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Environmental Trust Funds | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
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18. | ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST FUNDS
|  | UNITED STATES DOLLAR |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Balance at beginning of the year |  |  | 44.5 |  |  |  | 35.0 |
Contributions from continuing operations |  |  | 8.6 |  |  |  | 7.5 |
Interest earned |  |  | 0.5 |  |  |  | 1.0 |
Translation adjustment |  |  | 1.9 |  |  |  | 1.0 |
Balance at end of the year |  |  | 55.5 |  |  |  | 44.5 |
The trust funds consist of term deposits amounting to US$15.9 million (2016: US$11.3 million) in South Africa, as well as secured cash deposits amounting to US$39.6 million (2016: US$33.2 million) in Ghana. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
These funds are intended to fund environmental rehabilitation obligations of the Group’s South African and Ghanaian mines and are not available for general purposes of the Group. All income earned in these funds is re-invested or spent to meet these obligations. The funds are invested in money market and fixed deposits. The obligations which these funds are intended to fund are included in environmental rehabilitation costs under long-term provisions (Refer note 25.1). |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |

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