Scope of the report

The Report to Society is produced annually as an integral part of AngloGold Ashanti’s suite of annual reports, which is intended to communicate with the wide range of stakeholders and business partners with which the company is associated. These stakeholders and business partners include shareholders, employees, community members and the many other interested parties in all the countries and regions in which the group operates, as well as regional and national governments.

The 2008 suite of reports, including the Report to Society, covers the financial year from 1 January to 31 December 2008. The previous report was for the 2007 financial year, and was published in March 2008. The full set of reports comprises various documents, in differing formats, all of which are available at www.aga-reports.com or, on request, in hard copy from the contacts detailed at the end of this report.

The 2008 Report to Society is produced in three formats as explained below.

• A detailed, comprehensive web-based report presents an overview of the group’s sustainable development initiatives including its social, economic and environmental impacts and obligations across all its operations. The report covers operations that are managed by the company on all issues, except safety and environmental performance statistics at Morila in Mali (as this mine is not managed by the group). Information regarding the exploration projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Colombia, the group’s primary areas of exploration activity and the most far advanced, is provided for the first time. This report includes an extensive list of case studies covering the challenges and issues faced by the group.
• The printed version of the report, which contains – in addition to the principal sections –a selection of case studies that deal with some of the primary issues faced by the group.
• Country and Operational Reports covering every operation/country within the group provide an even greater level of detail relating to the issues and challenges of sustainable development. These will be available from the end of June 2009.

Other reports produced by the group for the period, and which may be found at www.aga-reports.com are:

• Annual Financial Statements 2008
• Abridged Annual Report 2008 (PDF - 1.2MB).
• Mineral Resources and Ore Reserve Report 2008 (PDF - 5.6MB)
• Social and Labour Plan Reports for the West Wits (PDF - 357KB) and Vaal River (PDF - 470KB) regions

The Report to Society has been produced in accordance with the guidelines of the G3 Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) and in alignment with the principles of the International Council on Mining and Metals (ICMM). AngloGold Ashanti is an organisational stakeholder of the former and a member of the latter. This report also conforms to the reporting requirements of the UN Global Compact and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) both of which are supported by AngloGold Ashanti. An index providing the relevant page numbers and web links is available.

See also AngloGold Ashanti’s corporate profile. There were no significant changes to the group during the 2008 financial year other than those reported in the Economic Performance section. The management of Morila has been assumed by Randgold Resources and the group’s interest in the Boddington project in Australia, which was not managed by the group and on which limited information is provided in this report, was sold in early 2009. Also, early in 2009 AngloGold Ashanti announced the proposed sale of Tau Lekoa mine in South Africa.

Data measurement techniques are reported in those sections where data appears and restatements are indicated. There has been no significant divergence from the GRI indicator protocols in this year’s report.

PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) was appointed to provide independent assurance on key performance information reported, as described in the independent auditor’s report. AngloGold Ashanti has declared a GRI A+ level of reporting, which has been third party-checked by PWC and, following the publication of this report, will seek a further review of this declaration by GRI.

The person responsible for the collation of this report and who will assist with any queries is Alan Fine. He is based at the group’s corporate head office in Johannesburg, South Africa, and his contact details are: +27 11 637 6000 or AFine@AngloGoldAshanti.com.

Feedback on this report and its contents is welcomed and a feedback form for this purpose is provided.

Note: Unless otherwise stated, $ refers to US dollars throughout this report.