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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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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 October 2005
Commission File Number 0-28800
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DRDGOLD Limited
EBSCO House 4
299 Pendoring Avenue
Blackheath
Randburg, South Africa, 2195
(Address of principal executive offices)
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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        No
If ''Yes'' is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with
Rule 12g3-2(b): N/A
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This report on Form 6-K shall be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement on Form F-3 (Registration No. 333-102800) and Registration Statement on Form F-4 (Registration No. 333-121386) of DRDGOLD Limited (the "Company") filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 30, 2003 and December 17, 2004 respectively, and to be part thereof from the date on which this report is filed, to the extent not superseded by documents or reports subsequently filed or furnished.
Attached to the Registrant Form 6-K filing for the month of October 2005, incorporated
by reference herein:
Exhibit
99.1 Release dated October 21, 2005, entitled “HIGH COURT APPROVES BUFFELSFONTEIN
ACQUISITION BY SIMMER & JACK “
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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: October 24, 2005
By: /s/ Themba Gwebu
Name: Themba Gwebu
Title: Company Secretary
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Exhibit 99.1
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For immediate release
516/05-jmd
HIGH COURT APPROVES BUFFELSFONTEIN ACQUISITION BY SIMMER & JACK
Johannesburg, South Africa. 21 October 2005. DRDGOLD Limited (JSE: DRD; NASDAQ:
DROOY; ASX: DRD; POM SoX: DRD) is pleased to announce that the Scheme of
Arrangement for the acquisition of Buffelsfontein Gold Mines Limited (Buffelsfontein)
proposed by Simmer & Jack and accepted by the majority of Buffelsfontein creditors,
including DRDGOLD, last week has been approved and sanctioned by the High Court of
South Africa.
Buffelsfontein will now apply to the High Court for the lifting of its provisional liquidation and
DRDGOLD will sell its shares in Buffelsfontein to Simmer & Jack in terms of the conditions of
the latter’s proposal.
Queries:
South Africa
Investor and Media Relations
Ilja Graulich, DRDGOLD
+27 11 381 7826 (office)
+27 83 604 0820 (mobile)
James Duncan, Russell & Associates
+27 11 880 3924 (office)
+27 82 892 8052 (mobile)
North America
Investor and Media Relations
Barbara Cano, Breakstone Group International
+1 646 452 2334 (office)
Australasia
Investor and Media Relations
Paul Downie, Porter Novelli
+61 893 861 233 (office)
+61 414 947 129 (mobile)
United Kingdom/Europe
Investor and Media Relations
Phil Dexter, St James's Corporate Services
+44 20 7499 3916 (office)
+44 779 863 4398
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DRDGOLD is an intermediate unhedged gold producer with mines in South Africa as well as Australasia. The company’s
production profile is split equally between its highly leveraged SA operations and its low cost, cash generative offshore
mines.
DRDGOLD has primary listings on the Johannesburg (JSE:DRD) and Australian (ASX:DRD) stock exchanges and
secondary listings on NASDAQ (DROOY), the London and Port Moresby stock exchanges and the Paris and Brussels
Bourses. Its shares are also traded on the regulated unofficial market of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the Berlin
OTC Market.
For more information, please visit www.drdgold.com
FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Some of the information in this press release may contain projections or other forward looking statements regarding
future events or other financial performance, including forward-looking statements and information relating to us that are
based on the beliefs of our management, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to our
management. When used in this release, the words "estimate", "project", "believe", anticipate", "intend", "expect" and
similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect our current views with
respect to future events and are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions.
Many factors could cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future
results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements, including,
among others, adverse changes or uncertainties in general economic conditions in the markets we serve, a drop in the
gold price, a continuing strengthening of the Rand against the Dollar, regulatory developments adverse to us or
difficulties in maintaining necessary licenses or other governmental approvals, changes in our competitive position,
changes in business strategy, any major disruption in production at our key facilities or adverse changes in foreign
exchange rates and various other factors.
These risks include, without limitation, those described in the section entitled "Risk Factors" included in our annual
report for the fiscal year ended 30 June 2004, which we filed with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission on 29 November 2004 on Form 20-F, as amended by the Form 20-F/A filed on 29 April 2005 and those
detailed from time to time with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission. You should not place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date thereof. We do not undertake any
obligation to publicly update or revise these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date
of this report or to the occurrence of unanticipated events.