EX-4.15 4 u09898exv4w15.htm EX-4.15 exv4w15
exhibit 4.15
SALE OF ASSETS AGREEMENT (SOUTH)
between
PAMODZI GOLD FREE STATE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
(IN PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATION)
and
HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
             
1
  PARTIES     1  
2
  INTERPRETATION     1  
3
  INTRODUCTION     13  
4
  CONDITIONS PRECEDENT     13  
5
  MERGER NOTIFICATION TO COMPETITION AUTHORITIES     16  
6
  TRIGGER EVENT     16  
7
  SALE     17  
8
  PURCHASE CONSIDERATION     17  
9
  ESCROW ACCOUNT     18  
10
  PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE CONSIDERATION     18  
11
  CARE AND MAINTENANCE     19  
12
  CLOSING     20  
13
  VALUE OF SPECIFIED ASSETS     21  
14
  REVIEW OF BUILDINGS, FIXED ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE     22  
15
  BUSINESS LIABILITIES     22  
16
  REHABILITATION LIABILITIES     22  
17
  CONDUCT OF SOUTH BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT     23  
18
  WARRANTIES BY THE SELLER     24  
19
  GENERAL WARRANTIES     25  
20
  EMBARGO     26  
21
  CONFIDENTIALITY     26  
22
  PUBLICITY     28  
23
  SUPPORT     29  
24
  BREACH     29  
25
  DISPUTE RESOLUTION     30  
26
  NOTICES AND DOMICILIA     31  
27
  BENEFIT OF THE AGREEMENT     32  
28
  APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION     32  
29
  GENERAL     33  
30
  COSTS     34  
31
  SIGNATURE     34  
ANNEXURES
     
ANNEXURE “1”
  : PLAN AND COORDINATES
ANNEXURE “2”
  : IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
ANNEXURE “3”
  : SPECIFIED ASSETS
ANNEXURE “4”
  : SURFACE RIGHT PERMITS
ANNEXURE “5”
  : OLD ORDER MINING RIGHT
         
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WHEREBY THE PARTIES AGREE AS FOLLOWS —
1   PARTIES
1.1   Pamodzi Gold Free State (Proprietary) Limited (in provisional liquidation); and
 
1.2   Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited.
2   INTERPRETATION
2.1   In this Agreement —
2.1.1   clause headings are for convenience only and are not to be used in its interpretation;
 
2.1.2   an expression which denotes —
2.1.2.1   any gender includes the other genders;
 
2.1.2.2   a natural person includes a juristic person and vice versa; and
 
2.1.2.3   the singular includes the plural and vice versa.
2.2   In this Agreement, unless the context indicates a contrary intention, the following words and expressions bear the meanings assigned to them and cognate expressions bear corresponding meanings —
2.2.1   “Administration Expenses Agreement” means the written agreement entered into between the Purchaser and the Seller on 7 August 2009 in terms of which the Purchaser agreed to pay the Seller an amount of R5,000,000 (five million rand) in respect of certain expenses to be incurred by the Seller;
 
2.2.2   “AFSA” means the Arbitration Foundation of Southern Africa;
 
2.2.3   “Agreement” means this sale of assets agreement;
 
2.2.4   “Applicable Date” means 7 August 2009;
 
2.2.5   “Buildings” means all buildings located on the Immovable Property, the Surface Right Permits and the Servitudes and all fixtures, fittings and contents therein as at the Applicable Date;
 
2.2.6   “Business” means the gold mining, processing and related business carried on by the Seller under the name and style of “President Steyn Gold Mine” prior
         
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    to the Signature Date, which business included the operation of the Steyn Shafts;
 
2.2.7   “Business Liabilities” means all liabilities of whatsoever nature or kind, and wherever and howsoever arising, of the Seller other than the Rehabilitation Liabilities;
 
2.2.8   “Care and Maintenance” means all care and maintenance reasonably necessary in respect of the Sale Assets which shall include, inter alia —
2.2.8.1   the continuation of all water pumping activities at Steyn 9 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 9 Shaft) so as to ensure that there is no build-up of water in the shaft;
 
2.2.8.2   the continuation of the dewatering of Steyn 9 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 9 Shaft) so as to ensure that the water level remains below the 57 level pump station;
 
2.2.8.3   the continuation of the dewatering of Steyn 3 Shaft (previously known as Loraine 3 Shaft) between 71 and 75 level, so as to allow for the future recommissioning of the pump station on 74 level;
 
2.2.8.4   the continuation of the dewatering of Steyn 3 Shaft (previously known as Loraine 3 Shaft) so as to ensure that the water level remains below the 73 level station footwall; and
 
2.2.8.5   the provision of all necessary security services to ensure that the Sale Assets are secure and cannot be accessed by unauthorised persons;
2.2.9   “Companies Act” means the Companies Act, 1973;
 
2.2.10   “Competition Act” means the Competition Act, 1998;
 
2.2.11   “Competition Authorities” means the commission established pursuant to Chapter 4, Part A of the Competition Act or the tribunal established pursuant to Chapter 4, Part B of the Competition Act or the appeal court established pursuant to Chapter 4, Part C of the Competition Act, as the case may be;
 
2.2.12   “Condition Precedent Fulfilment Date” the date on which the last of the Conditions Precedent has been fulfilled or waived, as the case may be;
 
2.2.13   “Conditions Precedent” means the conditions precedent set out in clause 4.1;
         
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2.2.14   “Deed of Cession” means a notarial deed of cession of the New Order Mining Right prepared by the Purchaser’s Attorneys;
 
2.2.15   “DMR” means the Department of Mineral Resources of the Government of the Republic of South Africa;
 
2.2.16   “Effective Date” means if there has been -
2.2.16.1.1   no deterioration or damage as contemplated in clause 14.1, the 2nd (second) business day after the Measurement Date; or
 
2.2.16.1.2   deterioration or damage as contemplated in clause 14.1, the 2nd (second) business day after the later of the Measurement Date and the date of determination of the cost of restoration in terms of clause 14.1;
2.2.17   “Employees” means all employees of the Seller who are employed exclusively or predominantly in respect of the South Business, other than the Management Employees;
 
2.2.18   “Equipment and Infrastructure” means all equipment, infrastructure, spares and inventory owned and used by the Seller in or in connection with the South Business —
2.2.18.1   whether above or below the surface, and which was situated on or below the South Business Area as at the Applicable Date; and/or
 
2.2.18.2   which is held by contractors or service suppliers for repair, refurbishment or reconditioning;
2.2.19   “Fixed Assets” means all assets owned by the Seller in addition to the Buildings, the Equipment and Infrastructure and the Immovable Property, used in or in connection with the South Business, whether above or below the surface, and which were situated on or below the South Business Area as at the Applicable Date;
 
2.2.20   “Gold Work-in-Progress” means all gold bearing material derived from the South Business which had not yet been processed and sold as at the Applicable Date;
 
2.2.21   “Immovable Property” means the immovable property owned by the Seller and used in connection with the South Business, details of which are listed in
         
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    annexure “2”;
 
2.2.22   “Income Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act, 1962;
 
2.2.23   “Independent Auditors” means such independent auditors as may be agreed between the Seller and the Purchaser, or failing agreement within 48 (forty eight) hours from the date of a request by either Party for such agreement, appointed by the Executive President for the time being of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants from one of the 4 (four) largest (based on number of partners) independent firms of auditors in South Africa at the time;
 
2.2.24   “Intellectual Property” means all patents, registered and unregistered trade marks, service marks, copyright, designs and applications for any of the aforegoing in any part of the world, and any know-how, trade secrets and data associated with any of the aforegoing owned by the Seller and used in or in connection with the South Business;
 
2.2.25   “Labour Relations Act” means the Labour Relations Act, 1995;
 
2.2.26   “Liquidators” means the provisional liquidators of the Seller being Allan David Pellow, Barend Peterson, Deon Marius Botha, Enver Mohammed Motala, Gavin Cecil Gainsford and Johan Engelbrecht;
 
2.2.27   “Management Employees” means all management level employees of the Seller who are employed exclusively or predominantly in respect of the South Business;
 
2.2.28   “Management Termination Agreements” means written agreements in terms of section 197(6) of the Labour Relations Act entered or to be entered into between the Seller, the Purchaser, Avgold Limited and the Management Employees, in terms of which the employment of the Management Employees with the Seller will be terminated for operational reasons with effect from a date which is prior to the Effective Date, and the Management Employees waive all of their rights and claims against the Purchaser’s Group under sections 197 and 197A of the Labour Relations Act arising pursuant to the Sale;
 
2.2.29   “Measurement Date” means —
2.2.29.1   the 2nd (second) business day immediately succeeding the day on which
         
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    the last of the Conditions Precedent has been fulfilled or waived, as the case may be; or
 
2.2.29.2   if the Purchaser has indicated to the Seller at any time on or before the date referred to in clause 2.2.29.1 that it is of the view that any of the Specified Assets has been removed from the South Business Area, the 2nd (second) business day immediately succeeding the day on which the value of such Specified Asset(s) is agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 13.1;
2.2.30   “Merger Notification” means the merger notice which may be submitted to the Competition Authorities as contemplated in clause 5;
 
2.2.31   “Mining Titles Office” means the Mining Titles Office contemplated in section 2 of the Mining Titles Registration Act, 1967;
 
2.2.32   “Minister” means the Minister of Mining;
 
2.2.33   “MPRDA” means the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act, 2002;
 
2.2.34   “New Order Mining Right” means the mining right into which it is intended that the Old Order Mining Right will be converted in terms of clause 4.1.4;
 
2.2.35   “North Business” means the “North Business” as defined in the North Sale Agreement;
 
2.2.36   “North Sale Agreement” means a written agreement entered or to be entered into between Avgold Limited and the Seller in terms of which Avgold Limited acquires the gold mining, processing and related business owned by the Seller and known as “President Steyn North Division”;
 
2.2.37   “Old Order Mining Right” means all existing mineral rights, mining leases, mining licences, surface right permits and other mining rights held by the Seller and which were used in connection with the South Business prior to the Signature Date, including those listed in annexure “4”;
 
2.2.38   “Parties” means the parties to this Agreement;
 
2.2.39   “Plant Sale Agreement” means a written agreement entered or to be entered into between the Purchaser and the Seller in terms of which the Purchaser acquires the PSGM Plant and associated assets;
         
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2.2.40   “Prime Rate” means the publicly quoted basic rate of interest, compounded monthly in arrears and calculated on a 365 (three hundred and sixty five) day year irrespective of whether or not the year is a leap year, from time to time published by Absa Bank Limited as being its prime overdraft rate, as certified by any representative of that bank whose appointment and designation it will not be necessary to prove;
 
2.2.41   “PSGM Plant” means the gold processing plant owned by the Seller, situated on the Immoveable Property and known as the “PSGM Plant”;
 
2.2.42   “Purchase Consideration” means the amount payable by the Purchaser to the Seller for the Sale Assets in terms of this Agreement, details of which are set out in clause 8;
 
2.2.43   “Purchaser” means Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, registration number 1950/038232/06, a limited liability public company duly incorporated in the Republic of South Africa;
 
2.2.44   “Purchaser’s Attorneys” means Cliffe Dekker Hofmeyr Incorporated, registration number 2008/018923/21, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in the Republic of South Africa;
 
2.2.45   “Purchaser’s Group” means the Purchaser and its subsidiaries;
 
2.2.46   “Rehabilitation Fund” means the President Steyn Rehabilitation Trust, Master’s Reference Number IT 1829/1998, a trust duly established in the Republic of South Africa;
 
2.2.47   “Rehabilitation Liabilities” means the Seller’s obligations to rehabilitate all environmental disturbances, including health and pollution, and degradation existing within the South Business Area (including any object and/or thing beneath the South Business Area), which obligations arose prior to the Effective Date, and shall include —
2.2.47.1   all restoration, anti-pollution measures, anti-flooding measures, making safe, rehabilitation, compliance with the terms of any rehabilitation plans and/or programs approved by the DMR; and
 
2.2.47.2   all compliance with all lawful directives of all regulatory authorities;
2.2.48   “Related Agreements” means the Waste Rock Dump Sale Agreement, the Plant Sale Agreement and the North Sale Agreement;
         
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2.2.49   “Sale” means the sale by the Seller of the Sale Assets to the Purchaser in terms of this Agreement;
 
2.2.50   “Sale Assets” means all the assets owned by the Seller and used in or in connection with the South Business, including —
2.2.50.1   the Buildings;
 
2.2.50.2   the Gold Work-in-Progress;
 
2.2.50.3   the Equipment and Infrastructure;
 
2.2.50.4   the Fixed Assets;
 
2.2.50.5   the Immovable Property;
 
2.2.50.6   the Intellectual Property;
 
2.2.50.7   the New Order Mining Right;
 
2.2.50.8   the South Steyn Shafts;
 
2.2.50.9   the Stock;
 
2.2.50.10   all information and technical data relating to the South Business Area, including geology reports, drill cores and the like;
 
2.2.50.11   all ore stockpiles; and
 
2.2.50.12   all prepaid expenses and deposits made in connection with the South Business,

    but specifically excluding the PSGM Plant;

2.2.51   “Seller” means Pamodzi Gold Free State (Proprietary) Limited (in provisional liquidation), registration number 1998/019764/07, a limited liability private company duly incorporated in the Republic of South Africa, duly represented herein by the Liquidators;
 
2.2.52   “Seller’s Designated Account” means the bank account nominated by the Seller, the details of which are set out below, or such other account as the Seller may designate in writing on 5 (five) business days notice to the Purchaser —
         
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Name of Account:
  Pamodzi Gold Free State (Proprietary) Limited (In Liquidation)
 
   
Bank:
  Absa Bank Limited
 
   
Branch:
  Auckland Park
 
   
Branch Code:
  632005
 
   
Account Number:
  407 451 2528
2.2.53   “Servitudes” means all servitudes granted to and used by the Seller in connection with the Sale Assets, or which relate in any way to the Sale Assets, and which are capable of being transferred by the Seller to the Purchaser;
 
2.2.54   “Signature Date” means the date of signature of this Agreement by the Party fast signing;
 
2.2.55   “South Business” means the gold mining, processing and related business carried on by the Seller under the name and style of “President Steyn South Division” prior to the Signature Date, which business included the operation of the South Steyn Shafts;
 
2.2.56   “South Business Area” means the area outlined in green and labelled “MINING LEASE AREA” on the plan annexed hereto as annexure “1”, which area is depicted by the coordinates listed in annexure “1”;
 
2.2.57   “South Steyn Shafts” means the gold mines known as Steyn 1 Shaft and Steyn 2 Shaft and the ventilation shaft known as Steyn 1A Shaft;
 
2.2.58   “Specified Assets” means the assets listed in annexure “3”, which form part of the Sale Assets, photographs of which were taken on the Applicable Date and are contained on 2 (two) identical compact discs signed by the Parties on the Signature Date and held in escrow by each of the Purchaser’s Attorneys and Knowles Husain Lindsay Attorneys;
 
2.2.59   “Steyn Shafts” means the gold mines known as Steyn 1 Shaft, Steyn 2 Shaft Steyn 3 Shaft (previously known as Lorraine 3 Shaft), Steyn 7 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 7 Shaft) and Steyn 9 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 9 Shaft) and the ventilation shafts known as Steyn 1A Shaft, Steyn 4 Shaft (previously known as Loraine 4 Shaft) and Steyn 8 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 8 Shaft);
 
2.2.60   “Stock” means the stock-in-trade of the Seller relating to the South Business at the Applicable Date, comprising —
         
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2.2.60.1   raw materials;
 
2.2.60.2   packaging materials;
 
2.2.60.3   work in progress;
 
2.2.60.4   finished products; and
 
2.2.60.5   spares and consumables,
    and includes all Stock in transit to and from the Seller, Stock held on consignment by third parties and Stock held for reworking or processing by third parties;
 
2.2.61   “Surface Right Permits” means the surface right permits held by the Seller, details of which are contained in annexure “2”;
 
2.2.62   “Supporting Documentation” means the initial environmental management plan(s), mine works programme(s), social and labour plan(s) and other documents submitted by or on behalf of the Seller in support of its application to convert the Old Order Mining Right into the New Order Mining Right;
 
2.2.63   “Termination Agreements” means the Union Termination and Recall Agreement and the Management Termination Agreements;
 
2.2.64   “Trigger Event” means the occurrence of 1 (one) or more of the following —
2.2.64.1   any of the Termination Agreements not being unconditional in all respects;
 
2.2.64.2   any of the Termination Agreements not being of full force and effect for any reason whatsoever;
 
2.2.64.3   any of the Termination Agreements having been amended or varied in any way whatsoever without the Purchaser’s prior written consent;
 
2.2.64.4   the water level in Steyn 9 Shaft (previously known as Freddies 9 Shaft) having increased to such an extent that the 57 level pump station is not fully operational in accordance with its specifications;
 
2.2.64.5   the water level in Steyn 3 Shaft (previously known as Loraine 3 Shaft) having increased to such an extent that the 69.5 level pump station is no longer able to pump water to 56 level at the same rate as it did prior to the Seller being placed in provisional liquidation;
         
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2.2.64.6   any of the Specified Assets, which has a value (as agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 13) of R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand) or more, having been removed from the South Business Area;
 
2.2.64.7   Specified Assets, which have an aggregate value (as agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 13) of R10,000,000 (ten million rand) or more, having been removed from the South Business Area;
 
2.2.64.8   the Seller being in breach of this Agreement or having failed to comply with any of its obligations under this Agreement which are required to have been complied with as at the Measurement Date;
 
2.2.64.9   any amendments having been made to the Supporting Documentation without the Purchaser’s prior written approval; and
 
2.2.64.10   any one or more events, circumstances, conditions or changes which result in, or which will result in, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse impact on the Sale Assets and which has reduced, or will reduce, the value of the Sale Assets on a permanent basis by at least R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand), provided that any changes in market conditions, of whatsoever nature or kind, including fluctuations in interest rates and commodity prices and changes in the availability of products, shall not constitute a Trigger Event and shall not be taken into account in any manner in determining any reduction in the value of the Sale Assets;
2.2.65   “Union Termination and Recall Agreement” means a written agreement(s) in terms of section 197(6) of the Labour Relations Act entered or to be entered into between the Seller, the Purchaser, Avgold Limited and the appropriate person(s) or body(ies) referred to in section 189(1) of the Labour Relations Act in respect of the Employees (“Authorised Person”), in terms of which the —
2.2.65.1   Authorised Person agrees to the termination of the Employees’ employment with the Seller for operational reasons with effect from a date which is prior to the Effective Date, and waives all of the Employees’ and, where applicable, the Authorised Person’s, rights and claims against the Purchaser’s Group under sections 197 and 197A of the Labour Relations Act arising pursuant to the Sale; and
 
2.2.65.2   Purchaser or Avgold Limited, as the case may be, agrees to recall some or all of the Employees on and subject to specified terms and conditions;
         
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2.2.66   “VAT” means value-added tax as levied from time to time in terms of the VAT Act;
 
2.2.67   “VAT Act” means the Value-Added Tax Act, 1991;
 
2.2.68   “Warranties” means the warranties expressly given by the Seller to the Purchaser in terms of this Agreement; and
 
2.2.69   “Waste Rock Dump Sale Agreement” means a written agreement entered or to be entered into between Harmony and the Seller in terms of which Harmony acquires the waste rock dump owned by the Seller and known as “Freddies 9 Shaft Waste Rock Dump”.
2.3   Any substantive provision, conferring rights or imposing obligations on a Party and appearing in any of the definitions in this clause 1 or elsewhere in this Agreement, shall be given effect to as if it were a substantive provision in the body of the Agreement.
 
2.4   Words and expressions defined in any clause shall, unless the application of any such word or expression is specifically limited to that clause, bear the meaning assigned to such word or expression throughout this Agreement.
 
2.5   Subject to clauses 2.6, 2.8 and 2.17, defined terms appearing in this Agreement in title case shall be given their meaning as defined, while the same terms appearing in lower case shall be interpreted in accordance with their plain English meaning.
 
2.6   The terms “holding company” and “subsidiary” shall bear the meanings assigned thereto in the Companies Act.
 
2.7   A reference to any statutory enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as at the Signature Date and as amended or substituted from time to time.
 
2.8   Reference to “days” shall be construed as calendar days unless qualified by the word “business”, in which instance a “business day” will be any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday as gazetted by the government of the Republic of South Africa from time to time. Any reference to “business hours” shall be construed as being the hours between 08h30 and 17h00 on any business day. Any reference to time shall be based upon South African Standard Time.
         
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2.9   Unless specifically otherwise provided, any number of days prescribed shall be determined by excluding the first and including the last day or, where the last day falls on a day that is not a business day, the next succeeding business day.
 
2.10   Where figures are referred to in numerals and in words, and there is any conflict between the two, the words shall prevail, unless the context indicates a contrary intention.
 
2.11   No provision herein shall be construed against or interpreted to the disadvantage of a Party by reason of such Party having or being deemed to have structured, drafted or introduced such provision.
 
2.12   The Parties, unless specifically otherwise provided, shall be deemed to be contracting as principals and not as agents.
 
2.13   The expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not affect such of the provisions of this Agreement as expressly provide that they will operate after any such expiration or termination or which of necessity must continue to have effect after such expiration or termination, notwithstanding that the clauses themselves do not expressly provide for this.
 
2.14   The words “include” and “including” mean “include without limitation” and “including without limitation”. The use of the words “include” and “including” followed by a specific example or examples shall not be construed as limiting the meaning of the general wording preceding it.
 
2.15   Whenever any person is required to act “as an expert and not as an arbitrator” in terms of this Agreement, then —
2.15.1   the determination of the expert shall (in the absence of manifest error) be final and binding;
 
2.15.2   subject to any express provision to the contrary, the expert shall determine the liability for his or its charges, which shall be paid accordingly;
 
2.15.3   the expert shall be entitled to determine such methods and processes as he or it may, in his or its sole discretion, deem appropriate in the circumstances provided that the expert may not adopt any process which is manifestly biased, unfair or unreasonable;
 
2.15.4   the expert shall consult with the relevant Parties (provided that the extent of the expert’s consultation shall be in his or its sole discretion) prior to rendering
         
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    a determination; and
 
2.15.5   having regard to the sensitivity of any confidential information, the expert shall be entitled to take advice from any person considered by him or it to have expert knowledge with reference to the matter in question.
2.16   Any reference in this Agreement to “this Agreement” or any other agreement or document shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement or, as the case may be, such other agreement or document, as amended, varied, novated or supplemented from time to time.
 
2.17   This Agreement incorporates the annexures which annexures shall have the same force and effect as if set out in the body of this Agreement. In this Agreement the words “clause” or “clauses” and “annexure” or “annexures” refer to clauses of and annexures to this Agreement.
3   INTRODUCTION
3.1   The Seller is the beneficial, and where applicable registered, owner of the Sale Assets.
 
3.2   The Purchaser wishes to purchase the Sale Assets and the Seller wishes to sell the Sale Assets to the Purchaser on the terms and conditions herein contained.
 
3.3   The Parties wish to record in writing their agreement in respect of the above and matters ancillary thereto.
4   CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
4.1   Save for clauses 1 to 5, clauses 11, 14 and 17 and clauses 19 to 31 (both inclusive) all of which will become effective immediately, this Agreement is subject to the fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent that —
4.1.1   by not later than 17h00 on 30 October 2009, the Purchaser has entered into a written agreement with Eskom Limited providing for the supply of electricity to the South Business and the North Business with an aggregate baseline of no less than what was approved by Eskom Limited for the South Business and the North Business prior to the Seller being placed in provisional liquidation;
 
4.1.2   by not later than 17h00 on 30 October 2009, the Purchaser is satisfied, acting reasonably, that all necessary steps have been taken and documents signed so as to ensure that the Surface Right Permits and Servitudes can be
         
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    transferred to the Purchaser, and such transfers can, to the extent necessary, be registered in the Mining Titles Office, forthwith after the Effective Date;
 
4.1.3   by not later than 17h00 on 21 December 2009, the Sale (to the extent necessary) has been unconditionally approved by the Competition Authorities in terms of the Competition Act, or conditionally approved on terms and conditions acceptable to the Purchaser;
 
4.1.4   by not later than 17h00 on 29 January 2010, the Old Order Mining Right has been converted into the New Order Mining Right in terms of Item 7 of Schedule II to the MPRDA;
 
4.1.5   by not later than 17h00 on 29 January 2010, the Minister has granted approval for the transfer of the New Order Mining Right from the Seller to the Purchaser in terms of section 11 of the MPRDA and the Deed of Cession has been executed;
 
4.1.6   by not later than 17h00 on 29 January 2010, each of the DMR and the South African Revenue Service has, to the extent necessary, granted its approval for the transfer of the amount referred to in clause 16.2 from the Rehabilitation Fund to the Harmony Gold Environmental Trust Fund;
 
4.1.7   by not later than 17h00 on 18 September 2009, The Industrial Development Corporation of Southern Africa Limited has consented to the Sale and the Seller has provided the Purchaser with written proof of such consent in a form and substance acceptable to the Purchaser;
 
4.1.8   by not later than 17h00 on 18 September 2009, the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria has approved the Sale;
 
4.1.9   by not later than 17h00 on 29 January 2010, the North Sale Agreement has been entered into and has become unconditional in accordance with its terms, save insofar as it is conditional on this Agreement becoming unconditional;
 
4.1.10   by not later than 17h00 on 8 September 2009, the Union Termination and Recall Agreement has been entered into;
 
4.1.11   by not later than 17h00 on 20 November 2009, the Management Termination Agreements have been entered into and have become unconditional in all respects; and
 
4.1.12   by not later than 17h00 on 20 November 2009, a certificate of registration has
         
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    been granted to the Purchaser in respect of the Sale Assets under the National Nuclear Regulator Act, 1999.
 
4.2   The Parties shall use their commercially reasonable endeavours and the Parties will co-operate in good faith to procure the fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent as soon as reasonably possible after the Signature Date.
 
4.3   In the event that the Purchaser is of the view, acting reasonably, that it will not be possible to fulfil the Conditions Precedent set out in clauses 4.1.4 and 4.1.5 either timeously or at all, the Seller undertakes to take all such steps and do all such things as are within its power to procure that, subject to the fulfilment of the remaining Conditions Precedent, the Purchaser becomes the holder of a mining right granted under the MPRDA in respect of the same area as is covered by the Old Order Mining Right, and this Agreement will be deemed to have been amended accordingly.
 
4.4   The Conditions Precedent set out in —
4.4.1   clauses 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.4, 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7, and 4.1.9 to 4.1.12 (both inclusive) have been inserted for the benefit of the Purchaser which will be entitled to waive fulfilment of any of the said Conditions Precedent, in whole or in part, on written notice to the Seller prior to the expiry of the relevant time periods set out in those clauses; and
 
4.4.2   clauses 4.1.3 and 4.1.8 are not capable of being waived.
4.5   The Purchaser shall be entitled to extend the date for fulfilment of all or any of the Conditions Precedent on written notice to the Seller, provided that no such extension in respect of any Condition Precedent shall be more than 60 (sixty) business days in the aggregate.
 
4.6   Unless all the Conditions Precedent have been fulfilled or waived, as the case may be, by not later than the date for fulfilment thereof set out above (or such later date/s as may be extended in terms of clause 4.5 or as may be agreed between the Parties in writing) the provisions of this Agreement, save for clauses 1 to 5, clauses 11 and 17 and clauses 19 to 31 (both inclusive) which will remain of full force and effect, will never become of any force or effect and the status quo ante will be restored as near as may be possible and neither of the Parties will have any claim against the other in terms hereof or arising from the failure of the Conditions Precedent, save for any claims arising from a breach of clause 4.2.
         
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5   MERGER NOTIFICATION TO COMPETITION AUTHORITIES
5.1   It is recorded that the Sale will result in a change in control, as contemplated by Chapters 3 of the Competition Act, which will require the approval of the Competition Authorities prior to this Agreement being implemented.
 
5.2   The Parties shall as soon as reasonably possible after the Signature Date and in any event by not later than 20 (twenty) business days after the Signature Date jointly instruct the Purchaser’s Attorneys to prepare and submit a merger notice in respect of the Sale to the Competition Authorities in terms of the Competition Act, for approval.
 
5.3   The Parties shall procure that the Merger Notification is submitted to the Competition Authorities as soon as possible after the Signature Date.
 
5.4   Each of the Parties shall —
5.4.1   sign all documents and expeditiously provide all necessary information upon being required to do so;
 
5.4.2   use its commercially reasonable endeavours and shall take all such steps and render all such assistance as may be reasonably necessary to procure that the Merger Notification is properly prepared and duly submitted within the time period specified in clause 5.3; and
 
5.4.3   do everything required by the Competition Authorities in order to enable the Merger Notification to be dealt with, to the extent that it is within its power to do so.
5.5   The Purchaser shall pay the costs of and associated with the filing of the Merger Notification. These costs shall include the filing fee payable in connection with the filing of the Merger Notification and the legal fees of the Purchaser’s Attorneys for the preparation and submission of the Merger Notification but shall exclude each Party’s other legal costs associated with the preparation of such Merger Notification (if any), which costs will be for each Party’s own account.
6   TRIGGER EVENT
6.1   Notwithstanding the fulfilment or waiver of the Conditions Precedent, the Purchaser shall not be obliged to pay the Purchase Consideration or proceed with the Sale, and shall be entitled to terminate this Agreement on written notice to the Seller, in the event that a Trigger Event has occurred at any time on or
         
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    before the Measurement Date.
 
6.2   In the event that the Purchaser terminates this Agreement in accordance with the provisions of clause 6.1, the status quo ante will be restored as near as may be possible and, without prejudice to the Parties’ rights in terms of clause 24, neither of the Parties will have any claim against the other arising from such termination.
7   SALE
7.1   The Seller hereby sells to the Purchaser which hereby purchases the Sale Assets.
 
7.2   Notwithstanding the Signature Date, the Sale will take place on the Effective Date and ownership of and risk in and benefit attaching to the Sale Assets will, against payment of the amounts due and payable in terms of clause 10.1.1, pass to the Purchaser on the Effective Date.
 
7.3   Possession and effective control of the Sale Assets will be given to the Purchaser on the Effective Date.
 
7.4   Ownership of the Immovable Property will pass to the Purchaser on registration of transfer.
8   PURCHASE CONSIDERATION
 
    The Purchase Consideration is an amount equal to R180,000,000 (one hundred and eighty million rand), less —
8.1   the value (as agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 13) of any of the Specified Assets which have been removed from the South Business Area at any time on or before the Effective Date;
 
8.2   the aggregate of the cost of restoration of the Buildings, Fixed Assets and Equipment and Infrastructure as agreed or determined in accordance with the provisions of clause 14.1;
 
8.3   any amount deducted by the Purchaser in terms of clause 11.3; and
 
8.4   any amount paid by the Purchaser, or any member of the Purchaser’s Group, in consultation with and for and on behalf of the Seller and/or the Liquidators (other than in terms of the Administration Expenses Agreement) at any time prior to the Effective Date and which has not been repaid or deducted from the purchase consideration payable under the Waste Rock Dump Sale Agreement, the Plant
         
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    Sale Agreement or the North Sale Agreement,
    plus VAT thereon.
 
9   ESCROW ACCOUNT
9.1   On the 1st (first) business day after the later of the payment of the respective purchase considerations under the Plant Sale Agreement and the Waste Rock Dump Sale Agreement to the Seller, the Purchaser shall be obliged to pay an amount of R180,000,000 (one hundred and eighty million rand) (“Escrow Amount”) to the Purchaser’s Attorneys with instructions that they —
9.1.1   invest the Escrow Amount in an interest bearing trust account, with interest accruing for the benefit of the Purchaser, for a maximum period of 6 (six) months from the Signature Date; and
 
9.1.2   pay the amounts set out in clause 10 on the dates referred to therein to the Seller out of the Escrow Amount for and on behalf of the Purchaser and thereafter refund the balance of the Escrow Amount, plus all interest accrued thereon, to the Purchaser; or
 
9.1.3   repay the Escrow Amount, plus all interest accrued thereon, to the Purchaser in the event that the Effective Date has not occurred by the expiry of a period of 6 (six) months from the Signature Date.
9.2   The provisions of this clause 9 shall constitute an instruction by the Purchaser to the Purchaser’s Attorneys to invest the Escrow Amount in accordance with the provisions of section 78(2A) of the Attorney’s Act, 1979.
10   PAYMENT OF THE PURCHASE CONSIDERATION
10.1   The Purchase Consideration will be paid by the Purchaser against compliance by the Seller with the provisions of clause 12, as follows —
10.1.1   an amount equal to the Purchase Consideration less R6,632,167.96 (six million six hundred and thirty two thousand one hundred and sixty seven rand and ninety six cents), plus VAT thereon on the Effective Date; and
 
10.1.2   R6.632,167.96 (six million six hundred and thirty two thousand one hundred and sixty seven rand and ninety six cents), plus VAT thereon and interest at the Prime Rate less 3% (three percent) from the Effective Date until the day immediately preceding the date of payment, on the 2nd (second) business day
         
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    after the transfer of the amount referred to in clause 16.2.
10.2   All payments to be made in terms of this Agreement will be made by electronic transfer of immediately available and freely transferable funds to the Seller’s Designated Account, free of any deductions or set-off whatsoever, in the currency of the Republic of South Africa.
11   CARE AND MAINTENANCE
11.1   The Seller undertakes to —
11.1.1   carry out the Care and Maintenance between the Signature Date and the Effective Date; and
 
11.1.2   procure that it has sufficient employees or contract workers to carry out its obligations in terms of clause 11.1.1.
11.2   The Seller hereby undertakes to apply reasonable standards generally applied in the South African mining industry in carrying out all Care and Maintenance between the Signature Date and the Effective Date.
 
11.3   If, at any time prior to the Effective Date, the Seller has insufficient funds to carry out all Care and Maintenance which the Purchaser deems appropriate, acting reasonably, the Purchaser shall be entitled to either —
11.3.1   procure that all Care and Maintenance is carried out at its expense and to deduct all amounts expended by it in respect thereof from the Purchase Consideration;
 
11.3.2   advance amounts to the Seller from time to time in order that the Seller is able to carry out all Care and Maintenance and to deduct all such amounts advanced to the Seller from the Purchase Consideration; or
 
11.3.3   terminate this Agreement on written notice to the Seller, in which event the Purchaser shall have no further obligations to the Seller arising out of this Agreement.
11.4   In addition to the Care and Maintenance, the Sellers hereby undertake to ensure that all —
11.4.1   of the Sale Assets are maintained so that, on the Effective Date, they will be in substantially same condition as they were on the Applicable Date; and
         
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11.4.2   electronic information and records relating to the business is adequately secure and backed up so that all such information and records are available to the Purchaser on the Effective Date.
12   CLOSING
12.1   On the Effective Date representatives of the Parties shall meet at 10h00 at the offices of the Purchaser’s Attorneys or such other place as the Parties may agree, at which meeting the Seller will deliver to the Purchaser —
12.1.1   a tax invoice in respect of the Purchase Consideration;
 
12.1.2   all of the Sale Assets, by such mode of actual or constructive delivery as shall be appropriate in the circumstances; and
 
12.1.3   to the extent to which they exist, all books, records and other relevant documents pertaining solely to the South Business, provided that —
12.1.3.1   insofar as the Seller is obliged in law to retain any such book, record or document, it shall deliver a photocopy thereof to the Purchaser; and
 
12.1.3.2   if the Seller requires, at any time after the Effective Date, to make copies of or inspect any such book, record or document relating to any period prior to the Effective Date, in terms of or in order to comply with any law or other legal obligation, it shall be entitled to do so during normal business hours upon reasonable notice to the Purchaser.
12.2   The Seller hereby undertakes to sign and execute, upon request by the Purchaser, all such documents as may be required to procure, at the cost of the Purchaser, the transfer and, to the extent possible, the registration of the transfer of the Surface Right Permits, the Servitudes and any other Sale Assets into the name of the Purchaser.
 
12.3   The Seller hereby undertakes to sign and execute, upon request by the Purchaser, all such documents as may be required to procure, at the cost of the Purchaser, the transfer of all or any licences which the Seller holds in respect of any of the Sale Assets and/or the North Business.
 
12.4   The Parties may, by agreement in writing, dispense with a meeting on the Effective Date and may instead ensure delivery of the documents referred to in clause 12.1 and clause 12.2, and payment of the amount due and payable in terms of clause 10.1.1, in such other manner as they agree to be convenient.
         
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12.5   Transfer of the immovable Property, the Surface Right Permits and the Servitudes into the name of the Purchaser shall be given to the Purchaser promptly after the Purchaser has paid the costs of and incidental to the transfer of the Immovable Property, the Surface Right Permits and the Servitudes into the name of the Purchaser. Transfer shall be effected by the Purchaser’s Attorneys. The Purchaser and the Seller shall on request from the Purchaser’s Attorneys, sign all documents required to be signed by the Purchaser’s Attorneys in order that transfer of the Immovable Property, the Surface Right Permits and the Servitudes may be effected.
 
12.6   Transfer of the New Order Mining Right into the name of the Purchaser shall be effected by the Purchaser’s Attorneys at the Purchaser’s cost. The Purchaser and the Seller shall on request from the Purchaser’s Attorneys sign all documents required to be signed by the Purchaser’s Attorneys in order that transfer of the New Order Mining Right may be effected.
 
12.7   If the Seller fails to sign and execute any document referred to in this clause 12 within 5 (five) business days of any written request therefor by the Purchaser, the Seller hereby irrevocably appoints the Purchaser as its attorney and agent in rem suam to do all such things and sign and execute any documents on its behalf to procure the relevant transfer or registration.
13   VALUE OF SPECIFIED ASSETS
13.1   The Specified Assets will be reviewed by the Parties on or as soon as possible after the Condition Precedent Fulfilment Date. Should any of the Specified Assets —
13.1.1   which has a value of R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand) or more; and/or
 
13.1.2   which have an aggregate value of R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand) or more,
    have been removed from the South Business Area since the Applicable Date, the cost of replacing such Specified Assets will be agreed between the Parties or, failing agreement within 48 (forty eight) hours, be determined by the Independent Auditors (acting as experts and not as arbitrators) at the request of either of the Parties.
 
13.2   If and to the extent that the Purchaser has not notified the Seller that it is of the view that any of the Specified Assets —
         
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13.2.1   which has a value of R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand) or more; and/or
 
13.2.2   which have an aggregate value of R18,000,000 (eighteen million rand) or more,
    has/have been removed from the South Business Area since the Applicable Date, within 10 (ten) business days of the Condition Precedent Fulfilment Date, there will be deemed not to have been any such removal.
14   REVIEW OF BUILDINGS, FIXED ASSETS AND EQUIPMENT AND INFRASTRUCTURE
14.1   The condition of the Buildings, the Fixed Assets and the Equipment and Infrastructure will be reviewed by the Parties on or as soon as possible after the Condition Precedent Fulfilment Date. Should the condition of any of the Buildings, the Fixed Assets or the Equipment and Infrastructure have deteriorated or been damaged (excluding fair wear and tear) since the Applicable Date, the cost of restoring such Buildings, Fixed Assets and/or Equipment and Infrastructure to the same condition as it was in on the Applicable Date will be agreed between the Parties or, failing agreement within 48 (forty eight) hours, be determined by the Independent Auditors (acting as experts and not as arbitrators) at the request of either of the Parties.
 
14.2   If and to the extent that the Purchaser has not notified the Seller that it is of the view that there has been deterioration or damage as contemplated in clause 14.1 within 10 (ten) business days after the Condition Precedent Fulfilment Date, there will be deemed not to have been any such deterioration or damage.
15   BUSINESS LIABILITIES
 
    The Seller hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Sale specifically excludes the Business Liabilities.
 
16   REHABILITATION LIABILITIES
16.1   The Seller hereby delegates the Rehabilitation Liabilities to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser hereby assumes the Rehabilitation Liabilities, with effect from the Effective Date.
 
16.2   The Seller will, as soon as possible after the Effective Date, and in any event by no later than 60 (sixty) business days thereafter, procure the transfer of an amount of R6,632,167.96 (six million six hundred and thirty two thousand one
         
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    hundred and sixty seven rand and ninety six cents) from the Rehabilitation Fund to the Harmony Gold Environmental Trust Fund, together with 39.15% (thirty nine point one five percent) of any growth in such amount between the Signature Date and the date of transfer of the amount.
 
16.3   The Seller warrants that, as at 21 July 2009, the amount standing to the credit of the Rehabilitation Fund is not less than R16,940,402.96 (sixteen million nine hundred and forty thousand four hundred and two rand and ninety six cents).
17   CONDUCT OF SOUTH BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT
17.1   The Seller shall procure that, from the Signature Date until the Effective Date, to the extent that all or any part of the South Business is carried on in any manner whatsoever that it will be carried on in substantially the usual and ordinary course, and the Seller shall not enter into any contract or commitment or do anything which, in any such case, is out of the ordinary or usual course of the South Business, without obtaining the prior written consent of the Purchaser, which consent may not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. In particular, but without limitation to the generality of the aforegoing, the Seller undertakes that from the Signature Date until the Effective Date it will not —
17.1.1   alter the existing nature or scope of the South Business;
 
17.1.2   manage the South Business otherwise than in accordance with its business and trading policies and practices up to the Signature Date, except as may be necessary to comply with any statutory changes;
 
17.1.3   remove any of the Sale Assets (or any part thereof) from the South Business Area for any reason whatsoever, or allow anyone else to so remove any of the Sale Assets (or any part thereof);
 
17.1.4   enter into any transaction in respect of or in connection with the South Business other than on arms’-length terms and for full and proper consideration;
 
17.1.5   dispose of or enter into any agreement to dispose of (whether by one transaction or by a series of transactions) the whole or any substantial or material part of the South Business;
 
17.1.6   incur or agree to incur any capital expenditure in respect of or in connection with the South Business other than in the normal course of business;
         
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17.1.7   enter into or agree to enter into any joint venture, partnership or agreement or other venture in respect of or in connection with the South Business for the sharing of profits or assets;
 
17.1.8   enter into or agree to enter into any death, retirement, profit-sharing, bonus, share option, share incentive or other scheme for the benefit of any of the Employees or make any variation (including, but without limitation, any increase in the rates of contribution) to any such existing scheme or effect any keyman insurance;
 
17.1.9   commence, compromise or discontinue any legal, administrative, regulatory or arbitration proceedings (other than routine debt collection) in respect of or in connection with the South Business; or
 
17.1.10   make or agree to any amendment, variation, deletion, addition, renewal or extension to or of, terminate or give any notice or intimation of termination of or breach or fail to comply with the terms of any of the Material Contracts.
17.2   The Seller shall, between the Signature Date and the Effective Date, keep the Purchaser appraised of all and any material decisions which the Seller intends to make in respect of the South Business, it being specifically recorded and agreed that nothing in this clause 17 shall entitle the Purchaser to determine and/or materially influence any such material decision, it being recorded, for the avoidance of doubt, that the Purchaser shall not be entitled to manage and/or control the South Business or any part thereof, in any way before the Effective Date.
 
17.3   The Seller shall procure that the Purchaser and its employees, agents, representatives and advisers have full and unrestricted access to the Sale Assets at all times between the Signature Date and the Effective Date for planning purposes and to monitor compliance by the Seller with the provisions of clause 11.
 
17.4   The Seller shall, between the Signature Date and the Effective Date, deliver copies of all notices, reports, plans and correspondence created or received by it and/or the Liquidators and which materially affect the Sale Assets to the Purchaser.
18   WARRANTIES BY THE SELLER
18.1   The Seller hereby warrants to and in favour of the Purchaser that —
         
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18.1.1   the Seller is the sole and beneficial owner of the Sale Assets (other than the Surface Right Permits) and the Liquidators have the right and are able to sell and give free and unencumbered title to the Sale Assets to the Purchaser;
 
18.1.2   the Seller is the beneficial holder of the Surface Right Permits, same being registered in the name of Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited, and the Seller and the Liquidators will use their best endeavours to give free and unencumbered title to the Surface Right Permits to the Purchaser; and
 
18.1.3   subject to the fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent, no person has any right (whether pursuant to any option, right of first refusal or otherwise) to purchase or acquire (whether as security or otherwise) any of the Sale Assets other than the right to purchase trading stock in the normal course of business for value.
18.2   Each Warranty will —
18.2.1   be a separate Warranty and will in no way be limited or restricted by reference to or inference from the terms of any other Warranty or by any other words in this Agreement;
 
18.2.2   unless the context indicates a contrary intention, be given as at the Signature Date and the Effective Date; and
 
18.2.3   continue and remain in force notwithstanding the completion of the Sale.
18.3   It is recorded that the Purchaser has entered into this Agreement on the strength of the Warranties and on the basis that the Warranties will be correct on the Signature Date and the Effective Date.
 
18.4   Save for the Warranties and representations expressly given or made in this Agreement, no warranties or representations are given or made, in respect of the Sale Assets, or any other matter whatsoever, whether express, tacit or implied, and the Sale Assets are being sold on a voetstoots basis.
19   GENERAL WARRANTIES
19.1   Each of the Parties hereby warrants to and in favour of the other that —
19.1.1   it has the legal capacity and has taken all necessary corporate action required to empower and authorise it to enter into this Agreement;
 
19.1.2   this Agreement constitutes an agreement valid and binding on it and
 
         
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    enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;
 
19.1.3   the execution of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder does not and shall not —
19.1.3.1   contravene any law or regulation to which that Party is subject;
 
19.1.3.2   contravene any provision of that Party’s constitutional documents; or
 
19.1.3.3   conflict with, or constitute a breach of any of the provisions of any other agreement, obligation, restriction or undertaking which is binding on it.
19.2   Each of the representations and warranties given by the Parties in terms of clause 19.1, shall —
19.2.1   be a separate warranty and will in no way be limited or restricted by inference from the terms of any other warranty or by any other words in this Agreement;
 
19.2.2   continue and remain in force notwithstanding the completion of any or all the transactions contemplated in this Agreement; and
 
19.2.3   prime facie be deemed to be material and to be a material representation inducing the other Party to enter into this Agreement.
20   EMBARGO
 
    The Seller undertakes that during the period from the Signature Date to the Effective Date or until the failure of this Agreement to become unconditional in terms of clause 4 or to it being finally terminated for any reason (i.e. the termination is not, or is no longer, the subject of any dispute resolution process) it will not enter into any negotiation with, or seek to solicit any interest from, any third party in relation to the sale of the South Business, the Sale Assets or any part thereof, whether directly or indirectly.
 
21   CONFIDENTIALITY
21.1   The Parties undertake that during the operation of, and after the expiration, termination or cancellation of, this Agreement for any reason, they will keep confidential —
21.1.1   any information which a Party (“Disclosing Party”) communicates to the other Party (“Recipient”) and which is stated to be or by its nature is intended to be confidential;
         
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21.1.2   all other information of the same confidential nature concerning the South Business or the business of a Disclosing Party which comes to the knowledge of the Recipient whilst it is engaged in negotiating the terms of this Agreement or after its conclusion, including —
21.1.2.1   details of the Disclosing Party’s financial structures and operating results; and
 
21.1.2.2   details of the Disclosing Party’s strategic objectives and planning.
21.2   If a Recipient is uncertain about whether any information is to be treated as confidential in terms of this clause 21, it shall be obliged to treat it as such until written clearance is obtained from the Disclosing Party.
 
21.3   Each Party undertakes, subject to clause 21.4, not to disclose any information which is to be kept confidential in terms of this clause 21, nor to use such information for its own or anyone else’s benefit.
 
21.4   Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 21.3, a Recipient shall be entitled to disclose any information to be kept confidential if and to the extent only that the disclosure is bona fide and necessary for the purposes of carrying out its duties in terms of this Agreement.
 
21.5   The obligation of confidentiality placed on the Parties in terms of this clause 21 shall cease to apply to a Recipient in respect of any information which —
21.5.1   is or becomes generally available to the public other than by the negligence or default of the Recipient or by the breach of this Agreement by the Recipient;
 
21.5.2   the Disclosing Party confirms in writing is disclosed on a non-confidential basis;
 
21.5.3   has lawfully become known by or come into the possession of the Recipient on a non-confidential basis from a source other than the Disclosing Party having the legal right to disclose same, provided that such knowledge or possession is evidenced by the written records of the Recipient existing at the Signature Date; or
 
21.5.4   is disclosed pursuant to a requirement or request by operation of law, regulation or court order, to the extent of compliance with such requirement or request only and not for any other purpose,
         
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    provided that —
21.5.5   the onus shall at all times rest on the Recipient to establish that information falls within the exclusions set out in clauses 21.5.1 to 21.5.4;
 
21.5.6   information will not be deemed to be within the foregoing exclusions merely because such information is embraced by more general information in the public domain or in the Recipient’s possession; and
 
21.5.7   any combination of features will not be deemed to be within the foregoing exclusions merely because individual features are in the public domain or in the Recipient’s possession, but only if the combination itself and its principle of operation are in the public domain or in the Recipient’s possession.
21.6   In the event that the Recipient is required to disclose confidential information of the Disclosing Party as contemplated in clause 21.5.4, the Recipient will —
21.6.1   advise the Disclosing Party thereof in writing prior to disclosure, if possible;
 
21.6.2   take such steps to limit the disclosure to the minimum extent required to satisfy such requirement and to the extent that it lawfully and reasonably can;
 
21.6.3   afford the Disclosing Party a reasonable opportunity, if possible, to intervene in the proceedings;
 
21.6.4   comply with the Disclosing Party’s reasonable requests as to the manner and terms of any such disclosure; and
 
21.6.5   notify the Disclosing Party of the recipient of, and the form and extent of, any such disclosure or announcement immediately after it is made.
22   PUBLICITY
22.1   Subject to clause 22.3, each Party undertakes to keep confidential and not to disclose to any third party, save as may be required in law (including, where applicable, by the rules of any securities exchange on which the shares of either of the Parties, or the shares of a holding company of either of the Parties, may be listed) or permitted in terms of this Agreement, the nature, content or existence of this Agreement.
 
22.2   No announcements of any nature whatsoever will be made by or on behalf of a Party relating to this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Party, save for any announcement or other statement required to be made in
         
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    terms of the provisions of any law (or, where applicable, by the rules of any securities exchange on which the shares of either of the Parties, or the shares of a holding company of either of the Parties, may be listed), in which event the Party obliged to make such statement will first consult with the other Party in order to enable them in good faith to attempt to agree the content of such announcement, which (unless agreed) must go no further than is required in terms of such law or rules. This will not apply to a Party wishing to respond to the other Party which has made an announcement of some nature in breach of this clause.
 
22.3   This clause 22 shall not apply to any disclosure made by a Party to its professional advisors or consultants, provided that they have agreed to the same confidentiality undertakings, or to any judicial or arbitral tribunal or officer, in connection with any matter relating to this Agreement or arising out of it.
23   SUPPORT
 
    The Parties undertake at all times to do all such things, perform all such actions and take all such steps and to procure the doing of all such things, the performance of all such actions and the taking of all such steps as may be open to them and necessary for or incidental to the putting into effect or maintenance of the terms, conditions and/or import of this Agreement.
 
24   BREACH
24.1   If a Party (“Defaulting Party”) commits any breach of this Agreement and fails to remedy such breach within 5 (five) business days (“Notice Period”) of written notice requiring the breach to be remedied, then the Party giving the notice (“Aggrieved Party”) will be entitled, at its option to —
24.1.1   claim immediate specific performance of all or any of the Defaulting Party’s obligations under this Agreement, with or without claiming damages, whether or not such obligation has fallen due for performance; or
 
24.1.2   cancel this Agreement, with or without claiming damages, in which case written notice of the cancellation shall be given to the Defaulting Party, and the cancellation shall take effect on the giving of the notice.
24.2   It is agreed that a breach of any of the Related Agreements by any of the parties to those agreements, and a failure to remedy any such breach in the time period provided therefor, shall ipso facto constitute a breach of this Agreement entitling
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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    either Party to exercise the rights set out in this clause 24, provided that the Party exercising such rights is not the party which is in breach of the relevant Related Agreement.
 
24.3   In the event that the —
24.3.1   Plant Sale Agreement is terminated as a result of the occurrence of a Trigger Event (as defined in that agreement); and/or
 
24.3.2   North Sale Agreement is terminated as a result of the occurrence of a Trigger Event (as defined in that agreement) or, at any time prior to the implementation of all or any part of the North Sale Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of clause 11.3.3 of that agreement,
    the Purchaser shall be entitled to forthwith terminate this Agreement on written notice to the Seller.
 
24.4   The Aggrieved Party’s remedies in terms of this clause 24 are without prejudice to any other remedies to which the Aggrieved Party may be entitled in law.
25   DISPUTE RESOLUTION
25.1   In the event of there being any dispute or difference between the Parties arising out of this Agreement, the said dispute or difference shall on written demand by either Party be submitted to arbitration in Johannesburg in accordance with the AFSA rules, which arbitration shall be administered by AFSA.
 
25.2   Should AFSA, as an institution, not be operating at that time or not be accepting requests for arbitration for any reason, then the arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the AFSA rules for commercial arbitration (as last applied by AFSA) before an arbitrator appointed by agreement between the Parties or failing agreement within 10 (ten) business days of the demand for arbitration, then either Party shall be entitled to forthwith call upon the chairperson of the Johannesburg Bar Council to nominate the arbitrator, provided that the person so nominated shall be an advocate of not less than 10 (ten) years standing as such. The person so nominated shall be the duly appointed arbitrator in respect of the dispute. In the event of the attorneys of the Parties failing to agree on any matter relating to the administration of the arbitration, such matter shall be referred to and decided by the arbitrator whose decision shall be final and binding on the Parties.
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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25.3   Any Party may appeal the decision of the arbitrator or arbitrators in terms of the AFSA rules for commercial arbitration.
 
25.4   Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to prevent or prohibit either Party from applying to the appropriate court for urgent relief or for judgment in relation to a liquidated claim.
 
25.5   Any arbitration in terms of this clause 25 (including any appeal proceedings) shall be conducted in camera and the Parties shall treat as confidential details of the dispute submitted to arbitration, the conduct of the arbitration proceedings and the outcome of the arbitration,
 
25.6   This clause 25 will continue to be binding on the Parties notwithstanding any termination or cancellation of the Agreement.
 
25.7   The Parties agree that the written demand by either Party to the dispute in terms of clause 25.1 that the dispute or difference be submitted to arbitration, is to be deemed to be a legal process for the purpose of interrupting extinctive prescription in terms of the Prescription Act, 1969.
26   NOTICES AND DOMICILIA
26.1   The Parties select as their respective domicilia citandi et executandi the following physical addresses, and for the purposes of giving or sending any notice provided for or required under this Agreement, the said physical addresses as well as the following telefax numbers —
         
Name   Physical Address   Telefax
Seller
  c/o Knowles Husain Lindsay
Attorneys
4th Floor, The Forum
2 Maude Street
Sandown, Sandton
  +27 11 669 6299
    Marked for the attention of: Ian Lindsay
         
Name   Physical Address   Telefax
Purchaser and Harmony
  Block 27
Randfontein Office Park
Corner Main Reef Road &
Ward Avenue
Randfontein
  +27 11 684 0188
    Marked for the attention of: The Company Secretary
 
    provided that a Party may change its domicilium or its address for the purposes of notices to any other physical address or telefax number in the Republic of
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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    South Africa by written notice to the other Party to that effect. Such change of address will be effective 5 (five) business days after receipt of the notice of the change.
 
26.2   All notices to be given in terms of this Agreement will be given in writing, in English, and will —
26.2.1   be delivered by hand or sent by telefax;
 
26.2.2   if delivered by hand during business hours, be presumed to have been received on the date of delivery. Any notice delivered after business hours or on a day which is not a business day will be presumed to have been received on the following business day; and
 
26.2.3   if sent by telefax during business hours, be presumed to have been received on the date of successful transmission of the telefax. Any telefax sent after business hours or on a day which is not a business day will be presumed to have been received on the following business day.
26.3   Notwithstanding the above, any notice given in writing in English, and actually received by the Party to whom the notice is addressed, will be deemed to have been properly given and received, notwithstanding that such notice has not been given in accordance with this clause.
 
26.4   The Parties record that whilst they may correspond via email during the currency of this Agreement for operational reasons, no formal notice required in terms of this Agreement, nor any amendment of or variation to this Agreement may be given or concluded via email.
27   BENEFIT OF THE AGREEMENT
 
    This Agreement will also be for the benefit of and be binding upon the successors in title and permitted assigns of the Parties or either of them.
 
28   APPLICABLE LAW AND JURISDICTION
28.1   This Agreement will in all respects be governed by and construed under the laws of the Republic of South Africa.
 
28.2   For the purpose of clause 25.4 or for the purpose of making the arbitration award an order of court, the Parties hereby consent and submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the North Gauteng High Court, Pretoria in any dispute arising from
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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    or in connection with this Agreement. The Parties agree that any costs awarded will be recoverable on an attorney-and-own-client scale unless the Court specifically determines that such scale shall not apply, in which event, subject to any specific determination by the Court, the costs will be recoverable in accordance with the High Court tariff, determined on an attorney-and-client scale.
29   GENERAL
29.1   This Agreement constitutes the whole of the agreement between the Parties relating to the matters dealt with herein and, save to the extent otherwise provided herein, no undertaking, representation, term or condition relating to the subject matter of this Agreement not incorporated in this Agreement shall be binding on either of the Parties.
 
29.2   No addition to or variation, deletion, or agreed cancellation of all or any clauses or provisions of this Agreement will be of any force or effect unless in writing and signed by the Parties.
 
29.3   No waiver of any of the terms and conditions of this Agreement will be binding or effectual for any purpose unless in writing and signed by the Party giving the same. Any such waiver will be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose given. Failure or delay on the part of either Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder will not constitute or be deemed to be a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege.
 
29.4   All provisions and the various clauses of this Agreement are, notwithstanding the manner in which they have been grouped together or linked grammatically, severable from each other. Any provision or clause of this Agreement which is or becomes unenforceable in any jurisdiction, whether due to voidness, invalidity, illegality, unlawfulness or for any other reason whatever, shall, in such jurisdiction only and only to the extent that it is so unenforceable, be treated as pro non scripto and the remaining provisions and clauses of this Agreement shall remain of full force and effect. The Parties declare that it is their intention that this Agreement would be executed without such unenforceable provision if they were aware of such unenforceability at the time of execution hereof.
 
29.5   Neither this Agreement nor any part, share or interest herein nor any rights or obligations hereunder may be ceded, delegated or assigned by either Party
         
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    without the prior written consent of the other Party, save as otherwise provided herein.
 
29.6   This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement as at the date of signature of the Party last signing one of the counterparts.
30   COSTS
 
    Each Party will bear and pay its own legal costs and expenses of and incidental to the negotiation, drafting, preparation and implementation of this Agreement. For the purposes of clarity and without limiting the generality of the aforegoing, it is agreed that the Purchaser shall bear all costs of and incidental to the fulfilment of the Conditions Precedent contained in clauses 4.1.3 and 4.1.12.
 
31   SIGNATURE
 
    Signed on behalf of the Parties, each signatory hereto warranting that he/she has due authority to do so.
SIGNED at SANDTON ON 8 SEPTEMBER 2009
         
  For and on behalf of
PAMODZI GOLD FREE STATE (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED (IN
PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATION)

 
 
  (SIGNATURE)    
     
 
 
(UNDER POWER OF ATTORNEY)
Signature

 
Name of Signatory

JOINT PROVISIONAL LIQUIDATORS
 
Designation of Signatory 
 
 
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMARE LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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SIGNED at SANDTON on 8 SEPTEMBER 2009
         
  For and on behalf of
HARMONY GOLD MINING COMPANY
LIMITED

 
 
  (SIGNATURE)    
 
 
 Signature
 
 

R.A.L. Atkinson
 
Name of Signatory

EXECUTIVE
 
Designation of Signatory 
 
 
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMARE LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

WESTRUST (PTY) LTD   P O BOX 10527
1st FLOOR   JOHANNESBURG
41 CENTRAL STREET   2000
HOUGHTON   TEL: (011) 728 3222
2198    
POWER OF ATTORNEY TO ADMINISTER ESTATES
I, the undersigned,
ALLAN DAVID PELLOW
do hereby nominate constitute and appoint
GAVIN CECIL GAINSFORD
In the following Estates :
Pamodzi Gold Free State (Pty) Limited (In Liquidation)
Master’s Reference No. T2258/09
Pamodzi Gold East Rand (Pty) Limited (In Liquidation)
Master’s Reference No. T2257/09
Irrevocably and in rem suam, jointly and severally with Power of Substitution, to be my lawful Attorney and Agent in my name, place and stead to appear before the Master of the High Court, or before any Magistrate, at his or their offices, likewise before any Commissioner, and to appear at all Meetings of Creditors to be held in Insolvent Estates and Companies in Liquidation and then and there, on my behalf to file and prove claims against the said Estate, to vote for me in the election of a Trustee or Liquidator, to accept appointments on my behalf, to administer the Estates and prepare and sign liquidation accounts, reports and any other documents and further to represent me in all matters or things relating to the administration of said Estates, including the right to vote on an Offer of Compromise and generally for effecting the purpose aforementioned to do or cause to be done whatsoever will be requisite, as fully and effectually, to all intents and purposes as I might or could do if personally present and acting herein; hereby ratifying, allowing and confirming and promising and agreeing to ratify, allow and confirm all and whatsoever my said Attorney or Agent shall lawfully do or cause to be done in the premises by virtue of these premises.
GIVEN UNDER MY HAND AT JOHANNESBURG THIS 19 DAY OF AUGUST 2009 in the presence of the undersigned witnesses.
WITNESSES:
             
1.
  (SIGNATURE)        
 
           
 
           
2.
  (SIGNATURE)       (SIGNATURE)
 
           

 


 

ANNEXURE “1”
PLAN AND COORDINATES
(SIGNATURE)
(DLF CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)

 


 

(MAP)
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

MINING LEASE BOUNDARY COORDINATES PRESIDENT STEYN SOUTH
                                                                                 
    LO 27     WGS 84 Lo 27     Latitude WGS 84     Longitude WGS 84  
BEACON   Y     X     Y     X     dd     mm     ss.ssss     dd     mm     ss.ssss  
11
    21691.103       3100434.624       21726.821       3100727.568       28       1       13.6161       26       46       44.6591  
71
    22014.056       3100604.558       22049.774       3100897.502       28       1       19.1173       26       46       32.8256  
72
    22186.990       3099873.517       22222.708       3100166.461       28       0       55.3591       26       46       26.5446  
73
    22425.252       3099120.307       22460.970       3099413.251       28       0       30.8767       26       46       17.8748  
74
    23091.230       3097810.541       23126.948       3098103.485       27       59       48.2879       26       45       53.5909  
75
    23020.883       3096753.454       23056.601       3097046.398       27       59       13.9527       26       45       56.2397  
76
    22922.801       3096053.263       22958.519       3096346.207       27       58       51.2131       26       45       59.8780  
77
    22992.222       3095590.628       23027.940       3095883.572       27       58       36.1800       26       45       57.3702  
C21
    23075.772       3095592.320       23111.490       3095885.264       27       58       36.2298       26       45       54.3128  
C20
    23131.241       3095629.292       23166.959       3095922.236       27       58       37.4274       26       45       52.2805  
C7
    23161.222       3095630.363       23196.940       3095923.307       27       58       37.4603       26       45       51.1834  
C6
    23191.203       3095631.434       23226.921       3095924.378       27       58       37.4932       26       45       50.0863  
C5
    23232.241       3095662.292       23267.959       3095955.236       27       58       38.4930       26       45       48.5824  
C4
    23254.518       3095642.199       23290.236       3095935.143       27       58       37.8389       26       45       47.7687  
C3
    23283.241       3095616.292       23318.959       3095909.236       27       58       36.9955       26       45       46.7195  
hn
    23295.581       3095598.996       23331.299       3095891.940       27       58       36.4329       26       45       46.2692  
C1
    23907.528       3095620.116       23943.246       3095913.060       27       58       37.0798       26       45       23.8757  
C19
    23726.239       3096326.347       23761.957       3096619.291       27       59       0.0335       26       45       30.4582  
C18
    23574.074       3096284.644       23609.792       3096577.588       27       58       58.6885       26       45       36.0295  
C17
    23519.084       3096392.022       23554.802       3096684.966       27       59       2.1802       26       45       38.0341  
C16
    23394.907       3096325.675       23430.625       3096618.619       27       59       0.0328       26       45       42.5829  
C15
    23354.960       3096271.862       23390.678       3096564.806       27       58       58.2872       26       45       44.0485  
C14
    23318.689       3096271.394       23354.407       3096564.338       27       58       58.2743       26       45       45.3759  
C13
    23280.547       3096239.569       23316.265       3096532.513       27       58       57.2429       26       45       46.7739  
C12
    23260.423       3096181.303       23296.141       3096474.247       27       58       55.3514       26       45       47.5144  
C11
    23253.988       3096193.354       23289.706       3096486.298       27       58       55.7432       26       45       47.7490  
C10
    23208.805       3096101.899       23244.523       3096394.843       27       58       52.7752       26       45       49.4089  
C9
    23186.043       3095889.714       23221.761       3096182.658       27       58       45.8837       26       45       50.2568  
C8
    23125.342       3095918.506       23161.060       3096211.450       27       58       46.8229       26       45       52.4760  
C25
    23133.793       3095843.238       23169.511       3096136.182       27       58       44.3772       26       45       52.1720  
C24
    23135.272       3095800.946       23170.990       3096093.890       27       58       43.0033       26       45       52.1209  
C23
    23120.925       3095719.537       23156.643       3096012.481       27       58       40.3596       26       45       52.6516  
C22
    23111.275       3095677.426       23146.993       3095970.370       27       58       38.9922       26       45       53.0077  
C21
    23075.772       3095592.320       23111.490       3095885.264       27       58       36.2298       26       45       54.3128  
77
    22992.222       3095590.628       23027.940       3095883.572       27       58       36.1800       26       45       57.3702  
Al
    22925.562       3095587.542       22961.280       3095880.486       27       58       36.0839       26       45       59.8095  
Bl
    22924.404       3095626.136       22960.122       3095919.080       27       58       37.3377       26       45       59.8492  
C
    22871.203       3095636.264       22906.921       3095929.208       27       58       37.6700       26       46       1.7952  
D
    22772.880       3095592.960       22808.598       3095885.904       27       58       36.2694       26       46       5.3960  
E
    22765.565       3095566.124       22801.283       3095859.068       27       58       35.3981       26       46       5.6655  
F
    22743.569       3095565.061       22779.287       3095858.005       27       58       35.3649       26       46       6.4705  
G
    22724.384       3095613.337       22760.102       3095906.281       27       58       36.9343       26       46       7.1691  
H
    22666.240       3095601.792       22701.958       3095894.736       27       58       36.5628       26       46       9.2975  
J
    22603.240       3095598.792       22638.958       3095891.736       27       58       36.4692       26       46       11.6030  
K
    22518.241       3095575.792       22553.959       3095868.736       27       58       35.7273       26       46       14.7148  
L
    22344.240       3095569.792       22379.958       3095862.736       27       58       35.5429       26       46       21.0821  
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

                                                                                 
    LO 27     WGS 84 Lo 27     Latitude WGS 84     Longitude WGS 84  
BEACON   Y     X     Y     X     dd     mm     ss.ssss     dd     mm     ss.ssss  
M
    22332.240       3095548.792       22367.958       3095841.736       27       58       34.8615       26       46       21.5227  
N
    22159.240       3095512.792       22194.958       3095805.736       27       58       33.7024       26       46       27.8554  
O
    22117.240       3095484.792       22152.958       3095777.736       27       58       32.7954       26       46       29.3941  
P
    22102.240       3095552.792       22137.958       3095845.736       27       58       35.0053       26       46       29.9384  
Q
    22080.240       3095551.792       22115.958       3095844.736       27       58       34.9741       26       46       30.7435  
R
    22079.299       3095560.613       22115.017       3095853.557       27       58       35.2607       26       46       30.7773  
S
    21920.264       3095555.552       21955.982       3095848.496       27       58       35.1058       26       46       36.5969  
T
    21919.240       3095607.792       21954.958       3095900.736       27       58       36.8028       26       46       36.6309  
U
    21906.240       3095656.792       21941.958       3095949.736       27       58       38.3954       26       46       37.1033  
V
    21895.240       3095670.792       21930.958       3095963.736       27       58       38.8508       26       46       37.5049  
W
    21760.653       3095550.473       21796.371       3095843.417       27       58       34.9502       26       46       42.4377  
X
    21704.240       3095515.792       21739.958       3095808.736       27       58       33.8269       26       46       44.5042  
Y
    21666.240       3095506.792       21701.958       3095799.736       27       58       33.5368       26       46       45.8952  
Z
    21674.494       3095547.791       21710.212       3095840.735       27       58       34.8682       26       46       45.5905  
AA
    21670.240       3095571.792       21705.958       3095864.736       27       58       35.6481       26       46       45.7446  
BB
    21628.240       3095581.792       21663.958       3095874.736       27       58       35.9754       26       46       47.2807  
CC
    21598.240       3095575.792       21633.958       3095868.736       27       58       35.7822       26       46       48.3789  
DD
    21590.240       3095562.792       21625.958       3095855.736       27       58       35.3604       26       46       48.6725  
EE
    21591.240       3095542.792       21626.958       3095835.736       27       58       34.7106       26       46       48.6372  
FF
    21568.240       3095542.792       21603.958       3095835.736       27       58       34.7120       26       46       49.4788  
GG
    21557.240       3095524.792       21592.958       3095817.736       27       58       34.1279       26       46       49.8825  
HH
    21517.240       3095525.792       21552.958       3095818.736       27       58       34.1627       26       46       51.3461  
JJ
    21498.240       3095531.792       21533.958       3095824.736       27       58       34.3587       26       46       52.0409  
KK
    21473.240       3095547.792       21508.958       3095840.736       27       58       34.8799       26       46       52.9546  
LL
    21372.240       3095547.792       21407.958       3095840.736       27       58       34.8858       26       46       56.6504  
MM
    21371.240       3095561.792       21406.958       3095854.736       27       58       35.3406       26       46       56.6860  
NN
    21361.240       3095558.792       21396.958       3095851.736       27       58       35.2438       26       46       57.0522  
OO
    21349.240       3095540.792       21384.958       3095833.736       27       58       34.6597       26       46       57.4924  
PP
    21333.240       3095486.792       21368.958       3095779.736       27       58       32.9065       26       46       58.0814  
QQ
    21305.240       3095489.792       21340.958       3095782.736       27       58       33.0055       26       46       59.1057  
RR
    21272.240       3095505.792       21307.958       3095798.736       27       58       33.5272       26       47       0.3122  
SS
    21220.240       3095512.792       21255.958       3095805.736       27       58       33.7576       26       47       2.2145  
TT
    21216.892       3095533.169       21252.610       3095826.113       27       58       34.4197       26       47       2.3357  
UU
    21141.914       3095530.784       21177.632       3095823.728       27       58       34.3466       26       47       5.0794  
VV
    21086.240       3095502.792       21121.958       3095795.736       27       58       33.4404       26       47       7.1184  
WW
    21050.240       3095511.792       21085.958       3095804.736       27       58       33.7348       26       47       8.4351  
XX
    20895.240       3095518.792       20930.958       3095811.736       27       58       33.9710       26       47       14.1063  
YY
    20717.240       3095514.792       20752.958       3095807.736       27       58       33.8511       26       47       20.6198  
W1
    20687.240       3095462.792       20722.958       3095755.736       27       58       32.1636       26       47       21.7208  
W2
    20673.240       3095457.792       20708.958       3095750.736       27       58       32.0019       26       47       22.2334  
W3
    20674.240       3095402.792       20709.958       3095695.736       27       58       30.2152       26       47       22.2002  
W4
    20670.240       3095323.792       20705.958       3095616.736       27       58       27.6491       26       47       22.3516  
W5
    20655.240       3095278.792       20690.958       3095571.736       27       58       26.1881       26       47       22.9033  
W6
    20696.240       3095070.792       20731.958       3095363.736       27       58       19.4289       26       47       21.4162  
W7
    20749.240       3095092.792       20784.958       3095385.736       27       58       20.1406       26       47       19.4755  
W8
    20762.240       3095058.792       20797.958       3095351.736       27       58       19.0354       26       47       19.0020  
W9
    20750.240       3095009.792       20785.958       3095302.736       27       58       17.4443       26       47       19.4442  
W10
    20751.240       3095000.792       20786.958       3095293.736       27       58       17.1518       26       47       19.4082  
W11
    20742.240       3094987.792       20777.958       3095280.736       27       58       16.7300       26       47       19.7383  
W12
    20777.240       3094869.792       20812.958       3095162.736       27       58       12.8948       26       47       18.4652  
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

                                                                                 
    LO 27     WGS 84 Lo 27     Latitude WGS 84     Longitude WGS 84  
BEACON   Y     X     Y     X     dd     mm     ss.ssss     dd     mm     ss.ssss  
W13
    20799.240       3094877.792       20834.958       3095170.736       27       58       13.1535       26       47       17.6597  
W14
    20844.240       3094631.792       20879.958       3094924.736       27       58       5.1596       26       47       16.0288  
W15
    20893.240       3094643.792       20928.958       3094936.736       27       58       5.5466       26       47       14.2352  
W16
    20900.240       3094681.792       20935.958       3094974.736       27       58       6.7807       26       47       13.9767  
W17
    20912.240       3094684.792       20947.958       3094977.736       27       58       6.8774       26       47       13.5374  
W18
    20936.240       3094671.792       20971.958       3094964.736       27       58       6.4538       26       47       12.6601  
W19
    20957.240       3094586.792       20992.958       3094879.736       27       58       3.6913       26       47       11.8972  
W20
    20977.240       3094573.792       21012.958       3094866.736       27       58       3.2679       26       47       11.1662  
W21
    20985.240       3094532.792       21020.958       3094825.736       27       58       1.9355       26       47       10.8762  
W22
    21026.240       3094542.792       21061.958       3094835.736       27       58       2.2581       26       47       9.3754  
W23
    21022.240       3094559.792       21057.958       3094852.736       27       58       2.8105       26       47       9.5207  
W24
    21050.240       3094566.792       21085.958       3094859.736       27       58       3.0363       26       47       8.4957  
W25
    21067.240       3094611.792       21102.958       3094904.736       27       58       4.4972       26       47       7.8708  
W26
    21078.240       3094573.792       21113.958       3094866.736       27       58       3.2621       26       47       7.4708  
W27
    21047.240       3094514.792       21082.958       3094807.736       27       58       1.3473       26       47       8.6088  
W28
    21061.240       3094447.792       21096.958       3094740.736       27       57       59.1700       26       47       8.1009  
W29
    21027.240       3094439.792       21062.958       3094732.736       27       57       58.9120       26       47       9.3454  
W30
    21033.240       3094412.792       21068.958       3094705.736       27       57       58.0346       26       47       9.1276  
W31
    21105.240       3094264.792       21140.958       3094557.736       27       57       53.2227       26       47       6.5028  
W32
    21094.240       3094200.792       21129.958       3094493.736       27       57       51.1442       26       47       6.9094  
W33
    21125.240       3094102.792       21160.958       3094395.736       27       57       47.9589       26       47       5.7815  
W34
    20458.944       3094102.792       20494.662       3094395.736       27       57       47.9964       26       47       30.1592  
1:43
    19423.053       3097442.852       19458.771       3097735.796       27       59       36.5548       26       48       7.8614  
A2
    18984.064       3098857.211       19019.782       3099150.155       28       0       22.5232       26       48       23.8451  
B2
    18256.508       3099868.486       18292.226       3100161.430       28       0       55.4113       26       48       50.4183  
2:28
    18184.690       3100183.753       18220.408       3100476.697       28       1       5.6563       26       48       53.0296  
2:27
    18544.088       3100182.094       18579.806       3100475.038       28       1       5.5845       26       48       39.8738  
2:26
    18593.808       3100297.821       18629.526       3100590.765       28       1       9.3414       26       48       38.0472  
2:25
    18587.680       3100460.728       18623.398       3100753.672       28       1       14.6337       26       48       38.2622  
2:24
    18572.010       3100617.728       18607.728       3100910.672       28       1       19.7346       26       48       38.8269  
2:23
    18549.328       3100753.891       18585.046       3101046.835       28       1       24.1590       26       48       39.6495  
2:22
    18815.533       3100736.076       18851.251       3101029.020       28       1       23.5668       26       48       29.9055  
2:21
    18926.521       3100716.156       18962.239       3101009.100       28       1       22.9140       26       48       25.8437  
2:20
    18958.682       3100722.733       18994.400       3101015.677       28       1       23.1260       26       48       24.6660  
2:19
    19105.264       3100721.528       19140.982       3101014.472       28       1       23.0793       26       48       19.3001  
2:18
    19162.195       3100703.215       19197.913       3100996.159       28       1       22.4815       26       48       17.2171  
2:17
    19306.312       3100698.039       19342.030       3100990.983       28       1       22.3058       26       48       11.9417  
2:16
    19377.077       3100696.148       19412.795       3100989.092       28       1       22.2406       26       48       9.3513  
2:15
    19478.198       3100686.195       19513.916       3100979.139       28       1       21.9120       26       48       5.6502  
2:14
    19611.049       3100666.089       19646.767       3100959.033       28       1       21.2518       26       48       0.7881  
2:13
    19802.575       3100640.975       19838.293       3100933.919       28       1       20.4257       26       47       53.7784  
2:12
    20129.592       3100581.367       20165.310       3100874.311       28       1       18.4717       26       47       41.8110  
2:11
    20793.622       3100199.786       20829.340       3100492.730       28       1       6.0391       26       47       17.5274  
2:10
    20838.437       3100166.813       20874.155       3100459.757       28       1       4.9655       26       47       15.8890  
2:9
    20914.189       3100184.742       20949.907       3100477.686       28       1       5.5436       26       47       13.1149  
2:8
    20909.563       3100145.382       20945.281       3100438.326       28       1       4.2653       26       47       13.2868  
2:2
    21374.393       3100275.072       21410.111       3100568.016       28       1       8.4516       26       46       56.2630  
2:3
    21430.214       3100293.262       21465.932       3100586.206       28       1       9.0393       26       46       54.2185  
2:4
    21493.047       3100324.219       21528.765       3100617.163       28       1       10.0412       26       46       51.9164  
2:5
    21550.450       3100354.350       21586.168       3100647.294       28       1       11.0167       26       46       49.8131  
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

                                                                                 
    LO 27     WGS 84 Lo 27     Latitude WGS 84     Longitude WGS 84  
BEACON   Y     X     Y     X     dd     mm     ss.ssss     dd     mm     ss.ssss  
2:6
    21595.006       3100379.129       21630.724       3100672.073       28       1       11.8190       26       46       48.1805  
2:7
    21639.501       3100405.885       21675.219       3100698.829       28       1       12.6856       26       46       46.5499  
11
    21691.103       3100434.624       21726.821       3100727.568       28       1       13.6161       26       46       44.6591  
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

ANNEXURE “2”
IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
  Portion 1 of the Farm President Steyn No. 154, District Welkom, Free State Province, in extent of 6,1280 hectares, held under Title Deed No T3452/2002.
 
  Remaining Extent of the Farm President Steyn No. 154, District Welkom, Free State Province, in extent of 780,7253 hectares, held under Title Deed No T4408/2000.
(SIGNATURE)
(DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)

 


 

ANNEXURE “3”
SPECIFIED ASSETS
(SIGNATURE)
(DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 1#
  Office Blocks   Various office buildings in clay brick.   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Change house   One building compartmentalised into several cloak rooms.   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Lamp room   477 Lamps   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Workshops   Various Workshop and store buildings in clay brick.   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Stores   Various Workshop and store buildings in clay brick.   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1A Vent#
  Office Blocks, change house and lamproom   A 3 wing Clay brick building situated outside the security fence area   Fair
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 1#
  Man Winder (WP 2124)   2240 kw Metropolitan Vickers Double Drum AC Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Service Winder (WP 2106)   261 kw Single Drum AC Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Rock Winder (WP 2160)   2312 kw Ward Leonard Double Drum DC Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 1A Vent. #
  Man Winder (WP 22D)   1512 kw Vickers Armstrong Double drum Cage and Counterweight AC Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Man Winder Spare Ropes   One Set 41-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Rock Winder Spare Ropes   One Set 40-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Service Winder Spare Rope   One 29-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 1A Vent. #
  Man Winder Spare Rope   One 43-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Spare Sheave   One spare sheave for either Man or Rock Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Spare Guides   50 Spare Tophat guides   Good
 
           
Steyn 1A Vent.#
  Spare Sheave   One spare sheave   Good
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 1A Vent #
  Main Fan No 1   1800 hp Howden Sanfanco 600 PPM , 236m3 @ 3.99 KPA   Fair to Good
 
           
Steyn 1A Vent#
  Main Fan No 2   1800 hp Howden Sanfanco 600 RPM , 236m3 @ 3.99 KPA   Fair to Good
 
           
Steyn 1#
  BGE Compressor   3346 kW compressor   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Sulzer   4800 KW compressor   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Compressor Cooling Towers   4 X Cooloing towers — Insides stripped out, not in operation   Not operational, outside main frames in Fair condition
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Cooling Pond   Concrete dam structure with water sprays   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Compressor Cooling pumps   Installation of 4 sets, only 3 sets operable   Fair
 
           
Steyn 1#
  Small Motor Generator set   Installed in basement, auxilary supply   Fair
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 1#
Consumer Substation
  Panels and Switchgear   All Vacuum circuit Breakers   Good.
 
           
Steyn 1#
Main Substation
  Panels and Switchgear   Separate building, all Vacuum circuit Breakers   Good.
 
           
Steyn 1# Consumer Substation
  Panels and Switchgear   All Vacuum circuit Breakers feeding two overhead lines to 1A Vent shaft   Good.
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 2#
  Man Winder (WP 2148)   3000 hp Metropolitan Vickers Double Drum AC Winder   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  F&C Winder (WP 4023B)   2400 hp Fraser & Chalmers Double Drum Ward Leonard Winder (Cage & Counterweight)   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Rock Winder (WP 2168)   3100 hp Ward Leonard Double Drum Winder (Met Vickers)   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Man Winder Spare Rope   One set of 41-mm ropes   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  F&C Winder Spare Rope   One 38-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Spare Rope for S2A winder on 48L (ex 3# Barlows winder)   One 38.5-mm rope   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Spare guides   30 Spare guides for 2#   Good
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Spare Sheaves   One spare sheave for each of the three winders   Good
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 2#
  West Fan   1800 hp (AEI) Main Fan   All equipment in tact, but very dirty. Housekeeping in fan house not good. Sliding doors don’t seem to close properly. Windows broken. Fan ducting access cowling rusted.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  East Fan   1800 hp (AEI) Main Fan   All equipment in tact, but very dirty. Housekeeping in fan house not good. Sliding doors don’t seem to close properly. Windows broken. Fan ducting access cowling rusted.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Oerlikon Compressor   25 000 cfm, 3600 kW compressor   Good. Refurbished motor in position, but not commissioned.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  BGE Compressor   20 000 cfm, 5339 hp compressor   Good.
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Meter panel 1 & 2   Building. Panel 1: 18 switches. Panel 2: 17 switches   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Meter panel 3A   Separate building.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Meter panel 3B   Separate building.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Meter panel 4   Separate building.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Meter panel 3A   Separate building.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2# Eskom Substation
  Eskom Substation   Eskom Blockhouse fed by two transformers.   Building badly damaged by electrical explosion. Unsafe. Repairs pending.
 
           
Steyn 2# Consumer Substation
  Feeders   Cable on racks from consumer substation to shaft and plant.   Good. All cables in tact.
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Steyn 2#
  Office Blocks   Various office buildings in clay brick.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Change house   One building compartmentalised into several cloak rooms.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Lamp room   Three separate lamp storing areas within the Change House Building.   Good. A lamp census was not done, but it was reported that many lamps have been stolen in three separate theft incidents.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Workshops   10 workshops with equipment.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Stores   1 Stores building.   Good.
 
           
Steyn 2#
  Hostel       Fair
 
           
Regional
  Regional Offices       Good
 
           
Regional
  Assay lab       Good
(SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
             
Shaft / Location   Asset Name   Asset Description   Asset Condition
Regional
  Proto equipment   8 complete BG4 self breathing apparatus. (body guards not installed, therefore not approved for use)   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   8 full-face masks   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   1 resuscitator   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   2 complete tool bags   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   3 cool bags   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   7 boxes soda lime   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   6 life lines   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   1 chest freezer   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   1 large scale   Good
 
           
Regional
  Proto equipment   1x GDI 3 gas detector   Good
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)

 


 

ANNEXURE “4”
SURFACE RIGHT PERMITS
                 
Description   SRP NO   R M T NO   New SRP No   Registered Holder
 
               
Rock dump with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 24/53   SR 55   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Shaft equipment area with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 9/54   SR 53   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Explosives magazine with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 23/54   SR 97   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Compound with fencing situate on Witpan 62
  0 2/55   SR 52   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to existing area for rock dump fencing on Witpan 62
  0 3/55   SR 118   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to explosives magazines with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 18/55   SR 154   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to explosives magazines with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 46/55   SR 186   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sports field with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 54/55   SR 104   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Area for shaft equipment with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 4/56   SR 120   4708/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
School with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 74/56   SR 268   4696/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Overhead electric power line on Witpan 62
  0 14/57   SR 376   4760/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Storm water drains 30” wide on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 25/57   SR 368   4704/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
A sewer pump house with fencing and underground electric cables on Klippan 14
  0 38/57   SR 355   4787/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sewer pipelines on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 40/57   SR 375   4675/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Compound with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 52/57   SR 37   4755/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO )   (SIGNATURE)


 

 

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Description   SRP NO   R M T NO   New SRP No   Registered Holder
 
               
Residue pipeline on Klippan 14 and others
  0 72/57   SR 290   4705/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Police barracks with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 79/57   SR 145   4771/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sewer pipeline on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 99/57   SR 404   4769/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water pipeline and pump house on Witpan 62
  0 100/57   SR 435   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water pipelines on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 101/57   SR 436   4759/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to shaft equipment with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 146/57   SR 437   4904/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Overhead electric power line on Witpan 62
  0 109/57   SR 433   4789/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Married quarters with fencing on Klippan 14 and Witpan 62
  0 126/57   SR 27   4774/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine roads, mine railway lines, mine railway siding with fencing, air mains and power cables, mine salt water pipeline and measuring weir on Uitsig 94, Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 122/57   SR 273   4749/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
A bone storehouse with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 135/57   SR 440   4700/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
2’6” railway track and coal bunker on Klippan 14
  0 144/57   SR 441   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to rock dump with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 1/58   SR 438   4768/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Two water pipelines on Uitsig 94, Witpan 62 and Klippan 14 district Welkom
  0 8/58   SR 460   4770/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine roads 40’ wide on Witpan No 62 and Klippan 14
  0 9/58   SR 448   4777/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Storm water drains on Witpan 62
  0 16/58   SR 475   4662/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Overhead electric power lines and underground electric cables on Witpan 62
  0 23/58   SR 449   4772/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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Description   SRP NO   R M T NO   New SRP No   Registered Holder
 
               
Assay office with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 38/58   SR 476   4706/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
General offices with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 39/58   SR 488   4715/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Overhead electric power line and underground electric cable on Klippan 14
  0 49/58   SR 498   4711/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to compound with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 51/58   SR 235   4792/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to slimes dam with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 64/58   SR 513   4697/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Parking garages with fencing on Klippan 14
  0 65/58   SR 497   4709/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
1.   Underground electric cables
  0 17/59   SR 555   4716/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
2.   Overhead electric power line
               
 
               
3.   Mine water pipelines on Klippan 14
               
 
               
Water pipeline on Klippan 14
  0 60/59   SR 608   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Underground electric cable on Uitsig 94 and Witpan 62
  0 66/59   SR 577   4905/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sewer pipe line with sewer pump house on Klippan 14
  0 39/60   SR 648   4710/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine road 40’ wide on Witpan 62
  0 52/60   SR 671   4687/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine railway line 20’ wide on Klippan 14
  0 9/61   SR 672   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
16” air column on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  0 71/62   SR 818   4782/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Area for shaft equipment and area for waste rock dump on Witpan 62
  0 19/64   SR 900   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to explosives magazines with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 15/65   SR 917   4783/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine road on Witpan 62
  0 31/65   SR 954   4785/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
1.   10” air column
  0 6/66   SR 956   4784/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
2.   Underground electric cables
               
 
               
3.   50’ strip for water
               
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

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Description   SRP NO   R M T NO   New SRP No   Registered Holder
 
               
      pipeline, service road and telephone lines
               
 
               
4.   Sewer pipeline, on Witpan 62
               
 
               
Extension to shaft equipment area with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 19/66   SR 958   4901/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to compound with fencing on Witpan 62
  0 9/67   SR 965   4903/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Railway track on Witpan 62
  0 39/67   SR 1016   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water drain and water pipeline on Witpan 62
  35/68   SR 1018   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Industrial water pipeline on Witpan 62, Uitsig No 94 and Klippan 14
  36/68   SR 997   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to explosives magazine with fencing on Witpan 62
  56/69   0 210/68   4912/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to shaft equipment with fencing on Witpan 62
  120/72   0 39/72   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water pipeline on Uitsig 94
  184/72   0 125/69   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to shaft equipment with fencing Klippan 14
  77/74   0 101/73   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Fresh water pipeline — Klippan 14
  85/74   0 97/73   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Mine Security kennels with fencing — Klippan 14
  193/75   0 278/75   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sewer pipeline — Klippan No 14 and Witpan 62
  44/76   0 79/76   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Sewer pipeline — Klippan No 14 and Witpan 62
  45/76   0 75/76   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
European housing with fencing — Klippan 14
  3/77   0 362/76   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Slimes dam with fencing on Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  32/77   014/77   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to residential quarters with fencing — Witpan 62
  111/77   0 22/77   4761/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Slimes dam with fencing on
  183/77   0 206/77   4673/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

Page 5

                 
Description   SRP NO   R M T NO   New SRP No   Registered Holder
 
               
Witpan 62
              (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to residential quarters with fencing — Farms Witpan 62 and Klippan 14
  241/77   0 363/76   4703/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Area for residential quarters for security personnel, offices and purposes incidental thereto with fencing Klippan 14
  144/78   0 114/78   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Cement silos on Witpan 62
  57/80   0 95/80   4671/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Engineering apprentices training centre with fencing on Witpan 62
  125/80   0 145/80   4714/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
1.   Extension to residential quarters with fencing
  10/82   0 216/81   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
2.   Recreation ground with fencing on Witpan 62
               
 
               
Extension to rock dump with fencing on Witpan 62
  29/84   0 60/83   4899/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Electrical power sub-station with fencing on Klippan 14
  51/84   0 67/84   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Underground electric cables on Witpan No 62 and Klippan 14
  56/85   0 52/85   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water pipelines on Witpan 62
  427/89   0 143/86   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Water pipelines on Klippan 14
  55/91   0 119/86   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to slimes dam with fencing on Klippan 14
  132/91   0 121/91   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to engineering apprentices training centre with fencing on Witpan 62
  222/91   0 93/91   4930/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Regional office, with fencing on Klippan 14
  255/91   0 250/91   None   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Security barracks with fencing on Witpan 62
  126/92   0 245/91   4691/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
 
               
Extension to residential quarters for mine employees with fencing on Witpan 62
  156/92   0 57/92   4902/2005   Free State Consolidated Gold Mines (Operations) Limited
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)

 


 

ANNEXURE “5”
OLD ORDER MINING RIGHT
         
    (DLA CLIFFE DEKKER HOFMEYR LOGO)   (SIGNATURE)


 

(GRAPHIC)
G.P.-S. 010-0233 MD 109E Republic of South Africa Republiek van Suid-Afrika DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL AND ENERGY AFFAIRS MINING LICENCE [Minerals Act, 1991: Section 9 (1) read with 9 (3) (e)] 10 JUL 2002 Office date stamp Licence No. 9/2002 Office reference FS 5/3/2/508 Vol 3 Authorization is hereby granted under and subject to the provisions of the Minerals Act, 1991, to (full name) PRESIDENT STEYN GOLD MINES (FREE STATE) (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED registration number 98/19764/07 (hereinafter referred to as “the holder”) of (address) PRIVATE BAG X10206 WELKOM 9460 to mine for (name of mineral) PRECIOUS METALS AND PRECIOUS METALS in respect of tailings* on (full name of farm and subdivision) PRESIDENT STEYN 154 AND SUBDIVISION 10 KLIPPAN 14; THE REMAINDER OF KLIPPAN 14; THE REMAINDER OF WITPAN 62; THE REMAINDER OF UITSIG 94, VOORSPOED OOS 134 AND WELCOM 41 No. Magisterial District WELKOM Region REE STATE as indicated on the attached sketch plan No. FS 9/2002 (M.L) DIRECTOR: MINERAL DEVELOPMENT signed by the on 10 JULY 2002 Full name of the holder of the right to the said mineral PRESIDENT STEYN GOLD MINES (FREE STATE) (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED REG. NO. 98/19764/07 AS DEEMED HOLDER OF SUCH RIGHTS IN TERMS OF SECTION 47(1)(e) OF THE MINERALS ACT, 1991 (ACT 50 OF 1991) Unless this licence is suspended, cancelled or abandoned or lapses it shall be valid for a period (more than two years) which shall extend from the date of issuing until 9 JULY 2015 (If a specific date is inserted, delete the words that follow the date.)
    (SIGNATURE)

 


 

(GRAPHIC)
MD 109E This licence does not exempt the holder from the requirements of any provision of any other law or from any restrictive provisions or conditions contained in the title deed of the land concerned, nor does it encroach upon the rights of any person who may have an interest in the land or tailings concerned or the mineral rights in respect of such land or tailings. Signed at WELKOM this 10TH day of JULY 2002 MINERAL DEVELOPMENT · Delete the words “in respect of tailings” if they are not applicable.
    (SIGNATURE)

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