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DRD - DRDGold Limited - East Rand Proprietary Mines Limited ("ERPM") withdraws
pumping from its south west vertical shaft
DRDGOLD LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 1895/000926/06)
JSE share code: DRD
ISIN: ZAE000058723
Issuer code: DUSM
Nasdaq trading symbol: DROO
("DRDGOLD" or "the company")
EAST RAND PROPRIETARY MINES LIMITED ("ERPM") WITHDRAWS PUMPING FROM ITS SOUTH
WEST VERTICAL SHAFT
DRDGOLD has announced that the ERPM mine of its 74% held subsidiary, DRDGOLD
South African Operations (Pty) Limited at Boksburg on South Africa`s East Rand
will discontinue pumping of underground water at the mine`s South West Vertical
Shaft today.
ERPM`s South West Vertical Shaft has been used for some time to manage the
rising water level on the Central Witwatersrand Basin. Some 60 megalitres of
water is pumped daily from a depth of approximately 1 000 metres.
The decision to cease pumping follows the death of two employees underground at
the South West Vertical Shaft on Friday, 19 September 2008. Post mortems suggest
that the two men, who had been conducting routine water level measurements, died
of asphyxiation. South West Vertical Shaft has been used only for water pumping
purposes for several years.
The Department of Minerals and Energy issued a Section 54 notice, in terms of
the Mine Health and Safety Act, subjecting access into the area to certain
restrictions and conditions relating to ventilation.
Over the next two weeks, ERPM will examine how the cessation of pumping will
affect the rest of its operations.
Randburg
6 October 2008
Sponsor QuestCo Sponsors (Pty) Limited
Date: 06/10/2008 17:06:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.
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