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Anglogold Limited: Exploration Workshop
Anglogold Limited: Exploration Workshop
Exploration Workshop
Bill Trewick
Manager: Geology, South Africa
February, 2003
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The Witwatersrand Basin
Johannesburg
Savuka Ergo
Tau Tona
Mponeng N
WEST WITS
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Exploration expenditure 2002 and budget 2003
2002 - expenditure
Tau Lekoa
14%
Mponeng
Moab Khotsong 34%
75%
Total expenditure – US$0.923 million
Tau Lekoa
TauTona 4%
16%
Moab Khotsong (Ph1)
4%
Total Budget – US$3.63 million
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The objective of the exploration team is to replace ounces and extend the lives of
existing operations.
•Weltevreden
•Goedgenoeg (ext.)
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Exploration on the Vaal Reef – Vaal River Area
ARMGold N
GREAT
Orkney
NOLIGWA
g
on
Kh ab
ots
Mo
Goedgenoeg KOPANANG
TAU
LEKOA
WELTEVREDEN
Vaal Reef Mines
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Vaal Reef
0 5000
SCALE
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Exploration on the Vaal Reef
LIB 6: Average = 45.75 g/t over 63.8 cm, giving 2920 cm.g/t
LIB 8: Average = 41.47 g/t over 86.5cm, giving 3585 cm.g/t
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Exploration on the Vaal Reef
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MMB3
3D Seismic section through MMB3
Base of lava
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Exploration on the VCR - Vaal River Operations
Weltervreden
2003 – shallow drilling to
improve confidence in grades in
old decline area and to test for N
ArmGold
open pit potential.
Gt. Noligwa
Aim - to locate economic blocks Kopanang
Moab
within the total resource.
Tau
Lekoa
Weltervreden
Weltevreden
Weltevreden
0 1 2 3 4 5
km
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r
iv e
11
al R
800
V a
700
00
0
110
10
0
00
150
11
12 0
0
800
140
900
80 0
1 00
15 0
0
0
0
140
a
110
12 0
1 30
Target is remnant of a
ko
700
900
Le
dissected Upper Terrace
Slopes and
0
Terraces
130
u
0
N Ta ine
1 20
Old surface
1200
Anticipated
0
decline
110
Orebody
M
700
0
800
0
120
110
Seismic
800
0
130
survey area
OUTCRO SUB-
0
800
700
130
0
110
900
Fault loss
0
E2
0
0
14 0
1000
120
140
LE
P
0
RECC
1 50
UC1870
POSSIB
RECCE1
Borehole
0
130
(<500cm.g/t)
0
0
900
1100
1000
0
150
1 60
18 0
0
0
700
190
170
600
120
Borehole
0
700
1 40
(>500cm.g/t)
UC19
800
1200
Borehole
900
SCALE
0
0
110
160
1200
(proposed)
0
0
0
0
1 40
15 0
12 0
1 30
0 1 2 Km
1000
600
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Vaal River – Goedgenoeg (Tau Lekoa)
Target thick well-mineralised conglomerate body that lies
below the deepest working level.
NG
KH OAB
SO
Two new deep surface boreholes
OT
TAU LEKOA
M
(G47 and G48), which form part of a
four-hole exploration programme,
Weltervreden
intersected VCR in 2003.
10 km
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base Goedgenoeg
VC
R
Klipriviersberg lavas
VC
R
Tau Lekoa
Goedgenoeg
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Conceptual model – palaeo-topography of VCR at Tau Lekoa and Goedgenoeg
High Terrace Upper Terrace Main Channel Lower Terrace Middle Terrace
(+28m up) (20-25m up) (Base Level) (2-6m up) (12-15m up)
Primary Target
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Mponeng – VCR 3D seismic model
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CARBON LEADER
DRILLING
99 HLGE WEST
PROJECT AREA MPONENG SHAFT
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TauTona
1. Life extension
Test the margin of the low-
grade Multiple Conglomerate
Facies (MCF), known to lie
south east of TauTona from
surface drilling (UD32).
2. Below 120L
Evaluation drilling to confirm
mineralisation continuity of
carbon leader below 120L.
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Shaft pillar
Multiple
conglomerate facies
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Exploration successes to date – South Africa
AngloGold’s exploration expertise in South Africa provided data for the following approved
capital projects:
• Mponeng deepening
• TauTona expansion
• Moab Khotsong - to 101L
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