PROVISION FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REHABILITATION (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2022

Provision for environmental rehabilitation [abstract]

Provision for decommissioning restoration and rehabilitation costs [text block]

Amounts in R million

Note

2022

2021

Opening balance 

570.8

568.9

Unwinding of provision

7

45.0

44.7

Change in estimate of environmental rehabilitation recognised in profit or loss

5.1

(2.2)

(12.4)

Change in estimate of environmental rehabilitation recognised to decommissioning asset (a)

9

(67.2)

26.4

Environmental rehabilitation payments (b)

(28.7)

(56.8)

To reduce decommissioning liabilities

(25.4)

(51.0)

To reduce restoration liabilities

14

(3.3)

(5.8)

Closing balance

517.7

570.8

Environmental rehabilitation payments to reduce the liability

(28.7)

(56.8)

Ongoing rehabilitation expenditure

 1

23

(31.6)

(48.3)

Total cash spent on environmental rehabilitation

(60.3)

(105.1)

1

 The Group also performs ongoing environmental rehabilitation arising from its current activities concurrently with production. These costs do

not represent a reduction of the above liability and are expensed as operating costs