AngloGold Ashanti is one of the world's leading gold producers, with a varied portfolio of assets and orebody types in key gold-producing regions around the world. At the end of 2006, the company had 21 operations located in 10 countries (South Africa, Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Ghana, the Republic of Guinea, Mali, Namibia, Tanzania and the United States) on four continents, together with a substantial project pipeline and a focused, global exploration programme. The sale of the Bibiani mine in Ghana was concluded at the end of 2006 and the Boddington operation was given the go-ahead during the year.
AngloGold Ashanti produced 5.6 million ounces of gold in 2006, of which 2.6 million ounces (46%) came from deep-level hard-rock operations in South Africa and the balance of 3 million ounces (54%) from the shallower and surface operations around the world. Greenfields exploration is under way in Western Australia, Colombia and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), and through exploration partnerships and joint ventures in Alaska, Russia, China, the Philippines and Laos.
AngloGold Ashanti is a values-driven organisation and our values and business principles underpin all that we do. This applies equally to our approach to sustainable development. Thus, our values guide our relations with all those that have an interest in the business – our stakeholders – and inform our business principles that govern those relationships. We measure our performance against our stated values and business principles and report our progress against these in this document.
AngloGold Ashanti Annual Report 2006 - Report to Society