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Wed 22 Jan 2003, 15:12 Avgold Limited - Unaudited Results For The Quarter
AVGOLD LIMITED - UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND HALF-YEAR ENDED 31       
DECEMBER 2002                                                                   
Avgold Limited                                                                  
("the company")                                                                 
   Registered Number: 1990/007025/06                                            
   (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                               
   Share code AVG                                                               
ISIN ZAE 0000 12175                                                          
UNAUDITED RESULTS FOR THE QUARTER AND HALF-YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002          
* SIGNIFICANT FOREIGN EXCHANGE GAIN ON US DOLLAR BORROWINGS INCREASES HEADLINE  
  EARNINGS TO R67,5 MILLION                                                     
* NEGATIVE MARK-TO-MARKET VALUE OF HEDGE BOOK DECLINES BY 48 PER CENT           
* NEGOTIATIONS PROCEEDING THAT COULD RESULT IN THE SALE OF ETC ASSETS TO A      
CONSORTIUM WHICH INCLUDES A SIGNIFICANT BLACK ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT COMPONENT    
Avgold share price (cents)                                                      
Quarter ended        Half-year ended   
                                           31 December            31 December   
                                                  2002                   2002   
High:                                           1 100c                 1 100c   
Low:                                              815c                   616c   
Average:                                          830c                   777c   
Period end:                                     1 050c                 1 050c   
Source: JSE Securities Exchange SA                                              
SAFETY AND HEALTH                                                               
The Board of Directors is pleased to announce an improvement in safety over the 
past quarter. Target achieved one million fatality free shifts during the       
quarter and was also awarded the Santa Barbara trophy (Anglovaal Mining`s in-   
house safety award) for one million surface and underground fatality free       
shifts. The lost day injury frequency rate per million man-hours worked for     
Avgold is as follows:                                                           
                            Quarter ended                 Half-year ended       
Dec` 02       Sep` 02          Dec` 02       June` 02   
ETC                        20,0          16,8             18,0            8,9   
Target                      8,8          21,3             15,2           10,9   
Avgold                     13,6          19,5             16,4           10,1   
COMMENTARY                                                                      
AVGOLD: THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                     
Largely as a result of a foreign exchange gain of R62,6 million, Avgold         
Limited`s headline earnings increased to R67,5 million from R11,7 million in the
last quarter, which equates to earnings of 10 cents a share (30 September 2002: 
2 cents a share). The foreign exchange gain of R62,6 million on the US$35       
million borrowing resulted from the strengthening of the Rand against the US    
dollar. The foreign exchange gain helped to offset the effects of a decline in  
gold sold and the selling price, which reduced to R82 197/kg (R84 719/kg) or    
US$296/oz (US$302/oz).                                                          
Total gold sold during the quarter was 2 934kg. (3 075kg), including 355kg      
(170kg) of gold from Loraine clean-up. The resuction resulted from lower grades 
at Target. Avgold`s cash costs increased to R59 838/kg from the prior quarter`s 
R56 151/kg, or US$189/oz from US$168/oz.                                        
Target`s Life of Mine plan was updated during the quarter. The new Life of Mine 
is 18 years, compared to the previous life of 13 years. The revised Life of Mine
has resulted in a reduction in the amortisation rate.                           
The mark-to-market value of Avgold`s hedge book as at 31 December 2002 was a    
negative R485 million, significantly lower than the prior quarter`s negative    
R934 million and December 2001`s negative R1 036 million - as a result of the   
strengthening of the Rand/US Dollar exchange rate and delivery into the hedge   
book.                                                                           
ETC continued its good performance with higher grades, lower cash costs and     
increased gold sales. Avgold is involved in negotiations that could result in   
the sale of its ETC assets to a consortium which includes a significant Black   
Economic Empowerment component.                                                 
Cash balances increased to R133,4 million from R108,8 million.                  
AVGOLD: SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                       
Revenue increased substantially to R502,4 million (R128,1 million) as a result  
of Target reaching full production capacity on 1 May 2002. Operating profit rose
to R49,6 million (R14,3 million), while costs and expenses were R452,8 million  
(R113,8 million). Headline earnings were R79,1 million (R14,5 million), giving  
headline earnings of 12 cents per share (2 cents per share). During the six-    
month period, gold sold was 6 009kg (1 438kg), including 525kg (456kg) of gold  
from Loraine clean-up, while Avgold received a lower average gold price of      
R83 488/kg (R89 133/kg) as a result of proportionately less gold being sold at  
spot.                                                                           
TARGET: THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                     
Target milled 293 516 tonnes of ore during the quarter, up from 282 894 tonnes  
in the prior quarter. Gold sold declined to 2 150kg (2 373kg), including 355kg  
(170kg) of gold from Loraine clean-up, as a result of the decline in grade to   
7,33g/t from 8,39g/t. This was largely as a result of lower grades in the narrow
reef mining area, which intersected faulting. The lower gold production         
increased cash costs to R57 948/kg (R49 724/kg), or US$183/oz (US$149/oz).      
Capital expenditure increased to R30,8 million from R15,7 million.              
TARGET: SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                       
During the six months to December ore milled was 576 410 tonnes, while gold sold
was 4 524kg, including 525kg of gold from Loraine clean-up, from a yield of     
7,85g/t. The cash cost was R53 634/kg, or US$165/02. Capital expenditure        
amounted to R46,5 million (R345,9 million).                                     
ETC: THREE MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                        
The Sheba, New Consort and Fairview mines milled 83 107 tonnes at an average    
yield of 9,43g/t during the quarter, compared to 79 641 tonnes with an average  
yield of 8,82g/t prior quarter. Cash costs showed a substantial improvement,    
falling to R65 027/kg (R77 871/kg), while gold sold totalled 784kg, up from     
702kg.                                                                          
Capital expenditure increased to R3,8 million from R3,1 million in the prior    
quarter.                                                                        
ETC: SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2002                                          
The total ore milled during the six-month period amounted to 162 748 tonnes     
compared to the previous period`s 169 759 tonnes. Yields improved to 9,13g/t    
(8,47g/t), resulting in an increase in gold sales of 1 486kg (1 438kg). Cash    
costs rose in Rand terms to R71 097/kg (R68 140/kg), but declined in dollar     
terms to US$218/oz (US$233oz).                                                  
NORTHERN FREE STATE EXPLORATION                                                 
Exploration work continued on the Paradise area, immediately north of the Target
mine, including deflections from an existing surface borehole.                  
The mineral resource estimate was updated and audited externally. The pre-      
feasibility work on a mine design using the updated geological model and the    
latest mineral resource estimate is underway. The completed design and report   
will be presented to the Board by 30 June 2003.                                 
HEDGING                                                                         
As at 31 December 2002, Avgold`s hedge book represented 58 per cent of forecast 
gold production to June 2006 and had a mark-to-market value of a negative R485  
million. This was calculated at a gold price of US$343,40 and an exchange rate  
of US$1,00 : ZAR8,65. The bulk of these hedges were established as a requirement
to the five-year term facility arranged for the completion of the Target mine.  
The hedges are un-margined and Avgold is maintaining its policy of not using    
derivative instruments for speculative purposes. The negative value of the hedge
book represents an opportunity loss. The hedge book is represented as follows:  
June      June      June      June   
Period ending                              2003      2004      2005      2006   
Dollar forward                                                                  
sales contracts                                                                 
Quantity sold     kg     1 462     1 601     1 458       672   
                                   oz    47 019    51 481    46 885    21 620   
                               US$/oz       313       298       284       290   
Rand forward                                                                    
sales contracts                                                                 
                 Quantity sold     kg     3 624     7 830     7 679     3 730   
                                   oz   116 506   251 733   246 876   119 923   
                                 R/kg    84 042    85 135    94 009   100 985   
TRANSLATION INTO US DOLLARS                                                     
To assist international investors, a translation of convenience into United     
States dollars is provided for the income statement, balance sheet and cash flow
statements. These translations are based on average rates of exchange for income
statement and cash flow statement items and those ruling at period end for the  
balance sheet items.                                                            
The following rand/US dollar exchange rates were used to prepare the financial  
results:                                                                        
Year  
                             Quarter ended            Half-year ended    ended  
                      December  December  September  December  December   June  
                          2002      2001       2002      2002      2001   2002  
Average rate for                                                                
 the period               9,85      9,85      10,39     10,12      9,07  10,09  
Spot rate at end                                                                
 of period                8,65     11,93      10,55      8,65     11,93  10,25  
ACCOUNTING POLICIES                                                             
The accounting policies used are in accordance with South African Statement of  
Generally Accepted Accounting Policies and are consistent with those applied in 
the previous financial year.                                                    
On behalf of the Board of Directors                                             
Chairman                                                                        
R P Menell                                                                      
Managing Director                                                               
J C Steenkamp                                                                   
Directors: R P Menell (Chairman), J C Steenkamp+ (Managing), D N Campbell+, J J 
Geldenhuys, D N Murray, A N Lewis+, W A Nairn, G S Potgieter+, G J Robbertze, J 
Thomas (Mrs)                                                                    
+ Executive directors                                                           
Company secretary: S E Sather                                                   
Johannesburg                                                                    
22 January 2003                                                                 
INCOME STATEMENT - Rand thousand                                                
                            Unaudited                    Unaudited     Audited  
                             Quarter                     Half-year        Year  
                              ended                        ended         ended  
December  December  September   December  December     June  
                       2002      2001       2002       2002      2001     2002  
Revenue             241 635    62 670    260 728    502 363   128 155  363 802  
 - gold revenue     241 170    62 670    260 538    501 708   128 155  362 709  
- by-products          465         -        190        655         -    1 093  
Costs and                                                                       
 expenses           225 230    54 795    227 554    452 784   113 825  346 468  
 - gold operating   176 053    46 373    172 610    348 663    96 355  265 137  
- retrenchments          -         -          -          -         -    4 747  
 - amortisation      42 918     6 097     49 112     92 030    12 068   57 389  
 - administration                                                               
   and general        6 259     2 325      5 832     12 091     5 402   19 195  
Operating profit     16 405     7 875     33 174     49 579    14 330   17 334  
Investment income     3 469        36      3 113      6 582       165    2 147  
Finance cost         14 991         -     14 137     29 128         -    8 419  
Unrealised foreign                                                              
Exchange                                                                       
 gain/(loss)         62 573         -    (10 498)    52 075         -   30 335  
Income before                                                                   
 taxation            67 456     7 911     11 652     79 108    14 495   41 397  
Taxation                  -         -          -          -         -    5 000  
Net earnings for                                                                
 the period          67 456     7 911     11 652     79 108    14 495   36 397  
Headline earnings    67 456     7 911     11 652     79 108    14 495   36 397  
Headline earnings                                                               
 per share (cents)       10         1          2         12         2        5  
Earnings per                                                                    
 share (cents)           10         1          2         12         2        5  
Weighted number of                                                              
 shares in issue                                                                
 (million)              674       670        673        674       669      670  
BALANCE SHEET - Rand thousand                                                   
Unaudited         Audited  
                                                   31 December         30 June  
                                                          2002            2002  
ASSETS                                                                          
Non-current assets                                   2 895 983       2 931 207  
Fixed assets                                         2 848 112       2 883 336  
Investments                                             47 871          47 871  
Current assets                                         243 016         208 742  
Inventories                                             55 501          44 761  
Trade and other receivables                             54 128          55 171  
Deposits and cash                                      133 387         108 810  
Total assets                                         3 138 999       3 139 949  
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                                          
Capital and reserves                                                            
Share capital                                            6 751           6 729  
Share premium                                        2 214 273       2 206 385  
Reserves                                                92 765          16 958  
Total shareholders` equity                           2 313 789       2 230 072  
Non-current liabilities                                582 807         630 105  
Long-term loans                                        501 581         548 072  
Long-term provisions                                    81 226          82 033  
Current liabilities                                    242 403         279 772  
Trade and other payables                               118 886         153 343  
Derivative instruments                                   3 301               -  
Overdrafts and short-term borrowings                   120 216         126 429  
Total equity and liabilities                         3 138 999       3 139 949  
CASH FLOW STATEMENT - Rand thousand                                             
                                            Unaudited                 Audited   
Half-year ended           Year ended   
                                  December 2002    December 2001    June 2002   
Cash generated                                                                  
 from/(utilised by) operations                                                  
Operating profit                         49 579           14 330       17 334   
Non-cash items and adjustments                                                  
  Amortisation and depreciation          92 030           12 068       57 389   
  Provisions                               (808)           2 929        7 788   
140 801           29 327       82 511   
Retrenchment payments                         -           (1 126)      (5 873)  
Payments to environmental trust fund          -           (1 897)      (4 151)  
Investment income                         6 582              165        2 147   
Finance charges                         (29 128)               -       (8 419)  
                                        118 255           26 469       66 215   
Cash provided by/(reinvested in)                                                
 working capital                                                                
Inventories                           (10 740)         (16 003)     (11 514)  
  Payables and provisions               (34 457)         (11 532)      10 155   
  Receivables                             1 043            4 037       (7 303)  
Net cash generated from                                                         
operating activities                    74 101            2 971       57 553   
Cash utilised in investment activities                                          
Fixed assets acquired                   (58 584)        (258 077)    (345 645)  
Investments acquired                          -                -       (1 124)  
Fixed assets sold                         1 777              681        5 531   
                                        (56 807)        (257 396)    (341 238)  
Cash provided by financing activities                                           
Net increase in shareholders` funding     7 910           14 485       22 868   
Leased assets                              (691)            (901)      (1 634)  
Increase in long-term loans                   -          243 530      191 952   
Increase/(decrease) in overdrafts and                                           
 short-term borrowings                    3 776             (660)     123 402   
10 995          256 454      336 588   
Increase in cash balances                28 289            2 029       52 903   
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
 beginning of period                    108 810           55 907       55 907   
Translation adjustment                   (3 712)               -            -   
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
 end of period                          133 387           57 936      108 810   
STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS` EQUITY - Rand thousand                               
Ordinary                              Unaudited               
                     share                               Audited          Year  
               capital and                          Half-year ended      ended  
               capital and  Retained    Equity  December   December       June  
premium    income  reserves      2002       2001       2002  
Changes in                                                                      
 shareholders`                                                                  
 equity                                                                         
Balance at                                                                      
 Beginning                                                                      
 of period       2 213 114    16 958           2 230 072  2 170 808  2 170 808  
Share options                                                                   
exercised           7 936                         7 936     14 483     22 867  
Expenses written                                                                
 off against share                                                              
 premium               (26)                          (26)         -          -  
Transfers to                                                                    
 equity reserves                       (3 301)    (3 301)         -          -  
Net earnings for                                                                
 the period                   79 108              79 108     14 495     36 397  
Balance at                                                                      
 end of                                                                         
 period          2 221 024    96 066   (3 301) 2 313 789  2 199 786  2 230 072  
INCOME STATEMENT - US dollar thousand                                           
Unaudited                 Unaudited        Audited  
                          Quarter ended            Half-year ended  Year ended  
                   December  December  September  December  December      June  
                       2002      2001       2002      2002      2001      2002  
Revenue              24 523     6 362     25 094    49 632    14 128    36 060  
 - gold revenue      24 476     6 362     25 076    49 567    14 128    35 952  
 - by-products           47         -         18        65         -       108  
Costs and expenses   22 858     5 563     21 901    44 734    12 548    34 342  
- gold operating    17 867     4 708     16 613    34 447    10 622    26 280  
 - retrenchments          -         -          -         -         -       470  
 - amortisation       4 356       619      4 727     9 092     1 330     5 689  
- administration                                                                
and general           635       236        561     1 195       596     1 903  
Operating profit      1 665       799      3 193     4 898     1 580     1 718  
Investment income       352         4        300       650        18       213  
Finance cost          1 521         -      1 361     2 878         -       835  
Unrealised foreign                                                              
 Exchange                                                                       
 gain/(loss)          6 350         -     (1 010)    5 145         -     3 007  
Income before                                                                   
taxation             6 846       803      1 122     7 815     1 598     4 103  
Taxation                  -         -          -         -         -       495  
Net earnings for                                                                
 the period           6 846       803      1 122     7 815     1 598     3 608  
Headline earnings     6 846       803      1 122     7 815     1 598     3 608  
Headline earnings                                                               
 per share (cents)        1         -          -         1         -         1  
Earnings per share                                                              
(cents)                  1         -          -         1         -         1  
Weighted number of                                                              
 shares in issue                                                                
 (million)             674        670        673       674       669       670  
BALANCE SHEET - US dollar thousand                                              
                                                     Unaudited        Audited   
                                                   31 December        30 June   
                                                          2002           2002   
ASSETS                                                                          
Non-current assets                                     334 796        285 971   
Fixed assets                                           329 262        281 301   
Investments                                              5 534          4 670   
Current assets                                          28 094         20 365   
Inventories                                              6 416          4 367   
Trade and other receivables                              6 258          5 382   
Deposits and cash                                       15 420         10 616   
Total assets                                           362 890        306 336   
EQUITY AND LIABILITIES                                                          
Capital and reserves                                                            
Share capital                                              781            656   
Share premium                                          261 105        217 773   
Reserves                                                 5 604           (861)  
Total shareholders` equity                             267 490        217 568   
Non-current liabilities                                 67 376         61 474   
Long-term loans                                         57 986         53 471   
Long-term provisions                                     9 390          8 003   
Current liabilities                                     28 024         27 294   
Trade and other payables                                13 744         14 960   
Derivative investments                                     382              -   
Overdrafts and short-term borrowings                    13 898         12 334   
Total equity and liabilities                           362 890        306 336   
CASH FLOW STATEMENT - US dollar thousand                                        
Unaudited                     Audited   
                                      Half-year ended              Year ended   
                              December 2002      December 2001      June 2002   
Cash generated                                                                  
from/(utilised by) operations                                                  
Operating profit                      4 898              1 580          1 718   
Non-cash items and adjustments:                                                 
  Amortisation and depreciation       9 092              1 330          5 689   
Provisions                            (79)               323            772   
                                     13 911              3 233          8 179   
Retrenchment payments                     -               (124)          (582)  
Payments to environmental trust fund      -               (209)          (411)  
Investment income                       650                 18            213   
Finance charges                      (2 878)                 -           (835)  
                                     11 683              2 918          6 564   
Cash provided by/(reinvested in)                                                
working capital                                                                
  Inventories                        (1 061)            (1 764)        (1 141)  
  Payables and provisions            (3 404)            (1 271)         1 007   
  Receivables                           103                445           (724)  
Net cash generated from                                                         
 operating activities                 7 321                328          5 706   
Cash utilised in investment activities                                          
Fixed assets acquired                (5 788)           (28 451)       (34 260)  
Investments acquired                      -                  -           (112)  
Fixed assets sold                       176                 75            548   
                                     (5 612)           (28 376)       (33 824)  
Cash provided by financing activities                                           
Net increase in shareholders` funding   781              1 597          2 267   
Leased assets                           (68)               (99)          (162)  
Increase in long-term loans               -             26 847         19 026   
Increase/(decrease) in overdrafts                                               
and short-term borrowings              373                (73)        12 232   
                                      1 086             28 272         33 363   
Increase in cash balances             2 795                224          5 245   
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
beginning of period                 10 616              6 919          6 919   
Translation adjustment                2 009             (2 287)        (1 548)  
Cash and cash equivalents at                                                    
 end of period                       15 420              4 856         10 616   
STATEMENT OF SHAREHOLDERS` EQUITY - US dollar thousand                          
                 Ordinary  Retained                    Unaudited      Audited   
                    share    income/                   Half-year         Year   
                  capital      (acc                      ended          ended   
and  umulated     Equity   December   December     June   
                  premium      loss)  reserves       2002       2001     2002   
Changes in                                                                      
 shareholders`                                                                  
equity                                                                         
Balance at                                                                      
 beginning of                                                                   
 period           218 429      (861)              217 568    268 664  268 664   
Share options                                                                   
 exercised            784                             784      1 470    2 267   
Expenses written                                                                
 off against                                                                    
share premium         (3)                             (3)         -        -   
Transfers to                                                                    
 equity reserves                          (382)      (382)         -        -   
Net earnings for                                                                
the period                   7 815                 7 815      1 598    3 608   
Translation                                                                     
 adjustment        42 676      (968)               41 708    (87 341) (56 971)  
Balance at end                                                                  
of period        261 886     5 986       (382)   267 490    184 391  217 568   
AVGOLD TOTAL                                                                    
                            Unaudited                  Unaudited       Audited  
                             Quarter                   Half-year          Year  
ended                     ended            ended  
                   December  December  September  December  December      June  
                       2002      2001       2002      2002      2001      2002  
Metric                                                                          
Ore milled  tonnes  376 623    84 092    362 535   739 158   169 759   488 023  
Gold sold       kg    2 934       700      3 075     6 009     1 438     4 179  
Yield          g/t     7,79      8,33       8,48      8,13      8,47      8,56  
Cash cost     R/kg   59 838    67 139     56 151    57 951    68 140    64 277  
Non-cash cost R/kg   16 733    11 108     17 782    17 269    11 026    18 375  
Total cost    R/kg   76 571    78 247     73 933    75 220    79 166    82 652  
Capital                                                                         
 Expenditure                                                                    
R000`s   37 977   214 512     20 037    58 014   368 832   437 514  
Imperial                                                                        
Ore milled    tons  415 152    92 695    399 622   814 774   187 125   537 948  
Gold sold       oz   94 332    22 514     98 873   193 205    46 226   134 348  
Yield         oz/t     0,23      0,24       0,25      0,24      0,25      0,25  
Cash cost   US$/oz      189       212        168       178       233       198  
Non-cash                                                                        
 cost       US$/oz       53        35         53        53        38        57  
Total cost  US$/oz      242       247        221       231       271       255  
Capital                                                                         
 Expenditure                                                                    
          US$000`s    3 854    21 777      1 928     5 732    40 661    43 495  
ETC TOTAL                                                                       
Metric                                                                          
Ore milled  tonnes   83 107    84 092     79 641   162 748   169 759   315 523  
Gold sold       kg      784       700        702     1 486     1 438     2 805  
Yield          g/t     9,43      8,33       8,82      9,13      8,47      8.89  
Cash cost     R/kg   65 027    67 139     77 871    71 097    68 140    69 805  
Non-cash                                                                        
 cost         R/kg    8 382     9 677      8 887     8 620     9 272    11 919  
Total cost    R/kg   73 409    76 816     86 758    79 717    77 412    81 724  
Capital                                                                         
 Expenditure                                                                    
            R000`s    3 848     7 353      3 100     6 948    13 194    17 482  
Development results:                                                            
  Advanced       m    1 939     2 042      1 797     3 735     4 382     7 909  
  Reef                                                                          
  development    m      539       593       378        916     1 183     1 872  
Sampled        m      606       565       311        917     1 190     2 010  
  Channel width                                                                 
                cm      215       211       210        214       219       223  
  Channel                                                                       
Value       g/t      8,0       3,1       7,8        8,3       3,7       3,8  
            cm.g/t    1 714       663     1 638      1 774       802       854  
Imperial                                                                        
Ore milled    tons   91 609    92 695    87 788    179 397   187 125   347 801  
Gold sold       oz   25 192    22 514    22 574     47 766    46 226    90 181  
Yield         oz/t     0,27      0,24      0,26       0,27      0,25      0,26  
Cash cost   US$/oz      205       212       233        218       233       215  
Non-cash cost                                                                   
US$/oz      27         31        27         27        32        37  
Total cost  US$/oz     232        243       260        245       265       252  
Capital expenditure                                                             
          US$000`s     391        746       298        686     1 455     1 733  
TARGET TOTAL                                                                    
Metric                                                                          
Ore milled  tonnes 293 516          -   282 894    576 410         -   172 500  
Gold sold       kg   2 150          -     2 373      4 524         -     1 374  
Yield          g/t    7,33          -      8,39       7,85         -      7,96  
Cash cost     R/kg  57 948          -    49 724     53 634         -    52 992  
Non-cash cost R/kg  17 064          -    18 092     17 603         -    26 594  
Total cost    R/kg  75 012          -    67 816     71 237         -    79 586  
Capital                                                                         
 Expenditure                                                                    
            R000`s  30 849    200 594    15 666     46 515   345 867   404 754  
Development results:                                                            
Advanced         m   1 986      1 410     1 903      3 909     2 419     5 933  
Reef development m   1 744        756     1 125      2 889     1 091     2 561  
Sampled          m     437        355       673      1 110       619     1 377  
Channel width   cm     455        447       456        911       445     1 757  
Channel value  g/t    8,33       5,80      5,98       7,15      4,42      6,31  
            cm.g/t   3 790      2 593     2 727      6 517     1 967    11 083  
Imperial                                                                        
Ore milled    tons 323 543          -   311 834    635 377         -   190 147  
Gold sold       oz  69 140          -    76 299    145 439         -    44 167  
Yield         oz/t    0,21          -      0,24       0,23         -      0,23  
Cash cost   US$/oz     183          -       149        165         -       156  
Non-cash                                                                        
cost       US$/oz      54          -        54         54         -        78  
Total cost  US$/oz     237          -       203        219         -       234  
Capital                                                                         
 Expenditure                                                                    
US$000`s   3 131     20 364     1 508      4 596    38 129    40 119  
PRODUCTION COST RECONCILIATION                                                  
AVGOLD TOTAL - rand                                                             
                          Unaudited                  Unaudited        Audited   
Quarter                   Half-year           year   
                            ended                      ended            ended   
                 December  December  September   December  December      June   
Rand thousand        2002      2001       2002       2002      2001      2002   
Gold operating                                                                  
 costs per income                                                               
 statement        176 053    46 373    172 610    348 663    96 355   265 137   
Add: Revenue                                                                    
from closed                                                                    
 operations             -       643          -          -     1 616     4 551   
Less: Revenue                                                                   
 from by-products    (465)        -       (190)      (655)        -    (1 093)  
Cash costs        175 588    47 016    172 420    348 008    97 971   268 595   
Add:                                                                            
  - Retrenchments       -         -          -          -         -     4 747   
  - Amortisation and                                                            
depreciation   42 918     6 097     49 112     92 030    12 068    57 389   
  - General and                                                                 
    administration  6 259     2 325      5 832     12 091     5 402    19 195   
Less:                                                                           
- Revenue from                                                                
    closed operations   -      (643)         -          -    (1 616)   (4 551)  
Non-cash costs     49 177     7 779     54 944    104 121    15 854    76 780   
Total cost        224 765    54 795    227 364    452 129   113 825   345 375   
Gold sold     kg    2 934       700      3 075      6 009     1 438     4 179   
Production cost:                                                                
  Cash cost R/kg   59 838    67 139     56 151     57 951    68 140    64 277   
  Non-cash cost                                                                 
R/kg   16 733    11 108     17 782     17 269    11 026    18 375   
  Total operating                                                               
  cost      R/kg   76 571    78 247     73 933     75 220    79 166    82 652   
  Gold price                                                                    
realised  R/kg   82 197    89 493     84 719     83 488    89 133    86 794   
AVGOLD TOTAL - US dollar                                                        
                          Unaudited                  Unaudited        Audited   
                           Quarter                   Half-year           year   
ended                      ended            ended   
                 December  December  September   December  December      June   
US$ thousand         2002      2001       2002       2002      2001      2002   
Gold operating                                                                  
costs per income                                                               
 statement         17 867     4 708     16 613     34 447    10 622    26 280   
Add: Revenue from                                                               
 closed operations      -        65          -          -       178       451   
Less: Revenue from                                                              
 by-products          (47)        -        (18)       (65)        -      (108)  
Cash costs         17 820     4 773     16 595     34 382    10 800    26 623   
Add:                                                                            
- Retrenchments       -         -          -          -         -       471   
  - Amortisation and                                                            
    depreciation    4 356       619      4 727      9 092     1 330     5 689   
  - General and                                                                 
administration    635       236        561      1 195       596     1 903   
Less:                                                                           
  - Revenue from                                                                
    closed operations   -       (65)         -          -      (178)     (451)  
Non-cash costs      4 991       790      5 288     10 287     1 748     7 612   
Total cost         22 811     5 563     21 883     44 669    12 548    34 235   
Gold sold     oz   94 332    22 514     98 873    193 205    46 226   134 348   
Production cost:                                                                
Cash cost                                                                     
          US$/oz      189       212        168        178       233       198   
  Non-cash                                                                      
  cost    US$/oz       53        35         53         53        38        57   
Total operating                                                               
  cost    US$/oz      242       247        221        231       271       255   
  Gold price                                                                    
  realised                                                                      
US$/oz     296        283        302        299       306       306   
CONTACT DETAILS                                                                 
EBRAHIM TAKOLIA                                                                 
Direct line: (+27 11) 634-0333                                                  
Fax: (+27 11) 634-0278                                                          
Mobile: 083 291 3384                                                            
AVGOLD LIMITED                                                                  
e-mail: ebrahimt@avmin.co.za                                                    
www.avgold.co.za                                                                
Date: 22/01/2003 12:00:00 PM Produced by the JSE SENS Department                

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