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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001023512-25-000015
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20250331
FILED AS OF DATE:		20250507
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20250507

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			DRDGOLD LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001023512
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	GOLD & SILVER ORES [1040]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		EIN:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-35387
		FILM NUMBER:		25920246

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		45 EMPIRE ROAD
		STREET 2:		PARKTOWN
		CITY:			JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			2193
		BUSINESS PHONE:		27113817800

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		PO BOX 390
		STREET 2:		MARAISBURG
		CITY:			JOHANNESBURG
		STATE:			T3
		ZIP:			1700

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP LTD
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19960924
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<title>Document</title></head><body><div id="iaf8451fc25cb4c7cac371249c8e97433_1"></div><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Washington, D.C. 20549</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"><br>______________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">FORM 6-K</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">REPORT OF A FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">May 07, 2025</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Commission File Number 0-28800</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">______________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">DRDGOLD Limited</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Constantia Office Park</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cnr 14th Avenue and Hendrik Potgieter Road</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Cycad House, Building 17, Ground Floor</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Weltevreden Park 1709</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">(</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Address of principal executive offices</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">)</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">______________________</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Form 20-F </font><font style="font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">           Form 40-F </font><font style="font-family:'Wingdings',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%"></font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:48.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:36pt;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Exhibit</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:151%"> </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">99.1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Release dated May 07, 2025 &#8220;OPERATING UPDATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2025&#8221; </font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:36pt;text-align:justify;text-indent:-36pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:48.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">SIGNATURES</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">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.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:234pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:234pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">DRDGOLD LIMITED</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">Date&#58; May 07, 2025&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;By&#58; </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%;text-decoration:underline">&#47;s&#47; Riaan Davel</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Name&#58; Riaan Davel</font></div><div><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:400;line-height:100%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Title&#58; Chief Financial Officer</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:432pt;text-indent:-56.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:432pt;text-indent:-56.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:432pt;text-indent:-56.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:432pt;text-indent:-56.35pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:48.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="padding-left:432pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Times New Roman',sans-serif;font-size:12pt;font-weight:700;line-height:100%">Exhibit 99.1</font></div><div id="iaf8451fc25cb4c7cac371249c8e97433_56"></div><div style="margin-top:3.4pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">DRDGOLD LIMITED</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) </font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(Registration number 1895&#47;000926&#47;06)</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">ISIN&#58; ZAE000058723</font></div><div style="margin-top:1.7pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">JSE &#38; A2X share code&#58; DRD</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">NYSE trading symbol&#58; DRD</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">(&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">DRDGOLD</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221; or the &#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">Company</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#8221;)</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:99.908%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:98.900%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-bottom:0.25pt solid #000000;border-top:0.25pt solid #000000;padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:bottom"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:1.9pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt;text-align:center"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:134%">OPERATING UPDATE FOR THE QUARTER ENDED 31 MARCH 2025</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:4.65pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%"><br></font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">The operating update of the Company for the quarter ended 31 March 2025 is as follows&#58;</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.1pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;padding-left:17.11pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.411%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.811%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.253%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.514%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-right:3.32pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">QUARTER ENDED</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:6.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">QUARTER ENDED</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:9.97pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:130%">% change</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-right:3.27pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">31 MAR 2025</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:6.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:120%">31 DEC 2024</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:12.07pt;text-align:right"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Production</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1pt;margin-top:2.15pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Gold produced</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1,093</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1,245</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(12%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">oz</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">35,141</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">40,028</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(12%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Gold sold</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1,109</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">1,278</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(13%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">oz</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">35,655</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">41,089</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(13%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Ore milled</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Metric (000&#8217;t)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6,046</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">6,368</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(5%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Yield</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Metric (g&#47;t)</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:5.52pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">0.181</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.72pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">0.195</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:10.12pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(7%)</font></div></td></tr></table></div><div style="margin-top:0.15pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-bottom:0.1pt;padding-left:17.11pt"><table style="border-collapse:collapse;display:inline-table;margin-bottom:5pt;vertical-align:text-bottom;width:96.411%"><tr><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:32.811%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:13.253%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.514%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Price and costs</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Average gold price received</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">R per kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,685,760</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,530,264</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;10%</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">US$ per oz</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">2,837</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">2,659</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;7%</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Adjusted EBITDA *</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Rm</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:19.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">761.7</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">781.0</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(2%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">US$m</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:19.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">41.2</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:12pt;padding-right:13.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">43.6</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(6%)</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Cash operating costs</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">R per t</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:19.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">175</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:12pt;padding-right:13.47pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">167</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;5%</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">US$ per t</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:18pt;padding-right:19.32pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">9</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:12pt;padding-right:13.32pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">9</font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#8212;</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Cash operating costs</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">R per kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">964,235</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 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style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">R per kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,074,493</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">993,202</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;8%</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">US$ per oz</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,808</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,726</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-right:8.02pt;text-align:right"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:120%">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;5%</font></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">All-in costs **</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">R per kg</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 19pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">1,427,265</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 13pt 2px 1pt;text-align:right;vertical-align:top"><font 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style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:12.780%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:15.461%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td><td style="width:1.0%"></td><td style="width:17.987%"></td><td style="width:0.1%"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="padding:2px 1pt 2px 11.02pt;text-align:left;vertical-align:top"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%;text-decoration:underline">Capital expenditure</font></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div style="margin-bottom:1.5pt;margin-top:2.65pt;padding-left:0.02pt;padding-right:0.02pt"><font><br></font></div></td><td colspan="3" style="padding:0 1pt"><div 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style="margin-bottom:3pt;margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:24pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:154%">Rounding of figures may result in computational discrepancies.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:23.95pt;padding-right:13.9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:154%">* </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:154%">Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (&#34;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:700;line-height:154%">Adjusted EBITDA</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:154%">&#34;) may not be comparable to similarly titled measures of other companies. Adjusted EBITDA is not a measure of performance </font></div><div style="height:48.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div><hr style="page-break-after:always"><div style="min-height:48.96pt;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div><div style="margin-bottom:3pt;padding-left:23.95pt;padding-right:13.9pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:154%">under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and should be considered in addition to, and not as a substitute for, other measures of financial performance and liquidity.</font></div><div style="margin-bottom:10pt;padding-left:23.95pt;padding-right:13.95pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:156%">** </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:156%">All-in cost definitions based on the guidance note on non-GAAP Metrics issued by the World Gold Council on 27&#160;June&#160;2013</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:9pt;font-weight:400;line-height:156%">.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.55pt"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Revenue for the quarter increased by 4% from the previous quarter to R1,873.0 million, mainly as a result of an increase in the average gold price of 10% to R1,685,760&#47;kg. Gold sold decreased by 169kg to 1,109kg. </font></div><div><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.55pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Gold production decreased by 12% from the previous quarter to 1,093kg, primarily due to a 5% decrease in tonnage throughput and a 7% decrease in yield to 0.181g&#47;t. Tonnages were lower, mainly as a result of unprecedented wet weather conditions, which inhibited access to certain sites and as a consequence, impacted the desired blend of reclamation material. This ultimately affected the average yield achieved. </font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Cash operating costs remained under control, decreasing to R1,044.2 million. As a result of the reduction in gold&#160;production, cash operating costs per kilogram of gold sold increased by 10%</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Calibri',sans-serif;font-size:11pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%"> </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">from the previous quarter to R964,235&#47;kg. Cash operating costs per tonne increased by 5% to R175&#47;t as a result of the decrease in ore milled quarter on quarter. </font></div><div style="text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="margin-top:0.45pt;padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">All-in sustaining costs per kilogram were R1,074,493&#47;kg, increasing by 8% quarter on quarter mainly due to the decrease in gold production and sustaining capital expenditure. All-in costs per kilogram were R1,427,265&#47;kg, increasing by 1% quarter on quarter, despite a 26% decrease in non-sustaining capital expenditure as continuous rainfall affected construction activities at the Regional Tailings Storage Facility at Far West Gold Recoveries Proprietary Limited. </font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Adjusted EBITDA decreased by 2% from the previous quarter to R761.7 million.</font></div><div style="margin-top:0.05pt;padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Cash and cash equivalents increased by R289.3 million to R950.5 million as at 31 March 2025, after paying </font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">an interim cash dividend of R258.7 million for the six months ended 31 December 2024. The cash generated during the current quarter will, </font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">inter alia</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">, be applied towards the Company&#8217;s extended capital expenditure programme. This, coupled with the recent surge in the gold price and barring any unforeseen events, places the Company in a favourable position to consider declaring a final dividend in August 2025. </font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">In the Company&#8217;s 2025 condensed consolidated unaudited interim results for the six months ended 31&#160;December&#160;2024 (&#8220;</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:700;line-height:133%">HY 2025</font><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">&#8221;), published on 18 February 2025, the Company indicated that it remained on track to achieve the production guidance for the financial year ending 30&#160;June&#160;2025 of between 155,000 ounces and 165,000 ounces. Due to the decrease in tonnages and decrease in yield that has been observed during the quarter ended 31 March 2025, the Company may fall marginally short of its production guidance. As a result of the expected decrease in gold production, the Company may exceed the revised cash operating unit cost guidance of R870 000&#47;kg, as published in the HY 2025.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Change in depository bank</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The company is in the process of changing its depository bank for holders of American Depository Receipts (ADRs) to J.P.Morgan.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">The information contained in this announcement does not constitute an earnings forecast. The financial information provided is the responsibility of the directors of DRDGOLD, and such information has not been reviewed or reported on by the Company&#8217;s auditors.</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Johannesburg</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">7 May 2025</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font><br></font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">Sponsor</font></div><div style="padding-left:4.5pt;text-align:justify"><font style="color:#000000;font-family:'Arial',sans-serif;font-size:10pt;font-weight:400;line-height:133%">One Capital</font></div><div style="padding-left:7.2pt"><font><br></font></div><div style="height:48.96pt;position:relative;width:100%"><div style="bottom:0;position:absolute;width:100%"><div><font><br></font></div></div></div></body></html>
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