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Cash Generated by Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Cash Generated By Operations |
|  | CASH GENERATED BY OPERATIONS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | (Loss)/profit from continuing operations |  |  | (344.8 | ) |  |  | (20.8 | ) |  |  | 167.9 |
|  | Mining and income taxation |  |  | (65.9 | ) |  |  | 173.2 |  |  |  | 189.5 |
|  | Royalties |  |  | 62.5 |  |  |  | 62.0 |  |  |  | 78.4 |
|  | Interest expense |  |  | 91.8 |  |  |  | 91.2 |  |  |  | 82.5 |
|  | Interest received |  |  | (6.8 | ) |  |  | (5.1 | ) |  |  | (7.3 | )
|  | Amortisation and depreciation |  |  | 668.4 |  |  |  | 748.1 |  |  |  | 671.4 |
|  | Interest expense – environmental rehabilitation |  |  | 11.7 |  |  |  | 12.1 |  |  |  | 10.7 |
|  | Non-cash rehabilitation income |  |  | (0.9 | ) |  |  | (13.5 | ) |  |  | (9.7 | )
|  | Interest received – environmental trust funds |  |  | (0.6 | ) |  |  | (0.5 | ) |  |  |  |
|  | Impairment, net of reversal of impairment of investments and assets |  |  | 520.3 |  |  |  | 200.2 |  |  |  | 76.5 |
|  | Write-off of exploration and evaluation assets |  |  | 37.7 |  |  |  | 51.5 |  |  |  | 41.4 |
|  | Loss/(profit) on disposal of assets |  |  | 51.6 |  |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  |  | (48.0 | )
|  | Profit on disposal of investments |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | (2.3 | )
|  | Gain on acquisition of Asanko |  |  | (51.8 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | Unrealised loss/(gain) on derivative contracts2 |  |  | 36.6 |  |  |  | (20.7 | ) |  |  | (14.4 | )
|  | Fair value (gain)/loss on Maverix warrants2 |  |  | (3.8 | ) |  |  | 0.4 |  |  |  | — |
|  | Profit on dilution of Gold Fields’ interest in Maverix |  |  | (4.0 | ) |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
|  | Silicosis settlement costs2 |  |  | (4.5 | ) |  |  | 30.2 |  |  |  |  |
|  | Share-based payments |  |  | 37.5 |  |  |  | 26.8 |  |  |  | 14.0 |
|  | Long-term incentive plan expense |  |  | 1.1 |  |  |  | 5.0 |  |  |  | 10.5 |
|  | Payment of long-term incentive plan |  |  | (17.8 | ) |  |  | (11.5 | ) |  |  | — |
|  | Borrowing costs capitalised |  |  | (17.5 | ) |  |  | (22.9 | ) |  |  | (15.1 | )
|  | Share of results of equity accounted investees, net of taxation |  |  | 0.2 |  |  |  | (0.3 | ) |  |  | — |
|  | Other2 |  |  | (3.0 | ) |  |  | (14.9 | ) |  |  | 0.4 |
|  | Total cash generated by operations |  |  | 998.0 |  |  |  | 1,286.5 |  |  |  | 1,245.4 |
2 | The item “Other” in 2017 and 2016 has been disaggregated into unrealised gain on derivative contracts, fair value loss on Maverix warrants and silicosis settlement costs.

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