)
|
|
|
22,033
|
|
|
|
11,909
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
289
|
|
|
|
256
|
|
|
|
268
|
|
Tons milled
in fiscal 2002 were 2,900,000, compared with 2,763,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces
sold in fiscal 2002 were 132,000, compared with 164,000 in fiscal 2001.
The reduction in ounces sold was attributable primarily to Harmonys strategy
to scale back production and secondarily to reduced throughput while restructuring
and capital development was in progress. The increase in tons milled was attributable
to treatment of lower-grade stockpiles while this development was in progress.
The decrease in recovered grade resulted primarily from processing of comparatively
lower grade ore from the underground upper levels of Big Bell, as well as tailings
and other secondary surfaces. In fiscal 2002, cash operating costs at Big Bell
increased to $289 per ounce from $256 per ounce in fiscal 2001. This increase was
attributable to the lower-grade tonnages treated.
Following
the acquisition of New Hampton, Harmony made significant capital expenditures to
redevelop the underground mine at Big Bell after the seismic events of fiscal 2001,
and began to implement the Harmony Way at Big Bell in an effort to cut
costs and increase productivity. Detailed mine development plans have been
put in place, utilizing Harmony strategies and philosophies. Harmony has introduced
management changes since acquiring the operations to improve productivity and provide
a focus on reserve management and working cost containment.
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production level
achieved by Big Bell in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable
ore reserves of 4.32 million tons will be sufficient for the Big Bell operations
to maintain production until approximately fiscal 2004. However, because the Big
Bell operations consist of several different mining sections that are at various
stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections will decrease production earlier
than others. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the
ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels,
could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve
figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as
to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and
may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plant.
The Big Bell operations include one metallurgical plant. Ore from the Big
Bell underground and open pit operations is processed through this CIL treatment
plant located
85
28 kilometers from Cue in the Murchison region. Ore
extracted from the Big Bell underground mine is transported by diesel powered mining equipment
up the decline and to the crusher pad. Road trains deliver ore from the open pits.
The plant underwent significant capital refurbishments during fiscal 2001 to ensure
that planned throughput is achieved, but due to the age and layout of this plant,
unit costs are higher than at other plants in Harmonys Australian operations.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for the Big Bell plant:
Plant
|
Processing Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Big Bell
|
275,000
|
242,000
|
In fiscal
2002, the Big Bell operations recovered approximately 86% of the
gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 6.8 million in capital expenditures
at the Big Bell operations during fiscal 2002, principally for upgrades to the plant
and purchases of equipment, and a further Rand 111 million for deferred stripping
and underground development. Harmony has budgeted approximately Rand 11.4 million
($1.3 million) for capital expenditures at Big Bell during fiscal 2003, principally
for plant upgrades.
Mt.
Magnet Operations
History.
Mining at Mt. Magnet began after the discovery of gold in 1896. From that
time to June 30, 2002, the Mt. Magnet operations have produced approximately 5 million
ounces. The current Mt. Magnet operations, which Harmony acquired in the Hill 50
transaction, are comprised of the Hill 50 and Star underground mines, production
from which commenced in the late 1980s, nearby open pits and the processing of low
grade ore from previously accumulated stockpiles.
Geology. The
Mt. Magnet operations are located near the town of Mt. Magnet in the Murchison
region, 560 kilometers northeast of Perth. The geology consists of folded basaltic
and komatiitic greenstones with intercalated banded iron formations and volcaniclastic
units. In addition to having been intensely folded, the area has undergone substantial
faulting and later intrusion by felsic intrusives. Mineralization within the Murchison
belt consists of sulfide replacement style (characteristic of the Hill 50 mine)
and quartz lode and shear hosted hydrothermally emplaced bodies proximal to fault
conduits. Smaller stockwork bodies within felsic intrusives are also common. As
is typical of the Archaean Shield, the deep weathering profile at Mt. Magnet has
resulted in supergene enrichment and hypogene dispersion of gold in the oxidizing
environments. These effects lend themselves well to the process of small scale
open pit mining. Underground mining of primary lodes is the largest contributor
to Mt Magnets gold production.
Mining
Operations. The Mt. Magnet operations are engaged in underground, open pit and waste
rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground,
open pit,
86
and waste rock mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors
section. Harmony intends to revisit its mining strategy and management procedures at these operations
on a regular basis in connection with its effort to minimize mining risks.
Underground
operations at Mt. Magnet consist of the Hill 50 and Star mines, each of which operates
a decline. The Hill 50 mine, which is approaching 1,000 meters in depth, is currently
one of Australias deepest underground mines. The Star mine is approximately
600 meters in depth. Underground mining is conducted by decline tunnel access.
The primarily challenges facing the Mt. Magnet underground mines are their continuing
depth and the geotechnical, ventilation and cost impediments that increased depth
imposes, including increased ground stress and potential increased seismic activity.
Surface operations
at Mt. Magnet exploit several medium-sized open pits, as well as numerous
smaller open pits. Surface materials from areas previously involved in production,
including waste rock dumps and tailings dams, are also processed at Mt. Magnet.
The primary challenge facing the Mt. Magnet operations is that the open pits are
situated on small ore bodies, which results in short mine lives. As a result, Harmony
must continuously locate, evaluate, plan, develop and bring into production a succession
of open pits to access additional reserves. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsTo maintain gold production beyond the expected lives of
Harmonys existing mines or increase productivity materially above projected
levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
As of June
30, 2002, the safety record at the Mt. Magnet operations compared favorably with
Australian industry averages. Safety standards for other Harmony operations are
being applied at the Mt. Magnet operations and will receive constant and high-level
attention. Where problems are identified, steps are taken to address the situation.
Harmony is making a concerted effort to train line management at newly acquired
assets, including the Mt. Magnet operations, in Harmony Australias safety
practices.
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from operations at Mt. Magnet for the last
three fiscal years:
|
|
Year ended
June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
3,022
|
|
|
|
3,132
|
|
|
|
2,431
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.063
|
|
|
|
0.065
|
|
|
|
0.061
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
189,689
|
|
|
|
203,575
|
|
|
|
148,659
|
|
Results
of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
34,495
|
|
|
|
37,130
|
|
|
|
33,591
|
|
Cash profit/(loss)
(000)
|
|
17,504
|
|
|
|
18,097
|
|
|
|
16,377
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
182
|
|
|
|
182
|
|
|
|
226
|
|
Tons milled
in fiscal 2002 were 3,002,000, compared with 3,132,000 in fiscal 2001, and
ounces sold in fiscal 2002 were 190,000, compared with 204,000 in fiscal 2001. These
decreases were primarily attributable to reduced production from open
pits.
87
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production level
achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore reserves
of 9.93 million tons for Mt. Magnet would be sufficient to maintain production
until approximately fiscal 2006. However, because the Mt. Magnet operations
consist of several different mining sections that are at various stages of maturity,
it is expected that some sections will decrease production earlier than others.
In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the ore reserves
are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels, could have
a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3.
Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve figures are
estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as to mining and
recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and may yield less
gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Plant.
The Mt. Magnet operations include one metallurgical plant. This plant was built
in 1989 as a CIL plant and was upgraded in late 1999 to a CIP plant. Actual
throughputs of the Mt. Magnet plant varies based upon the blend of oxide and sulfide
ores in their feed. Processing capacity is an estimate of nominal throughput based
on a 70% hard (sulfide) and 30% oxide (soft) blend. The following table sets forth
processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002 for the Mt. Magnet
plant:
Plant
|
Processing
Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Mt. Magnet
|
220,000
|
227,000
|
In fiscal
2002, the Mt. Magnet plant recovered approximately 93% of the gold contained in
the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. Harmony made approximately Rand 150.9 million in capital expenditures
at the Mt. Magnet operations during fiscal 2002, primarily for underground development,
exploration and plants. Harmony has budgeted approximately Rand 240.5 million ($27.5
million) for capital expenditures at the Mt. Magnet operations during fiscal 2003,
principally for underground development and infrastructure.
South
Kalgoorlie Operations
History. The
South Kalgoorlie operations include several open pits at Jubilee and New
Celebration, as well at the Mt. Marion underground mine at New Celebration. In
the Jubilee area, two separate companies commenced gold mining by modern methods
in 1987, although some sporadic mining of gold took place in the area in the late
nineteenth century. The Jubilee operations were originally comprised of large Jubilee
open pit, but in recent years have also drawn on a number of smaller open pits.
Harmony acquired the Jubilee operations in the New Hampton transaction. The New
Celebration operations were initially developed in 1987 by a third company exploiting
the same ore body that hosted the Jubilee Pit. Hill 50 acquired these operations
from Newcrest Mining Ltd. in June 2001. The Mt. Marion decline, which is the largest
underground development at New Celebration, was established in 1998. Harmony
88
acquired
the New Celebration operations, including the Mt. Marion underground mine, in the
Hill 50 transaction.
Following
the acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50, Harmony integrated the Jubilee operations
and New Celebration operations to form the South Kalgoorlie operations. Since the
commencement of operations to June 30, 2002 total gold production from Harmonys
mines in the South Kalgoorlie area exceeds two million ounces.
Geology.
The South Kalgoorlie mines are located approximately 30 kilometers south of
Kalgoorlie in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. The South Kalgoorlie
ore bodies are located in a number of geological domains including the Kalgoorlie-Kambalda
belt, the Boulder-Lefroy Structure, the Zuleika Shear, the Coolgardie Belt and Yilgarn-Roe
Structures. At South Kalgoorlie, the mining tenure and geology straddles the three
major fault systems or crystal sutures considered to be the main ore body plumbing
systems of the Kalgoorlie goldfield. The geology consists of Archaean greenstone
stratigraphy of basalts and komatiites with intercalated sediments, tuffs, volcaniclastics
and later felsic intrusives. Late stage and large scale granitic (Proterozoic)
intrusion has stoped out large sections of the greenstone. Quartz filled lode and
shear hosted bodies are the most dominant among many mineralization styles. Large
scale stockwork bodies hosted in felsic volcanics are an important contributor to
bulk tonnage of relatively low grade deposits.
Mining
Operations. The South Kalgoorlie operations are engaged in open pit, underground
and waste rock mining. These operations are subject to all of the underground,
open pit and waste rock mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section. Harmony
intends to revisit its mining strategy and management procedures at these operations
on a regular basis in connection with its effort to minimize mining risks.
At Jubilee,
open cast mining is conducted at the Trojan Pit and a number of smaller open pits.
Harmony employs contractors who use large earthmoving equipment to extract ore
from these pits. Harmony has evolved the Jubilee operations from mining small low-grade
pits and dumps to mining the Trojan Pit. Harmony expects that mining of the Trojan
Pit will commence in June 2003. Deferred stripping of the southern portion of the
Trojan Pit was completed in the quarter ended March 31, 2002 and has resulted in
access to additional mining areas. The surface operations at New Celebration exploit
a number of small short-life and shallow open-cast mines. The primary challenge
facing the South Kalgoorlie operations is that most of the open pits are situated
on small ore bodies, which results in short mines lives. As a result, Harmony must
continuously locate, evaluate, plan, develop and bring into production a succession
of open pits to access additional reserves. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsTo maintain or increase productivity materially above projected
levels, Harmony will need to access additional reserves through development or discovery.
New Celebration
also includes the Mt. Marion underground mine. This mine faces challenges similar
to those faced by the Mt. Magnet underground operations; however, depths at Mt.
Marion are much shallower (500 meter vertical depth versus 1,000 meter vertical
depth at Mt. Magnet). Mt. Marion is a decline mine that has recently switched to
a longhole sub-level caving methodology. The purpose of this change in mining method
is to better manage the geotechnical risks without diminishing returns from the
mine. The Mt. Marion mine also is
89
exposed to other risks typical of mechanized
mines, including geotechnical issues, mine dilution and unpredictable remedial ground
support after mine blasting.
During fiscal
2002, the safety record at Jubilee in terms of lost time frequency rate and fatality
frequency rate was consistent with the Australian industry average and the
safety record at New Celebration compared favorably with the Australian industry
average. Safety standards for other Harmony operations are being applied throughout
the South Kalgoorlie operations and will receive constant and high-level attention.
Where problems are identified, steps are taken to address the situation. Harmony
is making a concerted effort to train line management at newly acquired assets,
including the South Kalgoorlie operations, in Harmony Australias safety practices.
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from the South Kalgoorlie operations, which
were completed by combining historical figures from the Jubilee and New Celebration
operations, for the last three fiscal years:
|
|
Year ended
June 30,
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
1,973
|
|
|
|
2,038
|
|
|
|
2,048
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.069
|
|
|
|
0.081
|
|
|
|
0.079
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
135,366
|
|
|
|
164,553
|
|
|
|
160,869
|
|
Results
of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost (000)
|
|
31,604
|
|
|
|
38,572
|
|
|
|
39,083
|
|
Cash profit/(loss)
(000)
|
|
5,881
|
|
|
|
2,932
|
|
|
|
6,541
|
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
233
|
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
|
243
|
|
Tons milled
in fiscal 2002 were 1,973,000, compared with 2,038,000 in fiscal 2001, and ounces
sold in fiscal 2002 were 135,000, compared with 165,000 in fiscal 2001. These decreases
were primarily attributable to reduced grade and scaling back of the New Celebration
operations prior to Harmonys purchase of Hill 50 mines included in the South
Kalgoorlie operations.
On a simplistic
basis (and assuming no additional reserves are identified) at the production level
achieved in fiscal 2002, the June 30, 2002 reported proven and probable ore reserves
of 7.55 million tons for the South Kalgoorlie operations would be sufficient to
maintain production until approximately fiscal 2004. However, because the South
Kalgoorlie operations consist of several different mining sections that are at various
stages of maturity, it is expected that some sections will decrease production earlier
than others. In addition, any future changes to the assumptions upon which the
ore reserves are based, as well as any unforeseen events affecting production levels,
could have a material effect on the expected period of future operations. See Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys gold reserve
figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions as
to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold, and
may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently estimates.
Following
the New Hampton acquisition, Harmony began implementing the Harmony Way
at Jubilee and following the Hill 50 acquisition, Harmony has been integrating
90
the
Jubilee and New Celebration operations to form the South Kalgoorlie operations.
The restructuring related to these steps included combining the New Hampton and
Hill 50 corporate offices in Perth, which led to the retrenchment of a small number
of administrative employees of New Hampton.
Plants.
The South Kalgoorlie operations include two metallurgical plants, located at
Jubilee and New Celebration. Harmony intends two keep both metallurgical plants
operating for at least the next two years. The Jubilee CIL treatment plant has
been well maintained and is capable of achieving the planned production from the
mining operations. Ore is hauled from the Jubilee open pits to the treatment plant
by conventional road trains.
The New Celebration
plant was commissioned in 1986 as CIP plant and later upgraded in 1988 by the addition
of a larger parallel circuit. The New Celebration plant was operated at a lower
percentage of its total capacity in the quarter ended March 31, 2002. Excess capacity
was utilized in toll processing of third party ores. However, Harmonys management
expects to operate the plant operating at full capacity in fiscal 2003. Actual throughputs
of the South Kalgoorlie plants vary based upon the blend of oxide and sulfide ores
in their feed. Processing capacity is an estimate of nominal throughput based on
a 70% hard (sulfide) and 30% soft (oxide) blend.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for the South Kalgoorlie plants:
Plant
|
Processing
Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Jubilee
|
110,000
|
100,000
|
New Celebration
|
138,000
|
59,000
|
In fiscal
2002, the Jubilee and New Celebration plants recovered approximately 91% and 93%%,
respectively, of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. In fiscal 2002, Harmony made approximately Rand 2.2 million in
capital expenditures at Jubilee, primarily for plant improvements, and Rand 45.9
million on capital expenditures at New Celebration, primarily for underground and
open pit mine development. Harmony has budgeted approximately Rand 92.6 million
($10.6 million) for capital expenditures at the South Kalgoorlie operations during
fiscal 2003, principally for underground and open pit mine development.
Bissett Operations
Introduction.
Harmonys Bissett operations, production at which was suspended in the
quarter ended September 30, 2001 due to mining operations being uneconomical at
then-current gold prices, are located near Bissett in the province of Manitoba,
Canada. Prior to the suspension, mining at Harmonys Bissett operations was
conducted at depths ranging from 1,200 meters to 1,500 meters. Full production
of 1,000 tons of mill throughput per day was achieved by June 2000 prior to the
placing of Bissetts operations on the care and maintenance program discussed
in Mining Operations below. In fiscal 2002, Harmonys Bissett
operation accounted for approximately 0.3% of Harmonys total gold sales.
These sales were from
91
production
during clean up of the plant during the transition
to the care and maintenance program in the quarter ended September 30, 2002.
History.
Harmony purchased the Bissett Gold Mine out of liquidation in June 1998.
The first mining at Bissett occurred in 1932. Though the mine has not been in continuous
operation since that time, in total it has sold in excess of 1.3 million ounces
of gold. In 1995, the previous owners of the mine undertook to recommence mining
at Bissett and completed a pre-production underground exploration, development and
construction program that culminated in a feasibility study. Operations were due
to recommence at a targeted 1,000 mill tons per day throughput in 1997, when the
owners went into liquidation after expenditure of C$85 million.
Geology.
The orebodies at Bissett Gold Mine, located within the Red Lake Archaen greenstone
belt, comprise two major sets of shear-related quartz veins occurring within a steeply-dipping,
intrusive host. One set of veins consists of stockwork breccias and the other narrower,
fault-controlled veins cross-cutting the stockworks. Gold mineralization occurs
in both sets of veins but is enriched at the intersection of the two vein types.
Mining
Operations. Harmony has conducted underground mining at Bissett. Mining at
Bissett has been more mechanized than mining at Harmonys South African underground
mines. Long hole and shrinkage mining techniques have been used to extract the
near vertical orebodies. The Bissett operation is subject to all of the underground
mining risks detailed in the Risk Factors section.
Due to the
moderate depths of the operation, pressure related problems have been infrequent
but actively managed. Due to the mining operations being uneconomical at then-current
gold prices, Harmony decided to suspend production at the Bissett mine in fiscal
2001, and placed the operations on a care and maintenance program during the first
quarter of fiscal 2002. The care and maintenance program involves suspending production
but maintaining some staff to keep the facilities in working order, so that
production can be restarted without significant capital outlays. Harmony intends
to revisit this decision should the gold price recover to sustained levels significantly
above $320 per ounce, and is currently evaluating its options with regard to the
Bissett operations, including the possibility of selling these operations. The
safety record at the Bissett operations during fiscal 2002, in terms of accidents
per hours worked compares favorably with the Canadian industry average.
92
Detailed below
are the operating and production results from underground operations at Bissett
for the past two fiscal years and for the period from October 1, 1999 to June 30,
2000, which was its first recent period of commercial production:
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30, 20021
|
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30, 2001
|
|
Nine months
ended June 30, 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tons (000)
|
|
40
|
|
|
|
293
|
|
|
|
189
|
|
Recovered
grade (ounces/ton)
|
|
0.207
|
|
|
|
0.151
|
|
|
|
0.14
|
|
Gold sold
(ounces)
|
|
8,263
|
|
|
|
44,303
|
|
|
|
26,943
|
|
Results
of operations ($)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash cost
(000)
|
|
905
|
|
|
|
14,636
|
|
|
|
9,589
|
|
Cash profit/(loss)
(000)
|
|
899
|
|
|
|
(391
|
)
|
|
|
(1,351
|
)
|
Cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per ounce
of gold ($)
|
|
109
|
|
|
|
330
|
|
|
|
356
|
|
|
1
|
Production
from clean up of the plant during the transition to care and maintenance in the
quarter ended September 30, 2001.
|
Plant. The
mineralogy of the orebodies is simple and gold is easily extractable using
conventional gravity concentration, CIL and electro-winning processing techniques.
The following
table sets forth processing capacity and average tons milled during fiscal 2002
for the Bissett plant:
Plant
|
Processing
Capacity
|
Average
milled for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
(tons/month)
|
(tons/month)
|
Bissett
|
33,000
|
29,000
1
|
|
1
|
Average monthly
production for months of July and August 2001, during the transition to care and
maintenance.
|
In fiscal
2002, Harmonys plant at its Bissett operations recovered approximately 91%
of the gold contained in the ore delivered for processing.
Capital
Expenditure. In light of its decision to place Bissett on a care and maintenance
program Harmony did not make any significant capital expenditures at Bissett in
fiscal 2002 and did not budget for any significant capital expenditures at Bissett
in fiscal 2003.
Aurion Gold and Placer Dome
Harmony made
its first investment in the Australian gold mining industry in February 4, 2000,
when Harmony purchased 32,770,992 shares of Goldfields (Australia). On October
5, 2000, Harmony concluded the purchase from Hanson plc of 10.58 million Goldfields
(Australia) shares at a price of A$1.425 per share for a total consideration of
$8.8 million, financed through the issue of 2.2 million Harmony ordinary shares
at Rand 37.45 per share. Harmonys stake in Goldfields (Australia) was approximately
22.96%. Effective December 31, 2001, Delta was merged into Goldfields (Australia).
In connection with the merger, holders of Delta shares received 187 Goldfields
(Australia) shares in exchange for every 200 Delta shares held. Harmonys
stake in Goldfields (Australia) following the merger was
93
diluted to approximately
9.8%. In February 2002, Goldfields (Australia) changed its name to AurionGold Limited.
On October
23, 2001, Gold Fields granted Harmony an exclusive option to negotiate the possible
acquisition from Gold Fields of the St. Helena and Oryx mines in the Free State
Province. Harmony, in return, granted Gold Fields an exclusive option to negotiate
the acquisition of Harmonys stake in AurionGold. These agreements expired,
without exercise, on February 15, 2002. On May 25, 2002, Harmony and Placer Dome
entered into an agreement under which Harmony accepted Placer Domes offer
to acquire all of Harmonys interest in AurionGold subject to specified conditions.
Pursuant to the offer, Harmony would receive 17.5 newly-issued Placer Dome ordinary
shares for every 100 AurionGold ordinary shares tendered. On July 29, 2002, Harmony
announced that Placer Dome had increased its offer by adding a cash payment of A$0.35
per AurionGold ordinary share. Harmony accepted this revised offer, which had become
unconditional as of July 29, 2002. The transaction was completed on August 6, 2002.
As a result, Harmony obtained a 1.9% interest in Placer Dome. Placer Dome is a
major international gold producer with mining operations in Canada, the United States,
Australia, Papua New Guinea, South Africa and Chile.
REGULATION
Mineral Rights
South African
law provides for the separate ownership of surface and mineral rights. It is therefore
possible for one person to own the surface of a property, another to own rights
to precious metals and yet another to own rights to base minerals. Harmony controls
mineral rights by way of ownership, mining rights and mining authorizations.
Currently,
approximately two-thirds of South Africas mineral rights are in private hands.
The South African government investigated the structure of mineral ownership in
the country, with the view of making access to minerals easier for small and emerging
mining companies.
After the
election of a democratic government in South Africa in 1994, the issue of mineral
rights was reviewed.
On June 26,
2002, the South African parliament passed the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development
Act. The Act will come into force on a date to be fixed by the President in the
Government Gazette. The principal objectives set out in the Act are:
|
|
To recognize
the internationally accepted right of the state of South Africa to exercise full
and permanent sovereignty over all the mineral and petroleum resources within South
Africa;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To give effect
to the principle of the States custodianship of the nations mineral
and petroleum resources;
|
94
|
|
To promote
equitable access to South Africas mineral and petroleum resources to all the
people of South Africa and redress the impact of past discrimination;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To substantially
and meaningfully expand opportunities for historically disadvantaged persons, including
women, to enter the mineral and petroleum industry and to benefit from the exploitation
of South Africas mineral and petroleum resources;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To promote
economic growth and mineral and petroleum resources development in South Africa;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To promote
employment and advance the social and economic welfare of all South Africans;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To provide
security of tenure in respect of prospecting, exploration, mining and production
operations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To give effect
to Section 24 of the South African Constitution by ensuring that South Africas
mineral and petroleum resources are developed in an orderly and ecologically sustainable
manner while promoting justifiable social and economic development;
|
|
|
|
|
|
To follow
the principle that mining companies keep and use their mineral rights, with no expropriation
and with guaranteed compensation for mineral rights; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
To ensure
that holders of mining and production rights contribute towards socioeconomic development
of the areas in which they are operating.
|
Under the
Act, tenure over established operations will be secure for 30 years (and renewable
for 30 years thereafter), provided that mining companies obtain new licenses over
existing operations within five years of the date of enactment of the Act and fulfill
requirements specified in the Mining Charter.
The latest
draft of the Mining Charter was released on October 11, 2002. The principles contained
in the Mining Charter relate to the transfer, over a ten-year period, of 26% of
South Africas mining assets to historically disadvantaged South Africans,
as defined in the Mining Charter. Under the Mining Charter, the South African mining
industry has committed to securing financing to fund participation of historically
disadvantaged South Africans in an amount of R100 billion within the first
five years of the Mining Charters tenure. The Mining Charter provides for
the review of the participation process after five years to determine what further
steps, if any, are needed to achieve the 26% target participation. The Mining Charter
requires programs for black economic empowerment and the promotion of value-added
production, such as jewelry-making and other gold fabrication, in South Africa.
The Mining Charter also sets out targets for broad-based black economic empowerment
in the areas of human resources, skill development, employment equality,
procurement and beneficiation. In addition,
95
the Mining Charter addresses other socioeconomic
issues are addressed, such as migrant labor, housing and living conditions.
Harmony
actively carries out mining and
exploration activities in all of its material mineral rights areas. Accordingly,
Harmony does not believe that the Act will have a significant impact on these mining
and exploration activities because Harmony will be eligible to apply for new licenses
over its existing operations, provided that it complies with the Mining Charter.
Harmony has begun taking steps to comply with the expected provisions of the Mining
Charter, such as promoting value-added production, exploring black empowerment initiatives
and increasing worker participation. Harmony is currently evaluating the impact
that the Mining Charter may have with regard to its operations and no assurance
can be given as to when the Mining Charter will be finalized or what the final form
of the Mining Charter will contain. Harmony expects that there will be costs involved
in complying with the Mining Charter, which may have an adverse impact on the profits
generated by Harmonys operations in South Africa.
The Act
also makes reference to royalties
being payable to the state in terms of the Money Bill, which is currently being
drafted and is expected to be available for public comment in early 2003. The introduction
of the Money Bill as law may have an adverse impact on the profits generated by
Harmonys operations in South Africa. Harmony is currently evaluating the
impact that the proposed Money Bill may have with regard to its operations and no
assurance can be given as to whether or when the proposed Money Bill will be published
for comment or enacted.
The Act
(i) limits ministerial discretion,
(ii) introduces a first-come first-served principle with respect to the consideration
of applications, (iii) introduces a mining advisory board, (iv) provides for compensation
for currently held rights, and (v) ensures that current mining right holders that
are actively engaged in developing their rights will not have to reapply for their
rights. An aggrieved party will have the right of appeal to either the Director
General or the Minister and may only take matters to the courts once that party
has exhausted his or her remedies in terms of the appeal procedures that are to
be set forth.
In
Australia, most mineral rights belong
to the government, and mining companies must pay royalties to the government based
on production. There are, however, limited areas where the government granted freehold
estates without reserving mineral rights. New Hampton has freehold ownership of
its Jubilee mining areas, but the other mineral rights in Harmonys Australian
operations belong to the Australian government and are subject to royalty payments.
In addition, current Australian law generally requires native title approval to
be obtained before a mining license can be granted and mining operations can commence.
New Hampton and Hill 50 have approved mining leases for most of their reserves,
including all reserves that are currently being mined, and Bendigo has an approved
mining license for its current development area. If New Hampton, Hill 50 or Bendigo
desired to expand operations into additional areas under exploration, these operations
would need to convert the relevant exploration licenses prior to commencing mining,
and that process could require native title approval. There can be no assurance
that any approval would be received.
96
Environmental Matters
Pursuant
to South African law, mine properties
must be rehabilitated upon closure. Mining companies are required by law to submit
Environmental Management Program Reports, or EMPRs, to the Department of Minerals
and Energy. EMPRs identify the rehabilitation issues for a mine and must also be
approved by other South African government departments including, but not restricted
to, the Department of Water Affairs and Forestry.
EMPRs
have been prepared and submitted for
all of Harmonys South African operations (including the Free Gold Company,
which is described below). With the exception of the Kalgold EMPR, these
EMPRs have been approved. The Kalgold EMPR is in the process of being approved
by the authorities. Harmony does not anticipate any difficulties in obtaining approval
for any of this EMPR. All of Harmonys South African mining operations, including
Kalgold (but excluding the Free Gold Company), have permanent mining authorizations.
The process of preparing and submitting EMPRs has improved the mutual co-operation
and information sharing between Harmony and the relevant government departments.
Harmony has met and intends to continue to meet on a regular basis with the relevant
government departments to continue the EMPR process and to ensure the environmental
impact of Harmonys mining operations are managed in accordance with applicable
regulatory requirements and industry standards.
The Free
Gold assets are currently operating
in accordance with AngloGolds approved EMPRs. The Free Gold Company has completed
the required revisions to these EMPRs and has submitted them to the authorities
for approval. Harmony does not anticipate any difficulties in obtaining approval
for these EMPRs. The Free Gold Company mining authorizations are renewed on a six-month
basis pending approval of these EMPRs.
In fiscal
2002, water quality became one
of the main focus areas of the South African mining industry. All water uses are
now being licensed, and Harmony has submitted water-use registrations required by
the National Water Act of 1998. Harmony has also developed water management plans
for all of its South African operations. In addition, in response to concerns that
water from the Western Basin, located at Harmonys Randfontein operations,
might reach the Sterkfontein caves (a nearby World Heritage site), Harmony has initiated
a study to evaluate the extent of this risk and has implemented measures to divert
the water away from Sterkfontein caves.
Bissett,
which does not own mineral rights,
operates pursuant to a mining lease and an environmental license. While the license
has no term, it may be revoked, temporarily or permanently, should Harmony Canada
fail to comply with the terms of the license, which include maintaining the facility.
The lease has a term of 21 years, commencing April 1, 1992.
Harmonys
Australian operations must
comply with mining lease tenement conditions set by the Department of Minerals and
Energy, the Mining Act (1978), the Department of Environmental Protection operating
licenses, and water abstraction licenses issued by the Water and Rivers commission
for each of its sites. Harmonys Australian operations must also comply with
numerous environmental acts and bills. As a result, Harmony must make provisions
for mining rehabilitation whenever mining is commenced at a new site in
97
Australia.
While Harmony believes that its current provision for compliance with such requirements
is reasonable, any future changes and development in Australian environmental
laws and regulations may adversely affect these Australian operations.
In
Western Australia under the Mining Act
(1978), all tenements are covered by environmental performance bonds that cannot
be relinquished or completed without the approval of the Australian Department of
Mineral Resources. These are re-assessed on an annual basis following the issuing
of an annual environmental report and generally are audited by the regional inspector.
As areas are successfully rehabilitated and approval is obtained, the bond requirement
is reduced, and as greater areas are disturbed the bond requirement increases.
Any new aspects of the operation are also assessed and the bond is established prior
to approval and subsequent commencement of operations.
Audits
are generally conducted on a bi-annual
basis by the Australian Department of Environmental Protection to determine compliance
with the relevant operating license(s). There are no outstanding major non-compliance
issues against New Hamptons license or Hill 50s license.
Bendigo
operates tenements granted under
the Victorian Mineral Resources Development Act (1990), administered by the Department
of Natural Resources and Environment. Operations that involve a deliberate discharge
to the environment are subject to the Victorian Environment Protection Authority.
Conditions attached to approvals include requirements for environmental management,
monitoring and protection. While Bendigo has made allowances for the expected costs
of complying with these conditions, any future changes and development in
Australian environmental laws and regulations may increase these costs.
Each
of Harmonys mines has a person
dedicated to environmental matters who, in addition to organizing the implementation
of the environmental management programs, monitors the impact of the mine on the
environment and responds to impacts that require specific attention outside of the
normal program of environmental activities.
The
primary environmental focus at most
of Harmonys operations is water management and the administration of areas
outside the operating plants and shafts. The major objective is to ensure that
water is of a quality fit for use by downstream users.
Based
on current environmental and regulatory
requirements, Harmony accrues for the estimated rehabilitation expense in full when
mining commences and then amortizes these environmental rehabilitation costs over
the operating life of a mine. It also makes annual contributions to environmental
trust funds created in accordance with South African statutory requirements, to
provide for the estimated cost of pollution control and rehabilitation during and
at the end of the life of a mine. Estimates of the ultimate rehabilitation liability
are subject to change as a result of future changes in regulations or cost estimates.
While
the ultimate amount of rehabilitation
costs to be incurred in the future is uncertain, Harmony has estimated that the
total cost for Harmony in current monetary terms to rehabilitate its mine properties
will be approximately Rand 1,085 million ($124.1 million). This figure includes
estimates for rehabilitation costs at Elandskraal, New Hampton and Hill 50, as
98
well
as Harmonys proportionate interest of rehabilitation costs at the Free Gold
assets. There can be no assurance, however, that this estimate reflects or approximates
actual costs to be incurred.
Harmony
intends to fund its ultimate rehabilitation
costs from the money invested in the environmental trust funds, as well as the proceeds
from the sale of assets and gold from plant clean-up at the time of mine closure.
The requirements imposed upon mining companies to ensure environmental restitution,
however, are currently under review and it is possible that this will result in
additional costs and liabilities in particular with regard to the management of
hazardous wastes, the pollution of ground and ground water systems and the duty
to rehabilitate closed mines.
Health and Safety Matters
The
Mine Health and Safety Act.
For many years, the safety of people working in South African mines and quarries
was controlled by the Mines and Works Act of 1956 and subsequently the Minerals
Act of 1991. Several incidents in mines in recent years indicated that this legislation
needed to be updated and revised. The findings of the Leon Commission of Inquiry
into Health and Safety in the Mining Industry in April 1994 led to the drafting
of new legislation, which resulted in the Mine Health and Safety Act No. 29 of 1996,
or the Mine Health and Safety Act. The Mine Health and Safety Act was the result
of intensive discussions and consultations between government, employers and employee
representatives over an extended period of time, and came into force on January
15, 1997. The objectives of the Mine Health and Safety Act are:
|
|
to protect
the health and safety of persons at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to require
employers and employees to identify hazards and eliminate, control and minimize
the risks relating to health and safety at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to give effect
to the public international law obligations of South Africa that concern health
and safety at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to provide
for employee participation in matters of health and safety through health and safety
representatives and the health and safety committees at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to provide
for effective monitoring of health and safety conditions at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to provide
for enforcement of health and safety measures at mines;
|
|
|
|
|
|
to provide
for investigations and inquiries to improve health and safety at mines; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
to promote
|
|
|
a culture
of health and safety in the mining industry;
|
99
|
|
training in
health and safety in the mining industry; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
co-operation
and consultation on health and safety between the State, employers, employees and
their representatives.
|
The Mine Health
and Safety Act prescribes
general and specific duties for employers and others, determines penalties and a
system of administrative fines, and provides for employee participation by requiring
the appointment of health and safety representatives, and through the establishment
of health and safety committees. It also entrenches the right of employees to refuse
dangerous work. Finally, it describes the powers and functions of a mine health
and safety inspectorate and the process of enforcement.
It is anticipated
that mining companies will incur additional expenditures in order to comply with the legislations
requirements. Management anticipates that such additional expenditures will not
have a material adverse effect upon Harmonys results of operations or financial
condition, although there can be no assurance of this.
HIV/AIDS Policy. Harmony currently
estimates that the HIV/AIDS infection rate among Harmonys South African workforce
is approximately 28%, a figure which Harmony believes is consistent with the overall
infection rate in South Africa. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsAIDS poses
risks to Harmony in terms of productivity and costs. Harmony is actively pursuing AIDS awareness
campaigns with its South African workforce and is also providing medical assistance and separation
packages for employees who decide to leave their place of work and return home for care. Harmony
currently believes that the prevalence of AIDS-related diseases among its Australian workforce is not
material to its Australian operations.
On September 19, 2002, Harmony entered into
an agreement with the NUM, the South African Equity Workers Association and the
United Association of South Africa in which Harmony and these labor unions agreed
to implement initiatives aimed at reducing the spread of HIV infection among Harmonys
South African workforce and the surrounding communities, providing for the
treatment and care of employees who are HIV-positive or suffering from AIDS-related
diseases, and ensuring that the rights of employees living with HIV/AIDS are upheld
in compliance with existing legislation. In connection with this agreement, Harmony
is implementing the Harmony Declares War Against HIV/AIDS initiative,
a comprehensive strategy to address HIV/AIDS at its South African operations and
in surrounding communities. This initiative will include education programs to
promote healthy living and provide information about HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted
infections and pulmonary tuberculosis. Harmony expects to also provide voluntary
testing, counseling, psychotherapy and other support, as well as health care for
affected and infected employees, including wellness clinics and treatment at company
hospitals and medical stations. As has been its policy prior to the agreement,
Harmony will not perform pre-employment HIV/AIDS testing or require testing for
its employees, and will maintain the confidentiality of all employees or prospective
employees medical information.
100
Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and Prospects
You should read the following discussion
and analysis together with the consolidated financial statements, including the
related notes, and the pro forma condensed income statement, including the related
notes, appearing elsewhere in this annual report.
OVERVIEW
Harmony and its subsidiaries conduct underground
and surface gold mining and related activities, including exploration, extraction,
processing, smelting and refining. Harmony is the third largest gold producer in
South Africa and one of the largest gold producers in the world.
Harmonys
operations have grown significantly
since 1995, largely through acquisitions. Since 1995, Harmony has expanded from
a lease-bound mining operation into an independent world-class gold producer. Harmonys
gold sales have increased from 650,312 ounces of gold in fiscal 1995 to 2,388,458
ounces of gold in fiscal 2002. These figures include sales from Elandskraal and
New Hampton (each of which was acquired in fiscal 2001) and three months of sales
from Hill 50 (which was acquired in fiscal 2002), but exclude sales from the Free
Gold Company (in which Harmony acquired a 50% interest in fiscal 2002).
On January
31, 2001, Harmony entered into
an agreement to purchase the assets and liabilities of the Elandskraal mines from
AngloGold for approximately Rand 1 billion. Harmony and AngloGold jointly managed
the Elandskraal mines between February 1, 2001 and April 9, 2001 and Harmony completed
the purchase on April 9, 2001. The operating results of the Elandskraal mines for
the months of February and March 2001, which amounted to a loss of $1.4 million,
were treated as pre-acquisition costs. Elandskraal sold 476,059 ounces of gold
in fiscal 2002, which were included in Harmonys gold sales for fiscal 2002.
See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsElandskraal Operations.
On November
21, 2001, Harmony and ARMGold
reached an agreement in principle with AngloGold to purchase the Free Gold assets,
subject to specified conditions. Pursuant to the subsequently executed definitive
agreements, the Free Gold assets were purchased by the Free Gold Company (in which
Harmony and ARMGold each has a 50% interest) for Rand 2,200 million ($206.8 million
at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00), plus an amount equal to any
liability for taxes payable by AngloGold in connection with the sale. Rand 1,800
million ($169.2 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) of the purchase
price, plus accrued interest, was paid by the Free Gold Company in April 2002 following
the fulfillment of all conditions precedent and Rand 400 million ($37.5 million
at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) is payable by the Free Gold Company under
an interest-free loan on January 1, 2005. The additional amount relating to taxes
is payable by the Free Gold Company as and when the tax liability becomes payable
by AngloGold. The Free Gold Company has estimated that this tax liability will
be approximately Rand 632 million ($59.4 million at an exchange rate of
R10.64 per $1.00) and will be payable in March 2003. The Free Gold Company
assumed management control of the Free Gold assets from January 1, 2002, and completed
the acquisition on April 23, 2002 (the date on which all conditions precedent to
the
101
transaction were fulfilled). See Item 4.
Information on the CompanyBusinessHistory and
Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining Operations.
During Harmonys fiscal 2002, sales from the Free Gold assets amounted to 1,143,243 ounces of
gold and Harmonys interest in two months of these sales (reflecting the period from May 1,
2002 to June 30, 2002) totaled 104,005 attributable ounces. Because Harmony equity
accounts for its 50% interest in the Free Gold Company, sales from the Free Gold
assets are not included in Harmonys sales figures in this annual report.
For more information on Harmonys consolidation policy, see note 2(b) to the
consolidated financial statements.
For purposes
of U.S. GAAP, Harmony equity
accounted for its interest in the Free Gold Company with effect from May 1, 2002
and the purchase price of the Free Gold assets was determined to be Rand 2,213 million
($208.0 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00). This figure is the sum
of the cash payment of Rand 1,800 million ($169.2 million at an exchange rate of
R10.64 per $1.00), the fair value of the interest-free loan of Rand 270 million
($25.4 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00) and the estimated tax payable
to AngloGold of Rand 632 ($59.4 million at an exchange rate of R10.64 per $1.00),
offset by the cash flows of Rand 489 million ($46.0 million at an exchange rate
of R10.64 per $1.00) generated by the Free Gold assets during the period from January
1, 2002 until the completion of the acquisition on April 23, 2002 (the date on which
all conditions precedent to the transaction were fulfilled).
Harmony
conducts Australian operations through
two recently acquired Australian gold mining companies: New Hampton, acquired with
effect from April 1, 2001, and Hill 50, acquired with effect from April 1,
2002. Harmony closed its offer for all of the outstanding shares of New Hampton
on July 12, 2001, and subsequently completed a compulsory acquisition of the remaining
shares and options under the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange. The
total cash bid valued New Hampton at approximately A$56.3 million (R228.2 million
at an exchange rate of R4.05 per A$1.00, or $28.5 million at an exchange
rate of R8.00 per $1.00). Harmony closed its offer for all of the outstanding shares
and listed options of Hill 50 on May 3, 2002 and subsequently completed a compulsory
acquisition of the remaining shares and options under the rules of the Australian
Stock Exchange. The total cash bid valued Hill 50 at approximately A$233 million
(R1,419 million at an exchange rate of R6.09 per A$1.00, or $124.8 million at an
exchange rate of R11.37 per $1.00). In an effort to increase efficiency and reduce
corporate expenditures, in the quarter ended June 30, 2002 Harmony integrated New
Hamptons Jubilee operations with Hill 50s New Celebration operations
to form the South Kalgoorlie operations and combined the corporate offices of New
Hampton and Hill 50 in Perth. With effect from April 1, 2002, Harmony reports the
New Hampton and Hill 50 operating results together within an Australian Operations
segment. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHistory and
Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsAustralian Operations. New Hampton sold 191,521
ounces of gold in fiscal 2002, which were included in Harmonys gold sales
for fiscal 2002, and Hill 50 sold 275,185 ounces of gold in fiscal 2002, three
months of which, or 61,472 ounces, were included in Harmonys gold sales
for fiscal 2002. On a pro forma basis, the combined gold sales of Harmony (including
Elandskraal, New Hampton and Hill 50, but excluding the Free Gold Company) would
have been 2,602,171 ounces for fiscal 2002.
102
On December
14, 2001, Harmony acquired 294
million ordinary shares of Bendigo, a single project Australian gold mining development
company, for a total purchase price of approximately A$50 million (R292 million
at an exchange rate of R5.84 per A$1.00, or $22.8 million at an exchange
rate of R12.80 per $1.00). As of June 30, 2002, Harmony held a stake of
approximately 31.8% in Bendigo.
On May 31,
2002, Harmony acquired ordinary
shares representing approximately 25% of the outstanding share capital of
Highland Gold for a purchase price of $18.9 million. On June 28, 2002, Highland
Gold issued 750,000 additional shares to Harmony for a purchase price of £7,500
($11,925 at an exchange rate of $1.59 per £1.00), which increased Harmonys
aggregate interest to approximately 32.5% of Highland Golds outstanding share
capital. Highland Gold is a privately held company organized under the laws of
Jersey, Channel Islands. Highland Gold holds Russian gold mining assets and mineral
rights, including an operating mine and development projects.
On November 22,
2002 Harmony purchased approximately
21.0% of the outstanding share capital of High River for a total purchase price
of $14.5 million. High River is a company organized under the laws of Ontario,
Canada that is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and holds gold mining assets
in Russia, Canada and West Africa, including an interest in two operating mines
in Russia, an agreement to acquire ownership of a development project in Russia,
an ownership interest in an operating mine in Canada and an ownership interest in
a development project in Burkina Faso.
Harmonys
strategy for growth has generally
been to acquire existing underperforming mines and turn them into profitable business
units by introducing low-cost mining methods. See Item 4. Information on
the CompanyBusinessStrategy. Harmony generally targets producing
mines that offer turnaround opportunities, with the aim of improving the overall
quality and volume of their production profiles. Harmony intends to continue expanding
through acquisitions both in South Africa and internationally, in addition to pursuing
organic growth by investing in greenfield and brownfield developments made relatively
more attractive by the recent increase in gold prices. See Item 4. Information
on the CompanyBusinessStrategy.
Because Harmony
has acquired a large number
of significant gold mining operations since 1996, its financial results for each
of the years since 1996 may not be directly comparable.
CRITICAL ACCOUNTING POLICIES
In response to
the Securities and Exchange
Commissions, or the SECs, Release No. 33-8040, Cautionary Advice
Regarding Disclosure About Critical Accounting Policies, Harmony has identified
the most critical accounting policies upon which its financial status depends.
Some of Harmonys accounting policies require the application of significant
judgment by management in selecting the appropriate assumptions for calculating
financial estimates. By their nature, these judgments are subject to an inherent
degree of uncertainty and are based on Harmonys historical experience, terms
of existing contracts, managements view on trends in the gold mining industry
and information from outside sources.
103
Harmonys
significant accounting policies
are described in more detail in note 2 to the consolidated financial statements
and in relevant sections of this annual report. This discussion and analysis should
be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and related notes
included elsewhere in this annual report. Harmonys management has identified
the following as critical accounting policies because estimates used in applying
these policies are subject to material risks and uncertainties. Harmonys
management believes the following critical accounting policies, together with the
other significant accounting policies discussed in the notes to the consolidated
financial statements, affect its more significant judgments and estimates used in
the preparation of the consolidated financial statements and could potentially impact
Harmonys financial results and future financial performance.
Amortization
of mining assets. Amortization
charges are calculated using the units of production method and are based on Harmonys
current gold production as a percentage of total expected gold production
over the lives of Harmonys mines. The lives of the mines are estimated by
Harmonys geology department using interpretations of mineral reserves, as
determined in accordance with the SECs industry guide number 7. The estimate
of the total expected future lives of Harmonys mines could be materially different
from the actual amount of gold mined in the future and the actual lives of the mines
due to changes in the factors used in determining Harmonys mineral reserves,
such as the gold price, foreign currency exchange rates and working costs. Any
change in managements estimate of the total expected future lives of Harmonys
mines would impact the amortization charge recorded in the consolidated financial
statements. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including assumptions
as to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price of gold,
and may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony currently
estimates.
Valuation
of long-lived assets.
Management regularly reviews the carrying value of Harmonys long-lived mining
assets to determine whether their carrying values, as recorded in the consolidated
financial statements, are appropriate. These reviews, which are carried out on
an annual basis and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the
carrying values may not be recoverable, are based on projections of anticipated
future cash flows to be generated by utilizing the long-lived assets. While management
believes that these estimates of future cash flows are reasonable, different assumptions
regarding projected gold prices, production costs and foreign currency exchange
rates could materially affect the anticipated cash flows to be generated by the
long-lived assets, thereby affecting the evaluations of the carrying values of the
long-lived assets. For more information regarding the circumstances under which
Harmony records an impairment in the carrying value of long-lived assets, see Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsImpairment of Assets.
Hedging and
financial derivatives
.. Harmony accounts for its derivative financial instruments in accordance with FAS
133. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
RiskGeneral. The determination of the fair value of hedging instruments
and financial derivatives, when marked to market, takes into account estimates such
as projected commodity prices, interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates
under prevailing market conditions, depending on the nature of the hedging and financial
derivatives. These estimates may differ materially from actual commodity prices,
interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates prevailing at the maturity dates
of the hedging and financial derivatives
104
and, therefore, may materially influence
the values assigned to the hedging and financial derivatives, which may result in
a charge to or an increase in Harmonys earnings at the maturity dates of the
hedging and financial derivatives.
Environmental
rehabilitation costs. Harmony makes provision for environmental rehabilitation costs and related
liabilities based on managements interpretations of current environmental and regulatory
requirements. In addition, final environmental rehabilitation obligations are estimated based on these
interpretations, with provisions made over the expected lives of Harmonys mines. While management
believes that the environmental rehabilitation provisions made are adequate and that the interpretations
applied are appropriate, the amounts estimated for the future liabilities may differ materially from the
costs that will actually be incurred to rehabilitate Harmonys mine sites in the future. In
particular, changes and development in environmental regulation and regulatory requirements may increase
the costs of environmental rehabilitation. If management determines that an insufficient rehabilitation
provision has been created, earnings will be adjusted as appropriate in the period that the determination
is made. For more information regarding the environmental regulations applicable to
Harmonys operations, see Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsHarmonys operations are subject to extensive government regulations,
Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmony is subject to extensive environmental
regulations and Item 3. Key InformationBusinessRegulatory and Environmental
MattersEnvironmental Matters.
Employee benefits. Managements
determination of Harmonys obligation and expense for pension and provident
funds, as well as post retirement health care liabilities, depends on the selection
of certain assumptions used by actuaries to calculate the relevant amounts. These
assumptions are described in note 23 to the consolidated financial statements and
include, among others, the expected long-term rate of return of plan assets, the
expected South African mortality rates and no increase in employer contributions.
Actual results that differ from managements assumptions are accumulated and
charged over future periods, which will generally affect Harmonys recognized
expense and recorded obligation in future periods. While management believes that
these assumptions are appropriate, significant changes in the assumptions may materially
affect Harmonys pension and other post retirement obligations as well as future
expenses, which will result in an impact on earnings in the periods that the changes
in the assumptions occur.
Stock-based compensation. Effective
July 1, 2001 Harmony adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation, or FAS 123, for all stock option grants
subsequent to that date. FAS 123 requires that Harmony determine the fair value
of a stock option as of the date of the grant, which is then amortized as stock-based
compensation expense in the income statement over the vesting period of the option
grant. Harmony has determined the fair value of its fiscal 2002 option grants using
the binomial model, which requires that Harmony make assumptions regarding the estimated
life of the option, share price volatility and Harmonys expected dividend
yield. While Harmonys management believes that these assumptions are appropriate,
the use of different assumptions could have a material impact on the fair value
of the option grant and the related recognition of stock-based compensation expense
in the consolidated income statement.
105
Revenues
Substantially all of Harmonys revenues
are derived from the sale of gold. As a result, Harmonys operating results
are directly related to the price of gold. Historically, the price of gold has
fluctuated widely. The gold price is affected by numerous factors over which Harmony
does not have control. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsThe
profitability of Harmonys operations, and the cash flows generated by those
operations, are affected by changes in the market price for gold, which in the past
has fluctuated widely.
As a general rule, Harmony sells the gold
it produces at market prices to obtain the maximum benefit from prevailing gold
prices and does not enter into hedging arrangements such as forward sales or derivatives
that establish a price in advance for the sale of its future gold production. As
required by financing agreements which Harmony entered into in connection with the
financing of the acquisition of the Bissett mine in Canada, Harmony hedged a certain
amount of Bissetts production. These hedges were closed out or had expired
by May 31, 2001. In February 2001, as required by the commitment for financing
of the syndicated loan facility that Harmony entered into in connection with the
acquisitions of New Hampton and the Elandskraal mines, Harmony protected some of
its production from downward movements in the gold price by entering into put options
relating to the delivery of 1 million ounces of Harmonys 2001 and 2002 production.
The put options covered 83,333 ounces per month for 12 months, commencing on March
29, 2001, at a price of Rand 64,000 per kilogram (Rand 1,990 per ounce). Harmony
paid Rand 29 million to secure these put options. Harmony closed out these put
options during July 2001 and received Rand 3 million. See Item 11. Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
A significant proportion of the production
at Randfontein was already hedged when acquired by Harmony. On April 12, 2002,
Harmony announced that it had completed the process of closing out all of the Randfontein
hedge contracts, including closing forward sales contracts and call options covering
a total of approximately 490,000 ounces and forward purchases covering a total of
200,000 ounces.
In addition, a substantial proportion of
the production at each of New Hampton and Hill 50 was already hedged when acquired
by Harmony and remains hedged. In fiscal 2002, in line with Harmonys strategy
of being generally unhedged, Harmony reduced New Hamptons hedge book by over
900,000 ounces. In fiscal 2002, Harmony also combined and restructured the
overall hedge portfolio of Harmonys Australian operations (which include New
Hampton and Hill 50). All of these hedge positions are now commodity sales agreements,
under which Harmony must deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date in
exchange for an agreed-upon price. For accounting purposes, these commodity sales
agreements qualify for the normal purchase, normal sales exception, which exempts
them from the provisions of FAS 133. These commodity sales agreements covered,
as of September 30, 2002, approximately 1,689,705 ounces over a seven-year period
at an average strike price of A$532 per ounce ($287 at an exchange rate of $0.54
per A$1.00). Harmony intends to reduce the remaining hedge positions of the Australian
operations gradually by delivering gold pursuant to the relevant agreements.
The cost to Harmony of closing out Randfontein
hedge positions in fiscal 2002 was approximately $22 million (before taxes). There
was no cost to Harmony involved in
106
closing New Hampton hedge positions in fiscal
2002. There was also no cost to Harmony involved in closing out Randfontein or
New Hampton hedge positions in fiscal 2001. In fiscal 2000, the cost of closing
out Randfontein hedge positions was approximately $10 million.
In December 2001, in response to significant
depreciation in the Rand and to protect itself against possible appreciation of
the Rand against the U.S. dollar, Harmony entered into Rand-U.S. dollar currency
forward exchange contracts intended to cover estimated revenues from the Free State
operations planned production for calendar 2002. Harmony fixed the Rand-U.S.
dollar exchange rate for a total of $192 million at an average exchange rate of
Rand 11.20 per U.S. dollar. As of December 13, 2002, $15 million was remaining
under these contracts at an average exchange rate of Rand 11.31 per U.S. dollar.
This measure, however, is not expected to fully protect Harmony from sustained
fluctuations in the value of the Rand relative to the U.S. dollar since it covers
only a limited amount, it expires on December 31, 2002 and Harmony does not expect
to renew or repeat it. See Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures
About Market RiskForeign Currency Sensitivity.
Significant changes in the price of gold
over a sustained period of time may lead Harmony to increase or decrease its production
in the near-term.
Harmonys realized gold price
The average gold price in U.S. dollars received
by Harmony generally declined from fiscal 1999 through the quarter ended
December 31, 2001, but increased during the six months ended June 30, 2002. In
fiscal 2002, the average gold price in U.S. dollars received by Harmony was $283
per ounce. The market price for gold (and, accordingly, the price received
by Harmony) is affected by numerous factors over which Harmony has no control.
See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsThe profitability of Harmonys
operations, and the cash flows generated by those operations, are affected
by changes in the market price for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely.
The following table sets out the average,
the high and the low London Bullion Market price of gold and Harmonys average
U.S. dollar sales price during the past three fiscal years:
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($/oz)
|
|
|
Average
|
|
289
|
|
266
|
|
280
|
High
|
|
327
|
|
291
|
|
319
|
Low
|
|
265
|
|
256
|
|
269
|
Harmonys
average sales price1
|
|
283
|
|
276
|
|
290
|
|
1
|
Harmonys
average sales price differs from the average gold price due to the timing
of its sales of gold within each year and due to the effect of delivering under
the commodity hedge contracts acquired in the New Hampton and Hill 50 transactions.
|
Costs
Harmonys cash costs and expenses typically
make up over 80% of its total costs. The remainder of Harmonys total costs
consists primarily of exploration and new business costs, employment termination
costs, corporate and sundry expenditure, and depreciation and
107
amortization. Harmonys
cash costs consist primarily of production costs. Production costs are incurred
on labor, stores and utilities. Labor costs are the largest component and typically
comprise approximately 50% of Harmonys production costs. Harmony has reduced
its overall cash costs from approximately $305 per ounce in fiscal
1998 to approximately $196 per ounce in fiscal 2002.
Harmonys costs are very sensitive
to the Rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate. The South African Rand depreciated significantly
against the U.S. dollar in fiscal 2002. See Item 5. Operating and Financial
Review and ProspectsExchange Rates. Depreciation of the Rand against
the U.S. dollar decreases working costs at Harmonys South African operations
when those costs are translated into U.S. dollars. See Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsBecause most of Harmonys production costs are in Rand,
while gold is generally sold in U.S. dollars, Harmonys financial condition
could be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of the Rand.
Harmonys total cash costs also reflect
movement in deferred stripping ratios for open pit mines. Harmony defers the cost
of stripping when the actual stripping ratio exceeds the expected average stripping
ratio over the life of mine. The actual stripping ratio is calculated as the ratio
of overburden tons (tons that need to be removed to access ore) to tons of ore mined
for the period. Harmony charges the cost of stripping (as a production cost) when
the actual stripping ratio is equal to or less than the expected average stripping
ratio over the life of the mine. Expected average stripping ratios over the lives
of mines are recalculated annually in light of additional knowledge and changes
in estimates, including changes to the expected lives of mines. Each ratio is calculated
as the ratio of (i) the total overburden tons deferred at the calculation date and
future anticipated overburden tons to (ii) the anticipated future ore to be mined.
Changes in Harmonys ore reserve statement and mine plan, which will include
changes in future ore and overburden tons, will result in changes to the expected
average stripping ratio over the life of the mine, which will impact the amounts
deferred or charged. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys
gold reserve figures are estimates based on a number of assumptions, including
assumptions as to mining and recovery factors, future production costs and the price
of gold, and may yield less gold under actual production conditions than Harmony
currently estimates. If the expected average stripping ratio over the life
of a mine is revised upwards, relatively lower stripping costs will, in the future,
be deferred in each period, or a relatively higher amount will be charged. The
opposite is true when the expected average stripping ratio over the life of a mine
is revised downwards. These changes would impact on earnings accordingly.
Harmony intends that its deferred stripping
calculation should achieve a match between the cost of mining overburden tons to
the tons of ore expected to be accessed by removing overburden, by applying the
expected average stripping ratio over the life of a mine. Consequently, any changes
made to the deferred stripping ratio will have an impact on total cash costs.
While recognizing the importance of reducing
cash costs, Harmonys chief focus is on controlling and, where possible,
reducing total costs, including overhead costs. Harmony aims to control
total unit costs per ounce produced by maintaining its low total cost structure
at its existing operations and implementing this low-cost structure at the new mining
operations it
108
acquires. Harmony has been able to reduce total costs by
implementing a management structure and philosophy that is focused on reducing management and
administrative costs, implementing an ore reserve management system that allows
for greater grade control and acquiring higher grade reserves. See Item 4.
Information on the CompanyBusinessStrategy. Harmony has reduced
its costs by flattening the management structure at its operating units by removing
excess layers of management. Harmonys ore reserve management system relies
on a detailed geological understanding of the orebody backed up by closely-spaced
sampling and an emphasis on grade control. The acquisition of higher grade reserves
and the effect of the implementation of the ore reserve management system have increased
the underground recovery grade from Harmonys South African operations (excluding
the Free Gold Company) from 0.123 ounces per ton in fiscal 1998 to 0.187
ounces per ton in fiscal 2002.
Exchange Rates
Harmonys revenues and costs are very
sensitive to the Rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate. Currently, the majority of Harmonys
earnings are generated in South Africa and, as a result, most of its costs
are incurred in Rand. Since gold is generally sold in U.S. dollars, however, most
of Harmonys revenues are received in U.S. dollars. The average gold price
received by Harmony during fiscal 2002 increased $7 per ounce to $283 per ounce
from $276 per ounce during fiscal 2001.
Appreciation of the Rand against the U.S.
dollar increases working costs at Harmonys South African operations when those
costs are translated into U.S. dollars, which serves to reduce operating margins
and net income from Harmonys South African operations. Depreciation of the
Rand against the U.S. dollar reduces these costs when they are translated into U.S.
dollars, which serves to increase operating margins and net income from Harmonys
South African operations. Accordingly, weakness in the Rand generally results
in improved Rand earnings for Harmony.
The exchange rates obtained when converting
U.S. dollars to Rand are set by foreign exchange markets, over which Harmony has
no control. The South African Rand depreciated significantly against the U.S. dollar
in calendar 2001 and during the first quarter of calendar 2002. The Rand appreciated
significantly against the U.S. dollar during the period from April 1, 2002 through
December 13, 2002. The conversion rate for balance sheet items as at June
30, 2002 is Rand 10.39 per $1.00, except for specific items included within
shareholders equity that are converted at the exchange rate prevailing on
the date the transaction was entered into. This compares with a conversion rate
of Rand 8.04 per $1.00 for balance sheet items as at June 30, 2001, reflecting a
depreciation of 29% of the Rand against the U.S. dollar when compared with
June 30, 2001. Income statement items were converted at the average exchange rate
for the period (Rand 10.20 per $1.00), reflecting a depreciation of 34% of
the Rand against the U.S. dollar when compared with June 2001. This depreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar caused a significant reduction in Harmonys
working costs translated into U.S. dollars, which served to increase operating margins
and net income reflected in Harmonys consolidated income statement for fiscal
2002. Appreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar would cause an increase
in Harmonys costs in U.S. dollar terms. See Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsBecause most of Harmonys production costs are in Rand,
while gold is generally sold
109
in U.S. dollars, Harmonys financial condition
could be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of the Rand.
Inflation
Harmonys operations have not been
materially impacted by inflation in recent years. However, it is possible that
a period of significant inflation in South Africa could adversely affect Harmonys
results and financial condition. Because Harmonys costs are primarily
in Rand and Harmony generally sells its gold in U.S. dollars, movements in the Rand-U.S.
dollar exchange rate may influence the impact of inflation on Harmonys profits.
To the extent the Rand depreciates against the U.S. dollar, this depreciation may
offset the impact of inflation.
South African Economic and Political
Environment
Harmony is a South African company and the
majority of its operations are in South Africa. As a result, Harmony is subject
to various economic, fiscal, monetary and political policies and factors that affect
South African companies generally. See Item 3. Key InformationRisk
FactorsPolitical or economic instability in South Africa or regionally may
have an adverse effect on Harmonys operations and profits.
South African companies are subject to significant
exchange control limitations. While exchange controls have been relaxed in recent
years, South African companies remain subject to significant restrictions on their
ability to deploy capital outside of the Southern African Common Monetary Area.
As a result, Harmony has historically financed its offshore acquisitions with offshore
long-term debt. See Item 10. Additional InformationExchange Controls.
Impairment of Assets
Harmonys management reviews the recoverability
of Harmonys long-lived assets, including development costs, on an annual basis
and whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount
of those assets may not be recoverable. Testing for impairment involves a two-step
process in which the undiscounted future cash flows expected to be generated from
future use of a long-lived asset is first compared to the carrying value of that
asset. If the carrying value exceeds those undiscounted future cash flows, the
asset is determined to be impaired. The fair value of the asset is then determined
by reference to the discounted future cash flows using a discount rate that reflects
the specific risk related to the asset. Harmony then records, as an impairment
charge, the difference between the carrying value and fair value of the asset.
110
RESULTS OF OPERATIONS
Years ended June 30, 2002 and 2001
Revenues
Revenue increased $89.6 million,
or 14.8%, from $607.2 million in fiscal 2001 to $696.8 million in fiscal
2002. This increase was attributable primarily to the higher average sales price
of gold received by Harmony, the inclusion of Elandskraal and New Hampton for the
full fiscal year and the inclusion of Hill 50 for three months.
Harmonys gold sales increased 248,415 ounces, or
11.6%, from 2,140,043 ounces in fiscal 2001
to 2,388,458 ounces in fiscal 2002. This increase was attributable primarily to
the inclusion of Elandskraal (476,059 ounces in fiscal 2002, compared with 122,880
ounces in fiscal 2001) and New Hampton (191,521 ounces in fiscal 2002, compared
with 55,653 ounces in fiscal 2001) in the results for the full fiscal year and the
inclusion of Hill 50 (61,472 ounces) in the results for three months in fiscal
2002. This increase in sales was partially offset by reduced sales from Randfontein
due to the closure of shaft 4 and reduced sales from the Free State operations due
to the closure of Harmony 4 and Virginia 2 shafts and the suspension of mining at
the Brand 2 shaft. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsRandfontein Operations
and Business Harmonys Mining OperationsFree State Operations.
Harmonys average sales price of gold per ounce was $283 in fiscal 2002,
as compared with $276 in fiscal 2001, which was due primarily to higher market prices
for gold.
Interest and dividend income increased
by 6.5 million, or 110.2%, from $5.9 million in fiscal 2001 to
$12.4 million in fiscal 2002. In fiscal 2002 Harmony earned interest on
higher cash balances as a result of increased cash flow and received $1.6 million
in dividends from AurionGold.
Other income decreased by $1.5 million,
or 14.0%, from $10.7 million in fiscal 2001 to $9.2 million in fiscal
2002. The decrease was primarily due to decreased profits from the sale
of surplus assets such as vehicles, mining equipment, buildings and farmland at
Harmonys South African operations.
111
Costs
The following table sets out Harmonys
total ounces sold and weighted average cash costs per ounce for fiscal 2001 and
fiscal 2002:
|
|
Year ended
June 30, 20021
|
|
Year ended
June 30, 20012
|
|
% decrease in
cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(oz)
|
|
($/oz)
|
|
|
(oz)
|
|
($/oz)
|
|
|
|
|
Elandskraal
|
|
476,059
|
|
196
|
|
|
122,880
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
6
|
Randfontein
|
|
561,638
|
|
177
|
|
|
723,421
|
|
220
|
|
|
|
20
|
Free State
|
|
611,944
|
|
216
|
|
|
686,223
|
|
264
|
|
|
|
18
|
Evander
|
|
415,382
|
|
171
|
|
|
458,212
|
|
199
|
|
|
|
14
|
Bissett3
|
|
8,263
|
|
109
|
|
|
44,303
|
|
330
|
|
|
|
67
|
Kalgold
|
|
62,179
|
|
205
|
|
|
49,351
|
|
260
|
|
|
|
21
|
New Hampton
|
|
191,521
|
|
242
|
|
|
55,653
|
|
319
|
|
|
|
24
|
Hill 50
|
|
61,472
|
|
213
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
2,388,458
|
|
|
|
|
2,140,043
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
|
|
|
|
196
|
|
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
|
16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Includes
three months of production from Hill 50.
|
|
2
|
Includes three
months of production at Elandskraal and New Hampton.
|
|
3
|
Represents
production from clean-up of the plant and mill during the transition to care and
maintenance.
|
During Harmonys fiscal 2002, sales
from the Free Gold assets amounted to 1,143,243 ounces of gold at an average cost
of $175 per ounce. Harmonys interest in two months of these sales (reflecting
the period from May 1, 2002 to June 30, 2002) totaled 104,005 attributable ounces
at an average cash cost of $130 per ounce. Because Harmony equity accounts for
its 50% interest in the Free Gold Company, the Free Gold Companys sales are
not included in Harmonys sales figures in this annual report and the average
cash cost of the Free Gold Companys sales is not used in calculating Harmonys
overall average cash costs in this annual report.
Harmonys weighted average cash costs
decreased by $38 per ounce from $234 in fiscal 2001 to $196 per ounce in fiscal
2002. Cash costs per ounce vary with the working costs per ton (which is, in turn,
affected by the number of tons processed) and grade of ore processed. Cash costs
expressed in U.S. dollars per ounce also vary with fluctuations in the Rand-U.S.
dollar exchange rate, because most of Harmonys working costs are incurred
in Rand. The decrease in cash costs expressed in U.S. dollars per ounce in fiscal
2002 was attributable primarily to the depreciation of the Rand against the U.S.
dollar, which caused a significant reduction when these costs were translated into
U.S. dollars. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. If expressed in Rand terms, cash costs per ounce would have increased
in fiscal 2002, due primarily to the inclusion of relatively higher-cost
production from the Elandskraal and New Hampton operations, the reduction of relatively
lower-cost surface operations at Randfontein and increases in the costs of labor
and supplies at Harmonys South African operations due to the implementation
of collective bargaining agreements and the effect of inflation on supply contracts.
112
The substantial decrease in cash costs at
Bissett was due primarily to low cost production resulting from clean-up of the
plant and mill during the transition to the care and maintenance program in the
quarter ended September 30, 2001. An improvement in recovered grade helped to control
cash costs per ounce at Kalgold.
Harmonys cash costs consist primarily
of production costs and include, among other things, ongoing development costs,
which are incurred to access ore to produce current mined reserves and are expensed
as incurred. Cash costs do not include capital development costs, which are incurred
to allow access to the ore body for future mining operations and are capitalized
and amortized when the relevant reserves are mined. Harmonys total cash costs
also reflect movements in deferred stripping ratios for open pit mines. Harmony
charges the cost of stripping (as a production cost) when the actual stripping ratio
is below the expected average stripping ratio over the life of the mine. See Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsCosts.
Harmony has calculated
cash costs per ounce by dividing total cash costs,
as determined using the Gold Institute industry standard, by gold ounces sold
for all periods presented. The Gold Institute is a non-profit international
association of miners, refiners, bullion suppliers and manufacturers of gold products
that has developed a uniform format for reporting production costs on a per ounce
basis. The standard was first adopted in 1996 and was revised in November 1999.
Cash costs, as defined in the Gold Institute standard, include mine production
costs, transport and refinery costs, general and administrative costs, costs associated
with movements in production inventories and ore stockpiles, costs associated with
transfers to deferred stripping and costs associated with royalties. Cash costs
have been calculated on a consistent basis for all periods presented. Changes in
cash costs per ounce are affected by operational performance, as well as changes
in the currency exchange rate between the Rand and the U.S. dollar and, in the case
of the Australian operations, the Australian dollar. Cash costs per ounce is not
a U.S. GAAP measure. Cash costs per ounce should not be considered by investors
in isolation or as an alternative to net income, income before tax, operating cash
flows or any other measure of financial performance presented. While the Gold Institute
has provided a definition for the calculation of cash costs per ounce, the calculation
of cash costs per ounce may vary from company to company and may not be comparable
to other similarly titled measures of other companies. However, Harmony believes
that cash costs per ounce is a useful indicator to investors and management of a
mining companys performance as it provides (1) an indication of a companys
profitability and efficiency, (2) the trends in costs as the companys
operations mature, (3) a measure of a companys gross margin per ounce, by
comparison of cash costs per ounce to the spot price of gold and (4) an internal
benchmark of performance to allow for comparison against other companies.
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization charges decreased
$1.3 million, or 3.8%, from $31.4 million in fiscal 2001 to $30.2 million in fiscal
2002. This decrease was attributable to the benefit of the depreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar, which more than offset depreciation charges
incurred at the recently-acquired Elandskraal, New Hampton and Hill 50 operations.
113
Employment termination costs
Employment termination costs increased $4.1
million, or 87%, from $4.7 million in fiscal 2001 to $8.8 million
in fiscal 2002. This increase was due primarily to continued restructuring at the
Elandskraal operations, the closure of the Free States Harmony 4 and Virginia
2 shafts, the suspension of mining at the Free States Brand 2 shaft, the finalization
of terminations at Randfonteins shaft 4 following its closure in the quarter
ended June 30, 2001 and the combination of the New Hampton and Hill 50 corporate
offices in Perth.
Provision/(reversal of provision) for
rehabilitation costs
Harmony provided $15.2 million for rehabilitation
costs in fiscal 2002. Harmony reversed a total of $6.8 million in prior provisions
for rehabilitation costs in fiscal 2001, primarily due to a revision of the estimates
associated with the rehabilitation of Harmonys mines. The increased rehabilitation
expense in fiscal 2002 was largely due to a reassessment of the Big Bell life of
mine, which was reduced significantly, and the inclusion of rehabilitation expenditure
from Hill 50. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsBig Bell Operations.
Corporate expenditure,
exploration expenditure and marketing and new business expenditure.
Corporate expenditure, exploration expenditure
and marketing and new business expenditure increased $12.4 million, or 111.7%, from
$11.1 million in fiscal 2001 to $23.5 million in fiscal 2002. This increase
was due primarily to increased corporate expenditures following Harmonys acquisitions
of New Hampton, Elandskraal and Hill 50 and the Free Gold Companys acquisition
of the Free Gold assets, costs related to investigating and pursuing new business
opportunities and increased expenditures to investigate and develop opportunities
to produce value-added products, such as jewelry and other products made of fabricated
gold. In fiscal 2002 Harmony also increased exploration expenditure in connection
with the Kalplats feasibility study and international exploration projects. See
Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessExploration.
Gain on financial
instruments
The gain on financial instruments
in fiscal 2002 was $8.9 million, as compared with a gain of $7.6 million in fiscal
2001. The gain in fiscal 2002 related primarily to positive
movement in the mark-to-market of derivative instruments held by Hill 50, resulting
from downward movement in the gold price since the Hill 50 acquisition in March
2002. The gain in fiscal 2001 related primarily to the change in the mark-to-market
of derivative instruments held by Randfontein and New Hampton.
(Profit)/loss on sale of other assets
and listed investments
Harmony recorded a profit of $4.5 million
on the sale of other assets and listed investments in fiscal 2002, as compared with
a loss of $1.4 million on the sale of other assets and listed investments
in fiscal 2001. The profit in fiscal 2002 was the result of the resale of the ARMGold
shares that Harmony acquired in the initial public offering of ARMGold in May
114
2002.
The loss in fiscal 2001 related primarily to the sale of the Western Areas
Limited shares held by Harmony at June 30, 2000.
Stock-based compensation.
Harmony adopted FAS 123 on July 1, 2002.
FAS 123 requires that all stock options granted subsequent to that date be fair
valued, and that the fair value be recognized as stock-based compensation expense
over the options vesting period. Harmony recognized $9.4 million as stock-based
compensation expense in fiscal 2002. The amount consisted of $2.0 million related
to the amortization of the fair value of the 2002 option grants and $7.4 million
for options granted in fiscal 2001. The options granted in fiscal 2001 are subject
to variable accounting until their date of exercise since their exercise price is
not known at the date of grant because they are exercisable with a recourse note.
Harmony recorded no stock-based compensation in fiscal 2001.
Equity income of joint venture
Equity income of joint venture was $13.2
million in fiscal 2002, representing Harmonys interest in the Free Gold Companys
results with effect from May 1, 2002. Harmony recorded no income or loss
from joint ventures in fiscal 2001.
Equity loss of associate
companies
Equity loss of associate companies
was $0.5 million in fiscal 2002. The loss of associate companies reflected Harmonys
proportionate share of the costs of $1.42 million that Bendigo incurred to
develop infrastructure required to access ore below the town of Bendigo. The equity
loss associated with these development costs was offset by profit of $0.94 million
recorded by Hill 50 in the month of March 2002, during which Harmony equity accounted
for Hill 50. Harmony recorded no income or loss from associate companies
in fiscal 2001.
Impairment of assets
In fiscal 2002, Harmony reduced the grade
estimates for future production at New Hamptons Big Bell underground operations
due to disappointing results from the lower levels of this mine, as a result of
lower than expected grade. The write-down in fiscal 2002 of $44.3 reflected the
impairment of the carrying value of these Big Bell assets. In fiscal 2001, Harmony
decided to place the Bissett mine on a care and maintenance program due to the mining
operations being uneconomical at current gold prices, and to close certain Randfontein,
Evander and Free State shafts. The write-down in fiscal 2001 of $28.6 million primarily
reflected the excess of the book value of Bissetts long-term and other assets
over the estimated salvage value of these assets of $19.6 million and the impairment
of the carrying value of certain Free State and Randfontein shafts of $5.6 million.
Interest paid
Harmony paid $19.1 million in interest
during fiscal 2002 compared to $15 million during fiscal 2001. This increase was
due primarily to an increased amount of interest-
115
bearing debt outstanding for the
period, in particular, Harmonys Rand-denominated senior unsecured fixed rate
bonds issued on June 24, 2001.
Provision/(reversal of provision) for
former employees post-retirement benefits
Harmony provides for amounts due under its
former employees post-retirement benefits. In fiscal 2002, based on updated
actuarial valuations, Harmony provided $0.04 million for these benefits. In
fiscal 2001, Harmony reversed a $2.2 million provision after reaching an agreement
with certain retirees under which these retirees were transferred to the Minemed
medical scheme and no subsidies would be payable by Harmony on behalf of these retirees.
Income and mining taxes
South Africa. Harmony
pays taxes on mining income and non-mining income.
The amount of Harmonys South African mining income tax is calculated on the
basis of a formula that takes into account Harmonys total revenue and profits
from, and capital expenditures for, mining operations in South Africa. Five percent
of total mining revenue is exempt from taxation in South Africa. The amount of
revenue subject to taxation is calculated by subtracting capital expenditures from
operating profit. The amount by which the adjusted profit figure exceeds 5% of
revenue constitutes taxable mining income. Harmony and its subsidiaries each make
their own calculation of taxable income.
The tax rate applicable to the mining and
non-mining income of a gold mining company depends on whether the company has elected
to be exempt from the Secondary Tax on Companies, or STC. The STC is a tax on dividends
declared and, at present, the STC tax rate is equal to 12.5%. In 1993, all existing
South African gold mining companies had the option to elect to be exempt from STC.
If the election was made, a higher tax rate would apply for both mining and non-mining
income. In each of 2002 and 2001, the tax rates for companies that elected the
STC exemption were 46% for mining income and 38% for non-mining income, compared
with 37% for mining income and 30% for non-mining income if the STC exemption election
was not made. In 1993, Harmony elected to pay the STC tax. All of Harmonys
South African subsidiaries, however, elected the STC exemption. To the extent Harmony
receives dividends, such dividends received are offset against the amount of dividends
paid for purposes of calculating the amount subject to the 12.5% STC tax.
Australia. Generally, Australia
imposes tax on the worldwide income (including capital gains) of all of Harmonys
Australian incorporated and tax resident entities. The current income tax
rate for companies is 30%. Exploration costs and the depreciation of capital expenditure
may be deducted from income. In addition, other expenditures, such as export market
development, mine closure costs and the defense of native title claims, may be deducted
from income. With effect from July 1, 1998, mining operations (other than
operations on freehold land) are also subject to a 2.5% gold royalty because the
mineral rights are owned by the state. All gold production from the Big
Bell and Mt. Magnet operations is subject to this royalty. Most of the production
from the South Kalgoorlie operations is from freehold land and is, accordingly,
exempt from this royalty.
116
With effect from July 1, 2001, the Australian
legislature introduced a Uniform Capital Allowance, which allows tax deductions
for depreciation attributable to assets and certain other capital expenditures.
In addition, under current Australian tax law, certain grouping concessions are
available to companies in the same ultimate control group. These concessions include
the ability to group losses and obtain capital gains tax roll-over relief from the
transfer of assets among two or more entities if the entities are engaged in the
same business or if the entities are wholly-owned by the same entity. Harmonys
subsidiaries in Australia accordingly qualify to transfer losses from one entity
to another in the event that a loss is made in one entity and a profit is generated
in another.
Withholding tax is payable on dividends,
interest and royalties paid by Australian residents to non-residents, which would
include any dividends on the shares of Harmonys Australian subsidiaries that
are paid to Harmony. In the case of dividend payments to non-residents, a 30% withholding
tax applies. However, where the recipient of the dividend is a resident of a country
with which Australia has concluded a double taxation agreement, the rate of withholding
tax is generally limited to 15% (or 10% where the dividend is paid to a companys
parent company). Where dividends are fully taxable, an effective credit
is allowed against any withholding tax otherwise payable, regardless of whether
a double taxation agreement is in place.
Effective tax rate. The table
below indicates Harmonys effective tax rate, which represents the current
tax rate due pursuant to the statutory formula and the amount of deferred tax, for
fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001. Harmony bases its estimate of effective tax rates
on the application of statutory tax formulas to historic operating results. Current
tax due includes mining and non-mining tax calculated by applying the statutory
formula to the actual results of operations for the relevant period. Deferred tax
is provided at the estimated future effective mining tax rate.
|
|
Fiscal
year ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Income and mining tax
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax rate expense
|
|
13.9%
|
|
49.1%
|
The effective tax rate for fiscal 2002 was
lower than the estimated statutory tax rate of 20.5% for Harmony and its subsidiaries
as a whole. A primary factor in the lower tax effective rate was the fact that
the equity income from the Free Gold Company is excluded from the
calculation of Harmonys taxable income. In addition, the effective tax rate
for fiscal 2002 was lowered by Harmonys release of valuation allowances against
deferred tax assets at Kalgold, which, in light of the higher prevailing market
price for gold and the resulting increase in profitability, are now deemed more
likely than not to be recovered. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2001 was higher
then then-estimated statutory tax rate of 20.5% for Harmony and its subsidiaries
as a whole due to valuation allowances being raised against tax losses of Bissett
and New Hampton.
Minority interests
Minority interests were $1.6 million
in fiscal 2002, as compared with $0.3 million in fiscal 2001. The minority
interests in fiscal 2002 and fiscal 2001 reflected the 10%
117
participation interest
in the Elandskraal Venture that Open Solutions acquired with effect from April 31,
2001. With effect from April 1, 2002, Open Solutions sold this interest back to
Harmony. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys
Mining OperationsElandskraal Operations.
Income before cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle
As a result of the factors discussed above,
income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle was $87.7 million
in fiscal 2002, as compared with 14.8 million in fiscal 2001.
This increase was primarily attributable to higher market prices for gold, as a
result of which Harmony received a higher average price per ounce of gold (which
increased revenue), and the depreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar (which
reduced costs when translated into U.S. dollars). See Item 5. Operating
and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange Rates. The inclusion of
Elandskraal and New Hampton for a full year, and Hill 50 for three months, as well
as the equity income from Harmonys interest in the Free Gold Company, also
contributed to the increase in income before cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle.
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle for derivatives and hedging activities (FAS 133), net of tax
Statement of Financial Accounting Standard
133, Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities, has been issued
and was adopted by Harmony with effect from July 1, 2000. This standard establishes
accounting and reporting standards for derivative instruments and for hedging activities.
Previously gains and losses on derivative
instruments, which effectively established minimum prices for designated future
production, were recognized in revenue when the planned production was delivered.
Derivatives that were not designated for future production were accounted for on
a mark-to-market basis and the associated gains or losses were recognized in the
results.
With Harmonys adoption of FAS 133
with effect from July 1, 2000, none of Harmonys derivatives at that date qualified
for hedge accounting as they did not meet the new hedging requirements of FAS 133
and were thus marked to market, resulting in a cumulative effect of change in accounting
principles write-off of $5.8 million, net of tax, in fiscal 2001. The cumulative
effect adjustment was required to record on the balance sheet the fair value of
derivative instruments that previously qualified for off-balance sheet hedge accounting.
As at June 30, 2001, none of the derivatives held by Harmony qualified for hedge
accounting and have thus been marked to market accordingly and the associated gains
and losses were recognized in results in fiscal 2001. No cumulative effect adjustment
was recorded in fiscal 2002.
Years ended June 30, 2001 and 2000
Revenues
From fiscal 2000 to fiscal 2001, revenue
increased $116.5 million, or 23.7%, from $490.7 million to $607.2
million. The increase in Harmonys revenue was attributable to
the
118
inclusion of Elandskraal and New Hampton in the results for three months in
fiscal 2001 and the inclusion of Kalgold and Randfontein for a full year in fiscal
2001. Harmonys gold sales increased 514,118 ounces, or 31.6%,
from 1,625,925 ounces in fiscal 2000 to 2,140,043 ounces in fiscal 2001.
Harmonys average sales price of gold per ounce was $276 in fiscal
2001, as compared with $290 in fiscal 2000, which was due primarily to the declining
market price for gold.
Interest and dividend income decreased
by 41.1% from $10 million in fiscal 2000 to $5.9 million in fiscal 2001.
The decrease was due to the one-time dividend Harmony received from its
interest in Western Areas Limited of $5.4 million in fiscal 2000.
Other income increased by $2.2
million from $8.5 million in fiscal 2000 to $10.7 million in fiscal 2001.
The increase was primarily due to an increase in profit from the sale of houses
in Evander.
Costs
The following table sets out Harmonys
total ounces sold and weighted average cash costs per ounce for fiscal 2000 and
fiscal 2001:
|
|
Year ended
June 30, 20011
|
|
Year ended
June 30, 20002
|
|
% (decrease)
increase in cash costs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(oz)
|
|
($/oz)
|
|
(oz)
|
|
($/oz)
|
|
|
|
Elandskraal
|
|
122,880
|
|
209
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein
|
|
723,421
|
|
220
|
|
300,448
|
|
229
|
|
(0.4
|
%)
|
Free State
|
|
686,223
|
|
264
|
|
856,816
|
|
250
|
|
5.6
|
%
|
Evander
|
|
458,212
|
|
199
|
|
393,235
|
|
239
|
|
(16.7
|
%)
|
Bissett
|
|
44,303
|
|
330
|
|
26,943
|
|
356
|
|
(7.3
|
%)
|
Kalgold
|
|
49,351
|
|
260
|
|
48,483
|
|
270
|
|
(3.7
|
%)
|
New Hampton
|
|
55,653
|
|
319
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
2,140,043
|
|
|
|
1,625,925
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average
|
|
|
|
234
|
|
|
|
245
|
|
(4.5
|
%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Includes three
months of production at Elandskraal and New Hampton.
|
|
2
|
Includes nine
months of production at Kalgold and Bissett and four months of production at Randfontein.
|
Harmonys weighted average cash costs
decreased by $11 per ounce from $245 in fiscal 2000 to $234 per ounce in fiscal
2001. Cash costs per ounce vary with the working costs per ton (which is, in turn,
affected by the number of tons processed) and grade of ore processed. Cash costs
expressed in U.S. dollars per ounce also vary with fluctuations in the Rand-U.S.
dollar exchange rate, because most of Harmonys working costs are incurred
in Rand. A significant improvement in Evanders weighted average cash costs
together with the benefit of the depreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar
was offset by an increase in weighted average cash costs at the Free State operations.
The improved weighted average cash costs
at Evander were consistent with the plan to increase tons mined without sacrificing
grade. The higher weighted average cash costs at the Free State operations were
due to a decrease in the grades achieved, described below.
119
The Free State operations grades decreased
in the year ended June 30, 2001 compared to the year ended June 30, 2000 due to
the depletion of Basal Reef (Harmony 2 shaft pillar and Virginia 1 shaft pillar),
under performance in some areas (Brand 3 and 5 shafts and Merriespruit 3 shaft)
and higher development tonnage at certain shafts (Unisel and Masimong 4 and 5).
For a discussion of the steps Harmony took to improve grade in fiscal 2002, see
Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining
OperationsFree State OperationsMining Operations.
Depreciation and amortization
Depreciation and amortization charges increased
$9.6 million, or 44%, from $21.8 million in fiscal 2000 to $31.4
million in fiscal 2001. The increase in depreciation and amortization
charges in fiscal 2001 was due primarily to the inclusion of Randfontein for a full
year and the inclusion of Elandskraal and New Hampton in the results for fiscal
2001.
Employment termination costs
Employment termination costs increased $4.5
million from $0.2 million in fiscal 2000 to $4.7 million in fiscal 2001.
This increase in fiscal 2001 was due primarily to the closure of certain
Randfontein shafts and the resulting termination of certain production employees.
Provision/(reversal of provision) for
rehabilitation costs
Prior provisions for rehabilitation costs
were reversed $6.8 million in fiscal 2001, primarily due to a revision of the estimates
associated with the rehabilitation of Harmonys mines.
Corporate expenditure, exploration expenditure
and marketing and new business expenditure
These expenditures increased $4.8 million, or 76.2%,
from $6.3 million in fiscal 2000 to $11.1 million in fiscal 2001.
This increase was due primarily to increased exploration expenditure following
Harmonys acquisition of the management of Kalgold and costs related to investigating
and pursuing new business opportunities in fiscal 2001.
Gain on financial instruments
The gain on financial instruments
in fiscal 2001 was $7.6 million, as compared with a gain of $8.6 million
in fiscal 2000. The gain in fiscal 2001 related primarily to the change
in the mark-to-market of derivative instruments held by Randfontein and New Hampton.
The gain in fiscal 2000 was due primarily to the change in mark-to-market
of derivative instruments held by Randfontein.
(Profit)/loss on sale of other assets
and listed investments
Harmony had a loss of $1.4 million
on the sale of other assets and listed investments in fiscal 2001, as compared with
a profit of $2.5 million on the sale of other assets and listed investments in fiscal
2000. The loss in fiscal 2001 related primarily to the sale of the
120
Western
Areas Limited shares held by Harmony at June 30, 2000. The profit in fiscal 2000
related primarily to the sale of certain mineral rights.
Equity loss of associate companies
Harmony recorded an equity loss of associate
companies of $1.4 million in fiscal 2000. No equity income or loss of associate
companies was recorded in fiscal 2001. The equity loss in fiscal 2000 reflected
Harmonys share of Randfonteins net loss in the period from January 14,
2000 to February 29, 2000. Randfontein incurred a net loss in this period primarily
due to employment termination costs as a result of the retrenchment of management
of Randfontein following Harmonys acquisition of management control of Randfontein
and losses incurred at Randfontein Cooke 4 shaft.
Impairment of assets
In fiscal 2001, Harmony decided to place
the Bissett mine on a care and maintenance program due to the mining operations
being uneconomical at current gold prices, and to close certain Randfontein, Evander
and Free State shafts. The write-down in fiscal 2001 of $28.6 million primarily
reflected the excess of the book value of Bissetts long-term and other assets
over the estimated salvage value of these assets of $19.6 million and the impairment
of the carrying value of certain Free State and Randfontein shafts of $5.6 million.
No write-off occurred during fiscal 2000.
Interest paid
Harmony paid $15 million in interest
for fiscal 2001, as compared with $3.2 million for fiscal 2000. This increase
was due primarily to interest paid on the $59 million ABSA term loan facility
and the $20 million JP Morgan loan, both of which were entered into in fiscal 2000,
and the temporary syndicated loan facility entered into in fiscal 2001 and the senior
unsecured bonds issued in fiscal 2001.
Provision/(reversal of provision) for
former employees post-retirement benefits
Harmony provides for amounts due under its
former employees post-retirement benefit plans for medical aid. In fiscal 2000,
Harmony released $3.9 million from the provision as a result of an updated
actuarial valuation. In fiscal 2001, Harmony reversed a $2.2 million provision
after reaching an agreement with certain retirees under which these retirees were
transferred to the Minemed medical scheme and no subsidies would be payable by Harmony
on behalf of these retirees.
121
Income and mining tax expense
The table below indicates the effective
tax rate, which represents the current tax rate due pursuant to the statutory formula
and the amount of deferred tax, for fiscal 2001 and fiscal 2000:
|
|
Fiscal year
ended June 30,
|
|
|
|
Income and mining tax
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effective tax rate expense
|
|
49.1%
|
|
18.4%
|
In each of 2000 and 1999, the tax rates
for taxable mining and non-mining income for companies that elected the STC exemption
were 46% for mining income and 38% for non-mining income, compared with 37% for
mining income and 30% for non-mining income if the STC exemption election was not
made. In 1993, Harmony elected to pay the STC tax. All of Harmonys subsidiaries,
however, elected the STC exemption. To the extent Harmony receives dividends, such
received dividends are offset against the amount of dividends paid for purposes
of calculating the amount subject to the 12.5% STC tax.
The effective tax rate for fiscal 2001 was
higher than the estimated statutory tax rate of 20.5% for Harmony and its subsidiaries
as a whole due to valuation allowances being raised against tax losses in Bissett
and New Hampton. The effective tax rate for fiscal 2000 differs from the estimated
statutory tax rate for Harmony and its subsidiaries as a whole of 20.5% primarily
due to non-taxable dividend income and the lower actual formula rate on mining income.
Minority interests
Minority interests were $0.3 million
in fiscal 2001, as compared with $2.9 million in fiscal 2000. The minority interests
in fiscal 2001 reflected the 10% minority interest in Elandskraal disposed of with
effect from April 21, 2001. The minority interests in fiscal 2000 reflected the
Randfontein minority shareholders share of Randfonteins net loss in
the period from March 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000.
Income before cumulative effect of change
in accounting principle
As a result of the factors discussed above,
net income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle was $14.8
million in fiscal 2001, as compared with net income before cumulative effect
of change in accounting principle of $57 million in fiscal 2000.
Cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle for derivatives and hedging activities (FAS 133), net of tax
With Harmonys adoption of FAS 133
with effect from July 1, 2000, none of Harmonys derivatives at that date qualified
for hedge accounting as they did not meet the new hedging requirements of FAS 133
and were thus marked to market, resulting in a cumulative effect of change in accounting
principles write-off of $5.8 million, net of tax. The cumulative effect adjustment
was required to record on the balance sheet the fair value of derivative instruments
that previously qualified for off-balance sheet hedge accounting.
122
LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES
Funding and treasury policies are managed
centrally by Harmony. There are no legal or economic restrictions on the ability
of Harmonys subsidiaries to transfer funds to Harmony. Harmony has generally
funded its operations and its short-term and long-term liquidity requirements from
(i) cash generated from operations, (ii) credit facilities and other borrowings
and (iii) sales of equity securities.
Cash Resources
Operations
Net cash provided by operations is primarily
affected by the quantities of gold sold, the gold price, the Rand-U.S. dollar exchange
rate, cash costs per ounce and, in the case of the Australian operations, the Australian
dollar-U.S. dollar exchange rate. A significant adverse change in one or more of
these parameters could materially reduce cash provided by operations as a source
of liquidity. Net cash provided by operations was $162.4 million in fiscal
2002, as compared with $49 million in fiscal 2001. This increase was primarily
attributable to higher market prices for gold, as a result of which Harmony received
a higher average price per ounce of gold (which increased revenue), and the depreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar (which reduced costs when translated into U.S.
dollars). See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsExchange
Rates. Increased gold sales as a result of the inclusion of Elandskraal and
New Hampton for a full year, and Hill 50 for three months from April 1, 2002, also
contributed to the increased cash provided by operations. The increase in cash
provided by operations was partially offset by the $22.0 million cost of closing
out the Randfontein hedges, the $4.1 million increase in taxes paid, the $4.6 million
increase in interest expense and a $4.2 million increase in working capital charges
(which reflects changes in receivables, inventories and accounts payable).
Net cash provided by operations was $49
million in fiscal 2001, as compared with $38.5 million in fiscal 2000. This increase
was due primarily to increased gold sales as a result of the inclusion of
Randfontein for a full year and Elandskraal and New Hampton for three months from
April 1, 2001.
Investing
Net cash utilized in investing activities
was $312.7 million in fiscal 2002, as compared with $189.3 million in fiscal 2001.
This increase was primarily due to the cash paid for Hill 50 of $124.8 million,
Harmonys investment in and loans advanced to the Free Gold Company of $84.6
million, Harmonys investment in Bendigo of $22.8 million, Harmonys investment
in Highland Gold of $18.1 million, the repurchase by Harmony of Open Solutions
participation rights in the Elandskraal Venture for $18.5 million and an increase
in capital expenditures of $9.2 million due principally to the inclusion of Elandskraal
and New Hampton for a full year and Hill 50 from April 1, 2002.
Net cash utilized in investing activities
was $189.3 million in fiscal 2001, as compared with $51.3 million in fiscal
2000. This increase was due primarily to the cash paid for Elandskraal of
$130.9 million and for New Hampton of $28.5 million, and an increase in capital
123
expenditures of $26.1 million due to the inclusion of
Randfontein for a full year and Elandskraal and New Hampton from April 1, 2001.
Financing
Net cash generated by financing activities
was $166.5 million in fiscal 2002, as compared with $225 million in fiscal 2001.
This decrease was due primarily to the lower number of ordinary shares issued in
fiscal 2002 and the resulting proceeds decreasing from $178.5 million in
fiscal 2001 to $159.6 million in fiscal 2002, the decrease in the amount of net
long-term financing from $61.5 million in fiscal 2001 to $29.5 million in fiscal
2002 and the increase in dividends paid from $15.7 million in fiscal 2001
to $22.6 million in fiscal 2002.
Net cash generated by financing activities
was $225 million in fiscal 2001, as compared with $55.7 million in fiscal 2000,
due primarily to the ordinary share issuances of $179 million (mainly the June 2001
global offering and the shares issued to the IDC), as well as the net of the $148
million raised through the corporate bond issuance and the settlement of $98.6 million
of the loans outstanding in the prior year.
Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings
Outstanding Credit Facilities and Other
Borrowings
On March 2, 2001, Harmony entered into a
U.S. dollar denominated term loan facility of $9 million, all of which has been
drawn down, with BAE Systems plc for the purpose of financing the design, development
and construction of a facility for the manufacture and sale of value added gold
products at the Free State operations. The loan is secured by a pledge of certain
gold proceeds and other assets from this facility (and limits Harmonys ability
to use the facility as security for other obligations) and is repayable in full
on April 30, 2004. The loan bears interest at LIBOR plus 2%, which is accrued daily
from the drawdown date and is repayable on a quarterly basis.
On June 14, 2001, Harmony issued Rand-denominated
senior unsecured fixed rate bonds in an aggregate principal amount of Rand 1,200
million ($149.3 million at an exchange rate of R8.04 per $1.00), with semi-annual
interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. These bonds are repayable on June
14, 2006, subject to early redemption at Harmonys option. The bonds have
been listed on the Bond Exchange of South Africa. Harmony used the proceeds
from the sale of the bonds to retire a portion of a syndicated loan facility and
to partially fund the Elandskraal acquisition. So long as the bonds are outstanding,
Harmony may not permit encumbrances on its present or future assets or revenues
to secure indebtedness for borrowed money, without securing the outstanding bonds
equally and ratably with such indebtedness, except for certain specified permitted
encumbrances.
On April 18, 2002, Harmony entered into
a Rand-denominated term loan facility of Rand 500 million ($57.2 million), all of
which has been drawn down, with BoE Bank Limited for the purpose of partially funding
(i) Harmonys acquisition of shares in the Free Gold Company and (ii) loans
made by Harmony to the Free Gold Company in connection with the acquisition of the
Free Gold assets. This facility is secured by a pledge of Harmonys shares
in the Free Gold Company and is guaranteed by Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and
Lydex. The
124
loan is repayable in full on April 23, 2006, and eight equal
semi-annual installments are due beginning October 23, 2002. Harmony repaid
the first semi-annual installment of Rand 62.5 million ($6.1 million at an exchange
rate of R10.22 per $1.00) on October 23, 2002. The loan bears interest at a rate
equal to JIBAR plus 1.5% plus specified costs, which is accrued daily from the drawdown
date and is payable quarterly in arrears commencing July 23, 2002. Pursuant
to the terms of this facility, Harmony is required to maintain specified ratios
of earnings to debt service and borrowings, as well as a specified level of consolidated
tangible net worth. In addition, pursuant to this facility, Harmony is subject
to specified limits on its ability to (i) permit encumbrances over pledged revenues
or assets, (ii) make loans or incur specified types of indebtedness, (iii) dispose
of more than 25% of its assets or (iv) make distributions to its shareholders if
a default or event of default under this term loan facility has occurred and is
continuing. If Harmony fails to meet these requirements, the loan may be accelerated
and become due and payable in full. As of December 13, 2002, Harmony was in compliance
in all material respects with the terms of this facility.
Recently Retired Credit Facilities and
Other Borrowings
On June 10, 1998, Harmony Canada entered
into a C$7.5 million loan agreement with NM Rothschild & Sons Limited in connection
with the acquisition of Bissett. The loan bore interest at LIBOR plus 1.75% and
was renegotiated during fiscal 2000 to be repayable in three equal annual installments
commencing in June 2002. Harmony guaranteed the loan and pledged its shares in
Harmony Canada Inc., or Harmony Canada, as security for the guarantee. In connection
with the loan agreement, Harmony issued 36,000 warrants, each to purchase one ordinary
share at an exercise price of Rand 60 per share on or before July 31, 2001, to NM
Rothschild & Sons Limited. In March 1999, Harmony obtained supplemental financing
from NM Rothschild & Sons Limited of an additional C$5.0 million on the same
terms and with the same repayment schedule as the initial amount. This facility
was repaid in full in April 2001 following the closing of the syndicated loan facility
described below.
On June 10, 1998, Harmony Canada obtained
a revolving credit facility from NM Rothschild & Sons Limited of C$11.0 million.
The loan bore interest at LIBOR plus 2.5% repayable in quarterly payments based
on the amount outstanding and Harmony Canadas surplus cash resources with
the full amount repayable on or before June 2002. Harmony Canada pledged fixed
and moveable assets as well as rights to mining production as security and collateral
for the loan. This facility was repaid in full in April 2001 following the closing
of the syndicated loan facility.
In order to provide for the operating capital
requirements of Bissett, Harmony arranged a $6.8 million loan facility from ABSA
Bank Limited, or ABSA, to Bissett in July 1999. As Harmony Canada drew down under
this loan, Harmony was required to post an amount in Rand equal to the drawn down
amount plus 30% as collateral. The loan, which was repayable on July 31, 2001,
bore interest at LIBOR plus 1.75%. This facility was repaid in full in April 2001
following the closing of the syndicated loan facility.
In February 2000, Harmony entered into a
Rand 450 million term loan facility with ABSA for the purpose of financing the acquisition
of the shares of Randfontein and repaying a Rand 150 million bridge loan provided
by ABSA in connection with the acquisition.
125
Harmony was able to draw down this
facility until April 30, 2000. Harmony drew down approximately Rand 400 million
under this facility. The facility became repayable quarterly beginning on April
30, 2000 and would have matured on April 30, 2002. The interest rate of the facility
was the three month bank bill rate quoted by the South Africa Futures Exchange plus
1.25% on amounts drawn down of less than Rand 250 million and 1.5% on amounts drawn
down in excess of Rand 250 million. This facility was repaid in full in April 2001
following the closing of the syndicated loan facility.
On March 1, 2000, Harmony Australia entered
into a $20 million loan facility with Robert Fleming, now JPMorgan, in connection
with the acquisition of Harmonys initial interest in AurionGold. The loan
bore interest at LIBOR plus 2.5%, and the original terms of the loan required repayment
by December 31, 2000. During December 2000 and March 2001, Harmony and JPMorgan
agreed to extend the maturity date to March 31, 2001 and April 5, 2001, respectively.
The amount was repaid in full in April 2001 following the closing of the syndicated
loan facility. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessDescription
of Mining BusinessAurionGold and Placer Dome.
On March 22, 2001, Harmony and Harmony Australia
entered into a syndicated loan facility of approximately $260 million with Citibank,
N.A., J.P. Morgan plc and ANZ Investment Bank, as dollar joint lead arrangers, ABSA
and BoE Bank Limited, as Rand joint lead arrangers, Chase Manhattan International
Limited, as facilities agent, and ABSA, as local facilities agent, for the purpose
of partially funding the acquisitions of Elandskraal and New Hampton, repaying all
of Harmonys existing non-South African debt and the ABSA term loan facility
and providing working capital. This syndicated loan facility consisted of three
specific facilities of an aggregate of Rand 1,160 million and $115 million. As
of May 31, 2001, Harmony had drawn down approximately Rand 1,160 million and $113.4
million of these facilities. Up to $100 million of the syndicated loan facility
was required to be repaid following the completion of any primary or secondary offering
of Harmonys share capital, in the event of specified disposals of assets and
in the event of the acquisition of control of Harmony by any third party or parties
acting in concert (unless the lenders had given their prior written consent to the
change of control). Following the completion of the June 2001 global offering described
below, as well as the corporate bond issuance and the subscriptions by the IDC described
in this annual report, Harmony repaid this syndicated loan facility in full.
On November 9, 2001, New Hampton entered
into a term loan facility of A$35 million with Australia and New Zealand Banking
Group Limited, for the purpose of refinancing New Hamptons existing debt and
funding capital development at New Hampton. The facility, all of which was drawn
down, bore interest at the Bank Bill Rate quoted by Reuters or determined by the
lender, plus 1.25%. Harmony Australia guaranteed this facility and pledged its shares
in AurionGold as security. The facility was repaid in full on May 23, 2002.
On February 28, 2002, Harmony Australia
entered into an $8 million bilateral interim revolving loan facility with Citibank,
N.A. for the purpose of partially funding the acquisition of Hill 50. See Item
4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHistory. Harmony guaranteed
this facility. This facility bore interest at a percentage rate per annum equal
to LIBOR plus 1.50% plus specified additional mandatory costs. Harmony was required
to repay this facility on the last date of the selected interest period, or within
5 business days of acquiring
126
50.1% of Hill 50s shares and listed options.
Following its receipt of funds under the $80 million syndicated loan facility described
below, Harmony repaid this interim loan facility in full.
On February 28, 2002, Harmony Australia
entered into a syndicated loan facility of approximately $80 million with Citibank,
N.A., as lead arranger, and Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited, Citibank,
N.A., Societe Generale, N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, ABSA Asia Limited,
RMB International (Dublin) Limited and Standard Finance (Isle of Man) Limited, as
lenders, and Citibank International plc, as agent and security trustee. This facility
was drawn down in full for the purpose of repaying in full the $8 million interim
loan facility described above, and partially funding the acquisition of Hill 50.
See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHistory.
The facility was secured by Harmonys Australian assets and was guaranteed
by Harmony and its subsidiaries, Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and Lydenburg Exploration
Limited, or Lydex. The facility was repayable in full on February 28, 2004 and
bore interest at a percentage rate per annum determined according to a contractual
formula applied on the drawdown date (generally equal to LIBOR plus 1.50% or 1.60%
depending on the circumstances of the drawdown), plus specified additional mandatory
costs. Pursuant to the terms of this facility, Harmony was required to maintain
specified ratios of earnings to debt service and borrowings, as well as a specified
level of consolidated tangible net worth. Harmony repaid this facility in full
on June 14, 2002, using the proceeds of its April 29, 2002 international private
placement. See Sale of Equity Securities below.
Sales of Equity Securities
Historically, sales of Harmonys equity
securities have included subscriptions by investors in Harmonys ordinary shares.
On June 20, 2001, the IDC completed subscriptions for Harmonys ordinary
shares and preference shares that resulted in Simane acquiring 10,958,982 ordinary
shares. Harmony received aggregate consideration for these subscriptions of approximately
Rand 400 million, as described in this annual report, which was used to retire a
portion of the $260 million syndicated loan facility described above and for general
corporate purposes. See Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party Transactions.
On June 29, 2001, Harmony completed a global
offering of 27,082,500 ordinary shares and ADSs and 9,027,500 warrants to purchase
9,027,500 ordinary shares, in each case in the United States and elsewhere. The
ordinary shares were offered at a price of $5.32 or R43.00 per ordinary share, or
$5.32 per ADS. Investors received one warrant for every three ordinary shares (or
ADSs) they purchased. The net proceeds of the offering to Harmony were approximately
$137.6 million, after deducting underwriting discounts, commissions and offering
expenses. Harmony used these net proceeds to retire much of the syndicated loan
facility entered into on March 22, 2001, to make capital expenditures and to fund
working capital.
On April 29, 2002, Harmony completed an
international private placement of 8,500,000 new ordinary shares for a cash price
of Rand 134.44 per share, or approximately Rand 1,143 million ($109.9 million at
an exchange rate of R10.40 per $1.00). Harmony used the net proceeds of
this placement to retire the ANZ loan and the $80 million syndicated loan facility
with Citibank, N.A., as lead arranger.
127
Contractual Obligations and Commercial
Commitments
Harmonys
contractual obligations and commercial commitments consist primarily of credit facilities,
as described above, and guarantees for environmental rehabilitation expenses, principally
environmental performance bonds required for Harmonys Australian operations,
as described in Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessRegulatory
and Environmental MattersEnvironmental Matters.
Contractual Obligations on the Balance Sheet
The following table summarizes Harmonys
contractual obligations as of June 30, 2002:
|
|
|
|
|
Payments Due by Period
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dollars in thousands
|
Total
|
|
Less than 12 months July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
|
|
12-36 Months July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005
|
|
36-60 Months July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007
|
|
After 60 Months Subesequent to June 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior unsecured fixed-rate bonds1
|
|
115,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
115,496
|
|
|
|
|
|
BoE Bank Limited loan facility1
|
|
48,123
|
|
|
|
12,031
|
|
|
|
24,061
|
|
|
|
12,031
|
|
|
|
|
|
BAE Systems plc loan facility1
|
|
3,501
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,501
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post retirement health care2
|
|
737
|
|
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
200
|
|
|
|
237
|
|
Environmental obligations3
|
|
63,125
|
|
|
|
7,063
|
|
|
|
5,000
|
|
|
|
4,000
|
|
|
|
47,062
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total contractual obligations
|
|
230,982
|
|
|
|
19,194
|
|
|
|
32,762
|
|
|
|
131,727
|
|
|
|
47,299
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and Prospects-Liquidity and Capital Resources-Credit Facilities and Other
Borrowings-Outstanding Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings.
|
|
|
2
|
This liability relates to post-retirement
medical benefits of former employees who retired prior to December 31, 1996 and is based on
actuarial valuations conducted during fiscal 2002.
|
|
|
3
|
Harmony makes provision
for environmental rehabilitation costs and related liabilities based on managements interpretations
of current environmental and regulatory requirements. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review
and ProspectsCritical Accounting Policies.
|
Contractual Obligations off the Balance
Sheet
During fiscal
2002, Harmony and ARMGold formed the Free Gold Company to acquire the Free Gold
assets from AngloGold. See Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsOverview
and BusinessHarmonys Mining OperationsFree Gold Operations. Harmony
accounts for its interest in the Free Gold Company using the equity method, under which Harmonys
share of the net assets of the Free Gold Company is recorded as a single line item,
Investment in joint venture, on Harmonys consolidated balance sheet. Accordingly,
Harmonys consolidated balance sheet does not reflect any obligations that the Free Gold Company
has to third parties. Harmony and ARMGold expect that the Free Gold Company will generate sufficient
cash flows from operations to meet these obligations. In the event that the Free Gold Company is unable
to meet these obligations from its internal resources, Harmony expects that the additional funding
required will be provided by Harmony and ARMGold in proportion to their respective shareholdings
in Free Gold, enabling the Free Gold Company to fund its contractual obligations.
128
The following
table summarizes the Free Gold Companys obligations to third parties as of
June 30, 2002:
|
Payments Due by Period
|
|
|
Dollars in thousands
|
Total
|
|
Less than 12 months July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
|
|
12-36 Months July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005
|
|
36-60 Months July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007
|
|
After 60 Months Subesequent to June 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AngloGold - taxes payable
1
|
|
60,827
|
|
|
|
60,827
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
AngloGold - loan2
|
|
26,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total contractual obligations
|
|
87,426
|
|
|
|
60,827
|
|
|
|
26,599
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects the estimated taxes
payable by AngloGold during March 2003 on the sale of the Free Gold assets, for
which the Free Gold Company has agreed to reimburse AngloGold. See Item 4.
Information on the CompanyBusinessOverview.
|
|
|
2
|
Reflects the fair value of
the Rand 400 million interest-free loan which is payable to AngloGold by the Free
Gold Company on January 1, 2005, as part of the consideration for the Free Gold
assets. See Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessOverview.
|
Commercial Commitments on the Balance
Sheet
The following
table provides details regarding Harmonys commercial commitments as of June
30, 2002:
|
Amount of Commitments Expiring by Period
|
|
|
Dollars in thousands
|
Total
|
|
Less than 12 months July 1, 2002 to June 30, 2003
|
|
12-36 Months July 1, 2003 to June 30, 2005
|
|
36-60 Months July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2007
|
|
After 60 Months Subesequent to June 30, 2007
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Guarantees1
|
|
7,892
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,892
|
|
Capital commitments2
|
|
3,055
|
|
|
|
3,055
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total commitments expiring
by period
|
|
10,947
|
|
|
|
3,055
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,892
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Reflects guarantees for environmental
rehabilitation expenses, principally environmental performance bonds required for
Harmonys Australian operations. See Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessRegulatory and Environmental MattersEnvironmental Matters.
|
|
|
2
|
Capital commitments consist
only of amounts committed to external suppliers, although a total of $29 million
has been approved by the Board for capital expenditures.
|
Trend Information
Information
on recent trends in Harmonys operations is discussed in Item 4. Information
on the CompanyBusinessStrategy and Results of Operations above.
Working Capital and Anticipated Financing
Needs
The Board believes that Harmonys working
capital resources, by way of cash generated from operations and existing cash on
hand, are sufficient to meet Harmonys present working capital needs. Harmony
expects that its business requirements through June 30, 2003 will be financed from
internal resources and existing borrowings. For more information on
129
Harmonys planned capital expenditures,
see Capital Expenditures above and
Item 4. Information on the CompanyBusinessHarmonys Mining
Operations. Harmony may, in the future, explore debt and/or equity financing
in connection with its acquisition strategy and/or major capital projects. See
Item 3. Key InformationRisk FactorsHarmonys strategy depends
on its ability to make additional acquisitions. Harmonys Board believes
that Harmony will have access to adequate financing on reasonable terms given Harmonys
cash-based operations and modest leverage. Harmonys ability to generate
cash from operations could, however, be materially adversely effected by increases
in cash costs, decreases in production, decreases in the price of gold and appreciation
of the Rand against the U.S. dollar. In addition, Harmonys ability to obtain
additional financing could be limited by covenants in the term loan facility of
April 18, 2002 between Harmony and BoE Bank Limited, which imposes debt to earnings
ratios and minimum net worth requirements and prevents Harmony from pledging, selling
or creating encumbrances over pledged assets including Harmonys shares of
the Free Gold Company. Access to financing could also be limited by provisions
of Harmonys corporate bonds, under which Harmony may not permit encumbrances
on its present or future assets or revenues to secure indebtedness for borrowed
money, without securing the outstanding bonds equally and ratably with such indebtedness,
except for certain specified permitted encumbrances. See Item 5. Operating
and Financial Review and ProspectsLiquidity and Capital ResourcesCredit
Facilities and Other BorrowingsOutstanding Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings. Future
financing arrangements would also be subject to the limits on the
Boards borrowing powers described in Item 10. Description of Ordinary
SharesMemorandum and Articles of AssociationDirectorsBorrowing
Powers. In addition, South African companies are subject to significant exchange
control limitations, which may impair Harmonys ability to fund overseas operations
or guarantee credit facilities entered into by overseas subsidiaries. See Item
10. Additional InformationExchange Controls and Other Limitations Affecting
Security Holders.
Item 6. Directors, Senior Management
and Employees
DIRECTORS AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
The members
of the Board, their principal past affiliations, information on their business experiences
and principal outside activities and selected other information are set forth below:
Executive Directors
Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel (41),
BSc (Mining Engineering), B Com (Hons), Chief Executive Officer and a Director.
Mr. Swanepoel has been a Director of Harmony and its Chief Executive Officer since
February 1995. Mr. Swanepoel has approximately 20 years experience in the
mining industry. Prior to joining Harmony he was General Manager of the Beatrix
Mine within the Gengold Group.
Frank Abbott (47), BCom, CA (SA),
MBL, Chief Financial Officer and a Director. Mr. Abbott has been a Director of
Harmony since 1994 and Chief Financial Officer since October 1997. Mr. Abbott has
approximately 22 years experience in financial management. Prior to joining
Harmony he was Financial Director of Randgold & Exploration Company from 1994
to 1997.
130
Ferdinand Dippenaar (41), BCom, BProc,
MBA, Marketing Director. Mr. Dippenaar has been a Director of Harmony since June
1997. Mr. Dippenaar has approximately 16 years commercial and financial experience.
He was Managing Director of The Grootvlei Proprietary Mines Limited and East Rand
Proprietary Mines Limited from 1996 to 1997. Prior to 1996, Mr. Dippenaar served
as Project Leader for the East Rand companies of Randgold & Exploration Company
in 1995 and Financial Manager of Beatrix Gold Mines Limited in 1994.
Thaddeus Steven Anthony Grobicki
(53), BSc (Hons) (Geology) MSc (Minerals Exploration), Executive Officer for offshore
operations and a Director. Mr. Grobicki has been a Director of Harmony since 1994
and an Executive Director since October 1999. Mr. Grobicki has approximately 25
years experience in the mining industry. He was a Chief Executive Officer
of West Rand Consolidated Mines Limited and Kalgold until July 1999. In March 2002,
he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Hill 50.
Non-Executive Directors
Adam Richard Fleming (54), Non-executive
Chairman of the Board and an independent director. Mr. Fleming has been a Director
and the Chairman of Harmony since October 14, 1999. His current term will expire
at Harmonys next annual general shareholders meeting, currently scheduled
for November 14, 2003, at which time he will be eligible for re-election.
Mr. Fleming was the non-executive chairman of West Rand Consolidated Mines Limited
and of Kalgold before the acquisition of these companies by Harmony.
Michael Frank Pleming (67), Pr Eng,
FIMM, Non-executive Director and an independent director. Mr. Pleming has been
a Director of Harmony since September 1998. Mr. Pleming has approximately 30 years
mining and approximately 14 years mining investment experience. He is also
a director of Impala Platinum Holdings Limited.
Lord Renwick of Clifton (64), KCMG,
Non-executive Director and an independent director. Lord Renwick has been a Director
of Harmony since October 1999. Lord Renwick was in the diplomatic service, inter alia as
British ambassador to Pretoria and Washington, until his retirement
in 1997. He is currently chairman of Fluor Limited and is a director of several
public companies, including British Airways Plc., Compagnie Financiere Richemont
AG, BHP Billiton, Fluor Corporation, SABMiller plc and Fleming Family and Partners.
Audrey Mokhobo (46), MA (Political
Science), Non-executive Director. Ms. Mokhobo has been a Director of Harmony since
January 2002. She currently is a director of Simane, Capital Alliance Holdings,
Barnard Jacobs Mellet, Womens Development Bank, Investment Holdings, Rotek
Industries, M-Net Phuthuma Trust and Khoetsa Technologies and is a general manager
at Eskom (Pty) Ltd. Prior to her appointment, she held various senior positions,
including at the Development Bank of South Africa, and as special adviser to the
Ministry for Public Enterprises.
John Smithies (57), BSc (Mining Engineering),
(Chemistry), Non-Executive Director and an independent director. Mr. Smithies has
been a Director of Harmony since April 2002. Mr. Smithies has approximately 29
years of experience in the mining industry. From 1973-1976 he worked in the gold
division of Union Corporation. From 1976-2001, he held various positions at
131
Impala Platinum Holdings Limited, including consulting
engineer from 1996-1999, Operations Director from 1999-2000, and Chief Executive Officer
from 2000-2001.
Nolitha Fakude (38) BA (Hons) (Psychology,
Education and English), Non-Executive Director and an independent director. Ms.
Fakude has been a Director of Harmony since September 2002. She has completed executive
training programs at the Harvard Business School and Carl Duisberg Gesellschaft,
and been the Managing Director of the Black Management Forum, or BMF, since 2001.
Her role as Managing Director of the BMF involves stakeholder and relationship
management with BMF members, corporate members, government and other organizations.
Simo Lushaba (36) BSc (Advanced Biochemistry),
MBA, Non-Executive Director and an independent director. Mr. Lushaba has been a
Director of Harmony since October 2002. He is Chief Executive Officer of Rand Water
and has completed courses in industrial marketing, strategic capability, executive
development and corporate governance.
Secretary
Frederick W. Baker, who served as Secretary
of Harmony since 1997, retired from his position on November 29, 2002. Harmony
is currently conducting a search for a new Secretary.
Senior Management
The members
of Harmonys senior management, their principal past affiliations, information
on their business experiences and principal outside activities and selected other
information are set forth below:
Neville Vaughan Armstrong (48), BSc
(Hons), PhD. Dr. Armstrong has served on the executive committee, responsible for
Harmonys exploration activities, since October 1999. Dr. Armstrong has more
than 20 years experience of all facets of minerals exploration, evaluation
and development of minerals projects. He was a director of West Rand Consolidated
Mines Limited and Kalgold prior to joining Harmony.
Robert Alex Llewellyn Atkinson (50),
NHD (Metalliferous Mining). Mr. Atkinson has 30 years experience in the mining
industry. He joined Harmony as production manager in 1986. Mr. Atkinson is responsible
for mining operations on the executive committee.
Graham Paul Briggs (49), BSc (Hons)
(Geology). Mr. Briggs has approximately 29 years experience in the mining
industry. He joined Harmony in 1995 as manager of new business. Mr. Briggs is
responsible for ore reserve management, organic growth and capital projects on the
executive committee.
John Sembie Danana (45), B. Journalism,
B.A. (Hons), MBA. Mr. Sembie Danana has served on the executive committee, responsible
for health and safety transformation since May 2002. He has served in various positions
at LTA Construction, including General Manager: Investments, General Manager: Fastfloor
Systems, General Manager: New Business Development and Commercial Manager for the
N3 Toll Concession. He is the Chairman of Pretoria Technikon Council and a Divisional
Board Member of Petronet.
132
Mogamat Yusuf Jardien (39), ICSA,
PMD (UCT). Mr. Jardien has served on the executive committee, responsible for Business
Process and Information Technology, since August 2002. He has 20 years of information
technology experience and has served as an executive at 3M South Africa and Unibank,
responsible for information technology and logistics.
Tracey Jonkheid (32), B.A. Communication
(Hons) (cum laude), MBA. Ms. Jonkheid has served as Harmonys internal strategist
on a full-time basis since May 2002, in which capacity she advises the executive
committee on implementing and integrating initiatives for internal change. She
fulfilled this role as an external consultant on a part-time basis for 18 months
prior to May 2002. Her background is in the advertising industry where she has
worked as a strategist at four of South Africas largest advertising agencies.
Philip Kotze (42), GDE, NHD (Metalliferous
Mining). Mr. Kotze joined Harmony in 1999 from Kalgold, where he was the operations
director. He has approximately 19 years experience of metalliferous mining
and is responsible for mining operations.
Mohamed Madhi (38), BSc (Electrical
and Electronic Engineering), MBA, MSc (Engineering). Mr. Madhi has served as Harmonys
corporate strategist since August 2001. He has been a director and Operational
Board member of the CSIR, head of Eskoms Capital Investment Programme, head
of South Africas Presidential Year 2000 Task Team, Chief Executive of Cell
Point Systems and has served as an adviser to several large corporations and governments
of developing countries. Mr. Madhi was formerly the African Commissioner on the
Global Information Insfrastructure where he advised on telecommunications and information
technology policy.
Jackie Mathebula (33), B.Admin (Hons),
Diploma in Labor Law. Mr. Mathebula joined Harmony in September 2002 as
an employee relations and industrial relations executive. Prior to joining Harmony
was a general human resources manager for Gensec Bank, a human resources manager
for the Gold Fields Limited Group and occupied various positions within the then
Iscor Group. Mr. Mathebula also worked for the South African government in the
Gazankulu Public Service Commission.
Khetiwe McClain (38), BA (Fine
Arts). Ms. McClain joined Harmony in 2002 and is responsible for social plans and
beneficiation strategies required by the Mining Charter. Prior to joining Harmony,
Ms. McClain served as a liaison for transformation of the mining industry and a
manager of the beneficiation project at the South African Ministry of Minerals and
Energy. She has also worked at the Italian embassy in South Africa.
Peter McKenna (51), BSc (Hons), PrSciNat.
Mr. McKenna joined Harmony in 1999 from West Rand Consolidated Mines Limited, where
he was the new business director. He has approximately 29 years of experience in
the gold mining industry in the fields of exploration, mine geology, corporate finance
and new business development. Mr. McKenna is responsible for Harmonys international
new business activities.
Dawie Mostert (33), PDM, PCM, MDP,
Diploma in Labor Relations (DPLR) (Advanced Labor Law). Mr. Mostert joined Harmony
in 1997 following the acquisition of Grootvlei, where he
133
was the human resources
manager. He has approximately 15 years experience in the mining industry
and is responsible for training and human resource development.
Khosi Ndlovu (43), BA, Social Development.
Ms. Ndlovu joined Harmony in 2002 and is responsible for social development programs.
She has experience in community development, government relations, and economic
empowerment programs.
Petrus Cornelius Pienaar (38), BCom,
BCompt (Hons), CA (SA). Mr. Pienaar joined the Harmony in 1997 following the acquisition
of Grootvlei, where he was the financial director. Mr. Pienaar has approximately
13 years experience in the financial and mining industries and is responsible
for Harmonys South African new business activities.
Fleur Plimmer (33), BA (Hons). Prior
to joining Harmony, Ms. Plimmer was the Health and Safety Coordinator for the NUM.
At the NUM, Ms. Plimmer was involved in drafting the Mine Health and Safety Act.
Following her service at the NUM, Ms. Plimmer joined Ingwe Coal Corporation, where
she was a manager responsible for safety and, thereafter, corporate communication
programs. Ms. Plimmer joined Harmony in September 2002, and is responsible for
the business transformation portfolio.
Frank Robert Sullivan (46), MCom,
BPL (Hons). Mr. Sullivan has approximately 21 years experience in human resources
management in the gold mining industry. He joined Harmony in 1996 as human resources
manager and is responsible for human resources development.
Matheus Johannes Swanepoel (41),
BCompt (Hons), CA(SA). Mr. Swanepoel joined Harmony in 1995 as financial manager
from Beatrix Mines. Mr. Swanepoel has approximately 20 years financial services
experience, mostly in the mining industry. He was appointed to the executive committee
in November 2000 and is responsible for the development of Harmonys shaft
financial managers and the financial control environment.
Abraham Joseph van Vuuren (41) BCom,
MDP, DPLR. Mr. van Vuuren joined Harmony in 1997 from Grootvlei, where he was human
resources manager. He was appointed to the executive committee in November 2000
and is responsible for human resource processes and systems and remuneration. He
has approximately 20 years experience in the mining industry.
BOARD PRACTICES
The Articles
of Association of Harmony provide that the Board must consist of no less than four
and no more than twenty directors at any time. The Board currently consists of
nine directors.
The Articles
of Association of Harmony provide that the longest serving one-third of directors
retire from office at each annual general meeting of Harmony. Retiring directors
normally make themselves available for re-election and are re-elected at the annual
general meeting on which they retire. Members of senior management of Harmony who
are also directors retire as directors in terms of the Articles of Association,
but their service as officers is regulated by standard industry employment agreements.
According
to the Articles of Association, the Board meets not less than quarterly.
134
Details of
directors service contracts are described under Compensation of
Directors and Senior Management and Directors Terms of Employment,
below.
In order to
ensure good corporate governance, the Board has formed an Executive Committee, an
Audit Committee, a Remuneration Committee and an Executive Health and Safety Committee.
The Audit and Remuneration Committees are comprised of a majority of non-executive
directors.
Harmonys
Executive Committee comprises the executive directors and selected senior officers
of Harmony, each with his own area of responsibility. The Executive Committee meets
on a weekly basis to discuss and make decisions on the day-to-day operations of
Harmony. The composition of the Executive Committee (with areas of responsibility
indicated) is as follows:
|
Z. B. Swanepoel
|
|
Chairman
|
|
|
F. Abbott
|
|
Finance
|
|
|
N. V. Armstrong
|
|
Exploration
|
|
|
R. A. L. Atkinson
|
|
Mining operations
|
|
|
G. P. Briggs
|
|
Ore reserves and organic growth
|
|
|
J.S. Danana
|
|
Safety transformation
|
|
|
F. Dippenaar
|
|
Investor relations
|
|
|
T. S. A. Grobicki
|
|
Offshore operations
|
|
|
M. Y. Jardien
|
|
Information technology
|
|
|
T. Jonkheid
|
|
Internal Strategy
|
|
|
P. Kotze
|
|
Mining operations
|
|
|
M. Madhi
|
|
External Strategy
|
|
|
J. Mathebula
|
|
Industrial relations
|
|
|
K. McClain
|
|
Beneficiation and the social plan
|
|
|
P. McKenna
|
|
New business-international
|
|
|
D. Mostert
|
|
Training and development
|
|
|
K. Ndlovu
|
|
Corporate affairs
|
|
|
P. C. Pienaar
|
|
New business (South Africa)
|
|
|
F. Plimmer
|
|
Transformation management
|
|
|
M. J. Swanepoel
|
|
Financial services
|
|
|
F. R. Sullivan
|
|
Human
resources development and HIV/AIDS policy
|
|
|
A. J. van Vuuren
|
|
Human
resources processes and systems
|
|
In fiscal
2002 and the first quarter of fiscal 2003, Harmony added the following members to
its executive committee, in order to better align its management capabilities with
current issues facing Harmony and the South African mining industry. These new
executive committee members include:
|
|
Mr. Danana,
who leads initiatives to
improve workplace health and safety at Harmonys South African operations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Jardien,
who leads initiatives to develop
information technology at Harmonys South African operations;
|
135
|
|
Ms. Jonkheid,
who is in charge of Harmonys internal strategy;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Madhi,
who is in charge of Harmonys external strategy;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Mathebula,
who is in charge of Harmonys industrial relations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ms. McClain,
who leads beneficiation initiatives required by the Mining Charter;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mr. Mostert,
who is in charge of internal training and development at Harmonys South African operations;
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ms. Ndlovu,
who is in charge of Harmonys corporate affairs; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ms. Plimmer,
who is in charge of transformation management.
|
The Audit
Committee monitors Harmonys control systems. The Audit Committee meets
at least three times per year with Harmonys external and independent internal
auditors and Harmonys executive management, to review accounting, auditing
and financial reporting matters to ensure that an effective control environment
is maintained, and to review interim results, the audited preliminary announcement
of the annual results and the annual financial statements prior to their approval
by the Board. The committee also monitors proposed changes in accounting policy,
reviews the internal audit function and discusses the accounting implications of
major transactions. The members of the Audit Committee are the following independent
directors:
A. R. Fleming
(chairman)
M. F. Pleming
J. G. Smithies
The Remuneration
Committee reviews the remuneration of directors and members of senior management.
The Remuneration Committee is responsible for approving Harmonys remuneration
policy and the terms and conditions of employment, including salaries and bonuses,
for Harmonys executive directors and officers. In addition, the Remuneration
Committee determines the remuneration policy pertaining to all employees. The Remuneration
Committee, consisting of two non-executive directors and one executive director,
meets two to three times per year. The members of the Remuneration Committee are
the following independent directors:
A. R. Fleming
(chairman)
M. F. Pleming
J. G. Smithies
The Health,
Safety and Environmental Audit Committee reviews occupational health, safety and
environmental policies, practices and standards of Harmony and reports to the Board
on a quarterly basis. The committee monitors health, safety and environmental performance
and makes recommendations to the Board when it deems particular attention is
136
required.
The members of the Health, Safety and Environmental Audit Committee are the following
independent directors:
M. F. Pleming
(chairman)
A. R. Fleming
J. G. Smithies
COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS
AND SENIOR MANAGEMENT
During fiscal
2002, the aggregate compensation paid or payable to the directors and members of
senior management of Harmony as a group was approximately Rand 14.0 million ($1.6
million) in base salary and Rand 18.4 million ($2.1 million)
in profit sharing. Harmony paid salary in fiscal 2002 to Mr. Swanepoel, Mr. Abbott,
Mr. Dippenaar and Mr. Grobicki of approximately Rand 1.8 million ($0.2 million),
Rand 1.1 ($0.1 million), Rand 1.0 ($0.1 million) and Rand 1.4 ($0.2 million),
respectively. Harmony paid bonuses in fiscal 2002 to Mr. Swanepoel, Mr. Abbott,
Mr. Dippenaar and Mr. Grobicki, of approximately Rand 3.0 million ($0.3 million),
Rand 2.0 million ($0.2 million), Rand 2.0 million ($0.2 million) and Rand 2.0 million
($0.2 million), respectively. The aggregate compensation paid or payable during
fiscal 2002 to the non-executive directors of Harmony as a group was approximately
Rand 0.5 million ($0.1 million) in directors fees.
Directors
Terms of Employment
No Harmony
director has a service contract with Harmony or any of its subsidiaries with a notice
or contract period of one year or more or with provisions for pre-determining compensation
on termination of an amount which equals or exceeds one years salary and benefits
in kind. The terms of employment by Harmony of the executive directors are as follows:
(i)
Z. B.
Swanepoel joined Harmony as Chief Executive and a director in February 1995. His
employment will continue until terminated by reaching the mandatory retirement age
of 63 or on service of 30 days notice by either himself or Harmony. Mr. Swanepoel
has waived his rights to directors fees. He participates in the Harmony share
option scheme and a discretionary executive profit share scheme, the latter provided
that certain profit targets, set by the Remuneration Committee, are achieved.
(ii)
Abbott
joined Harmony as Chief Financial Officer in October 1997. His employment will
continue until terminated by reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 or on service
of 30 days notice by either himself or Harmony. Mr. Abbott has waived his
rights to directors fees. He participates in the Harmony share option scheme
and a discretionary executive profit share scheme, the latter provided that certain
profit targets, set by the Remuneration Committee, are achieved.
(iii)
F. Dippenaar
joined Harmony as Marketing Director in June 1997. His employment will continue
until terminated by reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 or on service of
30 days notice by either himself or Harmony. Mr. Dippenaar has waived his
rights to directors fees. He participates in the Harmony share option scheme
137
and a discretionary
executive profit share scheme, the latter provided that certain profit targets, set by the
Remuneration Committee, are achieved.
(iv)
T. S.
A. Grobicki has been a non-executive director since 1994 and was appointed an executive
director in October 1999. His employment will continue until terminated
by reaching the mandatory retirement age of 63 or on service of 30 days notice
by either himself or Harmony. Mr. Grobicki has waived his rights to directors
fees. He participates in the Harmony share option scheme and a discretionary executive
profit share scheme, the latter provided that certain profit targets, set by the
Remuneration Committee, are achieved.
The executive
directors also benefit from pension contributions, life insurance and medical aid,
the value of which is included in the salary details listed above. The total amount
currently set aside or accrued by Harmony and its subsidiaries for the payment of
these pension, life insurance, medical aid and retirement benefits is approximately
Rand 428,000 ($48,970). The non-executive directors are entitled to fees
as agreed at Harmonys annual general meeting from time to time, reimbursement
of out-of-pocket expenses incurred on Harmonys behalf and remuneration for
other services, such as serving on committees. Currently, each non-executive director
is entitled to Rand 25,000 per quarter.
The terms
of employment of the directors are not set out in any written agreements.
Share options
exercised by the executive directors during fiscal 2002 are detailed in the table
below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Name
|
|
Number of options exercised
|
|
|
|
Average option exercise price (Rand)
|
|
|
|
|
|
Z. B. Swanepoel
|
|
113,300
|
|
|
|
26.41
|
|
F. Abbott
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
|
24.75
|
|
F. Dippenaar
|
|
80,000
|
|
|
|
24.75
|
|
T.S.A. Grobicki
|
|
20,000
|
|
|
|
35.40
|
|
138
During fiscal
2002, Harmonys directors and senior management were granted 1,327,900 share
options. Share options outstanding at December 13, 2002 and held by directors
and senior management were as follows:
Name
|
Options to purchase ordinary shares
|
|
Average exercise price per share (Rand)
|
|
Expiration dates
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Z. B. Swanepoel
|
|
155,500
|
|
|
|
47.16
|
|
|
|
Between
1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
F. Abbott
|
|
93,400
|
|
|
|
46.56
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
F. Dippenaar
|
|
93,400
|
|
|
|
46.56
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
T. S. A. Grobicki
|
|
269,000
|
|
|
|
37.76
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
R. A. L. Atkinson
|
|
93,400
|
|
|
|
46.56
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
N. V. Armstrong
|
|
120,500
|
|
|
|
45.56
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
P. McKenna
|
|
99,900
|
|
|
|
46.76
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
G. P. Briggs
|
|
82,200
|
|
|
|
46.15
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
P. C. Pienaar
|
|
82,200
|
|
|
|
46.15
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
P. Kotze
|
|
120,100
|
|
|
|
47.23
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
F. R. Sullivan
|
|
93,400
|
|
|
|
46.56
|
|
|
|
Between 1/31/10 and 11/20/11
|
|
M. J. Swanepoel
|
|
71,100
|
|
|
|
37.00
|
|
|
|
11/20/11
|
|
A. J. van Vuuren
|
|
90,000
|
|
|
|
39.64
|
|
|
|
11/20/11
|
|
A. Mokhobo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Smithies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. Fakude
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Lushaba
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. S. Danana
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M.Y. Jardien
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Jonkheid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Madhi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Mathebula
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. McClain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. Mostert
|
|
21,000
|
|
|
|
49.60
|
|
|
|
11/20/11
|
|
K. Ndlovu
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. Plimmer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL
|
|
1,485,100
|
|
|
|
44.95
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
139
SHARE OWNERSHIP
The following
sets forth, as of December 13, 2002, the total amount of ordinary shares and warrants
directly or indirectly owned by the directors and senior management of Harmony.
The directors and senior management of Harmony do not own any preference shares.
Holder
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number
|
|
Percentage (%)
|
|
Number
|
|
Percentage (%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Directors
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. R. Fleming
|
|
5,213,868
|
|
|
|
2.99
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
|
|
2.84
|
|
Z. B. Swanepoel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. Abbott
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. Dippenaar
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. S. A. Grobicki
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. F. Pleming
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lord Renwick of Clifton
|
|
11,705
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. Mokhobo
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Smithies
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
S. Lushaba
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. Fakude
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Directors (11 persons)
|
|
5,265,573
|
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
|
|
2.84
|
|
Senior Management
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
N. V. Armstrong
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R. A. L. Atkinson
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
G. P. Briggs
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. S. Danana
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Y. Jardien
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
T. Jonkheid
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. Kotze
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
J. Mathebula
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. Madhi
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. McClain
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. McKenna
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
D. Mostert
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
P. C. Pienaar
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. Plimmer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
K. Ndlovu
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
M. J. Swaenepoel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. R. Sullivan
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A. J. van Vuuren
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Senior Management (18 persons)
|
|
100
|
|
|
|
*
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Directors and Senior Management (29 persons)
|
|
5,265,673
|
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
|
|
2.84
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*
Indicates beneficial ownership of less
than 1% of the relevant class of securities.
Options to
purchase a total of 7,329,200 ordinary shares were outstanding on December 13, 2002.
The exercise prices of the outstanding options range between Rand 11.70 and Rand
49.60 per share and they expire between 2008 and 2011. Of the outstanding
options, options to purchase 1,485,100 ordinary shares at a weighted average price
of Rand 44.14 were held by directors and senior management of Harmony and its subsidiary
companies, as described above. No consideration was payable on the grant of these
options.
140
EMPLOYEES
General
The South
African underground gold mining industry is very labor-intensive. The Australian
gold mining industry involves more mechanized mining, which is less labor intensive.
The following table lists the total number of employees at each of Harmonys
operations, together with people working at Harmonys operations but employed
by outside contractors, at June 30 of the past three fiscal years.
|
Harmony Employees
|
|
Outside Contractors
|
|
|
|
|
|
At June 30,
|
|
At June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Africa
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Elandskraal
|
|
7,559
|
|
|
|
7,200
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
210
|
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State
|
|
12,644
|
|
|
|
14,671
|
|
|
|
15,234
|
|
|
|
713
|
|
|
|
1,820
|
|
|
|
2,483
|
|
Evander
|
|
7,384
|
|
|
|
6,909
|
|
|
|
8,162
|
|
|
|
1,257
|
|
|
|
17
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
Randfontein
|
|
7,455
|
|
|
|
9,700
|
|
|
|
8,231
|
|
|
|
740
|
|
|
|
1,439
|
|
|
|
4,068
|
|
Kalgold
|
|
222
|
|
|
|
250
|
|
|
|
389
|
|
|
|
250
|
|
|
|
227
|
|
|
|
209
|
|
Exploration
|
|
20
|
|
|
|
13
|
|
|
|
14
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Big Bell
|
|
94
|
|
|
|
142
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
208
|
|
|
|
230
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mt. Magnet
|
|
104
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
316
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Kalgoorlie1
|
|
111
|
|
|
|
52
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
135
|
|
|
|
57
|
|
|
|
|
|
Canada
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bissett
|
|
6
|
|
|
|
208
|
|
|
|
220
|
|
|
|
0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL2
|
|
35,599
|
|
|
|
39,099
|
|
|
|
32,250
|
|
|
|
3,829
|
|
|
|
4,273
|
|
|
|
6,678
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
Includes employees at Jubilee and New Celebration.
2
Excludes employees of the Free Gold Company.
The Free Gold
Company had 13,734 employees as of June 30, 2002, excluding outside contractors.
Unionized Labor
Approximately
80% of Harmonys labor force in South Africa is unionized, with the major portion
of the workforce being members of the National Union of Mineworkers, or the NUM.
Since 1995 the South African legislature has enacted various labor laws that enhance
the rights of employees. For example, these laws:
|
|
confirm the
right of employees to belong to trade unions and the right of unions to have access
to the workplace;
|
|
|
|
|
|
guarantee
employees the right to strike, the right to picket and the right to participate
in secondary strikes in certain prescribed circumstances;
|
|
|
|
|
|
provide for
mandatory compensation in the event of termination of employment for operational
reasons;
|
|
|
|
|
|
reduce the
maximum ordinary hours of work;
|
141
|
|
increase the
rate of pay for overtime;
|
|
|
|
|
|
require large
employers, such as Harmony, to implement affirmative action policies to benefit
historically disadvantaged groups and impose significant monetary penalties for
non-compliance with the administrative and reporting requirements of the legislation;
and
|
|
|
|
|
|
provide for
the financing of training programs by means of a levy grant system and a national
skills fund.
|
Harmony is currently in compliance with
applicable labor laws.
As a result
of its highly unionized labor force and the fact that labor costs constitute approximately
50% of production costs, Harmony has attempted to balance union demands with the
need to contain and reduce cash costs in order to ensure the long-term viability
of its operations.
Harmony participates
in industry-wide Central Chamber of Mines negotiations for Category 3 to 8 semi-skilled
employees. In August 2001, a two-year wage deal was concluded with the NUM, which
included a minimum wage of Rand 2,000 per month to be achieved by 2002, with an
average increase of 8% for NUM members and an average increase of approximately
7% for other employees such as mid-level managers. Wage negotiations within the
Central Chamber of Mines generally take place on a company-wide basis, while negotiations
on other working conditions and with other unions and associations take place on
a mine-by-mine basis. Employees at Kalgold and the Free Gold Company are not covered
by the Central Chamber of Mines negotiations and, accordingly, these employees are
not covered by the two-year agreement concluded in August 2001. On May 31, 2002,
following the strike described below, Harmony concluded a one-year wage agreement
with Kalgolds NUM branch, resulting in an average wage increase of 9% for
workers in the lowest job category, which consists of general laborers, and an average
wage increase of 8% for the remainder of the covered employees, which consists of
semi-skilled and skilled employees working as plant operatives and artisan assistants.
The Free Gold Company is in the process of negotiating with unions representing
the Free Gold Companys employees.
Harmony experienced
no significant strikes in fiscal 1999, 2000 or 2001. Harmony believes that this
was the result of improved workplace relationships, effective domestic dispute settlement
arrangements and the establishment of a statutory body, the Commission for Conciliation,
Mediation and Arbitration.
On May 8,
2002, 170 members of Kalgolds NUM branch initiated a strike in connection
with the negotiations that resulted in the Kalgold wage agreement described above.
Mining at Kalgold by non-striking workers and contractors continued during this
strike, which was resolved on May 31, 2002 and resulted in the one-year wage agreement
described above. This strike did not materially affect Kalgolds results
for fiscal 2002 and Harmony does not expect that this strike will materially affect
Kalgolds results in the long-term.
142
On May 17,
2002, members of Randfonteins NUM branch initiated a strike in connection
with their demand for an increase in housing allowances. Mining at Randfontein
was severely disrupted during the strike, which was resolved on May 27, 2002. The
resulting agreement, which was subsequently extended to all of Harmonys operations,
calls for housing allowance increases in line with annual wage increases through
January 2005.
Share Option Scheme
As of June
30, 2002, options for Harmony employees to acquire 9,099,000 ordinary shares were
outstanding. A total of 3,108,800 of these options had been issued under Harmonys
employee share option scheme established in 1994, or the 1994 Share Option
Scheme, which was in effect prior until November 16, 2001. A total of 5,986,200
of these options had been issued under Harmonys employee share option scheme
established in 2001, or the 2001 Share Option Scheme, which came into effect on
November 16, 2001.
Under the
1994 Share Option Scheme, the maximum number of share options that could be granted
was equal to 10% of the outstanding Harmony ordinary shares on the date of the grant.
At the annual general shareholders meeting held on November 16, 2001, Harmonys
shareholders approved the 2001 Share Option Scheme to replace 1994 Share
Option Scheme. The 2001 Share Option Scheme came into effect on November 16, 2001;
however, options previously issued under the 1994 Share Option Scheme remain in
force. The terms the 2001 Share Option Scheme are substantially equivalent to the
1994 Share Option Scheme, except that the maximum number of share options that may
be granted under the 2001 Share Option Scheme is a fixed amount (8,000,000) rather
than a percentage of share capital. Options granted under the 1994 Share Option
Scheme that remain outstanding are not counted against this maximum.
Under both
the 1994 Share Option Scheme and the 2001 Share Option Scheme, the exercise price
of each option granted is set at the closing market price of Harmonys ordinary
shares on the JSE on the day before the date of grant. Each option remains open
for acceptance for 10 years after the date of grant, subject to the terms of the
relevant option scheme. Each option may normally only be exercised by a participant
on the following bases: (i) after 12 months have elapsed from the date on which
the option was granted, in respect of not more than one third of the shares which
are the subject of that option; (ii) after 24 months have elapsed from the date
on which the option was granted, in respect of not more than two thirds of the shares
which are the subject of that option; and (iii) after 36 months have elapsed from
the date on which the option was granted, in respect of all the shares which are
the subject of that option, or at such time or times over a period of more than
3 years from the date on which the option was granted as the Board may have determined
and notified in writing to the participant when the option was granted to the participant.
The ordinary shares in respect of which each option is exercised (i) will be fully
paid; (ii) will rank pari passu with existing issued shares; (iii) will be allotted
and issued by the Board within 14 days after the exercise of the option; and (iv)
will be issued to the participant to whom the option was granted as the beneficial
owner thereof and a certificate will be issued therefore. The Board will procure
that a listing is applied therefore on the stock exchanges on which Harmonys
shares are listed and quoted.
The 2001 Share
Option Scheme may be amended from time to time (whether retrospectively or otherwise)
by the Board in any respect (except for certain specific clauses that
143
may only be amended through approval in a general meeting),
provided that no such amendment
shall operate to alter adversely the terms and conditions of any option granted
to a participant prior thereto, without the written consent of that participant
and provided that the prior approval of the JSE has been obtained.
Share Purchase Scheme
On November
29, 1999 Harmony adopted a share purchase scheme, or the Share Purchase Scheme,
in which eligible employees may participate. The Share Purchase Scheme provides
for a share purchase trust controlled by Harmony. The share purchase trust provides
recourse loans to enable employees to acquire shares or exercise their options under
the 1994 Share Option Scheme. As of December 13, 2002, the Share Purchase Scheme
has only been used for the purpose of making loans to employees to exercise their
options under the 1994 Share Option Scheme. The shares acquired by the employee
pursuant to the exercise of the option are then pledged by the employee to the share
purchase trust to secure repayment of the recourse loan granted by the share purchase
trust plus any interest thereon. The share purchase trust is funded by a loan from
Harmony, which it repays once it receives repayment of the recourse loans granted
to employees. Three Harmony non-executive directors generally serve as trustees
of the share purchase trust, but following the retirement of Mr. Edwards in fiscal
2002, two non-executive directors (Mr. Fleming and Mr. Pleming) currently serve
as trustees. The trustees are not eligible to receive loans from the trust.
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related
Party Transactions
MAJOR SHAREHOLDERS
Harmony is
an independent gold producer, with no single shareholder exercising control. As
of December 13, 2002, the issued capital of Harmony consisted of 174,560,203 ordinary
shares. To the knowledge of Harmony, (A) Harmony is not directly or indirectly
owned or controlled (i) by another corporation or (ii) by any foreign government
and (B) there are no arrangements (including any announced or expected takeover
bid), the operation of which may at a subsequent date result in a change in control
of Harmony. As of December 13, 2002, there was no controlling shareholder of Harmony.
Significant
changes in the percentage ownership held by major shareholders are also described
below.
The voting
rights of Harmonys major shareholders do not differ from the voting rights
of other holders of the same class of shares. Significant changes in the
percentage ownership held by major shareholders are described below.
On April 25,
2001, Jipangu Inc., a private company incorporated in Japan, or Jipangu, subscribed
for 568,774 Harmony ordinary shares at a price of the U.S. dollar equivalent of
Rand 40 per share, totaling approximately $2.8 million. In May 2001, Harmony reached
an understanding to enter into an agreement with Jipangu pursuant to which Harmony
agreed to grant Jipangu certain rights to subscribe for Harmony shares on and subject
to specified terms and conditions. Harmony agreed to use commercially reasonable
endeavors to procure the issue to Jipangu of additional Harmony shares as required
by Jipangu in writing, subject to a specified
144
limit and Harmony receiving satisfactory
confirmation that Jipangu had sufficient available funds for the subscription.
Jipangu acknowledged that the issuance of these additional shares would have required
the approval of Harmonys shareholders in a general meeting. The agreement,
which was never executed, lapsed on May 31, 2001.
On June 20,
2001, the IDC completed subscriptions for 10,736,682 Harmony ordinary shares and
10,958,904 preference shares of Harmony. These subscriptions were carried out in
fulfillment of an agreement dated April 3, 2001, among Harmony, Komanani and the
IDC pursuant to which, subject to the fulfillment of certain specified conditions,
Komanani and the IDC agreed to subscribe for 222,222 Harmony ordinary shares and
10,736,682 Harmony ordinary shares, respectively, and Harmony undertook to issue
those shares, at a price of Rand 36.00 per share. Under the agreement, the IDC
also subscribed for, and Harmony issued, 10,958,904 preference shares, at a price
equal to their par value of Rand 0.50 each and with the terms described in Item
5. Operating and Financial Review and ProspectsLiquidity and Capital
ResourcesShare Capital. The Komanani subscription, together with the agreement
as it related to Komanani, was cancelled as of August 17, 2001. On September 7,
2001, Harmony entered into an agreement with Simane and the IDC pursuant to which,
subject to the fulfillment of certain specified conditions, Simane thereby subscribed
for 222,300 Harmony ordinary shares on substantially the same terms as the Komanani
subscription. The Simane subscription was completed on September 25, 2001. The
aggregate consideration for the ordinary shares and preference shares issued to
the IDC and Simane under the agreements was approximately Rand 400 million. Harmony
used the net proceeds from the IDC and Simane subscriptions to retire a portion
of the $260 million syndicated loan facility described in this annual report and
for general corporate purposes. During January and February 2002, the IDC converted
all of its preference shares into 10,958,904 ordinary shares, transferred 10,736,682
ordinary shares to Simane and sold 10,958,904 ordinary shares to third parties in
a series of transactions. As a result of these transactions, Simane held 10,958,982,
or approximately 6.2%, of Harmonys ordinary shares as of December 13, 2002.
Harmonys
agreement with Simane provides that Simane will not, except as provided in the agreement,
have the right to dispose of or transfer any of the ordinary shares acquired by
it under the agreement for a period of 18 months from the effective date of the
agreement and will not enter into any arrangement or transaction that may have the
same or similar effect. The shares transferred to Simane by the IDC in January
and February 2002 are subject to the same restrictions. Under the agreement, Simane
granted Harmony the right to place any of the ordinary shares acquired by it thereunder,
in the event Simane wishes to dispose of such shares, on and subject to certain
specified terms and conditions. In the event Harmony does not wish to place such
shares, Simane will be entitled to dispose of such shares in accordance with the
agreement. Simane undertakes under the agreement that it, and Simanes directors
and shareholders and the directors of its shareholders (while they remain as such
and for a period of six months thereafter) under the agreement, will not directly
or indirectly be associated or concerned with, interested or engaged or interest
itself in any firm, business, company or other association of persons that carries
on a gold mining business without the prior written consent of Harmony (such consent
not to be unreasonably withheld).
On June 29,
2001, Harmony completed a global offering of 27,082,500 ordinary shares and ADSs
and 9,027,500 warrants to purchase 9,027,500 ordinary shares, in each case in
145
the United States and elsewhere. The ordinary shares were
offered at a price of $5.32 or R43.00 per ordinary share, or $5.32 per ADS. Investors received one
warrant for every three ordinary shares (or ADSs) they purchased. The net proceeds of the
offering to Harmony were approximately $137.6 million, after deducting underwriting
discounts, commissions and offering expenses. Harmony used these net proceeds for
retiring certain indebtedness, financing future acquisitions, making capital expenditures
and funding working capital. As of December 13, 2002, Harmony had issued 4,807,858
of the ordinary shares upon exercise of the warrants.
On April 29,
2002, Harmony completed an international private placement of 8,500,000 new ordinary
shares for a cash price of Rand 134.44 per share, or approximately Rand 1,143 million
($109.9 million at an exchange rate of R10.40 per $1.00). Harmony used
the net proceeds of this placement to retire the ANZ loan, and the $80 million syndicated
loan facility with Citibank, N.A., as lead arranger.
Each ADR represents
one ADS. Each ADS represents one ordinary share. At December 13, 2002,
record holders of Harmonys ordinary shares holding an aggregate of
78,879,680 ordinary shares (45.2%) and record holders of Harmony warrants holding
an aggregate of 1,168,879 warrants (27.7%) were listed as having addresses
in the United States.
To the knowledge
of Harmony, a list of the individuals and organizations holding, directly or indirectly,
3% or more of its issued share capital and warrants as of December 13, 2002 is set
forth below.
Holder
|
Ordinary Shares
|
|
Warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Number
|
|
(%)
|
|
Number
|
|
(%)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Bank of New York1
|
|
65,106,387
|
|
|
|
37.30
|
|
|
|
1,168,879
|
|
|
|
27.71
|
|
JP Morgan Chase Bank2
|
|
12,145,767
|
|
|
|
6.96
|
|
|
|
323,616
|
|
|
|
7.67
|
|
Simane3
|
|
10,958,982
|
|
|
|
6.30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Brown Brothers
Harriman & Co.4
|
|
7,087,087
|
|
|
|
4.96
|
|
|
|
46,133
|
|
|
|
1.09
|
|
All directors
and senior management as a group
|
|
5,265,673
|
|
|
|
3.02
|
|
|
|
120,000
|
|
|
|
2.84
|
|
1
|
Depositary with respect to the
ADRs and nominee with respect to warrants held on the U.S. warrant register.
|
|
|
2
|
Depositary with respect to
Harmonys International Depositary Shares.
|
|
|
3
|
In January and February 2002,
the IDC transferred 10,736,682 ordinary shares to Simane under the terms of their
subscription agreements with Harmony, as described below.
|
|
|
4
|
Nominee for a portion
of ordinary shares held on Paris Bourse.
|
The voting
rights of Harmonys major shareholders do not differ from the voting rights
of other holders of the same class of shares.
146
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
None of the
directors or major shareholders of Harmony or, to the knowledge of Harmony, their
families, had any interest, direct or indirect, in any transaction during the period
from July 1, 2000 to December 13, 2002 or in any proposed transaction that has affected
or will materially affect Harmony or its investment interest or subsidiaries, other
than as stated below.
A. R. Fleming,
T. S. A. Grobicki, P. McKenna and P. Kotze, as well as Lord Renwick of Clifton KCMG
and Dr. N. V. Armstrong, all held, directly or indirectly, shares in West Rand Consolidated
Mines Limited and/or Kalgold. These shares converted into Harmonys ordinary
shares upon Harmonys acquisition of these companies. Lord Renwick of Clifton
KCMG holds a senior investment banking position with the JPMorgan group in London
and as such has an indirect interest in all transactions between Harmony and JPMorgan
described in this annual report, including the global offering of Harmony ordinary
shares and warrants completed in June 2001. The offering was completed pursuant
to a firm commitment underwriting, in which JPMorgan acted as global coordinator.
Ms. Mokhobo is the chairman of Simane and as such has an interest in all transactions
between Harmony and Simane, including the subscription agreement described in this
annual report under which Harmony shares were issued to Simane prior to Ms. Mokhobos
appointment as a director of Harmony. See Item 7. Major Shareholders
and Related Party Transactions. A.R. Fleming and Lord Renwick of Clifton
each owns, directly or indirectly, shares in Highland Gold. As such, each of them
has an interest in Harmonys investment in Highland Gold described in this
annual report.
None of the
directors or members of senior management of Harmony or any associate of such director
or member of senior management is currently or has been at any time during the past
three fiscal years indebted to Harmony.
INTERESTS OF EXPERTS AND
COUNSEL
Not applicable.
Item 8. Financial Information
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS
Please refer
to Item 18. Financial Statements and pages F-1 through F-105 of this
annual report.
OTHER FINANCIAL INFORMATION
Export Sales
In fiscal
2002, approximately 65% of Harmonys gold produced in South Africa was refined
by Harmony and exported, and approximately 76% of Harmonys gold produced in
Australia was exported.
147
Legal Proceedings
None of
Harmonys
property is the subject of pending material legal proceedings. Harmony experiences
a number of claims and legal and arbitration proceedings incidental to the normal
conduct of its business. Harmonys management does not believe that liabilities
related to such claims and proceedings are likely to be, individually or in the
aggregate, material to Harmonys consolidated financial condition.
Harmony has,
however, recently initiated two significant proceedings. On September 23, 2002,
Harmony and Durban Roodepoort Deep, another South African gold mining company, filed
a complaint against Iscor, a South African steel producer. The complaint, which
is currently pending with the South African Competition Commission, alleges that
Iscor abused a dominant position by charging excessive prices for its local flat
steel products and providing inducements for steel purchasers to refrain from importing
competing steel products. In addition, Harmony recently brought a claim
for arbitration seeking reimbursement of pumping costs from the Placer Dome Western
Areas Joint Venture, or Placer Dome Western Areas. Harmony has incurred these costs
to pump water out of a closed shaft at the Randfontein operations so that water
will not seep into a nearby shaft operated by Placer Dome Western Areas. The pumping
costs (which accrue at a rate of Rand 3.5 to 4.5 million per month) amounted to
approximately Rand 53.5 million ($6.1 million) as of November 30, 2002. Harmony
expects arbitration of this claim will commence in April 2003. Pending the
arbitration, Harmony is continuing to provide pumping services while Placer Dome
Western Areas carries out development to prevent seepage between the two shafts.
Dividends and Dividend Policy
Harmony has
paid interim and final dividends on its ordinary shares in 2000, 2001 and 2002.
In each of the last three fiscal years, an interim dividend was declared by the
Board for the first six months of the fiscal year and paid during the third quarter
of the fiscal year. In fiscal 2000 and 2001, a final dividend was declared by the
Board at the end of the fiscal year to which it related, and paid during the first
quarter of the next succeeding fiscal year. The final dividend for fiscal
2002 was declared on August 2, 2002 and, accordingly, will be recorded in Harmonys
financial statements for fiscal 2003. The holders of Harmonys redeemable
convertible preference shares, or the preference shares (none of which are currently
outstanding), were not entitled to receive dividends out of Harmonys profits
or to participate in any other distribution to the shareholders of Harmony. For
information on Harmonys accounting policy relating to dividends, see note
2(s) to the consolidated financial statements.
148
The following
table sets forth the dividends announced and paid in respect of Harmony ordinary
shares for the periods indicated.
|
Fiscal year
ended June 30,
|
|
20031
|
|
2002
|
|
2001
|
|
2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($)
|
|
(R)
|
|
($)
|
|
(R)
|
|
($)
|
|
(R)
|
|
($)
|
|
(R)
|
Interim dividend
|
|
|
|
|
0.08
|
|
0.75
|
|
0.07
|
|
0.50
|
|
0.08
|
|
0.50
|
Current year final dividend
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.09
|
|
0.70
|
|
0.11
|
|
0.70
|
Prior year final dividend
|
0.41
|
|
4.25
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total dividend
|
0.41
|
|
4.25
|
|
0.08
|
|
0.75
|
|
0.16
|
|
1.20
|
|
0.19
|
|
1.20
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
As of December 13, 2002.
South African law
was recently relaxed to permit the distribution of a companys
equity as a dividend, provided that the necessary shareholder approval is obtained
and, after the distribution of the dividend, the company remains solvent and liquid.
Cash dividends, however, may only be paid out of profits. Previously under South
African law, a companys equity could not be distributed as a dividend. Cash
dividends paid by Harmony will not bear any interest payable by Harmony. The amount
of dividends, if any, paid in the future will depend on Harmonys results of
operations, financial condition, cash requirements and other factors deemed relevant
by the Board.
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
No
significant change in Harmonys financial condition has occurred since the
date of the consolidated financial statements included in this annual report.
Item 9. The Offer and Listing
MARKETS
The principal
non-United States trading market for the ordinary shares of Harmony is the JSE,
on which the Harmony ordinary shares trade under the symbol HAR. The
ordinary shares of Harmony are also listed on the Official List of the UK Listing
Authority and traded on the London Stock Exchange and are listed on the Premier
Marche of Euronext Paris. Harmonys International Depositary Shares are listed
on Euronext Brussels.
Harmony warrants
are listed on the JSE and the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to the global offering
described in this annual report, there was no trading market for the Harmony warrants
and there currently is only a limited trading market for the warrants. See Item
3. Key InformationRisk FactorsPrior to June 2001, there was no trading
market for Harmonys warrants, there is currently only a limited trading market
for the warrants and there can be no assurance that an active trading market will
be sustained in the future.
From October
1996 to November 26, 2002, Harmonys ADSs traded in the United States on The
Nasdaq Stock Market under the trading symbol HGMCY. Since November
27, 2002, Harmonys ADSs have traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
trading symbol HMY. The ADRs representing the ADSs are issued by The
Bank of New York, as depositary.
149
OFFERING AND LISTING DETAILS
The high and
low sales prices in Rand for Harmonys ordinary shares and warrants on the
JSE for the periods indicated were as follows:
|
Harmony ordinary shares
|
|
Harmony warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Rand per ordinary share)
|
|
(Rand per warrant)
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1998
|
|
25.40
|
|
|
|
23.40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1999
|
|
28.50
|
|
|
|
28.40
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2000
|
|
46.10
|
|
|
|
21.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
|
39.00
|
|
|
|
33.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Second Quarter
|
|
37.00
|
|
|
|
26.00
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Third Quarter
|
|
47.00
|
|
|
|
30.80
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fourth Quarter
|
|
51.00
|
|
|
|
36.15
|
|
|
|
14.75
|
|
|
|
12.00
|
|
Full Year
|
|
51.00
|
|
|
|
26.00
|
|
|
|
14.75
|
|
|
|
12.00
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
|
49.00
|
|
|
|
38.70
|
|
|
|
14.75
|
|
|
|
11.00
|
|
Second Quarter
|
|
97.00
|
|
|
|
48.80
|
|
|
|
49.00
|
|
|
|
13.30
|
|
Third Quarter
|
|
129.00
|
|
|
|
72.00
|
|
|
|
89.00
|
|
|
|
29.90
|
|
Fourth Quarter
|
|
187.30
|
|
|
|
110.00
|
|
|
|
140.00
|
|
|
|
73.00
|
|
Full Year
|
|
187.30
|
|
|
|
38.70
|
|
|
|
140.00
|
|
|
|
11.00
|
|
Month of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 2002
|
|
174.00
|
|
|
|
120.00
|
|
|
|
130.00
|
|
|
|
78.80
|
|
July 2002
|
|
171.00
|
|
|
|
103.50
|
|
|
|
115.00
|
|
|
|
85.00
|
|
August 2002
|
|
152.00
|
|
|
|
104.00
|
|
|
|
108.00
|
|
|
|
68.10
|
|
September 2002
|
|
181.50
|
|
|
|
144.00
|
|
|
|
135.00
|
|
|
|
108.00
|
|
October 2002
|
|
165.20
|
|
|
|
119.10
|
|
|
|
124.00
|
|
|
|
111.00
|
|
November 2002
|
|
156.00
|
|
|
|
115.50
|
|
|
|
111.00
|
|
|
|
80.00
|
|
December 2002 (through December 13, 2002)
|
|
149.50
|
|
|
|
115.60
|
|
|
|
100.00
|
|
|
|
76.00
|
|
150
The high and
low sales prices in U.S. dollars for Harmonys ADRs and warrants for the periods
indicated, as reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market through November 26, 2002 and
by the New York Stock Exchange since that date, were as follows:
|
Harmony ADRs
|
|
Harmony warrants
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ per
ADR)
|
|
($ per
warrant)
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
High
|
|
Low
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1998
|
6.88
|
|
1.81
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 1999
|
6.25
|
|
3.00
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2000
|
7.50
|
|
3.69
|
|
|
|
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
5.69
|
|
4.50
|
|
|
|
|
Second Quarter
|
5.16
|
|
3.47
|
|
|
|
|
Third Quarter
|
5.66
|
|
3.88
|
|
|
|
|
Fourth Quarter
|
6.50
|
|
4.50
|
|
1.90
|
|
1.65
|
Full Year
|
6.50
|
|
3.47
|
|
1.90
|
|
1.65
|
Fiscal year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
First Quarter
|
5.54
|
|
4.50
|
|
1.91
|
|
1.36
|
Second Quarter
|
6.92
|
|
5.01
|
|
3.10
|
|
1.33
|
Third Quarter
|
11.85
|
|
6.31
|
|
8.25
|
|
3.02
|
Fourth Quarter
|
19.00
|
|
10.18
|
|
14.53
|
|
6.20
|
Full Year
|
19.00
|
|
4.50
|
|
14.53
|
|
1.33
|
Month of
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 2002
|
17.33
|
|
12.15
|
|
13.99
|
|
7.61
|
July 2002
|
26.99
|
|
21.90
|
|
12.48
|
|
5.49
|
August 2002
|
28.50
|
|
23.04
|
|
9.87
|
|
6.36
|
September 2002
|
27.05
|
|
23.72
|
|
13.40
|
|
9.44
|
October 2002
|
15.63
|
|
11.62
|
|
10.85
|
|
7.60
|
November 20021
|
16.13
|
|
12.00
|
|
11.65
|
|
8.15
|
December 2002 (through December 13, 2002)
|
17.20
|
|
12.43
|
|
12.40
|
|
8.55
|
1
As reported by The Nasdaq Stock Market through November 26, 2002 and by the
New York Stock Exchange since that date.
On December
13, 2002, the closing price for the Harmony ordinary shares on the JSE was Rand
146.80 and the closing price for the Harmony ADSs on the New York Stock Exchange
was $16.81.
THE JSE SECURITIES EXCHANGE
SOUTH AFRICA
The JSE was
formed in 1887. The JSE provides facilities for the buying and selling of a wide
range of securities, including equity and corporate debt securities and warrants
in respect of securities, as well as Krugerrands.
The JSE is
a self-regulated organization operating under the ultimate supervision of the Ministry
of Finance, through the Financial Services Board and its representative, the Registrar
of Stock Exchanges. Following the introduction of the Stock Exchanges Control Amendment
Act No. 54 of 1995, which provides the statutory framework for the deregulation
of the JSE, the JSEs rules were amended with effect from November 8, 1995.
These amendments removed the restrictions on corporate membership and allowed stockbrokers
to form limited liability corporate entities. Members were, for the first time,
also required to keep client funds in trust accounts separate from members
own funds. Further rules to complete the deregulation of
151
the JSE, as envisaged
by the Stock Exchanges Control Amendment Act No. 54 of 1995, were promulgated during
1996 to permit members of the JSE to trade either as agents or as principals in
any transaction in equities and to allow members to negotiate freely the brokerage
commissions payable on agency transactions in equities. With effect from June 7,
1996, screen trading commenced on the JSE.
The market
capitalization of South African equity securities was approximately Rand 1.63 trillion
as of November 30, 2002. The actual float available for public trading is significantly
smaller than the aggregate market capitalization because of the large number of
long-term holdings by listed holding companies in listed subsidiaries and associates,
the existence of listed pyramid companies and cross holdings between listed companies.
Liquidity on the JSE (measured by reference to the total market value of securities
traded as a percentage of the total market capitalization) as of June 30, 2002 was
43.5% on an annualized basis. Trading is concentrated in a relatively small number
of companies. As of December 9, 2002, there were 474 listed companies on
the JSE.
South Africa
was included in the Morgan Stanley Capital International Emerging Markets Free Index,
or MSCI Emerging Markets Free Index, and the International Finance Corporation Investable
Index, or IFCI Index, in March and April 1995, respectively. South Africa has a
significant representation in these emerging market indices, with weightings of
12.8% in the MSCI Emerging Market Free Index as of December 9, 2002 and 10.4% in
the S&P/IFCI Investable Index (formerly known as the IFCI Index) as of December
9, 2002.
The main indices
charting the performance of the JSE as a whole and of composite sectors include
the FTSE/JSE All Share Index, the FTSE/JSE Financial Index, the FTSE/JSE Industrial
Index and the FTSE/JSE Resources Index. As of December 9, 2002, the All
Share Index accounted for 100%, the Financial Index accounted for approximately
25%, the Basic Industrial and Consumer Goods Index accounted for approximately 30%
and the Resources Index accounted for approximately 45%, respectively, of the JSEs
total market capitalization.
The JSE settles
securities trades through a computerized clearing system of the clearing house that
the JSE operates. All trades are downloaded from the JET automated
trading system to the Equity Clearing House system and each weeks trades are
netted by brokers and settled on a daily basis from Tuesday to Friday, commencing
on Tuesday of the following week.
Purchasers
of securities must pay their stockbroker for the securities on offer of delivery
by the broker or, if delivery is not tendered, within seven business days after
the trade date, unless the purchaser has net assets in excess of Rand 10 million
or settles through a bank, in which case they are only required to pay on offer
of delivery by the broker. Securities are allocated to the account of the purchaser
once they have been received by the broker and they have been fully paid for.
Sellers of
securities must deliver their shares to their stockbroker within seven business
days after the trade date and receive the proceeds of the sale on delivery, but
not before the Tuesday of the following settlement week.
152
The JSE has
undertaken an initiative to dematerialize share certificates in a Central Security
Depositary operated by STRATE Limited (Share Transactions Totally Electronic), and
has introduced contractual, rolling settlement in order to increase the speed, certainty
and efficiency of the settlement mechanism and to fall into line with international
practices. The STRATE System was fully implemented as of December 2001, and settlement
on the JSE is currently made five days after each trade (T+5). The JSE has also
stated that it intends eventually to move to a system in which the five-day settlement
period is reduced further to T+3 and possibly T+1. Harmonys ordinary shares
can, accordingly, only be traded on the JSE electronically in paperless, dematerialized
form through the STRATE System. Harmonys shares may be issued initially in
certificated form, but must be dematerialized before they can be traded.
Holders
of dematerialized securities may withdraw their securities from the STRATE system
in exchange for registered certificates. Transfers of securities eligible for inclusion
in the STRATE system must be effected through the STRATE system by a deposit or
redeposit of the securities to be transferred prior to the transfer.
PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
Not applicable.
SELLING SHAREHOLDERS
Not applicable.
DILUTION
Not applicable.
EXPENSES OF THE ISSUE
Not applicable.
153
Item 10. Additional Information
SHARE CAPITAL
Not applicable.
MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES
OF ASSOCIATION
This section
summarizes certain material provisions of Harmonys Memorandum and Articles
of Association, the Companies Act and the JSE listings requirements, each as currently
in effect. These descriptions do not purport to be complete and are qualified in
their entirety by reference to all of the provisions of those sources. Directions
on how to obtain a complete copy of Harmonys Articles of Association are provided
under Documents on Display below.
General
Harmony is
a public company with limited liability, and is registered under the Companies Act
with the Registrar of Companies, Department of Trade and Industry under Registration
number 1950/038232/06. Harmony is governed by its Memorandum of Association and
Articles of Association, the provisions of the Companies Act and the JSE Listings
Requirements. Harmonys operations are also subject to various laws and regulations,
including those described in Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessRegulatory and Environmental Matters.
Objects and Purposes
Harmonys
objects are set forth in Paragraph 3 of its Memorandum of Association and include:
|
|
to acquire
by purchase, cession, grant, lease, exchange or otherwise any movable or immovable
property, mines, mineral property, claims, mineral rights, mining rights, mining
leases, mining titles, mynpachts, lands, farms, buildings, water rights, concessions,
grants, rights, powers, privileges, surface rights of every description, servitudes
or other limited rights or interests in land and mineral contracts of every description;
and any interest therein and rights over the same; and to enter into any contract,
option or prospecting contract in respect thereof, and generally to enter into any
arrangement that may seem conducive to Harmonys objects or any of them;
|
|
|
|
to carry out
all forms of exploration work and in particular to search for, prospect, examine,
explore and obtain information in regard to mines, mineral properties, claims, mineral
rights, mining rights, mining leases, mining titles, mynpachts, mining districts
or locations and ground and soil supposed to contain or containing precious stones,
minerals or metals of every description;
|
154
|
|
to open, work,
develop and maintain gold, silver, diamond, copper, coal, iron and other mines,
mineral and other rights, properties and works, and to carry on and conduct the
business of raising, crushing, washing, smelting, reducing and amalgamating ores,
metals, minerals and precious stones, and to render the same merchantable and fit
for use and to carry on all or any of the businesses of miners, mineralogists, metallurgists,
amalgamators, geophysicists, smelters, quarry owners, quarrymen and brickmakers;
|
|
|
|
to buy, sell,
refine and deal in bullion, specie, coin and precious and base metals, and also
precious stones and other products of mining; and
|
|
|
|
to employ
and pay mining experts, agents and other persons, partnerships, companies or corporations,
and to organize, equip and dispatch expeditions for prospecting, exploring, reporting
on, surveying, working and developing lands, farms, districts, territories and properties
in any part of the world, whether the same are the property of Harmony or otherwise.
|
Directors
Disclosure
of Interests
A Harmony
director may not vote in respect of any contract or arrangement in which he or she
is interested, and may not be counted in the quorum for the purpose of any resolution
regarding such a contract or arrangement. This restriction does not apply, however,
to:
|
|
any arrangement
for giving the director a security or indemnity in respect of money lent, or an
obligation undertaken, by such director for the benefit of Harmony;
|
|
|
|
any arrangement
by which Harmony gives any security to a third party in respect of a debt or obligation
of Harmony for which the director himself or herself has assumed responsibility,
in whole or in part, whether under a guarantee or indemnity or by the deposit of
a security;
|
|
|
|
any contract
by the director to subscribe for or underwrite shares or debentures of Harmony;
|
|
|
|
any contract
or arrangement with a company other than Harmony, in which the director holds or
controls, directly or indirectly, no more than one percent of shares representing
either (i) any class of the equity share capital of that company or (ii) the overall
voting rights of that company; or
|
|
|
|
any retirement
scheme or fund which relates to both directors and to employees (or a class of employees)
and does not accord to any director, as such, any privilege or advantage not generally
accorded to the employees to which such scheme or fund relates.
|
The restrictions
preventing directors from voting in respect of contracts or arrangement in which
they are interested may be suspended or relaxed at any time, either
155
generally or
in respect of particular circumstances, by the holders of 75% Harmonys ordinary
shares who are present and voting in a general meeting.
A director,
notwithstanding his of her interest, may be counted in the quorum present at any
meeting where: (i) he or she or any other director is appointed to hold any office
or position of profit in Harmony; (ii) the directors resolve to exercise any of
Harmonys rights to appoint, or concur in the appointment of, a director to
hold any office or position of profit in any other company; or (iii) the terms of
any such appointment are considered or varied. At this meeting, each director may
vote on the matters listed above, but no director may vote in respect of his or
her own appointment, or the arrangement or variation of the terms of his or her
own appointment.
The restrictions
described above do not prevent or debar any director, as a holder of any class of
Harmony shares, from taking part in or voting upon any question submitted to a vote
by that class at a general meeting, regardless of that directors personal
interest or concern.
Compensation
The remuneration
of the directors of Harmony in their capacity as directors, including fees per directors
meeting, and additional compensation for the performance of other services, such
as serving on committees, may be established either by a majority of the holders
of Harmonys ordinary shares, present and voting in a general meeting, or by
a majority of disinterested directors at a meeting of directors, provided they constitute
a quorum.
Borrowing
Powers
The Harmony
directors may raise, borrow or secure the payment of any sums of money for Harmonys
purposes as they see fit. However, without the consent of a majority of
the holders of Harmonys ordinary shares present and voting in a general meeting,
the aggregate principal amount outstanding in respect of monies raised, borrowed
or secured by Harmony and any of its subsidiaries may not exceed the greater of
(i) Rand 40 million or (ii) the aggregate amount, from time to time, of Harmonys
issued and paid up capital, plus the aggregate of the amounts standing to
the credit of all distributable and non-distributable reserves, plus Harmonys
share premium account and the share premium accounts of Harmonys subsidiaries.
The Companies
Act provides that a company may only make a loan to its owner, director or manager
with the prior consent of all the members of the company or pursuant to a special
resolution relating to a specific transaction.
Rotation
At each annual
general meeting of Harmony, one-third of the directors, or, if the number is not
a multiple of three, then the number nearest to but not exceeding one-third, shall
retire from office by rotation. Those directors who have been longest in office
since their last election or re-election shall retire. As between directors of
equal seniority, the directors to retire by rotation shall, in the absence of agreement,
be selected by lot. If at the date of any annual general meeting, any director
shall have held office for a period of at least three years since his or her last
election or re-election, he or she shall retire at such meeting, either as one of the
156
directors resigning pursuant to the aforementioned
rotation principles, or in addition thereto. At the next general meeting of shareholders,
A. R. Fleming will retire by rotation, along with two other directors chosen prior to the meeting or
selected by lot at the meeting. Retiring directors are eligible for re-election.
If a director
is appointed to any Harmony executive office, his or her employment contract may
provide that he or she shall be exempt from rotation for the lesser of (i) a period
of 5 years or (ii) the period during which he or she continues to hold the relevant
executive office. During the relevant period, the director in question shall not
be taken into account in determining the retirement of directors by rotation. The
number of directors who may be exempt from retirement by rotation in this manner
shall not equal or exceed one-half of the total number of the directors at the time
of the relevant directors appointment. Currently none of Harmonys
directors are exempted from retirement under these provisions.
Qualifications
There is no
age limit requirement with regard to retirement or non-retirement of directors.
Directors are not required to hold any shares in Harmony to qualify them for appointment
as directors.
Share Capital
As of June
30, 2002 and December 13, 2002, the authorized share capital of Harmony consisted
of a total of Rand 130,479,452, divided into 260,958,904 ordinary shares with a
par value of Rand 0.50 each. The terms of the ordinary shares are described in
Description of Ordinary Shares below. In addition, as of December
13, 2002, Harmony had issued and outstanding 4,236,642 warrants. Although
the terms of the warrants are not set forth in Harmonys Memorandum and Articles
of Association, the warrants provide rights to subscribe for interests in Harmonys
share capital and are, therefore, described under Description
of Harmony Warrants below. Each warrant, when exercised, entitles the warrantholder
to purchase one of Harmonys ordinary shares at an exercise price equal to
Rand 43.00 or the U.S. dollar equivalent, subject to certain adjustments described
below.
Description
of Ordinary Shares
This section
summarizes the material provisions of Harmonys ordinary shares as set out
in Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of Association, the Companies Act and
the JSE listings requirements, each as currently in effect. It does not purport
to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to all of the provisions
of those sources.
Dividends
Either the
Board or a majority of the holders of Harmony ordinary shares, voting in a general
meeting, may, from time to time, declare a dividend to be paid to the registered
holders of ordinary shares according to their respective rights and interests in
the profits, measured in proportion to the number of ordinary shares held by them.
Under South African law, a companys equity may be distributed as a dividend,
provided that any necessary shareholder approval is obtained and, after the distribution
of the dividend, the company remains
157
solvent and liquid. Cash dividends, however,
may only be paid out of the profits of the company. Cash dividends paid by Harmony
will not bear any interest payable by Harmony. Dividends may be declared either
free of, or subject to, the deduction of income tax and any other tax or duty which
may be chargeable. There is currently no tax payable in South Africa by the recipients
of dividends who are outside South Africa.
Dividends
are declared payable to holders of ordinary shares who are registered as such on
a record date determined by the Board, which must be after the later of the date
of the dividend declaration or the date of confirmation of the dividend. The period
between the record date and the date of the closing of the transfer registers in
respect of the dividend shall be not less than 14 days.
Holders of
Harmony ordinary shares, voting in a general meeting, may not declare a dividend
greater that the amount recommended by the directors, but may declare a smaller
dividend. Dividends will be paid to the holders of Harmony ordinary shares in proportion
to the number of their shares. All unclaimed dividends may be invested or otherwise
utilized by the Board for the benefit of Harmony until claimed; provided that dividends
unclaimed after a period of twelve years from the date of declaration may be declared
forfeited by the Board. Forfeited dividends revert to Harmony.
Any dividend
or other sum payable in cash to a holder may be transmitted by a payment method
determined by the directors, such as electronic bank transfer or ordinary post to
the address of the holder recorded in the register or any other address the holder
may previously have given to Harmony in writing. Harmony will not be responsible
for any loss in transmission.
Any dividend
may be paid and satisfied, either wholly or in part, by the distribution of specific
assets, including shares and debentures of any other company, in cash, or by one
or more of such methods, as the Board may determine and direct at the time of the
dividend declaration.
When any holders
of Harmony ordinary shares reside outside of South Africa, the Board has the power,
subject to any applicable laws or regulations, to declare a dividend in a relevant
currency other than the Rand and to determine the date on which and the rate of
exchange at which the dividend shall be converted into the other currency.
All cash dividends
paid by Harmony are expected to be in Rand. Holders of ADRs on the relevant record
date will be entitled to receive any dividends payable in respect of the ordinary
shares underlying the ADRs, subject to the terms of the Deposit Agreement. Cash
dividends paid in Rand will be converted by the depositary to U.S. dollars and paid
by the depositary to holders of ADRs, to the extent it can do so on a reasonable
basis and can transfer the U.S. dollars to the United States, net of conversion
expenses of the depositary, and in accordance with the Deposit Agreement.
Voting
Rights
Subject to
any rights or restrictions attached to any class of ordinary shares, every holder
of Harmony ordinary shares who is present in person at a shareholder meeting, or
a person present as a representative of holders of one or more ordinary shares,
shall on a show of
158
hands have one vote, irrespective of the number of
ordinary shares he holds or represents. Every holder of ordinary shares shall, on a poll, have
one vote for every ordinary share held by him. A shareholder is entitled to appoint
a proxy to attend and speak and vote at any meeting on his or her behalf. The proxy
need not be a shareholder. On a poll, a shareholder entitled to more than one vote
(or his representative, proxy or agent) need not, if he votes, use all of his votes
or cast all of his votes in the same way.
Distribution
of Assets on Liquidation
In the event
of voluntary or compulsory liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the assets remaining
after payment of all the debts and liabilities of Harmony, including the costs of
liquidation, will be applied to repay the amount paid up on Harmonys issued
capital to holders of Harmony ordinary shares and, thereafter, the balance will
be divided pro rata among the holders of Harmony ordinary shares, subject to any
special rights or conditions attaching to any shares. Any portion of Harmonys
assets may, upon such liquidation, dissolution or winding up, and with the approval
of a special resolution, be paid to the ordinary shareholders by the distribution
of specific assets or may be vested in trustees for the benefit of such ordinary
shareholders.
Redemption/Purchase
of Shares
No shares
shall be issued which are redeemable by their terms or at the option of any party.
The Companies
Act permits companies to establish share incentive trusts and provide funds with
which such trusts may purchase securities (including debt and equity securities)
of the company or its holding company. These securities are to be held by or for
the benefit of employees, including salaried directors. The Companies Act also
permits such a trust to loan funds to company employees for the purpose of purchasing
or subscribing for Harmony securities, provided that such trusts may not loan funds
to directors who do not hold salaried employment or office.
The Companies
Amendment Act provides that, with effect from June 1, 1999, a company may approve
the acquisition of its own shares by special resolution, if authorized to do so
by its articles. A company is not, however, permitted to make any form of payment
to acquire any of its own shares if there are reasonable grounds for believing that
the company is or, after the payment, would be unable to pay its debts or if, after
the payment, the consolidated assets of the company fairly valued would be less
than the consolidated liabilities of the company. The procedure for acquisition
of shares by a company is regulated, in the case of listed companies, both by the
Companies Amendment Act and the Listings Requirements of the JSE. The Companies
Amendment Act further provides that a company may make payments to its shareholders
if authorized by its articles subject to the liquidity and solvency requirements
described above.
Harmony is
authorized pursuant to its Articles of Association to approve the acquisition of
its shares by special resolution from time to time. Harmony is also authorized
159
pursuant to its Articles of Association to make payments
in cash or in specie to any class of its shareholders.
Issue of
Additional Shares and Pre-emptive Rights
The Companies
Act does not provide holders of any class of Harmonys shares with pre-emptive
rights. However, the JSE requires that any new issues of equity shares by companies
listed on the exchange must first be offered to existing holders of such shares,
in proportion to their current holding.
The JSE will,
however, allow a company to issue shares to third parties without first offering
them to existing shareholders, in circumstances such as the following:
|
|
pursuant to
an employee share incentive scheme the terms of which have been approved by the
holders of the relevant class of shares in a general meeting;
|
|
|
|
for the acquisition
of an asset, provided that if the issue is more than 30% of the companys issued
share capital, a simple majority of holders of ordinary shares present and voting,
must vote in favor of the acquisition;
|
|
|
|
to raise cash
by way of a general issue in the discretion of the directors (but not to related
parties) of up to 15% of the issued share capital in any one fiscal year at an issue
price with a discount not exceeding 10% of the 30-day weighted average trading price
prior to the determination date, provided that the holders of ordinary shares, present
and voting at a general meeting, must approve the granting of such authority to
the directors by a 75% vote; or
|
|
|
|
to raise cash
by way of a specific issue of a specified number or a maximum number of shares for
cash provided that the holders of ordinary shares, other than controlling shareholders,
present and voting, vote in favor of the resolution to issue the shares at a general
meeting by a 75% vote. In terms of JSE listings requirements, the circular to be
sent to all shareholders informing them of the general meeting must include, inter alia:
|
i.
|
|
details of
the persons to whom the shares are to be issued if such persons fall into the following
categories or other categories identified by the JSE: directors of the company or
its subsidiaries or their associates; trustees of employee or directors share
scheme or pension funds; any person having the right to nominate directors of the
company; and certain shareholders holding more than 10% of the issued share capital;
|
160
ii.
|
|
if the persons
to whom the shares are to be issued are related parties, an independent experts
opinion that the issue price is fair and reasonable; and
|
|
iii.
|
|
should the
maximum size of the issue equal or exceed 30% of the companys issued share
capital, full listing particulars, which include, inter alia, a reporting
accountants report and, in the case of a mining company, a competent persons
report setting out technical details of the companys operations and
assets.
|
Transfer
of Shares
Owners of
Harmony ordinary shares may transfer any or all of their shares in writing in any
common form or in any form approved by the Harmony directors. Every instrument
of transfer must be executed by the transferor or, if the directors so determine,
by the transferor and the transferee. The transferor will remain the holder of
the ordinary shares transferred until the name of the transferee is entered in Harmonys
register of members in respect of such ordinary shares.
The Board
may refuse to recognize any instrument of transfer that is not duly stamped (if
required) or is not accompanied by appropriate evidence of the transferors
title. Such right of refusal will not prevent dealings occurring on an open and
proper basis. Harmony retains all instruments of transfer that are registered.
Any instrument of transfer that the Board refuses to register is, except in the
case of fraud, returned on demand to the person depositing such instrument.
Rights
of Minority Shareholders and Fiduciary Duties
Majority shareholders
of South African companies have no fiduciary obligations under South African common
law to minority shareholders. However, under the Companies Act, a shareholder may,
under certain circumstances, seek relief from the court if he has been unfairly
prejudiced by the company. The provisions in the Companies Act are designed to
provide relief for oppressed shareholders without necessarily overruling the majoritys
decision. There may also be common law personal actions available to a shareholder
of a company.
The fiduciary
obligations of directors may differ from those in the U.S. and certain other countries.
In South Africa, the common law imposes on directors a duty to act with care, skill
and diligence and fiduciary duties, which include the duty to conduct the companys
affairs honestly and in the best interests of the company.
161
Description
of Harmony Warrants
The following
is a summary of the material terms of the warrants and the warrant agency agreement,
dated as of June 29, 2001, between Harmony and The Bank of New York, as U.S. warrant
agent. This summary is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to
the terms of the warrants and the warrant agency agreement.
General
Each warrant,
when exercised, entitles the warrantholder to purchase one of Harmonys ordinary
shares at an exercise price of Rand 43.00 per ordinary share or the U.S. dollar
equivalent determined as described in this annual report, in each case subject to
adjustment from time to time as described in this annual report. See Prospectus
SummaryThe Offering. Warrantholders may elect to receive delivery of
ordinary shares in the form of ADSs. The exercise price may be paid in Rand or
in U.S. dollars, with the U.S. dollar exercise price determined in the manner described
below. Holders exercising their warrants through the U.S. warrant agent, must pay
the U.S. dollar exercise price and warrantholders electing to receive delivery of
ADSs must exercise their warrants through the U.S. warrant agent. The exercise
price and the number of ordinary shares issuable upon exercise of a warrant are
both subject to adjustment from time to time as described below. You should review
the sections Description of Harmony Ordinary Shares and Description
of American Depositary Receipts for a general description of the ordinary
shares and ADSs that will be delivered upon the exercise of the warrants. The warrant
agency agreement includes provisions that affect the exercise and transfer of warrants
through the U.S. warrant agent.
The warrants
may be exercised on any business day on or before June 29, 2003, or the expiration
date, subject to certain exceptions described below. A business day is any day,
excluding Saturday and Sunday, on which banking institutions are generally open
for normal banking business in Johannesburg and New York. Any warrant not exercised
before 5:00 p.m. (Johannesburg time) on the expiration date will become void, and
all rights of the warrantholders under the warrants and the warrant agency agreement
will cease.
The warrants
were issued in registered, certificated form or, at the warrantholders option,
electronically in paperless, dematerialized form through the STRATE system. See
Item 9. The Offer and ListingThe JSE Securities Exchange South Africa.
Harmony is entitled to issue one certificate in respect of any number of warrants
held by the same warrantholder. Harmony is entitled to treat the registered holder
of any warrant on the warrant register as the owner in fact of such warrant for
all purposes and is not bound to recognize any other claim to or interest in such
warrant on the part of any other person or entity. A register for all warrants
is maintained by Harmonys transfer secretary in South Africa. A sub-register
for the warrants is maintained by the U.S. warrant agent.
During the
period in which the warrants may be exercised, no portion of the ordinary share
capital of Harmony will be repaid or redeemed while any of the warrants are unexercised.
162
Exercise
of the Warrants
In order to
exercise all or any of its warrants, a warrantholder is required to deliver to the
U.S. warrant agent or Harmonys transfer secretaries in South Africa, as applicable,
an executed exercise and surrender form, a warrant certificate and payment of the
exercise price. The exercise and surrender form can be obtained from the U.S. warrant
agent or the transfer secretaries upon request. Warrantholders electing to receive
ADSs upon exercise of the warrants may send the documents referred to above only
to the U.S. warrant agent. If a holder elects to exercise through the U.S. warrant
agent, the exercise price, any fees, except issuance fees, of the depositary and
taxes, if any, must be paid in U.S. dollars. If a holder is paying in Rand, the
documents referred to above, together with the exercise price, must be sent to Harmonys
transfer secretaries in South Africa. With respect to any exercise, warrantholders
will need to indicate in the exercise and surrender form, among other things, the
amount of warrants being exercised and whether it wants to receive ordinary shares
or ADSs.
Payment of
the exercise price may be made in the form of a check or bank draft payable to Harmony
(or, in the case of payments made through the U.S. warrant agent, to the U.S. warrant
agent for the account of Harmony) or by wire transfer of immediately available funds
to an account of Harmonys that will be specified in the exercise and surrender
form. Warrantholders electing to pay in U.S. dollars must forward the documents
referred to above, with the exception of the exercise price, to the U.S. warrant
agent or the transfer secretaries, in accordance with the above procedures. If
the holder elects to receive ADSs, these documents must be forwarded to the U.S.
warrant agent. Upon receipt of such documents, the U.S. warrant agent or transfer
secretaries will calculate the exercise price for the warrants being exercised based
on the applicable U.S. dollar/Rand exchange rate, using the noon buying rate for
Rand in effect on the business day preceding the date on which such documents were
posted or otherwise sent (evidence of which may be provided by a post mark or other
reasonable means). The U.S. warrant agent or the transfer secretaries will inform
the warrantholder by telephone, facsimile or other reasonably prompt means of the
amount payable in U.S. dollars, which the warrantholder will be required to send
by check or bank draft payable to Harmony or by wire transfer of immediately available
funds to an account of Harmonys that will be specified in the exercise and
surrender form. Any determinations by the U.S. warrant agent or the transfer secretaries
of U.S. dollar amounts owed by warrantholders will be binding, conclusive and final.
The U.S. warrant agent or the transfer secretaries have the right to treat a purported
exercise of warrants in U.S. dollars as void in the event of unreasonable delay
in payments by a warrantholder regardless of the reason for the delay and, in such
circumstances, warrantholders may be subject to a penalty or fee before their warrant
certificates and exercise and surrender forms are returned. Warrantholders electing
to pay in U.S. dollars must allow adequate time for determination of the amount
payable in U.S. dollars and payment of that amount prior to the expiration date
in order to validly exercise warrants.
Once the exercise
and surrender form, warrant certificate and payment have been received by the U.S.
warrant agent or transfer secretaries pursuant to the terms of the exercise and
surrender form, the warrants will be deemed to be irrevocably exercised, unless
the directors of Harmony determine otherwise in the circumstances set forth below
under Closed Periods and Blackout Periods, and
the warrants will be cancelled. If a warrantholder produces evidence and signs
a form satisfactory to Harmony that a warrant certificate has been lost or
163
destroyed,
Harmony may dispense with the requirement to surrender the certificates upon exercise.
If a certificate has been defaced, lost or destroyed, it may be replaced on such
terms, if any, as Harmonys directors deem appropriate, including terms regarding
any evidence and indemnities required to be delivered by the warrantholder.
Closed
Periods
A warrant
may not be exercised:
|
|
after 5:00
p.m. (Johannesburg time) on the expiration date; and
|
|
|
|
at any time
between the date on which Harmony declares a dividend on its ordinary shares and
the date on which Harmonys shareholders must be registered to receive that
dividend.
|
Blackout
Periods
Although Harmony
is responsible for ensuring that the registration statement relating to the ordinary
shares to be delivered on exercise of the warrants and this annual report are kept
current regarding any material developments with respect to Harmony and its operations,
it is possible that the registration statement or prospectus may not be current
during certain periods when a development has arisen but is not immediately reflected
in the registration statement and prospectus. During these periods, the U.S. warrant
agent or transfer secretaries, acting on behalf of Harmony, will refuse to permit
a warrantholder to exercise its warrants to the extent the warrantholder has not
certified in the exercise and surrender form that it is outside the United States.
Harmony will notify the U.S. warrant agent of any closed or blacked-out periods
promptly after such period has been determined.
Issuance
of Harmony Ordinary Shares and ADSs
No later than
14 days after the valid exercise of a warrant, Harmony will allot the ordinary share
in respect of the exercised warrant to the exercising warrantholder or, if the warrantholder
has elected to receive ADSs, to the U.S. warrant agent, for deposit with the depositary
for the ADSs. If the exercising warrantholder has elected to receive an ordinary
share, but has not elected to have that ordinary share delivered through STRATE,
Harmony will issue a share certificate in respect of the ordinary share no later
than 21 days after the date the warrant is exercised. Harmony will apply to each
stock exchange on which its ordinary shares are listed for the admission to listing
of the ordinary shares issued pursuant to the exercise of the warrant, as soon as
practicable after issue of the ordinary shares. With respect to ADSs, the U.S.
warrant agent will deliver, as promptly as practicable, ADSs to the warrantholder
following the depositarys receipt of ordinary shares from Harmony and the
U.S. warrant agents receipt of such ADSs from the depositary, and Harmony
will cause the ADSs to be listed on the New York Stock Exchange. If not all of
the warrants held under the warrantholders warrant certificate are exercised,
Harmony will issue, along with the ordinary shares, free of charge, a new warrant
certificate in the name of the warrantholder for the balance of the unexercised
warrants.
Warrantholders
are responsible for ensuring that any exercise of warrants is made in compliance
with applicable securities and other laws in their jurisdiction, including, in the
164
case of warrantholders in the United States, applicable
securities laws of any State of the United States.
Not less than
six weeks nor more than two months before the expiration date, Harmony will send
written notice to each warrantholder, reminding them that their warrants expire
on the expiration date.
Transfers
of the Warrants
Any warrant
may be transferred to another party. Warrantholders transferring through the South
African transfer secretaries may be required to give written notice signed by the
transferring warrantholder and the warrant certificate to the South African transfer
secretaries. A warrant certificate must accompany the written notice of these transfers
unless such notice has been certified under Section 136 of the South African Companies
Act, 1973 or the directors of Harmony consent to the transfers without certificate
upon good cause being shown. Harmony may decline to recognize the written notice
of transfer of the warrant if the stamp duty has not been paid, the warrant certificate,
if necessary, is not included, or if the evidence produced is insufficient to show
the right of the transferor to make the transfer. To the extent that any warrants
clear and settle through the facilities of the Depository Trust Company, these transfer
procedures, and other procedures, may be adjusted as appropriate and in accordance
with customary practice.
If a warrant
is transferred, the new warrantholder will be entitled to a certificate for the
warrant as promptly as practicable following registration of the transfer. A service
charge may be assessed for registration of transfer or exchange upon surrender of
any warrant at the office of the U.S. warrant agent or the transfer secretaries,
including exchanges of warrants between the U.S. register and the South African
register. Stamp duty or other governmental charges may be payable upon transfer.
Harmony may require payment of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental
charge that may be imposed in connection with any registration of transfer or exchange
of warrants.
Warrantholders
are responsible for ensuring that any transfer of warrants is made in compliance
with applicable securities and other laws in their jurisdiction, including, in the
case of warrantholders in the United States, applicable securities laws of any State
of the United States.
Rights
as Warrantholders
Holders of
unexercised warrants are not entitled, as such, to any rights of a shareholder,
including the right to receive dividends or other distributions, vote on matters
submitted to Harmonys shareholders, receive notice of any meeting of the shareholders,
consent to any action of the shareholders or receive notice of any other shareholder
proceedings.
Harmony is
obligated to send to each warrantholder a copy of its annual financial statements
and each circular, notice or other document that is sent to its shareholders.
165
Adjustments
Harmony will
notify warrantholders and the U.S. warrant agent if it proposes to:
|
|
give its shareholders
a right to subscribe for new ordinary shares or other new securities by way of a
rights issue, rights offer or otherwise; or
|
|
|
|
allot any
ordinary shares which are credited as fully paid by way of capitalization of profits
or reserves, but not paid up out of distributable reserves, and issued in lieu of
a cash dividend, to shareholders.
|
If such a
proposal is made, warrantholders may exercise their warrants in order to participate.
With respect to warrants that are not exercised, Harmonys directors may use
their discretion to adjust the number of ordinary shares for which the warrantholder
may exercise and/or the exercise price of those warrants accordingly. Harmony will
notify the holders of unexercised warrants and the U.S. warrant agent within 28
days after the record date of any such proposed action, as described above, of any
adjustments made to the terms of the warrants, including the amount of ordinary
shares to be subscribed on any subsequent exercise of a warrant and the exercise
price. Harmony will send out new warrant certificates reflecting any such adjustment.
Upon any consolidation
or subdivision of Harmonys ordinary shares, the number of ordinary shares
to be purchased under the warrants will be reduced or increased in proportion and/or
the exercise price will be adjusted accordingly. The auditors of Harmony at the
time of the consolidation or subdivision will certify the correctness of the adjustments,
and notices of the adjustments and new warrant certificates will be sent to warrantholders
and the U.S. warrant agent within 28 days of such certification.
Neither Harmony
nor the U.S. warrant agent is required to deliver fractional ordinary shares, ADSs
or warrants as a result of any adjustments described in this section.
Changes
in Control and Winding Up
In the event
of a change of control of Harmony, in circumstances where the Securities Regulation
Panel of South Africa does not require the acquiror to make a comparable offer to
warrantholders to acquire their warrants, Harmony will use reasonable efforts to
procure that the acquiror nevertheless makes a comparable offer (which may involve
a condition that a warrantholder who accepts the offer remains liable to pay the
exercise price) to the warrantholders.
If an order
is made by a court or an effective resolution is passed for the winding up of Harmony
(except for the purpose of a reconstruction, amalgamation or on terms which have
been consented to or sanctioned by warrantholders), Harmony will give notice of
such winding up to all warrantholders. Warrantholders will then have the right,
within a reasonable period set by the liquidator, to elect for the purpose of such
winding up to remain warrantholders or to exercise their warrants at the warrant
exercise price with effect from the date of commencement of the winding-up. Warrantholders
who so exercise their warrants will be
166
entitled to be paid out of the assets of
Harmony available for distribution on the same terms as other the ordinary shareholders
of Harmony.
Amendments
The terms
and conditions of the warrants may not be cancelled, amended or supplemented and
Harmony will not modify the rights attaching to its existing ordinary shares or
issue shares or warrants for shares or other securities which are convertible into
shares if those shares or warrants for shares or other securities carry more favorable
voting, dividend or capital rights than the rights carried by Harmonys then
existing issued ordinary shares except with either:
|
|
the consent
in writing of the registered warrantholders entitled to subscribe for at least three-fourths
in nominal amount of the ordinary shares attributable to the then unexercised and
outstanding warrants; or
|
|
|
|
the prior
approval of a resolution passed at a separate meeting of the holders of the warrants,
|
except that the directors of Harmony may
make modifications to the terms and conditions of the warrants which are of a formal,
minor or technical nature, or made to correct a manifest error.
Harmony will
give notice to each warrantholder of any changes, supplements or amendments made
to the terms and conditions of the warrants pursuant to the two procedures described
in the paragraph above, but not any which are of a formal, minor or technical nature,
or made to correct a manifest error.
Reservation
of Ordinary Shares
At all times
while a warrant is unexercised, Harmony will have in reserve sufficient unissued
ordinary shares under the control of its directors for allotment and issue to the
holders of unexercised warrants.
Governing
Law
The warrants
are governed by the laws of South Africa. The warrant agency agreement is governed
by the laws of the State of New York.
Variation of Rights
Harmony may
vary the rights attached to any issued or not yet issued shares by special resolution.
However, if at any time the issued share capital is divided into different classes
of shares, the rights attached to any class may not be varied except with the consent
in writing of the holders of at least 75% of the issued shares of that class or
through a resolution passed at a separate general meeting of the holders of the
shares of that class. The quorum for such a meeting shall be the lesser of (i)
3 shareholders or (ii) 75% of the shareholders of that class, present in person
or by their representatives, agents or proxies, provided that such shareholders
must control or hold at least one half of the issued shares of that class. A share
167
shall be a share of a different class from another share if
the two shares do not rank pari passu in every respect.
Changes in Capital or Objects and Powers
of Harmony
The provisions
of Harmonys Memorandum and Articles of Association pertaining to changes in
Harmonys share capital and powers are substantially equivalent to the provisions
of the Companies Act. Harmony may by special resolution:
|
|
increase its
authorized or paid-up share capital;
|
|
|
|
consolidate
and divide all or any part of its shares into shares of a larger amount;
|
|
|
|
increase the
number of its no par value shares without an increase of its stated capital;
|
|
|
|
sub-divide
all or any part of its shares having a par value;
|
|
|
|
convert all
of its ordinary or preference share capital consisting of shares having a par value
into stated capital constituted by shares of no par value and vice versa;
|
|
|
|
convert its
stated capital constituted by ordinary or preference shares of no par value into
share capital consisting of shares having a par value;
|
|
|
|
vary the rights
attached to any shares whether issued or not yet issued;
|
|
|
|
convert any
of its issued or unissued shares into shares of another class;
|
|
|
|
convert any
of its paid-up shares into stock, and reconvert any stock into any number of paid-up
shares of any denomination;
|
|
|
|
convert any
of its issued shares into preference shares which can be redeemed;
|
|
|
|
cancel shares
which, at the date of passing of the resolution, have not been taken or agreed to
be taken by any person, and diminish the amount of the authorized share capital
by the amount of the shares so cancelled; or
|
|
|
|
reduce the
authorized share capital.
|
Harmony may by ordinary resolution:
|
|
reduce its
issued share capital;
|
|
|
|
reduce its
stated capital; or
|
|
|
|
reduce its
capital redemption reserve fund and share premium account.
|
168
Meetings of Shareholders
The Harmony
directors may at any time convene general meetings of Harmonys shareholders.
The directors shall convene a general meeting upon request of shareholders in accordance
with the provisions of the Companies Act. No more than fifteen months may elapse
between the date of one annual general meeting and the next, and the annual general
meeting shall be held within six months after the expiration of each financial year
of Harmony.
Harmony is
required to provide its members with written notice of meetings, which shall specify
the place, the day and time of the meeting. In every notice calling a meeting of
Harmony or of any class of members of Harmony, there shall appear with reasonable
prominence a statement that a member entitled to attend and vote is entitled to
appoint a proxy to attend and vote in lieu of such person and that a proxy need
not also be a member. Notice of a general meeting shall be given to the JSE and
to the following persons and no other person shall be entitled to receive notice
of general meetings:
|
|
to every member
of Harmony except any member who has not supplied to Harmony a registered address
for the giving of notices;
|
|
|
|
to every person
entitled to a share in consequence of the death or insolvency of a member;
|
|
|
|
to the directors
and auditor for the time being of Harmony; and
|
|
|
|
by advertisement
to the holders of share warrants to bearer.
|
Annual general
meetings and meetings calling for the passage of a special resolution require twenty-one
days notice in writing. Any other general meeting requires no less than fourteen
days notice in writing. A meeting called upon shorter notice shall be deemed
to have been duly called if a majority in number of the members having a right to
attend and vote at the meeting agree to such a shortened notice period, and if such
members hold no less than 95% of the total voting rights of all members.
Harmony business
may be transacted at a general meeting only when a quorum of members is present.
Three members present personally or by representative and entitled to vote are
a quorum.
The annual
general meeting deals with and disposes of all matters prescribed by the Harmony
Articles of Association and by the Companies Act, including:
|
|
the consideration
of the annual financial statements and report of the auditors;
|
|
|
|
the election
of directors;
|
|
|
|
the appointment
of auditors; and
|
|
|
|
any business
arising from the annual financial statements considered at the meeting.
|
169
The holder
of a general or special power of attorney given by a member, whether the holder
is a member or not, shall be entitled to attend meetings of Harmony or of any class
of members of Harmony and to vote at such meetings if so authorized by the power
of attorney. Any member may appoint a proxy, who need not be a member, to attend,
speak and, subject to the provisions of the Companies Act, to vote in his place
on a show of hands and on a poll at any general meeting or at any meeting of any
class of members. The instrument appointing a proxy to vote at a meeting of Harmony
and the power of attorney or other authority shall be deposited at the transfer
office of Harmony not later than 48 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and Public
Holidays) before the meeting at which the person empowered proposes to vote. No
instrument appointing a proxy shall be valid after the end of a period of 6 months
commencing on the date on which it is signed unless otherwise expressly stated in
the proxy.
Title to Shares
The registered
holder or holders of any shares shall, during his or their respective lifetimes
and while not subject to any legal incapacity, be the only person or persons recognized
by Harmony as having any right to, or in respect of, such shares and, in particular,
Harmony shall not be bound to recognize:
|
|
That the registered
holder or holders hold such shares upon trust for, or as the nominee of, any other
person; or
|
|
|
|
That any person,
other than the registered holder or holders, holds any contingent, future or partial
interest in such shares or any interest in any fractional part of any of such shares.
|
Where any
share is registered in the names of two or more persons they shall be deemed to
be joint holders. Accordingly where any member dies, the survivor or survivors,
where the deceased was a joint holder, and the executor of the deceased, where the
deceased was the sole holder, shall be the only persons recognized by Harmony was
having any right to the interest of the deceased in any shares of Harmony.
Harmony may
enter in the register as member, nomine officii, of Harmony, the name of
any person who submits proof of his appointment as the executor, administrator,
trustee, curator or guardian in respect of the estate of a deceased member of Harmony
or of a member whose estate has been sequestrated or of a member who is otherwise
under disability or as liquidator of any body corporate in the course of being wound
up which is a member of Harmony, and any person whose name has been so entered in
the register shall be deemed to be a member of Harmony.
Non-South African Shareholders
There are
no limitations imposed by South African law or by the Articles of Association of
Harmony on the rights of non-South African shareholders to hold or vote Harmonys
ordinary shares or securities convertible into ordinary shares.
170
Disclosure of Interest in Shares
Until recently,
there was generally no requirement in South Africa for persons or a group of persons
acting in concert to disclose a beneficial ownership interest in shares. Pursuant
to the Companies Amendment Act Number 37 of 1999, where securities of an issuer
are registered in the name of a person and that person is not the holder of the
beneficial interest in all of the securities so held, it is obliged, at the end
of every three-month period after June 30, 1999 (i.e., commencing on September 30,
1999), to disclose to the issuer the identity of each person on whose behalf the
registered holder holds securities and the number and class of securities issued
by that issuer held on behalf of each such person. Moreover, an issuer of securities
may, by notice in writing, require a person who is a registered shareholder, or
whom the issuer knows or has reasonable cause to believe to have a beneficial interest
in, a security issued by the issuer, to confirm or deny whether or not such person
holds that beneficial interest and, if the security is held for another person,
to disclose to the issuer the identity of the person on whose behalf a security
is held. The addressee of the notice may also be required to give particulars of
the extent of the beneficial interest held during the three years preceding the
date of the notice. All issuers of securities are obliged to establish and maintain
a register of the disclosures described above and to publish in their annual financial
statements a list of the persons who hold beneficial interests equal to or in excess
of 5% of the total number of securities of that class issued by the issuer together
with the extent of those beneficial interests.
Changes in Control
There are
various procedures under the Companies Act whereby mergers and takeovers can be
effected. These procedures are not exclusive and there are a variety of techniques
that can be used to acquire control. All of these procedures are, however, subject
to control by the Securities Regulation Panel and the requirements embodied in the
Securities Regulation Code on Take-overs and Mergers shall be adhered to. The JSE
Listing Requirements also contain certain requirements with regard to the process
involved in a merger or takeover. While the requirements of the Securities Regulation
Panel and the JSE Listings Requirements might have the general effect of delaying,
deferring or preventing a change in control of a company, Harmonys Memorandum
and Articles of Association do not impose additional restrictions on mergers or
takeovers.
Register of Members
Harmony keeps
a register of shareholders at Harmonys office and at the office of Harmonys
transfer secretaries in South Africa, and Harmonys transfer secretaries
in the United Kingdom keep a branch shareholders register at their offices.
The register
of members includes:
|
|
the names
and address of the members;
|
|
|
|
the shares
held by each member, distinguishing each share by its denoting number, if any, by
its class or kind, and by the amount paid or deemed to be paid thereon;
|
171
|
|
the date on
which the name of any person was entered in the register as a member; and
|
|
|
|
the date on
which any person ceased to be a member.
|
Annual Report and Accounts
The Board
is required to keep such accounting records and books of account as are prescribed
by the Companies Act.
The directors
will cause to be prepared annual financial statements and an annual report as required
by the Companies Act and the JSE rules. Harmony will deliver a copy of the annual
report and annual financial statements to every member not less than twenty-one
days prior to the date of each annual general meeting.
MATERIAL CONTRACTS
Harmony enters
into material contracts in connection with its business, as described in Item
4. Information on the CompanyBusiness and in connection with financing
arrangements, as described in Item 5. Operating and Financial Review and
ProspectsLiquidity and Capital Resources. In addition, in fiscal 2002,
Harmony entered into contracts with respect to its shareholdings, as described in
Item 7. Major Shareholders and Related Party TransactionsMajor Shareholders.
EXCHANGE CONTROLS
Introduction
The following
is a general outline of South African exchange controls. Investors should consult
a professional adviser as to the exchange control implications of their particular
investments.
The Republic
of South Africas exchange control regulations provide for restrictions on
exporting capital from a Common Monetary Area consisting of South Africa, the Republic
of Namibia and the Kingdoms of Lesotho and Swaziland. Transactions between South
African residents (including corporations) and between residents and non-residents
of the Common Monetary Area are subject to these exchange control regulations which
are enforced by the SARB.
Although the
exchange rate of the Rand is primarily market-determined, its value at any moment
cannot be considered a true reflection of the underlying value of the Rand while
exchange controls exist. The South African Government has stated repeatedly that
it is committed to phasing out controls in a prudent manner. In line with this
commitment, the Financial Rand (part of the dual currency scheme which then existed)
was abolished in 1995, and there has subsequently been a practice of leniency in
applying certain capital ratios.
In view of
the many inherent disadvantages of exchange controls, such as the distortion of
the price mechanism, the problems encountered in the application of monetary
172
policy,
the detrimental effects on inward foreign investment and the large administrative
costs, the South African Finance Minister has indicated that all remaining exchange
controls are likely to be dismantled as soon as circumstances are favorable. Exchange
controls were partially relaxed in 1996 and further relaxations occurred in 1997,
1998 and 1999 and were announced in the budget speech of the South African Finance
Minister on February 24, 2000. The gradual approach to the abolition of exchange
controls adopted by the South African Government is designed to allow the economy
to adjust more smoothly to the removal of controls that have been in place for a
considerable period of time. The stated objective of the authorities is to reach
a point where there is equality of treatment between residents and non-residents
in relation to inflows and outflows of capital. Unlimited outward transfers of
capital are not permitted at this stage, but the emphasis of regulation is expected
to be increasingly on the positive aspects of prudential financial supervision.
The comments
below relate to exchange controls in force at June 30, 2002. These controls are
subject to change at any time without notice. It is not possible to predict whether
existing exchange controls will be abolished, continued or modified by the South
African Government in the future.
Government Regulatory Considerations
Generally,
the making of loans to Harmony or its subsidiaries, the ability of Harmony and its
subsidiaries to borrow from non-South African sources and the repatriation of dividends,
interest and royalties by Harmony will be regulated by the Exchange Control Department
of the SARB. Harmony is also required to seek approval from the SARB to use funds
held in South Africa to make investments outside of South Africa. The use of proceeds
of this offering for purposes outside South Africa would require an application
to and approval by the SARB.
A foreign
investor may invest freely in shares in a South African company, whether listed
on the JSE or not. The foreign investor may also sell his or her share investment
in a South African company and transfer the proceeds out of South Africa without
restriction. However, when the company is not listed on the JSE, the SARB must
be satisfied that the sale price of any shares reflects fair market value.
If a foreign
investor wishes to lend capital to a South African company, the prior approval of
the SARB must be sought mainly in respect of the interest rate and terms of repayment
applicable to such loan.
Where 75%
or more of a South African companys capital, voting power, power of control
or earnings is directly or indirectly controlled by non-residents, such a company
is designated an affected person by the SARB, and certain restrictions
are placed on its ability to obtain local financial assistance. Harmony is not,
and has never been, designated an affected person by the SARB.
Sale of Shares
Under present
South African exchange control regulations, the ordinary shares and ADSs of Harmony
are freely transferable outside the Common Monetary Area between non-
173
residents of
the Common Monetary Area. In addition, the proceeds from the sale of ordinary shares
on the JSE on behalf of those holders of ordinary shares who are not residents of
the Common Monetary Area are freely remittable to those holders. Share certificates
and warrant certificates held by non-residents will be endorsed with the
wordsnon-resident.
Dividends
Although payments
to non-South African residents are subject to SARB approval, in practice, dividends
are freely transferable out of South Africa from both trading and non-trading profits
earned in South Africa through a major bank as agent for the SARB. Affected
persons must apply for SARB approval for the remittance of dividends offshore
if such companies have made use of local borrowing facilities.
As a general
matter, an affected person that has accumulated historical losses may
not declare dividends out of current profits unless and until that persons
local borrowings do not exceed the local borrowings limit.
Interest
Interest on
foreign loans is freely remittable abroad, provided the loans receive prior SARB
approval.
Voting Rights
There are
no limitations on the right of non-resident or foreign owners to hold or vote Harmonys
ordinary shares imposed by South African law or by Harmonys charter.
CERTAIN SOUTH AFRICAN
TAX CONSIDERATIONS
The discussion
in this section is based on current law. Changes in the law may alter the tax treatment
of Harmonys ordinary shares, warrants or ADSs, as applicable, possibly on
a retroactive basis. The following summary is not a comprehensive description of
all of the tax considerations that may be relevant to a decision to purchase, own
or dispose of Harmonys ordinary shares, warrants or ADSs and does not cover
tax consequences that depend upon your particular tax circumstances. In particular,
the following summary addresses tax consequences for holders of ordinary shares,
warrants or ADSs who are not residents of and who do not carry on business in South
Africa, and who hold ordinary shares, warrants or ADSs as capital assets (that is,
for investment purposes). Harmony recommends that you consult your own tax advisor
about the consequences of holding Harmonys ordinary shares, warrants or ADSs,
as applicable, in your particular situation.
The following
discussion represents the views of Cliffe Dekker Fuller Moore Inc., South African
counsel to Harmony.
174
Dividends
With effect
from October 1, 1995, South Africa repealed all legislation imposing any withholding
tax on dividends. Consequently, Harmony will not be obliged to withhold any form
of non-resident shareholders tax on dividends paid to non-residents of South
Africa.
Capital Gains Tax
A capital
gains tax was introduced in South Africa with effect from October 1, 2001. Accordingly,
a capital gains tax will be imposed on capital gains realized or shares sold in
a South African company. However, only those sellers of shares who are residents
of, or have a permanent business establishment in, South Africa will be liable for
the tax. The Convention between South Africa and the United States for the
avoidance of double taxation and the prevention of fiscal evasion with respect to
taxes on income and capital gains only permits the imposition of an income or withholding
tax on gains of a United States resident seller from the sale of shares where such
shares form part of the business property of a permanent establishment which the
seller has in South Africa or pertain to a fixed base available to the seller in
South Africa for the purpose of performing independent personal services.
Stamp Duty on the Shares and Warrants
South African
stamp duty is payable by the company upon the issue of shares at the rate of 0.25%
of the higher of the consideration or the market value of the issue price. Such
stamp duty will be paid by Harmony. While no stamp duty is payable upon the issue
of warrants, stamp duty will be payable by Harmony upon the issue of shares pursuant
to the exercise of warrants.
On a subsequent
registration of transfer of shares or transfer of warrants, South African stamp
duty is generally payable for off-market transactions (i.e., other than through
a stockbroker) and a marketable securities tax, or MST, is generally payable for
on-market transactions (i.e., through a stockbroker), each at 0.25% of the market
value of the shares concerned or, in the case of warrants, the sale value. South
African stamp duty and MST is payable regardless of whether the transfer is executed
within or outside South Africa. In respect of transactions involving dematerialized
shares or warrants, uncertified securities tax will be payable at the same rates.
There are
certain exceptions to the payment of stamp duty where, for example, the instrument
of transfer is executed outside South Africa and registration of transfer is effected
in any branch register kept by the relevant company, subject to certain provisions
set forth in the South African Stamp Duties Act of 1968. Transfers of ADSs between
non-residents of South Africa will not attract South African stamp duty; however,
if securities are withdrawn from the deposit facility or the relevant Deposit Agreement
is terminated, stamp duty will be payable on the subsequent transfer of the shares.
An acquisition of shares from the depositary in exchange for ADSs representing
the relevant underlying securities will also render an investor liable to South
African stamp duty at the same rate as stamp duty on a subsequent transfer of shares,
upon the registration of the investor as the holder of shares on the companys
register.
175
Capitalization Shares
Capitalization
shares distributed at the option of holders of shares in lieu of cash dividends
do not incur secondary market tax, or STC, and it has become common practice for
listed South African companies to offer capitalization shares in lieu of cash dividends.
No South African tax (including withholding tax) is payable in respect of the receipt
of these shares by the recipients thereof.
CERTAIN UNITED STATES
FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS
Except as
described below under the heading Non-U.S. Holders, the following summary
describes the material U.S. federal income tax consequences for a U.S. holder of
owning the ordinary shares and owning and exercising warrants. For purposes of
this summary, references to the ordinary shares include the ADSs, unless the context
otherwise requires. You will be a U.S. holder if you are an individual who is a
citizen or resident of the United States, a U.S. domestic corporation, or any other
person that is subject to U.S. federal income tax on a net income basis in respect
of an investment in the ordinary shares and the warrants. This summary does not
purport to be a comprehensive description of all of the tax considerations that
may be relevant to a decision to purchase the ordinary shares and warrants. In
particular, this summary deals only with U.S. holders that will hold the ordinary
shares and warrants as capital assets. It does not address considerations that
may be relevant to you if you are an investor that is subject to special tax rules,
such as a bank, thrift, real estate investment trust, regulated investment company,
insurance company, dealer in securities or currencies, trader in securities or commodities
that elects mark-to-market treatment, person that will hold the ordinary shares
or warrants as a hedge against currency risk or as a position in a straddle
or conversion transaction, tax-exempt organization, or person whose functional
currency is not the U.S. dollar.
This summary
is based on laws, regulations, rulings, and decisions now in effect, all of which
may change. Any change could apply retroactively and could affect the continued
validity of this summary.
You should
consult your own tax advisors about the tax consequences of holding the ordinary
shares and warrants, or of exercising the warrants, including the relevance to your
particular situation of the considerations discussed below, as well as the relevance
to your particular situation of state, local, or other tax laws.
If you are
not a U.S. holder, or a non-U.S. holder, the discussion below under Non-U.S.
Holders will apply to you.
ADSs
In general,
if you hold ADSs, you will be treated as the holder of the ordinary shares represented
by those ADSs for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
176
Taxation of Dividends
The gross
amount of dividends that you receive in cash (or that are part of a distribution
that any shareholder has the right to receive in cash) in respect of the ordinary
shares generally will be subject to U.S. federal income taxation as foreign source
dividend income.
Dividends
paid in South African Rand will be includible in your gross income in a U.S. dollar
amount calculated by reference to the exchange rate in effect on the day you receive
(or the depositary receives, in the case of the ADSs) the dividend. You generally
should not be required to recognize any foreign currency gain or loss to the extent
such dividends paid in South African Rand are converted into U.S. dollars immediately
upon receipt by the applicable party.
Exercise of Warrants
In general,
you will not recognize any gain or loss when you exercise your warrants. The tax
basis of the ordinary shares you receive when you exercise your warrants will be
equal to your tax basis, as adjusted, in the warrants so exercised, plus the exercise
price. Your holding period for the ordinary shares received upon exercise of your
warrants will not include the period during which you held the warrants.
The exercise
price of the warrants is subject to adjustment under certain circumstances. For
U.S. federal income tax purposes, adjustments that have the effect of increasing
the proportionate interest of a U.S. holder of the warrants in Harmonys assets
or earnings can give rise to deemed dividend income to such holder. In some circumstances
(e.g., a distribution of our stock or rights to acquire our stock to holders of
ordinary shares), a failure to adjust the exercise price could also give rise to
deemed dividend income to a U.S. holder of ordinary shares.
Capital Gains
If you sell
your ordinary shares or warrants, you will recognize capital gain or loss in an
amount equal to the difference between the amount you realize on the sale and your
adjusted tax basis in the ordinary shares or warrants. You will recognize a capital
loss if you fail to exercise a warrant prior to its expiration date. Such gain
or loss generally will be long-term capital gain or loss if you held the ordinary
shares or warrants for more than one year. Long-term capital gain recognized by
an individual U.S. holder is generally subject to a maximum tax rate of 20%. Your
ability to offset capital losses against income is subject to limitations.
Deposits and
withdrawals of ordinary shares by U.S. holders in exchange for ADSs will not result
in the realization of gain or loss for U.S. federal income tax purposes.
To the extent
that you incur South African stamp duty, MST or uncertified securities tax in connection
with a transfer or withdrawal of ordinary shares or warrants as described under
Certain South African Tax ConsiderationsStamp Duty on the Shares
and Warrants above, such stamp duty, MST or uncertified securities tax will
not be a creditable tax for U.S. foreign tax credit purposes.
177
Non-U.S. Holders
If you are
a non-U.S. holder of the ordinary shares, you generally will not be subject to U.S.
federal income or withholding tax on dividends received on such ordinary shares,
unless such income is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business
in the United States. If you are a non-U.S. holder of the ordinary shares or warrants,
you will also generally not be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax
in respect of gain realized on the sale of such ordinary shares or warrants, unless
(i) such gain is effectively connected with your conduct of a trade or business
in the United States or (ii) in the case of gain realized by an individual non-U.S.
holder, you are present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable
year of the sale and certain other conditions are met.
U.S. Information Reporting and Backup
Withholding Rules
Payments of
dividends and sales proceeds that are made within the United States or through certain
U.S.-related financial intermediaries are subject to information reporting and may
be subject to backup withholding unless the holder (i) is a corporation or other
exempt recipient or (ii) provides a taxpayer identification number and certifies
that no loss of exemption from backup withholding has occurred. Holders that are
not U.S. persons generally are not subject to information reporting or backup withholding.
However, such a holder may be required to provide a certification of its non-U.S.
status in connection with payments received within the United States or through
a U.S.-related financial intermediary.
DIVIDENDS AND PAYING AGENTS
Not applicable.
STATEMENTS BY EXPERTS
Not applicable.
DOCUMENTS ON DISPLAY
Harmonys
Memorandum and Articles of Association may be examined at its principal place of
business at the corner of Ward Avenue and Main Reef Road, Randfontein, 1760 South
Africa. Harmony also files annual and special reports and other information with
the Securities and Exchange Commission, or the SEC. You may read and copy any reports
or other information on file at the SECs public reference room at the following
location:
Public Reference
Room
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Room 1024
Washington, D.C. 20549
Please call
the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms.
The SEC filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval
services. Harmony does not file electronically with the SEC, and the documents
it files are not available on the website maintained by the SEC.
178
SUBSIDIARY INFORMATION
Not applicable.
179
Item 11. Quantitative and Qualitative
Disclosures About Market Risk
General
Harmony is
exposed to market risks, including credit risk, foreign currency, commodity price
and interest rate risk associated with underlying assets, liabilities and anticipated
transactions. Following periodic evaluation of these exposures, Harmony may enter
into derivative financial instruments to manage these exposures. Harmony has policies
in areas such as counterparty exposure and hedging practices, which have been approved
by Harmonys senior management. Harmony does not hold or issue derivative
financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
In accordance
with FAS 133, Harmony accounts for its derivative financial instruments as
hedging transactions if the following criteria are met:
|
|
|
|
both the hedged
item and the hedging instrument are specifically identified and documented;
|
|
|
|
|
|
management
documents the nature of the hedging risk and identifies how the effectiveness of
the hedge will be assessed;
|
|
|
|
|
|
the effectiveness
of the hedge is tested regularly throughout the life of the hedge, and a hedging
instrument is identified as highly effective if it is able to offset changes in
the fair value of cash flows from the hedged item by between 80% and 125% of the
price at which it was fixed;
|
|
|
|
|
|
any ineffectiveness
of hedged instruments is recognized immediately in the income statement; and
|
|
|
|
|
|
in the case
of a hedge of an anticipated future transaction, there is a high probability that
the transaction will occur.
|
Foreign Currency Sensitivity
In the ordinary
course of business, Harmony enters into transactions denominated in foreign currencies
(primarily U.S. and Australian dollars). In addition, Harmony has investments and
liabilities in U.S. dollars, Canadian dollars and Australian dollars. As a result,
Harmony is subject to transaction and translation exposure from fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates. Harmony does not generally hedge its exposure
to foreign currency exchange rates. In December 2001, however, in response to significant
depreciation in the Rand and to protect itself against possible appreciation of
the Rand against the U.S. dollar, Harmony entered into Rand-U.S. dollar currency
forward exchange contracts intended to cover estimated revenues from the Free State
operations planned production for calendar 2002. Harmony fixed the Rand-U.S.
dollar exchange rate for a total of $192 million at an average exchange rate of
Rand 11.20 per U.S. dollar. As of December 13, 2002, $15 million was remaining
under these contracts at an average exchange rate of Rand 11.31 per U.S. dollar.
Harmonys objective in this hedging
180
activity is to protect these revenues
against the risk of the Rand strengthening against the U.S. dollar, as the gold
price is U.S. dollar denominated and the costs of the Free State operations are
generally Rand-denominated. This measure, however, is not expected to fully protect
Harmony from sustained fluctuations in the value of the Rand relative to the U.S.
dollar since it covers only a limited amount, it expires on December 31, 2002 and
Harmony does not expect to renew or repeat it.
Harmonys
currency hedge contracts as of June 30, 2002 and November 30, 2002 are set forth
below.
|
Fiscal Year of
Expiration 2003
|
|
Total
|
|
Fair Value
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
($ millions)
|
Forward Contracts
|
|
|
|
|
|
Volume ($ millions) as
of June 30, 2002
|
90
|
|
90
|
|
4,458
|
R/$1.00 exchange rate at
June 30, 2002
|
11.21
|
|
11.21
|
|
|
Volume ($ millions) as
of November 30, 2002
|
15
|
|
15
|
|
2,604
|
R/$1.00 exchange rate at
November 30, 2002
|
11.31
|
|
11.31
|
|
|
The fair values
of Harmonys currency hedge contracts were determined at specific points in
time by comparing the contract price to the then current market price for the maturity
date discounted to present value. These values are estimates that involve uncertainties
and cannot be determined with precision.
A sensitivity
analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys foreign currency hedges
as of June 30, 2002 and November 30, 2002 is set forth below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R/$ exchange
rates at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to
R/$ exchange rates as of June 30, 2002
|
R1.5
|
|
|
R1.0
|
|
|
R0.5
|
|
|
$1.00=R10.42
|
|
(R0.5
|
)
|
|
(R1.0
|
)
|
|
(R1.5
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
(11.3
|
)
|
|
(6.5
|
)
|
|
(1.3
|
)
|
|
4.5
|
|
10.8
|
|
|
17.9
|
|
|
25.9
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R/$ exchange rates at
November 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to
R/$ exchange rates as of November 30, 2002
|
R1.5
|
|
|
R1.0
|
|
|
R0.5
|
|
|
$1.00=R9.30
|
|
(R0.5
|
)
|
|
(R1.0
|
)
|
|
(R1.5
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
0.5
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
3.5
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
5.6
|
|
Harmonys
liability subject to risk of foreign currency exchange rate fluctuations amounted
to $3.5 million at June 30, 2002 and $9 million at November 30, 2002. This amount
reflects Harmonys only foreign-currency denominated borrowing, which is U.S.
dollar denominated debt from BAE Systems plc. See Item 5. Operating and
Financial Review and ProspectsCredit Facilities and Other BorrowingsOutstanding
Credit Facilities and Other Borrowings. Based on an exchange rate of Rand
10.20 per $1.00 (which was the average exchange rate for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2002), a hypothetical 10% appreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar would
have had an estimated $0.10 million positive impact on Harmonys annual income
before tax and a hypothetical 10% devaluation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar
would have had an estimated $0.10 million negative impact on Harmonys annual
income before tax. Harmonys revenues and costs are very sensitive to the
Rand-U.S. dollar exchange rate because gold is generally sold throughout the world
in U.S. dollars, but most of
181
Harmonys operating costs are incurred
in Rand. Appreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar increases working costs
at Harmonys South African operations when those costs are translated into
U.S. dollars, which serves to reduce operating margins and net income from Harmonys
South African operations. Depreciation of the Rand against the U.S. dollar
reduces these costs when they are translated into U.S. dollars, which serves to
increase operating margins and net income from Harmonys South African operations.
See Item 3. Key InformationExchange Rates and Item 3.
Key InformationRisk FactorsBecause most of Harmonys production
costs are in Rand, while gold is generally sold in U.S. dollars, Harmonys
financial condition could be materially harmed by an appreciation in the value of
the Rand.
Commodity Price Sensitivity
General
The market price
of gold has a significant effect on the results of operations of Harmony, the ability
of Harmony to pay dividends and undertake capital expenditures, and the market prices
of Harmonys ordinary shares and warrants.
Gold prices
have historically fluctuated widely and are affected by numerous industry factors
over which Harmony does not have any control. See Item 3. Key
InformationRisk FactorsThe profitability of Harmonys operations, and the cash
flows generated by those operations, are affected by changes in the market price
for gold, which in the past has fluctuated widely. The aggregate effect of
these factors, all of which are beyond the control of Harmony, is impossible for
Harmony to predict.
Harmonys Hedge Policy
As a general
rule Harmony sells its gold production at market prices. Harmony generally does
not enter into forward sales, derivatives or other hedging arrangements to establish
a price in advance for the sale of its future gold production. For more detailed
information on Harmonys hedge policy, see Item 4. Information on the
CompanyBusinessHedge Policy.
Recently there
have been two instances in which Harmony has made use of gold price hedges: Harmonys
forward sale of a portion of the production at Bissett at a set gold price
and, more recently, put options relating to 1 million ounces of Harmonys production
at Elandskraal. Both of these hedges were entered into in order to secure loan
facilities and have since been closed out. A significant proportion of the production
at Randfontein was hedged when acquired by Harmony. On April 12, 2002, Harmony
announced that it had completed the process of closing out all of the Randfontein
hedge contracts, including closing forward sales contracts and call options covering
a total of approximately 490,000 ounces and forward purchases covering a total of
200,000 ounces.
In addition,
a substantial proportion of the production at each of New Hampton and Hill 50 was
already hedged when acquired by Harmony and remains hedged. In fiscal 2002, in
line with Harmonys strategy of being generally unhedged, Harmony reduced New
Hamptons hedge book by over 900,000 ounces. In fiscal 2002, Harmony
also combined and restructured the overall hedge portfolio of Harmonys Australian
operations (including New Hampton and
182
Hill 50). All of these hedge positions are
now commodity sales agreements, under which Harmony must deliver a specified quantity
of gold at a future date subject to the agreed-upon prices. For accounting
purposes, these commodity sales agreements qualify for the normal purchase, normal
sales exception. These commodity sales agreements covered, as of September 30,
2002, approximately 1,689,705 ounces over a seven-year period at an average strike
price of A$532 per ounce ($287 at an exchange rate of $0.54 per A$1.00). Harmony
intends to reduce the remaining hedge positions of the Australian operations gradually
by delivering gold pursuant to the relevant agreements.
Commodity
Sales Agreements
Harmonys
commodity sales agreements by type of agreement as of June 30, 2002 are set forth
below.
|
Maturity
- Scheduled for Delivery in Fiscal Year
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
Total
|
|
Mark-to- market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000
|
|
Forward sales agreements1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
425,792
|
|
229,000
|
|
205,000
|
|
187,500
|
|
125,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
1,372,292
|
|
(69,667
|
)
|
A$/ounce
|
514
|
|
522
|
|
524
|
|
523
|
|
514
|
|
518
|
|
518
|
|
519
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales agreementss with caps 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
62,425
|
|
175,500
|
|
130,000
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
407,925
|
|
(18,247
|
)
|
A$/ounce
|
545
|
|
544
|
|
512
|
|
552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
535
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales agreements with floors3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
33,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,000
|
|
53
|
|
A$/ounce
|
500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
|
Total
|
521,217
|
|
404,500
|
|
335,000
|
|
227,500
|
|
125,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
1,813,217
|
|
(87,861
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold at the prices indicated.
|
|
2
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold subject to the maximum price indicated.
|
|
3
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold subject to the minimum price indicated.
|
183
Harmonys
commodity sales agreements by type of agreement as of November 30, 2002 are set
forth below.
|
Maturity - Scheduled for Delivery In Fiscal Year
|
|
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
Total
|
|
Mark-to- market
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000
|
|
Forward sales agreements1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
265,619
|
|
229,000
|
|
225,000
|
|
145,500
|
|
147,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
1,212,119
|
|
(62,921
|
)
|
A$/ounce
|
517
|
|
522
|
|
523
|
|
525
|
|
515
|
|
518
|
|
518
|
|
520
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales agreements with caps2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
69,386
|
|
175,500
|
|
130,000
|
|
40,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
414,886
|
|
(17,072
|
)
|
A$/ounce
|
566
|
|
544
|
|
512
|
|
552
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
538
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales agreements with floors3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces
|
22,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,000
|
|
11
|
|
A$/ounce
|
500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
357,005
|
|
404,500
|
|
355,000
|
|
185,500
|
|
147,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
100,000
|
|
1,649,005
|
|
(79,982
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold at the prices indicated.
|
|
2
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold subject to the maximum price indicated.
|
|
3
|
Harmony must
deliver ounces of gold subject to the minimum price indicated
|
For accounting
purposes, Harmonys commodity sales agreements are treated as normal purchase,
normal sales contracts. The mark-to-market values of these agreements were determined
at specific points in time based on independent valuations, using present value
methods or standard option value methods with assumptions about commodity prices
based on those observed in the gold market. For the determination as of June 30,
2002, a gold price of $316.00 (A$557.42) per ounce was used, together with exchange
rates of R10.42 per $1.00 and $0.57 per A$1.00 and prevailing market interest rates
and volatilities. For the determination as of November 30, 2002, a gold price of
$318.00 (A$567) per ounce was used, together with exchanges rate of R9.29 per U.S.
dollar and $0.56 per Australian dollar and prevailing market interest rates and
volatilities. These values are estimates that involve uncertainties and cannot
be determined with precision.
184
Sensitivity Analysis
A sensitivity
analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys commodity sales agreements
as of June 30, 2002 is set forth below.
|
Gold spot price at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to $ gold spot price
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
|
316
|
|
|
|
($10
|
)
|
|
|
($20
|
)
|
|
|
($30
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(164
|
)
|
|
|
(122
|
)
|
|
|
(105
|
)
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(71
|
)
|
|
|
(55
|
)
|
|
|
(39
|
)
|
|
|
|
Weighted average interest rate at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to U.S. dollar and Australian dollar interest rates
|
|
1.5%
|
|
|
|
1.0%
|
|
|
|
0.5%
|
|
|
|
6.15
|
|
|
|
(0.5%
|
)
|
|
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
|
|
(1.5%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(102
|
)
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|
|
(93
|
)
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
|
|
(78
|
)
|
|
|
(73
|
)
|
|
|
|
$/A$ exchange rates at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to $/A$ exchange rates
|
|
A$0.15
|
|
|
|
A$0.10
|
|
|
|
A$0.05
|
|
|
$
|
1.00=A$1.75
|
|
|
|
(A$0.05
|
)
|
|
|
(A$0.10
|
)
|
|
|
(A$0.15
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(152
|
)
|
|
|
(129
|
)
|
|
|
(108
|
)
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(70
|
)
|
|
|
(53
|
)
|
|
|
(38
|
)
|
A sensitivity
analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys commodity sales agreements
as of November 30, 2002 is set forth below.
|
Gold spot price at November 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to $ gold spot price
|
$
|
30
|
|
|
$
|
20
|
|
|
$
|
10
|
|
|
|
318
|
|
|
|
($10
|
)
|
|
|
($20
|
)
|
|
|
($30
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(125
|
)
|
|
|
(110
|
)
|
|
|
(95
|
)
|
|
|
(80
|
)
|
|
|
(65
|
)
|
|
|
(51
|
)
|
|
|
(37
|
)
|
|
|
Weighted average interest rate at November 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to U.S. dollar and
Australian dollar interest rates
|
|
1.5%
|
|
|
|
1.0%
|
|
|
|
0.5%
|
|
|
|
4.07
|
|
|
|
(0.5%
|
)
|
|
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
|
|
(1.5%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(92
|
)
|
|
|
(88
|
)
|
|
|
(84
|
)
|
|
|
(80
|
)
|
|
|
(76
|
)
|
|
|
(72
|
)
|
|
|
(68
|
)
|
|
|
$/A$ Exchange rates at November 30, 2002
|
|
|
Sensitivity to $/A$ exchange rates
|
|
A$0.15
|
|
|
|
A$0.10
|
|
|
|
A$0.05
|
|
|
$
|
1.00=A$1.78
|
|
|
|
(A$0.05
|
|
|
|
(A$0.10
|
)
|
|
|
(A$0.15
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
|
(137
|
)
|
|
|
(116
|
)
|
|
|
(97
|
)
|
|
|
(80
|
)
|
|
|
(64
|
)
|
|
|
(50
|
)
|
|
|
(83
|
)
|
Commodity
Hedging Experience
During fiscal
2000, Harmony recorded a gain on financial instruments of $8.6 million. This gain
related primarily to the change in the mark-to-market of the speculative financial
instruments held by Randfontein from March 1, 2000 to June 30, 2000, offset by the
cost of closing out a portion of the speculative financial instruments during that
period.
During fiscal
2001, Harmony acquired New Hampton, which had a hedge book of approximately 1.5
million ounces. In February 2001, as a condition of the commitment for financing
of the syndicated loan facility that Harmony entered into with the acquisitions
of the New Hampton and Elandskraal mines, Harmony protected some of its production
from downward movements in the gold price by entering into put options relating
to the delivery of 1 million ounces of Harmonys 2001 and 2002 production.
The put options covered 83,333 ounces per month for 12 months, commencing on March
29, 2001, at a price of Rand 64,000 per kilogram (Rand 1,990 per ounce). Harmony
paid Rand 29 million to secure these put options.
185
These put options permitted
Harmony to take advantage of increased gold spot prices by allowing the put options
to expire without exercise, and merely provided Harmony with downside protection.
Harmony closed out these put options during July 2001 and received Rand 3 million
($0.3 million). The gain on financial instruments of $7.6 million in fiscal 2001
related primarily to the change in mark-to-market of derivative financial instruments
held by Randfontein between July 1, 2000 and June 30, 2001 and New Hampton between
April 1, 2001 and June 30, 2001.
During fiscal
2002, Harmony acquired Hill 50, which had a hedge book of approximately 1,354,000
million ounces as of March 31, 2002. A condition of Harmonys offer for Hill
50 was that each counterparty to hedge contracts with Hill 50 or any of its subsidiaries
agree not to terminate, suspend or rescind these contracts. This condition of the
offer was satisfied. In fiscal 2002, in line with Harmonys strategy of being
generally unhedged, Harmony reduced New Hamptons hedge book by over 900,000
ounces. In fiscal 2002, Harmony also combined and restructured the overall
hedge portfolio of Harmonys Australian operations (including New Hampton and
Hill 50). All of these hedge positions are now commodity sales agreements, under
which Harmony must deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date subject
to the agreed-upon prices.
The percentage
of Harmonys total production that was hedged in fiscal 2000 was 1.8%, and
the average price for production sold under the relevant hedging contracts was $317
per ounce of gold. The percentage of Harmonys total production that was hedged
in fiscal 2001 was 1.9%, and the average price for production sold under the relevant
hedging contracts was $317 per ounce of gold. The percentage of Harmonys
total production (excluding production from the Free Gold assets) that was hedged
in fiscal 2002 was 1%, and the average price for production sold under the relevant
hedging contracts was $286 per ounce of gold.
Realization
of Harmonys commodity sales agreements is dependant upon the counterparties
performing in accordance with the terms of the relevant contracts. Harmony selects
well-established financial institutions as counterparties and has used ten different
counterparties for its hedging arrangements that have been converted into commodity
sales agreements. These counterparties consist of local and international banks,
none of which have previously failed to perform as required under Harmonys
hedging arrangements. Although Harmony does not anticipate that any of the counterparties
will in the future fail to perform as required under Harmonys commodity sales
agreements, Harmonys agreements with the counterparties generally do not require
the counterparties to provide collateral or other security to support financial
instruments subject to credit risk, but do entitle Harmony to monitor the counterparties
credit health in order to protect itself against exposure to the potential
credit loss of the counterparties. The commodity sales agreements cover approximately
9% of Harmonys production, individually and aggregated, over the seven years
for which Harmonys the commodity sales agreements exist. None of the counterparties
are affiliates or related parties of Harmony.
In fiscal
2001, Harmony sold 2,140,043 ounces of gold at an average price of $276 per ounce.
At a gold price of $250 per ounce, product sales would have amounted to approximately
$535 million for fiscal 2001, a reduction of approximately $55 million in product
sales. In fiscal 2002, Harmony sold 2,388,458 ounces of gold at average price of
$283 per
186
ounce. At a gold price of $250 per ounce, product sales would have amounted
to approximately $597 million for fiscal 2002, a reduction of approximately $77
million in product sales. These figures exclude sales by the Free Gold Company.
The gold spot
price on December 13, 2002 was $332 per ounce. During fiscal 2002, the gold spot
price generally traded in a range from $265 to $327 per ounce.
With respect
to the remaining forward sales agreements as at November 30, 2002, as long as the
gold spot price is below a price range of A$515 to A$525 per ounce ($289 to $294
per ounce at an exchange rate of $0.56 to A$1.00) during the period that
Harmony is required to deliver the quantities specified in the forward sales agreements,
Harmony will benefit from the increased revenue received for the quantities sold
under the forward sales agreements. Should the gold spot price increase above this
price range, Harmony would not benefit from the higher gold spot price with respect
to the quantities under the forward sales agreements.
With respect
to the remaining variable price sales contracts with caps sold as at November 30,
2002, these options require Harmony to deliver the amounts of gold specified annually
at the maximum price specified should the counterparty exercise its option. This
will only occur should the gold spot price exceed the option price range of A$512
to A$566 per ounce ($287 to $317 per ounce at an exchange rate of $0.56 to
A$1.00), and, as such, Harmony would not benefit from a gold spot price in excess
of this option exercise price range for these quantities.
With respect
to the remaining variable price sales contracts with floors purchased as at November
30, 2002, these options require the counterparty to accept Harmonys delivery
of the amounts of gold specified annually should Harmony exercise its option. This
will only occur should the option price exceed a spot price of A$500 per ounce ($280
per ounce at an exchange rate of $0.56 to A$1.00), and, as such, Harmony has capped
the lowest price that could be achieved on the relevant ounces.
Interest Rate Sensitivity
Harmony generally
does not undertake any specific actions to cover its exposure to interest rate risk.
However, through its acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50, Harmony holds certain
gold lease rate swaps. In addition, during June 2001 Harmony entered into an interest
rate swap on a portion of its Rand-denominated senior unsecured fixed rate bonds.
187
Gold lease
rate swaps. Harmony acquired gold lease rate swaps through the New Hampton
and Hill 50 acquisitions. The following table sets forth the gold lease rate swaps
held by Harmony as of June 30, 2002 that, by their terms, would have been outstanding
as of the dates indicated. The gold lease rates receivable indicated in the
following table are the weighted average gold lease rates receivable for all gold
lease rate swaps outstanding at each date indicated.
|
Gold Lease Rate Swaps Outstanding as of June 30,
|
|
Mark-to-Market
|
|
|
|
as of
|
|
2002
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000
|
Gold lease rates (receive interest at fixed rate
indicated and pay at floating rate)
|
Ounces
|
1,906,500
|
|
|
1,879,000
|
|
|
1,170,000
|
|
|
1,170,000
|
|
|
900,000
|
|
|
675,000
|
|
|
675,000
|
|
|
|
|
(8.1
|
)
|
Lease rate receivable
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.2
|
%
|
|
1.2
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
In the period
from June 30, 2002 to November 30, 2002, Harmony reduced its exposure to gold lease
rate swaps by meeting the requirements under gold lease rate swap agreements, and
took advantage of favorable changes in spot gold lease rates to close out certain
gold lease rate swap positions at no cost to Harmony. As a result, as of November
30, 2002, Harmony held gold lease rate swaps of 1,424,000 ounces at a weighted average
lease rate of 0.9%. The following table sets forth the gold lease rate swaps held
by Harmony as of November 30, 2002 that, by their terms, will be outstanding as
of the dates indicated. The gold lease rates receivable indicated in the following
table are the weighted average gold lease rates receivable for all gold lease rate
swaps outstanding on each date indicated.
|
Gold Lease Rate Swaps Outstanding as of November 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-Market as of
|
|
2003
|
|
2004
|
|
2005
|
|
2006
|
|
2007
|
|
2008
|
|
2009
|
|
November 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000
|
Gold lease rates (receive interest at fixed rate indicated
and pay at floating rate)
|
Ounces
|
1,424,000
|
|
|
940,000
|
|
|
940,000
|
|
|
825,000
|
|
|
625,000
|
|
|
625,000
|
|
|
|
|
(3.9
|
)
|
Lease rate receivable
|
0.9
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.0
|
%
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
1.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
A sensitivity
analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys gold lease rate swaps
as of each of June 30, 2002 and November 30, 2002 is set forth below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold
interest rate at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to the gold interest rate as of
June 30, 2002 1
|
1.5%
|
|
1.0%
|
|
0.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.5%
|
)
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
(1.5%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
(26.9
|
)
|
(20.8
|
)
|
(14.5
|
)
|
|
|
(8.1
|
)
|
|
(1.5
|
)
|
5.3
|
|
12.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold Interest rate at November 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to the gold interest rate as of November 30, 2002
|
1.5%
|
|
1.0%
|
|
0.5%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(0.5%
|
)
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
(1.5%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
(17.9
|
)
|
(13.3
|
)
|
(8.7
|
)
|
|
|
(3.9
|
)
|
|
1.0
|
|
6.1
|
|
11.3
|
|
|
1
|
Gold interest
rate is the interest cost of borrowing gold from a central bank, payable in ounces
of gold in arrears.
|
188
Interest
rate swaps. On June 14, 2001, Harmony issued Rand-denominated senior unsecured
fixed rate bonds in an aggregate principal amount of Rand 1,200 million ($149.3
million at an exchange rate of R8.04 per $1.00), with semi-annual interest payable
at a rate of 13% per annum. These bonds are repayable on June 14, 2006, subject
to early redemption at Harmonys option. In connection with these bonds, Harmony
entered into an interest rate swap on Rand 600 million ($74.7 million at an exchange
rate of R8.04 per $1.00). The interest rate swap consists of two tranches: (i)
a Rand 400 million ($49.8 million at an exchange rate of R8.04 per $1.00) tranche
which receives a fixed rate of 13% and pays a floating rate of JIBAR (reset quarterly)
plus 1.8% and (ii) a Rand 200 million ($24.9 million at an exchange rate if R8.04
per $1.00) tranche which receives a fixed rate of 13% and pays a floating rate at
JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus 2.2%.
A sensitivity
analysis of the mark-to-market valuations of Harmonys interest rate swaps
as of each of June 30, 2002 and November 30, 2002 is set forth below.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average SAR interest rate at June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to South African Rand
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Rates
|
3.0%
|
|
2.0%
|
|
1.0%
|
|
SAR = 12.40
|
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
(2.0%
|
)
|
(3.0%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
(6.2
|
)
|
(4.9
|
)
|
(3.4
|
)
|
(1.9)
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
1.3
|
|
3.0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average SAR interest rate at November 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sensitivity to South African Rand
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest Rates
|
3.0%
|
|
2.0%
|
|
1.0%
|
|
SAR = 11.19
|
|
(1.0%
|
)
|
(2.0%
|
)
|
(3.0%
|
)
|
Mark-to-market ($ millions)
|
(4.0
|
)
|
(2.4
|
)
|
(0.8
|
)
|
0.9
|
|
2.7
|
|
4.5
|
|
6.4
|
|
The fair values
of Harmonys interest rate derivatives were determined at specific points in
time by comparing the fixed and floating interest rates based on the current forecast
of rates, or the market yield curve, discounted to present value. These values
are estimates that involve uncertainties and cannot be determined with precision.
At June 30,
2002, Harmonys assets and liabilities included certain short-term variable
rate instruments. The fair value of these instruments would not change significantly
as a result of changes in interest rates due to their short-term nature and variable
interest rate features.
At June
30, 2002, the fair value of Harmonys U.S. dollar-denominated long-term liabilities,
including the short-term portion of such liabilities, was estimated at $3.5 million.
At December 13, 2002, the fair value of Harmonys U.S. dollar-denominated
long-term liabilities, including the short-term portion of such liabilities, was
estimated at $9 million. Long-term loans approximate fair value as they are subject
to market bond floating rates. This analysis represents the hypothetical loss in
earnings for debt instruments that are sensitive to changes in interest rates and
were held by Harmony as at June 30, 2002. The aggregate hypothetical loss in earnings
on an annual basis from a hypothetical increase of 10% of LIBOR is estimated to
be $0.4 million. Because Harmonys net earnings exposure with respect to debt
instruments was tied to the LIBOR rate, this hypothetical loss was modeled by calculating
the 10% adverse change in the LIBOR rate, multiplied by the fair value of the respective
debt instruments.
189
Item 12. Description of Securities Other
than Equity Securities
Not applicable.
190
GLOSSARY OF MINING
TERMS
The following
explanations are not intended as technical definitions, but rather are intended
to assist the general reader in understanding certain terms as used in this annual
report.
Alluvial:
the product of sedimentary processes in rivers, resulting in the deposition of alluvium (soil
deposited by a river).
Arenaceous:
said of a sediment or sedimentary rock consisting wholly or in part of sand-sized fragments or having a
sandy texture or the texture of such a sediment or rock.
Arsenopyrite:
a mineral compound of iron, arsenic and sulfur.
Auriferous:
a substance that contains gold.
Beneficiation:
the process of adding value to gold products by transforming gold bullion into
fabricated gold products.
Call option:
a contract that permits the owner to purchase an asset at a specified price on or before a specified date.
Call sale:
a right, but not an obligation, of a party, sold to such party at a specified cost, to buy a specific
quantity of a commodity at a specified future date for a fixed price.
Carbon In Leach (CIL):
a process similar to CIP (described below) except that the ore slurries are not leached with cyanide
prior to carbon loading. Instead, the leaching and carbon loading occur simultaneously.
Carbon
In Pulp (CIP): a common process used to extract gold from cyanide leach slurries.
The process consists of carbon granules suspended in the slurry and flowing counter-current
to the process slurry in multiple-staged agitated tanks. The process slurry, which
has been leached with cyanide prior to the CIP process, contains solubilized gold.
The solubilized gold is absorbed onto the carbon granules, which are subsequently
separated from the slurry by screening. The gold is then recovered from the carbon
by electrowinning onto steel wool cathodes or by a similar process.
Carbon
In Solution (CIS): a process similar to CIP except that the gold, which has
been leached by the cyanide into solution, is separated by the process of filtration
(solid/liquid separation). The solution is then pumped through six stages where
the solution comes into contact with the activated carbon granules.
Cash cost:
a measure of the average cost of producing an ounce of gold, calculated by
dividing the total cash working costs in a period by the total gold production over
the same period. Working costs represent total operating costs less certain administrative
expenses, royalties and depreciation. In determining the cash cost of different
elements of the operations, production overheads are allocated pro rata.
191
Channel
width: the total thickness of the entire reef unit to be mined, including internal
waste, but excluding external waste.
Conglomerate:
a coarse-grained classic sedimentary rock, composed of rounded to subangular
fragments larger than 2mm in diameter (granules, pebbles, cobbles, boulders) set
in a fine-grained matrix of sand or silt, and commonly cemented by calcium carbonate,
iron oxide, silica or hardened clay.
Contained
ounces: gold ounces from which neither extraction, dilution nor processing
recovery losses have been deducted.
Crosscut:
a mine working that is driven horizontally and at right angles to an adit, drift or level.
Cut and
fill: a method of underground mining in which a stope is excavated and refilled
with material (waste or tailings).
Cut-off
grade: the grade at which the total profit from mining the orebodies, under
a specified set of mining parameters, is maximized.
Cyanide
leaching: the extraction of a precious metal from an ore by its dissolution
in a cyanide solution.
Decline:
an inclined underground access way.
Deferred
Stripping: the removal of overburden through stripping in the current period
to access ore expected to be exploited in a future period. Costs incurred with
deferred stripping are deferred until the ore is accessed, in order to ensure matching
of costs and revenues.
Depletion:
the decrease in quantity of ore in a deposit or property resulting from extraction or production.
Development:
activities (including shaft sinking and on-reef and off-reef tunneling) required
to prepare for mining activities and maintain a planned production level and those
costs to enable the conversion of mineralized material to reserves.
Doré:
unrefined alloy consisting of 60% to 90% gold with lesser quantities of silver and base metals, which
will be further refined to almost pure gold by a smelter or refinery.
Electro-winning:
the process of removing gold from solution by the action of electric currents.
Elution:
removal of the gold from the activated carbon before the zinc precipitation stage.
Exploration:
activities associated with ascertaining the existence, location, extent or quality of mineralized
material, including economic and technical evaluations of mineralized material.
192
Fabricated
gold: gold on which work has been performed to turn it into a product, such
as jewelry, which differs from a pure investment product, such as a gold bullion
bar.
Faulting:
the process of fracturing that produces a displacement of rock.
Fluvial:
produced by the action of a stream or river.
Footwall:
the underlying side of a fault, orebody or stope.
Forward
contract: an agreement for the sale and purchase of an asset at a specified
future date at a fixed price.
Forward
currency sale contract: an agreement for the sale of a specific quantity of
one currency for another currency at a specified future date at a fixed exchange
rate.
Forward
purchase: an agreement for the purchase of a commodity at a specified future
date at a fixed price.
Forward
sale: the sale of a commodity for delivery at a specified future date and price.
Free milling:
term applied to the process of recovering gold after grinding (milling) its
host mineral to a predetermined particle size.
Gold reserves:
the gold contained within proven and probable reserves on the basis of recoverable
material (reported as mill delivered tons and head grade).
Gold lease
rate swap: an agreement to pay a floating lease rate in exchange for the fixed
lease rate inherent in establishing the fixed price in one or more forward gold
sales.
Grade:
the quantity of metal per unit mass of ore expressed as a percentage or, for gold, as ounces of gold
per ton of ore.
Greenfield:
a potential mining site of unknown quality.
Greenstone:
a field term applied to any compact dark-green altered or metamorphosed basic igneous rock that owes
its color to the presence of chlorite, actinolite or epidote.
Grinding:
reducing mineralized rock to the consistency of fine sand by crushing and abrading
in a rotating steel grinding mill.
Hanging
wall: the overlying side of a fault, orebody or stope.
Head grade:
the grade of the ore as delivered to the metallurgical plant.
Heap leaching:
a low-cost technique for extracting metals from ore by percolating leaching solutions through
heaps of ore placed on impervious pads. Generally used on low-grade ores.
In situ:
in place, i.e. within unbroken rock or still in the ground.
193
Leaching:
dissolution of gold from the crushed and milled material, including reclaimed
slime, for absorption and concentration on to the activated carbon.
Level:
the workings or tunnels of an underground mine that are on the same horizontal
plane.
Lenticular:
resembling in shape the cross section of a lens.
Littoral:
of or pertaining to a shore.
Longhole
sub-level caving: a process for removing ore in which relatively thin blocks
of ore are caused to cave in by successively undermining small panels of ore. The
broken and caved ore is then extracted by mechanical means.
Mark-to-market:
the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices or to
calculate the current fair value of a derivative based on current market prices,
as the case may be.
Measures:
conversion factors from metric units to U.S. units are provided below.
Metric
unit
|
|
U.S. equivalent
|
1 tonne
|
= l t
|
= 1.10231
short tons
|
1 gram
|
= 1g
|
= 0.03215
ounces
|
1 gram per
tonne
|
= 1 g/t
|
= 0.02917
ounces per short ton
|
1 kilogram
per tonne
|
= l kg/t
|
= 29.16642
ounces per short ton
|
1 kilometer
|
= 1 km
|
= 0.621371
miles
|
1 meter
|
= 1 m
|
= 3.28084
feet
|
1 centimeter
|
= 1 cm
|
= 0.3937 inches
|
1 millimeter
|
= 1 mm
|
= 0.03937
inches
|
1 hectare
|
= 1 ha
|
= 2.47105
acres
|
Metallurgical
plant: a processing plant used to treat ore and extract the contained gold.
Metallurgy:
in the context of this document, the science of extracting metals from ores
and preparing them for sale.
Mill delivered
tons: a quantity, expressed in tons, of ore delivered to the metallurgical
plant.
Milling/mill:
the comminution of the ore, although the term has come to cover the broad range
of machinery inside the treatment plant where the gold is separated from the ore.
Mineable:
that portion of a mineralized deposit for which extraction is technically and
economically feasible.
Mineralization:
the presence of a target mineral in a mass of host rock.
Mineralized
material: a mineralized body that has been delineated by appropriately spaced
drilling and/or underground sampling to support a sufficient tonnage and average
grade of metals to warrant further exploration. Such a deposit does not qualify
as a
194
reserve until
a comprehensive evaluation based upon unit cost, grade,
recoveries, and other material factors conclude legal and economic feasibility.
Morphology:
the form or shape of a crystal or mineral aggregate.
Open pit/Open
cast/Open cut: mining in which the ore is extracted from a pit. The geometry
of the pit may vary with the characteristics of the orebody.
Ore:
a mixture of mineralized material from which at least one of the contained minerals can be mined
and processed at an economic profit.
Ore grade:
the average amount of gold contained in a ton of gold bearing ore expressed
in ounces per ton.
Ore reserves:
that part of mineralized material which at the time of the reserve determination
could be economically and legally extracted or produced. Ore reserves are reported
as general indicators of the life of mineralized materials. Changes in reserves
generally reflect:
|
|
development
of additional reserves;
|
|
|
|
depletion
of existing reserves through production;
|
|
|
|
actual mining
experience; and
|
|
|
|
price forecasts.
|
Grades of ore
actually processed may be different from stated reserve grades because of geologic variation in
different areas mined, mining dilution, losses in processing and other factors. Recovery
rates vary with the metallurgical characteristics and grade of ore processed.
Neither
reserves nor projections of future operations should be interpreted as assurances of the economic
life of mineralized material nor of the profitability of future operations.
Orebody:
a well defined mass of mineralized material of sufficient mineral content to
make extraction economically viable.
Ounce:
one Troy ounce, which equals 31.1035 grams.
Overburden:
the soil and rock that must be removed in order to expose an ore deposit.
Overburden
tons: tons that need to be removed to access an ore deposit.
Palaeotopography: the topography implied at some time in the past.
Pay limit:
the breakeven grade at which the orebody can be mined without profit or loss,
calculated using the forecast gold price, working costs and recovery factors.
Placer:
a sedimentary deposit containing economic quantities of valuable minerals mainly
formed in alluvial environments.
195
Precipitate: the
solid product of chemical reaction by fluids such as the zinc precipitation referred to below.
Probable reserves:
reserves for which quantity and grade and/or quality are computed from information
similar to that used for proven reserves, but the sites for inspection, sampling, and measurement
are farther apart or are otherwise less adequately spaced. The degree of assurance, although lower
than that for proven reserves, is high enough to assume continuity between points of observation.
Prospect: an area
of land with insufficient data available on the mineralization to determine if it is economically
recoverable, but warranting further investigation.
Prospecting license:
an area for which permission to explore has been granted.
Proven reserves:
reserves for which:(a) quantity is computed from dimensions revealed in outcrops,
trenches, workings or drill holes; grade and/or quality are computed from the results of
detailed sampling; and (b) the sites for inspection, sampling and measurement are spaced so closely
and the geologic character is so well defined that size,
shape, depth and mineral content of reserves are well-established.
Put option: a contract that enables the owner
to sell an asset at a specified price on or before a specified date.
Put purchase: a right, but not an obligation,
of a party, purchased at a specified cost, to sell a specific quantity of a commodity at a
specified future date at a fixed price.
Pyrite: a
brassy-colored mineral of iron sulfide (compound of iron and sulfur).
Quartz: a
mineral compound of silicon and oxygen.
Recovery grade:
the actual grade of ore realized after the mining and treatment process.
Reef: a gold-bearing sedimentary horizon,
normally a conglomerate band, that may contain economic levels of gold.
Refining: the final stage of metal
production in which final impurities are removed from the molten metal by introducing air and fluxes.
The impurities are removed as gases or slag.
Rehabilitation: the process of restoring
mined land to a condition approximating its original state.
Sampling: taking small pieces of rock
at intervals along exposed mineralization for assay (to determine the mineral content).
Semi-Autogenous-Grinding (SAG) mill: a piece
of machinery used to crush and grind ore that uses a mixture of steel balls and the ore itself
to achieve comminution. The mill is
196
shaped like
a cylinder causing the grinding media and the ore itself to impact upon the ore.
Shaft: a shaft provides principal access to
the underground workings for transporting personnel, equipment, supplies, ore and waste. A
shaft is also used for ventilation and as an auxiliary exit. It is equipped with a surface hoist
system that lowers and raises conveyances for men, materials and ore in the shaft. A shaft
generally has more than one conveyancing compartment.
Slimes: the finer fraction of tailings
discharged from a processing plant after the valuable minerals have been recovered.
Slurry: a
fluid comprising fine solids suspended in a solution (generally water containing additives).
Smelting: thermal processing whereby molten
metal is liberated from beneficiated ore or concentrate with impurities
separating as lighter slag.
Spot price: the
current price of a metal for immediate delivery.
Stockpile: a
store of unprocessed ore.
Stockwork: mineralized material consisting
of a three-dimensional network of planar to irregular veinlets closely enough
spaced that the whole mass can be mined.
Stope: the
underground excavation within the orebody where the main gold production takes place.
Stripping: the
process of removing overburden to expose ore.
Sulfide: a mineral characterized by the
linkages of sulfur with a metal or semi-metal, such as pyrite, FeS2 (iron sulfide).
Also a zone in which sulfide minerals occur.
Syncline: a
basin-shaped fold.
Tailings: finely
ground rock from which valuable minerals have been extracted by milling.
Tailing dam/slimes dam:
dams or dumps created from tailings or slimes.
Ton: one ton is
equal to 2,000 pounds (also known as a short ton).
Tonnage: quantities
where the ton or tonne is an appropriate unit of measure. Typically used to measure reserves of
gold-bearing material in situ or quantities of ore and waste material mined, transported or milled.
Tonne: one tonne is
equal to 1,000 kilograms (also known as a metric ton).
Trenching: making
elongated open-air excavations for the purposes of mapping and sampling.
197
Trend: the arrangement of a group of ore
deposits or a geological feature or zone of similar grade occurring in a linear pattern.
Unconformity: the
structural relationship between two groups of rock that are not in normal succession.
Vertical projection:
a vertical plane parallel with the strike or orebodies onto which geological
features and mine workings are projected.
Waste: ore rock
mined with an insufficient gold content to justify processing.
Waste rock: the
non-mineralized rock and/or rock that generally cannot be mined economically that is hoisted to the
surface for disposal on the surface normally close to the shaft on an allocated dump.
Yield: the actual
grade of ore realized after the mining and treatment process.
Zinc
precipitation: a chemical reaction using zinc dust that converts gold solution to a
solid form for smelting into unrefined gold bars.
198
PART II
Item 13. Defaults, Dividend Arrearages and
Delinquencies
Not applicable.
Item 14. Material Modifications to the Rights
of Security Holders and Use of Proceeds
MATERIAL MODIFICATIONS TO THE RIGHTS OF
SECURITY HOLDERS
The authorized
capital of Harmony was increased from Rand 37.5 million divided into 75 million ordinary shares of
Rand 0.50 each to Rand 60 million divided into 120 million ordinary shares of Rand 0.50 each in
fiscal 1998 and, after the close of fiscal 1999, to Rand 90 million divided into 180 million
ordinary shares of Rand 0.50 each. At a general meeting held on November 16, 2001, Harmonys
shareholders approved a resolution authorizing the Board to allot and issue all or any of
Harmonys authorized but unissued ordinary shares for cash to such persons and on such terms
as the Board may, without restriction, from time to time, deem fit as and when suitable
opportunities arise, but subject to the requirements of the JSE. At a general meeting held November
16, 2002, Harmonys shareholders approved a resolution renewing this authorization. At a general
meeting held on November 15, 2002, Harmonys shareholders approved a resolution authorizing
Harmony to acquire from time to time such a number of its issued ordinary shares at such price or
prices and on such terms and conditions as the Board may determine, but subject to the requirements of
the JSE and the requirements of the other exchanges upon which Harmonys ordinary shares may
be quoted or listed. At a general meeting held on May 18, 2001, Harmonys shareholders approved
resolutions (i) increasing Harmonys authorized share capital to a total of Rand
95,479,452 million divided into 180 million ordinary shares of Rand 0.50 each and 10,958,904
redeemable convertible preference shares of Rand 0.50 each, (ii) amending the Articles of Association
to set out the conditions applicable to these preference shares and (iii) authorizing the
Board to allot and issue 222,222 ordinary shares to Komanani Mining (Proprietary) Limited, or
Komanani, at Rand 36.00 per share, 10,736,682 ordinary shares to the IDC at Rand 36.00 per share
and 10,958,904 preference shares to the IDC at their par value of Rand 0.50 per share, in accordance
with the requirements of the JSE. As described in Item 7. Major Shareholders
and Related Party Transactions, the 222,222 ordinary shares originally allocated for issuance
to Komanani were instead issued to Simane, together with an additional 78 ordinary shares issued
pursuant to the Boards general authority to issue authorized shares for cash. At a general
meeting held on June 8, 2001 in connection with the June 2001 global offering described in this
annual report, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions (i) increasing Harmonys authorized
share capital to a total of Rand 130,479,452, divided into 250 million ordinary shares of
Rand 0.50 each and 10,958,904 redeemable convertible preference shares of Rand 0.50 each and (ii)
authorizing the Board to allot and issue for cash a maximum of 30 million ordinary shares and
10 million warrants to subscribe for 10 million additional ordinary shares, in accordance
with the requirements of the JSE. See Item 10. Additional InformationDescription of
Harmony Ordinary Shares. During January and February 2002, all of the preference shares were
converted into ordinary shares and, accordingly, no preference shares are currently issued or
outstanding. As a result of the conversion of the
199
preference shares into ordinary shares,
Harmonys authorized share capital of Rand 130,479,452 is divided into 260,958,904 ordinary
shares and no preference shares are authorized.
At a general
meeting held on October 3, 2001, Harmonys shareholders approved resolutions authorizing the
Board to effect an odd-lot offer to Harmonys shareholders outside of the United States that
held fewer than 100 ordinary shares at the close of business on October 19, 2001, or odd-lot holders.
Odd-lot holders were required to elect to (i) retain their odd-lot holdings, (ii) purchase additional
shares at the offer price of Rand 44.08 per ordinary share to increase their holdings to 100 ordinary
shares or (iii) sell their odd-lot holdings at that offer price. Any ordinary shares elected to be
sold in connection with the offering and ordinary shares of odd-lot holders that failed to make an
election were purchased by odd-lot holders that elected to acquire additional ordinary shares.
Ordinary shares sold that exceeded the number transferred to purchasing odd-lot holders were
acquired by Lydex, a Harmony subsidiary, at the offer price.
USE OF PROCEEDS
Not applicable.
Item 15. Controls and Procedures
Because this Form 20-F is being
filed for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2002, the disclosure requirements of Item 15(a) of
Form 20F are not applicable.
There have been no changes in
internal controls of Harmony which would require disclosure under Item 15(b) of Form
20F.
Item 16. [Reserved]
200
PART III
Item 17. Financial Statements
Harmonys financial statements
have been prepared in accordance with Item 18 hereof.
Item 18. Financial Statements
Index to Financial Statements and Schedules
|
|
Page
|
|
|
|
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
|
|
|
|
|
Report of the Independent Accountants
|
|
|
F-1
|
|
Consolidated Income Statements for the years ended
June 30, 2002, 2001 and 2000
|
|
|
F-2
|
|
Consolidated Balance Sheets at June 30, 2002 and 2001
|
|
|
F-3
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
for the years ended June 30, 2002, 2001 and 2000
|
|
|
F-4
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the years ended
June 30, 2002, 2001 and 2000
|
|
|
F-6
|
|
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income for the years
ended June 30, 2002, 2001 and 2000
|
|
|
F-7
|
|
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
F-8
|
|
Hill 50 Limited
|
|
|
|
|
Report of the Independent Accountants
|
|
|
F-47
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Financial Performance for the year
ended June 30, 2001
|
|
|
F-48
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as at June 30, 2001
|
|
|
F-49
|
|
Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended
June 30, 2001
|
|
|
F-50
|
|
Notes to and Forming Part of the Financial Statements
|
|
|
F-51
|
|
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Performance for the
half-year ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-76
|
|
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Financial Position as at
December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-77
|
|
Condensed Consolidated Statement of Cash Flows for the half-year
ended 31 December 2001
|
|
|
F-78
|
|
Notes to the Half-Year Statements
|
|
|
F-79
|
|
201
AngloGold Limited FreeGold
|
|
|
|
|
Report of the Independent Auditors
|
|
|
F-84
|
|
Statement of Income for the year ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-85
|
|
Balance Sheet at December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-86
|
|
Statement of Cash Flows for the year ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-87
|
|
Statement of Parent Companys Contribution for the year
ended December 31, 2001
|
|
|
F-88
|
|
Notes to the Financial Statements for the year ended December
31, 2001.
|
|
|
F-89
|
|
202
Item 19. Exhibits
|
1.1
|
|
Memorandum of Association of Harmony, as amended
(incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement (file no. 333-13516) on
Form F-3 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
1.2
|
|
Articles of Association of Harmony, as
amended (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement on Form 8-A filed
on November 18, 2002).
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
Memorandum of Association of Harmony, as
amended (see Exhibit 1.1).
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
Articles of Association of Harmony, as amended
(see Exhibit 1.2).
|
|
|
2.3
|
|
Deposit Agreement among Harmony, The Bank of New
York, as Depositary, and owners and holders of American Depositary Receipts, dated as of August
12, 1996, as amended and restated as of October 2, 1996, as further amended and restated as of
September 15, 1998 (incorporated by reference to Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
to Harmonys Registration Statement (file no. 333-5410) on Form F-6 filed on May 17, 2001).
|
|
|
2.4
|
|
Form of ADR (included in Exhibit 2.3).
|
|
|
2.5
|
|
Forms of warrant (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 filed on
September 26, 2001).
|
|
|
2.6
|
|
Warrant Agency Agreement between Harmony and
The Bank of New York, as U.S. Warrant Agent, dated as of June 29, 2001 (incorporated by reference
to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 filed on
September 26, 2001).
|
|
|
2.7
|
|
Excerpts of relevant provisions of the South
African Companies Act (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement (file no.
0-28798) on Form 20-F filed on September 20, 1996).
|
|
|
2.8
|
|
Excerpts of relevant provisions of the JSE
Securities Exchange South Africa listing requirements (incorporated by reference to Harmonys
Registration Statement (file no. 0-28798) on Form 20-F filed on September 20, 1996).
|
|
|
2.9
|
|
AB Facilities Agreement, C Facilities Agreement
and Common Terms Agreement relating to AB Facilities and C Facility, each among Harmony, Chase Manhattan
International Limited, ABSA Bank Limited, J.P. Morgan plc, Citibank, N.A., ANZ Investment Bank and BoE
Bank Limited, dated March 22, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement
(file no. 333-13516) on Form F-3 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
2.10
|
|
Form of Harmonys senior unsecured 13% bonds
due June 14, 2006 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the
fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 filed on September 26, 2001).
|
|
|
2.11
|
|
Loan Note Facility Agreement among Harmony
Gold W.A. Pty Limited, Harmony, Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and Lydex, Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited, Societe Generale, N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, ABSA Asia Limited, RMB
International (Dublin) Limited, Standard Finance (Isle
|
203
|
|
|
of Man) Limited, Citibank, N.A. and Citibank International
plc, dated February 28, 2002.
|
|
|
4.1
|
|
Harmony Share Option Scheme (incorporated
by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement (file no. 0-28798) on Form 20-F filed
on September 20, 1996).
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
Circular dated April 25, 1997 relating to
amendments to the Harmony Share Option Scheme (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended June
30, 1997 filed on December 30, 1997).
|
|
|
4.3
|
|
Agreement between Harmony, Western Areas
Limited, Consolidated African Mines Limited, JCI Gold Limited and Roger Brett Kebble, dated
January 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys
Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.4
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and Castillo
Investments (Proprietary) Limited, dated January 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2000 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and Durban
Roodepoort Deep, Limited, dated January 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2000 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.6
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and Durban
Roodepoort Deep, Limited, dated January 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended June
30, 2000 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and
Randgold & Exploration Company Limited, dated January 14, 2000 (incorporated by
reference to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal
year ended June 30, 2000 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.8
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and
Randgold & Exploration Company Limited, dated January 14, 2000 (incorporated by reference
to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F/A for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2000 filed
on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.9
|
|
Agreement between Harmony, Randfontein
Estates Limited and AngloGold Limited dated January 31, 2001 (incorporated by reference to
Harmonys Registration Statement (file no. 333-13516) on Form F-3 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.10
|
|
AB Facilities Agreement, C Facilities
Agreement and Common Terms Agreement relating to AB Facilities and C Facility, each among
Harmony, Chase Manhattan International Limited, ABSA Bank Limited, J.P. Morgan plc, Citibank,
N.A., ANZ Investment Bank and BoE Bank Limited, dated March 22, 2001 (see Exhibit 2.9).
|
|
|
4.11
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and Komanani
Mining (Proprietary) Limited and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Limited
dated April 3, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Registration Statement
(file no. 333-13516) on Form F-3 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.12
|
|
Agreement between Harmony, Randfontein and
Open Solutions (Proprietary) Limited, dated April 24, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys
Registration Statement (file no. 333-13516) on Form F-3 filed on June 21, 2001).
|
|
|
4.13
|
|
Form of Harmonys senior unsecured 13% bonds
due June 14, 2006 (see Exhibit
|
204
|
|
|
2.10).
|
|
|
4.14
|
|
Agreement between Harmony and Simane
Investments (Proprietary) Limited and Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa, Limited
dated September 7, 2001 (incorporated by reference to Harmonys Annual Report on Form 20-F for
the fiscal year ended June 30, 2001 filed on September 26, 2001).
|
|
|
4.15
|
|
Share and Option Subscription Agreement
between Bendigo Mining N.L. and Harmony, dated October 22, 2001.
|
|
|
4.16
|
|
Notice to Shareholders relating to amendments
to the Harmony Share Option Scheme approved on November 16, 2001.
|
|
|
4.17
|
|
Sale of Business Agreement between AngloGold
Limited, Clidet No. 383 (Proprietary) Limited, Harmony and ARM Gold, dated December 24, 2001.
|
|
|
4.18
|
|
Joint Venture Agreement between ARM Gold,
Harmony and Clidet 383 (Proprietary) Limited, dated April 5, 2002.
|
|
|
4.19
|
|
Loan Note Facility Agreement among Harmony
Gold W.A. Pty Limited, Harmony, Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and Lydex, Australia and New Zealand
Banking Group Limited, Societe Generale, N.M. Rothschild & Sons Limited, ABSA Asia Limited,
RMB International (Dublin) Limited, Standard Finance (Isle of Man) Limited, Citibank, N.A. and
Citibank International plc, dated February 28, 2002 (see Exhibit 2.11).
|
|
|
8.1
|
|
Significant subsidiaries of Harmony Gold Mining
Company Limited.
|
205
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to
the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Harmony hereby
certifies that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 20-F and that
it has duly caused this annual report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned,
thereunto duly authorized.
HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED
By:
|
|
/s/ Frank Abbott
|
|
By:
|
|
/s/ Zachiarias Bernardus Swanepoel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F. Abbott
|
|
|
|
Z. B. Swanepoel
|
|
|
Financial Director
|
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Date: December 23, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
206
CERTIFICATION
|
|
I, Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel, certify that:
|
|
1.
|
|
I have reviewed this annual report on Form 20-F of Harmony
Gold Mining Company Limited;
|
|
2.
|
|
Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual report; and
|
|
3.
|
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements,
and other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all
material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the
registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this annual report.
|
Date: December 23, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Zacharias Bernardus Swanepoel
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief Executive Officer
|
|
207
CERTIFICATION
|
|
I, Frank Abbott, certify that:
|
|
1.
|
|
I have reviewed this annual report
on Form 20-F of Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited;
|
|
2.
|
|
Based on my knowledge, this annual 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 annual
report; and
|
|
3.
|
|
Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this annual report, fairly present in all material respects
the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this annual report.
|
Date: December 23, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
/s/ Frank Abbott
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frank Abbott
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Chief Financial Officer
|
|
208
REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS
To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited
We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Harmony Gold
Mining Company Limited and its subsidiaries as of June 30, 2002 and 2001, and
the related consolidated statements of income, comprehensive income, cash flows
and changes in shareholders equity for each of the three years in the period
ended June 30, 2002. These financial statements are the responsibility of the
Companys management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these
financial statements based on our audits. We conducted our audits in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States.
Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable
assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material
misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit
also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant
estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present
fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Harmony Gold Mining
Company Limited and its subsidiaries at June 30, 2002 and 2001, and the results
of their operations, their cash flows and changes in shareholders equity for
each of the three years in the period ended June 30, 2002, in conformity with
generally accepted accounting principles in the United States.
As discussed in note 2(t) and note 2(j) to the consolidated financial
statements, the Company changed its method of accounting for stock-based
compensation during the 2002 fiscal year and its method of accounting for
derivative financial instruments during the 2001 fiscal year, respectively.
PricewaterhouseCoopers Inc.
Chartered Accountants (SA)
Registered Accountants & Auditors
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
December 6, 2002
F-1
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Income Statements
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
REVENUES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales |
|
|
675,287 |
|
|
|
590,634 |
|
|
|
472,118 |
|
Interest and dividends |
|
|
12,403 |
|
|
|
5,890 |
|
|
|
9,993 |
|
Other income net |
|
|
9,150 |
|
|
|
10,696 |
|
|
|
8,540 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
696,840 |
|
|
|
607,220 |
|
|
|
490,651 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
COSTS AND EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production costs |
|
|
469,398 |
|
|
|
504,907 |
|
|
|
398,796 |
|
Deferred stripping costs |
|
|
(486 |
) |
|
|
(2,697 |
) |
|
|
351 |
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
30,183 |
|
|
|
31,417 |
|
|
|
21,797 |
|
Employment termination costs |
|
|
8,775 |
|
|
|
4,729 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
Provision/(reversal of provision) for rehabilitation costs |
|
|
15,192 |
|
|
|
(6,817 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Corporate expenditure |
|
|
7,641 |
|
|
|
2,616 |
|
|
|
1,952 |
|
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
7,065 |
|
|
|
3,505 |
|
|
|
2,502 |
|
Marketing and new business expenditure |
|
|
8,741 |
|
|
|
4,971 |
|
|
|
1,886 |
|
Gain on financial instruments |
|
|
(8,939 |
) |
|
|
(7,640 |
) |
|
|
(8,565 |
) |
(Profit)/loss on sale of other assets and listed investments |
|
|
(4,524 |
) |
|
|
1,393 |
|
|
|
(2,482 |
) |
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
9,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity income of joint venture |
|
|
(13,176 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity loss of associate companies |
|
|
473 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,401 |
|
Impairment of assets |
|
|
44,284 |
|
|
|
28,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
Interest paid |
|
|
19,077 |
|
|
|
15,007 |
|
|
|
3,202 |
|
Provision/(reversal of provision) for former employees post
retirement benefits |
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
(2,241 |
) |
|
|
(3,900 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
593,181 |
|
|
|
577,416 |
|
|
|
417,162 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME BEFORE TAX |
|
|
103,659 |
|
|
|
29,804 |
|
|
|
73,489 |
|
INCOME AND MINING TAX EXPENSE |
|
|
(14,368 |
) |
|
|
(14,625 |
) |
|
|
(13,549 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME BEFORE MINORITY INTERESTS |
|
|
89,291 |
|
|
|
15,179 |
|
|
|
59,940 |
|
MINORITY INTERESTS |
|
|
(1,575 |
) |
|
|
(349 |
) |
|
|
(2,910 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
INCOME BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING
PRINCIPLE |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
14,830 |
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle for
derivatives and hedging activities, (FAS 133), net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,822 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET INCOME |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
9,008 |
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) BEFORE CUMULATIVE EFFECT
OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
57.1 |
|
|
|
14.5 |
|
|
|
68.2 |
|
FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) BEFORE CUMULATIVE
EFFECT OF CHANGE IN ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLE |
|
|
53.1 |
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
66.6 |
|
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) |
|
|
57.1 |
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
|
|
68.2 |
|
FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE (CENTS) |
|
|
53.1 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
66.6 |
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN THE COMPUTATION OF
BASIC EARNINGS PER SHARE |
|
|
153,509,862 |
|
|
|
102,156,205 |
|
|
|
83,593,424 |
|
WEIGHTED AVERAGE NUMBER OF SHARES USED IN THE COMPUTATION OF
FULLY DILUTED EARNINGS PER SHARE |
|
|
165,217,088 |
|
|
|
105,504,328 |
|
|
|
85,590,876 |
|
DIVIDEND PER SHARE (CENTS) |
|
|
6.6 |
|
|
|
15.8 |
|
|
|
18.9 |
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-2
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Balance Sheets
At June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
90,223 |
|
|
|
144,096 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
67,020 |
|
|
|
99,316 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
42,377 |
|
|
|
37,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current assets |
|
|
199,620 |
|
|
|
280,890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cost |
|
|
1,274,083 |
|
|
|
1,107,627 |
|
Accumulated depreciation and amortization |
|
|
(461,330 |
) |
|
|
(440,514 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net property, plant and equipment |
|
|
812,753 |
|
|
|
667,113 |
|
OTHER ASSETS |
|
|
14,056 |
|
|
|
13,611 |
|
INVESTMENTS |
|
|
123,343 |
|
|
|
68,211 |
|
INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES |
|
|
42,791 |
|
|
|
|
|
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE |
|
|
102,578 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL ASSETS |
|
|
1,295,141 |
|
|
|
1,029,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CURRENT LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
116,704 |
|
|
|
133,380 |
|
Income and mining taxes |
|
|
21,535 |
|
|
|
6,247 |
|
Shareholders for dividends |
|
|
438 |
|
|
|
13,259 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total current liabilities |
|
|
138,677 |
|
|
|
152,886 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LONG-TERM LOANS |
|
|
152,461 |
|
|
|
151,466 |
|
PREFERENCE SHARES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
681 |
|
DEFERRED INCOME AND MINING TAXES |
|
|
99,789 |
|
|
|
47,050 |
|
DEFERRED FINANCIAL LIABILITY |
|
|
87,226 |
|
|
|
49,374 |
|
PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION |
|
|
63,125 |
|
|
|
53,136 |
|
PROVISION FOR POST RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
MINORITY INTEREST |
|
|
|
|
|
|
331 |
|
SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share capital 260,958,904 (2001: 250,000,000) authorized ordinary shares of
50 South African cents each. Shares
issued 169,929,849 (2001: 145,235,791) |
|
|
14,852 |
|
|
|
13,751 |
|
Additional paid-in capital |
|
|
814,491 |
|
|
|
624,857 |
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
Retained earnings |
|
|
206,544 |
|
|
|
129,251 |
|
Deferred stock-based compensation |
|
|
(6,652 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Accumulated other comprehensive loss |
|
|
(276,109 |
) |
|
|
(209,054 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total shareholders equity |
|
|
753,126 |
|
|
|
573,899 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
1,295,141 |
|
|
|
1,029,825 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-3
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additional |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
comprehensive |
|
Deferred |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
Number of |
|
|
|
|
|
paid-in |
|
|
|
|
|
Retained |
|
(loss)/ |
|
stockbased |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ordinary |
|
warrants |
|
Share capital |
|
capital |
|
Warrants |
|
earnings |
|
income |
|
compensation |
|
Total |
|
|
|
shares issued |
|
issued |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
$000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE
JUNE 30, 1999 |
|
|
69,460,286 |
|
|
|
7,579,900 |
|
|
|
8,846 |
|
|
|
282,315 |
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
|
|
98,715 |
|
|
|
(113,210 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
291,760 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
Dividends declared |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,518 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(16,518 |
) |
Purchase of West Rand Consolidated
Mines Limited and Kalahari Goldridge
Mining Company Limited shares |
|
|
10,869,018 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
802 |
|
|
|
45,591 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
46,393 |
|
Purchase of Randfontein Estates
Limited shares |
|
|
14,909,631 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,100 |
|
|
|
81,742 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
82,842 |
|
Exercise of employee share options |
|
|
2,071,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
153 |
|
|
|
5,853 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,006 |
|
Mark-to-market of listed investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
Foreign exchange translation
adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2000 |
|
|
97,310,435 |
|
|
|
7,579,900 |
|
|
|
10,901 |
|
|
|
415,501 |
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
|
|
139,227 |
|
|
|
(150,412 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
430,311 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,008 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,008 |
|
Dividends declared |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18,983 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(18,983 |
) |
Issue of shares
- Public offerings |
|
|
31,784,200 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,971 |
|
|
|
164,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
166,635 |
|
|
- IDC/Simane offering |
|
|
10,736,682 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
668 |
|
|
|
47,407 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,075 |
|
|
- Private offering Jipangu |
|
|
568,774 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35 |
|
|
|
2,794 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,829 |
|
|
- Employee share options |
|
|
4,835,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
7,913 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,089 |
|
Share issue expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,423 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,423 |
) |
Issue of warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,027,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reversal of mark-to-market due to
sale of Western Areas Limited shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other
investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,908 |
|
Mark-to-market of hedging instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
Foreign exchange translation
adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71,259 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71,259 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2001 |
|
|
145,235,791 |
|
|
|
16,607,400 |
|
|
|
13,751 |
|
|
|
624,856 |
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
|
|
129,252 |
|
|
|
(209,054 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
573,899 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87,716 |
|
Dividends declared |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,424 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(10,424 |
) |
Issue of shares
- Simane offering |
|
|
222,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
954 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
967 |
|
|
- International private placement |
|
|
8,500,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
409 |
|
|
|
109,523 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,932 |
|
Exercise of employee share options |
|
|
3,998,800 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
161 |
|
|
|
9,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,170 |
|
Conversion of preference shares |
|
|
10,958,904 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469 |
|
|
|
38,917 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
39,386 |
|
Share issue expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,102 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,102 |
) |
Conversion of warrants |
|
|
1,014,054 |
|
|
|
(1,014,054 |
) |
|
|
49 |
|
|
|
4,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,203 |
|
Expiration of listed warrants |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,579,900 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
|
|
(15,094 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,724 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,724 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Amortization of deferred stock-based
compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,072 |
|
|
|
2,072 |
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,362 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,362 |
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other
investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,909 |
|
Mark-to-market of cash flow hedging
instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,189 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,189 |
|
Foreign exchange translation
adjustment - |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(122,153 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(122,153 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE
JUNE 30, 2002 |
|
|
169,929,849 |
|
|
|
8,013,446 |
|
|
|
14,852 |
|
|
|
814,491 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,544 |
|
|
|
(276,109 |
) |
|
|
(6,652 |
) |
|
|
753,126 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-4
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders Equity
For the years ended June 30
The following is a reconciliation of the components of accumulated other
comprehensive loss for the periods presented:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of |
|
Mark-to-market of |
|
Foreign exchange |
|
Accumulated other |
|
|
cash flow hedging |
|
listed and other |
|
translation |
|
comprehensive |
|
|
instruments |
|
investments |
|
adjustment |
|
(loss)/income |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(113,210 |
) |
|
|
(113,210 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(34,400 |
) |
|
|
(34,400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
|
|
(147,610 |
) |
|
|
(150,412 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,908 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,908 |
|
Mark-to-market of cash flow hedging
instruments |
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
Reversal of mark-to-market due to sale of
Western Areas Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(71,259 |
) |
|
|
(71,259 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2001 |
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
|
|
10,862 |
|
|
|
(218,869 |
) |
|
|
(209,054 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of cash flow hedging
instruments |
|
|
6,189 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,189 |
|
Mark-to-market of AurionGold Limited shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,909 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
48,909 |
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(122,153 |
) |
|
|
(122,153 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BALANCE JUNE 30, 2002 |
|
|
5,142 |
|
|
|
59,771 |
|
|
|
(341,022 |
) |
|
|
(276,109 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-5
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sources of cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash received from customers |
|
|
675,287 |
|
|
|
590,634 |
|
|
|
472,118 |
|
Interest and dividends received |
|
|
12,403 |
|
|
|
5,890 |
|
|
|
9,993 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
687,690 |
|
|
|
596,524 |
|
|
|
482,111 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Uses of cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid to suppliers and employees |
|
|
497,618 |
|
|
|
528,485 |
|
|
|
439,207 |
|
Interest paid |
|
|
19,077 |
|
|
|
15,007 |
|
|
|
3,202 |
|
Income and mining taxes paid |
|
|
8,590 |
|
|
|
3,998 |
|
|
|
1,214 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash used in operating activities |
|
|
525,285 |
|
|
|
547,490 |
|
|
|
443,623 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS |
|
|
162,405 |
|
|
|
49,034 |
|
|
|
38,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in amounts invested in environmental trusts |
|
|
(5,547 |
) |
|
|
(781 |
) |
|
|
(775 |
) |
Decrease in short-term investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,574 |
|
Restricted cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,505 |
|
|
|
(7,310 |
) |
Cash held by subsidiaries on acquisition |
|
|
14,485 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,479 |
|
Cash paid for Randfontein Mines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(51,892 |
) |
Cash paid for West Rand Cons and Kalgold Mines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(949 |
) |
Cash paid for New Hampton Mines |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(28,532 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for Elandskraal Mines |
|
|
(18,453 |
) |
|
|
(130,909 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for joint venture investment and loan advanced to
Free Gold Company |
|
|
(84,586 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid for Hill 50 Mines |
|
|
(124,774 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in Bendigo NL |
|
|
(22,814 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment in Highland Gold |
|
|
(18,104 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loan repaid by minority interest party |
|
|
7,951 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds on disposal of other assets and listed investments |
|
|
16,115 |
|
|
|
13,772 |
|
|
|
3,276 |
|
(Increase)/decrease in other non-current investments |
|
|
(20,749 |
) |
|
|
(8,394 |
) |
|
|
324 |
|
Proceeds on disposal of mining assets |
|
|
3,212 |
|
|
|
11,540 |
|
|
|
10,332 |
|
(Increase)/decrease in deferred stripping assets |
|
|
(486 |
) |
|
|
(2,697 |
) |
|
|
351 |
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
|
(58,967 |
) |
|
|
(49,840 |
) |
|
|
(23,731 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET CASH UTILIZED IN INVESTING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
(312,717 |
) |
|
|
(189,336 |
) |
|
|
(51,321 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Long-term loans raised net |
|
|
29,472 |
|
|
|
61,479 |
|
|
|
61,590 |
|
Preference shares issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
681 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary shares issued net of expenses |
|
|
159,556 |
|
|
|
178,535 |
|
|
|
6,006 |
|
Dividends paid |
|
|
(22,571 |
) |
|
|
(15,706 |
) |
|
|
(11,927 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET CASH GENERATED BY FINANCING ACTIVITIES |
|
|
166,457 |
|
|
|
224,989 |
|
|
|
55,669 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
EFFECTS OF EXCHANGE RATES ON CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(70,018 |
) |
|
|
(18,533 |
) |
|
|
(10,212 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
NET (DECREASE)/INCREASE IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS |
|
|
(53,873 |
) |
|
|
66,154 |
|
|
|
32,624 |
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS JULY 1 |
|
|
144,096 |
|
|
|
77,942 |
|
|
|
45,318 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS JUNE 30 |
|
|
90,223 |
|
|
|
144,096 |
|
|
|
77,942 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-6
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
For the years ended June 30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
14,830 |
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
Cumulative effective of change in accounting principle for derivatives
and hedging activities (FAS 133), net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,822 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
9,008 |
|
|
|
57,030 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive (loss)/income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of listed and other investments |
|
|
48,909 |
|
|
|
9,908 |
|
|
|
(2,802 |
) |
Mark-to-market of cash flow hedging instruments |
|
|
6,189 |
|
|
|
(1,047 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Foreign exchange translation adjustment |
|
|
(122,153 |
) |
|
|
(71,259 |
) |
|
|
(34,400 |
) |
Reversal of mark-to-market due to sale of Western Areas Limited shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,756 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other comprehensive losses |
|
|
(67,055 |
) |
|
|
(58,642 |
) |
|
|
(37,202 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income/(loss) |
|
|
20,661 |
|
|
|
(49,634 |
) |
|
|
19,828 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
See notes to the consolidated financial statements
F-7
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
1. |
|
NATURE OF OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (the Company) or (the Group) is
engaged in gold mining and related activities, including exploration,
extraction, processing, smelting and refining. Gold bullion, the
Companys principal product, is currently produced at its operations in
South Africa and Australia and sold in South Africa and internationally. |
|
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
|
(a) |
|
USE OF ESTIMATES: The preparation of the financial statements
in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting
principles requires the Companys management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and
liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at
the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of
revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results
could differ from those estimates. |
|
|
|
|
The following are accounting policies used by the Company which,
except as noted in 2(j) and 2(t), have been consistently applied: |
|
|
(b) |
|
CONSOLIDATION: |
|
|
(i) |
Consolidated entities: The Group consolidated
financial statements include the financial statements of the
Company, its subsidiaries and its investments in joint
ventures and associates. A company in which the Group has,
directly or indirectly through subsidiary undertakings, a
controlling interest is classified as a subsidiary
undertaking. The results of any subsidiary acquired or
disposed of during the year are consolidated from the
effective date of acquisition and up to the effective date of
disposal. Following adoption of FAS 141 by the Group on July
1, 2001, all acquisitions by the Group subsequent to that date
have been accounted for as purchases. |
|
|
Any excess or deficit of the purchase price, when compared to
the net book value of the subsidiary acquired at the date of
acquisition, is attributed to mineral property interests and
amortized over the useful lives of the applicable underlying
assets in terms of the Group accounting policies, unless a
permanent diminution in the values of the assets occurs, in
which case it is written off. |
|
|
Intercompany profits, transactions and balances have been eliminated. |
|
(ii) |
Investments in associates: An associate is an
entity, other than a subsidiary, in which the Group has a
material long-term interest and in respect of which the Group
exercises significant influence over operational and financial
policies, normally owning between 20% and 50% of the voting
equity. |
|
|
Investments in associates are accounted for by using the
equity method of accounting based on the most recent audited
financial statements. Equity accounting involves recognizing
in the income statement the Groups share of the associates
profit or loss for the period. The Groups investment in
each associate is carried in the balance sheet at an amount
that reflects the cost of the investment, the Groups share
of post acquisition earnings and other movement in reserves.
The carrying value of an associate is reviewed on a regular
basis and, if an impairment in the carrying value has
occurred, it is written off in the period in which such
permanent impairment is identified. |
F-8
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
(iii) |
Investment in joint ventures: A joint venture is
an entity in which the group holds a long-term interest and
which is jointly controlled by the Group and one or more joint
venture partners under a contractual arrangement. The Groups
investment in jointly controlled entities is accounted for
under the equity method as described in note 2(b)(ii) above. |
|
|
(i) |
Foreign entities: For self-sustaining foreign
entities, assets and liabilities are translated using the
closing rates at year-end, and income statements are
translated at average rates. Differences arising on
translation are taken directly to shareholders equity, until
the foreign entity is sold or disposed of, when the
translation differences are recognized in the income statement
as part of the gain or loss on sale. |
|
|
Fair value adjustments arising on the acquisition of the
foreign entities are treated as assets and liabilities of the
foreign entity and translated at the closing rate. |
|
|
(ii) |
Foreign currency transactions: Transactions in
foreign currencies are converted at the rates of exchange
ruling at the date of these transactions. Monetary assets and
liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated
at the rates of exchange ruling at the balance sheet date.
Gains, losses and costs associated with foreign currency
transactions are recognized in the income statement in the
period to which they relate. These transactions are included
in the determination of other income net. |
|
|
(iii) |
Functional currency: The functional currency of
the Group is the South African Rand. The translation
differences arising as a result of converting to US dollars
using the current exchange rate method are included as a
separate component of shareholders equity. |
|
(d) |
|
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS are initially measured at cost.
Subsequent to initial recognition these instruments are measured as
set out below in terms of the applicable accounting policy.
Financial instruments carried on the balance sheet include cash and
cash equivalents, money market instruments, investments,
receivables, accounts payable and long-term loans. |
|
|
(e) |
|
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS are defined as cash on hand,
deposits held on call with banks and short-term highly liquid
investments with insignificant interest rate risk and original
maturities of three months or less. Cash and cash equivalents are
measured at fair value. |
|
|
(f) |
|
NON-CURRENT INVESTMENTS comprise of the following: |
|
|
(i) |
Listed investments: Investments in listed
companies, other than investments in subsidiaries, joint
ventures and associates, are carried at fair value. These
investments are classified as available-for-sale investments.
Changes in the carrying amount of available-for-sale
investments, are excluded from earnings and included as a
separate component of shareholders equity. On disposal of
available-for-sale investments, amounts previously included as
a separate component of shareholders equity are transferred to
retained earnings and included in the determination of the
gain/(loss) on disposal of available-for-sale securities.
Unrealized losses are recognized in the determination of net
income/(loss) when it is determined that a significant decline
in the value of the investment, other than temporary, has
occurred. |
|
|
(ii) |
Unlisted investments are reflected at fair value,
or, where fair value cannot reliably be measured, at cost. If
the directors are of the opinion that there has been a
permanent |
F-9
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
diminution in the value of these investments they are written
down and recognized as an expense in the period in which the
diminution is determined to have taken place. |
|
(g) |
|
INVENTORIES, which include gold in process and supplies, are
stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Bullion on
hand and gold in process represent production on hand after the
smelting process for the Groups underground operations,
predominantly located in South Africa. Due to the different nature
of the Groups open pit operations, predominantly located in
Australia, gold in process for open pit operations represents either
production in broken ore form or production from the time of
placement on heap leach pads. |
|
|
|
|
Cost is determined on the following basis: |
|
|
|
|
- Consumable stores are valued at average cost,
after appropriate provision for redundant and slow moving
items. |
|
|
|
|
- Gold on hand and gold-in-process are valued using
the weighted average cost method. Cost includes production,
amortization and related administration costs. |
|
|
|
|
The Company assesses the gold content of broken ore or ore placed
on the heap leach pads by reference to the historical recovery
factor obtained for the type of broken ore and ore added to the
heap leach pad. The net realizable value of the gold from broken
ore and gold on the heap leach pads is determined by reference to
the current spot gold price less production costs, overheads and
amortization to be incurred to bring the gold in the broken ore and
gold on the heap leach pads to finished product. In the event the
net realizable value of the gold from broken ore or ore on the heap
leach pads is less than its carrying value, the gold from broken
ore or ore on the heap leach pads is written down to its realizable
value. |
|
|
(h) |
|
RECEIVABLES: Accounts receivable are stated at the gross
invoice value adjusted for payments received and an allowance for
doubtful debt, where appropriate, to reflect the fair value of the
anticipated realizable value. Bad debts are written off during the
period in which they are identified. |
|
|
(i) |
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE are stated at cost adjusted for payments
made to reflect the value of the anticipated economic outflow of
resources. |
|
|
(j) |
|
HEDGING: Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 133
(FAS 133), Accounting for Derivative Instruments and Hedging
Activities was adopted by the Company with effect from July 1, 2000. |
|
|
|
|
Previously, gains and losses on derivative instruments which
effectively established minimum prices for designated future
production were recognized in revenue when the planned production
was delivered. Previously, if an instrument regarded as a hedge
was sold, extinguished or terminated prior to delivery of the
planned production, losses were recognized at the time of sale or
closure, and any gains were deferred until the original designated
delivery date. Derivatives which were not designated to future
production were accounted for on a mark-to-market basis and the
associated gains and losses were recognized in earnings.
Accordingly, forward gold contracts were accounted for as hedging
transactions. All other instruments were accounted for on a
mark-to-market basis. |
|
|
|
|
Under FAS 133, all derivatives are recognized on the balance sheet
at their fair value, unless they meet the criteria for normal
purchase, normal sales exemption. |
F-10
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
On the date a derivative contract is entered into, the Group
designates for accounting purposes as either: |
|
|
|
|
(a) a hedge of the fair value of a recognized asset or liability
(fair value hedge); |
|
|
|
|
(b) a hedge of a forecasted transaction (cash flow hedge); |
|
|
|
|
(c) a hedge of a net investment in a foreign entity; or |
|
|
|
|
(d) a derivative to be marked-to-market. |
|
|
|
|
Certain derivative transactions, however, while providing effective
economic hedges under the Groups risk management policies, do not
qualify for hedge accounting. The Group does not currently hold or
issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative
purposes. |
|
|
|
|
Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective
and that is designated and qualifies as a fair value hedge are
recorded in the income statement, along with the change in the fair
value of the hedged asset or liability that is attributable to the
hedged risk. |
|
|
|
|
Changes in the fair value of a derivative that is highly effective
and that is designated and qualifies as a cash flow hedge, are
recognized directly as a separate component of shareholders
equity. Amounts deferred as a component of shareholders equity
are included in the income statement in the same periods during
which the hedged firm commitment or forecasted transaction affects
net profit or loss. |
|
|
|
|
Hedges of net investment in foreign entities are accounted for
similarly to cash flow hedges. |
|
|
|
|
Recognition of derivatives which meet the criteria for the normal
purchase, normal sales exemption under FAS 133 are deferred until
settlement. Under these contracts the Group must physically
deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date at a
specified price to the contracted counterparty. |
|
|
|
|
Changes in the fair value of derivatives which are not designated
as hedges and do not qualify for hedge accounting are recognized in
the income statement. |
|
|
|
|
The Group formally documents all relationships between hedging
instruments and hedged items, as well as its risk management
objective and strategy for undertaking various hedge transactions.
This process includes linking derivatives designed as hedges to
specific assets and liabilities or to specific firm commitments or
forecasted transactions. The Group also formally assesses, both at
the hedge inception and on an ongoing basis, whether the
derivatives that are used in hedging transactions are highly
effective in offsetting changes in fair values or cash flows of
hedged items. |
|
|
|
|
With the adoption of FAS 133, none of the Companys derivatives at
that date qualified for hedge accounting as they did not meet the
new hedging requirements of FAS 133 and were thus marked-to-market,
resulting in a cumulative effect of change in accounting principles
adjustment of $5.8 million, net of tax. The cumulative effect
adjustment was required to record the fair value of those
derivative instruments on the balance sheet, which previously
qualified for hedge accounting and were not recorded on the balance
sheet. |
|
|
(k) |
|
EXPLORATION COSTS are expensed as incurred prior to the
completion of a final feasibility study to establish proven and
probable reserves. |
F-11
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
(l) |
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
(i) |
Mining assets including mine development costs
and mine plant facilities are recorded at cost. |
|
|
|
Once an economically feasible orebody with proven and
probable reserves has been established, expenditure incurred
to further develop the orebody and to establish or expand
productive capacity is capitalized until commercial levels of
production are achieved, at which time the costs are
amortized as set out below. Development of orebodies
includes the development of shaft systems and waste rock
removal. These costs are capitalized until the reef horizons
are intersected and commercial levels of production can be
obtained on a sustainable basis. Mine development costs in
the ordinary course to maintain production are expensed as
incurred. Access to the individual orebodies exploited by
the Company is limited to the time span of the Companys
respective mining leases. |
|
|
|
Interest on borrowings incurred in respect of assets
requiring a substantial period of time to prepare for their
intended use are capitalized to the date on which the assets
are substantially completed and ready for their intended use. |
|
|
(ii) |
Mining operations placed on care and maintenance:
The net assets of operations placed on care and maintenance
are written down to net realizable value. Expenditure on the
care and maintenance of these operations is charged against
income, as incurred. |
|
(iii) |
Non mining fixed assets: Land is shown at cost
and not depreciated. Buildings and other non-mining fixed
assets are shown at cost less accumulated depreciation. |
|
(iv) |
Mineral and surface rights are recorded at cost
of acquisition. When there is little likelihood of mineral
rights being exploited, or the value of the mineral rights has
diminished below cost, a write-down is effected against income
during the period that such a determination is made. |
|
(v) |
Deferred stripping costs: The costs of overburden
stripping in excess of the expected pit life average stripping
ratio are deferred and charged to production when the actual
ratio is below the expected average ratio. The expected pit
life average stripping ratio is calculated as the ratio of
future anticipated overburden tons to be mined to anticipated
future ore tons to be mined. This ratio is recalculated
annually in light of additional knowledge and changes in
estimates. The expected pit life ratio is then compared to
overburden associated with ore mined during the period so as
to calculate the deferred stripping costs to be deferred or
released for the period. |
|
(vi) |
Depreciation and amortization of mineral property
interests, mineral and surface rights, mine development costs
and mine plant facilities are computed principally by the
units of production method based on estimated proven and
probable reserves. Proven and probable ore reserves reflect
estimated quantities of economically recoverable reserves
which can be recovered in future from known mineral deposits.
Amortization related to development projects is first
recognized from the date on which the development project
reaches commercial production quantities. Other non-mining
fixed assets are depreciated by straight line over estimated
useful lives of two to five years. |
|
(vii) |
Impairment:The recoverability of the carrying
value of the long-term assets of the Group, which include
development costs, are compared to the net book value of the
assets annually or whenever events or changes in circumstances
indicate that the net book value may not be recoverable. To
determine whether a long-term asset may be impaired, |
F-12
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
the estimate of future undiscounted cash flows, calculated on
an area of interest basis, is compared to its carrying value.
An area of interest is defined by Company as its lowest
identifiable levels of cash flows, generally an individual
operating mine, including mines which are included in a
larger mine complex. The costs attributable to individual
shafts of a mine are written off if the shaft is closed. |
|
|
Management used the following estimates and assumptions when
reviewing the long-lived assets for impairments as at June
30, 2002 and 2001 respectively: |
|
|
|
June 30, 2002: |
|
|
- A gold price of $295 per ounce at an exchange rate of A$1.79 per $1.00. |
|
|
- The extraction of proven and probable reserves as per the approved mine plan. |
|
|
- Working costs and capital expenditures as per the approved mine plan. |
|
|
June 30, 2001: |
|
|
- A gold price of $262 per ounce at an exchange rate of R8.00 per $1.00. |
|
|
- The extraction of proven and probable reserves as per the approved mine plan. |
|
|
- Working costs and capital expenditures as per the approved mine plan. |
|
|
|
If an impairment exists on this basis the reductions in the
carrying value of the long-lived asset are recorded to the
extent the remaining investment exceeds the estimate of
future discounted cash flows calculated on an area of
interest basis. The expected future discounted cash flows
from the use of a long lived asset is determined by applying
a discount rate to the anticipated pre tax future cashflows.
The discount rate used is commensurate with the risks
involved and was determined with reference to the Groups
weighted average cost of capital as determined by the capital
asset pricing model. The revised carrying amounts are
amortized in line with Group accounting policies. |
|
|
|
The estimates of future discounted cash flows are subject to
risks and uncertainties including the future gold price and
exchange rates. It is therefore reasonably possible that
changes could occur which may affect the recoverability of
mining assets. |
|
(m) |
|
ENVIRONMENTAL OBLIGATIONS: Estimated long-term environmental
obligations, comprising pollution control, rehabilitation and mine
closure, are based on the Groups environmental management plans in
compliance with current technological, environmental and regulatory
requirements. These costs are accrued and expensed over the
operating lives of the mines, principally by the units of production
method based on estimated proven and probable reserves. |
|
|
|
|
Based on current environmental regulations and known rehabilitation
requirements, management has included its best estimate of these
obligations, on an undiscounted basis, in its rehabilitation
accrual. However, it is reasonably possible that the Companys
estimates of its ultimate rehabilitation liabilities could change
as a result of changes in regulations or cost estimates.
Environmental liabilities, other than rehabilitation costs which
relate to liabilities from specific events, are expensed when they
are known, probable and can be reasonably estimated. See note 2(w)
Recent Accounting Pronouncements as to what the impact will be on
the Company when it changes its accounting policy in accounting for
environmental rehabilitation. |
F-13
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
(n) |
|
ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUNDS: Contributions are made to the
Groups trust funds, created in accordance with statutory
requirements, to fund the estimated cost of pollution control,
rehabilitation and mine closure at the end of the life of the
Groups mines. Contributions are determined on the basis of the
estimated environmental obligation over the life of the mine.
Income earned on monies paid to environmental trust funds is
accounted for as investment income. The funds contributed to the
trusts plus growth in the trust funds are included under investments
on the balance sheet. |
|
|
(o) |
|
PROVISIONS are recognized when information is available prior
to the issuance of financial statements which indicates that it is
probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been
incurred as at the date of the financial statements and can be
reasonably estimated. |
|
|
(p) |
|
DEFERRED TAXATION: The Group follows the comprehensive
liability method of accounting for deferred tax using the balance
sheet approach. Under this method deferred income and mining taxes
are recognized for the tax consequences of temporary differences by
applying estimated tax rates to the differences between the tax base
of certain assets or liabilities and their balance sheet carrying
amounts. The effect on deferred tax of any changes in tax rates is
recognized in the income statement during the period in which the
change in tax rate occurs. |
|
|
|
|
The principal temporary differences arise from amortization and
depreciation on property, plant and equipment, provisions, deferred
financial liability and unredeemed capital expenditure. A
valuation allowance is recorded to reduce the carrying value of
deferred tax assets unless it is more likely than not that such
assets will be realized. |
|
|
(q) |
|
PENSION PLANS AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS: |
|
|
(i) |
Pension plans are funded through annual
contributions. The Groups contributions to the defined
contribution pension plans are charged to the income statement
in the year to which they relate. The Groups liability is
limited to its annually determined contributions. |
|
(ii) |
Medical plans: The Group provides medical cover
to current employees and certain retirees through a defined
benefit plan fund. The medical accounting costs for the
defined benefit plan are assessed using the projected unit
credit method. The health care obligation is measured as the
present value of the estimated future cash outflows using
market yields consistent with the term and risks of the
obligation. Actuarial gains and losses as a result of these
valuations are recognized in the income statement. No
contributions are made for employees retiring after June 30,
1996. A liability for retirees and their dependants prior to
this date is accrued in full based on regular actuarial
valuations. |
|
|
(i) |
Revenue arising from gold sales is recognized
when the risks and rewards of ownership and title have passed
to the buyer under the terms of the applicable agreement and
the pricing is fixed and determinable. Sales revenue excludes
value-added tax but includes the net profits and losses
arising from hedging transactions from matched gold sales
contracts, which are designated as normal sales contracts. |
|
(ii) |
Interest income:Interest is recognized on a time
proportion basis, taking into account the principal
outstanding and the effective rate over the period to
maturity, when it is determined that such income will accrue
to the Group. |
F-14
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
(iii) |
Dividend income is recognized when the
shareholders right to receive payment is established,
recognized at the last date of registration. |
|
(s) |
|
DIVIDENDS DECLARED: Dividends proposed are recognized only
when the board of directors declares the dividends. Dividends are
payable in South African Rand. Dividends declared which are payable
to foreign shareholders are subject to approval by the South African
Reserve Bank in terms of South African foreign exchange control
regulations. In practice, dividends are freely transferable to
foreign shareholders. |
|
|
(t) |
|
STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION: Effective July 1, 2001, the Company
adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 123,
Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation (FAS 123) for all stock
option grants subsequent to that date. Accordingly, the Company
fair values all stock options granted subsequent to July 1, 2001, at
the date of the option grant. The total fair value of the options
granted is recorded as deferred stock-based compensation as a
separate component of shareholders equity with a corresponding
amount recorded as additional paid-in capital. The deferred
stock-based compensation is amortized as stock compensation expense
in the income statement over the vesting period of the respective
option grant. Prior to July 1, 2001, the Company applied Accounting
Principles Board Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees (APB 25) and its related interpretations in accounting
for its employee stock option plans. See note 25 for a summary of
the pro forma effects on reported net income and earnings per share
for fiscal 2002, 2001 and 2000 based on the fair value of options
granted prior to July 1, 2001, as prescribed by FAS 123. |
|
|
(u) |
|
EARNINGS PER SHARE: Earnings per share is based on net income
divided by the weighted average number of ordinary shares in issue
during the year. Diluted earnings per share is presented when the
inclusion of potential ordinary shares has a dilutive effect on
earnings per share. |
|
|
(v) |
|
COMPARATIVES: Where necessary, comparative figures have been
adjusted to conform with changes in presentation in the current
fiscal year. In particular, the Group changed the manner in which
it prepares its cash flow statement from the indirect method to the
direct method and, accordingly, all periods for which cash flow
statements have been presented have been prepared in accordance with
the direct method. |
|
|
(w) |
|
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS: |
|
|
|
|
In July 2001, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
issued Statements of Financial Accounting Standards No. 142,
Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets (FAS 142). Under FAS 142,
goodwill and intangible assets with indefinite lives are no longer
amortized, but are reviewed annually (or more frequently if
impairment indicators arise) for impairment. Separable intangible
assets that are not deemed to have indefinite lives will continue
to be amortized over their useful lives (but with no maximum life). |
|
|
|
|
The provisions of FAS 142 apply immediately to goodwill and
intangible assets acquired after June 30, 2001. For all other
goodwill and intangible assets, the Company has adopted FAS 142
effective July 1, 2002. The Company has evaluated the effect that
the adoption of the provisions of FAS 142 will have on its results
of operations and financial position. The Company has determined
that the adoption of FAS 142 will not have a material impact on its
results of operations and financial position. |
|
|
|
|
In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 143, Accounting for Obligations Associated with the
Retirement of Long-lived Assets (FAS 143). FAS 143 established
accounting standards for recognition and measurement of a liability
for an asset retirement obligation and the associated asset
retirement cost. The Company adopted FAS 143 effective July 1,
2002. The Company has determined that the adoption of FAS 143 will |
F-15
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
result in a debit cumulative effect of change in accounting
principle adjustment of $14.2 million in its income statement on
July 1, 2002. |
|
|
|
|
In October 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-lived Assets (FAS 144). FAS 144 addresses financial
accounting and reporting for the impairment of long-lived assets
and for long-lived assets to be disposed of. FAS 144 supersedes
FASB Statement No. 121, Accounting for the Impairment of
Long-lived Assets and for Long-lived Assets to be Disposed of
(FAS 121). However, FAS 144 retains the fundamental provision of
FAS 121 for (a) recognition and measurement of the impairment of
long-lived assets to be held and used and (b) measurement of
long-lived assets to be disposed of by sale. The Company adopted
FAS 144 effective July 1, 2002. The Company has determined that
the adoption of FAS 144 will not have a material impact on its
results of operations and financial position. |
|
|
|
|
In April 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Accounting Standards
No. 145, Rescission of FAS Nos. 4, 44 and 64, Amendment of FAS 13,
and Technical Corrections as of April 2002 (FAS 145). FAS 145
rescinds FAS No. 4, Reporting Gains and Losses from Extinguishment
of Debt, FAS No. 44, Accounting for Intangible Assets of Motor
Carriers, and FAS 64, Extinguishments of Debt Made to Satisfy
Sinking-Fund Requirements. As a result, gains and losses from
extinguishment of debt will no longer be classified as
extraordinary items unless they meet the criteria of unusual or
infrequent as described in Accounting Principles Boards Opinion
30, Reporting the Results of Operations Reporting the Effects of
Disposal of a Segment of a Business and Extraordinary, Unusual and
Infrequently Occurring Events and Transactions. In addition, FAS
145 amends FAS 13, Accounting for Leases, to eliminate an
inconsistency between the required accounting for sale-leaseback
transactions and the required accounting for certain lease
modifications that have economic effects that are similar to
sale-leaseback transactions. FAS 145 also amends other existing
authoritative pronouncements to make various technical corrections,
clarify meanings, or describe their applicability under changed
conditions. FAS 145 is effective for fiscal years beginning after
May 15, 2002. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that
the adoption of FAS 145 will have on its results of operations and
financial position. However, the Company does not believe that
adoption of FAS 145 will have a material impact on its results of
operations and financial position. |
|
|
|
|
In June 2002, the FASB issued Statement of Accounting Standards No.
146, Accounting for Costs Associated with Exit or Disposal
Activities. This Statement addresses financial accounting and
reporting for costs associated with exit or disposal activities and
nullifies Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 94-3, Liability
Recognition for Certain Employee Termination Benefits and Other
Costs to Exit an Activity (including Certain Costs Incurred in a
Restructuring) (EITF 94-3). FAS 146 eliminates the definition
and requirements for recognition of exit costs in EIFT 94-3. FAS
146 requires that a liability for a cost associated with an exit or
disposal activity be recognized when the liability is incurred.
Under EIFT 94-3, a liability for an exit cost as defined in EITF
94-3 was recognized at the date of an entitys commitment to an
exit plan. FAS 146 also concluded that an entitys commitment to a
plan, by itself, does not create a present obligation to others
that meets the definition of a liability. FAS 146 also establishes
that fair value is the objective for initial measurement of the
liability. FAS 146 is effective for exit or disposal activities
that are initiated after December 31, 2002. The Company is
currently evaluating the impact that the adoption of FAS 146 will
have on its results of operations and financial position. However,
the Company does not believe that the adoption of FAS 146 will have
a material impact on its results of operations and financial
position. |
F-16
3. |
|
ACQUISITION AND DISPOSAL OF BUSINESSES |
|
(a) |
|
Randfontein Estates Limited (Randfontein) |
|
|
|
|
On January 14, 2000, the Company made a revised offer to the
shareholders of Randfontein to acquire the entire issued share
capital and listed warrants of Randfontein. As at this date, the
Company effectively held 33% of Randfonteins issued share capital.
Randfontein is a gold producer operating on the West Rand
approximately 50 kilometers from Johannesburg. |
|
|
|
|
For accounting purposes the Company has equity accounted its
interest in Randfontein up to February 29, 2000, the date upon
which its investment in the issued share capital exceeded 50%.
During this period the Company exercised significant influence over
the financial and operating policies of Randfontein. Between March
2000 and June 2000, the Company acquired the entire remaining
issued share capital and accounted for Randfontein as a subsidiary
from March 1, 2000. |
|
|
|
|
The total consideration for the share capital and warrants of
Randfontein amounted to approximately $134.7 million and comprised
of 14,909,631 ordinary shares of the Company and approximately
$51.9 million in cash. The acquisition of Randfontein was
accounted for as a purchase and accordingly the purchase price was
allocated to the net assets acquired based upon their estimated
fair market value. The excess of the purchase price compared to
the book value of the net assets acquired amounted to $66 million
which has been allocated to undeveloped properties included in
property, plant and equipment. |
|
|
(b) |
|
Acquisition of Interest in AurionGold Limited (AurionGold)
(formerly Goldfields Limited (Australia) (Goldfields) |
|
|
|
|
On February 4, 2000, the Company purchased a 19.95% equity interest
in Goldfields for a cash consideration of R143 million (A$41
million). Due to a subsequent share issue by Goldfields, the
Companys interest was diluted to 17.3%. On October 5, 2000, the
Company concluded the purchase from Hanson Plc of 10.58 million
Goldfields shares financed through the issue for cash of 2,189,700
Harmony ordinary shares for $10.2 million. This transaction
resulted in the Companys interest in Goldfields increasing to
approximately 22.96%. The Goldfields investment was accounted for
as an available-for-sale investment as the Company had no board
representation or other significant influence over the financial
and operating policies of Goldfields. |
|
|
|
|
During September 2001, Goldfields announced that it was to merge
with Delta Gold Limited (Delta) and that shareholders in Delta
would receive 187 Goldfields shares for every 200 Delta shares held
as part of the merger. The merger was consummated on December 31,
2001, and Goldfields was renamed AurionGold. As a result of the
merger, the Companys interest in AurionGold was diluted to 8.8%. |
|
|
(c) |
|
Acquisition of New Hampton (Australia) |
|
|
|
|
On December 19, 2000, the Company announced that it had agreed to
purchase 19.99% of New Hampton ordinary shares from Normandy
Mining, subject to regulatory approval. On the same date, the
Company also announced an offer for all the outstanding ordinary
share capital of New Hampton for a cash consideration of A$0.265
for each ordinary share. On March 1, 2001, the Company announced a
revised offer to the shareholders of New Hampton, increasing its
cash offer for each outstanding ordinary share to A$0.275. The
total cash bid valued New Hampton at approximately Rand 229.4
million ($28.5 million). On March 22, 2001, the Company announced
that Normandy Mining accepted the Companys offer for Normandy
Minings remaining 13.2% shareholding in New Hampton, and that the
New Hampton board of directors recommended that New Hampton
shareholders accept the Companys offer and indicated their
intention to accept the Companys offer for their individual
holdings. As at June 30, 2001, shareholders holding |
F-17
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
approximately 95.84% of New Hamptons shares had surrendered their
shares to the Company in acceptance of the the Company offer and
this offer had become unconditional. |
|
|
|
|
For accounting purposes the Company accounted for New Hampton as a
subsidiary from April 1, 2001, the date on which it gained control
of New Hampton. No minority interests were accounted for from this
date until June 30, 2001 as New Hampton was in a net deficit
position. The difference between the purchase price compared to
the net book value of the net assets acquired amounted to $12.7
million which has been allocated to undeveloped properties included
in property, plant and equipment. |
|
|
(d) |
|
Acquisition of certain assets and liabilities of the
Elandsrand and Deelkraal mines (Elandskraal) from AngloGold |
|
|
|
|
On January 31, 2001, the Company entered into an agreement to
purchase Elandskraal, subject to the fulfillment of certain
conditions precedent, for approximately Rand 1 billion ($130.9
million) in cash. The Company and AngloGold jointly managed
Elandskraal between February 1, 2001 and April 1, 2001 and the
Company completed the purchase on April 9, 2001. The results of
Elandskraal have been accounted for in the books of the Company
from April 1, 2001. The deficit of the purchase price compared to
the net book value of the net assets acquired amounted to $30.7
million, which has been allocated to property, plant and equipment. |
|
|
(e) |
|
Agreement with Open Solutions (Proprietary) Limited (Open
Solutions) |
|
|
|
|
On April 24, 2001, the Group entered into an agreement with Open
Solutions (25% of which is owned by Khuma Bathong Holdings
(Proprietary) Limited, pursuant to which the parties agreed to
associate together in a joint venture related to the business of
the Elandskraal, or the Elandskraal Venture. Open Solutions, an
empowerment group, undertook to purchase a 10% participation
interest in the Elandskraal Venture for a cash consideration equal
to 10% of the historical acquisition costs (including all
transaction costs but excluding loan financing costs) of the
Elandskraal mine, in an amount estimated to be approximately Rand
113.7 million ($14.1 million). No gain or loss was recorded in the
financial statements of the Group as a result of this transaction.
Randfontein has retained the remaining 90% participation interest
in the Elandskraal Venture (but must consult with Open Solutions
prior to effecting a sale or disposal of the material portion of
the assets of the Elandsrand or Deelkraal mines). Under the
agreement, the Company also undertook to loan the purchase price to
Open Solutions at an interest rate equal to the prime rate less 1%,
which will be repaid by Open Solutions from the benefits accruing
to Open Solutions attributable to its 10% participation interest.
As security for the repayment of this loan, Open Solutions ceded
and assigned to Randfontein all its right, title and interest in
and to its participation interest (other than the right to appoint
three representatives) until the loan is repaid in full. |
|
|
|
|
With effect from April 1, 2002, the Company reacquired the 10%
participation interest in the Elandskraal Venture from Open
Solutions. The aggregate consideration paid by the Company to Open
Solutions was $18.5 million. The aggregate consideration included
cancellation of the remaining $8 million due to the Company under
the original loan of April 24, 2001 to Open Solutions. This 10%
participation interest in Elandskraal had been separately accounted
for as a minority interest subsequent to its disposal in fiscal
2001. |
|
|
(f) |
|
Acquisition of Interest in Bendigo NL (Bendigo) |
|
|
|
|
On September 25, 2001, the Company announced that it had reached an
agreement in principle with Bendigo, to acquire 294 million shares
of Bendigo for a total purchase price of approximately A$50 million
($22.8 million). On December 13, 2001, shareholders of Bendigo
approved this subscription and the Company acquired ordinary shares
representing approximately 31.8% of the outstanding share capital
of Bendigo. On that date, the Company was also granted options to |
F-18
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
acquire 360 million additional shares of Bendigo at any time before
December 31, 2003, at a price of A$0.30 per share for a maximum
consideration of A$108 million. If the Company exercises these
options, the Company would own approximately 50.1% of the diluted
capital of Bendigo. Bendigo is a single project Australian gold
mining development company whose ordinary shares are listed on the
Australian Stock Exchange. Bendigo controls the New Bendigo Gold
Project in the historic Bendigo goldfields, which includes all of
the mining and exploration rights beneath and in the vicinity of
the city of Bendigo in Victoria. |
|
|
(g) |
|
Acquisition of Hill 50 Limited (Hill 50) |
|
|
|
|
On December 11, 2001, the Company commenced a conditional cash
offer for all of the outstanding ordinary shares and listed options
of Hill 50. The offer closed on May 3, 2002, at which time
shareholders holding 98.57% of Hill 50s shares and 98.76% of Hill
50s listed options had accepted the Companys offer and this offer
had become unconditional. The Company subsequently completed a
compulsory acquisition of the remaining shares and options under
the rules of the Australian Stock Exchange. The Company financed
the Hill 50 offer from existing cash resources and borrowings,
including a syndicated loan facility entered into on February 28,
2002, with Citibank, N.A., as lead arranger. Hill 50 is an
Australian gold mining company with operations mainly in Western
Australia, whose ordinary shares and warrants were traded on the
Australian Stock Exchange, prior to the completion of the
acquisition by the Company. |
|
|
|
|
For accounting purposes, the Company equity accounted for Hill 50
during the month of March, as it exercised significant influence
over the financial and operating policies of Hill 50 during that
period. Between April 2002 and June 2002, the Company acquired the
remaining outstanding share capital of Hill 50 and the Company
accounted for Hill 50 as a subsidiary from April 1, 2002. |
|
|
|
|
The total bid valued Hill 50 at approximately A$233 million ($124.8
million) and was settled in cash by the Company. The acquisition
of Hill 50 was accounted for as a purchase with the difference
between the purchase price and the historical book value of the net
assets acquired of $182.5 million allocated to undeveloped
properties, property, plant and equipment. With effect from April
1, 2002, the Company reports the New Hampton and Hill 50 operating
results together within an Australian Operations segment. |
|
|
(h) |
|
Acquisition of Certain Assets and Liabilities of the Free
Gold and Joel Mines (Free Gold Assets) from AngloGold |
|
|
|
|
On November 21, 2001, the Company and African Rainbow Minerals Gold
Limited (ARMGold) reached an agreement in principle with
AngloGold to purchase the Free Gold assets, subject to specified
conditions. The Company and ARMGold subsequently formed the
ARMGold/Harmony Freegold Joint Venture Company (Pty) Limited (the
Free Gold Company) on December 11, 2001, to purchase the Free
Gold assets. The Company and ARMGold each own 50% of the
outstanding share capital of the Free Gold Company. The Free Gold
assets are located in the Free State Province of South Africa,
approximately 250 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. The Free
Gold Company was capitalized by means of capital contributions and
loans in equal amounts from the Company and ARMGold. |
|
|
|
|
Pursuant to the subsequently executed definitive agreements, the
FreeGold assets were purchased by the Free Gold Company for R2,200
million ($207 million), plus an estimated amount of R632 million
($59 million) equal to any liability for taxes payable by AngloGold
in connection with the sale. R1,800 million ($169 million) of the
purchase price, plus accrued interest, was paid by the Free Gold
Company in April 2002 following fulfillment of all conditions
precedent and R400 million ($38 million) is payable by the Free
Gold Company under an interest-free loan on January 1, 2005. The
additional amount relating to taxes is payable by the Free Gold
Company as and when the tax liability becomes payable by AngloGold.
The Free Gold Company has |
F-19
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
estimated that this tax liability will be approximately R632
million ($59 million) and will be payable in March 2003. The Free
Gold Company assumed management control of the Free Gold assets
from January 1, 2002 and completed the acquisition on April 23,
2002, the date on which all conditions precedent to the transaction
were fulfilled, with the profits and cash flows generated by the
Free Gold assets up to that date being for the account of the Free
Gold Company. |
|
|
|
|
The Company has equity accounted for its interest in the Free Gold
Company with effect from May 1, 2002 and the purchase price of the
Free Gold assets was determined to be R2,213 million ($208
million). This figure is the sum of the cash payment of R1,800
million ($169 million), the fair value of the interest free loan of
R270 million ($25 million) and the estimated tax payable to
AngloGold of R632 million ($59 million), offset by the cash flows
generated by the Free Gold assets during the period that the Free
Gold Company and AngloGold jointly managed the Free Gold assets of
R489 million ($45 million) as these cash flows were for the account
of the Free Gold Company and its shareholders. |
|
|
(i) |
|
Acquisition of Interest in Highland Gold Limited (Highland
Gold) |
|
|
|
|
On May 31, 2002, the Company acquired ordinary shares representing
approximately 25% of the outstanding share capital of Highland Gold
for a purchase price of $18.9 million. On June 28, 2002, Highland
Gold issued 750,000 additional shares to the Company for a purchase
price of £7,500 ($11,925 at an exchange rate of $1.59 per £1.00),
which increased the Companys aggregate interest to approximately
32.5% of Highland Golds outstanding share capital. Highland Gold
is a privately held company organized under the laws of Jersey,
Channel Islands. Highland Gold holds Russian gold mining assets
and mineral rights, including an operating mine and development
projects. |
|
|
(j) |
|
Pro-forma information relating to Elandskraal (including the
sale to and buy back from Open Solutions), New Hampton and Hill 50 |
|
|
|
|
The consolidated income statements reflect the operating results of
Elandskraal (including the sale to and buy-back from Open
Solutions), New Hampton and Hill 50 since the effective dates of
acquisition. |
|
|
|
|
The following pro-forma unaudited summarized financial information
assumes that the above acquisitions had occurred on July 1 of each
of the fiscal years in which they occurred. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenues |
|
|
747,740 |
|
|
|
699,715 |
|
Net income |
|
|
78,459 |
|
|
|
1,092 |
|
Basic earnings per share cents |
|
|
51.1 |
|
|
|
1.1 |
|
Average shares used in the computation |
|
|
153,509,862 |
|
|
|
102,156,205 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-20
|
|
|
These pro-forma amounts have been prepared for comparative purposes
only and they do not purport to be indicative of the results of
operations which actually would have resulted had the business
combinations been effected on July 1, 2000 and 2001 or of future
results of operations of the consolidated entities. |
Cash operating costs include mine production, transport and refinery costs,
general and administrative costs, movement in inventories and ore stockpiles as
well as transfers to and from deferred stripping. These costs, analyzed by
nature, consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labor costs, including contractors |
|
|
265,497 |
|
|
|
313,649 |
|
|
|
247,733 |
|
Stores and materials |
|
|
114,785 |
|
|
|
119,835 |
|
|
|
94,650 |
|
Water and electricity |
|
|
53,436 |
|
|
|
60,080 |
|
|
|
47,454 |
|
Changes in inventory |
|
|
(1,659 |
) |
|
|
(8,915 |
) |
|
|
(7,042 |
) |
Other |
|
|
37,339 |
|
|
|
20,258 |
|
|
|
16,001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
469,398 |
|
|
|
504,907 |
|
|
|
398,796 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit on sale of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
1,965 |
|
|
|
10,528 |
|
|
|
6,308 |
|
Foreign exchange gains |
|
|
9,673 |
|
|
|
1,202 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other (expenditure)/income net |
|
|
(2,488 |
) |
|
|
(1,034 |
) |
|
|
2,232 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,150 |
|
|
|
10,696 |
|
|
|
8,540 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6. |
|
EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION AND RESTRUCTURING COSTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State |
|
|
1,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein and Elandskraal |
|
|
3,549 |
|
|
|
4,521 |
|
|
|
|
|
Evander |
|
|
159 |
|
|
|
136 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
Kalgold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
72 |
|
|
|
|
|
Australian operations |
|
|
3,163 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bissett mine |
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,775 |
|
|
|
4,729 |
|
|
|
222 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
During the year ended June 30, 2002, the closure of the Virginia 2 shaft and
Harmony 4 shaft in the Free State resulted in certain excess labor, which could
not be accommodated on other shafts, becoming surplus to requirements and being
made redundant. Elandskraal continued the process of restructuring, which was
started in the previous fiscal year, which led to certain positions becoming
redundant. Following the acquisition of Hill 50 in Australia, the Company
combined the New Hampton and Hill 50 operations, which led to certain
restructuring and employment termination costs being incurred. At the end of
fiscal 2001, the Company decided to place the Bissett mine on care and
maintenance due to the mining operations being uneconomical at gold prices at
that time. During fiscal 2002, the restructuring process associated with the
transition to care and maintenance was completed and additional restructuring
costs were incurred.
F-21
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
During the year ended June 30, 2001, due to the closure of No 4 shaft at
Randfontein and the restructuring of Elandskraal, certain restructuring costs
were incurred which included the termination of service of certain production
employees.
During the year ended June 30, 2000, in order to achieve strategic objectives,
the services of certain non-production employees at Evander were terminated at
a cost of $0.2 million.
7. |
|
PROFIT/(LOSS) ON SALE OF OTHER ASSETS AND LISTED INVESTMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
$ '000 |
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit/(loss) on sale of listed investments |
|
|
4,524 |
|
|
|
(1,393 |
) |
|
|
2,482 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As part of the initial public offering of ARMGold during fiscal 2002, the
Company subscribed for 2,860,000 shares at R38.67 ($3.83) per share. These
shares were subsequently disposed of for a profit of $4.5 million.
With the acquisition of Randfontein, the Company acquired 4,944,948 shares in
Western Areas Limited. These shares were disposed of at a loss of $1.3 million
in the 2001 fiscal year.
The profit in the 2000 fiscal year related to the sale of certain mineral
rights.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,624 |
|
|
|
|
|
Randfontein operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,524 |
|
|
|
|
|
Evander operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,493 |
|
|
|
|
|
Bissett operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19,625 |
|
|
|
|
|
Australian operations |
|
|
44,284 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44,284 |
|
|
|
28,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Company completed the redevelopment program at New Hamptons Big Bell
underground mine during fiscal 2002. Production achieved to date however
indicated that the grade of the Big Bell underground mine is significantly
lower than expected. This resulted in a reassessment of the Big Bell ore
reserve estimate, which indicated that the life of mine plans should be revised
to take account of a lower gold content in the Big Bell ore body. Utilizing
the revised mine plans, and a gold price of $295 per ounce, the life of mine
plans did not support the carrying value of the Big Bell assets on an
undiscounted cash flow basis. Accordingly an asset impairment of $44.3 million
was charged against income, utilizing a discount rate of 10%, which reduced the
carrying value of the Big Bell assets to $8.8 million.
Due to the depletion of economically mineable reserves, certain shafts at
Randfontein, Evander and Free State were closed and the remaining net book
value written off during fiscal 2001.
At the end of fiscal 2001, the Company decided to place the Bissett mine on
care and maintenance due to the mining operations being uneconomical at gold
prices at that time. The write-down reflected the excess of book value of
long-term and other assets over the estimated salvage values of those assets.
F-22
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
9. |
|
INCOME AND MINING TAXES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current income and mining taxes |
|
|
25,604 |
|
|
|
8,277 |
|
|
|
3,477 |
|
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
(11,236 |
) |
|
|
6,348 |
|
|
|
10,072 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total income and mining tax expense |
|
|
14,368 |
|
|
|
14,625 |
|
|
|
13,549 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining tax on South African mining income is determined on a formula basis,
which takes into account the profit and revenue from mining operations during
the year. South African non-mining income is taxed at a standard rate. Mining
and non-mining income of the Australian operations is taxed at a standard tax
rate. Deferred tax is provided at the estimated expected future mining tax
rate for temporary differences. Major items causing the Companys income tax
provision to differ from the estimated effective mining rate of 29% (2001:
20.5%) were:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax on net income at estimated mining statutory rate |
|
|
(19,116 |
) |
|
|
(3,430 |
) |
|
|
(15,047 |
) |
Valuation allowance released/(raised) against
deferred tax assets |
|
|
5,226 |
|
|
|
(9,816 |
) |
|
|
(1,504 |
) |
Non-taxable income/additional deductions |
|
|
(4,973 |
) |
|
|
(512 |
) |
|
|
6,473 |
|
Difference between non-mining tax rate and
estimated mining statutory rate on non-mining
income |
|
|
(1,555 |
) |
|
|
(867 |
) |
|
|
(971 |
) |
Companys share of tax on joint venture not
reflected in tax expense |
|
|
6,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income and mining tax expense |
|
|
(14,368 |
) |
|
|
(14,625 |
) |
|
|
(13,549 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax liabilities and assets on the balance sheet as
of June 30, 2002 and June 30, 2001 relate to the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining assets |
|
|
146,775 |
|
|
|
81,195 |
|
|
Product inventory not taxed |
|
|
3,045 |
|
|
|
4,303 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,731 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross deferred income and mining tax liability |
|
|
149,820 |
|
|
|
89,229 |
|
Net deferred income and mining tax assets |
|
|
(51,714 |
) |
|
|
(43,508 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred financial liability |
|
|
(22,897 |
) |
|
|
(6,791 |
) |
|
Unredeemed capital expenditure |
|
|
(18,570 |
) |
|
|
(31,119 |
) |
|
Provisions, including rehabilitation accruals |
|
|
(7,454 |
) |
|
|
(12,152 |
) |
|
Tax losses |
|
|
(2,793 |
) |
|
|
(1,953 |
) |
|
Valuation allowance |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,507 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
98,106 |
|
|
|
45,721 |
|
|
Less: Short term portion of deferred income
and mining tax included in accounts payable |
|
|
1,683 |
|
|
|
1,329 |
|
Net deferred income and mining tax liabilities |
|
|
99,789 |
|
|
|
47,050 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The classification of deferred income and mining taxes is based on the related
asset and liability creating the deferred tax. Deferred taxes not related to a
specific asset or liability are classified based on the estimated period of
reversal.
As at June 30, 2002 the Group has unredeemed capital expenditure of $81.2
million (2001: $130.2 million) and tax losses carried forward of $9.1 million
(2001: $6.5 million) available for deduction against future South African
F-23
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
mining income. These future deductions are utilizable against mining income
generated only from the Groups current mining operations in South Africa and
do not expire unless the Group ceases to trade for a period longer than one
year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000 |
|
(Denominator) |
|
Per share amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
145,235,791 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
issued during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,274,071 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
153,509,862 |
|
|
|
57.1 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,346,070 |
|
|
|
|
|
Warrants issued |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,361,156 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
|
87,716 |
|
|
|
165,217,088 |
|
|
|
53.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000 |
|
(Denominator) |
|
Per share amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share before
cumulative effect of change in accounting
policy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
97,310,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
issued during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,845,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders |
|
|
14,830 |
|
|
|
102,156,205 |
|
|
|
14.5 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,348,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
|
14,830 |
|
|
|
105,504,328 |
|
|
|
14.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share after cumulative
effect of change in accounting policy |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
97,310,435 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
issued during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,845,770 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders |
|
|
9,008 |
|
|
|
102,156,205 |
|
|
|
8.8 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,348,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
|
9,008 |
|
|
|
105,504,328 |
|
|
|
8.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-24
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(Numerator) |
|
Shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$000 |
|
(Denominator) |
|
Per share amount |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares outstanding July 1, 1999 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
69,460,286 |
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average number of ordinary shares
issued during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,133,138 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income available to common stockholders |
|
|
57,030 |
|
|
|
83,593,424 |
|
|
|
68.2 |
|
Effect of dilutive securities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options issued to employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,997,452 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted earnings per share |
|
|
57,030 |
|
|
|
85,590,876 |
|
|
|
66.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. |
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mining properties, mine development costs and mine plant facilities |
|
|
800,984 |
|
|
|
654,244 |
|
Other non-mining assets |
|
|
11,769 |
|
|
|
12,869 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
812,753 |
|
|
|
667,113 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other non-mining assets consist of freehold land, computer equipment and motor
vehicles.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mining subscriptions, participation rights and slimes dams |
|
|
4,546 |
|
|
|
5,874 |
|
Deferred stripping |
|
|
8,182 |
|
|
|
5,871 |
|
Bond issue costs, net of amortization |
|
|
1,328 |
|
|
|
1,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,056 |
|
|
|
13,611 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred stripping costs are made up as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening balance |
|
|
5,871 |
|
|
|
3,940 |
|
|
|
Additions during the period |
|
|
2,311 |
|
|
|
1,931 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing balance |
|
|
8,182 |
|
|
|
5,871 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The deferred stripping balances at the end of fiscal 2002 pertain to Kalgold
and Hill 50 operations. The fiscal 2001 balance pertains only to Kalgold
operations. In terms of the life of mine plan, pre-stripping is performed in
the early years. This results in the cost associated with overburden stripped
at a rate higher than the expected pit life average stripping ratio, being
deferred to those years. These costs will be released in the period where the
actual stripping ratio decreases to below such expected pit life ratio. The
expected pit life average stripping ratios used to calculate the deferred
stripping were 4.60 in 2002 and 4.00 in 2001, in respect of the Kalgold
operations. These stripping ratios were calculated taking into account the
actual strip ratios achieved of 6.60 in 2002 and 6.04 in 2001. The expected
pit life average stripping ratio used to calculate the deferred stripping was
10.1 in respect of Hill 50 for the 2002 fiscal year.
F-25
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
13. |
|
NON-CURRENT INVESTMENTS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Listed investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investments in listed shares (a) |
|
|
95,058 |
|
|
|
39,784 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other investments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unlisted investments and loans (b) |
|
|
2,534 |
|
|
|
2,829 |
|
Amounts contributed to environmental trust funds (c) |
|
|
24,757 |
|
|
|
24,027 |
|
Other |
|
|
994 |
|
|
|
1,571 |
|
|
|
|
28,285 |
|
|
|
28,427 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total non-current investments |
|
|
123,343 |
|
|
|
68,211 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Listed investments consist of 43,350,992 shares in AurionGold (previously
Goldfields) valued at $2.19 (A$3.93) per share. The shares are listed on
the Australian Stock Exchange. The fair value of these shares at the
close of business on June 30, 2002, by reference to stock exchange quoted
prices and closing exchange rates was $95 million (2001: $40 million).
Subsequent to year-end this investment was disposed off to Placer Dome in
exchange for Placer Dome ordinary shares (see note 30). Dividends
received during the 2002 fiscal year from AurionGold amounted to $1.1
million (2001: $1.6 million, 2000: $0.0 million). |
|
(b) |
|
Unlisted investments consist of various industry related investments and
loans, which have been valued at book value by the directors. The
directors of the Company perform independent valuations of the investments
on an annual basis to ensure that no permanent diminution in the value of
the investments has occurred. Dividends received from these investments
amounted to $0.2 million in the 2002 fiscal year (2001: $0.2 million,
2000: $0.2 million). |
|
(c) |
|
The environmental trust funds are irrevocable trusts under the Groups
control. The monies in the trusts are invested primarily in interest
bearing short-term and other investments and approximate their fair value. |
14. |
|
INVESTMENTS IN ASSOCIATES |
Investments in associates consist of the following:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Market Value |
Investment |
|
Description of Business |
|
Ownership % |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bendigo Mining NL
Highland Gold Limited |
|
Gold exploration
Gold mining and exploration
|
|
|
31.8%
32.5%
|
|
|
48,400
|
The investments in both associates were made during fiscal 2002. (See note 3
for more details regarding the respective acquisitions). The market value of
the Companys investment in Highland Gold is not readily determinable. The
Company did not receive any dividends from either Bendigo or Highland Gold
during 2002 fiscal year.
The following table summarizes the change in value of the Groups investments
in associates since their acquisitions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shares at cost |
|
|
77,382 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net share of results of associates |
|
|
(473 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Associate now consolidated |
|
|
(39,048 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation differences |
|
|
4,930 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing carrying amount |
|
|
42,791 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-26
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company acquired an equity interest in Hill 50 of 30.5% during March 2002.
During April 2002, the Company increased its investment in Hill 50 above 50%
and consolidated its investment in Hill 50 from that date. During March 2002,
Hill 50 was equity accounted by the Company as it exercised significant
influence over the financial and operational policies of Hill 50 (See note 3(g)
for more details regarding the Hill 50 acquisition).
15. |
|
INVESTMENT IN JOINT VENTURE |
The Group has a 50% interest in a joint venture with ARMGold Limited, the
ARMGold/Harmony Freegold Joint Venture Company (Pty) Ltd (the Free Gold
Company), which operates as a gold mining company in the Welkom area of the
Free State goldfields. The Company and ARMGold each own 50% of the outstanding
share capital of the Free Gold Company. The Free Gold Company was capitalized
by means of capital contributions and loans in equal amounts from the joint
venture partners. (See note 3(h) for more details regarding the joint venture
formation and the acquisition of the Free Gold assets).
The following table summarizes the change in value of the Groups investment in
the Free Gold Company joint venture since its formation:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shares at cost |
|
|
1,583 |
|
|
|
|
|
Loan to joint venture |
|
|
84,586 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued interest on loan to joint venture |
|
|
1,367 |
|
|
|
|
|
Net share of joint venture results |
|
|
13,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
Foreign currency translation differences |
|
|
1,866 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing carrying amount |
|
|
102,578 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following is a summarized balance sheet and income statement prepared in
accordance with U.S. GAAP for the Free Gold Company joint venture:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Current assets |
|
|
109,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
Investments |
|
|
44,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
218,933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
372,915 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
32,619 |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current interest-bearing borrowings |
|
|
87,426 |
|
|
|
|
|
Non-current borrowings from shareholders |
|
|
173,244 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
15,418 |
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
38,122 |
|
|
|
|
|
Provision for post-retirement benefits |
|
|
214 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
347,043 |
|
|
|
|
|
Shareholders equity |
|
|
25,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and shareholders equity |
|
|
372,915 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue |
|
|
68,952 |
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses |
|
|
(30,500 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before tax |
|
|
38,452 |
|
|
|
|
|
Tax |
|
|
(12,100 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income after tax |
|
|
26,352 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-27
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gold in-process |
|
|
26,933 |
|
|
|
24,309 |
|
Supplies |
|
|
15,444 |
|
|
|
13,169 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,377 |
|
|
|
37,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Value added tax |
|
|
6,833 |
|
|
|
12,753 |
|
Trade receivables |
|
|
9,188 |
|
|
|
8,660 |
|
Amount owing relating to share issue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
36,276 |
|
Metals on consignment |
|
|
18,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
Prepayments |
|
|
6,914 |
|
|
|
1,632 |
|
Interest and other |
|
|
25,413 |
|
|
|
39,995 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
67,020 |
|
|
|
99,316 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
For the acquisition of Vermeulenskraal Noord,
1,125,000 warrants were issued at a fair value of
South African Rand 10 per warrant on December 3,
1996 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,480 |
|
For the acquisition of Lydex, 6,418,855 warrants
were issued at a fair value of South African Rand
8.89 per warrant during the period January
through March 1997 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,582 |
|
For obtaining the credit facility from NM
Rothschild 36,045 warrants were issued at fair
value of South African Rand 5.70 per warrant on
June 6, 1998 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,094 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The warrants in the foregoing table were exercisable at a price of South
African Rand 60.00, at which time they could have been converted into ordinary
shares of the Company on or before July 31, 2001. None of the warrants were
exercised and they lapsed on July 31, 2001.
In terms of a transaction dated June 29, 2001, 27,082,500 ordinary shares and
9,027,500 warrants to purchase 9,027,500 additional ordinary shares were
issued. Ordinary shares were purchased in integral multiples of three and
investors received one warrant for every three shares purchased. Each warrant
will entitle its holder to purchase, on any business day on or before June 28,
2003, one ordinary share at South African Rand 43.00, or the U.S. dollar
equivalent thereof. No value was separately attributed to the warrants on the
date of issue. As at June 30, 2002, 1,013,554 warrants were exercised, leaving
a balance of 8,013,946 warrants still to be exercised. These warrants are
traded on the JSE Securities Exchange and New York Stock Exchange. Prior to
the Company being listed on the New York Stock Exchange, the warrants were
traded on the The Nasdaq Stock Market.
F-28
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Uncollateralized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Senior uncollateralized fixed rate bonds (a) |
|
|
115,496 |
|
|
|
149,947 |
|
Fair value adjustment of cash flow hedge |
|
|
(2,002 |
) |
|
|
1,163 |
|
Less amortized discount |
|
|
(626 |
) |
|
|
(3,145 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total uncollateralized long-term loans |
|
|
112,868 |
|
|
|
147,965 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Collateralized |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BAE Systems Plc (b) |
|
|
3,501 |
|
|
|
3,501 |
|
BOE loan (c) |
|
|
48,123 |
|
|
|
|
|
Less: short-term portion |
|
|
(12,031 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total collateralized long-term loans |
|
|
39,593 |
|
|
|
3,501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total long-term loans |
|
|
152,461 |
|
|
|
151,466 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
On June 16, 2001, the Company launched and priced an issue of South
African Rand denominated senior uncollateralized fixed rate bonds in an
aggregate principal amount of R1 200 million ($115.5 million), with
semi-annual interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. These bonds will
be repayable on June 14, 2006, subject to early redemption at the
Companys option. The bonds are listed on the Bond Exchange of South
Africa. The bonds were issued to settle existing debt and fund the
purchase of Elandskraal and New Hampton. As long as the bonds are
outstanding, the Company will not permit encumbrances on its present or
future assets or revenues to secure indebtedness for borrowed money,
without securing the outstanding bonds equally and ratably with such
indebtedness, except for certain specified permitted encumbrances.
Issuance costs of $1.9 million were incurred and capitalized and are being
amortized over the life of the bonds. Included in the amortization charge
in the income statement is $0.5 million for amortization of the bond issue
costs. |
|
(b) |
|
The loan from BAE Systems Plc is a US dollar denominated term loan of
$3.5 million for financing the design, development and construction of a
facility for the manufacture and sale of value added gold products at the
Companys premises in the Free State. The loan is collateralized by a
notarial covering bond over certain gold proceeds and other assets from
this facility and is repayable in full on April 30, 2004. The loan bears
interest at LIBOR plus 2%, which is accrued daily from the drawdown date
and interest is repayable on a quarterly basis. |
|
(c) |
|
On April 18, 2002 the Company entered into a South African Rand
denominated term loan facility of R500 million ($48.1 million) with BOE
Bank Limited for the purpose of partially funding the Companys
acquisition of shares in the Free Gold Company and loans made by the
Company to the Free Gold Company in connection with the acquisition of the
Free Gold assets. The facility is collateralized by a pledge of the
Companys shares in the Free Gold Joint Venture Company and is guaranteed
by Randfontein, Evander, Kalgold and Lydex. The loan is repayable in full
on April 23, 2006 by way of eight equal semi-annual capital installments
which are due beginning October 23, 2002. The loan bears interest at a
rate equal to the Johannesburg Interbank Agreed Rate (JIBAR) for
deposits in Rand plus 1.5% plus specified costs, which is accrued daily
from the drawdown date and is payable quarterly in arrears commencing July
23, 2002. Pursuant to the terms of this loan facility, the Company must
comply with the following restrictive covenants: |
|
(i) |
|
Consolidated net worth must be more than R4 600
million ($422.7 million); |
|
|
(ii) |
|
The total debt to earnings before interest, tax,
depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) ratio must not exceed
1.5; and |
|
|
(iii) |
|
The EBITDA to total debt service ratio must not
be less than 3.5. |
F-29
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
In addition, pursuant to this facility, the Company is subject to
specified limits on its ability to (i) permit encumbrances over pledged
revenues or assets, (ii) make loans or incur specified types of
indebtedness, (iii) dispose of more than 25% of its assets or (iv) make
distributions to its shareholders if a default or event of default under
this facility has occurred and is continuing. If the Company fails to
meet these requirements, the loan may be accelerated and become due and
payable in full. |
|
20. |
|
PREFERENCE SHARES |
The Company entered into an agreement with Simane Investments (Pty) Ltd
(Simane), a South African empowerment group, and the Industrial Development
Corporation of South Africa Limited (IDC) on behalf of Simane, pursuant to
which, subject to the fulfillment of certain specified conditions, Simane and
the IDC subscribed for 222,222 Harmony ordinary shares and 10,736,682 Harmony
ordinary shares, respectively, at R46.00 ($4.47) per share. The IDC was issued
10,736,682 Harmony ordinary shares during June 2001 and Simane was issued
222,300 Harmony ordinary shares during September 2001.
Under the agreement, the IDC also subscribed for 10,958,904 redeemable
convertible preference shares at a price equal to their par value of R0.50
each. The shares were issued on June 8, 2001. The preference shares could be
converted into ordinary Harmony shares for a period of 5 years from their issue
at the payment of an additional R41.50 per preference share. During January
and February 2002, all of the preference shares were converted into ordinary
shares, leaving Simane with a stake of 6.4% in the Company as at that date.
21. |
|
DEFERRED FINANCIAL LIABILITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of speculative financial instruments
at year end |
|
|
8,115 |
|
|
|
48,451 |
|
Amount owing on close out of derivatives |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,747 |
|
Mark-to-market of Bendigo options |
|
|
(6,260 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Mark-to-market of hedging financial instruments
at year end |
|
|
85,371 |
|
|
|
(1,824 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
87,226 |
|
|
|
49,374 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Randfontein hedge book was closed during fiscal 2002 at a cost of $13
million after tax. The balance currently provided relates to the Hill 50 hedge
book, acquired with the acquisition of Hill 50, as well as the remaining
portion of the New Hampton hedge book. These hedge books have been
restructured as normal sales. The deferred financial liability will be
recognized in the income statement as gold production, underlining the hedging
instrument, is delivered into the respective contracts. See note 26 for more
details regarding the financial instruments outstanding.
22. |
|
PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued rehabilitation costs |
|
|
63,125 |
|
|
|
53,136 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
While the ultimate amount of rehabilitation costs to be incurred in the future
is uncertain, the Group has estimated that, based on current environmental and
regulatory requirements, the total cost for the mines, in current monetary
terms, will be R816 million ($78.5 million) (2001: R689 million
($85.7million)).
F-30
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
The Group intends to finance the ultimate rehabilitation costs from the money
invested with, and ongoing contributions to, the environmental trust funds, as
well as the proceeds on sale of assets and gold from plant clean-up at the time
of mine closure.
23. |
|
PROVISION FOR POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS |
The provision for former employees post retirement benefits comprises medical
benefits for former employees who retired prior to December 31, 1996. The
amounts were based on an actuarial valuation conducted during the current
fiscal year.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
The amounts recognized in the balance sheet are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued post-retirement health care costs |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following table sets forth the funded status of the
post-retirement health care costs: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Actuarial present value |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
Plan assets at fair value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accumulated benefit obligation in excess of plan assets |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
Prior service costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognized net (gain)/loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Post-retirement health care liability |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The amounts recognized in the income statement are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest cost |
|
|
176 |
|
|
|
394 |
|
Additional liability raised for Elandskraal employees
converting to Minemed |
|
|
108 |
|
|
|
|
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
294 |
|
|
|
4,474 |
|
Net actuarial gains |
|
|
(621 |
) |
|
|
(2,627 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
2,241 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The movement in the liability recognized in the balance sheet
is as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At the beginning of the year |
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
3,709 |
|
Total expenses as above |
|
|
(43 |
) |
|
|
2,241 |
|
Foreign currency translation adjustments |
|
|
(222 |
) |
|
|
(4,948 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
At the end of the year |
|
|
737 |
|
|
|
1,002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The obligation has been valued using the projected unit credit funding method
on past service liabilities. The valuation assumes a health care cost
inflation rate of 7% per annum (2001: 0%) and a discount rate of 12% per annum
(2001: 12%).
F-31
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
24. |
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ '000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade payables |
|
|
25,275 |
|
|
|
27,294 |
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining taxes |
|
|
(1,683 |
) |
|
|
(1,329 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Short term portion of long-term loans |
|
|
12,031 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short term borrowings |
|
|
3,442 |
|
|
|
9,640 |
|
|
|
|
|
Payroll and leave liabilities |
|
|
32,834 |
|
|
|
31,478 |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue received in advance |
|
|
5,153 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unpresented checks |
|
|
6,684 |
|
|
|
4,143 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other (including accrued liabilities) |
|
|
32,968 |
|
|
|
62,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
116,704 |
|
|
|
133,380 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
25. |
|
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS |
PENSION AND PROVIDENT FUNDS: The Group contributes to several pension and
provident funds governed by the Pension Funds Act, 1946 for the employees of
its South African subsidiaries. The pension funds are multi-employer industry
plans. The Groups liability is limited to its annually determined
contributions.
The provident funds are funded on the money accumulative basis with the
members and employers contributions having been fixed in the constitution of
the funds.
The Australian subsidiaries make contributions to each employees
Superannuation (pension) funds in accordance with the Superannuation Guarantee
Scheme (SGS). The SGS is a Federal Government initiative enforced by law which
compels employers to make regular payments to regulated funds providing for
each employee on their retirement. The Superannuation Guarantee Contributions
were set at a minimum of 8% of gross salary and wages for the 2002 year.
Substantially all the Groups employees are covered by the above mentioned
retirement benefit plans. Funds contributed by the Group for fiscal 2002
amounted to $18.7 million (2001: $16.1 million and 2000: $12.1 million).
POST-RETIREMENT BENEFITS OTHER THAN PENSIONS: Skilled workers in South Africa
participate in the Minemed medical scheme, as well as other medical schemes.
The Group contributes to these schemes on behalf of current employees and
retired employees who retired prior to December 31, 1996 (the Minemed
scheme). The Groups contributions to these schemes on behalf of retired and
current employees amounted to $3.0 million, $4.1 million and $1.9 million for
2002, 2001 and 2000 respectively.
No post-retirement benefits are available to other workers. No liability
exists for employees who were members of these schemes who retired after the
date noted above. The medical schemes pay certain medical expenses for both
current and retired employees and their dependents. Current and retired
employees pay an annual fixed contribution to these schemes.
The regularly-scheduled updated actuarial valuation was carried out during the
current fiscal year on the Minemed medical scheme following the last actuarial
valuation in fiscal 2000. Assumptions used to determine the liability relating
to the Minemed medical scheme included, investment returns of 12%, no increases
in employer subsidies (in terms of the agreement) and mortality rates according
to the SA a mf tables and a medical inflation rate of 0% to 7.0%.
Randfontein had a liability to certain retirees and their dependants who
retired prior to September 30, 1991 in terms of the JCI medical scheme. During
fiscal 2001, an agreement was reached with these retirees whereby they were
transferred to the Minemed medical scheme and the provision was therefore
reversed in June 2001.
SHARE OPTION SCHEME: The Company currently has two employee share option
schemes, being the Harmony (1994) Share Option Scheme (HSOS 1994 Scheme) and
the Harmony (2001) Share Option Scheme (HSOS 2001 Scheme). Pursuant to the
rules of the HSOS 1994 Scheme and the HSOS 2001 Scheme certain qualifying
employees may be granted options to purchase shares in the Companys authorized
but unissued ordinary shares. The HSOS 2001 Scheme was established following
approval by the Companys shareholders during fiscal 2002. The HSOS 2001
Scheme came into effect on November 16, 2001; however, options previously
issued under
F-32
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
the HSOS 1994 Scheme remain in force. The terms of the HSOS 2001 Scheme are
substantially equivalent to the terms of the HSOS 1994 Scheme, except that the
maximum number of share options that may be granted under the HSOS 2001 Scheme
is a fixed amount (8,000,000) rather than a percentage of share capital.
Options granted under the HSOS 1994 Scheme that remain outstanding are not
counted against this maximum. Of the total of 8,000,000 ordinary shares under
the specific authority of the directors in terms of the HSOS 2001 Scheme,
6,130,100 shares have been offered to participants leaving a balance of
1,869,900 to be offered to eligible employees. Upon the date of adoption of
the HSOS 2001 Scheme, 3,108,800 shares were still outstanding under the HSOS
1994 Scheme. Following the adoption of the HSOS 2001 Scheme, no further option
grants have been made under the HSOS 1994 Scheme. In terms of the rules of
both the HSOS 1994 Scheme and the HSOS 2001 Scheme, the exercise price of the
options granted is equal to fair market value of the shares at the date of the
grant.
On November 29, 1999, the Company adopted a share purchase scheme (the Share
Purchase Scheme), in which eligible employees may participate. The Share
Purchase Scheme provides for a share purchase trust controlled by the Company.
The share purchase trust provides recourse loans to enable employees to acquire
shares or exercise their options under the HSOS 1994 Scheme. To date, the
Share Purchase Scheme has only been used for the purpose of making recourse
loans to employees to enable them to exercise their options under the HSOS 1994
Scheme. The shares acquired by an employee pursuant to the exercise of the
option are then pledged by that employee to the share purchase trust to secure
repayment of the recourse loan granted by the share purchase trust, plus any
interest thereon. The share purchase trust is funded by a loan from the
Company, which it repays once it receives repayment of the loans granted to
employees. Three non-executive directors of the Company serve as trustees of
the share purchase trust. The trustees are not eligible to receive loans from
the trust.
Options currently expire no later than 10 years from the grant date. Pursuant
to the HSOS 1994 Scheme rules, annually upon anniversary of the grant date, a
third of the total options granted are exercisable. Pursuant to the HSOS 2001
Scheme rules, annually upon anniversary of the grant date, a third or a fifth
of the total options granted are exercisable, depending on the vesting terms of
the respective grant. Proceeds received by the Company from the exercise are
credited to share capital and additional paid-in capital.
Details of the activity in the HSOS 1994 Scheme and the HSOS 2001 Scheme were
as follows (for convenience of the reader, the Rand amounts have been converted
to US dollars at the balance sheet date for the respective fiscal years):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Average exercise |
|
Average exercise |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Number of share |
|
price per share |
|
price per share |
|
|
Available for grant |
|
options granted |
|
SA Rand |
|
US Dollar |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 1999 |
|
|
2,569,728 |
|
|
|
4,376,300 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options granted during the year |
|
|
(4,804,500 |
) |
|
|
4,804,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,071,500 |
) |
|
|
26.06 |
|
|
|
3.85 |
|
Share options forfeited during the year |
|
|
210,300 |
|
|
|
(210,300 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options reserved during the year |
|
|
4,856,515 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2000 |
|
|
2,832,043 |
|
|
|
6,899,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options granted during the year |
|
|
(1,728,400 |
) |
|
|
1,728,400 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,835,700 |
) |
|
|
20.89 |
|
|
|
2.60 |
|
Share options reserved during the year |
|
|
8,463,985 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2001 |
|
|
9,567,628 |
|
|
|
5,791,700 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options granted during the year |
|
|
(6,130,100 |
) |
|
|
6,130,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Share options exercised during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,682,900 |
) |
|
|
26.88 |
|
|
|
2.59 |
|
Share options reserved during the year |
|
|
1,541,172 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as at June 30, 2002 |
|
|
4,978,700 |
|
|
|
9,238,900 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The options exercisable on June 30, 2002 and 2001 were 97,200 and 1,570,433
respectively.
F-33
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
The range of exercise prices for options outstanding at June 30, 2002 was
R11.70 to R49.60. The range of exercise prices for options is wide primarily
due to the fluctuation of the prices of the Companys stock over the period of
the grants.
The following tables summarize information relating to the options outstanding
at June 30, 2002 (tables are denominated in South African Rand and US$ where
applicable):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Outstanding options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
weighted average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractual |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Range of prices |
|
|
|
|
|
Number of |
|
life |
|
Exercise price |
|
Exercise price |
SA Rand |
|
US$ |
|
shares |
|
(years) |
|
(SA Rand) |
|
(US $) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.70 17.40 |
|
|
1.13 1.67 |
|
|
|
18,500 |
|
|
|
5.50 |
|
|
|
11.70 |
|
|
|
1.13 |
|
19.50 27.20 |
|
|
1.88 2.62 |
|
|
|
1,876,300 |
|
|
|
7.63 |
|
|
|
24.42 |
|
|
|
2.35 |
|
35.00 49.60 |
|
|
3.37 4.77 |
|
|
|
7,344,100 |
|
|
|
9.19 |
|
|
|
47.48 |
|
|
|
4.57 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,238,900 |
|
|
|
8.89 |
|
|
|
42.99 |
|
|
|
4.14 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Exercisable options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted |
|
Weighted |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
average |
|
average |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
exercise price |
|
exercise price |
SA Rand |
|
US$ |
|
Number of shares |
|
(SA Rand) |
|
(US$) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
11.70 17.40 |
|
|
1.13 1.67 |
|
|
|
18,500 |
|
|
|
11.70 |
|
|
|
1.13 |
|
19.50 27.20 |
|
|
1.88 2.62 |
|
|
|
71,200 |
|
|
|
24.02 |
|
|
|
2.31 |
|
35.00 49.60 |
|
|
3.37 4.77 |
|
|
|
7,500 |
|
|
|
35.40 |
|
|
|
3.41 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
97,200 |
|
|
|
22.55 |
|
|
|
2.17 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
These options will expire if not exercised at specific dates ranging from
December 2007 to November 2011. Market prices for options exercised during the
three fiscal periods ended June 30, 2002 ranged from R23.00 to R117.00.
In connection with the share purchase scheme described above, the Company
follows the provisions of EITF 00-23 Issues Related to the Accounting for
Stock Compensation under APB 25 and FASB Interpretation No. 44 for all options
granted subsequent to January 18, 2001 and prior to the adoption of FAS 123 on
July 1, 2002. Pursuant to the guidance in EITF 00-23, the Company applies
variable accounting for the 700,000 options granted on April 24, 2001 until the
date such options are exercised. The Company recognized stock-based
compensation expense of $7.4 million related to this option grant during fiscal
2002.
On July 1, 2001, the Company changed its accounting policy and adopted FAS 123.
FAS 123 requires that all stock options granted following the date of
adoption, be fair valued and that the fair value be recognized as stock
compensation expense over the option vesting period. Accordingly the Company
fair valued the 6,130,100 options granted on November 20, 2001 and recorded
deferred stock-based compensation of $8.7 million based on a fair value of
R13.88 per option granted. $2.1 million was recognized as stock-based
compensation expense during fiscal 2002, which reduced net income by the same
amount. The Company used the following assumptions in valuing the option
grant:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
Expected life (in years) |
|
|
3.5 |
|
Risk free interest rate |
|
|
11.50 |
% |
Volatility |
|
|
40.00 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
4.00 |
% |
The Company used the binomial model in determining the fair value of the
options granted.
F-34
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Pro-forma information
Prior to July 1, 2001, the Company had elected to follow APB 25. Previously
under APB 25, because the exercise price of the Companys stock options equaled
the market price of the underlying stock on the date of the grant, no
compensation expense was recognized in the Companys financial statements.
Pro-forma information regarding net income and earnings per share is required
by SFAS No. 123. This information is required to be determined as if the
Company had accounted for its employee stock options, granted subsequent to
December 31, 1995, under the fair value method of that statement. The fair
value of options granted in 2001 and 2000 reported below has been estimated at
the date of grant using a Black-Scholes option pricing model with the following
weighted average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Expected life (in years) |
|
|
6.0 |
|
|
|
6.0 |
|
Risk free interest rate |
|
|
11.19 |
% |
|
|
13.58 |
% |
Volatility |
|
|
53.81 |
% |
|
|
65.00 |
% |
Dividend yield |
|
|
3.33 |
% |
|
|
3.20 |
% |
|
|
The Black Scholes option valuation model was developed for use in estimating
the fair value of traded options that have no vesting restrictions and are
fully transferable. In addition, option valuation models required the input of
highly subjective assumptions including the expected stock price volatility.
Because the Companys options have characteristics significantly different from
those of traded options, and because changes in the subjective input
assumptions can materially affect the fair value estimate, in the opinion of
management, the existing models do not necessarily provide a reliable single
measure of the fair value of its options. The weighted average estimated fair
value of employee stock options granted during the fiscal 2001 and 2000 under
HSOS 1994 Scheme was R18.90 and R18.80 per share, respectively. |
|
|
|
For purposes of pro-forma disclosures, the estimated fair value of the options
is amortized to expense over the options vesting period. The Companys
pro-forma information follows (in thousands of U.S. dollars except for earnings
per share information): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro-forma net income |
|
|
82,654 |
|
|
|
3,808 |
|
|
|
52,284 |
|
Pro-forma basic earnings per share |
|
|
53.8 |
|
|
|
3.7 |
|
|
|
62.5 |
|
Pro-forma fully diluted earnings per share |
|
|
50.0 |
|
|
|
3.6 |
|
|
|
61.1 |
|
The impact on pro-forma net income and earnings per share in the table above,
which shows the effect for both schemes, may not be indicative of the effect in
future years. The Company continues to grant stock options to new employees.
This policy may or may not continue.
26. |
|
DERIVATIVE FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS AND FAIR VALUE AND CREDIT RISK OF
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS |
The Company is exposed to market risks, including credit risk, foreign
currency, commodity price, interest rate and liquidity risk associated with
underlying assets, liabilities and anticipated transactions. Following
periodic evaluation of these exposures, the Company may enter into derivative
financial instruments to manage these exposures. The Company does not hold or
issue derivative financial instruments for trading or speculative purposes.
Commodity price sensitivity
As a general rule, the Company sells its gold production at market prices. The
Company generally does not enter into forward sales, derivatives or other
hedging arrangements to establish a price in advance for the sale of its future
gold production. In order to secure loan facilities, there have been instances
where the Company has made use of commodity contracts to ensure revenue streams
(all of which have subsequently expired). In addition, a significant
proportion of Randfontein Estates, New Hampton and Hill 50s production was
already hedged when acquired by the Company. The inherited Randfontein hedge
which had previously been treated as speculative was closed out
F-35
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
during the year at a cost of $22.0 million before tax ($13 million after tax).
The Groups remaining commodity contracts relate to a portion of both New
Hamptons and Hill 50s production. These contracts were restructured towards
the end of the year to normal purchase, normal sale agreements where the Group
will physically deliver a specified quantity of gold at a future date, subject
to the pricing arrangements described below.
The Groups commodity contracts by type as at June 30, 2002 are set out below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity - scheduled for delivery in fiscal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
to- |
|
|
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
Total |
|
market |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Normal sales contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward Sales Agreements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces (1) |
|
|
425,792 |
|
|
|
229,000 |
|
|
|
205,000 |
|
|
|
187,500 |
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
1,372,292 |
|
|
|
(69,667 |
) |
|
A$/ ounce |
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
|
|
524 |
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
|
|
519 |
|
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales agreements |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(with caps) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces (2) |
|
|
62,425 |
|
|
|
175,500 |
|
|
|
130,000 |
|
|
|
40,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
407,925 |
|
|
|
(18,247 |
) |
|
A$/ ounce |
|
|
545 |
|
|
|
544 |
|
|
|
512 |
|
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
535 |
|
|
|
|
|
Variable price sales
agreements(3) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(with floors)
Ounces |
|
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
33,000 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
A$/ ounce |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
521,217 |
|
|
|
404,500 |
|
|
|
335,000 |
|
|
|
227,500 |
|
|
|
125,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
1,813,217 |
|
|
|
(87,861 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1) |
|
The Group must deliver into these agreements at the prices indicated
(2) The Group must deliver its production into these agreements subject to the
capped price indicated in the table above
(3) The Group must deliver its production into these agreements subject to the
floor price indicated in the table above |
(2) |
|
The Group must deliver its production into these agreements subject to the
capped price indicated in the table above
|
(3) |
|
The Group must deliver its production into these agreements subject to the
floor price indicated in the table above |
The contracts are treated as normal purchase, normal sales contracts. The
mark-to-market of these contracts was a negative US$88 million as at June 30,
2002 based on independent valuations provided by an independent risk and
treasury management services company, using present value methods or standard
option value methods with assumptions about commodity prices based on those
observed in the gold market. The value was based on a gold price of US$316 per
ounce, an exchange rate of Rand 10.39 per US$1.00 and prevailing market
interest rates and volatilities at the time. These values are estimates that
involve uncertainties and cannot be determined with precision.
The Groups commodity contracts by type as at June 30, 2001 are set out below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity - scheduled for delivery in fiscal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Mark-to- |
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
Total |
|
market |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
South Africa Randfontein |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,500 |
|
|
|
37,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
50,000 |
|
|
|
(644 |
) |
|
$/oz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
284 |
|
|
|
284 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
284 |
|
|
|
|
|
Put purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
750,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
750,000 |
|
|
|
644 |
|
|
$/oz |
|
|
1,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,990 |
|
|
|
|
|
Forward purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
(350,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(350,000 |
) |
|
|
(13,481 |
) |
|
$/oz |
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
309 |
|
|
|
|
|
Calls sold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,006 |
|
|
|
163,526 |
|
|
|
200,079 |
|
|
|
59,714 |
|
|
|
450,325 |
|
|
|
(11,618 |
) |
|
$/oz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
196 |
|
|
|
299 |
|
|
|
300 |
|
|
|
297 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
400,000 |
|
|
|
27,006 |
|
|
|
176,026 |
|
|
|
237,579 |
|
|
|
59,714 |
|
|
|
900,325 |
|
|
|
(25,099 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-36
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Maturity - scheduled for delivery in fiscal |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
Total |
|
Mark-to- market |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australia New Hampton |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
177,304 |
|
|
|
206,000 |
|
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
392,304 |
|
|
|
(7,739 |
) |
|
A$/oz |
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
514 |
|
|
|
539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
507 |
|
|
|
|
|
Puts purchases |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,500 |
|
|
|
227,500 |
|
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
563,000 |
|
|
|
4,752 |
|
|
A$/oz |
|
|
|
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
498 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
Calls sold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
245,000 |
|
|
|
97,206 |
|
|
|
175,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
517,706 |
|
|
|
(12,989 |
) |
|
A$/oz |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
523 |
|
|
|
526 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
513 |
|
|
|
|
|
Calls purchased |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
(100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(100,000 |
) |
|
|
2,038 |
|
|
$/oz |
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
322,304 |
|
|
|
328,706 |
|
|
|
412,000 |
|
|
|
220,000 |
|
|
|
90,000 |
|
|
|
1,373,010 |
|
|
|
(13,938 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Grand total |
|
|
722,304 |
|
|
|
355,712 |
|
|
|
588,026 |
|
|
|
457,579 |
|
|
|
149,714 |
|
|
|
2,273,335 |
|
|
|
(39,037 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
All the above contracts were accounted for as speculative. The mark-to-market
of the above contracts was a negative $39 million as at June 30, 2001, based on
independent valuations provided by a risk treasury management services company.
Foreign currency sensitivity
In the ordinary course of business, the Company enters into transactions
denominated in foreign currencies (primarily US and Australian dollars). In
addition, the Group has investments and liabilities denominated in Canadian,
Australian and US dollars. As a result, the Company is subject to transaction
and translation exposure from fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates.
The Company does not generally hedge its exposure to foreign currency exchange
rates, however during the year, it entered into monthly dollar forward sales
agreements totaling US$ 90 million, at an average exchange rate of R11.76 per
$1.00 maturing over the period July to December 2002. These contracts were
entered into to preserve the revenue streams for the Free State operations.
These contracts are accounted for as cash flow hedges and changes in fair value
are recorded as a component of shareholders equity as at the balance sheet
date and subsequently reclassified to the income statement upon the contract
expiration date.
The mark-to-market value of the transactions making up the positions was a
positive US$4.5 million as at June 30, 2002. This valuation was based on an
exchange rate of R10.42 per $1.00 and the prevailing interest rates and
volatilities at the time.
Concentration of credit risk
Financial instruments, which subject the Company to significant concentrations
of credit risk, consist principally of cash and equivalents, short-term
investments and various derivative financial instruments. The Groups
financial instruments do not represent a concentration of credit risk because
the Group transacts with and maintains cash and cash equivalents, short-term
investments and derivative financial instruments with a variety of well
established financial institutions of high quality and credit standing. The
credit exposure to any one counter party is managed by setting exposure limits,
which are reviewed regularly. The Groups receivables and loans are regularly
monitored and assessed, and an adequate level of provision is maintained.
Interest rates and liquidity risk
Fluctuations in interest rates and gold lease rates impact on the value of
short-term cash and financing activities.
F-37
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
The Company generally does not undertake any specific actions to cover its
exposure to gold lease rates in respect of its lease rate swaps. Through its
acquisitions of New Hampton and Hill 50, the Company holds gold lease rate
swaps amounting to 1,906,500 ounces at a weighted average lease rate of 1.0% at
June 30, 2002, the balance of which will decline in each fiscal year as set
forth below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gold lease rate swaps outstanding at the beginning of fiscal year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
2006 |
|
2007 |
|
2008 |
|
2009 |
|
2010 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ounces |
|
|
1,906,500 |
|
|
|
1,879,000 |
|
|
|
1,170,000 |
|
|
|
1,170,000 |
|
|
|
900,000 |
|
|
|
675,000 |
|
|
|
675,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lease rate received |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
|
|
1.2 |
% |
|
|
1.0 |
% |
|
|
1.1 |
% |
|
|
1.1 |
% |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above instruments are all treated as speculative financial instruments and
accordingly do not qualify for hedge accounting. The mark-to-market of the
above contracts was a negative US$8.1 million as at June 30, 2002, based on
valuations provided by independent treasury and risk management experts.
On June 14, 2001, the Group issued senior uncollateralized fixed rate bonds in
an aggregate principal amount of Rand 1,200 million ($116 million), with
semi-annual interest payable at a rate of 13% per annum. These bonds are
repayable on June 14, 2006, subject to early redemption at the Groups option.
In connection with these bonds, the Group entered into an interest rate swap of
Rand 600 million ($58 million). The interest rate swap consists of two
tranches: (i) a Rand 400 million ($38 million) tranche which receives a fixed
rate of 13% and pays a floating rate of JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus 1.8% and
(ii) a Rand 200 million ($19 million) tranche which receives a fixed rate of
13% and pays a floating rate at JIBAR (reset quarterly) plus 2.2%. The
interest rate swaps are designated as fair value hedges. The mark-to-market
value of the transactions was a negative R21 million (US$2 million) as at June
30, 2002.
In the ordinary course of business, the Group receives cash from its operations
and is required to fund its working capital and capital expenditure
requirements. The cash is managed to ensure that surplus funds are invested to
provide sufficient liquidity at the minimum risk.
Fair value
The fair value of the financial instrument is defined as the amount at which
the instrument could be exchanged in a current transaction between willing
parties, other than in a forced or liquidation sale. The carrying amount of
the receivables, all accounts payable and cash and cash equivalents are a
reasonable estimate of their fair values because of the short-term maturity of
such instruments. The investments in the environmental trust funds approximate
fair values as the funds are invested in short-term maturity investments.
Listed investments (including those in the environmental trust fund) are
carried at market value. Long-term loans, other than the bonds, approximate
fair value as they are subject to market based floating rates. The carrying
value of the bond approximates its fair value as at June 30, 2002.
F-38
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
27. |
|
NET CASH PROVIDED BY OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of profit before taxation to net cash provided by operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before taxation |
|
|
103,659 |
|
|
|
29,804 |
|
|
|
73,489 |
|
Adjustments for: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Minority interest |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,910 |
) |
Loss/(profit) on sale of other assets and listed investments |
|
|
(4,524 |
) |
|
|
907 |
|
|
|
(2,482 |
) |
Profit on sale of mining assets |
|
|
(1,965 |
) |
|
|
(10,568 |
) |
|
|
(6,308 |
) |
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
30,183 |
|
|
|
31,417 |
|
|
|
21,797 |
|
Impairment of assets |
|
|
44,284 |
|
|
|
28,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gain on financial instruments |
|
|
(8,939 |
) |
|
|
(18,433 |
) |
|
|
(7,078 |
) |
Net (decrease)/increase in provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
15,192 |
|
|
|
(6,817 |
) |
|
|
802 |
|
Net decrease/(increase) in provision for former employees post retirement benefits |
|
|
43 |
|
|
|
(2,241 |
) |
|
|
(4,048 |
) |
Other non cash transactions |
|
|
81 |
|
|
|
(283 |
) |
|
|
(125 |
) |
Income and mining taxes paid |
|
|
(8,590 |
) |
|
|
(3,998 |
) |
|
|
(1,214 |
) |
Cash cost to close out Randfontein hedges |
|
|
(21,951 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Stock-based compensation |
|
|
9,434 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of changes in operating working capital items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
|
11,347 |
|
|
|
(35,963 |
) |
|
|
(7,079 |
) |
Inventories |
|
|
(8,329 |
) |
|
|
(10,744 |
) |
|
|
(3,000 |
) |
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
2,480 |
|
|
|
47,687 |
|
|
|
(23,356 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operations |
|
|
162,405 |
|
|
|
49,034 |
|
|
|
38,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
28. |
|
ADDITIONAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
The income and mining taxes paid in the statement of cash flow represents
actual cash paid.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) |
|
Non cash-items |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Excluded from the statements of consolidated cash flows are the
following: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
|
For the year ended June 30, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The minorities share in the profits of Elandskraal. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $48.9 million mark-to-market of listed and other investments. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $6.1 million mark-to-market of derivatives qualifying as hedges. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii)
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The minorities share in the profits of Elandskraal. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $9.9 million mark-to-market of listed and other investments. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $1.0 million mark-to-market of derivatives qualifying as hedges. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii)
|
|
For the year ended June 30, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $6.6 million loan obtained from
NM Rothschilds to directly finance the development costs
at the Bissett mine. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $18.1 million loan obtained from
Robert Fleming to finance the investment in Goldfields
Australia. |
F-39
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
The $2.8 million mark-to-market of
listed investments. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) |
|
Acquisitions of Subsidiaries / Businesses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
|
For the year ended June 30, 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
With effect from April 1, 2002, the
Company acquired the remaining 10% interest in the
Elandskraal Venture from Open Solutions. The fair value
of assets acquired were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
9,640 |
|
Net minority interest in Elandskraal |
|
|
8,813 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
18,453 |
|
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(18,453 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
With effect from April 1, 2002, the
Company acquired the entire share capital of Hill 50 and
its subsidiaries. The aggregate fair value of the
assets acquired and the liabilities assumed were as
follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
4,756 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
2,585 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
242,136 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(12,736 |
) |
Long-term liabilities |
|
|
(4,580 |
) |
Deferred financial liability |
|
|
(83,007 |
) |
Deferred tax |
|
|
(38,875 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
110,288 |
|
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(124,774 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at acquisition |
|
|
(14,485 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii) |
|
For the year ended June 30, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
With effect from April 9, 2001, the
Company acquired Elandskraal (the Elandsrand and
Deelkraal mines) from Anglogold. The aggregate fair
value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed
were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
130,909 |
|
Investments |
|
|
6,789 |
|
Long-term liabilities |
|
|
(6,789 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
130,909 |
|
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(130,909 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
F-40
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
With effect from April 1, 2001, the
Company had acquired a majority shareholding in New
Hampton and during the period to June 30, 2001 increased
its shareholding such that as at June 30, 2001, the
Company had acquired 95.84% of the issued share capital
of New Hampton. The aggregate fair value of the assets
acquired and liabilities assumed were: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
5,455 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
2,272 |
|
Investments |
|
|
3,260 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
75,898 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(18,545 |
) |
Long-term liabilities |
|
|
(39,808 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
28,532 |
|
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(28,532 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iii) |
|
For the year ended June 30, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
With effect from March 1, 2000, the
Company had acquired a majority shareholding in
Randfontein and during the period up to June 30, 2000
the Company increased its shareholding that as at June
30, 2000, the Company had acquired the entire issued
share capital and 96.5% of the outstanding warrants of
Randfontein. The aggregate fair value of the assets
acquired and the liabilities assumed were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
8,192 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
10,268 |
|
Investments |
|
|
33,760 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
210,695 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(97,809 |
) |
Long-term liabilities |
|
|
(24,661 |
) |
Deferred tax |
|
|
(14,460 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
125,985 |
|
Paid for by the issue of share capital |
|
|
(82,842 |
) |
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(51,892 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at acquisition |
|
|
(8,749 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
F-41
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
|
|
With effect from October 1, 1999, the
Company acquired the entire issued share capital of West
Rand Consolidated Mines Limited and its subsidiary
Kalahari Goldridge Mining Company Limited. The
aggregate fair value of the assets acquired and the
liabilities assumed were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2000 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
1,068 |
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
1,395 |
|
Investments |
|
|
5,904 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
41,545 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(2,540 |
) |
Long-term liabilities |
|
|
(501 |
) |
Deferred tax |
|
|
(259 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total purchase price |
|
|
46,612 |
|
Paid for by the issue of share capital |
|
|
(46,393 |
) |
Paid for by cash |
|
|
(949 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents at acquisition |
|
|
(730 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) |
|
Disposal of Subsidiaries/Businesses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) |
|
For the year ended June 30, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a)
|
|
With effect from April 24, 2001, the
Company disposed of a 10% interest in the Elandskraal
Venture to Open Solutions. The book value of assets and
liabilities disposed of were as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
13,271 |
|
Stores |
|
|
871 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total sales price |
|
|
14,142 |
|
Paid for by way of receivables |
|
|
(14,142 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
29. |
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2001 |
|
|
$ '000 |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditure commitments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts for capital expenditure |
|
|
3,055 |
|
|
|
15,299 |
|
Authorized by the directors but not contracted for |
|
|
24,535 |
|
|
|
26,137 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27,590 |
|
|
|
41,436 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
These expenditures will be financed from existing cash resources.
|
|
|
|
|
Contingent liabilities |
|
|
|
|
Guarantees and suretyships |
|
|
481 |
|
Environmental guarantees |
|
|
7,892 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,373 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-42
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
|
(a) |
|
On May 25, 2002, the Company and Placer Dome entered into an
agreement under which the Company accepted Placer Domes offer to acquire
all of the Companys interest in AurionGold subject to specified
conditions. Pursuant to the offer, the Company would receive 17.5
newly-issued Placer Dome ordinary shares for every 100 AurionGold
ordinary shares tendered. On July 29, 2002, the Company announced that
Placer Dome had increased its offer by adding a cash payment of A$0.35
per AurionGold ordinary share. The Company accepted this revised offer,
which had become unconditional as of July 29, 2002. The transaction was
completed on August 6, 2002. As a result, the Company received a 1.9%
interest in Placer Dome. |
|
|
(b) |
|
The Free Gold Company completed the acquisition from Gold Fields
Limited of the assets of St. Helena gold mine on October 30, 2002. The
consideration for the sale totaled Rand 120 million ($11.9 million),
plus a royalty equal to one percent of revenue for a period of 48
months beginning on the effective date of the sale. St. Helena Gold
Mines Limited and the Free Gold Company concluded a formal agreement of
sale on July 1, 2002. |
|
|
(c) |
|
On November 22, 2002, the Company purchased approximately 21.0% of
the outstanding share capital of High River Gold Mines Limited for a
purchase price of $14.5 million. High River Gold Mines Limited is a
company organized under the laws of Ontario, Canada, that is listed on
the Toronto Stock Exchange and holds gold mining assets in Russia,
Canada and West Africa, including an interest in two operating mines in
Russia, an agreement to acquire ownership of a development project in
Russia, an ownership interest in an operating mine in Canada and an
ownership interest in a development project in Burkina Faso. This
investment was acquired at a discount of approximately 16% ($0.85 cents
per share) from the 30 day weighted average share price for the 30 day
period prior to the execution of the agreement with Jipangu, a Japanese
investment house. |
31. |
|
GEOGRAPHICAL AND SEGMENT INFORMATION |
The Company is primarily engaged in gold mining and related activities,
including exploration, extraction, processing, smelting and refining.
Activities are conducted and investments held both inside and outside of South
Africa.
The results of the Free Gold Company have been included from January 3, 2002
and Hill 50 from April 1, 2002 as these are the dates from which the Companys
chief operating decision maker received discrete financial information related
to each of these acquisitions during the 2002 fiscal year. The segment results
have been presented in S.A. GAAP and reconciled to U.S. GAAP as S.A. GAAP
financial information is what the Companys chief operating decision maker
reviews in allocating company resources and in making investment decisions.
Segmental information includes the results of operations of Randfontein,
Elandskraal and New Hampton from date of acquisition with effect from March 1,
2000 and April 1, 2001 respectively. Gold operations are internally reported
based on the following geographic areas: Free State, Evander, Kalgold,
Randfontein, Elandskraal, Free Gold and the Australian operations. The Free
State, Randfontein, Kalgold, Evander and Elandskraal operations are located in
specific gold producing regions within South Africa. The Australian operations
include New Hampton and Hill 50, which have been aggregated and reported as one
segment with effect from April 1, 2002 (following the acquisition of Hill 50).
The Australian operations are located primarily in Western Australia. The
Bissett mine, which is reflected in Other for fiscal 2002, is located in
Canada. The Company also has exploration interests in Southern Africa and
Australia which are included in Other, Selling, administrative, general charges
and corporate costs are allocated between segments based on the size of
activities based on production results.
F-43
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
The segmental split on a geographical basis is:
Year ended June 30, 2002
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of segment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
FreeGold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
data to the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State |
|
Evander |
|
Kalgold |
|
Randfontein |
|
Elandskraal |
|
Company |
|
Australian |
|
|
|
|
|
consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
African) |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
(Australia) |
|
Other* |
|
statements |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'0000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
Notes |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit and loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales |
|
|
179,341 |
|
|
|
116,772 |
|
|
|
17,505 |
|
|
|
159,629 |
|
|
|
133,834 |
|
|
|
89,998 |
|
|
|
66,402 |
|
|
|
1,804 |
|
|
|
(89,998 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
675,287 |
|
Production costs |
|
|
(132,430 |
) |
|
|
(70,867 |
) |
|
|
(12,727 |
) |
|
|
(99,279 |
) |
|
|
(93,167 |
) |
|
|
(42,317 |
) |
|
|
(59,536 |
) |
|
|
(906 |
) |
|
|
42,317 |
|
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
(468,912 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash operating
profit |
|
|
46,911 |
|
|
|
45,905 |
|
|
|
4,778 |
|
|
|
60,350 |
|
|
|
40,667 |
|
|
|
47,681 |
|
|
|
6,866 |
|
|
|
898 |
|
|
|
(47,681 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
206,375 |
|
Other revenues |
|
|
6,633 |
|
|
|
1,631 |
|
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
2,489 |
|
|
|
356 |
|
|
|
1,950 |
|
|
|
5,858 |
|
|
|
4,577 |
|
|
|
(1,950 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
21,553 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a |
)(e)(f) |
|
|
|
|
Other income (costs) |
|
|
(3,212 |
) |
|
|
(4,350 |
) |
|
|
(1,276 |
) |
|
|
(28,001 |
) |
|
|
(12,493 |
) |
|
|
(8,248 |
) |
|
|
5,210 |
|
|
|
(1,745 |
) |
|
|
(70,154 |
) |
|
|
(g |
)(h)(i) |
|
|
(124,269 |
) |
Including: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest expense |
|
|
(18,303 |
) |
|
|
(3 |
) |
|
|
(2 |
) |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,476 |
) |
|
|
(1,157 |
) |
|
|
388 |
|
|
|
3,476 |
|
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
(19,077 |
) |
|
Employment
termination cost
|
|
|
(1,611 |
) |
|
|
(159 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,046 |
) |
|
|
(503 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,163 |
) |
|
|
(293 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(8,775 |
) |
|
Depreciation and
amortization |
|
|
(8,028 |
) |
|
|
(2,581 |
) |
|
|
(1,121 |
) |
|
|
(5,017 |
) |
|
|
(3,560 |
) |
|
|
(2,962 |
) |
|
|
(6,810 |
) |
|
|
(110 |
) |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
(a |
)(j)(k) |
|
|
(30,183 |
) |
|
Impairment |
|
|
6,860 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,176 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(42,856 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,464 |
) |
|
|
(d |
) |
|
|
(44,284 |
) |
|
Financial
instruments |
|
|
971 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(12,110 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,634 |
|
|
|
4,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8,939 |
|
Operating
profit/(loss)
before tax |
|
|
50,332 |
|
|
|
43,187 |
|
|
|
3,511 |
|
|
|
34,837 |
|
|
|
28,529 |
|
|
|
41,382 |
|
|
|
17,934 |
|
|
|
3,731 |
|
|
|
(119,784 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
103,659 |
|
Taxation expense |
|
|
(7,347 |
) |
|
|
(14,719 |
) |
|
|
4,220 |
|
|
|
(13,741 |
) |
|
|
(1,451 |
) |
|
|
(13,318 |
) |
|
|
(490 |
) |
|
|
(10,311 |
) |
|
|
42,789 |
|
|
|
(a |
)(j)(m) |
|
|
(14,368 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit/(loss)
for the period
before minority
interest |
|
|
42,985 |
|
|
|
28,468 |
|
|
|
7,731 |
|
|
|
21,096 |
|
|
|
27,078 |
|
|
|
28,064 |
|
|
|
17,444 |
|
|
|
(6,580 |
) |
|
|
(76,995 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
89,291 |
|
Ounces sold ** |
|
|
611,944 |
|
|
|
415,382 |
|
|
|
62,179 |
|
|
|
561,638 |
|
|
|
476,059 |
|
|
|
104,005 |
|
|
|
252,993 |
|
|
|
8,263 |
|
|
|
(104,005 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
2,388,458 |
|
Tons milled (000)
** |
|
|
5,003 |
|
|
|
2,595 |
|
|
|
1,060 |
|
|
|
5,293 |
|
|
|
3,617 |
|
|
|
863 |
|
|
|
5,273 |
|
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
(863 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,881 |
|
Capital expenditure |
|
|
9,336 |
|
|
|
9,596 |
|
|
|
2,419 |
|
|
|
1,483 |
|
|
|
13,725 |
|
|
|
3,137 |
|
|
|
22,862 |
|
|
|
(454 |
) |
|
|
(3,137 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
58,967 |
|
Total assets |
|
|
558,343 |
|
|
|
117,618 |
|
|
|
31,934 |
|
|
|
214,898 |
|
|
|
37,815 |
|
|
|
94,446 |
|
|
|
287,190 |
|
|
|
20,902 |
|
|
|
(68,006 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
1,295,141 |
|
Total liabilities |
|
|
235,096 |
|
|
|
35,778 |
|
|
|
(2,198 |
) |
|
|
48,556 |
|
|
|
12,782 |
|
|
|
58,496 |
|
|
|
195,276 |
|
|
|
4,541 |
|
|
|
(46,309 |
) |
|
|
(a |
) |
|
|
542,015 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
A decision was made to put the Bissett mine in Canada was placed on care
and maintenance at the end of fiscal 2001, and clean-up results amounting
to $1.8 million revenue and $0.9 million production costs were reflected
under Other for fiscal 2002. |
|
** |
|
Production statistics are unaudited. |
Notes to the reconciliation of segment information to the consolidated
financial statements
(a) |
|
Reversal of proportionate consolidation
For management reporting purposes, the Free Gold Company, which is a joint
venture, is proportionately consolidated. Under U.S. GAAP, the equity
method of accounting is applied in accounting for joint ventures. |
|
(b) |
|
Free Gold Company Acquisition date
For management reporting purposes, the Free Gold Company results have been
included from the date upon which the Company assumed joint operational
control of the assets together with the seller. Under U.S. GAAP, the
Company accounts for its interest in the Free Gold Company from the date
that all the conditions precedent to the transaction were met, and the
assets were no longer subject to joint operational control. |
|
(c) |
|
Free Gold Company Purchase price
For management reporting purposes, the purchase price was determined as the
sum of a cash payment, an interest free loan and the assumed taxes payable
on the transaction by the seller. Under U.S. GAAP, the purchase price was
determined as the sum of a cash payment, the fair value of the interest
free loan, the assumed taxes payable on the transaction payable by the
seller, offset by the cash
flows generated by the joint venture during the period the assets were
subject to joint operational control with the seller, as the cash flows
generated during this period were for the account of the joint venture. |
F-44
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
(d) |
|
Reversal of previously recognized impairments
For management reporting purposes, certain impairments recognized in prior
periods have been reversed. Under U.S. GAAP, the reversal of previously
recognized impairments is not permitted. |
|
(e) |
|
Investments
For management reporting purposes, listed securities are classified as
trading securities with any change in fair value of trading security
recognized in income. Under U.S. GAAP, listed securities have been
classified as available-for-sale with changes in fair value reflected in a
separate component of shareholders equity. |
|
(f) |
|
Stock-based compensation
For management purposes, stock-based compensation expense has not been
recognized. Under U.S. GAAP, the Company has recognized stock-based
compensation expense for options granted subsequent to January 18, 2001. |
|
(g) |
|
Exploration costs
For management reporting purposes, exploration costs are capitalized.
Under U.S. GAAP, exploration costs are capitalized from the date upon which
a bankable feasibility study has been completed. |
|
(h) |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation
For management reporting purposes, environmental rehabilitation costs are
provided for, based upon the net present value of the expected future
obligation. Under U.S. GAAP, environmental rehabilitation costs have been
provided for, based on the units of production method based on the expected
ultimate rehabilitation amount. |
|
(i) |
|
Accounting for the Bendigo options
For management reporting purposes, the changes in value of the Companys
option to acquire an additional stake in Bendigo is not accounted for.
Under U.S. GAAP, changes in value of the Companys option to acquire an
additional stake in Bendigo are recognized in income. |
|
(j) |
|
Business combinations deferred tax gross up
For management reporting purposes, deferred taxes are not recognized on
fair value adjustments arising in a business combination. Under U.S. GAAP,
deferred taxes are recognized on fair value adjustments arising in a
business combination. |
|
(k) |
|
Business combinations traded equity securities issued as consideration
For management reporting purposes, traded equity securities issued as
consideration in a business combination are valued on the date they are
issued. Under U.S. GAAP, traded equity securities issued as consideration
in a business combination are valued at the date upon which the terms of
the transaction are announced. This gave rise to an additional fair value
adjustment which is being amortized under U.S. GAAP. |
|
(l) |
|
Business combinations Loan to share purchase scheme
For management reporting purposes, loans to the share purchase scheme to
enable the scheme to purchase Company shares are recorded as assets. Under
US GAAP, such loans are recorded as a reduction of share capital. |
|
(m) |
|
Tax effects of adjustments
Reflects the taxation effects of the above described US GAAP adjustments to
the management reporting information. |
F-45
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements
Year ended June 30, 2001
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Australian |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
of segment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operations |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
data to the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
State |
|
|
Evander |
|
|
Kalgold |
|
Randfontein |
|
Elandskraal |
|
(New |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
(South |
|
Hampton) |
|
|
Bissett |
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
(Australia) |
|
(Canada) |
|
Other |
|
statements |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
Notes |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
and loss Product sales |
|
|
188,101 |
|
|
|
125,142 |
|
|
|
13,507 |
|
|
|
194,363 |
|
|
|
37,219 |
|
|
|
18,057 |
|
|
|
14,245 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
590,634 |
|
Production
costs |
|
|
(181,239 |
) |
|
|
(91,053 |
) |
|
|
(12,834 |
) |
|
|
(158,984 |
) |
|
|
(25,685 |
) |
|
|
(17,779 |
) |
|
|
(14,636 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(502,210 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
operating profit |
|
|
6,862 |
|
|
|
34,089 |
|
|
|
673 |
|
|
|
35,379 |
|
|
|
11,534 |
|
|
|
278 |
|
|
|
(391 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
88,424 |
|
Other
revenues |
|
|
5,502 |
|
|
|
4,437 |
|
|
|
60 |
|
|
|
4,823 |
|
|
|
30 |
|
|
|
2,274 |
|
|
|
202 |
|
|
|
(742 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
16,586 |
|
Other
income (costs) |
|
|
(29,520 |
) |
|
|
(2,514 |
) |
|
|
(2,324 |
) |
|
|
(13,582 |
) |
|
|
(2,836 |
) |
|
|
(2,696 |
) |
|
|
(24,380 |
) |
|
|
2,754 |
|
|
|
(108 |
) |
|
|
(k |
) |
|
|
(75,206 |
) |
Including: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
expense |
|
|
(7,274 |
) |
|
|
(4 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
|
(3,412 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,416 |
) |
|
|
(1,473 |
) |
|
|
(415 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(15,007 |
) |
|
Employment
termination cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(72 |
) |
|
|
(4,521 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(136 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,729 |
) |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
(12,130 |
) |
|
|
(1,912 |
) |
|
|
(1,940 |
) |
|
|
(6,904 |
) |
|
|
(3,386 |
) |
|
|
(1,343 |
) |
|
|
(3,282 |
) |
|
|
412 |
|
|
|
(108 |
) |
|
|
(k |
) |
|
|
(31,417 |
) |
|
Impairment |
|
|
(5,624 |
) |
|
|
(1,493 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,524 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(19,625 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(28,266 |
) |
|
Financial
instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,596 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,044 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
7,640 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Operating
profit/(loss) before tax |
|
|
(17,156 |
) |
|
|
36,012 |
|
|
|
(1,591 |
) |
|
|
26,620 |
|
|
|
8,728 |
|
|
|
(144 |
) |
|
|
(24,569 |
) |
|
|
2,012 |
|
|
|
(108 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,804 |
|
Taxation
expense |
|
|
1,029 |
|
|
|
(10,028 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(4,073 |
) |
|
|
(2,082 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
529 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(14,625 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
profit/(loss) for the period before minority interest |
|
|
(16,127 |
) |
|
|
25,984 |
|
|
|
(1,591 |
) |
|
|
22,547 |
|
|
|
6,646 |
|
|
|
(144 |
) |
|
|
(24,569 |
) |
|
|
2,541 |
|
|
|
(108 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15,179 |
|
Ounces
sold ** |
|
|
686,223 |
|
|
|
458,212 |
|
|
|
49,351 |
|
|
|
723,421 |
|
|
|
122,880 |
|
|
|
55,653 |
|
|
|
44,303 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,140,043 |
|
Tons
milled (000) ** |
|
|
5,831 |
|
|
|
2,737 |
|
|
|
1,058 |
|
|
|
6,931 |
|
|
|
778 |
|
|
|
1,200 |
|
|
|
293 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,828 |
|
Capital
expenditure |
|
|
14,959 |
|
|
|
8,534 |
|
|
|
4,049 |
|
|
|
6,525 |
|
|
|
7,704 |
|
|
|
2,219 |
|
|
|
6,123 |
|
|
|
2,424 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
52,537 |
|
Total
assets |
|
|
282,979 |
|
|
|
106,125 |
|
|
|
21,368 |
|
|
|
270,561 |
|
|
|
151,229 |
|
|
|
128,443 |
|
|
|
8,150 |
|
|
|
60,049 |
|
|
|
921 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,029,825 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
254,834 |
|
|
|
35,512 |
|
|
|
3,666 |
|
|
|
86,658 |
|
|
|
19,826 |
|
|
|
30,799 |
|
|
|
2,874 |
|
|
|
22,438 |
|
|
|
(1,012 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
455,595 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
** |
|
Production statistics are unaudited. |
Year ended June 30, 2000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation of |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
segment data to
the |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
consolidated |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Evander (South |
|
Kalgold (South |
|
Randfontein |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Free State (South |
|
Africa) |
|
Africa) |
|
(South Africa) |
|
Bissett |
|
Other |
|
statements |
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
|
Africa) $'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
(Canada) $'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
$'000 |
|
Notes |
|
$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit
and loss Product sales |
|
|
243,548 |
|
|
|
114,189 |
|
|
|
14,017 |
|
|
|
91,126 |
|
|
|
8,238 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
472,118 |
|
Production
costs |
|
|
(213,793 |
) |
|
|
(93,840 |
) |
|
|
(13,098 |
) |
|
|
(68,827 |
) |
|
|
(9,589 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(399,147 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash
operating profit |
|
|
29,755 |
|
|
|
20,349 |
|
|
|
919 |
|
|
|
23,299 |
|
|
|
(1,351 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
72,971 |
|
Other
revenues |
|
|
11,814 |
|
|
|
4,529 |
|
|
|
245 |
|
|
|
9,094 |
|
|
|
54 |
|
|
|
(7,203 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,533 |
|
Other
income (costs) |
|
|
(15,581 |
) |
|
|
1,858 |
|
|
|
(3,802 |
) |
|
|
1,666 |
|
|
|
(3,223 |
) |
|
|
1,499 |
|
|
|
(332 |
) |
|
|
(k |
) |
|
|
(18,015 |
) |
Including: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
Expense |
|
|
(1,546 |
) |
|
|
(38 |
) |
|
|
(35 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,033 |
) |
|
|
(550 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,202 |
) |
|
Employment
termination cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(222 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(222 |
) |
|
Depreciation
and amortization |
|
|
(12,333 |
) |
|
|
(1,838 |
) |
|
|
(3,289 |
) |
|
|
(1,805 |
) |
|
|
(2,191 |
) |
|
|
(9 |
) |
|
|
(332 |
) |
|
|
(k |
) |
|
|
(21,797 |
) |
|
Reversal
of former employees post retirement benefits |
|
|
1,461 |
|
|
|
2,439 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,900 |
|
Operating
profit/(loss) before tax |
|
|
25,888 |
|
|
|
26,736 |
|
|
|
(2,638 |
) |
|
|
34,059 |
|
|
|
(4,520 |
) |
|
|
(5,704 |
) |
|
|
(332 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
73,489 |
|
Taxation
expense |
|
|
(2,477 |
) |
|
|
(6,028 |
) |
|
|
(341 |
) |
|
|
(3,644 |
) |
|
|
(44 |
) |
|
|
(1,015 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(13,549 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net
profit/(loss) for the period before minority interest |
|
|
23,411 |
|
|
|
20,708 |
|
|
|
(2,979 |
) |
|
|
30,415 |
|
|
|
(4,564 |
) |
|
|
(6,719 |
) |
|
|
(332 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
59,940 |
|
Ounces
sold ** |
|
|
856,816 |
|
|
|
393,235 |
|
|
|
48,483 |
|
|
|
300,448 |
|
|
|
26,943 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,625,925 |
|
Tons
milled (000) ** |
|
|
6,267 |
|
|
|
2,650 |
|
|
|
1,226 |
|
|
|
2,763 |
|
|
|
190 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,096 |
|
Capital
expenditure |
|
|
9,158 |
|
|
|
10,090 |
|
|
|
1,008 |
|
|
|
2,506 |
|
|
|
7,242 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,004 |
|
Total
assets |
|
|
252,218 |
|
|
|
141,219 |
|
|
|
48,450 |
|
|
|
266,396 |
|
|
|
17,005 |
|
|
|
40,577 |
|
|
|
6,323 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
772,188 |
|
Total
liabilities |
|
|
134,803 |
|
|
|
38,141 |
|
|
|
3,899 |
|
|
|
109,405 |
|
|
|
16,719 |
|
|
|
18,910 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
321,877 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
** |
|
Production statistics are unaudited. |
F-46
Report of Independent Accountants
To the Board of Directors of Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
We have audited the accompanying consolidated statement of financial position
of Hill 50 Limited (formerly Hill 50 Gold NL) and its subsidiaries as of 30
June 2001, and the related consolidated statement of financial performance and
cash flows for the year ended 30 June 2001. These historical financial
statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on
our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards
in Australia and the United States of America. Those standards require that
we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the
financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the historical financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the
accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as
well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the historical consolidated financial statements referred to
above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Hill
50 Limited at 30 June 2001, and the results of their financial performance and
their cash flows for the year then ended, in conformity with accounting
principles generally accepted in Australia.
Accounting principles generally accepted in Australia vary in certain
significant respects from accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States of America. The application of accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America would have affected the determination
of equity and financial position as at 30 June 2001, and the determination of
results of operations for the year ended 30 June 2001, to the extent summarized
in Note 34 to the historical consolidated financial statements.
|
|
|
PricewaterhouseCoopers |
|
Perth, Australia |
Chartered Accountants |
|
14 June 2002 |
F-47
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 JUNE 2001
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
Notes |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Sales revenue |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
102,654 |
|
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(82,567 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20,087 |
|
Other revenues from ordinary activities |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
1,539 |
|
Royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
Borrowing costs expensed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
Exploration written off |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,312 |
) |
Capital mining costs written off |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,407 |
) |
Corporate and head office costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,107 |
) |
Other expenses from ordinary activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(66 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
14,193 |
|
Income tax expense relating to ordinary activities |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
(3,788 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit attributable to members of Hill 50 Gold NL |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share (cents per share) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
8.30 |
|
Diluted earnings per share (cents per share) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
7.22 |
|
Unfranked dividend per share (cents per share) |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
4.5 |
|
The above consolidated statement of financial performance should be read in
conjunction with the accompanying notes.
F-48
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
AS AT 30 JUNE 2001
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
Notes |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash assets |
|
|
21 |
(a) |
|
|
17,209 |
|
Gold bullion |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,728 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
2,792 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
9,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receivables |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
|
|
Other financial assets |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
405 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
32,320 |
|
Mine properties, development and exploration |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
71,677 |
|
Other |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
104,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
135,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
14,992 |
|
Other amounts payable |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
7,009 |
|
Provisions |
|
|
16 |
|
|
|
6,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other amounts payable |
|
|
15 |
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Deferred income |
|
|
17 |
|
|
|
1,531 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,548 |
|
Provisions |
|
|
18 |
|
|
|
8,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
25,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
53,914 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributed equity |
|
|
19 |
|
|
|
47,598 |
|
Retained profits |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
34,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above consolidated statement of financial position should be read in
conjunction with the accompanying notes.
F-49
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 30 June 2001
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
Notes |
|
A$ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash receipts from customers |
|
|
|
|
|
|
109,568 |
|
Payments to suppliers and employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(77,558 |
) |
Management fees received |
|
|
|
|
|
|
205 |
|
Interest received |
|
|
|
|
|
|
420 |
|
Mining royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,500 |
) |
Borrowing costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(41 |
) |
Revenue from management of gold contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,272 |
|
Payments for exploration expenditure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(2,446 |
) |
Goods and services tax paid |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(996 |
) |
Other income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
184 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
21 |
(b) |
|
|
29,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(249 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of non-current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
104 |
|
Payments for capital expenditure |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(22,710 |
) |
Deposit paid on new project |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows used in investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(23,855 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash flows from Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
675 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
675 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in Cash Held |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,928 |
|
Add opening cash brought forward |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11,281 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing cash carried forward |
|
|
21 |
(a) |
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above consolidated statement of cash flows should be read in conjunction
with the accompanying notes.
F-50
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
|
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
Basis of accounting
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the historical
cost convention, except for bullion, which is measured at the amount realised
upon delivery subsequent to the year end, being either the spot gold price or
contract price.
The financial report is a general purpose financial report which has been
prepared in accordance with the requirements of applicable Accounting Standards
and other mandatory professional reporting requirements (Urgent Issues Group
Consensus Views).
The accounting policies have been consistently applied from the previous year.
Principles of consolidation
The consolidated financial statements are those of the Group, comprising Hill
50 Gold NL (the parent entity) and all entities which Hill 50 Gold NL
controlled from time to time during the year and at balance date.
Information from the financial statements of subsidiaries is included from the
date the parent company obtains control until such time as control ceases.
Where there is loss of control of a subsidiary, the consolidated financial
statements include the results for the part of the reporting period during
which the parent company had control.
Subsidiary acquisitions are accounted for using the purchase method of
accounting.
The financial statements of subsidiaries are prepared for the same reporting
period as the parent entity, using consistent accounting policies. Adjustments
are made to bring into line any dissimilar accounting policies which may exist.
All intercompany balances and transactions, including unrealised profits
arising from intra-group transactions, have been eliminated in full.
Cash
Cash on hand and in banks and short term deposits are stated at the lower of
cost and net realisable value.
For the purpose of the statement of cashflows, cash includes cash on hand and
in banks and money market investments readily convertible to cash within 2
working days, net of outstanding bank overdrafts.
Receivables
Receivables are recognised and carried at the nominal amount due, less a
provision for any uncollectable debts. An estimate of doubtful debts is made
when collection of the full amount is no longer probable. Bad debts are written
off as incurred. Receivables from related parties are recognised and carried at
the nominal amount due.
Inventories
Ore stocks, gold in process and stores
Ore stocks, gold in process and stores are valued at the lower of cost and net
realisable value using an average cost method and applying absorption costing.
Cost includes expenditure incurred in acquiring and bringing the inventories to
their existing condition and location.
F-51
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
|
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) |
Gold bullion
Gold bullion is valued at the amount realised upon delivery subsequent to the
year end, being either the spot gold price or contract price.
Recoverable amount
Non current assets are not revalued to an amount above their recoverable amount
and where carrying values exceed this recoverable amount assets are written
down. In determining recoverable amounts the expected net cash flows have not
been discounted.
Property, plant and equipment
Cost and valuation
Property, plant and equipment are carried at cost, and except where stated and
excluding freehold land, are depreciated over their expected useful economic
lives using the straight line method, or where appropriate, over the estimated
life of the mine.
Major depreciation periods are:
- mine buildings: Life of mine
- mine specific plant and equipment: Life of mine
- head office furniture and equipment: 5 years
Leases
Leases are classified at their inception as either operating or finance leases
based on the economic substance of the agreement so as to reflect the risks and
benefits incidental to ownership.
Operating leases
The minimum lease payments of operating leases, where the lessor effectively
retains substantially all of the risks and benefits of ownership of the leased
item, are recognised as an expense on a straight line basis.
Mine properties, development and exploration
Expenditure on acquisition, exploration, evaluation and development costs for
an area of interest upon which development has commenced are carried forward
separately for each area of interest. Accumulated expenditure is amortised over
the life of the area of interest to which such costs relate on a production
output basis.
Expenditure on acquisition, exploration and evaluation relating to an
undeveloped area of interest is carried forward where rights to tenure of the
area of interest are current and;
|
(i) |
|
it is expected that expenditure will be recouped through
successful development and exploitation of the area of interest or
alternatively by its sale and/or; |
|
(ii) |
|
exploration and evaluation activities are continuing in an
area of interest but at balance date have not yet reached a stage
which permits a reasonable assessment of the existence or otherwise
of economically recoverable reserves. |
F-52
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. |
|
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued) |
At the end of each reporting period the Directors assess the carrying value of
the exploration expenditure carried forward in respect of each area of interest
and where uncertainty exists as to the future viability of certain areas the
value of the area of interest is written down or provided against.
Other non current assets
Investments
Investments are carried at the lower of cost and estimated net realisable
value.
Other
Other items of carry forward expenditure having a benefit or relationship to
more than one accounting period are amortised or written off over the periods
to which such expenditure relates.
Accounts payable
Liabilities for trade creditors and other amounts are carried at cost which is
the fair value of the consideration to be paid in the future for goods and
services received, whether or not billed to the Group.
Employee entitlements
Provision is made for employee entitlement benefits accumulated as a result of
employees rendering services up to the reporting date. These benefits include
wages and salaries, annual leave, sick leave and long service leave.
Liabilities arising in respect of wages and salaries, annual leave, sick leave
and any other employee entitlements expected to be settled within twelve months
of the reporting date are measured at their nominal amounts. All other employee
entitlement liabilities are measured at the present value of the estimated
future cash outflow to be made in respect of services provided by employees up
to the reporting date. In determining the present value of future cash
outflows, the interest rates attaching to government guaranteed securities
which have terms to maturity approximating the terms of the related liability
are used.
Employee entitlements expenses arising in respect of the following categories:
|
|
wages and salaries and annual leave; and |
|
|
other types of employee entitlements |
are charged against profits in their respective categories.
The value of the employee option plan described in Note 23 is not being charged
as an employee entitlement expense.
In respect of the Groups defined contributions superannuation plans, any
contributions made to the superannuation funds by entities within the Group are
charged against profits when due.
F-53
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Restoration costs
Restoration costs that are expected to be incurred are provided for as part of
the exploration, evaluation, development, construction or production phases
that give rise to the need for restoration. Accordingly these costs are
recognised gradually over the life of the facility as these phases occur. The
costs include obligations relating to reclamation of waste site closure,
platform removal and other costs associated with the restoration of the site.
These estimates of the restoration obligations are based on anticipated
technology and legal requirements and future costs which have not been
discounted to their present value. Any changes in the estimates are adjusted on
a prospective basis. In determining the restoration obligations the entity has
assumed no significant changes will occur in the relevant Federal and State
legislation in relation to the restoration of such mines in the future.
Contributed equity
Contributed equity is recognised at the fair value of the consideration
received by the company. Any transaction costs arising on the issue of
ordinary shares are recognised directly in equity as a reduction of the share
proceeds received.
Revenue and gains and losses
Revenue is recognised to the extent that it is probable that the economic
benefits will flow to the entity and the revenue can be reliably measured. The
following specific recognition criteria must also be met before revenue is
recognised:
Gold production
Revenue from gold production is recognised when the gold is despatched to a
gold refinery.
Interest
Control of a right to receive consideration for the provision of, or investment
in, assets has been attained.
Rendering of services
Revenue is recognised where the contract outcome can be reliably measured:
|
|
|
control of a right to be compensated for the services has been
attained and the stage of completion can be reliably measured; |
Revenue is recognised where the contract outcome cannot be reliably measured;
|
|
|
revenue is only measured to the extent that costs have been incurred. |
Gold hedging and management of forward sales program
Revenues and costs arising from hedges of specific future production are not
recognised as gains or losses until the time of settlement of the underlying
transaction.
F-54
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
When a hedge transaction is terminated or settled early and the underlying
transaction is still expected to occur, the gains or losses arising as a result
of the hedge are deferred until settlement of the underlying transaction.
When a hedge transaction is terminated or settled early because the underlying
transaction is no longer expected to take place, gains or losses arising from
the hedge are included in gains and losses in the statement of financial
performance for that period. Premiums received or paid upon entering into
option contracts which hedge or commit specific future production, together
with subsequently realised and unrealised gains or losses, are deferred until
delivery of the hedged or committed production.
Non-hedge derivative instruments
Any premiums received and gains or losses incurred in respect of derivative
instruments held for other than specifically committed hedge transactions, are
deferred and recognised in the statement of financial performance on delivery
or expiry of that instrument.
Income tax
Tax effect accounting is applied using the liability method whereby income tax
is regarded as an expense and is calculated on the accounting profit after
allowing for permanent differences. To the extent timing differences occur
between the time items are recognised in the financial statements and when
items are taken into account in determining taxable income, the net related
taxation benefit or liability, calculated at current rates, is disclosed as a
future income tax benefit or a provision for deferred income tax. The net
future income tax benefit relating to tax losses and timing differences is not
carried forward as an asset unless the benefit is virtually certain of being
realised.
The income tax expense for the year is calculated using the 34% tax rate,
however the deferred tax balances have been adjusted for the decreased
corporate tax rate of 30% for the tax year 2001/02 onwards. The adjustment
recognises that reversal of timing differences will occur within the 2001/02 or
later income tax year, at which time tax will be attributed at a lower rate.
The corresponding adjustment has been credited to income tax expense.
Earnings per share
Basic earnings per share is determined by dividing the profit from ordinary
activities after tax by the weighted average number of ordinary shares
outstanding during the financial year.
Diluted earnings per share is determined by dividing the profit from ordinary
activities after tax by the weighted average number of ordinary shares (both
issued and potentially dilutive) outstanding during the financial year.
Acquisition of assets
The cost method of accounting is used for all acquisitions of assets regardless
of whether shares or other assets are acquired. Cost is determined as the fair
value of the assets given up, shares issued or liabilities undertaken at the
date of acquisition plus costs incidental to the acquisition.
Where settlement of any part of cash consideration is deferred, the amounts
payable in the future are discounted to their present value at the date of the
acquisition. The discount rate used is the rate at which similar borrowing
could be obtained under comparable terms and conditions.
F-55
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Continued)
Where the fair value of the identifiable net assets acquired, including any
liability for restructuring costs, exceeds the cost of acquisition, the
difference, representing a discount on acquisition, is accounted for by
reducing proportionately the fair values of the non-monetary assets acquired
until the discount is eliminated. Where, after reducing to zero the recorded
amounts of the non-monetary assets acquired, a discount balance remains, it is
recognised as revenue in the statement of financial performance.
2. REVENUE FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
Revenue from operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
Sales revenue |
|
|
102,654 |
|
Other revenue from ordinary activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
Operating revenues |
|
|
|
|
Revenue from management of gold and foreign currency contracts |
|
|
566 |
|
Management fees |
|
|
180 |
|
|
Non-operating revenues |
|
|
|
|
Sales of non current assets |
|
|
206 |
|
Interest received or due and receivable from other corporations |
|
|
420 |
|
Other income |
|
|
167 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
|
|
1,539 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenue from ordinary activities |
|
|
104,193 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3. EXPENSES AND GAINS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
(a) Expenses |
|
|
|
|
Write down of stockpiles |
|
|
97 |
|
Write off of mine capital development |
|
|
1,407 |
|
Amortisation of non current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Mine properties and development |
|
|
11,867 |
|
|
Other |
|
|
23 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total amortisation of non-current assets |
|
|
11,890 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation of non current assets |
|
|
|
|
|
Buildings |
|
|
216 |
|
|
Plant and equipment |
|
|
3,154 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total depreciation of non current assets |
|
|
3,370 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowing costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Performance bond fees |
|
|
41 |
|
Provision for write down of exploration expenditure |
|
|
1,312 |
|
Government mining royalties |
|
|
2,500 |
|
Rental operating leases |
|
|
136 |
|
Superannuation contributions |
|
|
461 |
|
Provisions |
|
|
|
|
|
Employee entitlements |
|
|
75 |
|
|
Spares inventory |
|
|
59 |
|
(b) Gains |
|
|
|
|
Net gain on disposal of non-current assets |
|
|
(161 |
) |
F-56
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
3. EXPENSES AND GAINS (Continued)
(c) Variation from Appendix 4B and Annual Report to Shareholders
Subsequent to the release of the Hill 50s Appendix 4B report to the Australian
Stock Exchange and distribution of the annual report to shareholders it was
noted that an error was made in tax effect accounting for the group during the
year ended 30 June 2001. During the preparation of these reaudited financial
statements of the Group it was detected that an understatement of the income
tax expense and deferred tax liability was recorded in the originally lodged
Appendix 4B and annual report. The understatement was a result of
overestimating the income tax credit resulting from the change in income tax
rates from 36% to 34% and subsequently to 30%.
The understatement relates solely to the financial year ended 30 June 2001 and
the impact is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised |
|
Original |
|
|
numbers |
|
numbers |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of financial performance: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense |
|
|
14,193 |
|
|
|
14,193 |
|
Income tax expense relating to ordinary activities |
|
|
(3,788 |
) |
|
|
(2,470 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit |
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
11,723 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of financial position: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income tax liability |
|
|
11,548 |
|
|
|
10,230 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
53,914 |
|
|
|
52,596 |
|
Net Assets |
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
83,166 |
|
Retained profits |
|
|
34,250 |
|
|
|
35,568 |
|
Total equity |
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
83,166 |
|
4. INCOME TAX
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
The prima facie tax on operating profit differs from the income tax provided in the financial
statements as follows: |
|
|
|
|
Prima facie tax expense on profit from ordinary activities |
|
|
4,826 |
|
Add/(less) tax effect of permanent differences: |
|
|
|
|
Research and development allowance |
|
|
(3 |
) |
Inter company dividend rebate |
|
|
|
|
Other items (net) |
|
|
56 |
|
Adjustment relating to previous year |
|
|
(315 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,564 |
|
Net credit attributable to change in income tax rate |
|
|
(776 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax expense attributable to operating profit |
|
|
3,788 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The future income tax benefit attributable to tax losses recognised as a
reduction of the provision for deferred income tax is A$4,543,000.
This benefit for tax losses will only be obtained if:
|
(i) |
|
the Group derives future assessable income of a nature and of
an amount sufficient to enable the benefit from the deductions for
the losses to be realised, or |
|
|
(ii) |
|
the losses are transferred to an eligible entity in the
Group, and |
|
|
(iii) |
|
the Group continues to comply with the conditions for
deductibility imposed by tax legislation, and no changes in tax
legislation adversely affect the Group in realising the benefit from
the deductions for the losses. |
F-57
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
5. DIVIDEND PROVIDED FOR ON ORDINARY SHARES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Dividend proposed |
|
|
|
|
Unfranked dividend (4.5 Australian cents per share) |
|
|
5,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No franking credits are available at 30 June 2001 |
|
|
|
|
6. RECEIVABLES (CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Receivable from related parties*
director-related entity |
|
|
27 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
27 |
|
Goods and services tax refund due |
|
|
110 |
|
Other debtors |
|
|
2,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,792 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Related party receivables are payable on normal commercial terms
7. INVENTORIES (CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ore stockpiles at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,352 |
|
Gold in circuit at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,540 |
|
Stores and spares at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,218 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total inventories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
8. RECEIVABLES (NON CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Loans to controlled entities |
|
|
|
|
Provision for non-recovery |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. INVESTMENTS (NON CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Shares in controlled entities |
|
|
|
|
Shares in unlisted company at cost |
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Details of controlled entities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Percentage ownership held by |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ordinary fully paid shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30/6/01 |
Country of incorporation |
|
|
|
|
Vadessa Pty Ltd* |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
Australia |
Mt Magnet Gold NL |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
Australia |
South Kal Mines Pty Ltd* |
|
|
100 |
% |
|
Australia |
*These entities are not audited as they are small Pty Ltd companies and there
is no requirement for them to be audited.
F-58
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
10. INVENTORIES (NON CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Spares at cost |
|
|
851 |
|
Provision for obsolescence |
|
|
(446 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
11. PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Freehold land at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buildings at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,418 |
|
Provision for depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7,308 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plant and equipment at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
66,467 |
|
Provision for depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(37,201 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital works in progress at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
869 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total property plant and equipment at cost |
|
|
|
|
|
|
76,829 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total provision for depreciation |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(44,509 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total written down value |
|
|
|
|
|
|
32,320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Valuations
The directors have assessed the carrying value of freehold land and buildings
based on their use in the mining industry. The recoverable amounts based on
these assessments supports the value of these assets at 30 June 2001. The
Group does not have a set policy for regular revaluation of land and buildings.
(b) Reconciliations
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Freehold land |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount at beginning |
|
|
81 |
|
Disposals |
|
|
(6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Buildings |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount at beginning |
|
|
2,067 |
|
Additions |
|
|
60 |
|
Additions through acquisition of new project |
|
|
200 |
|
Disposals |
|
|
(1 |
) |
Depreciation expense |
|
|
(216 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Plant and equipment |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount at beginning |
|
|
26,150 |
|
Additions |
|
|
1,362 |
|
Disposals |
|
|
(92 |
) |
Additions through acquisition of new project |
|
|
5,000 |
|
Depreciation expense |
|
|
(3,154 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
29,266 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital work in progress |
|
|
|
|
Carrying amount at beginning |
|
|
2,042 |
|
Additions |
|
|
1,773 |
|
Transfers to buildings |
|
|
(60 |
) |
Transfers to plant and equipment |
|
|
(1,297 |
) |
Transfers to mine properties development and exploration |
|
|
(1,589 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
869 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-59
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
12. MINE PROPERTIES, DEVELOPMENT AND EXPLORATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Mine properties, development, infrastructure and
exploration and evaluation costs carried forward in
respect of mining areas of interest |
|
|
|
|
Producing areas at cost |
|
|
93,148 |
|
Accumulated amortisation |
|
|
(30,570 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
62,578 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pre-production areas at cost |
|
|
|
|
Exploration and evaluation phases |
|
|
15,296 |
|
Provision for writedown of area of interest |
|
|
(6,197 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9,099 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
71,677 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The ultimate recoupment of costs carried forward for exploration and evaluation
phases is dependent on the successful development and commercial exploitation
or sale of the respective mining areas. Amortisation of the costs carried
forward for the development phase is not being charged pending the commencement
of production.
The Groups activities in the mining industry in Australia are subject to
regulations and approvals including mining, heritage, environmental and
native title including the implications of the court decisions in the Mabo,
Wik and Miriuwung and Gajerrong cases. Approvals, although granted in
most cases, are discretionary. The ultimate effects of native title have yet
to be determined.
13. NON CURRENT ASSETS OTHER
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Deferred research and development expenditure |
|
|
133 |
|
Provision for amortisation |
|
|
(133 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other expenditure at cost |
|
|
585 |
|
Provision for amortisation |
|
|
(84 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14. PAYABLES (CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Trade creditors and accruals |
|
|
14,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,992 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-60
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
15. OTHER AMOUNTS PAYABLE
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
(See notes 21(c) , 25 and 33) |
|
|
|
|
Amounts due on acquisition of new project |
|
|
|
|
|
Current |
|
|
7,009 |
|
|
Non-current |
|
|
4,000 |
|
At 30 June 2001, these liabilities were not secured |
|
|
|
|
16. PROVISIONS (CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Provision for dividend on ordinary shares |
|
|
5,750 |
|
Provision for employee entitlements |
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17. DEFERRED INCOME
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Premium received on unexpired call option |
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18. PROVISIONS (NON CURRENT)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Provision for mine site restoration |
|
|
8,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
19. CONTRIBUTED EQUITY
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Issued and paid up capital |
|
|
|
|
126,445,406 ordinary fully paid shares |
|
|
47,598 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Shares issued during the year
(i) During the financial year, 1,663,506 shares were issued upon the exercise
of share options. The consideration received was A$675,204.
(ii) 3,500,000 ordinary shares were issued as consideration for the purchase of
the Maud Creek Gold Project in June 2001. The value attributed to these shares
was A$2,520,000.
Terms and conditions of contributed equity
Ordinary fully paid shares have the right to receive dividends as declared and,
in the event of winding up the company, to participate in the proceeds from the
sale of all surplus assets in proportion to the number of shares held.
Each ordinary fully paid share entitles its holder to one vote, either in
person or by proxy, at a meeting of the company.
F-61
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
19. CONTRIBUTED EQUITY (Continued)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
No. |
|
|
|
|
Options listed |
|
|
|
|
Secondary Options exercisable on or before 1 June 2002 at an exercise price of 70 Australian
cents per option |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
21,881,956 |
|
|
Exercised during the year |
|
|
(1,006 |
) |
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
21,880,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options unlisted |
|
|
|
|
Exercisable at 38 Australian cents at any time on or before 22 October 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee options exercisable at 36 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 26
January 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
1,282,500 |
|
|
Lapsed during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised during the year |
|
|
(1,282,500 |
) |
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee options exercisable at Australian 56 cents subject to certain conditions on or before 21
May 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
140,000 |
|
|
Lapsed during the year |
|
|
(30,000 |
) |
|
Exercised during the year |
|
|
(110,000 |
) |
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee options exercisable at 84 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 1
December 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee options exercisable at 95 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 6
January 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
725,000 |
|
|
Lapsed during the year |
|
|
(45,000 |
) |
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
680,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employee options exercisable at 95 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 12
October 2003 |
|
|
|
|
|
Issued during the year |
|
|
1,220,000 |
|
|
Balance outstanding at year end |
|
|
1,220,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractor options exercisable at 56 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 21 May 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
270,000 |
|
|
Lapsed during the year |
|
|
|
|
|
Exercised during the year |
|
|
(270,000 |
) |
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contractor options exercisable at 95 Australian cents subject to certain conditions on or before 6 January 2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance outstanding at end of year |
|
|
100,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL OPTIONS ON ISSUE |
|
|
25,880,950 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-62
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
20. RETAINED PROFITS/(ACCUMULATED LOSSES)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Balance at beginning of year |
|
|
29,595 |
|
Net profit attributable to members of Hill 50 Gold NL |
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total available for appropriation |
|
|
40,000 |
|
Dividends provided for |
|
|
(5,750 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Balance at end of year |
|
|
34,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
21. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
(a) Reconciliation of cash |
|
|
|
|
Cash balance comprises: |
|
|
|
|
Cash at bank |
|
|
13,812 |
|
Short term deposits |
|
|
3,397 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Closing cash balance |
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) Reconciliation of the operating profit after
tax to the net cash flows from
operations |
|
|
|
|
Operating profit after income tax |
|
|
10,405 |
|
Depreciation and amortisation |
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
3,370 |
|
|
Other non-current assets |
|
|
13,297 |
|
Writedown of stockpiles |
|
|
97 |
|
Profit on sale of non-current assets |
|
|
(161 |
) |
Provision for employee entitlements |
|
|
75 |
|
Other provisions |
|
|
(37 |
) |
Exploration written off |
|
|
1,312 |
|
Provision for spares inventory |
|
|
59 |
|
Changes in assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Trade and other creditors |
|
|
3,697 |
|
Inventory |
|
|
(3,427 |
) |
|
Receivables |
|
|
(2,025 |
) |
|
Gold bullion |
|
|
552 |
|
|
Deferred income tax liability |
|
|
3,788 |
|
|
Deferred income |
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
Exploration and evaluation expenditure |
|
|
(3,425 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash flows from operating activities |
|
|
29,108 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) Financing Facility
The Group has a financing agreement with a bank which provides the following
facilities:
(i) |
|
a Working Capital Cash Advance Facility of two tranches for A$10 million
and A$15 million respectively. The first tranche is available for working
capital needs and terminates on 20 December 2002. The second tranche is
available for the acquisition or development of other projects and
terminates on 20 December 2004. Both tranches were undrawn at 30 June 2001
(see Note 25). |
|
(ii) |
|
a Gold and Currency Hedging Agreement. (See Note 32) |
|
(iii) |
|
a Performance Bond Facility of such an amount as agreed by the bank from
time to time. The amount drawn in guarantees given by the bank under this
facility at 30 June 2001 was A$2,857,500. |
F-63
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
21. STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS (Continued)
The Financing Facility is secured by guarantees of entities within the Group
and fixed and floating charges over the assets of the Group. The interest rate
on the facility is 1.5% over the bank bill rate.
The Financing Facility continues until terminated by one of the parties.
(d) Non-Cash Financing and Investing Activities
During the year, the Company acquired the Maud Creek Gold Project for the issue
of 3,500,000 fully paid ordinary shares in the Company. The value attributed
to the share issue was A$2,520,000.
22. EXPENDITURE COMMITMENTS
(a) Mineral tenement leases
The Group has certain obligations with respect to mineral tenements and
minimum expenditure requirements on areas as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Within 1 year |
|
|
5,138 |
|
1-2 years |
|
|
5,395 |
|
2-5 years |
|
|
17,857 |
|
The commitments may vary depending upon additions or relinquishments of
tenements.
(b) Operating lease commitments
Lease expenditure commitments in respect of operating leases are payable as
follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Within 1 year |
|
|
195 |
|
1-5 years |
|
|
369 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
564 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The operating leases relate to head office premises and freehold land
which is used for mining purposes.
23. EMPLOYEE ENTITLEMENTS AND SUPERANNUATION COMMITMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
(a) Employee entitlements |
|
|
|
|
The aggregate employee entitlement liability is comprised of: |
|
|
|
|
Provisions current |
|
|
446 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(b) Superannuation
All employees may nominate a superannuation fund of their choice (subject to
the fund meeting certain criteria) entitling them to varying levels of benefits
on retirement, disability or death. The end benefit is determined by factors
such as the accumulation of contributions and earnings of the fund and various
options within the fund available to each employee.
The Group contributes to the nominated superannuation funds at the rate of 8%
of gross salaries and wages. These contributions are legally enforceable in
Australia.
F-64
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
23. EMPLOYEE ENTITLEMENTS AND SUPERANNUATION COMMITMENTS
(c) Employee Option Plan
On 28 November 1997 shareholders approved the implementation of the Hill 50
Gold NL Employee Option Plan. Up to the date of this report 6,610,000 employee
options had been issued, of which 2,900,000 remained outstanding at 30 June
2001. The options are exercisable at prices ranging from 84 Australian cents
to 95 Australian cents per option within 3 years from the date of issue of the
option; except that:
|
|
50% of the options may be converted to shares after a period of 12 months has elapsed from the date of issue; |
|
|
|
100% of the options may be converted to shares after a period of 18 months has elapsed from the date of issue. |
At balance date 2,900,000 options were eligible to be exercised.
All employees in the Group are eligible to participate in the plan at the
discretion of the directors.
24. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES
(a) The Group has a performance bond facility at 30 June 2001 of A$2,857,500.
The facility is secured as part of the financing facility outlined in Note
21(c) above.
(b) In the unlikely event that the Group is forced to cease gold production for
the medium to long term due to unforeseen events, it may be required to settle
its hedging contracts (See Note 32). The financial effect of such a settlement
cannot be quantified as it would be dependent on factors such as spot gold
prices and foreign currency exchange rates at that time.
(c) Hill 50 Gold NL has entered into an employment agreement with P G Cook
under which termination benefits may become payable.
25. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS
In July 2001, Hill 50 Gold NL drew down A$10 million of the first tranche of
its financing facility (see Note 21(c)) replacing part of the working capital
used in the Mt Magnet plant expansion in the previous financial year. At the
same time, the company settled the purchase of the New Celebration Gold Project
by the payment of a further approximately A$11m (through its controlled entity
South Kal Mines Pty Ltd).
Of the A$10m drawn down on the financing facility, A$3m has subsequently been
repaid and a further A$3m is due to be repaid in June 2002. The remaining A$4m
is due for repayment during the 2002/3 financial year.
In November 2001, a placement of 13 million new ordinary shares at an
application price of A$1.00 per share was made to client of Southern Cross
Equities. In the same month, the Group acquired the Brocks Creek Gold Project
in the Northern Territory and the Lake Cowan Gold Project in Western Australia
for a cash price of A$3.2m plus a royalty of A$20 per ounce on all gold
produced from the Zapopan mine at Brocks Creek and a royalty of A$1 per dry
tonne of ore mined and milled from the Lake Cowan Project.
In December 2001, 1,095,284 shares were issued under a Dividend Reinvestment
Plan, at a consideration of approximately A$1.2m.
A name change from Hill 50 Gold NL to Hill 50 Limited was announced in January
2002.
F-65
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
25. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS (Continued)
On 13 March 2002, Ted Grobicki was appointed as director and Chairman of Hill
50 Limited.
In April 2002, the Group entered into a joint venture agreement whereby it
contributed certain mining assets to earn a 50% interest in the Burnside Joint
Venture, an exploration and mining project in the Northern Territory of
Australia.
In April 2002, Harmony Gold Australia Pty Ltd successfully completed its take
over of Hill 50 Limited, and by June 2002, 100% ownership had been obtained.
The Company was suspended from the ASX in May 2002 and delisted during June
2002.
Peter Newton resigned as a director effective from 18 April 2002.
Since balance date, 355,247 listed options were converted to fully paid
ordinary shares raising A$229k. In addition, 7,890,000 employee options were
converted to fully paid ordinary shares raising A$8.0m, and a further 4,250,000
employee options were granted. Also, 100,000 contractor options were converted
to fully paid ordinary shares raising A$95k.
26. EARNINGS PER SHARE
|
|
|
|
|
(a) Basic earnings/(loss) per share |
|
|
8.30 |
Australian cents |
(b) Diluted earnings/(loss) per share |
|
|
7.22 |
Australian cents |
|
|
|
|
|
The weighted average number of ordinary
shares outstanding during the year used in
the calculation of basic EPS |
|
|
125,431,129 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
27. REMUNERATION OF DIRECTORS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$ |
|
|
|
(See also Note 30(b)(ii)) |
|
|
|
|
Income paid or payable or otherwise made available in
respect of the financial year to all directors of each
entity in the Group, directly or indirectly by the entities
of which they are directors or any related party |
|
|
530,325 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The number of directors of Hill 50 Gold NL whose remuneration including
superannuation contributions falls within the following bands:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$30,000-A$39,999 |
|
|
1 |
|
A$80,000-A$89,999 |
|
|
2 |
|
A$320,000-A$329,999 |
|
|
1 |
|
In the opinion of the Directors, remuneration paid to directors is considered
reasonable.
F-66
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
28. REMUNERATION OF EXECUTIVES
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$ |
|
|
|
Remuneration received or due and receivable by executive officers of the Group whose remuneration is
A$100,000 or more from entities in the Group or a related party in connection with the management of the
affairs of the entities in the Group whether as an executive officer or otherwise |
|
|
320,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The number of executives of the Group and the Company whose remuneration falls within the following bands:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$320,000 - A$329,999 |
|
|
1 |
|
29. AUDITORS REMUNERATION
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$ |
|
|
|
Amounts received or due and receivable by Ernst & Young, the former auditors of Hill 50 Gold NL for: |
|
|
|
|
-an audit or review of the financial statements of the entity and any other entity in the Group |
|
|
39,814 |
|
-other services in relation to the entity and any other entity in the Group |
|
|
62,465 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
102,279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
No audit fees or other services fees were paid to PricewaterhouseCoopers by
Hill 50 Gold NL during the year ended 30 June 2001. All fees in connection
with the reaudit of Hill 50 Gold NL for the year ended 30 June 2001 by
PricewaterhouseCoopers will be paid for by Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited.
30. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
(a) Directors:
The directors of Hill 50 Gold NL during the year were:
PJ Newton
PG Cook
DM Okeby
PT Cunningham (appointed on 21 May 2001)
(b) The following related party transactions occurred during the financial
year:
(i) Transactions between Directors of Hill 50 Gold NL and the Group
Okeby & Co
During the financial year the Group paid legal costs and disbursements on a
normal commercial basis totalling A$85,709 to Okeby & Co, a firm in which D M
Okeby is the principal. This amount has not been included in Note 27.
In addition, Okeby & Co paid Hill 50 Gold NL A$30,740 for office rent as a
sub-tenant of the Companys leased premises.
Ashlea Enterprises Pty Ltd
Since the appointment in May 2001 of P T Cunningham as an executive director,
Hill 50 Gold NL paid A$37,525 to Ashlea Enterprises Pty Ltd, a company
associated with Mr Cunningham, for consulting fees on a normal commercial
basis. This amount has been included in Note 27.
Other Transactions
During the financial year transactions with Directors occurred on normal
commercial terms to a total value not exceeding A$2,000 in aggregate. These
were either trivial in nature or within a normal employee, customer or supplier
relationship on terms no more favourable than those which it is reasonable to
expect the entity would have adopted if dealing with the Directors at arms
length in the same circumstances and which did not have the potential to
adversely affect decisions made by users of this report, or the discharge of
accountability of the Directors if disclosed by general description.
F-67
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
30. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS (Continued)
(ii) Transactions with Director related entities
During the year Abelle Pty Ltd and its subsidiary, Bluestone Nominees Pty Ltd,
both mining companies in which Mr. P J Newton and Mr D M Okeby are directors,
purchased on arms length terms, goods and services from the Company and Mt.
Magnet Gold NL aggregating A$379,437. At 30 June 2001, the sum owed by the
same companies to Hill 50 Gold NL amounted to A$26,663 which has subsequently
been paid.
(b) Equity instruments of directors
Shares and options over shares of Hill 50 Gold NL held directly, indirectly or
beneficially by directors or their related entities were:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
As at 30 June 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Listed Secondary |
|
|
|
|
Name |
|
Shares |
|
Options |
|
Unlisted Options |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
PJ Newton |
|
|
2,917,483 |
|
|
|
533,496 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
PG Cook |
|
|
767,243 |
|
|
|
202,743 |
|
|
|
1,400,000 |
|
DM Okeby |
|
|
590,481 |
|
|
|
88,096 |
|
|
|
300,000 |
|
PT Cunningham |
|
|
150,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
100,000 |
|
During the year Mr Newton exercised 250,000 employee options and Mr Okeby
exercised 150,000 employee options all at an exercise price of 36 Australian
cents per option. Mr Okeby also sold 40,000 shares on market.
(c) Directors benefits other
No other benefits have been received or are receivable by directors, other than
those already disclosed in the notes to the accounts.
31. SEGMENTAL INFORMATION
The Group operates predominantly in one industry in one geographic location.
The operations of the Group consist of gold and other mineral exploration,
mining and exploitation primarily within Australia.
32. FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
(a) Terms, conditions and policies
The Groups accounting policies, including the terms and conditions of each
class of financial asset, financial liability and equity instrument, both
recognised and unrecognised at balance date, are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
Notes |
|
Policies |
|
Terms and conditions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(i) Financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and bullion |
|
|
|
Cash represents petty cash, cash at
bank, investments with financial
institutions at call and gold bullion
that is readily convertible to cash
within 2 working days. Cash is carried
at nominal amounts and bullion is
carried at the amount realised at
subsequent sale, being either the spot
or contract price.
|
|
Available within 2 business days. |
Receivables |
|
6, 8
|
|
Receivables are carried at nominal value
less any provision for doubtful debts. A
provision for doubtful debts is raised
if there is doubt as to the
recoverability of the debt.
|
|
Receivables, other than loans to
or from controlled entities, are
normally short-term in nature,
i.e. settlement within 30 days. |
F-68
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Recognised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
Notes |
|
Policies |
|
Terms and conditions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unlisted shares |
|
9
|
|
Unlisted shares are carried at cost less
any provision for diminution in value
|
|
Unlisted shares are held for
long term benefits. |
(ii) Financial liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
14, 15
|
|
Liabilities are recognised for amounts
to be paid in the future for goods and
services received
|
|
Trade accounts are normally
settled in accordance with the
suppliers terms. |
(iii) Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ordinary shares |
|
19
|
|
Ordinary share capital is recognised at
the fair value of the consideration
received by the company
|
|
Details of shares issued and the
terms and conditions of options
outstanding over ordinary shares
at balance date are set out in
note 19. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
Notes |
|
Policies |
|
Terms and conditions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(iv) Forward
commodity contracts
and options |
|
|
|
The Group enters into commodity forward
contracts and option contracts where it
agrees to buy or sell gold in the future
at predetermined prices. The objective
is to hedge a proportion of forecast
production in order to enhance and
protect future anticipated revenues in
the medium term from adverse gold price
fluctuations.
No contracts are subject to margin calls
The Directors have no intention of early
closure of its contracts should this
result in losses to the company; however
in the unlikely event that the Group is
forced to cease gold production for the
medium to long term due to unforeseen
events, it may be required to settle its
hedging contracts.
The financial effect of such a
settlement cannot be quantified as it
would be dependent on factors such as
spot gold prices and foreign currency
exchange rates at that time.
At 30 June 2001 the unrecognised
unfavourable position based on
indicative unwind values of the above
contracts was approximately A$115
million (2000: A$ 84 million).
For accounting policies regarding the
treatment of hedging losses or gains,
see note 1 of these financial
statements
|
|
At balance date the following
gold hedge contracts were
outstanding:
Flat forward contracts
(i) 588,657ozs at A$517.75 (with
a built-in gold lease rate of
1.05%) in quarterly deliveries
of:
1 x 13,657oz due September
2001;
15 x 25,000oz each due
December 2001 to June 2005;
16 x 12,500oz each due
September 2005 to June 2009.
(ii) 2 x 12,500ozs at A$485 with
a built in fixed lease rate,
expiring quarterly from
September 2001.
Convertible forwards
(i) Flat forward contracts with
a built in lease rate of 1.05%
which convert to put options if
gold trades at a barrier or
below any time prior to expiry.
Barriers are 4 contracts at
A$443, 4 at A$440, 4 at A$437
and 4 at A$434.
16 x 12,500oz at A$517.75
quarterly from September 2005 to
June 2009.
(ii) Flat forwards with a fixed
lease rate built in, which
convert to put options if gold
trades at A$500 or below a
window period before expiry.
8 x 5,000oz at A$518 expiring
quarterly from December 2002. |
F-69
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
Notes |
|
Policies |
|
Terms and conditions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
It is the Groups policy not to
recognise forward commodity contracts
and options in the financial statements.
During the year 203,575 ounces of gold
were sold. The average price received
was A$504 per ounce compared with the
average spot price of A$501.
At 30 June 2001 the Groups gold
derivative commitments including forward
and spot deferred contracts and options
total 1,439,087 ounces which represents
approximately 75% of its gold reserves.
The Groups hedging is partially secured
by charges etc. over the Group (see note
21(c) above)
|
|
(iii) Flat forward contracts,
50% of which convert to A$500
strike put options if gold
trades at a barrier at any time
prior to expiry. The balance
remain as forwards.
9 x 25,000oz with A$500 strike
and barrier at A$500 (for
contracts due June 2002 to
December 2003) and barrier at
A$446 (for contracts due June
2004 to June 2006). Lease rates
are variable with 1% built in.
Spot deferred contracts
15,430ozs at approximately
A$487 average.
Convertible put options
12 x 12,500oz (150,000oz) with
strike prices between A$546.25
and A$567.15, convertible to
fixed forward contracts, subject
to spot gold prices being above
specified conversion levels. The
live window runs for 2 years
expiring 6 months before
settlement date. Built-in gold
lease rates are 2% subject to a
50% waiver. The built-in rate
escalates at 0.1% per annum to
2.5% whilst the waiver escalates
at A$12.75 per ounce per annum
from a base of A$476.50.
Settlement dates are quarterly
from 30 June 2003 to 31 March
2006.
At balance date the following
non-hedge gold derivative
contracts were outstanding:
Call options granted
8 x 5,000ozs at A$518 expiring
quarterly from December 2002.
2 x 10,000ozs at A$510/oz
expiring quarterly from 28
September 2001.
1 x 45,000ozs at A$440
expiring September 2004, with a
barrier at A$440 from 31
December 2002 to expiry.
1 x 40,000oz down and out
barrier call at A$560 expiring
June 2003 with a A$500 barrier
from September 2001 to expiry.
1 x 50,000oz at A$475 expiring
27 December 2001. |
F-70
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unrecognised |
|
|
|
|
|
|
financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
Notes |
|
Policies |
|
Terms and conditions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The Groups commodity hedging
facilities are structured so
that at any time (subject to the
reserve base criteria being
satisfactory), at the Companys
option, they are capable of
being rolled over or changed
into different types of
derivatives. The quantities,
prices and delivery dates shown
above are therefore subject to
alteration.
The Group had no foreign
currency contracts at 30 June
2001. |
(b) Interest rate risk
The Groups exposure to interest rate risks and the effective interest rates of
financial assets and financial liabilities, both recognised and unrecognised at
balance date are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total carrying |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
amount as per |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
statement of |
|
Weighted |
|
|
Floating |
|
Non-interest |
|
financial |
|
average |
Financial Instruments |
|
interest rate |
|
bearing |
|
position |
|
interest rate |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
% |
(i) Financial assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash |
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
5.60 |
|
Debtors |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,792 |
|
|
|
2,792 |
|
|
|
N/a |
|
Unlisted shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
|
|
N/a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total financial assets |
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
2,812 |
|
|
|
20,021 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(ii) Financial liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,001 |
|
|
|
26,001 |
|
|
|
N/a |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total financial liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
26,001 |
|
|
|
26,001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(c) Net fair values
Other than the contracts referred to in note 32(a)(iv) the aggregate net fair
value of financial assets and liabilities is represented by their carrying
amounts in the Statement of Financial Position.
(d) Risk exposures
(i) Recognised financial assets
The Groups maximum exposures to credit risk at balance date in relation to
each class of recognised financial assets is the carrying amount of those
assets as indicated in the Statement of Financial Position.
(ii) Commodity price risks
The Group manages commodity price risk as appropriate by hedging a proportion
of future anticipated revenues against fluctuations in the prices of the
underlying commodity.
F-71
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
The following table sets out the quantity of future gold production committed
under gold bullion contracts in place at 30 June 2001, the weighted average
contract price and the settlement periods of outstanding contracts:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deliver gold bullion |
|
Quantity (ozs) |
|
Average contracted price A$ |
|
|
|
|
|
-within one year |
|
|
224,087 |
|
|
|
499 |
|
-one to two years |
|
|
232,500 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
-two to three years |
|
|
240,000 |
|
|
|
521 |
|
-three to four years |
|
|
255,000 |
|
|
|
509 |
|
-four to five years |
|
|
187,500 |
|
|
|
522 |
|
-over five years |
|
|
300,000 |
|
|
|
518 |
|
(iii) Foreign exchange risks
The Group has no significant exposure to foreign exchange risks.
(iv) Concentrations of credit risk
The Groups credit risk is concentrated on one major customer and one refiner.
However the Group minimises this risk by dealing with reputable entities.
33. ACQUISITION OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES
On 29 June 2001, the Group acquired assets and liabilities relating to the New Celebration project.
Details of the acquisition are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
Fair value of identifiable net assets acquired: |
|
|
|
|
|
Plant and equipment |
|
|
5,200 |
|
|
Mine properties, development and exploration |
|
|
7,470 |
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
3,339 |
|
|
Provisions for rehabilitation |
|
|
(4,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
12,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Represented by: |
|
|
|
|
|
Deposit paid |
|
|
1,000 |
|
Amount payable (Note 15) |
|
|
11,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total cash consideration |
|
|
12,009 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-72
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
34. RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with Australian Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (A GAAP), which differs in certain significant
respects from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States,
(US GAAP). The approximate effect of applying US GAAP principles to net
profit and equity is set out below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
Net Profit under A GAAP |
|
|
10,405 |
|
Revenue recognition |
|
|
(394 |
) |
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
(1,982 |
) |
Loss on financial instruments |
|
|
(31,339 |
) |
Income on sold options |
|
|
1,531 |
|
Income tax effect of US GAAP adjustments |
|
|
9,655 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss under US GAAP before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
(12,124 |
) |
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle for derivatives and hedging activities,
net of tax |
|
|
(52,261 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss under US GAAP |
|
|
(64,385 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Components of comprehensive income/(loss) under US GAAP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive loss under US GAAP |
|
|
(64,385 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Basic loss per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
(9.67 |
)c |
Basic loss per share |
|
|
(51.33 |
)c |
Fully diluted earnings per share before cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
(9.67 |
)c |
Fully diluted earnings per share |
|
|
(51.33 |
)c |
Equity under A GAAP |
|
|
81,848 |
|
Revenue recognition |
|
|
(394 |
) |
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
(5,471 |
) |
Loss on financial instruments |
|
|
(115,319 |
) |
Income on sold options |
|
|
1,531 |
|
Income tax effect of US GAAP adjustments |
|
|
35,896 |
|
Provision for dividend |
|
|
5,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity under US GAAP |
|
|
3,841 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-73
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
34. RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP (continued)
Description of GAAP differences
(a) Revenue recognition and gold bullion inventory
Hill 50 Limited values gold bullion on hand at the amount realized upon
delivery subsequent to year end, being either the spot gold price or contract
price. Revenue recognition and inventory measurement under US GAAP requires
that revenue not be recorded before title to the product has transferred to the
purchaser and inventory is recorded at the lower of cost and net realizable
value.
(b) Exploration expenditure
Expenditure incurred on the exploration and evaluation of minerals properties
may be capitalized and deferred under A GAAP to the extent that such
expenditure is expected to be recoverable. Under US GAAP exploration
expenditure and costs of carrying and retaining undeveloped properties are
charged to expense as incurred.
(c) Financial instruments
Hedges
Accounting for derivatives and hedging under A GAAP is different than under US
GAAP. Under A GAAP, designated hedges are accounted for as off balance sheet
instruments with any gain or loss only recognized upon close out of the
financial instrument. Gains and losses realized on early close out of hedges
are deferred and are recognized over the period in which the designated
production was to be delivered.
Under US GAAP, none of the instruments held by the Company qualified for hedge
accounting under FAS 133 due to the documentation requirements of FAS 133 not
being met. FAS 133 requires that all such derivative instruments are recorded
on the balance sheet with changes in fair value being recognized in earnings.
Upon adoption of FAS 133 on 1 July 2000, the Company recorded a cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle adjustment of A$52.3 million, net of
tax at 30%. Pre-FAS 133, designated hedges were not recorded on the balance
sheet, while speculative instruments were recorded on the balance sheet and
marked to market with the resulting gain or loss recognized in earnings.
Non-hedges
Under A GAAP, there is no requirement to mark to market the position of
non-hedge instruments at balance date. These instruments are accounted for as
off balance sheet instruments with any gain or loss only recognised upon close
out of the financial instrument. Under US GAAP, these non-hedge financial
instruments are treated as speculative instruments and have been recorded on
the balance sheet and marked to market with the resulting gain or loss
recognized in earnings.
(d) Income on sold options
Under A GAAP, premiums received on a sold call option have been recorded as
deferred income and such income will be amortized over the life of the option.
Under US GAAP, the income received on a sold call option has been recorded in
income, as movements in the market value of this financial instrument have been
recorded in net income as outlined in (c) above.
F-74
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO AND FORMING PART OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
34. RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP (continued)
(e) Income tax
Under A GAAP, deferred taxes are provided for using the liability method with
recognition and carry forward of future income tax benefits on a similar basis
to FAS 109, except for tax assets and liabilities relating to temporary
(timing) differences which are all classified as non-current. Consequently, no
adjustment has been made to the methodology by which income taxes have been
calculated and brought to account. Under US GAAP the future income tax
benefits and liabilities would be required to be allocated in the statement of
financial position between current and non-current items. This allocation
would not have a significant effect on the financial position presentation.
(f) Dividends
Under A GAAP, dividends declared after the end of each financial year are
recorded and provided for in the period to which they relate. Under US GAAP,
dividends are recorded in the period in which they are declared.
F-75
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE
HALF YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2001 |
|
December 31, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
Notes |
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sales revenue |
|
|
|
|
|
|
64,056 |
|
|
|
50,706 |
|
Cost of goods sold |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(50,297 |
) |
|
|
(43,025 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross profit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,759 |
|
|
|
7,681 |
|
Other revenues from ordinary activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
552 |
|
|
|
1,156 |
|
Royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,640 |
) |
|
|
(1,230 |
) |
Borrowing costs expensed |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(330 |
) |
|
|
(13 |
) |
Corporate and head office costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,675 |
) |
|
|
(998 |
) |
Other expenses from ordinary activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(707 |
) |
|
|
(52 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense |
|
|
2 |
|
|
|
9,959 |
|
|
|
6,544 |
|
Income tax expense relating to ordinary activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
|
(1,963 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit attributable to members of Hill 50 Limited |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,953 |
|
|
|
4,581 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings per share (cents per share) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5.21 |
|
|
|
3.69 |
|
Diluted earnings per share (cents per share) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4.67 |
|
|
|
3.46 |
|
The above condensed consolidated statement of financial performance
should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
F-76
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
June 30, |
|
|
2001 |
|
2001 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
(audited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash assets |
|
|
18,832 |
|
|
|
17,209 |
|
Gold bullion |
|
|
6,399 |
|
|
|
1,728 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
4,858 |
|
|
|
2,792 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
8,479 |
|
|
|
9,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Assets |
|
|
38,568 |
|
|
|
30,839 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other financial assets |
|
|
420 |
|
|
|
20 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
953 |
|
|
|
405 |
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
34,439 |
|
|
|
32,320 |
|
Mine properties, development and exploration |
|
|
83,398 |
|
|
|
71,677 |
|
Other |
|
|
21 |
|
|
|
501 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non Current Assets |
|
|
119,231 |
|
|
|
104,923 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets |
|
|
157,799 |
|
|
|
135,762 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Payables |
|
|
20,743 |
|
|
|
22,001 |
|
Interest bearing liabilities |
|
|
7,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
Provisions |
|
|
901 |
|
|
|
6,196 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Current Liabilities |
|
|
28,644 |
|
|
|
28,197 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Non Current Liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other amounts payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,000 |
|
Deferred income |
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
|
1,531 |
|
Deferred tax liabilities |
|
|
14,555 |
|
|
|
11,548 |
|
Provisions |
|
|
9,138 |
|
|
|
8,638 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Non Current Liabilities |
|
|
25,224 |
|
|
|
25,717 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
53,868 |
|
|
|
53,914 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Assets |
|
|
103,931 |
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Contributed equity |
|
|
63,363 |
|
|
|
47,598 |
|
Retained profits |
|
|
40,568 |
|
|
|
34,250 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Equity |
|
|
103,931 |
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above condensed consolidated statement of financial performance
should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
F-77
HILL 50 LIMITED
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
HALF YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2001
(All amounts in A$000 unless otherwise noted)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2001 |
|
December 31, 2000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
Notes |
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unuadited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Receipts from sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
68,202 |
|
|
|
47,739 |
|
Payments to suppliers and employees |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(40,250 |
) |
|
|
(35,137 |
) |
Interest received |
|
|
|
|
|
|
337 |
|
|
|
129 |
|
Expenditure on exploration |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,267 |
) |
|
|
(1,419 |
) |
Income on hedging contracts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
624 |
|
Borrowing costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(255 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Royalties |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(1,640 |
) |
|
|
(1,231 |
) |
Goods and services tax paid |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(319 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Other income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
98 |
|
|
|
130 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flows from Operating Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,906 |
|
|
|
10,835 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Acquisition of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(9,788 |
) |
|
|
(986 |
) |
Proceeds from sale of property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
89 |
|
|
|
29 |
|
Payments for mine properties and development |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(17,563 |
) |
|
|
(10,771 |
) |
Long term cash deposit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(400 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flows used in Investing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(27,662 |
) |
|
|
(11,728 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issue of shares |
|
|
|
|
|
|
14,791 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
Costs of capital raising |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(260 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Loan repayment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(3,000 |
) |
|
|
|
|
Dividend paid |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(5,152 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net Cash Flows from Financing Activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
6,379 |
|
|
|
132 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase/(decrease) in cash held |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,623 |
|
|
|
(761 |
) |
Cash at Beginning of Half-Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17,209 |
|
|
|
11,281 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash at End of Half-Year |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18,832 |
|
|
|
10,520 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The above condensed consolidated statement of financial performance
should be read in conjunction with the accompanying notes.
F-78
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2001
1. |
|
BASIS OF PREPARATION OF THE FINANCIAL REPORT |
|
(a) |
|
Basis of preparation |
The condensed consolidated statement of financial position of the Company as at
31 December 2001 and the condensed consolidated statements of financial
performance and cash flows for the six months ended 31 December 2001 and 2000
are unaudited. For the purposes of these interim financial statements, certain
information and disclosures normally included in financial statements prepared
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been condensed
or omitted. The 30 June 2001 condensed consolidated statement of financial
position was derived from the audited financial statements, but does not
include all disclosures required by generally accepted accounting principles.
However, the Company believes that the disclosures are adequate to make the
information presented not misleading. These unaudited statements should be
read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and
notes thereto for the year ended 30 June 2001.
In the opinion of the management of the Company, all adjustments (consisting
only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for fair presentation of the
financial statements have been included therein. The results of interim
periods are not necessarily indicative of the results for the entire year.
The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with and comply with
Australian Accounting Standards and the principles of the historical cost
convention. The accounting policies applied are consistent with those of the
previous year.
The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with Australian
Accounting Standards requires the Companys management to make estimates and
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and
disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the
reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.
The half-year financial report does not include all notes of the type normally
included within the annual financial report and therefore cannot be expected to
provide as full an understanding of the financial performance, financial
position and financing and investing activities of the consolidated entity as
the full financial report.
The half-year report should be read in conjunction with the Annual Financial
Report of Hill 50 Limited as at 30 June 2001. It is also recommended that the
half-year report be considered together with any public announcements made by
Hill 50 Limited during the half-year ended 31 December 2001 in accordance with
the continuous disclosure obligations arising under the Corporations Act 2001.
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense includes the
following expense whose disclosure is relevant in explaining the financial
performance of the entity:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Borrowing costs |
|
|
330 |
|
|
|
13 |
|
Amortisation and depreciation |
|
|
8,849 |
|
|
|
7,707 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-79
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2001
2. |
|
OPERATING PROFIT (Continued) |
Variation from Appendix 4B and Half Year Report to Shareholders
As noted in the reaudited financial statements for the year ended 30 June 2001,
subsequent to the release of the companys Appendix 4B report to the
Australian Stock Exchange and distribution of the annual report to shareholders
it was noted that an error was made in tax effect accounting for the group
during the year ended 30 June 2001. During the preparation of these reaudited
financial statements of the Group it was detected that an understatement of the
income tax expense and deferred tax liability was recorded in the originally
lodged Appendix 4B
and annual report. The understatement was a result of overestimating the
income tax credit resulting from the change in income tax rates from 36% to 34%
and subsequently to 30%.
The understatement relates to the financial year ended 30 June 2001, and
impacts the deferred tax liability and retained earnings for that period. The
impact on the half year is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Revised |
|
Original |
|
Revised |
|
Original |
|
|
Numbers |
|
numbers |
|
Numbers |
|
numbers |
|
|
31/12/01 |
|
31/12/01 |
|
30/06/01 |
|
30/06/01 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of financial performance: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Profit from ordinary activities before income tax expense |
|
|
9,959 |
|
|
|
9,959 |
|
|
|
14,193 |
|
|
|
14,193 |
|
Income tax expense relating to ordinary activities |
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
|
(3,006 |
) |
|
|
(3,788 |
) |
|
|
(2,470 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit |
|
|
6,953 |
|
|
|
6,953 |
|
|
|
10,405 |
|
|
|
11,723 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Statement of financial position: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income tax liability |
|
|
14,555 |
|
|
|
13,237 |
|
|
|
11,548 |
|
|
|
10,230 |
|
Total Liabilities |
|
|
53,868 |
|
|
|
52,550 |
|
|
|
53,914 |
|
|
|
52,596 |
|
Net Assets |
|
|
103,931 |
|
|
|
105,249 |
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
83,166 |
|
Retained profits |
|
|
40,568 |
|
|
|
41,886 |
|
|
|
34,250 |
|
|
|
35,568 |
|
Total equity |
|
|
103,931 |
|
|
|
105,249 |
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
83,166 |
|
3. |
|
DIVIDENDS PAID OR PROVIDED ON ORDINARY SHARES |
During the half-year an unfranked dividend totalling A$6,385,814 (2000: nil)
was paid to holders of ordinary shares, against which A$5,750,000 (2000: nil)
had been provided as a final dividend at 30 June 2001.
The consolidated entity operates predominantly in one business segment in one
geographic location. The operations of the consolidated entity consist of gold
and other mineral exploration, mining and exploitation primarily within
Australia.
5. |
|
CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES |
Since the last annual reporting date, there has been no material change in any
contingent assets or contingent liabilities.
F-80
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2001
A name change from Hill 50 Gold NL to Hill 50 Limited was announced in January
2002.
On 13 March 2002, Ted Grobicki was appointed as director and Chairman of Hill
50 Limited.
In April 2002, the Group entered into a joint venture agreement whereby it
contributed certain mining assets to acquire a 50% interest in the Burnside
Joint Venture, an exploration and mining project in the Northern Territory of
Australia.
In April 2002, Harmony Gold Australia Pty Ltd successfully completed its take
over of Hill 50 Limited, and by June 2002, 100% ownership had been obtained.
The Company was suspended from the ASX in May 2002 and delisted during June
2002.
Peter Newton resigned as a director effective from 18 April 2002.
Since balance date, 32,240 listed options were converted to fully paid ordinary
shares raising A$23k. In addition, 5,520,000 employee options were converted
to fully paid ordinary shares raising A$6.4m, and 100,000 contractor options
were converted to fully paid ordinary shares raising A$95k.
7. |
|
RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP |
The financial statements are prepared in accordance with Australian Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (A GAAP), which differs in certain significant
respects from Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the United States,
(US GAAP). The approximate effect of applying US GAAP principles to net
profit and equity is set out below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net Profit under A GAAP |
|
|
6,953 |
|
|
|
4,581 |
|
Revenue recognition |
|
|
(682 |
) |
|
|
(25 |
) |
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
(3,209 |
) |
|
|
(1,399 |
) |
Loss on financial instruments |
|
|
205 |
|
|
|
14,905 |
|
Income tax effect of US GAAP adjustments |
|
|
1,106 |
|
|
|
(4,584 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit/(loss) under US GAAP before cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
4,373 |
|
|
|
13,478 |
|
Cumulative effect of change in accounting principle for
derivatives and hedging activities, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(49,275 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net profit/(loss) under US GAAP |
|
|
4,373 |
|
|
|
(35,797 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Components of comprehensive income/(loss) under US GAAP |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive profit/(loss) under US GAAP |
|
|
4,373 |
|
|
|
(35,797 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic earnings/(loss) per share before cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
3.42c |
|
|
|
10.85c |
|
Basic earnings/(loss) per share |
|
|
3.42c |
|
|
|
(28.84)c |
|
Fully diluted earnings/(loss) per share before
cumulative effect of change in accounting principle |
|
|
2.94c |
|
|
|
9.33c |
|
Fully diluted earnings/(loss) per share |
|
|
2.94c |
|
|
|
(28.84)c |
|
F-81
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2001
7. |
|
RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP (Continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30, |
|
December 31, |
|
|
December 31, 2001 |
|
2001 |
|
2000 |
|
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
A$'000 |
|
|
(unaudited) |
|
(audited) |
|
(unaudited) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity under A GAAP |
|
|
103,931 |
|
|
|
81,848 |
|
|
|
78,711 |
|
Revenue recognition |
|
|
(1,076 |
) |
|
|
(394 |
) |
|
|
(25 |
) |
Exploration expenditure |
|
|
(8,680 |
) |
|
|
(5,471 |
) |
|
|
(4,466 |
) |
Loss on financial instruments |
|
|
(115,114 |
) |
|
|
(115,319 |
) |
|
|
(69,075 |
) |
Income on sold options |
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
|
1,531 |
|
|
|
|
|
Income tax effect of US GAAP adjustments |
|
|
37,002 |
|
|
|
35,896 |
|
|
|
25,012 |
|
Provision for dividends |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,750 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Equity under US GAAP |
|
|
17,594 |
|
|
|
3,841 |
|
|
|
30,157 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Description of GAAP differences
(a) |
|
Revenue recognition and gold bullion inventory |
Hill 50 Limited values gold bullion on hand at the amount realized upon
delivery subsequent to year end, being either the spot gold price or contract
price. Revenue recognition and inventory measurement under US GAAP requires
that revenue not be recorded before title to the product has transferred to the
purchaser and inventory is recorded at the lower of cost and net realizable
value.
(b) |
|
Exploration expenditure |
Expenditure incurred on the exploration and evaluation of minerals properties
may be capitalized and deferred under A GAAP to the extent that such
expenditure is expected to be recoverable. Under US GAAP exploration
expenditure and costs of carrying and retaining undeveloped properties are
charged to expense as incurred.
(c) |
|
Financial instruments |
Hedges
Accounting for derivatives and hedging under A GAAP is different than under US
GAAP. Under A GAAP, designated hedges are accounted for as off balance sheet
instruments with any gain or loss only recognized upon close out of the
financial instrument. Gains and losses realized on early close out of hedges
are deferred and are recognized over the period in which the designated
production was to be delivered.
Under US GAAP, none of the instruments held by the Company qualified for hedge
accounting under FAS 133 due to the documentation requirements of FAS 133 not
being met. FAS 133 requires that all such derivative instruments are recorded
on the balance sheet with changes in fair value being recognized in earnings.
Upon adoption of FAS 133 on 1 July 2000, the Company recorded a cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle adjustment of A$49.3 million, net of
tax at 34%. Pre-FAS 133, designated hedges were not recorded on the balance
sheet, while speculative instruments were recorded on the balance sheet and
marked to market with the resulting gain or loss recognized in earnings.
Non-hedges
Under A GAAP, there is no requirement to mark to market the position of
non-hedge instruments at balance date. These instruments are accounted for as
off balance sheet instruments with any gain or loss only recognised upon close
out of the financial instrument. Under US GAAP, these non-hedge financial
instruments are treated as speculative instruments and have been recorded on
the balance sheet and marked to market with the resulting gain or loss
recognized in earnings.
F-82
HILL 50 LIMITED
NOTES TO THE HALF YEAR STATEMENTS
31 DECEMBER 2001
7. |
|
RECONCILIATION TO US GAAP (Continued) |
|
(d) |
|
Income on sold options |
Under A GAAP, premiums received on a sold call option have been recorded as
deferred income and such income will be amortized over the life of the option.
Under US GAAP, the income received on a sold call option has been recorded in
income, as movements in the market value of this financial instrument have been
recorded in net income as outlined in (c) above.
Under A GAAP, deferred taxes are provided for using the liability method with
recognition and carry forward of future income tax benefits on a similar basis
to FAS 109, except for tax assets and liabilities relating to temporary
(timing) differences which are all classified as non-current. Consequently, no
adjustment has been made to the methodology by which income taxes have been
calculated and brought to account. Under US GAAP the future income tax
benefits and liabilities would be required to be allocated in the statement of
financial position between current and non-current items. This allocation
would not have a significant effect on the financial position presentation.
Under A GAAP, dividends declared after the end of each financial year are
recorded and provided for in the period to which they relate. Under US GAAP,
dividends are recorded in the period in which they are declared.
F-83
Report of the independent auditors to the board of directors of AngloGold
Limited
We have audited the accompanying balance sheet of AngloGold Limited FreeGold,
defined under Note 1 Nature of Operations as of December 31, 2001 and the
related statements of income, cash flows and parent companys contribution for
the year ended December 31, 2001. These financial statements are the
responsibility of the companys management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted
in South Africa and in the United States of America. Those standards require
that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether
the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in
the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our
audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in
all material respects, the financial position of AngloGold Limited FreeGold
at December 31, 2001, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for
the year ended December 31, 2001 in conformity with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
As discussed in note 2.9 to the financial statements, during 2001 FreeGold
changed its method of accounting for derivative financial instruments.
Ernst & Young
Registered Accountants and Auditors
Chartered Accountants (S.A.)
Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa
July 12, 2002
F-84
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Statement of Income
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
Notes |
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
Sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.933.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Product sales |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,933.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Costs and expenses |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,110.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Production costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,407.9 |
|
Related party production costs |
|
|
4 |
|
|
|
156.5 |
|
General and administrative |
|
|
|
|
|
|
102.1 |
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
|
511.1 |
|
Employment severance costs |
|
|
3 |
|
|
|
132.8 |
|
Mark to market gain on financial instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(200.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before income tax provision |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(176.7 |
) |
Deferred income and mining tax benefit |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
6.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss before cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170.4 |
) |
Cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
2.9 |
|
|
|
(8.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net loss applicable to parent company |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(178.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Financial Statements.
F-85
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Balance sheet
AT DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
Notes |
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ASSETS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current Assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
846.7 |
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
|
|
|
|
744.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Trade and other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.2 |
|
|
Financial instruments |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
696.0 |
|
|
Value added taxes |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories |
|
|
6 |
|
|
|
102.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Property, plant and equipment |
|
|
7 |
|
|
|
2,694.8 |
|
Mineral reserves |
|
|
8 |
|
|
|
1,351.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total assets |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,893.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,195.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
9 |
|
|
|
141.0 |
|
Deferred tax current portion |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
40.0 |
|
Financial instruments |
|
|
13 |
|
|
|
968.0 |
|
Income and mining tax payable |
|
|
|
|
|
|
46.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax liability |
|
|
5 |
|
|
|
53.7 |
|
Provision for environmental rehabilitation |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
73.6 |
|
Provision for post-retirement medical benefits |
|
|
11 |
|
|
|
683.6 |
|
Commitments and contingencies |
|
|
12 |
|
|
|
|
|
Parent companys contribution as per statement |
|
|
|
|
|
|
2,886.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent companys contribution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,180.7 |
|
Other comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(293.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total liabilities and parent companys contribution |
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,893.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Financial Statements.
F-86
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Statement of Cash Flows
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
Notes |
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
265.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income before cumulative effect of accounting change |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170.4 |
) |
Reconciled to net cash provided by operations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
14 |
|
|
|
511.1 |
|
|
Unrealised mark to market gain on financial |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in provision for Environmental |
|
|
|
|
|
|
141.4 |
|
|
rehabilitation and Post-retirement medical benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(181.2 |
) |
Effect of changes in operating working capital items: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Decrease in receivables |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(695.4 |
) |
|
Decrease in inventories |
|
|
|
|
|
|
28.9 |
|
|
Decrease in accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
631.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Additions to property, plant and equipment |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(67.5 |
) |
Net cash used in financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net distribution to parent company |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(197.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net increase in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents January 1, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents December 31, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Financial Statements.
F-87
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Statement of parent companys contribution
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Parent Company |
|
comprehensive |
|
|
|
|
|
|
contribution |
|
income |
|
Total |
|
|
ZAR |
|
ZAR |
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance January 1, 2001 |
|
|
3,557.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,557.2 |
|
Net loss before cumulative effect of
accounting change |
|
|
(170.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(170.4 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Effect of adoption of SFAS133, net of tax |
|
|
(8.3 |
) |
|
|
94.8 |
|
|
|
86.5 |
|
Reclassification adjustment for net
gains included in net income, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
17.9 |
|
|
|
17.9 |
|
Net unrealised losses on revaluation of
hedge instruments, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(406.5 |
) |
|
|
(406.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Comprehensive income |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(302.1 |
) |
Net distribution to parent company |
|
|
(197.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
(197.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance December 31, 2001 |
|
|
3,180.7 |
|
|
|
(293.8 |
) |
|
|
2,886.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of these Financial Statements.
F-88
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
1. |
|
NATURE OF OPERATIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
The Free State assets (FreeGold) are made up of the operations of
Joel, Matjhebeng, Bambanani, Tshepong, the shares in Jeannette Gold
Mines Limited and the Ernest Oppenheimer Hospital and the parent
company of FreeGold as at December 31, 2001, is AngloGold Limited, (the
parent) formerly Vaal Reefs Exploration and Mining Company Limited
(Vaal Reefs). The parent was incorporated on May 9, 1944 and conducts
gold-mining operations in South Africa, Mali, Namibia, Tanzania, North
and South America and Australia. FreeGold operations were two
standalone statutory entities until June 1998, upon which they formed
part of the formation of the parent, through the consolidation of the
gold interest of Anglo American plc. FreeGold focuses on the
extracting of gold ore reserves and the production of gold as a
precious mineral in the Free State Province of South Africa. On
January 1, 2002, certain operating assets of the parent were sold to
Clidet 383 a joint venture between Harmony Gold Mining Company
Limited and African Rainbow Minerals Gold Limited. |
|
|
|
2. |
|
SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES |
|
|
|
|
|
Basis of presentation: These financial statements and
related notes reflect the carve-out historical
results of operations and financial position of
FreeGold for the year ended December 31, 2001.
FreeGold believes that the methods used in the
allocation of revenues and expenses are reasonable
and that the statement of operations includes all
revenues and costs directly and indirectly
attributable to FreeGold. The amounts related to
FreeGold have been determined by segregating amounts
related to the operations of FreeGold from those
related to the operations of other entities
comprising the parent. The determination of such
amounts was made by reference to individual records
for financial statement items specifically relating
to FreeGold or by allocation based on ounces sold,
ounces produced, tons milled, number of employees, or
similar references. Management believes that the
allocated amounts are representative of the costs
that would have been incurred if FreeGold had
operated on a stand-alone basis. |
|
|
|
|
|
Under the parents centralized debtors, creditors and
cash management systems, the cash generated or
required by FreeGold is distributed to or provided by
the parent through the use of intercompany accounts.
Accordingly, other than petty cash, FreeGold did not
maintain a separate cash balance. Interest expenses
of the parent have not been allocated to FreeGold, as
these relate to funding activities of the parents
other operations. |
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying financial statements have been
prepared in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America.
FreeGolds functional currency is South African Rands
(ZAR). |
|
|
|
|
|
Use of estimates: The preparation of the financial
statements requires the parents management to make
assumptions that affect the reported amounts of
assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent
assets and liabilities at the date of the financial
statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and
expenses during the reporting period. Actual results
could differ from those estimates. |
|
|
|
2.1 |
|
Cash |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash consists of petty cash. |
|
|
|
2.2 |
|
Inventories |
|
|
|
|
|
Inventories, including gold in process, gold on hand and supplies, are
stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value. Gold in process is
valued at the average production cost at the relevant stage of
production. The cost of gold is determined principally by the weighted
average cost method using related production costs. |
|
|
|
|
|
Supplies are valued at the lower of weighted average cost or net realizable value. |
F-89
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
2.3 |
|
Development costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Development costs relating to major programs at existing mines are
capitalized. Development costs consist primarily of expenditures to
expand the capacity of operating mines. Ordinary mine development costs
to maintain production are expensed as incurred. |
|
|
|
2.4 |
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization of mine development costs are
computed principally by the units-of-production method based on
estimated proven and probable mineral reserves. Proven and probable
mineral reserves reflect estimated quantities of economically
recoverable reserves which can be recovered in the future from known
mineral deposits. Mine plant facilities are amortized using the lesser
of their useful life or units-of-production based on estimated proven
and probable mineral reserves. Other fixed assets comprising mine
properties, vehicles and computer equipment, are depreciated by the
straight-line method over their estimated useful lives. |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
Mining costs |
|
|
|
|
|
In general, mining costs are charged to operations as incurred.
However, certain of FreeGold deposits have diverse grades over the
mines life. Mining costs for these deposits, to the extent that they
do not relate to current gold production, are capitalized and then
charged to operations when the applicable gold is produced. |
|
|
|
2.6 |
|
Asset impairment |
|
|
|
|
|
FreeGold evaluates its long life assets for impairment when events or
changes in circumstances indicate that the related carrying amount may
not be recoverable. If the sum of estimated future cash flows on an
undiscounted basis is less than the carrying amount of the related
asset, an asset impairment is considered to exist. The related
impairment loss is measured by comparing estimated future cash flows on
a discounted basis to the carrying amount of the asset. Changes in
significant assumptions underlying future cash flow estimates may have
a material effect on FreeGolds financial position and results of
operations. A low gold price market, if sustained for an extended
period of time, may result in future asset impairments. In addition an
asset impairment is considered to exist where the net selling price of
an asset held for sale is below its carrying amount. |
|
|
|
2.7 |
|
Rehabilitation costs |
|
|
|
|
|
Rehabilitation costs and related accrued liabilities, which are based
on FreeGolds interpretation of current environmental and regulatory
requirements, are expensed or accrued over the operating life of the
mine, principally by the units-of-production method based on estimated
proven and probable mineral reserves. Interest earned on monies paid
to the environmental trust fund is accrued on an annual basis and is
recorded as credits to the accrued liability. |
|
|
|
|
|
Based on current environmental regulations and known rehabilitation
requirements, management has included its best estimate of these
obligations in its rehabilitation accrual. However, it is reasonably
possible that FreeGolds estimates of its ultimate rehabilitation
liabilities could change as a result of changes in regulations or cost
estimates. |
|
|
|
|
|
Environmental liabilities other than rehabilitation costs which relate
to liabilities from specific events are expensed when they are known,
probable and reasonably estimable. |
F-90
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
2.8 |
|
Product sales |
|
|
|
|
|
Revenue from product sales is recognized to the extent that it is
certain that persuasive evidence of an arrangement exists, delivery has
occurred or services have been rendered, the sellers price to the
buyer is fixed or determinable and collectability is reasonably
assured. |
|
|
|
2.9 |
|
Financial instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
The different types of financial instruments recognized on the balance
sheet include investments, loans receivable, trade and other
receivables, cash and cash equivalents, borrowings, derivative
instruments, and trade and other payables. Financial instruments are
initially measured at cost, including transaction costs, when FreeGold
becomes a party to their contractual arrangements. The subsequent
measurement of financial instruments is dealt with below. |
|
|
|
|
|
Derivative instruments |
|
|
|
|
|
In June 1998, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) issued
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 133, Accounting for
Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities (SFAS133). SFAS133 was
amended in June 2000 with the issuance of Statement of Financial
Accounting Standards No. 138 Accounting for Certain Derivative
Instruments and Certain Hedging Activities (SFAS138). |
|
|
|
|
|
SFAS133 requires all contracts which meet the definition of a
derivative to be recognized on the balance sheet as either assets or
liabilities and recorded at fair value. Gains or losses arising from
remeasuring derivatives to fair value each period are to be accounted
for either in the income statement or in other comprehensive income,
depending on the use of the derivative and whether it qualifies for
hedge accounting. The key criterion which must be met in order to
qualify for hedge accounting, is that the derivative must be highly
effective in offsetting the change in the fair value or cash flows of
the hedged item. |
|
|
|
|
|
FreeGold adopted SFAS133 effective January 1, 2001 as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
Forward sales and gold pricing contracts are used to reduce FreeGolds
exposure to weakening precious metal prices and FreeGold intends to
fulfill its obligations under these contracts by physically delivering
the specified quantity of metal from its production at contract
maturity. Under SFAS133 as amended by SFAS138 normal purchases and
normal sales commodity-based contracts that qualify for exemption would
be excluded from the scope of the statement provided that the contracts
are settled by physical delivery. As a result the accounting for these
contracts will not be impacted by the adoption of SFAS133 and 138. |
|
|
|
|
|
Contracts that meet the criteria for hedge accounting will be
designated as hedging instruments hedging the variability of forecasted
cash flows from the sale of FreeGolds production into the spot market,
and are classified as cash flow hedges under SFAS133. Where a
derivative qualifies as the hedging instrument in a cash flow hedge
under SFAS133, gains and losses on the derivative, to the extent
effective, are deferred in other comprehensive income and reclassified
to income when the hedged transaction is recorded in income. As of
January 1, 2001, these contracts were recorded on the balance sheet at
their fair market value of R152.9 million (currently R175.5 million),
net of deferred taxation of R58.1 million (currently R80.7 million),
deferred in other comprehensive income. |
|
|
|
|
|
All other contracts not meeting the criteria for the normal purchases
and sales on hedge accounting will be recorded at their fair market
value, with changes in value at each reporting period being recorded in
income. FreeGold recorded a FAS133 transition adjustment representing
the cumulative effect of an |
F-91
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
accounting change of R8.3 million loss (net of provision for deferred
taxation of R5 million) on January 1, 2001 equal to the difference
between the fair market value and carrying value of these contracts at
that date. |
|
|
|
|
|
SFAS133 requires that derivative instruments be accounted for as
follows: |
|
|
|
Commodity based (normal purchase or normal sale)
contracts that meet the requirements of SFAS138 are recognized in
earnings when they are settled by physical delivery. These
contracts do not appear on the balance sheet as they simply
represent agreements to sell gold produced at pre-defined
quantities and prices. |
|
|
|
|
Where the conditions in SFAS133 for special hedge
accounting are met the derivative is recognized on the balance
sheet as either a financial asset or financial liability, and
recorded at fair value. FreeGold enters into cash flow hedges
whereby the effective portion of fair value gains or losses are
recognized in equity (other comprehensive income) until the
underlying transaction occurs, then the gains or losses are
recognized in earnings or included in the initial measurement of
the asset or liability. The ineffective portion of fair value
gains and losses is recorded in earnings in the period to which
they relate. |
|
|
|
|
All other derivative instruments are measured at their
estimated fair value, with the changes in estimated fair value at
each reporting date being reported in earnings as realized or
unrealized gains or losses on financial instruments in the period
to which they relate. |
|
|
|
|
|
The estimated fair values of derivative instruments are determined at
discrete points in time based on the relevant market information.
These estimates are calculated with reference to the prevailing market
rates using industry standard valuation techniques. |
|
|
|
2.10 |
|
Post-retirement benefits |
|
|
|
|
|
The costs of post-retirement benefits are made up of those obligations
which FreeGold has towards current and retired employees. These
obligations can be separated into the following categories, and are
determined as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
Defined contribution plans |
|
|
|
|
|
Pension and provident funds |
|
|
|
|
|
Contributions to defined contribution plans in respect of services
during a current year are recognized as an expense in that year. |
|
|
|
|
|
Defined benefit plans |
|
|
|
|
|
Pension funds |
|
|
|
|
|
The current service cost in respect of defined benefit plans is
recognized as an expense in the current year. Past service costs,
experience adjustments, the effect of changes in actuarial assumptions
and the effects of plan amendments in respect of existing employees are
recognized as an expense or income systematically over the expected
remaining service period of those employees. |
|
|
|
|
|
Post-retirement medical aid obligation |
|
|
|
|
|
The post-retirement medical aid obligation in respect of existing
employees is recognized as an expense systematically over the expected
remaining service period of those employees, using the projected unit
credit method. The liability in respect of retired employees is
recognized immediately as an expense. |
F-92
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
2.11 |
|
Deferred income and mining tax |
|
|
|
|
|
FreeGold follows the liability method of accounting for deferred income
and mining tax whereby FreeGold recognizes the tax consequences of
temporary differences by applying current statutory tax rates
applicable to future years to differences between financial statement
amounts and the tax bases of certain assets and liabilities. Changes
in deferred tax assets and liabilities include the impact of any tax
rate changes enacted during the year. |
|
|
|
2.12 |
|
Recent pronouncements |
|
|
|
|
|
In September 2000, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 140, Accounting for Transfers and Servicing of Financial
Assets and Extinguishments of Liabilities (SFAS140). SFAS140
requires that after a transfer of financial assets, an entity
recognizes the financial and servicing assets it controls and the
liabilities it has incurred, derecognizes financial assets when control
has been surrendered and derecognizes liabilities when extinguished.
FreeGold does not expect the adoption of SFAS140 to have a material
impact on its earnings and financial position. |
|
|
|
|
|
In July 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 141, Business Combinations (SFAS141) and Statement
for Financial Accounting Standards No. 142, Accounting for Goodwill
and Intangible assets (SFAS142). SFAS141 eliminates the pooling
method and requires that all business combinations be accounted for
under the purchase method. SFAS141 also requires that certain acquired
intangible assets in a business combination be recognized as assets
apart from goodwill. SFAS142 requires goodwill to be reviewed for
impairment rather than amortized and that intangible assets other than
goodwill be amortized over their useful lives. SFAS141 is effective
for all business combinations initiated after June 30, 2001 and for all
business combinations accounted for by the purchase method for which
the date of acquisition is after June 30, 2001. The provisions of
SFAS142 will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15,
2001. |
|
|
|
|
|
FreeGold does not expect the adoption of SFAS141 to have a material
impact on its earnings and financial position. FreeGold is reviewing
the provisions of SFAS142 and has not yet determined the impact of this
statement on the financial statements. |
|
|
|
|
|
In August 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 143, Accounting for Asset Retirement Obligations (AROs)
(SFAS143). |
|
|
|
|
|
The statement provides accounting and reporting guidance for legal
obligations associated with the retirement of long-lived assets that
result from the acquisition, construction or normal operations of
long-lived assets. The standard is effective January 1, 2003.
FreeGold is reviewing the provisions of this statement and has not yet
determined the impact of the statement on the financial statements. |
|
|
|
|
|
In October 2001, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards No. 144, Accounting for the Impairment or Disposal of
Long-lived Assets (SFAS144). |
|
|
|
|
|
SFAS144 addresses significant issues relating to the implementation of
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 121, Accounting for
the Impairment of Long-Lived Assets and for Long-Lived Assets to be
Disposed of (SFAS121) and develops a single accounting model, based
on the framework established in SFAS121 for long-lived assets to be
disposed of by sale, whether such assets are or are not deemed to be a
business. SFAS144 also modifies the accounting and disclosure rules
for discontinued operations. This standard will be adopted from
January 1, 2002. The impact of SFAS144 on FreeGolds financial
statements has not yet been determined. |
F-93
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
3. |
|
COSTS AND EXPENSES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Employment Severance Costs |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total employee severance costs amounted to ZAR 132.8 million for 2001 and
were due to retrenchments reflecting mainly rationalization of operations,
including closure of ageing shafts at Matjhabeng and downsizing at Joel. |
|
|
|
|
|
4. |
|
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Anglo American plc (AA plc) and its subsidiaries hold an effective 53.17 percent interest in the parent.
FreeGold had the following transactions with related parties during the years ended December 31, 2001: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
Purchases from |
|
|
related party |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Related party transactions with subsidiaries of AA plc |
|
|
|
|
Boart Longyear Limited mining services |
|
|
33.7 |
|
Mondi Timber Limited forestry |
|
|
45.8 |
|
Scaw Metals Limited steel and engineering |
|
|
39.9 |
|
Shaft Sinkers (Proprietary) Limited mining services |
|
|
37.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
156.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. |
|
DEFERRED INCOME AND MINING TAX |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Provision for income taxes attributable to continuing operations is as
follows: |
|
|
|
|
Total current expense |
|
|
72.7 |
|
Total deferred benefit |
|
|
(79.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Total income and mining tax benefit |
|
|
(6.3 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ZAR |
|
% |
|
|
|
|
|
Reconciliation between corporate income tax and statutory income tax is as
follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Corporate income tax at statutory rates |
|
|
(74.2 |
) |
|
|
42.0 |
|
Formula variation in mining and other taxation rates for the current period |
|
|
66.3 |
|
|
|
(37.6 |
) |
Other, net |
|
|
1.6 |
|
|
|
(0.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total income and mining tax benefit |
|
|
(6.3 |
) |
|
|
3.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-94
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
5. |
|
DEFERRED INCOME AND MINING TAX (continued) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Deferred income and mining tax liabilities and assets on the
balance sheet as of December 31, 2001, relate to the following: |
|
|
|
|
Mining tax liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
Depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
909.5 |
|
Product inventory not taxed |
|
|
21.1 |
|
Mining tax assets: |
|
|
|
|
Unredeemed capital expenditure |
|
|
368.5 |
|
Provisions, including rehabilitation accruals |
|
|
370.7 |
|
Financial instruments |
|
|
97.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net deferred income and mining tax liability |
|
|
93.7 |
|
Current portion |
|
|
(40.0 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
53.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The classification of deferred income and mining tax assets is
based on the related asset or liability creating the deferred
tax. Deferred taxes not related to a specific asset or liability
are classified based on the estimated period of reversal. As at
December 31, 2001, FreeGold had unredeemed capital expenditure,
in South Africa, available for deduction against future taxable
mining income. This future deduction was utilizable against
taxable mining income generated only from FreeGolds current
mining operations and does not expire unless FreeGold ceases to
operate for a period of longer than one year. |
|
|
|
The deferred tax on financial instruments including deferred
taxation on items that have been classified as other
comprehensive income is ZAR180.1 million. |
|
|
|
|
|
Temporary differences relating to unredeemed capital expenditure |
|
|
801.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Tax effect at 46 percent |
|
|
368.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Gold in process |
|
|
62.0 |
|
Gold on hand |
|
|
0.2 |
|
Supplies |
|
|
39.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
102.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-95
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
7. |
|
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Mine development |
|
|
4,397.2 |
|
Mine infrastructure |
|
|
736.4 |
|
Mineral rights |
|
|
24.7 |
|
Land |
|
|
13.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5,171.3 |
|
Accumulated depreciation, depletion and amortization |
|
|
(2,476.5 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net book value December 31 |
|
|
2,694.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Mineral reserves, at cost |
|
|
2,184.6 |
|
Accumulated amortization |
|
|
(832.7 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Net book value December 31 |
|
|
1,351.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
9. |
|
ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND ACCRUED LIABILITIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Payroll and related benefits |
|
|
99.7 |
|
Accrual for power |
|
|
12.7 |
|
Other accrued liabilities |
|
|
28.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
141.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
10. |
|
PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Accrued environmental rehabilitation costs |
|
|
73.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross accrual |
|
|
320.2 |
|
Investment in Environmental Rehabilitation Trust Fund |
|
|
(246.6 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
While the ultimate amount of rehabilitation cost to be incurred in the future
is uncertain, FreeGold has estimated that the total cost for mine
rehabilitation and closure, in current monetary terms, will be ZAR595.9
million. Certain amounts have been contributed to an irrevocable
rehabilitation trust under the parents control. The monies in the trust are
invested primarily in interest bearing debt securities.
F-96
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
FreeGold intends to finance the ultimate rehabilitation costs from the monies
invested with the rehabilitation trust fund as well as the proceeds on sale of
assets and gold from plant clean-up at the time of mine closure.
11. |
|
PROVISION FOR POST-RETIREMENT MEDICAL BENEFITS |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accrued liability at December 31 |
|
|
683.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The post-retirement health care liability in respect of certain existing |
|
|
|
|
|
|
employees is recognized as an expense systematically over the expected |
|
|
|
|
|
|
remaining service period of those employees, using the expected unit credit |
|
|
|
|
|
|
method. Changes in the liability in respect of retired employees are |
|
|
|
|
|
|
recognized immediately as an expense as and when incurred. FreeGold has |
|
|
|
|
|
|
not incurred material expenses related to the plan during 2001 (Refer to |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Note 15). The costs of post-retirement benefits are made up of those |
|
|
|
|
|
|
obligations, which FreeGold has towards current and retired employees. |
|
|
|
|
12. |
|
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Capital expenditure commitments: |
|
|
|
|
Contracts for capital expenditure |
|
|
|
|
Authorized by the parents directors but not yet contracted for |
|
|
0.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
There is a potential claim in respect of contamination of the water supply amounting to: |
|
|
11.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vulnerability from concentrations |
|
|
|
The majority of Freegolds 13,261 employees are subject to collective
bargaining agreements. These agreements are established in negotiations
between the Chamber of Mines, the body which represents the gold mining
industry in South Africa, and representative groups of labor. The
agreements signed on August 9, 2001, have a two year validity period. |
F-97
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
13. |
|
GOLD PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT ACTIVITIES |
|
|
|
FreeGold does not acquire, hold or issue derivative instruments for
economic trading purposes. A number of products, including derivative
instruments are used to manage gold price and foreign exchange risks, that
arise out of FreeGolds core business activities. Forward sales contracts
and call and put options are used by FreeGold to protect itself from
downward fluctuations in the gold price. Certain of these instruments
establish a minimum price for future production while maintaining the
ability to participate in increases in the gold price. The board of
directors of the parent sets limits for the volume of production to be
hedged, the nature of instruments utilized and the maximum tenor of hedging
structures. |
|
|
|
SFAS133 requires that derivative instruments be accounted for as follows: |
|
|
|
Commodity based (normal purchase or normal sale) contracts
that meet the requirements of SFAS 138 are recognized in earnings when
they are settled by physical delivery. These contracts do not appear
on the balance sheet as they represent agreements to sell gold
produced at pre-defined quantities and prices. |
|
|
|
|
Where the conditions in SFAS133 for special hedge accounting are
met the derivative is recognized on the balance sheet as either a
financial asset or financial liability, and recorded at fair value.
FreeGold enters into cash flow hedges whereby the effective portion of
fair value gains or losses are recognized in equity (other
comprehensive income) until the underlying transaction occurs, then
the gains or losses are recognized in earnings or included in the
initial measurement of the asset or liability. The ineffective
portion of fair value gains and losses is recorded in earnings as
realized or unrealized gains or losses on financial instruments in the
period to which they relate. Of the contracts accounted for as cash
flow hedges, contracts with a carrying value, net of tax, of ZAR338.7
million at December 31, 2001 are expected to expire during 2002. |
|
|
|
|
All other derivative instruments are measured at their estimated
fair value, with the changes in estimated fair value at each reporting
date being reported in earnings in the period to which they relate. |
|
|
Realized market loss on financial instruments of ZAR16.0 million was
included in the current year income statement. Unrealized market gain on
financial instruments of ZAR216.0 million was included in the current year
income statement. |
|
|
|
Gold hedging instruments are denominated in both South African rands and US
dollars. The hedging instruments utilized are forward sales contracts,
purchased and sold put options and purchased and sold call options. The mix
of hedging instruments, the volume of production hedged and the tenor of
the hedging book is continuously reviewed in the light of changes in
operational forecasts, market conditions and the parents hedging policy.
The parents reserve and financial strength has allowed it to arrange
unmargined credit lines of up to ten years with counterparties. |
F-98
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
The following table indicates FreeGolds gold hedge position at a weighted
average settlement price as at December 31, 2001: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
DOLLAR GOLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward Contracts |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
688 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
688 |
|
|
|
$ per oz |
|
$ |
273 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
273 |
|
Put Options Purchased |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,555 |
|
|
|
$ per oz |
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
330 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
330 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,555 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,555 |
|
Put Options Sold |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
933 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
933 |
|
|
|
$ per oz |
|
$ |
276 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
276 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
368 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
368 |
|
Call Options Purchased |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
4,665 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
4,665 |
|
|
|
$ per oz |
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
310 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
326 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
326 |
|
Call Options Sold |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
622 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,110 |
|
|
|
$ per oz |
|
$ |
320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
320 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
$ |
320 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
25 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
254 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
279 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAND GOLD |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward Contracts |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,416 |
|
|
|
1,557 |
|
|
|
2,354 |
|
|
|
7,326 |
|
|
|
Rand per kg |
|
|
|
|
|
|
R78,738 |
|
|
|
R85,570 |
|
|
|
R144,657 |
|
|
|
R101,366 |
|
Call Options Purchased |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
3,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,454 |
|
|
|
Rand per kg |
|
|
R82,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R82,864 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
3,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3,425 |
|
Call Options Sold |
|
Amount (kg) |
|
|
3,454 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
746 |
|
|
|
4,201 |
|
|
|
Rand per kg |
|
|
R82,864 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R174,258 |
|
|
|
R99,106 |
|
|
|
*Delta (kg) |
|
|
3,425 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
219 |
|
|
|
3,644 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
* |
|
The Delta position indicated above reflects the nominal amount of the
option multiplied by the mathematical probability of the option being
exercised. This is calculated using the Black and Scholes option formula
with the ruling market prices, interest rates and volatilities as at
December 31, 2001. |
|
|
|
Forward sales contracts require the future delivery of gold at a specified
price. A number of these contracts are intended by FreeGold for delivery
against production in a future period. The notional volume of outstanding
forward sales type contracts at the end of the year was 8,014kg. |
|
|
|
A put option gives the put buyer the right, but not the obligation, to sell
gold to the put seller at a predetermined price on a predetermined date. A
call option gives the call buyer the right, but not the obligation, to buy
gold from the call seller at a predetermined price on a predetermined date.
FreeGolds risk as outlined above in purchasing compound options is limited
to the premium paid. Net cash receipts received under the option hedging
strategies for the year were ZAR75.2 million. |
F-99
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
Disclosure of the fair value of financial instruments is as follows: |
|
|
|
Foreign exchange price risk protection agreements |
|
|
|
FreeGold periodically enters into forward exchange and currency option
contracts to hedge certain recorded transactions, firm commitments and
other anticipated transactions denominated in foreign currencies. The
objective of foreign hedging activities is to protect FreeGold from the
risk that the eventual cash flows resulting from transactions denominated
in US dollars will be adversely affected by changes in exchange rates. |
|
|
|
The following table indicates the currency hedge position at December 31,
2001: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
|
|
|
|
|
2002 |
|
2003 |
|
2004 |
|
2005 |
|
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RAND DOLLAR ('000) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Put Options Purchased |
|
Amount ($) |
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
35,000 |
|
|
|
Rand per $ |
|
|
R8.22 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R8.22 |
|
|
|
*Delta ($) |
|
|
444 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
444 |
|
Call Options Purchased |
|
Amount ($) |
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,500 |
|
|
|
Rand per $ |
|
|
R 9.34 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R 9.34 |
|
|
|
*Delta ($) |
|
|
21,170 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,170 |
|
Call Options Sold |
|
Amount ($) |
|
|
42,500 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
42,500 |
|
|
|
Rand per $ |
|
|
R 9.26 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
R 9.26 |
|
|
|
*Delta ($) |
|
|
40,287 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
40,287 |
|
|
* |
|
The Delta position indicated above reflects the nominal amount of
the option multiplied by the mathematical probability of the option
being exercised. This is calculated using the Black and Scholes option
formula with the ruling market prices, interest rates and volatilities
as at December 31, 2001. |
|
|
|
|
Credit risk |
|
|
|
|
Realization of all these contracts is dependent upon the counterparties
performing in accordance with the terms of the contracts. FreeGold does
not anticipate non-performance by any counterparties. FreeGold generally
does not obtain collateral or other security to support financial
instruments subject to credit risk, but monitors the credit standing of
counterparties. FreeGold does business predominantly with internationally
recognized counterparties and believes that no concentration of credit risk
exists. |
F-100
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
Fair value |
|
|
|
The estimated fair values of financial instruments are determined at
discrete points in time based on relevant market information. These
estimates involve uncertainties and cannot be determined with precision.
The estimated fair values of FreeGolds financial instruments, as measured
at December 31, 2001, are as follows: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
December 31, 2001 |
|
|
|
|
|
Carrying |
|
Fair |
|
|
amount |
|
value |
|
|
ZAR |
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
0.5 |
|
|
|
0.5 |
|
Receivables |
|
|
48.1 |
|
|
|
48.1 |
|
Accounts payable and accrued liabilities |
|
|
(141.0 |
) |
|
|
(141.0 |
) |
Financial instruments |
|
|
(272.0 |
) |
|
|
(327.9 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forward sales type agreements |
|
|
(219.0 |
) |
|
|
(274.9 |
) |
Commodity option contracts |
|
|
25.5 |
|
|
|
25.5 |
|
Foreign exchange contracts |
|
|
(17.7 |
) |
|
|
(17.7 |
) |
Foreign exchange option contracts |
|
|
(63.3 |
) |
|
|
(63.3 |
) |
Interest rate swaps |
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
2.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value
of each class of financial instrument: |
|
|
|
Receivables, cash and cash equivalents and other current liabilities |
|
|
|
The carrying amounts approximate fair value because of the short maturity
of these instruments. |
|
|
|
Derivative instruments |
|
|
|
The fair value of volatility-based instruments are estimated based on
market prices, volatilities and interest rates, while the fair value of
forward sales and purchases are estimated based on the quoted market price
for the contracts at December 31, 2001. The amounts include those
contracts accounted for as normal purchases and sales. |
|
14. |
|
ADDITIONAL CASH FLOW INFORMATION |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2001 |
|
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
|
Non-cash items |
|
|
|
|
Excluded from the statements of cash flows are the following: |
|
|
|
|
Amortization: |
|
|
|
|
|
Mining assets |
|
|
209.9 |
|
|
Mineral reserves |
|
|
301.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
511.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-101
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
15. |
|
EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS |
|
|
|
Eligible employees are members of either the parents defined benefit fund
or one of the industry-based defined contribution funds. There is one
defined benefit scheme and three defined contribution schemes. The assets
of these schemes are held in administered trust funds separated from
FreeGolds assets. Scheme assets primarily consist of listed shares,
property trust units and fixed income securities. |
|
|
|
Defined Benefit Fund |
|
|
|
At the last statutory valuation of the fund as at December 31, 1999, the
Pension Fund was certified by the reporting actuaries as being in a sound
financial position, subject to the continuation of the current contribution
rates. In arriving at their conclusions, the actuaries took into account
reasonable long-term estimates of inflation, increases in wages, salaries
and pensions as well as returns on investments. Separate calculations for
the Pension Fund are carried out on an annual basis and the results of
these calculations as at December 31, 2001 are reflected below. |
|
|
|
Any deficits in the defined benefit scheme advised by the actuaries are
funded either immediately or through increased contributions to ensure the
ongoing soundness of the scheme. |
|
|
|
Information with respect to the Defined Benefit Fund, which includes
benefits for FreeGolds employees, for the year ended December 31, is set
forth in the table below: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pension |
|
|
benefits |
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Change in benefit obligation |
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation at January 1 |
|
|
33.6 |
|
Service cost |
|
|
1.8 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
4.2 |
|
Plan participants contributions |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Acquisition |
|
|
5.4 |
|
Plan amendment |
|
|
|
|
Actuarial (gain)/loss |
|
|
1.0 |
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
(4.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation at December 31 |
|
|
42.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in plan assets |
|
|
|
|
Fair value of plan assets at January 1 |
|
|
34.5 |
|
Actual return on plan assets |
|
|
4.6 |
|
Acquisition |
|
|
5.4 |
|
Company contributions |
|
|
1.8 |
|
Plan participants contributions |
|
|
0.8 |
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
(4.8 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
Fair value of plan assets at December 31 |
|
|
42.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Funded status at end of year |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Prepaid benefit cost |
|
|
0.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
F-102
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
|
|
|
The assumptions used in calculating the above amounts are: |
|
|
|
|
Discount rate: retired/all others |
|
|
10.5 |
% |
Rate of compensation increase |
|
|
7.5 |
% |
|
|
(plus salary |
|
|
scale) |
Pension increase |
|
|
6.5 |
% |
Net periodic pension and post-retirement benefit costs include: |
|
|
|
|
Service cost |
|
|
1.8 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
4.2 |
|
Expected return on assets, actuarial gain and past service costs |
|
|
2.4 |
|
Amortization of actuarial loss |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
|
8.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
The assumptions used in calculating the above amounts are: |
|
|
|
|
Discount rate |
|
|
10.5 |
% |
Rate of compensation increase |
|
|
7.5 |
% |
|
|
(plus salary |
|
|
scale) |
Expected return on plan assets |
|
|
10.5 |
% |
|
|
Defined Contribution Funds |
|
|
|
Contributions to the various retirement schemes are fully expensed during
the year in which they are funded and the cost of providing retirement
benefits for the year amounted to ZAR74.3million. All funds are governed
by the Pension Funds Act of 1956. |
|
|
|
Post-retirement medical benefits |
|
|
|
The provision for post-retirement medical funding represents the provision
for health care benefits for employees and retired employees and their
registered dependants. |
|
|
|
The post-retirement benefit costs are assessed in accordance with the
advice of independent professionally qualified actuaries. The actuarial
method used is the projected unit credit funding method. This scheme is
unfunded. |
F-103
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
|
|
Information with respect to the defined benefit liability, which includes
post-retirement medical benefits for FreeGolds employees, for the year
ended December 31, 2001 is set forth in the table below: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Other benefits |
|
|
2001 |
|
|
ZAR |
|
|
|
Change in benefit obligation |
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation at January 1 |
|
|
461.3 |
|
Service cost |
|
|
46.6 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
92.6 |
|
Effect on curtailment |
|
|
|
|
Benefits paid |
|
|
(47.3 |
) |
Actuarial gains and losses |
|
|
130.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Benefit obligation at December 31 |
|
|
683.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Unfunded benefit liability |
|
|
683.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net periodic post-retirement medical benefit costs include: |
|
|
|
|
Service cost |
|
|
42.6 |
|
Interest cost |
|
|
84.6 |
|
Expected actuarial gain (loss), past service cost, benefits paid and translation |
|
|
75.9 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net amount recognized |
|
|
203.1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Discount rate |
|
|
11.0 |
% |
Expected increase in health care costs |
|
|
10.0 |
% |
16. |
|
PARENT COMPANY INVESTMENT |
|
|
|
The parent investment account represents net cash and assets transferred
between the parent and FreeGold. The average balance of the parents
investment for the year ended December 31, 2001 was ZAR 3,767.7 million. |
|
|
|
FreeGold has no share capital of its own, as it is an operating division of
the parent. |
F-104
ANGLOGOLD LIMITED FREEGOLD
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2001
(In millions)
17. |
|
MINERALS AND PETROLEUM RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BILL |
|
|
|
In December 2000, the Draft Mineral Development Bill was published, and the
fundamental principle of this Bill is the recognition that mineral
resources are the common heritage of all South Africans and collectively
belong to all the people of South Africa. As such, the South African state
is the guardian of the mineral rights and has the right to exercise full
and permanent sovereignty over mineral resources. Current owners of
mineral and mining rights are given a period of time to convert existing
rights into rights under the new minerals regime broadly under the use it
and keep it principle, and the failure to achieve such conversion will
result in the loss of the rights by the current owner and access to such
rights by third parties who are able to show an ability to exploit them.
In terms of this draft, the right to prospect and mine would vest in the
state; and detailed legislative proposals would be enacted for the
introduction of a new system guaranteeing the continuation of current
prospecting and mining operations while implementing a transitional period
in which holders of prospecting, mining and mineral rights would be
permitted to license those operations as well as obtain any extensions
necessary for the continuation of those operations. |
|
|
|
This draft legislation only reflects the governments intentions with
regard to the ownership of mineral rights and does not address the
issue of fair compensation for existing mineral rights and the right
to judicial appeal. |
|
|
|
In April 2002, the latest draft of the Minerals and Petroleum Resources
Development Bill (formerly the Draft Mineral Development Bill) was
published and it does not materially change the views expressed on the
Draft Mineral Development Bill, other than that there is now some provision
for compensation. This proposal must go through the further process of
public and parliamentary debate before being passed as legislation. The
government has indicated its intention to introduce legislation to
Parliament during the course of 2002. During June 2002, the Parliamentary
Portfolio Committee on Minerals and Energy will be hearing and reviewing
submissions on this latest draft by interested parties. The parent has
submitted its views on this latest draft through the Chamber of Mines. As
currently drafted, this draft legislation, if passed into law, could have
an adverse effect on those mineral rights currently owned by FreeGold that
are not being currently exploited by FreeGold, but with the receptive
approach of the Minister of Minerals and Energy, FreeGold is hopeful that
an enabling legislative environment may be achieved. |
F-105