Central Plant Reclamation

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  • At 05:04am, 05 Dec 2025

Overview

Central Plant Reclamation is a tailings retreatment operation near Welkom in the Free State. Originally built to process waste-rock dumps, it was converted into a tailings retreatment facility in FY17.

As at 30 June 2024

  • Gold Resource: 0.4Moz
  • Gold Reserve: 0.4Moz
  • LoM: 11 years

Operating statistics FY24

Production

615kg / 19 773oz

Grade

0.16g/t

Workforce

250

All-in sustaining cost

US$1 075/oz

Operating performance FY24

Central plant reclamation performed well during FY24 and recorded a 7% increase in gold production to 615kg (19 773oz) from 577kg (18 552oz) in FY23. The recovered grade improved to 0.156g/t, an 8% increase over the 0.145g/t recorded for FY23. Volumes of ore processed was marginally lower at 3.94 million tonnes (FY23: 3.97 million tonnes).

All-in sustaining cost increased by only 2% to R646 522/kg (FY23: R633 098/kg), mainly driven by a 9% increase in cash operating costs. Cash costs increased due to higher cost of chemicals as well as annual wage and electricity tariff increases. Capital expenditure for FY24 rose 16% to R36 million (FY23: R31 million) mainly for buttressing.

Our focus area in FY25

Continue safe operations and deliver operational excellence through a combination of a good health and safety environment, cost competitiveness and improving process efficiencies.

ESG statistics

Lost-time injury frequency rate

0.00 per million hours worked (FY23: 2.21)

Water intensity (/tonne treated)

0.05Ml (FY23: 0.04Ml)

Energy intensity (/tonne treated)

0.01GWh (FY23: 0.01GWh)

GHG intensity
(/tonne treated)

0.01t CO2e (FY23: 0.01t CO2e)

Central Plant

WVRP+58 Virginia,
Free State, South Africa