Queries
South
Africa
Tel:
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Steve Lenahan
+27 (0) 11 637 6248
+27 (0) 83 308 2200
slenahan@AngloGoldAshanti.com
Alan Fine
+27 (0) 11 637 6383
+27 (0) 83 250 0757
afine@AngloGoldAshanti.com
Shelagh Blackman
+27 (0) 11 637 6379
+27 (0) 83 308 2471
skblackman@AngloGoldAshanti.com
Ghana
John Owusu
+233 (21) 778 168
+233 (24) 322 026
john.owusu@ashantigold.com
USA
Charles Carter
Toll Free 800 417 9255
+ 1 212 750 7999
cecarter@AngloGoldAshanti.com
Australia
Andrea Maxey
+ 61 8 9425 4604
+ 61 438 001 393
amaxey@AngloGoldAshanti.com
Disclaimer
Except for historical information contained herein, there are matters discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements. Such statements are only
predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For discussion of important factors including, but not limited to development of the Company’s business the
economic outlook in the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially
from such forward-looking statements, refer to the Company’s annual report on the Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2003 which is filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on 19 March 2004.
AGA37.05
30 March 2005
ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI PUBLISHES REPORT TO SOCIETY FOR 2004
AngloGold Ashanti published its Report to Society for 2004 today.
In a letter to stakeholders, CEO Bobby Godsell said that while the primary purpose of any business
had to be to provide competitive returns to shareholders, AngloGold Ashanti’s business principles
went beyond this.
They encompassed commitments to fair economic reward and opportunity for employees, to their
right to a healthy and safe working environment, to the communities living near our operations, and
to the physical environment in and surrounding the company’s operations.
“We accept, and embrace, these commitments because we believe that, in order to operate, we
need to do more than merely meet the minimum regulatory standards set by the government
administrators in the countries and regions in which we operate. We also believe we need a moral
licence to mine; a licence that has to be acquired, too, from our employees, from the communities
in which we operate, and from other stakeholders. In its simplest terms, we take the view that
communities, and others, must be better off for our having been there“, he said.
South Africa was one country where these “parallel licensing standards” had been, to some extent,
recognised through the mechanism of the mining charter, he observed.
“The moral licence to mine is not something we seek in order to make us feel good. We do it for
good business reasons. Without it, our ability to carry out our work, and improve the return to our
shareholders would be compromised”, he said.
ends