| $ | United States dollar |
| A$ or AUD | Australian dollar |
| ADS | American Depositary Share |
| ADR | American Depositary Receipt |
| ARS | Argentinean peso |
| ASX | Australian Securities Exchange |
| Au | Contained gold |
| BCM | Bank cubic metres, ie ore in the ground |
| BRL | Brazilian real |
| bn | Billion |
| capex | Capital expenditure |
| CDI | Chess Depositary Interests |
| CHF | Swiss franc |
| CLR | Carbon Leader Reef |
| FCFA | Franc Communauté Financiére Africaine |
| FIFR | Fatal injury frequency rate per million hours worked |
| g | Grams |
| g/t | Grams per tonne |
| g/TEC | Grams per total employee costed |
| GHC | Ghanaian cedi |
| GhDS | Ghanaian Depositary Share |
| GSE | Ghana Stock Exchange |
| HKD | Hong Kong dollar |
| JORC | Australasian Code for Reporting Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and Ore Reserves |
| JIBAR | Johannesburg interbank agreed rate |
| JSE | JSE Limited |
| King Code | South African King Code on Corporate Governance, 2002 |
| kg | Kilograms |
| LSE | London Stock Exchange |
| LIBOR | London interbank offer rate |
| LOM | Life of mine |
| LTIFR | Lost-time injury frequency rate per million hours worked (1) |
| m2/TEC | Square metres per total employee costed |
| M or m | Metre or million, depending on the context |
| Moz | Million ounces |
| Mt | Million tonnes or tons |
| Mtpa | Million tonnes/tons per annum |
| N$ or NAD | Namibian dollars |
| NOSA | National Occupational Safety Association |
| NYSE | New York Stock Exchange |
| oz | Ounces (troy) |
| oz/t | Ounces per ton |
| R or ZAR | South African rand |
| RIFR | Reportable injury frequency rate per million hours worked |
| SAMREC | South African Code for the Reporting of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves |
| SEC | United States Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SRP | South African Securities Regulation Panel |
| SOx | Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 |
| t | Tons (short) or tonnes (metric) |
| tpm | Tonnes/tons per month |
| tpa | Tonnes/tons per annum |
| tpd | Tonnes/tons per day |
| VCR | Ventersdorp Contact Reef |
| VCT | Voluntary counselling and testing |
