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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

______________________

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE

ISSUER

PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16

UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For February 2022

Commission File Number 0-28800

______________________

DRDGOLD Limited

Constantia Office Park

Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Road

Cycad House, Building 17, Ground Floor

Weltevreden Park 1709

(

Address of principal executive offices

)

______________________

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-

F or Form 40-F.

Form 20-F

☑

Form 40-F

☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is

also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b) under the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Yes

☐

☑

If ''Yes''

is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule

12g3-2(b): N/A

Attached to the Registrant Form 6-K filing for the month of February 2022, incorporated

by reference herein:

Exhibit

99.1

Release

dated

February

16,

2022,

“CONDENSED

CONSOLIDATED

UNAUDITED

INTERIM RESULTS

FOR THE SIX

MONTHS ENDED 31

DECEMBER 2021

AND CASH

DIVIDEND DECLARATION

”

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused

this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

DRDGOLD LIMITED

Date: February 16, 2022

By: /s/ Riaan Davel

Name: Riaan Davel

Title: Chief Financial Officer

Exhibit 99.1

DRDGOLD LIMITED

(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)

(Registration number 1895/000926/06)

JSE share code: DRD

ISIN: ZAE000058723

NYSE trading symbol: DRD

(“

DRDGOLD

” or the “

Group

” or the “

Company

”)

CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED

UNAUDITED INTERIM RESULTS

FOR THE SIX MONTHS ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2021 AND CASH

DIVIDEND DECLARATION

INTRODUCTION

The contents of this

short form announcement are the

responsibility of the board of

directors of DRDGOLD

(“

Board

”).

Shareholders

are

advised

that

this

short

form

announcement

represents

summary

the

information

contained in the full announcement and does not contain full

or complete details.

Any investment decisions by investors and/or shareholders should therefore be based on consideration of

the full announcement, accessible

via

the JSE Limited (“

JSE

”) link at

https://senspdf.jse.co.za/documents/2022/JSE/ISSE/DRD/Interim_22.pdf

and also

available for

viewing on

the

Group’s

website

https://www.drdgold.com/downloads/send/106

-2021-interim/251-results-31-

december-2021

A copy

of the

full announcement

is available

for inspection,

at DRDGOLD’s

registered office

and at

the

offices

its

sponsor

charge

during

normal

business

hours

Mondays

Fridays

from

today,

16 February 2022, until Wednesday,

23 February 2022.

KEY FINANCIAL RESULTS

SUMMARY

Six months ended

31 December 2021

Six months ended

31 December 2020

% decrease

Revenue – R million

2,498.5

2,977.4

16%

Operating profit – R million

832.0

1,441.8

42%

Earnings per share – South African (“

”)

cents per share (“

cps

”)

58.0

111.0

48%

Headline earnings per share – cps

58.0

111.0

48%

Interim dividend – cps

50%

DIVIDEND

The Board

has declared

an interim

cash dividend

of 20

SA cps

for the

six months

ended 31

December

2021 as follows:

●

the dividend has been declared out of income reserves;

●

the local Dividend Withholding Tax

rate is 20% (twenty per cent);

●

the

gross

local

dividend

amount

cents

per

ordinary

for

shareholders

exempt

from

Dividend Withholding Tax;

●

the net local dividend

amount is 16 SA

cents per ordinary share for

shareholders liable to pay Dividend

Withholding Tax;

●

DRDGOLD

currently

has

864,588,711

ordinary

issue

(which

includes

6,612,266

treasury

shares); and

●

DRDGOLD’s income tax reference number is 9160/013/60/4.

In compliance with

the requirements

of Strate Proprietary

Limited (“

Strate

”) and the

JSE Limited Listings

Requirements, given the

Company’s primary listing

on the

exchange operated by

the JSE,

the salient

dates

for payment of the dividend are as follows:

●

last date to trade ordinary shares

cum

-dividend: Tuesday,

8 March 2022;

●

ordinary shares trade

-dividend: Wednesday,

9 March 2022;

●

record date: Friday,

11 March

2022; and

●

payment date: Monday,

14 March 2022.

On payment date, dividends due to holders of certificated securities on the SA share register will either be

electronically

transferred

such shareholders’

bank

accounts or,

in the

absence of

suitable

mandates,

dividends

will

held

escrow

the

Company

until

suitable

mandates

are

received

electronically

transfer dividends to such shareholders.

Dividends in respect of dematerialised

shareholdings will be credited to

such shareholders’ accounts with

the relevant Central Securities Depository Participant (CSDP)

or broker.

comply

with

the

further

requirements

Strate,

between

Wednesday,

March

2022

and

Friday,

March

2022,

both

days

inclusive,

transfers

between

the

and

any

other

and no ordinary shares

pertaining to the SA

share register may be

dematerialised

or rematerialised.

The

currency

conversion

date

for

the

Australian

and

United

Kingdom

registers

will

Monday, 14 March

2022.

The holders of American

Depositary Receipts (“

ADRs

”) should confirm dividend

details with the depository

bank. Assuming an

exchange rate of

R15.00/$1, the dividend

payable on an

ADR is equivalent

to 11 United

States cents for

ADR holders

liable to pay dividend

withholding tax. However,

the actual rate

of payment

will depend on the exchange rate on the date for currency

conversion.

On behalf of the Board

TJ Cumming

DJ Pretorius

Non-Executive Chairman

Chief Executive Officer

Johannesburg

16 February 2022

DIRECTORS - (

Independent) (^Lead Independent)

Executives:

DJ (Niël) Pretorius (Chief Executive Officer)

AJ (Riaan) Davel (Chief Financial Officer)

Non-Executives:

TJ Cumming (Non-Executive Chairman); EA Jeneker^;

JA Holtzhausen

, TVBN Mnyango

, JJ Nel

KP Lebina

, CD Flemming

Company Secretary:

E Beukes

Investor Relations:

For further information, contact Niël Pretorius at:

Tel:

(+27) (0)11 470

2600, Fax: (+27) (0)86 524 3061,

Website: http://www.drdgold.com

Registered Office:

Constantia Office Park

Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Road

Cycad House, Building 17, Ground Floor

Weltevreden Park, 1709

South Africa

Sponsor:

One Capital

17 Fricker Road, Illovo, 2196