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Cost of Sales (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
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Summary of Cost of Sale |
|  | COST OF SALES |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  | Salaries and wages |  |  | (392.8 | ) |  |  | (414.7 | ) |  |  | (388.1 | )
|  | Consumable stores |  |  | (280.0 | ) |  |  | (346.7 | ) |  |  | (346.3 | )
|  | Utilities |  |  | (148.3 | ) |  |  | (150.1 | ) |  |  | (169.8 | )
|  | Mine contractors |  |  | (365.3 | ) |  |  | (307.4 | ) |  |  | (308.4 | )
|  | Other |  |  | (204.4 | ) |  |  | (207.6 | ) |  |  | (163.1 | )
|  | Cost of sales before gold inventory change and amortisation and depreciation |  |  | (1,390.8 | ) |  |  | (1,426.5 | ) |  |  | (1,375.7 | )
|  | Gold inventory change |  |  | 16.2 |  |  |  | 69.5 |  |  |  | 45.9 |
|  | Cost of sales before amortisation and depreciation |  |  | (1,374.6 | ) |  |  | (1,357.0 | ) |  |  | (1,329.8 | )
|  | Amortisation and depreciation |  |  | (668.4 | ) |  |  | (748.1 | ) |  |  | (671.4 | )
|  | Total cost of sales |  |  | (2,043.0 | ) |  |  | (2,105.1 | ) |  |  | (2,001.2 | )

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