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We believe<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

that the responsible development of high-quality gold ore bodies is not only the source of long-term profits \u2013 but a catalyst for upliftment and development.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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My inaugural message to stakeholders, asChairperson of the Social, Ethics and Sustainability Committee, comes at an important time for AngloGold Ashanti. The Company is in good health with strong cash flows creating a robust balance sheet, thanks to significantly improved operating fundamentals and the welcome tailwind from a record gold price.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is the unfortunate paradox of gold mining that the same factors that have driven the gold price higher are often the same ones that make for a challenging socio-economic backdrop in many parts of the world. Geopolitical tensions abound, with the ongoing conflicts in Sudan, the DRC, the Middle East and Ukraine creating distortions in politics, markets and the movement of people, that have yet to fully reveal themselves and will take time and effort to resolve. Inflation remains stubborn, creating cost-of-living challenges for nations and ordinary people alike. Ongoing trade conflict issues may impact international alliances and partnerships, which could in time create new sources of pressure and are being closely monitored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overseeing responsible mining<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As we look around at this rising tide of worry, it is important for us to focus on our purpose: Mining to empower people and advance societies<\/em>. This is no corporate platitude. We believe that the responsible development of high-quality gold ore bodies is not only the source of long-term profits \u2013 it certainly is \u2013 but a flywheel for upliftment and development. Demonstrating that the negative impacts of mining can be mitigated and well managed, and the prosperity from gold\u2019s extraction can be shared, provides the best assurance of sustainability for our business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Social, Sustainability and Ethics Committee is charged by the Board of Directors with the important task of ensuring that our business is conducted responsibly, in line with our purpose, our values and our commitments in order that AngloGold Ashanti can secure and strengthen its social licence to operate to the benefit of all stakeholders. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Sustainability Report describes those efforts through the lens of the most material sustainability issues that affect our business and impact on our host communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting best practice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We are committed to providing a holistic picture of our efforts, including areas where we have fallen short and where we must \u2013 and will \u2013 improve. We remain committed to leading disclosure practices as we tell this story. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and GRI 14: Mining Sector 2024, the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and against the SASB standards (both now under the IFRS Foundation), and have started to consider the requirements of the IFRS Sustainability-related disclosure standards under S1 and S2. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also report against the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) and the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPSHR) and make an annual submission under the UN Global Compact. We subscribe to and report against the principles and requirements of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM) and the World Gold Council (WGC). Our reporting is aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New mining standard<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

AngloGold Ashanti is closely involved with groundbreaking work by the ICMM, the WGC and the Copper Mark, in designing a new, consolidated global mining standard with multistakeholder oversight. This standard will simplify the current, somewhat cluttered disclosure landscape and promote continual improvement of ESG practices along our value chains. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The draft of the standard, published for consultation in 2024, is intended not only to assist companies in what, how, when and where to disclose, but to also meet the needs of a broad range of stakeholders. Performance areas are grouped into three levels: foundational practice, good practice and leading practice. At a minimum, we intend to achieve good practice and aspire to leading practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Importantly, we note and support the proposed assurance process, reporting formats and claims policy that has been proposed in the consolidated standard, as well as its governance model. As a public company we are used to scrutiny of financial and operational performance, and see it as a natural evolution that non-financial performance will be held to the same account.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Materiality<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In late 2024, AngloGold Ashanti again commissioned an annual materiality assessment to identify and confirm those sustainability matters that are most important to the Company and to our stakeholders. The approach was to again assess \u2018double materiality\u2019, viewing issues through both an impact and financial materiality lens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we do every second year, we consulted with a wide range of external and internal stakeholders to identify issues most relevant and important, and then ranked those issues. The process we followed, and its outcomes, are documented later in this report, and have continued to inform what we monitor, manage and disclose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of particular interest to me is that in identifying risks, we take the time to identify opportunities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tailings management<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The most significant material issue remains tailings management. AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s strong track record notwithstanding, we are always mindful of the devastating consequences of any TSF failure anywhere in the industry \u2013 with longterm impacts for communities, for the Company itself and for the industry as a whole. The Board \u2013 and this Committee \u2013 receives regular briefings from our internal experts on the state of our TSF portfolio and the improvements we continue to make.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AngloGold Ashanti has continued working toward ensuring compliance of all tailings storage facilities with the Global Industry Standard on Tailings Management by the targeted date of August 2025. This follows the compliance achievements at our priority facilities we reported in August 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Details may be found on our ESG transparency hub<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate change, water stewardship and biodiversity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

As with many of the material sustainability issues that we manage, climate change, tailings, mine closure, air quality, and water stewardship all have the potential to impact our host communities and local ecosystems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In respect of climate action, our intention remains to achieve net zero Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 2050, with an interim milestone of a 30% reduction of absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from a 2021 baseline. The 2030 target will include Sukari and its own decarbonisation programme, also based on a 2021 baseline. While we continue to make substantial strides in our transition to renewable energy, we are mindful that we must have a parallel focus on strengthening climate resilience in our business, value chains, host communities, and operational environments. More detail on this can be found under Climate action and pursuing resilience<\/em><\/a> of this report and in the Annual Report<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Australia the new combined wind and solar facility at Tropicana has come on stream, and we have gained access to the national grid in Tanzania, including a significant hydroelectric component. We intend to invest in a major solar facility in Ghana and are investigating in a decarbonisation project in Guinea powered by solar and bio-gas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Challenges related to water availability and access can be exacerbated by climate change. We have seen floods and droughts across our footprint in 2024, fuelling a growing recognition that extreme weather events are the \u2018new normal\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We recognise water as both a finite and shared resource, which has the potential to place us in competition with our neighbours. Our response is to use as little fresh water as we can, to reuse as much as possible, and \u2013 when we must discharge into the environment \u2013 ensure it meets relevant water quality standards. The leadership team established a Water Stewardship Committee in 2024, to create a set of 27 water stewardship objectives \u2013 three per site \u2013 that will be tracked and monitored as they\u2019re implemented in 2025 and 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We have also joined the ICMM\u2019s commitment to a nature-positive future and have started a dedicated programme to consider how we account for, report on and mitigate our naturerelated impacts in line with the goal of having no net loss of biodiversity by the closure of our operations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Safety and health<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It is with great sadness that I report on the tragic death of Mr Obeid Katalihwa, a driver employed by a contractor company at our Geita mine in Tanzania, who lost his life following injuries sustained in a light vehicle accident. On behalf of the Board, I extend the deepest condolences to his family and colleagues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No ounce of gold is worth a life, and the Company is determined to ensure that fatalities never happen. To this end, a thorough investigation following this incident has made numerous recommendations which have been implemented to help avoid similar incidents in the future. We remain committed to zero harm and have set about simplifying our safety practices and protocols for all our employees, including – contractors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Artisanal and small-scale mining<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We remain greatly concerned by the incidents in and around our operations where community members are injured, or worse, while engaged in illegal activity, most notably unauthorised or illegal small-scale mining. We continue to work across a broad front, and with a wide range of stakeholders, to find ways to mitigate the enormous hazard created by the proliferation in this activity. Even in those jurisdictions where steps have been taken towards conditionally legalising and regulating the practice, there remain factors relevant not only to our mines\u2019 security but to a range of human rights issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The near doubling in the gold price since 2020 has increased markedly the extent of artisanal and small-scale mining (ASM) activity, with a sharp rise in illegal activity in and around mining leases in many of the world\u2019s gold producing areas. Small-scale mining, and particularly the illegal sort, is ripe for exploitation of vulnerable people in both production and along the value chain, as well as for environmental degradation as operations are conducted without oversight, minimum standards or the requirement for rehabilitation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is, of course, not an issue that is unique to AngloGold Ashanti, or the gold industry. We will continue to assist our host authorities in combating illegal activities, supporting legal and responsible ASM, and \u2013 where possible \u2013 supporting plans for sustainable alternative livelihoods. The entire industry needs to do more to help manage this complex issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leaving a positive legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A hallmark of a successful and responsible company is what it leaves behind after its mining activities have ceased. Our exit from operational activities in South Africa was undertaken with care and responsibility, and many of our former assets still continue to operate, providing jobs and other economic activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are proud of the delivery of our commitment to South Africa and our former employees and communities, through our investment legacy projects, aimed at driving tangible and lasting benefits to South Africa, and in particular those in our former host communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first of these is the establishment of the AngloGold Ashanti Chair in Dairy Science and Technology at the University of Fort Hare<\/em>, which will support rural small-scale farmers with knowledge and innovation in the Eastern Cape and elsewhere in the country. The second was the establishment of the AngloGold Ashanti Legacy Scholarship Endowment in partnership with the University of the Witwatersrand<\/em>. These scholarships will cover studies in health and advanced medicine, engineering, education, technology, science, law, and the social sciences with the aim of empowering a select cohort of students and enhancing the overall support available to enable their academic and professional success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our thanks to Dr Kojo Busia<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Before I conclude I would like to extend the grateful thanks of myself, the Board, and of management to Dr Kojo Busia, who has chaired this Committee for four years until the end of Under his chairmanship, this Committee has embraced its duties during a period of multiple transitions in the organisation\u2019s life. Kojo has left us with important lessons learned from a period of enormous transformation in this business, which has benefited greatly from his unique insights and perspective. I\u2019m pleased to share that Dr Kojo Busia will remain as a member of this Committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In conclusion<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

While 2024 was a year of continued progress on AngloGold Ashanti\u2019s sustainability performance, we cannot allow for complacency. We continue to stay true to our values and our purpose, of Mining to empower people and advance societies, and aim through this report to provide a balanced account of our approach, our achievements and our challenges. I look forward to reporting a continued progress in the years ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bruce Cleaver<\/strong>
Chairperson of the Social, Ethics and Sustainability Obuasi, Ghana Committee<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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