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Note 28 - Dividends

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2017

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Disclosure of dividends [text block]

28 Dividends

		2017				2016				2015
Dividends paid to owners of the Company (Excluding NCI)			2,904				2,639				2,504

The quarterly dividend of

6,875

cents per share represents Caledonia’s current dividend policy.

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The disclosure of dividends. Dividends are distributions of profits to holders of equity investments in proportion to their holdings of a particular class of capital.

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