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Integrated annual report 

for the year ended 30 June 2016

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P R O F I TA B L E   •   S U S TA I N A B L E   •   S TA K E H O L D E R S   •   G R O W T H

Flap 

Investment case

About this report

Salient features

Chairman’s review

  1 
  2 

Strategic report:
Business overview

STRATEGIC REPORT: BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Mapungubwe: 
South Africa’s  
lost city of gold

One thousand years ago, Mapungubwe in Limpopo 
province was the centre of the largest kingdom 
in the subcontinent, where highly sophisticated 
people traded gold and ivory with China, India and 
Egypt. The Iron Age site was declared a World 
Heritage site by Unesco in July 2003. 

Mapungubwe is an area of open savannah adjacent 
to the northern border of South Africa and the 
borders of Zimbabwe and Botswana. It thrived as 
a sophisticated trading centre from around 1220 
to 1300. Unesco describes Mapungubwe as the 
centre of the largest kingdom in the subcontinent 
before it was abandoned in the 14th century. It 
was home to an advanced culture of people – the 
ancestors of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They 
traded with China and India, had a flourishing 
agricultural industry, and grew to a population of 
around 5 000. 

The University of Pretoria excavated the site since 
its discovery in 1932 and now has a collection of 
artifacts made of gold and other materials, as well 
as human remains. The most spectacular of the 
gold discoveries is a little rhinoceros made of gold 
foil. The rhino has come to symbolise the high 
culture of Mapungubwe as well as being a symbol of 
leadership among the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

 http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/mapungubwe.htm

Credit: © Roger de la Harpe/Africa Media Online
Gold rhino (152mm x 42mm x 55mm, weighing 42.8g, 24ct gold). Ar tifact recovered  
from Mapungubwe Hill. Nor thern Province. South Africa. Made from multiple pieces of  
f ine gold foil originally tacked with tiny gold nails onto a wooden core (now decayed).  
Photographed at the Mapungubwe Museum, University of Pretoria

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Group highlights and challenges

  6 
  7  Our history
  8  Our organisation
10  Operating assets

Strategic report:
Strategy

STRATEGIC REPORT: STRATEGY

BARBERTON  
is a town born 
out of gold

In 1881 gold was discovered in the Barber ton 
area by Tom McLachlan, who found alluvial gold 
at Jamestown. However, due to the location  
(the hot Lowveld region was rife with malaria) 
no-one wanted to go there until Auguste 
Rober ts discovered gold in Concession Creek  
on 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a  
gold rush to the area.

The town was named after Graham Hoare 
Barber (1835 to 1888) who discovered a rich 
gold-bearing reef there in 1884. Barber ton 
became a municipality in 1904. At first it was 
just a simple mining camp but grew when Edwin 
Bray, a prospector, discovered gold in the hills 
above Barber ton in 1885 and with 14 par tners 
star ted the Sheba Reef Gold Mining Company. 
Considered one of the ‘mining wonders of the 
world’ the Sheba Mine holds the record of being 
the richest and oldest working mine in the world.

Large amounts of money flowed into Barber ton 
and the first Stock Exchange to operate in the 
then Transvaal opened its doors. Barber ton 
flourished for only a brief period and soon the 
inhabitants began to move away to the newly 

discovered gold fields on the Reef.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga

Credit: Ludwig Sevenster
Entrance to underground Sheba Mine

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14 
Chief Executive Offi cer’s review
22  Our purpose, vision and strategy
26 
28 

 Stakeholder value creation and 
distribution

Business model

30 

 Enterprise risk management 
approach

34 

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic report:
Performance review

STRATEGIC REPORT: PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Discovery  
of GOLD in 
South Africa

Gold was discovered on a Transvaal farm, 
Langlaagte, on the Witwatersrand in 1886 by 
two prospectors. This discovery caused a turning 
point in South African history. Far more than 
diamonds, it changed South Africa from an 
agricultural society to become the largest gold 
producer in the world. The gold discovered ran 
for miles and miles underground, ‘an endless 
treasure of gold’.

As news of the gold find spread throughout 
Southern Africa, various mining towns developed 
along the curve of the underground gold reef. 
This curve was named the Witwatersrand, 
attracting hundreds and hundreds of people 
seeking their for tune.

 http://www.randrefinery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refinery%20-%20
The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

Credit: © Museum Africa/Africa Media Online
George Harrison Park, Langlaagte

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45 
47 

Financial Director’s review

Five-year review

 Operational review and 
performance

56  Operational production
60 

 Abridged mineral resources and 
mineral reserves report
Employee review
 Safety, health and environment 
review
Community review
Transformation

69 
74 

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80 

Supplementary information
This report represents one of three elements of 
Pan African Resources’ 2016 fi nancial year-end 
communication strategies with stakeholders, the 
other two being:

•   Online supplementary information, which 

contains additional non-fi nancial disclosures 
referencing GRI

•   Pan African Resources’ mineral resources 

and mineral reserves report, which provides 
technical information on the mineral assets 
compliance with the South African Code for 
Reporting of Mineral Resources and Mineral 
Reserves (the SAMREC Code)

The above supplementary information, together with this 2016 
integrated annual report, is available on the group’s website at 

 www.panafricanresources.com

Feedback
We welcome any feedback stakeholders may have 
on our integrated annual report. Please contact 
info@paf.co.za with your feedback. Online copies of 
our integrated annual report are available on our 
website 
 http://www.panafricanresources.com. 
A limited number of hard copies are available on 
request from the Company Secretary, whose details 
appear on the inside back cover.

Navigational tools
The following tools will assist you throughout 
the report

For further 
reading on our website 
www.panafricanresources.com

For further reading 
in this report

Transparency and 
accountability

TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY

The missing 
KRUGER 
millions

Lost in: 1890
Estimated value: USD250,000,000
Contents: gold coins, ingots, gold dust

During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the Boers 
realised that their capital, Pretoria, would soon 
be captured by British troops so they swiftly 
commandeered as much gold as they could from 
government reserves, banks and the mines. They 
also minted many thousands of new gold coins.

Much of this gold is believed to have travelled with 
the Boer President, Paul Kruger, as he journeyed 
eastwards through Middelburg, Machadodorp and 
Waterval Boven towards Mozambique to escape 
the advancing British. He departed for France by 
boat on 19 October 1900. The gold remained 
behind, hidden somewhere in the bushveld of the 
North Eastern Transvaal and it has never been 
officially found. 

 http://www.southcapecoins.co.za/news/the-mystery-of-the-missing-
kruger-millions

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  84  Board of directors
  86 

 Executive and operations 
management

  88  Corporate governance review
  93  Remuneration review

Annual fi nancial 
statements

ANNUAL FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

GOLD and  
the concept of  
MONEY

Gold’s beauty, scarcity, unique density (no other 
metal outside the platinum group is as heavy), 
and the ease at which it could be melted, formed, 
and measured made it a natural trading medium.

Gold gave rise to the concept of money itself: 
por table, private, and permanent. Gold and silver 
in standardised coins came to replace bar ter 
arrangements and made trade much easier. Gold 
increased trade between South Africa and the 
rest of the world. For the main trading nations, 
namely Europe and the United States, gold was 
of value because their currencies were backed 
by gold. This was known as the gold standard. 
Under the gold standard, these countries had 
to keep gold in a bank vault to the value of 
the currency they issued. For example, if the 
government of a country wanted to print more 
money, it had to buy gold to back that money. If 
that country did not produce gold itself, it had to 
impor t gold from another country.

 http://www.randrefinery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refinery%20-%20
The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

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107  Audit committee report
109 
 Directors’ statement of 
responsibility

109 

 Certifi cate of the Company 
Secretary
110  Directors’ report

Independent auditors report

112 
113 
114 

119 

– United Kingdom

– South Africa

 Consolidated and separate annual 
fi nancial statements

 Notes to the consolidated and 
separate annual fi nancial statements

Shareholders’ 
information

SHAREHOLDERS’ INFORMATION

Gold as an INVESTMENT 

Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment as investors 
generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk, hedging against inflation, deflation 
or currency devaluation. The gold market is subject to speculation and volatility 
as are other markets; however compared to other precious metals used for 
investment, gold has the most effective safe haven and hedging properties across 
a number of asset classes. Gold has been used throughout history as money 
and like most commodities, the price of gold is driven by supply and demand 
including demand from speculation. Given the huge quantity of gold stored 
above-ground compared to the annual production, the price of gold is mainly 
affected by changes in demand from speculators, through investment demand, 
rather than changes in annual production (supply).

Central banks and the International Monetary Fund play an important role in the 
gold price. At the end of 2004 central banks and official organisations held  
19 percent of all above-ground gold as official gold reserves. It is generally accepted 
that the price of gold is closely related to interest rates. As interest rates rise 
the general tendency is for the gold price, which earns no interest, to fall, and 
as interest rates dip, for the gold price to rise. As a result, the gold price can be 
closely correlated to central banks through the monetary policy decisions made 
by them related to interest rates. The price of gold can be influenced by a number 
of macro-economic variables which include the price of oil, the use of quantitative 
easing, currency exchange rate movements and returns on equity markets. 

The most traditional way of investing in gold is by buying bullion gold bars. 
In some countries, like Canada, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, these 
can easily be bought or sold at the major banks. Alternatively, there are 
bullion dealers that provide the same service. Bars generally carry lower price 
premiums than gold bullion coins. However larger bars carry an increased risk 
of forgery due to their less stringent parameters for appearance. 

Gold coins are a common way of owning gold. Bullion coins are priced 
according to their fine weight, plus a small premium based on supply and 
demand, The sizes of bullion coins range from one-tenth of an ounce to two 
ounces, with the one-ounce size being most popular and readily available. 
South Africa’s Krugerrand is the most widely held gold bullion coin, with  
46 million troy ounces (1,400 tonnes) in circulation.

 http://www.randrefinery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refinery%20-%20The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

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Shareholders’ analysis

184 
185  Notice of annual general meeting
191 
Form of proxy – United Kingdom
193 
195  Glossary
 ibc  Company information
 ibc 

Form of proxy – South Africa

Shareholders’ diary

 
 
About this report

Scope and boundary
Scope and boundary
We are pleased to present Pan African Resources’ integrated annual 
We are pleased to present Pan African Resources’ integrated annual 
report (the report). The report presents, to our shareholders and
report (the report). The report presents, to our shareholders and 
other stakeholders, an overview of the group’s fi nancial and non-
other stakeholders, an overview of the group’s fi nancial and non-
fi nancial information for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. 
fi nancial information for the period 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016. 
The report includes the activities of the holding company, Pan African 
The report includes the activities of the holding company, Pan African 
Resources, and all of its operations and subsidiaries. The group’s
Resources, and all of its operations and subsidiaries. The group’s 
subsidiaries are incorporated in South Africa and their functional
subsidiaries are incorporated in South Africa and their functional 
currency is ZAR. The group’s business is conducted in ZAR and the
currency is ZAR. The group’s business is conducted in ZAR and the 
accounting records are maintained in this same currency, with the
accounting records are maintained in this same currency, with the 
exception of precious metal product sales, which are conducted in
exception of precious metal product sales, which are conducted in 
USD, prior to conversion into ZAR. The ongoing review of the results 
USD, prior to conversion into ZAR. The ongoing review of the results 
of the operations conducted by executive management and the
of the operations conducted by executive management and the 
board is also performed in ZAR. The report includes abbreviations
board is also performed in ZAR. The report includes abbreviations 
 page 195.
page 195.
and terms which have been defi ned in the glossary on 
and terms which have been defi ned in the glossary on 

KING III
KING III

IIRC
IIRC

GRI
GRI

IFRS
IFRS

Process for defi ning report content
Process for defi ning report content
The process for defi ning the report content was guided by the 
The process for defi ning the report content was guided by the
recommendations contained in the International Integrated Reporting
recommendations contained in the International Integrated Reporting 
Framework, issued by the International Integrated Reporting Council
Framework, issued by the International Integrated Reporting Council 
in December 2013. We continue to embed the guiding principles 
in December 2013. We continue to embed the guiding principles 
and content elements contained in the International Integrated 
and content elements contained in the International Integrated 
Reporting Framework. The content in the report focuses on those
Reporting Framework. The content in the report focuses on those 
issues which materially impact our ability to create and sustain value 
issues which materially impact our ability to create and sustain value 
over the short (one year), medium (two to three years) and long 
over the short (one year), medium (two to three years) and long 
term (beyond three years). Pan African Resources appreciates that 
term (beyond three years). Pan African Resources appreciates that 
its business operations use various forms of capital, including fi nancial
its business operations use various forms of capital, including fi nancial 
capital, human capital, natural capital, intellectual capital, manufactured 
capital, human capital, natural capital, intellectual capital, manufactured 
capital and social and relationship capital. Consideration of the six 
capital and social and relationship capital. Consideration of the six 
forms of capital is shown in our business model on 
forms of capital is shown in our business model on 

 page 26. 
page 26. 

Further, the report has been prepared in line with the London 
Further, the report has been prepared in line with the London 
Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the 
Stock Exchange’s (LSE) Alternative Investment Market (AIM), the 
LSE’s international market for smaller growth companies, and the 
LSE’s international market for smaller growth companies, and the 
Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) Listings Requirements. We have 
Johannesburg Stock Exchange’s (JSE) Listings Requirements. We have 
ororooorpooooorararaaatetettet
applied the majority of principles of the King Report on Corporate 
applied the majority of principles of the King Report on Corporate 
nccccce ononononon 
Governance (King III), with an explanation for non-complian
Governance (King III), with an explanation for non-compliance on 
 page 89. The UK Corporate Governance Code (UK Code) 
odedededede) )
page 89. The UK Corporate Governance Code (UK Co
innnnnababababability 
was considered in the preparation of the report. The sustainability 
was considered in the preparation of the report. The sustainability 
information contained in this report and online was prepared based 
information contained in this report and online was prepared based 
on the GRI G3.1 standard disclosure guidelines. A separate GRI report 
on the GRI G3.1 standard disclosure guidelines. A separate GRI report 
is available on our website at 
 www.panafricanresources.com. 
 www.panafricanresources.com. 
is available on our website at
The abridged mineral resources and mineral reserves report was
The abridged mineral resources and mineral reserves report was 
based on the Mining and Metals Sector Disclosure Guidelines. The
based on the Mining and Metals Sector Disclosure Guidelines. The 
annual fi nancial statements have been prepared in accordance with 
annual fi nancial statements have been prepared in accordance with 
the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the South 
the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), the South 
African Institute of Chartered Accountants Financial Reporting
African Institute of Chartered Accountants Financial Reporting 
Guides, as issued by the Accounting Practices Committee, and the 
Guides, as issued by the Accounting Practices Committee, and the 
requirements of the UK Companies Act 2006 (UK Companies Act).
requirements of the UK Companies Act 2006 (UK Companies Act).

Assurance 
Assurance
Pan African Resources’ external auditors, Deloitte LLP, as the
Pan African Resources’ external auditors, Deloitte LLP, as the 
statutory auditor and Deloitte & Touche SA as the local auditor for 
statutory auditor and Deloitte & Touche SA as the local auditor for 
JSE reporting purposes, have independently audited the fi nancial 
JSE reporting purposes, have independently audited the fi nancial
statements for the year ended 30 June 2016. Their unmodifi ed audit 
statements for the year ended 30 June 2016. Their unmodifi ed audit 
reports are set out on 
 pages 112 and 113.
pages 112 and 113.
reports are set out on

Forward-looking statements
Forward-looking statements
Statements in this report that address exploration activities, mining 
Statements in this report that address exploration activities, mining 
potential and future plans and objectives of Pan African Resources 
potential and future plans and objectives of Pan African Resources 
are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information 
are forward-looking statements and forward-looking information
that involve various risks, assumptions and uncertainties and are not 
that involve various risks, assumptions and uncertainties and are not 
statements of fact. The directors and management of Pan African 
statements of fact. The directors and management of Pan African
Resources believe that the expectations expressed in such forward-
Resources believe that the expectations expressed in such forward-
looking statements or forward-looking information are based on 
looking statements or forward-looking information are based on 
reasonable assumptions, expectations, estimates and projections. 
reasonable assumptions, expectations, estimates and projections. 
However, these statements should not be construed as being 
However, these statements should not be construed as being
guarantees or warranties (whether expressed or implied) of future 
guarantees or warranties (whether expressed or implied) of future
performance. There can be no assurance that such statements will 
performance. There can be no assurance that such statements will 
prove to be accurate and actual values, results and future events 
prove to be accurate and actual values, results and future events
could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements. 
could differ materially from those anticipated in these statements. 
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially 
Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially 
from statements expressed in this report include, among others, the 
from statements expressed in this report include, among others, the
actual results of exploration activities; technical analysis; the lack of 
actual results of exploration activities; technical analysis; the lack of 
availability to Pan African Resources of necessary capital on acceptable 
availability to Pan African Resources of necessary capital on acceptable
terms; general economic, business and fi nancial market conditions; 
terms; general economic, business and fi nancial market conditions; 
political risks; industry trends; competition; changes in government 
political risks; industry trends; competition; changes in government
regulations; delays in obtaining governmental approvals; interest rate 
regulations; delays in obtaining governmental approvals; interest rate 
fl uctuations; currency fl uctuations; changes in business strategy or 
fl uctuations; currency fl uctuations; changes in business strategy or 
development plans and other risks. Although Pan African Resources 
development plans and other risks. Although Pan African Resources
has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual 
has attempted to identify important factors that could cause actual 
results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results 
results to differ materially, there may be other factors that cause results 
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Pan African Resources 
not to be as anticipated, estimated or intended. Pan African Resources
is not obliged to publicly update any forward-looking statements 
is not obliged to publicly update any forward-looking statements
included in this report, or revise any changes in events, conditions 
included in this report, or revise any changes in events, conditions
or circumstances on which any such statements are based, occurring 
or circumstances on which any such statements are based, occurring 
after the publication date of this report, other than as required by 
after the publication date of this report, other than as required by 
regulation.
regulation.

Statement from the board of directors 
Statement from the board of directors 
The board acknowledges its responsibility to ensure the integrity 
The board acknowledges its responsibility to ensure the integrity 
of the integrated annual report. The board has applied its collective 
of the integrated annual report. The board has applied its collective
mind in the preparation and presentation of the report and is 
mind in the preparation and presentation of the report and is
satisfi ed that the report addresses all material matters and fairly 
satisfi ed that the report addresses all material matters and fairly 
presents the integrated performance of Pan African Resources. 
presents the integrated performance of Pan African Resources. 

Keith Spencer  
Keith Spencer  
Chairman  
Chairman  

20 September 2016
20 September 2016

Cobus Loots
Cobus Loots
Chief Executive Offi cer 
Chief Executive Offi cer 

 
Investment case

Pan African Resources is a mid-tier African-focused precious metals producer.

The key enablers of our strategy are:

People
Fostering relationships through action, integrity 
and honesty

Action
Leadership, planning and control

Disciplined approach to capital management  
•   Management team that continues to drive shareholder value 

Preferred gold investment 
•   Profi table production growth from long-life assets

rong statement of 
•   Limited gearing with strong statement of 

fi nancial position

ability   
Committed to sustainability   
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•   Focused on achieving zero harm 
ero harm

ally 
•   Legacy of environmentally 

responsible mining, 
rehabilitation liabilities 
are well-funded 

•   Strong relationships with 
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labour,  government and 
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communities

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            RESULT S  

Results
targets without compromimimiisese
Delivering on all our targets without compromise
le gold 
Maximising sustainable gold 
Positive impact on earnings

•  Long-life quality gold mining operations

Barberton Mines – up to  22 years’ life of 
mine and Evander Mines – 16 years’ life

of mine 

• Signifi cant resource and reserve
base, with a focus on bringing 

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these ounces to account in the
form of cash fl ows and earnings

•  Ability to conclude further
value-accretive acquisitions 

•  Strong track record 

of replenishing mineral 
reserves by targeting 
exploration and 
development to increase 
the life of mine

•  Gold mining assets provide a
safe haven investment in volatile

equity markets

Proven business model, committed to low-cost production 
and, successful organic growth with occasional opportunistic 
value-accretive transactions 
•  Culture of delivery – Barberton Mines’ BTRP and Evander Mines’ ETRP 

Delivering consistent and increasing returns 
•   Attractive dividend yield and sector-leading dividend 

pay-out with a track record of dividend growth

•  Attractive profi tability and cash fl ow generation

•  Quality assets delivering strong returns

•   PGM and coal assets do not detract from gold focus, but increase 

return to shareholders

•  Focused on strong and sustainable margins 

•  Total mineral resources gold of 34.9Moz and 0.6Moz of platinum 

group elements and attractive project pipeline 

•  People focused 

•  High-margin assets allow for dividend to be maintained 

•   Project delivery: BTRP payback – 18 months, ETRP 

forecasted payback – less than four years and the Uitkomst 
Colliery – forecasted payback of less than fi ve years

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Salient features

 16.5%
Gold sold: 
204,928oz
(2015: 175,857oz) 

 43.1%
Revenue: 
ZAR3,632.8 million
(2015: ZAR2,539.4 million) 

 163.1%
Earnings per share:
30.20 cents per share
(2015: 11.48 cents per share)

 156.1%
Headline earnings: 
ZAR547.1 million
(2015: ZAR213.6 million)

 160.2%

Profi t after tax: 
ZAR547.0 million
(2015: ZAR210.2 million)

 3.5%

All-in costs per kilogram: 
ZAR410,206/kg
(2015: ZAR425,084/kg)

 34.6%

Proposed fi nal dividend: 

ZAR0.15438 per share (2015: ZAR0.11466 per share) 
equating to ZAR300 million (2015: ZAR210 million)

Group revenue
ZAR millions

Headline earnings
ZAR millions

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Gold sold
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200,000

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Revenue and cost per kg
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200,000

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2012

2013 2014 2015 2016

2012

2013 2014 2015 2016

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2013 2014 2015 2016

2012

2013 2014 2015 2016

Group revenue

Headline earnings

Underground
Surface
Tailings

Cash cost
All-in sustaining costs
All-in costs
Average spot price received

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

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Chairman’s review

Keith Spencer 
Chairman

“Our 2016 fi nancial year was characterised by a 
much improved gold price as well as a signifi cant 
increase in the gold produced by our operations. Group 
profi ts increased 160.2% to ZAR547 million and all-in 
sustaining costs increased 0.9% to ZAR405,847/kg. 
The group’s proposed dividend of ZAR300 million for 
the 2016 fi nancial year is sector leading, with a fi ve-
year historical average dividend yield in excess of 5%.”

In general, the year under review delivered 
attractive returns in the global gold industry, 
with the USD gold price rallying early in 
2016. Investor sentiment towards the sector 
improved due to a number of factors, 
including continued global economic volatility 
and uncertainty. 

Locally, the rand continued along a volatile 
path, resulting in an overall depreciation 
during the year under review of almost 30% 
against the average ZAR/USD exchange rate. 
This depreciation assisted group earnings, 
both in GBP and ZAR. Although the rand 
strengthened following year-end, it remains 
vulnerable to further depreciation if South 
Africa is downgraded to non-investment 
grade at the end of 2016.  A downgrade 
will negatively impact the country’s ability to 
attract foreign investment to fund economic 
growth, increase South Africa’s cost of 
borrowing and add to infl ationary pressures. 

In August 2016, South Africa also went to the 
polls in one of the most fi ercely contested 

local government elections since the advent 
of democracy. The elections were peaceful 
and well organised, with the governing African 
National Congress losing support nationally 
and also in major metropolitan areas. The 
manner in which these elections were 
conducted is encouraging for South Africa’s 
young democracy.

Despite a volatile operating environment, Pan 
African Resources experienced an excellent 
fi nancial and operational performance on the 
back of the strong rand gold price and the 
much improved operational performance 
at Evander and Barberton Mines. Gold 
revenue at Evander Mines rose 58.3% to 
ZAR1,538.3 million as the underground 
head grade improved to 5.7g/t, largely due 
to mining at 8 Shaft’s newly-established 
25 level. The Evander Tailings Retreatment 
Plant also enhanced production growth and 
delivered low-cost, high-margin gold ounces. 
Barberton Mines’ gold sales rose by 7.1% 
to 113,281oz with a head grade of 11.0g/t 

2 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

and the Barberton Tailings Retreatment Plant 
contributed 28,591oz. 

Phoenix Platinum’s performance was 
negatively affected by International Ferro 
Metals Limited’s (IFM) business rescue 
proceedings announced in August 2015 
in respect of its South African subsidiary 
(IFMSA), with processing and mining activities 
suspended. In July 2016, Phoenix Platinum 
reached agreement to allow for the cession 
of its IFMSA agreement to the new owner 
of the IFMSA assets, TC Smelters Proprietary 
Limited. This agreement has provided Phoenix 
Platinum with security of tenure going 
forward. The platinum price that has been 
trending upward since the beginning of 2016, 
together with productivity improvements 
implemented at Phoenix Platinum, should 
contribute positively to the operation’s sales 
and performance going forward. The Uitkomst 
Colliery, which was acquired during the year, 
contributed ZAR11.4 million in earnings 
which was in line with expectations.

Group profi ts increased 160.2% to 
ZAR547 million and all-in sustaining costs 
increased by only 0.9% to ZAR405,847/kg. 
The group’s fi nal proposed dividend of 
ZAR300 million for the 2016 fi nancial year 
is sector leading, with a fi ve-year historical 
average dividend yield in excess of 5%. During 
the year under review, the group’s net debt 
position increased marginally, despite the 
cash acquisition of the Uitkomst Colliery and 
funds used for a portion of the Shanduka 
Gold Proprietary Limited (Shanduka Gold) 
transaction. Following year-end, the group’s 
liquidity position improved further, resulting in 
limited gearing and a strong fi nancial position 
for future acquisitive or organic growth 
opportunities. Further details on the group’s 
fi nancial results are included in the reviews 
by the Chief Executive Offi cer and Financial 
Director on 
 pages 14 and 38 respectively.

Apart from our solid fi nancial and operational 
performance, other key highlights during the 
year included fi nalising the acquisition of the 
Uitkomst Colliery as well as the conclusion 
of the Shanduka Gold transaction. The group 
assumed control of the Uitkomst Colliery 
operations on 31 March 2016 which, as 
testament to the group’s track record of 
project delivery, was immediately cash-
generative and has a forecast payback period 
of four years. The board remains confi dent 
that this acquisition will contribute to group 

earnings and cash fl ows going forward. The 
Shanduka Gold transaction concluded in 
June 2016 realised material value for 
Pan African Resources’ shareholders via an 
investment – at a discounted price – in 
Pan African Resources’ shares through 
Shanduka Gold, on an earnings-accretive basis. 
It also allows the group to preserve its black 
economic empowerment (BEE) ownership, in 
compliance with prevailing BEE legislation and 
provides funding headroom to swiftly access 
potential growth opportunities. Further details 
on this transaction are included in the reviews 
by the Chief Executive Offi cer and Financial 
 pages 14 and 38 respectively.
Director on 

Due to the inherent risk associated with 
mining, there can be no compromise at 
Pan African Resources regarding our efforts to 
reduce the danger associated with unhealthy 
or unsafe conditions in the workplace. Safety 
is one of the group’s key priorities and 
we have a robust governance process in 
place that includes policies, procedures and 
standards to reinforce behaviours in support 
of our strategic objective of zero harm. 
Regrettably, we experienced one fatality at 
Evander Mines on 26 June 2016. We extend 
our deepest condolences to the family, friends 
and colleagues of our deceased colleague, 
Mr Joaquim Armando Muxhanga. Measures 
to further improve the group’s safety 
performance continue to be introduced.

The group embraces the targets for social 
development and community upliftment 
as encapsulated in the Mining Charter. 
Our operations made good progress 
in achieving these goals, most notably 
meeting employment equity targets at 
management level.  The group maintains its 
commitment to improving living conditions 
for mineworkers at all operations. The 
transformation trusts at our gold mining 
operations continued to generate funds 
to invest back into our communities by 
encouraging suppliers to contribute 1% of 
their contract value to these transformation 
trusts. A total of ZAR1.7 million was 
collected on behalf of these trusts during the 
year under review. The group recognises the 
immense need to uplift the communities 
in which we operate and invested 
ZAR21.0 million in corporate social 
investment and socio-economic 
development initiatives to alleviate the 
social and economic challenges facing these 
communities. 

Pan African Resources is committed to 
maintaining good relationships with our labour 
unions through a proactive, consultative, 
open-door approach. We are pleased to note 
that we successfully concluded multi-year 
wage agreements across our operations at 
Barberton and Evander Mines and did not 
experience signifi cant labour disruptions 
during the year under review. South Africa’s 
labour environment will remain challenging in 
the short to medium term and we appreciate 
that all parties have to cooperate to ensure 
the sustainability of our industry into the 
future.

In keeping with the group’s belief that its 
employees and associated communities 
should benefi t from mining activities, we 
will be implementing our BEE transaction at 
Uitkomst Colliery by 31 December 2016 
– employee share ownership schemes are 
already in place at our gold mining operations. 
The programme at Uitkomst Colliery 
will provide employees, the community 
and a strategic partner with a direct 9% 
shareholding through a trust structure. Value 
will be created for benefi ciaries based on 
the profi tability of the Uitkomst Colliery 
operation’s performance. 

Skills shortages remain a challenge in South 
Africa and many students do not have the 
resources for tertiary education. To effect 
a positive change, the group entered into 
a memorandum of understanding with 
the University of Johannesburg to provide 
bursaries for 16 mining and engineering 
students over a period of three years. These 
students will also be exposed to practical 
on-the-job training at the group’s operations 
and this initiative provides an alternative talent 
pipeline for the group going forward. Further 
 page 71.
detail on this initiative is shown on 

One of Pan African Resources’ key strategic 
pillars is sustainability. This entails continuous 
environmental management and oversight 
to minimise the negative impact of our 
operations on natural resources and the 
environment. I am pleased to note that there 
were no signifi cant reportable environmental 
incidents or impacts on biodiversity at any of 
our operations during the year under review. 
The group constantly rehabilitates old mining 
areas and had a healthy rehabilitation trust 
fund balance of ZAR321.5 million as at year-
end for restoring environmental disturbances. 
The estimated cost of rehabilitation is 

reviewed annually and appropriately adjusted 
for changes in legislation or technology.

Pan African Resources is committed to the 
highest standards of governance. We strive to 
embed sound corporate governance practices 
into our daily operations and processes, as 
part of our robust corporate governance 
framework, taking into account both local 
(King III) and international (UK Code) best 
practice. The board has been kept apprised 
of developments relating to the new version 
of the King Code (King IV), which is a more 
practical approach to good corporate 
governance. King IV follows an outcomes-
based rather than a rule-based approach, 
which should promote greater accountability 
and transparency. The board does not foresee 
any signifi cant obstacles in implementing 
King IV once it is fi nalised later in 2016. 

As we head into the 2017 fi nancial year, we 
are well placed to further explore growth 
opportunities, either acquisitively or organically, 
backed by our dynamic management team 
and strong fi nancial position. One such 
opportunity relates to the Elikhulu tailings 
retreatment project (Elikhulu), where the 
board has mandated a feasibility study to 
provide guidance on how best to proceed. 
The results of this study will be available in 
November 2016, after which shareholders 
will be notifi ed.

I would like to thank my fellow board 
members for their continued active 
participation in our business and their insights 
during the year under review. I also warmly 
thank the executive management team, who 
showed great commitment and determination 
in delivering on key objectives during the year 
under review. Thank you to our shareholders 
and employees, all business partners and 
industry regulators for your ongoing support 
of Pan African Resources. 

Keith Spencer
Chairman 

20 September 2016

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STRATEGIC REPORT: BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Mapungubwe: 
South Africa’s 
lost city of gold

One thousand years ago, Mapungubwe in Limpopo 
province was the centre of the largest kingdom 
in the subcontinent, where highly sophisticated 
people traded gold and ivory with China, India and 
Egypt. The Iron Age site was declared a World 
Heritage site by Unesco in July 2003. 

Mapungubwe is an area of open savannah adjacent 
to the northern border of South Africa and the 
borders of Zimbabwe and Botswana. It thrived as 
a sophisticated trading centre from around 1220 
to 1300. Unesco describes Mapungubwe as the 
centre of the largest kingdom in the subcontinent 
before it was abandoned in the 14th century. It 
was home to an advanced culture of people – the 
ancestors of the Shona people of Zimbabwe. They 
traded with China and India, had a fl ourishing 
agricultural industry, and grew to a population of 
around 5 000. 

The University of Pretoria excavated the site since 
its discovery in 1932 and now has a collection of 
artifacts made of gold and other materials, as well 
as human remains. The most spectacular of the 
gold discoveries is a little rhinoceros made of gold 
foil. The rhino has come to symbolise the high 
culture of Mapungubwe as well as being a symbol of 
leadership among the Shona people of Zimbabwe.

 http://www.southafrica.info/about/history/mapungubwe.htm

Credit: © Roger de la Harpe/Africa Media Online
Gold rhino (152mm x 42mm x 55mm, weighing 42.8g, 24ct gold). Ar tifact recovered 
from Mapungubwe Hill. Nor thern Province. South Africa. Made from multiple pieces of 
f ine gold foil originally tacked with tiny gold nails onto a wooden core (now decayed). 
Photographed at the Mapungubwe Museum, University of Pretoria

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Group highlights and challenges

HIGHLIGHTS

t
ifi
Significant
Signifi cant increase in gold production of 
i
i
16.5% to 204,928oz

ZAR gold price increased by 21.6% to 
ZAR542,850/kg

Completion of the Shanduka Gold transaction 
for ZAR546.9 million, effectively improving 
earnings per share by 17.7% going forward

Acquisition of the Uitkomst Colliery for a cash 
consideration of ZAR148 million

BTRP continues to perform above expectations, 
producing 28,591oz of gold

ETRP produced 18,151oz, of which 6,724oz 
were from tailings sources and 11,427oz 
from surface feedstock material

Share price increased by 108% from 
ZAR1.80 to ZAR3.75

Maintenance of an industry-leading dividend 
yield throughout the low precious metals 
price cycle

ZAR21.0 million invested in CSI and SED 
initiatives

ZAR33.3 million invested in human resources 
development

CHALLENGES

sion in safet

Regress
Regression in safety 
Regress
accident rates 

Volatile commodity prices 
and exchange rates

Subdued growth outlook for 
the South African economy

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Our history

2007
Acquired 74% of 
Barberton Mines from 
Metorex Limited
(Metorex)

2001 – 2006
Exploration phase

2000
Incorporated as Viking 
Internet PLC in February

Admitted to AIM in May

2016

2009
Acquired the remaining 
26% of Barberton Mines 
from Shanduka in exchange 
for 295.7 million shares in 
the company

Exercised the option to 
acquire 100% of Phoenix 
Platinum from Metorex for 
cash in May

2013
Finalised the acquisition of 
100% of the share capital 
of Evander Mines for a total 
net purchase consideration 
of ZAR1.3 billion

Commissioned Barberton 
Tailings Retreatment Plant

2015
Commissioned Evander 
Tailings Retreatment Plant

Acquired the Uitkomst Colliery on 31 March for a cash consideration 
of ZAR148 million

Acquired shares held by Standard Bank of South Africa Limited and the shares held 
by Jadeite Limited therefore gaining control in Shanduka Gold. Pan African Resources 
acquired the stake for ZAR546.9 million, a signifi cant discount to prevailing market 
price. The transaction was funded from Pan African Resources’ operational cash 
fl ows and a vendor consideration placement through an issue of shares

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

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Our 
organisation

Organisational 
structure

100%

95%

100%

100%

100%

Emerald Panther 
Investment 91 
Pty Ltd 

(Incorporated in South Africa)

Barberton 
Mines Pty Ltd

(Incorporated in South Africa)
Barberton Mining Operations

Phoenix Platinum 
Mining Pty Ltd

 (Incorporated in South Africa)
Phoenix Platinum, Chrome 
Tailings Retreatment Project

Pan African Resources 
Funding Company 
Pty Ltd

Pan African Resources 
Management Services 
Company Pty Ltd 

 (Incorporated in South Africa)

(Incorporated in South Africa)

5%

ESOP
 (Employees)

100%

Evander Gold 
Mines Ltd 
(Incorporated in South Africa) 

ESOP
 (Employees)

5%

95%

Evander Gold 
Mining Pty Ltd

 (Incorporated in South Africa)
Evander Mining Operations 

Key features

49.9%

Economic benefi t
derived of 97%

PAR Gold Pty Ltd

 (Incorporated in South Africa)

100%

Pan African Resources 
Coal Holdings Pty Ltd 

(Incorporated in South Africa)

100%

100%

Uitkomst Colliery Pty Ltd 

Nyambose Pty Ltd 

(Incorporated in South Africa)
Uitkomst Colliery Operation

(Incorporated in South Africa)

Dual listed on London’s AIM and South Africa’s JSE

  Market capitalisation at 30 June 2016 of ZAR7.3 billion (2015: ZAR3.3 billion) 

  Diversifi ed shareholder base, major South African and international institutions 

   PAR Gold Proprietary Limited (PAR Gold) as empowerment partner with a 
22.5% direct shareholding, equating to an effective 23.1% BEE ownership for 
purposes of the Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act (MPRDA). 
The mining operation’s BEE ownership exceeds the MPRDA 26% requirement 
by combining the BEE shareholding in Pan African Resources (23.1%) and the 
on-mine employee share ownership schemes (5%)

AFRICAN MID-TIER 
PRECIOUS METALS 
BUSINESS

 Quality assets with a production 
capacity in excess of 200,000oz 
of gold per annum 

 Focused on maintaining and 
increasing profi table 
production ounces

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Our operations

BOTSWANA

LIMPOPO
LIMPOPO

MPUMALANGA
Nelspruit

Rustenburg

GAUTENG

Zeerust

Phoenix 
Platinum

Pretoria

Middelburg

BTRP

Barberton

Witbank

Kruger 
National 
Park

Barberton 
Mines

Johannesburg

NORTH WEST PROVINCE

Vryburg

Kuruman

Taung

Potchefstroom

Klerksdorp

NORTHERN CAPE

FREE STATE

Cash fl ow generative and dividend paying

  Progressive dividend policy and track record of sector-leading dividend 
payouts 

 A fi ve-year historical average dividend yield in excess of 5%

 Low level of gearing with strong balance sheet 

 Access to funding facilities of ZAR1.2 billion

Evander Mines

ETRP

2
Secunda

Ermelo

SWAZILAND

Newcastle

Uitkomst Colliery

Vryheid

KWAZULU-NATAL

Hluhluwe

St Lucia

Ladysmith

Richards Bay

Dolphin Coast

Pietermaritzburg

SIGNIFICANT 
GROWTH PROJECTS
 Gold resources base of 

34.9Moz

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

9

 
Operating assets

BOTSWANA

MPUMALANGA

LIMPOPO

Zeerust

Rustenburg

Phoenix 
Platinum

Pretoria

GAUTENG

Middelburg

Nelspruit

BTRP

Barberton

Johannesburg

NORTH WEST PROVINCE

Potchefstroom

Klerksdorp

Vryburg

Kuruman

Taung

NORTHERN CAPE

FREE STATE

Kruger 
National 
Park

Barberton 
Mines

Evander Mines

Witbank
2
Secunda

ETRP

SWAZILAND

Ermelo

Newcastle

Uitkomst Colliery

Vryheid

Hluhluwe

KWAZULU-NATAL

St Lucia

Ladysmith

Richards Bay

Dolphin Coast

Pietermaritzburg

Pan African Resources is a mid-tier 
African-focused precious metals 
producer with a production capacity 
in excess of 200,000oz gold, 10,000oz 
PGEs and 400,000 tonnes coal per 
annum. The group’s assets include: 

Barberton Mines 
three gold mines and the BTRP in Mpumalanga

Evander Mines 
a gold mine in Mpumalanga, ETRP and several 
brownfield projects

Phoenix Platinum 
the CTRP in the North West province

Uitkomst Colliery 
an underground coal mining operation located  
in the KwaZulu-Natal province

Group Mineral Resources (Moz)
Gold

Group Mineral Reserves (Moz)
Gold

Operation

Headcount

Life of mine

36

6

34.9
34.9

58

13

10.0
34.9

87

PGEs 4E

PGEs 4E

17

0.6
34.9

17

50

0.2
34.9

50

66

Barberton Mines

Employees: 1,835
Contractors: 422

22 years

Barberton 
Tailings 
Retreatment 
Plant (BTRP)

Employees: 56 
Contractors: 38

14 years

Evander Mines

Employees: 2,406 
Contractors: 772

16 years

Evander Tailings 
Retreatment 
Plant (ETRP)

Employees: 12 
Contractors: 7

16 years

Group Mineral Resources (Mt)
Coal

Group Mineral Reserves (Mt)
Coal

Phoenix 
Platinum

Employees: 3 
Contractors: 58

9 years

17

19

34.9
23.3

64

22.2

12.6
34.9

77.8

  Measured  

  Indicated  

  Inferred

  Proved  

  Probable

10 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Uitkomst 
Colliery

Employees: 115 
Contractors: 326

22 years

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
BUSINESS OVERVIEW

Description and location

Operational statistics

Resources and Reserves

Located in a greenstone belt, this 
is a low-cost, high grade operation 
comprising three mines: Fairview, 
Sheba and New Consort and a 
recently commissioned tailings 
retreatment plant (BTRP).

Mining Charter rating: 3

Production (tonnes milled): 
Produced (oz/annum): 
Capacity: 
Tonnage (capacity): 
Head grade: 
Sustainable capital per annum: 
Acquired: 

Located at Barberton Mines, the 
R325.7 million gold tailings 
retreatment plant commenced 
construction in April 2012, was 
completed on schedule and within 
budget, and achieved its inaugural gold 
pour in June 2013.

Mining Charter rating: 3

Production (tonnes milled): 
Produced (oz/annum): 
Capacity: 
Tonnage (capacity): 
Head grade: 
Sustainable capital per annum: 
Developed: 

268,383
84,690oz of Au per annum
95,000oz of Au per annum
300,000 tonnes per annum
11.0g/t
ZAR120 million
74% from Metorex 2007: 
remaining 26% from 
Shanduka 2009

959,215
28,591oz of Au per annum
30,000oz of Au per annum 
1.2 million tonnes per annum
1.7g/t
ZAR5 million
Steady-state production 
commenced in 2013

Located in the Witwatersrand basin, 
current operations comprise 8 Shaft, 
several potential development 
projects – Poplar, Evander South, 
Rolspruit and Elikhulu (a surface 
tailings retreatment project), the 
Kinross metallurgical processing plant 
and tailings storage facility. 

Mining Charter rating: 3

A tailings retreatment project which 
will exploit historically generated 
gold tailings deposited in the Kinross 
tailings storage facility and surface 
sources.

Mining Charter rating: 3

Production (tonnes milled): 
Produced (oz/annum): 
Capacity: 
Tonnage (capacity):
Head grade: 

Sustainable capital per annum: 
Acquired: 

408,281
73,496oz
95,000oz of Au per annum 
480,000 tonnes per annum
5.7g/t (includes development 
waste tonnes)
ZAR148 million
100% from Harmony in March 2013

Production (tonnes milled): 
Produced (oz/annum): 
Capacity: 
Tonnage (capacity):
Head grade: 

Sustainable capital per annum: 
Developed:

1,841,986 tonnes per annum
18,151oz of Au per annum
20,000oz of Au per annum
2.4 million tonnes per annum
Tailings: 0.3g/t
Surface feedstock: 1.1g/t – 1.3g/t
ZAR2 million
Steady-state production 
commenced in 2015

Resources: 
Reserves:
Exploration: 
Cash cost: 

9.0Mt @ 10.15g/t (2.9Moz)
4.9Mt @ 9.17g/t (1.4Moz)
Ongoing
USD694/oz

Resources: 
Reserves: 
Exploration: 
Cash cost: 

20.8Mt @ 1.27g/t (0.8Moz)
13.3Mt @ 1.46g/t (0.6Moz)
Ongoing
USD315/oz

Resources: 
Reserves: 
Exploration: 
Cash cost:

92.4Mt @ 9.78g/t (29.0Moz)
29.0Mt @ 8.32g/t (7.6Moz)
Ongoing
USD954/oz

Resources: 
Reserves: 
Exploration: 
Cash cost:

214.5Mt @ 0.30g/t (2.0Moz)
35.8Mt @ 0.31g/t (0.4Moz)
Ongoing
USD587/oz

Phoenix Platinum is a tailings plant 
which extracts platinum group metals 
from chrome tailings. 

Mining Charter rating: 3

Production (tonnes milled): 
Produced (oz/annum): 
Capacity: 
Tonnage (capacity):
Head grade: 
Sustainable capital per annum: 
Developed:

248,981 tonnes per annum
8,339
12,000oz of PGEs per annum
360,000 tonnes per annum
3.1g/t
ZAR1 million
Steady-state production 
commenced in 2012

Resources: 
Reserves: 
Exploration: 
Cash cost:

6.2Mt @ 3.16g/t (0.6Moz)
2.7Mt @ 2.54g/t (0.2Moz)
Ongoing
USD613/oz

An underground coal mining 
operation located in the KwaZulu-
Natal province.

Mining Charter rating: New entity, 
to be rated in the near future

Production (tonnes mined): 
Coal washed and sold
(tonnes/annum): 
Tonnage (capacity):
Kcal: 
Sustainable capital per annum: 
Acquired:

128,022 run-of-mine per annum

136,102
420,000 tonnes per annum
>6 000
ZAR10 million
100% on 31 March 2016

Resources: 
Reserves: 
Exploration: 
Cash cost:

23.3Mt 
12.6Mt
Ongoing 
USD45/tonne

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STRATEGIC REPORT: STRATEGY

BARBERTON 
is a town born 
out of gold

In 1881 gold was discovered in the Barber ton 
area by Tom McLachlan, who found alluvial gold 
at Jamestown. However, due to the location 
(the hot Lowveld region was rife with malaria) 
no-one wanted to go there until Auguste 
Rober ts discovered gold in Concession Creek 
on 20 June 1883. This discovery resulted in a 
gold rush to the area.

The town was named after Graham Hoare 
Barber (1835 to 1888) who discovered a rich 
gold-bearing reef there in 1884. Barber ton 
became a municipality in 1904. At first it was 
just a simple mining camp but grew when Edwin 
Bray, a prospector, discovered gold in the hills 
above Barber ton in 1885 and with 14 par tners 
star ted the Sheba Reef Gold Mining Company. 
Considered one of the ‘mining wonders of the 
world’ the Sheba Mine holds the record of being 
the richest and oldest working mine in the world.

Large amounts of money flowed into Barber ton 
and the first Stock Exchange to operate in the 
then Transvaal opened its doors. Barber ton 
flourished for only a brief period and soon the 
inhabitants began to move away to the newly 

discovered gold fields on the Reef.

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberton,_Mpumalanga

Credit: Ludwig Sevenster
Entrance to underground Sheba Mine

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Chief Executive Offi cer’s review

Cobus Loots 
Chief Executive Offi cer

“The Pan African Resources group delivered 
an outstanding set of results for the 2016 
fi nancial year. These results include a year of 
record gold production and profi ts and the 
largest dividend payment to date.

Our gold mining operations delivered 
exceptional results, producing in excess of 
200,000oz of gold for the fi nancial year. 
The performance from Evander Mines, in 
particular, demonstrated the potential of the 
operation, with production increasing by 30.8% 
year-on-year. Results were also assisted by the 
rand gold price and a full year’s production 
from the ETRP.

Our robust fi nancial position, well-established 
cash-generative operations, decentralised 
hands-on management structure and cost-
conscious culture differentiate us from our 
peers. These attributes give Pan African 
Resources a competitive advantage for further 
growth through our project pipeline and also 
position the group to capitalise on potential 
acquisition opportunities.”

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

HIGHLIGHTS

f th ZAR

Reco er oo
Recovery of the ZAR gold price, a recent 
improvement in the USD gold price and much 
h 
improved investor sentiment towards the sector
or

Excellent group fi nancial performance:
–  Revenue increased 43.1% to 

ZAR3,632.8 million

–  Adjusted EBITDA increased 89.3% to 

ZAR969.5 million

–  Profi t after tax increased 160.2% to 

ZAR547.0 million, a record for the group
–  Dividend proposed increased by 42.9% 

to ZAR300 million

Dividend policy amended to ensure 
sustainability of future payments

Outstanding operational performance
–  Gold production up 16.5% to 204,928oz 
–  All-in sustaining costs increased by only 

0.9% to ZAR405,847/kg

–  All-in costs in USD reduced 23.9% to 

USD879/oz

–  Evander Mines returned to profi tability
–  Barberton Mines’ BIOX® recoveries 

restored to previous levels

Concluded two signifi cantly value-accretive 
transactions
–  Completed an investment of 49.9% in 
Shanduka Gold, allowing the group to 
preserve and protect its BEE status on 
a substantially earnings-accretive basis

–  Finalised the acquisition of the 

Uitkomst Colliery

Group well positioned for future profi tability
–  Completing a defi nitive feasibility study 

on Elikhulu at Evander Mines

–  Internal team dedicated to investigating 

acquisition opportunities

CHALLENGES

sion in safet

Regress
Regression in safety accident 
Regress
rates – measures implemented 
to address this and improve 
safety performance

Subdued growth outlook for the 
South African economy

Possible downgrade of South 
Africa’s sovereign credit rating to 
non-investment grade 

Phoenix Platinum’s performance 
hampered by business rescue 
proceedings at IFM – however, 
outlook for Phoenix Platinum is 
now improved 

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Chief Executive Offi cer’s review

continued

USD vs ZAR gold price – fi ve years
Relative performance rebased to 100

250

200

150

100

50

0

30/06/2011

30/06/2016

USD gold price         ZAR gold price

Demand graphs from the World Gold Council
Tonnes

1,400

1,200

1,000

800

600

400

200

0

March 2015

April 2015

January 2016

February 2016

Investment        Jewellery        Electronics        Central banks and other institutions

 Source: http://www.gold.org/supply-and-demand/interactive-gold-market-charting

4,568t
Total gold demand

4,537t
Total gold supply

 Jewellery        Investment        Technology        Central banks and other institutions
Total mine supply                   Recycled gold        

 Source: http://www.gold.org/supply-and-demand/interactive-gold-market-charting

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Overview
On completing a review of any fi nancial year 
one not only refl ects on the year past and 
these themes that characterised the period, 
but also how it compares to previous years, 
as often, only by comparison can one 
gauge and assess performance. This review 
captures my thoughts on Pan African 
achievements to date and its 
future prospects.

The economic environment 
and the gold market
As a member of the Pan African Resources 
board since 2009, I have had the benefi t of 
providing input to a number of integrated 
reports and annual results. If there is one 
matter that has remained unchanged in this 
period, it is the uncertainty that continues 
to dominate global fi nancial markets and 
the international geopolitical landscape. The 
global economy is still grappling with the 
effects of the 2008 fi nancial crash and the 
response of central banks to this crisis. While 
equity markets have recovered and rallied 
and the United States economy appears 
to have turned a corner, the uncertainty 
remains, and a normal interest rate cycle has 
not yet resumed. 

The realisation that the infl uence of central 
banks cannot extend indefi nitely and that 
lower interest rates may be prevalent for 
some time to come resulted in a rally in the 
USD gold price in early 2016, signifi cantly 
improved investor sentiment towards gold 
producers and a rally in gold equities.

Instability in the Middle East, the refugee 
crisis and terror attacks in Europe and the 
UK decision to exit the European Union 
added to the demand for safe-haven assets, 
with the World Gold Council reporting that 
the fi rst half of 2016 saw the second-highest 
gold demand on record. The investment case 
for gold once again appears attractive.

Despite the impact of favourable value 
drivers, we remain mindful that the current 
global and local mining industry remains a 
challenging operating environment. Analysts 
believe the higher gold price should not 
only be attributed to current uncertainties 
and predict a series of macro-economic 
and geopolitical events that could result in 
further global instability.

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
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Our operating environment 
in South Africa
South Africa as a mining investment 
destination does not enjoy favour with 
many international investors, and to some 
extent, the negative perceptions are justifi ed. 
Legislative uncertainty, labour unrest and 
electricity shortages are some of the 
elements that make operations challenging. It 
would, however, be remiss to consider these 
diffi culties without also taking into account 
the positive aspects to operating in South 
Africa. These include:

•  World class constitution and legal systems 

•  A functioning and stable democracy

•  A century and more of deep-level and 

general mining experience

•  Access to technical skills and expertise and 

a well-trained workforce

•  Excellent roads and other infrastructure, 
with our operations experiencing no 
major power disruptions in the year under 
review.

Currently, Pan African Resources only 
has operations in South Africa, and we 
have equipped and skilled our group to 
operate successfully and sustainably in the 
country. Hopefully, by continuing to operate 
successfully, Pan African Resources and other 
South African miners can, over time, increase 
investor appetite for our country.

During the year under review, the rand came 
under severe pressure against the USD and 
other currencies, and by year-end it had 
depreciated on average by 26.7% against 
the USD. The weakening in our operating 

ZAR/USD exchange rate – fi ve years
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currency increased the average ZAR gold 
price received for the year by 21.6%, which 
assisted margins. Even though the effect of 
the weaker rand was less pronounced in our 
reporting currency (GBP), it also assisted 
GBP earnings.

Although the weaker rand will result in 
infl ationary cost pressures over time our 
operating teams have done well to contain 
costs during the fi nancial year.  

South Africa faces a possible sovereign credit 
rating downgrade to sub-investment grade, 
which could lead to a further depreciation 
in the rand. It is therefore vital that we 
remain vigilant and continue to look for 
opportunities to differentiate ourselves 
and profi tably grow our business further, 
attract investments and provide shareholder 

returns in the form of dividends and capital 
appreciation in the company’s share price.    

Pan African Resources’ operations
We cannot control or predict the price 
we receive for our gold. Exchange rate 
fl uctuations make proceeds from gold 
receipts even more diffi cult to forecast. 

Our focus is therefore on those factors 
we can control or infl uence positively, 
which includes gold production from 
operations and the cost of production.

In the prior year Evander Mines’ lower 
grades severely affected the operation’s 
profi tability, however, operating diffi culties 
have been addressed, as is evidenced by the 
excellent operating performances delivered 
by Evander Mines.

Key operational highlights and features of the past year include the following:

Total group gold production increased by 16.5% to 204,928oz (2015: 175,857oz). The gold production was a record for the Pan African 
Resources group and above the 2016 forecast of 200,000oz for the year.

Underground production from Evander Mines recovered and 8 Shaft produced 73,496oz (2015: 53,746oz), an increase of 36.7% over 
the prior year. We are now fi rmly established on the new 25 mining level and this should support a consistent performance from the 
underground mine going forward.

The ETRP at Evander Mines contributed low-cost, high-margin ounces to the operation. The plant, which reprocesses CIL tailings, 
delivered 6,724oz (2015: 2,494oz) from its tailings sources and 11,427oz (2015: 13,842oz) from surface feedstock sources at an all-in 
sustaining cost of ZAR275,661/kg (2015: ZAR266,453/kg). The performance from the ETRP was in line with expectations and we 
expect a payback of the capital expenditure for this operation in less than four years. The ETRP serves as a large pilot plant for Elikhulu. 
This is detailed in the mineral resources and growth section of this review.

Barberton Mines produced 113,281oz (2015: 105,776oz), which is a 7.1% year-on-year improvement. The BTRP, included in the 
production number above, produced 28,591oz (2015: 24,283oz) at an all-in sustaining cost of ZAR155,080/kg (2015: ZAR185,280/kg).

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Chief Executive Offi cer’s review

continued

Phoenix Platinum’s performance in the 
current year has been hampered by the 
business rescue proceedings announced 
by IFM in August 2015 regarding its South 
African subsidiary (IFMSA), as well as the 
drought and associated water shortages 
affecting re-mining and processing. In 
addition, PGM prices remained subdued 
during the 2016 fi nancial year.

The 2010 agreement between Pan African 
Resources, Phoenix Platinum and IFMSA 
allowed for the construction of the 
Phoenix Platinum plant on IFMSA property. 
Phoenix Platinum obtained a portion of its 
feedstock from IFMSA’s processing activities, 
as well as electricity, water and other services. 
When IFMSA entered business rescue, 
mining activities and Phoenix Platinum’s 
access to the current arising feedstock were 
suspended. Phoenix Platinum is currently 
processing tailings from old dumps close to 
the plant.

In terms of the business rescue proceedings, 
Samancor Chrome Limited’s subsidiary, 
TC Smelters Proprietary Limited 
(TC Smelters) was selected as the successful 
bidder to acquire IFMSA’s assets. In July 2016, 
Pan African Resources reached an agreement 
with TC Smelters, assigning the tailings 
treatment agreement to TC Smelters. Even 
though the agreement does not guarantee 
current arising feedstock to Phoenix 
Platinum, as this will be dependent on the 
way in which TC Smelters uses the IFMSA 
assets, it places Phoenix Platinum in a 
position where it should be able to continue 
operations under similar conditions to those 
prior to the business rescue proceedings. 
Moreover, it ensures that Phoenix Platinum´s 
operations and interests are safeguarded. 
Phoenix Platinum also has alternative sources 
of feedstock, which were processed during 
the business rescue proceedings. With the 
platinum price now on an upward trajectory, 
Phoenix Platinum is well placed to improve 
cash fl ows and value to the group.

Safety, health and environment
The group’s board-approved integrated 
safety, health, environment, quality and 
community (SHEQC) committee policy is 
cascaded throughout our operations and our 
SHEQC performance is driven by the group’s 
philosophy of continuous improvement. It 
is also used to incentivise management and 

employees. The group’s SHEQC is the board 
sub-committee responsible for the oversight 
and management of SHEQC and keeping 
the board apprised of SHEQC matters 
relating to compliance, discipline and action 
plans pertaining to incidents and accidents. 
The general managers at the mines remain 
ultimately accountable for SHEQC within 
their operations. 

From a safety perspective we experienced 
a regression in our group safety accident 
rates at Evander Mine. In particular the 
lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR) and 
reportable injury frequency rate (RIFR) 
increased. As safety is non-negotiable, we are 
actively pursuing measures to reduce injury 
frequency rates by stepping up management 
oversight and control of safety across all 
operations. 

We recognise that mining carries 
inherent health risks. As such, we assume 
full responsibility for providing a work 
environment that minimises these risks by 
promoting work practices conducive to 
the long-term wellbeing of our employees, 
ensuring adequate oversight of workplaces 
and employees and by providing appropriate 
healthcare facilities and resources.

The group is committed to responsible 
stewardship of natural resources and the 
environment by eliminating or minimising 
the negative impacts of our operations. 
Environmental management is well 
entrenched in management practices 
throughout the group. We strive to 
continually improve our environmental 
performance.

Further detail on our safety, health and 
environmental performance is on 

 page 74.

Dividend policy and payment
We continue to acknowledge our 
shareholders’ desire for an attractive cash 
return on their investment.  To this end, the 
Pan African Resources board is pleased 
to recommend the largest ever dividend 
payment of ZAR300 million (approximately 
GBP16 million) for approval at the upcoming 
AGM. We have also revisited our dividend 
policy, as detailed below, to provide the 
market with more certainty on future 
payments and to ensure that our dividend is 
sustainable.

Pan African Resources aspires to pay a 
regular dividend to shareholders. In balancing 
this cash return to shareholders with the 
group’s strategy of generic and acquisitive 
growth, it believes that a target pay-out 
ratio of 40% of net cash generated from 
operating activities, after allowing for the cash 
fl ow impact of sustaining capital, contractual 
debt repayments and also the cash fl ow 
impact of once-off items, is appropriate. This 
measure aligns dividend distributions with 
the cash-generation potential of the business. 
In proposing a dividend, the board will also 
take into account the company’s fi nancial 
condition, future prospects, satisfactory 
solvency and liquidity assessments and other 
factors deemed by the board to be relevant 
at the time.

Value-enhancing and earnings-
accretive transactions
During the past year Pan African Resources’ 
executive management, guided by our board, 
completed two material value-enhancing and 
earnings-accretive transactions. The details of 
these are as follows: 

Shanduka Gold transaction 
(the transaction)
Shanduka Gold was Pan African Resources’ 
primary South African empowerment partner 
for a number of years. Immediately prior to 
the transaction detailed below, Shanduka Gold 
was owned by the following entities:

•  The Mabindu Business Development Trust 

(Mabindu) (49.5%)

•  Jadeite Limited (Jadeite) (33.6%), 
a subsidiary of China Investment 
Corporation

•  Standard Bank of South Africa Limited 

(SBSA) (16.9%).

Shanduka Gold´s only assets are its 22.46% 
interest in Pan African´s issued ordinary 
share capital and its interest in a notional 
loan of ZAR558 million at 30 June 2016.

During the 2016 fi nancial year, after a 
restructuring of the Shanduka Group, 
Pan African acquired all of SBSA and Jadeite’s 
shares in Shanduka Gold at a signifi cant 
discount to the prevailing Pan African share 
price and the valuation of the shares acquired. 
Approximately 0.6% of the Shanduka Gold 
shares acquired from Jadeite were retained 
by Jadeite for sale at a future date to an 

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
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independent third party nominated by 
Pan African Resources. Pan African Resources 
therefore acquired a 49.9% direct interest 
in Shanduka Gold, but consolidates the full 
interest in Shanduka Gold from an accounting 
perspective. Shanduka Gold was subsequently 
renamed PAR Gold.

This transaction allowed Pan African to:

•  Address operational and value dilution 

risks presented by the possible dilution of 
its BEE ownership

•  Gain further fl exibility and commensurate 

certainty as to its ability to comply with the 
BEE legislation

•  Partner with Mabindu in furthering 

Pan African Resources’ BEE ownership in a 
meaningful, mutually benefi cial and ongoing 
basis. More detail on Mabindu is provided 
on 

 page 181 

•  Realise further value for shareholders 

through a reinvestment in the company  
via Shanduka Gold on an earnings and 
dividends-accretive basis.

This transaction did not affect the group’s 
operations or its ability to continue paying 
dividends. More detail on the fi nancial effects 
of this transaction, and the structure of 
Shanduka Gold post-transaction, is included 
in the Financial Director’s review.  

Uitkomst Colliery transaction
On 4 April 2016, Pan African Resources 
announced it had completed the acquisition 
of Uitkomst Colliery through a wholly 
owned subsidiary, Pan African Resources 
Coal Holdings Proprietary Limited, and 
that it had assumed effective control of the 
Uitkomst Colliery on 31 March 2016. The 
total purchase price of ZAR148 million was 
less than the ZAR200 million previously 
announced to the market and was funded 
from existing facilities and internally 
generated cash fl ows. 

Uitkomst Colliery, located in Utrecht, 
KwaZulu-Natal, is a high-quality thermal-
coal resource with the added benefi t 
of metallurgical applications, such as a 
substitute for coke in steelmaking. This 
coal mine has 115 plant employees and 
326 contractors. It produces approximately 
34,000 tonnes of saleable coal per month, 
has approximately 23.3Mt of resources 
and a life of mine of 22 years at current 
production levels. 

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Pan African Resources consolidated the Uitkomst Colliery results for three months in the 2016 
fi nancial year (from 31 March 2016) and the mine contributed ZAR11.4 million in earnings 
during this period. We expect the payback on this investment to be less than fi ve years.

Share price performance
The Pan African Resources share price increased signifi cantly, by 108% in ZAR terms from 
ZAR1.80 to ZAR3.75 during the year under review. In GBP terms the share price increased 100% 
from 9.5 pence to 19.0 pence.

The share price was supported by the depreciation of the ZAR:USD exchange rate and the 
increase in the gold price to USD1,325 by year-end.  

For the past fi ve years, Pan African Resources has consistently outperformed the FTSE/JSE 
gold index and its gold mining peers. The share price resilience is supported by our quality 
gold assets and our ability to consistently generate free cash fl ows during all gold pricing 
environments.

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Chief Executive Offi cer’s review

continued

Strategy
During the year under review we made signifi cant progress with the group strategic objectives, which are 
aimed at improving margins and driving profi table production growth, within a sustainable and zero harm 
framework. Our strategy is underpinned by key strategic pillars, namely profi table, sustainable, stakeholders 
and growth and the key enablers of our strategy are people, action and results. Our robust fi nancial 
position, well-established cash-generative operations, decentralised hands-on management structure and 
cost-conscious culture differentiate us from our peers. These attributes give Pan African Resources a 
competitive advantage for further growth through our project pipeline and position the group to capitalise 
on potential acquisition opportunities. 

People

Action

We remain committed to our people and safety, which is 
evident in the way we operate and manage the group, as well 
as in our strategic objective of zero harm. This commitment 
extends to providing a working environment conducive to 
health and safety and ensuring our employees are given the 
relevant skills and equipment to perform their work in a safe and 
productive manner. Each of our operations has its own unique 
in-house safety training programme and all employees undergo 
medical examinations regularly. Despite these measures, mining 
retains an element of risk and it is with heartfelt regret that 
we experienced a fatality at Evander Mines when Mr Joaquim 
Armando Muxhanga, a locomotive driver, was fatally injured on 
26 June 2016, while on duty. The Pan African Resources board 
and management extend their deepest condolences to 
Mr Muxhanga’s family, friends and colleagues. Additional measures 
have subsequently been put in place in an effort to prevent any 
recurrences of accidents of this nature. 

We strive to promote a culture in which employees at all levels 
engage openly with management and employee engagement is 
ongoing. We successfully concluded multi-year wage agreements 
with the relevant unions and continue to proactively engage 
the unions and our employees to further strengthen relations. 
Barberton Mines secured a two-year agreement ending on
30 June 2017 and Evander Mines secured a three-year 
agreement ending on 30 June 2018. The effective employee 
wage increases were above South African infl ation and we 
believe our people are fairly remunerated for their services.

Transformation for the group goes beyond compliance with 
the Mining Charter and agreed social and labour plans – it is 
embedded within our culture and we continued to achieve 
good progress in meeting employment equity targets and 
delivering on our other initiatives.  

During the year under review we invested ZAR21.0 million in 
corporate social investment and socio-economic development 
programmes to uplift the communities surrounding the 
areas in which we operate. We appreciate the needs of our 
communities and continue our upliftment initiatives by working 
closely with local municipalities. 

We pride ourselves on delivering value to our shareholders 
and being well positioned to capitalise on acquisitive and 
organic growth opportunities. This is evident in our acquisition 
of Uitkomst Colliery, the Shanduka Gold transaction and our 
plans to explore organic growth at our gold mining operations, 
as discussed below.

Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves and 
organic growth
At Evander Mines, there are opportunities to open two 
previously closed shafts (7 Shaft and 9 Shaft) –  the 9 Shaft 
“A-block” is particularly attractive due to its shallow reef – 
with estimated resources of about 300,000m2 at a grade of 
1,207cmg/t (contained 322,000 oz).

Following receipt of a positive high-level economic and 
technical assessment of the Elikhulu tailings retreatment 
project at Evander, the company has mandated DRA Projects 
Proprietary Limited to complete a defi nitive feasibility study 
on the project. The results of the study will be available in 
November 2016, at which time shareholders will be apprised. 
Elikhulu will potentially treat slimes at a processing capacity 
of up to 12 million tonnes per annum, at a head grade of 
0.29g/t from the Winkelhaak, Leslie and Kinross tailings storage 
facilities. The total mineral resource for Elikhulu is 178.7 million 
tonnes at 0.29g/t (1.7M in-situ ounces) with a life of mine of 
approximately 14 years and 1.7Moz of contained gold. 
The project is estimated to yield approximately 50,000oz of 
gold per annum in the initial eight years of production while 
treating the Kinross and Leslie tailings storage facilities and then 
approximately 38,000oz per annum for the remaining six years 
from processing the Winkelhaak tailings storage facility. 

To ensure the low-grade mining cycles at Evander Mines are 
mitigated, the mine will spend development capital to 
improve mining fl exibility and reduce grade variability. 

The continued focus on improving tonnages processed by 
the retreatment plant resulted in the ETRP reaching its full 
capacity of 200,000 tonnes per month from tailings and surface 
feedstock material.

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Results

Group fi nancial performance
The group delivered an excellent fi nancial performance during 
the year under review. Group revenue increased 43.1% to 
ZAR3,632.8 million (2015: ZAR2,539.4 million), favourably 
impacted by an increase of 16.5% in gold sold as well as an 
increase of 21.6% received in the average ZAR gold price of 
ZAR542,850/kg (2015: ZAR446,274 /kg). The group’s total cost 
of production increased by 16.8% to ZAR2,321.4 million 
(2015: ZAR1,987.4 million), due to infl ation and higher 
production numbers. 

The group’s cash generation increased greatly during the year 
under review and is a key benchmark of our success, enabling 
us to acquire the Uitkomst Colliery and fund a portion of the 
Shanduka Gold transaction with internally generated cash. 
As a result, we are well positioned to maintain our sector-
leading dividend payout and take advantage of future growth 
opportunities.

Details of our fi nancial performance are contained in the 
Financial Director’s review on 

 page 38.

Looking ahead
The group is well positioned to increase profi table production 
through organic and acquisitive growth, while continuing to create 
shareholder value. 

In the next year, the key focus areas for the group, from an 
operational perspective, include:

•  Safety and compliance across operations

•  Barberton Mines: Renewed focus on creating additional fl exibility 
and effi ciencies to improve tonnages mined and gold produced 
from underground operations. The management team is currently 
considering options to improve the future tonnage output at 
Fairview Mines’ deeper levels and assessing future exploration 
targets

•  Evander Mines: The operation will continue to invest in 

development capital expenditure to ensure improved fl exibility is 
achieved to maintain current levels of production 

•  Phoenix Platinum aims to optimise resources from Elandskraal and 
Kroondal to maintain and improve production and cash fl ows 

•  Uitkomst will focus on ensuring that stable production is maintained 
and review the possibility of expanding run-of-mine production to 
900,000t per annum.

From an internal growth perspective, the following opportunities will 
be prioritised:

•  Finalising the feasibility study on the Elikhulu project and, if the 

feasibility is successful, progressing towards full-scale production 
within two years 

•  Drilling the Evander 2010 pay channel for grade continuity and 

assessing options to exploit this orebody  

•  Assessing further growth projects at Evander Mines.

The group will also continue to evaluate acquisitive gold 
opportunities. Any project considered will however be subject to 
the group’s stringent capital allocation criteria, which requires any 
investment to be in a position to contribute profi table production 
ounces within a short- to medium-term timeframe and deliver the 
requisite returns to our shareholders.

Appreciation
A lot of hard work and perseverance has gone into delivering a successful 
operational and fi nancial performance and I am extremely grateful to each 
and every member of Pan African Resources’ team. Going forward, it is 
important that we remain focused on maintaining this excellent fi nancial 
and operating performance and further increasing shareholder value. 
On behalf of the executive team, I extend thanks to our management, 
our general managers and all staff who allow Pan African Resources to 
operate successfully. I also thank my fellow directors for their support and 
guidance. We look forward to the year ahead.

Strategic report
Our strategic report including the investment case and from 
 pages 1 to 81, was reviewed and approved by the board 

on 20 September 2016.

Cobus Loots
Chief Executive Offi cer

20 September 2016

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Our purpose, vision and strategy

Our purpose is to exploit mineral deposits in a way that creates value for our 
stakeholders and for the betterment of society. 

Our vision is to continue to build and grow a mid-tier precious metals producer 
that delivers on this purpose.

Our growth strategy is executed by identifying and 
exploiting mining opportunities that create stakeholder 
value by driving growth in our mineral reserve and resource 
base; production; earnings; cash fl ows in a margin-accretive 
manner; and by capturing the full precious metals mining value 
chain by focusing on:

•  Low-cost base 

•  High margins 

•  Growth in mineral reserve base and profi table production 

•  Maximising recovered grade and production tonnes 

•  Positive impact on earnings, in a sustainable manner.

We actively foster and encourage an 
entrepreneurial culture which, in a consistent 
manner, creates value for stakeholders by fi rst 
identifying and then executing opportunities 
within our business and operations. This culture 
further contributes to seeking new investments, 
thereby bolstering our portfolio of mining assets. 

The group is profi table and cash generative 
at the current gold price, with the ability to fund 
all on-mine sustaining capital expenditure 
internally and also meet its other funding and 
growth commitments. 

The Chief Executive Offi cer’s review discusses 
the group’s strategic progress in greater detail 
on 

 page 20.

The key enablers of our strategy are:

Fostering relationships 
through action, 
integrity and honesty

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Delivering on all our targets without compromise, 
maximising sustainable gold, and positive impact on earnings

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The four business pillars upon which our strategy is based include:

Strategy scorecard

Strategic pillar Deliverable

2016 objectives

2016 progress

Profi table

Good progress

Moderate progress

Limited progress

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
principal risk

•  Financial

•  Reserves and 
resources

Attributable profi t

Improve profi tability at 
operations

Profi ts increased by 160.2% and EPS 
by 163.1%

 HEPS

Improve group HEPS 

 HEPS improved by 158.8% to 
30.20 cents per share

EBITDA

Improve group cash 
generation 

EBITDA increased by 89.3% to 
ZAR969.5 million

Cost containment 
measured on an all-in 
sustaining cost basis and 
total cash cost

Operational profi t

Grade improvement/
maintenance 

 Cost containment

Gross profi t 
margin from gold 
operations

Optimal grade/
tonnage production 
profi les for 
operations and 
business plans

All-in sustaining costs increased by 0.9% to 
ZAR405,847/kg. Total cash cost declined by 
3.2% to ZAR338,242/kg

Mining profi ts increased by 201.8% 
to ZAR1,066.6 million 
(2015: ZAR353.4 million) 

Barberton Mines maintained its grade of 
11.0g/t and the grade at Evander Mines 
improved to 5.7g/t. The fl oat feed head 
grade at Phoenix Platinum increased to 
3.1g/t following the curtailment of its arising 
tailings from IFM and reverting to processing 
tailings

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Our purpose, vision and strategy continued

Strategic pillar Deliverable

2016 objectives

2016 progress

Sustainable

Good progress

Moderate progress

Limited progress

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
principal risk

Optimising mineral 
reserves for 
sustainable life of 
mine production 
profi le 

 Implement earnings 
and cash fl ow accretive 
growth 

Operating profi t 
margins

Improved operating 
margins

 Life of mine increased to 22 years 
(2015: 20 years) at Barberton Mines and 
Evander Mines remained at 16 years 
(2015: 16 years). Following IFM being 
placed in business rescue, the life of mine 
at Phoenix Platinum declined to 9 years 
(2015: 28 years) 

Mining profi ts increased by 201.8% 
to ZAR1,066.6 million 
(2015: ZAR353.4 million)

•  Financial

•  Reserves and 
resources

•  Safety

•  Environmental 
degradation

•  Reputational

Maintaining cost infl ation 
per kilogram

All-in cash cost of production decreased 
by 3.5% to ZAR410,206/kg 
(2015: ZAR425,084/kg) 

All-in cash cost of 
production per 
kilogram

Environmental 
compliance

Zero harm

Safety record

No fatalities

Suffi cient working 
capital for 
maintenance and 
growth

Reduced debt and 
improved working capital

•  Group capital expenditure reduced to 

ZAR302.4 million (2015: ZAR352 million)

No environmental transgressions 
and fi nes

Severity of accidents: one fatality at 
Evander Mines (2015: one fatality at 
Barberton Mines)

•  Net cash fl ow generated by operations 
before investing and fi nancing activities 
increased to ZAR581.4 million 
(2015: ZAR95.7 million)

Ongoing commitment to empowering 
employees by reinforcing group values 
and culture

Strengthening of operational management 
structures

Ongoing engagement with communities

The group spent ZAR33.3 million 
(2015: ZAR29.1 million) on skills 
development and training

Enabling company 
culture

Benchmarking of group 
values and culture

Decentralised 
and effective 
management

Decentralised 
management structures 
in place

Engagement with 
local communities 

Maintain engagement 
with communities

Skills development 
and training

Maintain skills and 
development training

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

Strategic pillar Deliverable

2016 objectives

2016 progress

Stakeholders

Good progress

Moderate progress

Limited progress

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
principal risk

Ongoing 
engagement

 Improve and 
maintain stakeholder 
communication and 
relationships 

Social labour plans 
and Mining Charter 
compliance

Finalise negotiations of 
operational employee 
share ownership plan

Return on 
shareholder funds

 Maintain dividend 
payments

Dividend paying

Safety record

Improved safety across 
all operations

Ongoing engagement with all stakeholders

•  Reputational

•  Legal

•  Safety

•  Financial

Operational employee share ownership 
plans in place at gold mining operations and 
at the implementation of a BEE transaction 
at Uitkomst Colliery equating to 9% of the 
issued share capital of the operation

The dividend payment was maintained 
and ZAR210 million was paid during 
December 2015

Dividend policy amended to ensure 
sustainability of future payments

Severity of accidents: one fatality at 
Evander Mines (2015: one fatality at 
Barberton Mines) and regression in accident 
rates (LTIFR and RIFR)

Growth

Union engagement 
and relationships

Ongoing improvement in 
labour relations

Concluded multi-year wage agreements 
across all operations. Ongoing union 
engagement and minimal labour unrest

Labour legislative 
compliance

Minimising section 54 
stoppages and fi nes

Ongoing engagement and interaction with 
the DMR and other regulators

Wage increases 
– appropriate 
remuneration 
policies

 Appropriate levels of 
compensation across the 
group

Remuneration benchmarking takes place 
and all senior personnel remuneration is 
approved by remuneration committee

Contributions to 
revenue authorities

Contributing to taxes 
and royalties

Income tax and royalty paid of 
ZAR269.6 million (2015: ZAR151.2 million)

CSI spend

Contributions to CSI 
projects

The group spent ZAR21.0 million 
(2015: ZAR20.8 million) on corporate social 
investment initiatives

 Organic growth 
(achieved 
within existing 
infrastructure)  

 Acquisitive 
growth (achieved 
outside of existing 
infrastructure) 

Replacement of 
mineral reserve 
projects for 
depleted projects

Organic growth in 
production profi le 

 3.0Moz or 9.4% gross annual increase in 
group gold resources to 34.9Moz 
(2015: 31.9Moz)

Acquisitive growth

Acquisition of the Uitkomst Colliery and 
commencement of a defi nitive feasibility 
study on Elikhulu

Maintenance of life 
of mine of existing 
operations

 Barberton Mines 22 years 
(2015: 20 years), Evander Mines 16 years 
(2015: 16 years) and Phoenix Platinum 
9 years (2015: 28 years) 

Refer to the 2016 MR&MR report for 
further details

•   Profi table

•  Single country risk

•  Reserves and 
resources

•  Integration of 

acquisitions and 
construction of 
new plants

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25

Business model

INPUTS

BUSINESS
ACTIVITIES
S

We use each of the six 
forms of capital in our business 
activities to create and preserve 
shareholder value

AL CAPITAL
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
it
•  Shareholder equity
•  Internally generated operational 

cash fl ows after dividend

•  Debt facilities

MANUFACTURED CAPITAL
•  Property, plant and equipment 

and mineral rights

HUMAN CAPITAL

ZAR2 874 4
ZAR2,874.4 million

illi

ZAR581.4 million

ZAR1,200 million

ZAR3,772.5 million

•  Employees’ skills and experience

4,441 employees

INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL

•  Mining and prospecting licences
•  Key personnel for managing the BIOX® process
•  Management’s combined expertise

We are committed to 
low-cost production and 
optimising extraction effi ciency 
through our mining activities, 
while ensuring we invest in the 
communities within which we 
operate and maintain a legacy 
of environmentally 
responsible mining

MINING ACTIVITIES

Barberton Mines and 
Barberton Tailings Retreatment 
Plant

Evander Mines and Evander 
Tailings Retreatment Plant

Phoenix Platinum Chrome 
Tailings Retreatment Plant 
(CTRP)

Uitkomst Colliery 
(effective 31 March 2016)

OTHER ACTIVITIES
Growing the business through organic and acquisitive 
opportunities such as:
•  Uitkomst Colliery

SOCIAL AND RELATIONSHIP CAPITAL

•  Elikhulu Tailing Retreatment Project

•  Investing in our communities

•  Stakeholder relations – unions, regulators, communities

NATURAL CAPITAL

•  Energy consumption

•  Water consumption

Stakeholder engagement with shareholders, investors, 
employees, unions, regulators, communities, suppliers, customers

Embracing best practice corporate governance

Uplifting communities through corporate social investment and 
socio-economic enterprise development

EXTERNAL
ENVIRONMENT

GOLD /PGE/
COAL MARKET

REGULATORY 
ENVIRONMENT

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

S
OUTPUTS

ES
OUTCOMES

Our outputs support 
our vision to continue to 
build a precious metals business 
b
in Africa by remaining focused 
on our four strategic pillars: 
profi table, sustainable, 
stakeholders and growth 

Through our business 
activities and the use of 
capital inputs, we continue 
to have a positive impact on 
the economy and the 
communities within which 
we operate: 

FINANC
FINANCIAL CAPITAL
FINANC
CIAAL CAPI
AL CAPITAL
•  Revenues generated
t d
•  Gold revenue
•  PGE revenue
•   Coal revenue

ZAR3,632.8 million

•  Internally generated operational 

cash fl ows after dividend

ZAR581.4 million

•  Dividends paid to shareholders
ZAR210 million
•  Interest payments to debt funders ZAR31.1 million
•  Reinvestment in infrastructure
ZAR302.4 million
•  Government taxes and royalties paid ZAR269.6 million

MANUFACTURED CAPITAL
•  Reserves 

•  Resources

•  Production

Gold 10.0Moz
PGE 0.2Moz
Coal 12.6Mt
Gold 34.9Moz
PGE 0.6Moz
Coal 23.3Mt
204,928oz of gold per annum
PGE 8,339oz per annum
Coal approximately 400,000 
tonnes per annum

HUMAN CAPITAL

•  One fatality

•  Skills development and training

ZAR33.3 million

•  Employee remuneration

ZAR1,040.1 million

SOCIAL AND RELATIONSHIP CAPITAL
•  Corporate social investment and 
socio-economic development 
spend

ZAR21.0 million

NATURAL CAPITAL

•  Energy consumption

•  Water consumption

•  Carbon emissions

1,451,761Gj
16,422m3
0.1CO2e/t milled

•  Supporting South Africa’s economy through the taxes paid and 

employment for a large number of people

•  Supporting entrepreneurs, other sectors and industries through 

our supply chain

•  Supporting 24 students with full-time bursaries in the fi elds 
of geology, mining engineering, mechanical engineering, 
BSc Actuarial Science, BCom Economics and mine surveying

•  Investing in communities through the group’s transformation 

trusts, which collected a total of ZAR1.2 million

•  Producing precious metals in support of the increased investor 
demand as they seek protection against economic and currency 
volatility

•  Supporting the automotive industry through the supply of 
platinum group metals to the catalytic converter industry

•  Creating employment and skills development opportunities to 
communities through initiatives such as Umjindi Jewellery and 
Sinqobile Life Skills Centre

•  Limiting environmental degradation 

•  Minimising the occurrence of illegal mining

•  Creating shareholder value through dividend distributions 

•  Supporting South Africa’s transformation goals 

CAPITAL 
AND FOREIGN 
EXCHANGE 
MARKETS

ENERGY 
CONSTRAINTS

LABOUR AND 
COMMUNITIES

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Stakeholder value creation and distribution

Through the use of our fi nancial, human, manufactured and natural capital resources, Pan African Resources 
endeavours to create value and positively impact all stakeholders with whom it interacts, including communities, 
employees, government, shareholders and suppliers. During the year under review, the group created 
ZAR3,544.3 million in value (2015: ZAR2,541.0 million), which was distributed to our various stakeholders 
as depicted below.

Pan African Resources remains committed 
to creating value for all stakeholders and 
recognises that all its capital resources are 
interconnected – as one capital resource is 
increased or created, another is depleted. To 
ensure future sustainability, it is important to 
balance the use of these capital resources. 

As depicted in the group’s business model 
on 
 page 26, capital inputs are used in 
its mining activities to create value, which is 
distributed to various stakeholders by way 
of payment for services and goods, salaries 
and wages, corporate social investment, taxes 
and dividends. The mining industry is heavily 
dependent on various factors to sustain 
value creation, some of which are beyond its 
control. The group is cognisant of the need to 
explore other opportunities, either through 
organic or acquisitive growth, to ensure it 
can sustain and enhance the value it creates. 
The recent opportunistic acquisition of the 
Uitkomst Colliery and the Shanduka Gold 
transaction are examples of non-operational 
value creation during the 2016 fi nancial year. 
Further, the group is exploring the merits of 
a number of organic surface and brownfi eld 
developments at both its gold mining 
operations with the intent of growing the 
existing production profi le. In addition 
to organic and acquisitive growth, the 
group reinvested ZAR771.3 million (2015: 
ZAR396.3 million), which is 21.8% of the total 
value created, to sustain its existing operations.

Creating value for employees is important 
to ensure the group attracts and retains 
its talent. The group has a total of 4,441 
employees (2015: 4,4391) and distributed 
ZAR1,040.1 million (2015: ZAR910.8 million) 
in salaries during the year under review, 
which in turn impacts the communities 
within which these employees reside – as 
well as the broader economy as salaries 
are expended. In addition, the group has 
implemented employee share ownership 
schemes, which seek to align the aspirations of 

the group’s employees at its operations with 
that of management and shareholders. These 
employee share ownership schemes enable 
employees to participate directly in the value 
created at their respective operations. Further 
detail on the employee share ownership 
programme is shown on 

 page 177. 

Distributions to suppliers for the 
provision of services and goods totalled 
ZAR1,284.8 million (2015: ZAR828.1 million), 
which has a direct and broad economic 
impact on the manufacturing, engineering 
and chemical sectors. 

The group strives to uplift, both economically 
and socially, the communities within which it 
operates. The social value created is driven 
through the respective operations’ social 
and labour plans (SLPs) that include relevant 
social upliftment projects based on the needs 
of these communities. The group distributed 
ZAR21.0 million (2015: ZAR20.8 million) 
through its corporate social investment and 
socio-economic development initiatives. 
Further detail on the group’s upliftment 
projects is shown on 

 page 79.

The group’s contribution to the fi scus, 
comprising the skills development levy and 
corporate taxes, was ZAR186 million 
(2015: ZAR82.8 million). These taxes 
contribute to the infrastructure development, 
educational needs, health, social and various 
other services rendered by the government 
in pursuit of the economic and social 
upliftment of South Africa.

Shareholder value, measured as total 
shareholder’s return, is determined by share 
price performance and dividend declarations. 
The group’s sector-leading dividend and track 
record of sustained dividend payments is a 
key differentiating factor relative to its peer 
group. Over the past fi ve years, the group’s 
total dividends paid amounted to 
ZAR803.9 million (GBP46.7 million). 

1 Comparatives restated to include 113 Uitkomst Colliery employees. 
Group employees total is 4,326 excluding Uitkomst Colliery employees.

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The recently announced Shanduka Gold 
transaction further enhanced shareholder 
returns by reducing, from an accounting 
perspective, the number of issued shares by 
17.7%. Further detail on this transaction is 
shown on 

 pages 18, 44 and 181.

Value creation and distribution

2016

36.3%  Suppliers           
29.3%  Employees       
21.8%  Reinvested         
  5.9%  Shareholders    
  5.2%  Taxation              
  0.9%  Finance costs     
  0.6%  Corporate social investment   

2015

32.6%  Suppliers           
35.8%  Employees       
15.6%  Reinvested         
10.2%  Shareholders    
  3.3%  Taxation              
  1.7%  Finance costs     
  0.8%  Corporate social investment   

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

Chamber of Mines June 2016 fact sheet

 The gold and diamond mining industry represents a signifi cant portion of South Africa’s mineral production

  Chamber of Mines members contribute about ZAR11.3 billion in taxes to the South African economy

  The industry employs about 462,000 people

The South Africa mining market
Pan African Resources’ sustainability and response to its operating environment are guided by its philosophy as shown below. We pursue 
our strategic goals through leadership that creates shared value and alignment between the company’s vision and values, its strategy as 
well as the needs and expectations of its stakeholders. See 

 page 22 for more information.

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Enterprise risk management approach

The Pan African Resources board is ultimately responsible for setting the risk appetite 
of the group, identifying strategic risks and opportunities and managing these risks and 
opportunities. 

The board is guided by the audit committee and by its own internal risk assessments and regularly reviews the risk reports from the operations. 
Further, the board ensures the appropriate risk management programmes are in place and monitors the implementation of mitigating factors 
against key risk indicators. 

Factors impacting the group’s ability to create value in the short, medium and long term are grouped into the main categories listed below. 
The group’s material issues and challenges are informed by these factors as well as the nature of the individual operations’ activities (internal 
environment) and the external environment. These issues, if not effectively managed, could impact the group’s sustainability and its ability to 
continue to create value. The group’s principal risks are clustered under these material issues and the management of these risks is imperative 
for the group to execute its strategy in a risk-conscious manner. 

•  Macro-economic: to an extent beyond the group’s control, although the effects can be anticipated to a degree and managed or mitigated

•  Financial: managed and monitored proactively through a centralised treasury, capital allocation discipline, balance sheet gearing levels and 

adherence to risk management and internal control  policies

•  Operational: managed proactively by implementing policies and process controls

•  Strategic: impacting the group’s ability to execute its strategy and therefore it can anticipate and proactively address these.

Factors impacting value creation

Material issue

Principal risk

Macro-economic

Financial

Operational

Managing our evolving regulatory environment 
and volatile commodity prices  

Financial sustainability in a challenging economy 
and macro-economic volatility

Operating in a safe and healthy environment 
with continuous stakeholder engagement

•  Evolving regulatory environment and volatile 

commodity markets

•  Financial

•  Safety

•  Health and wellness

•  Operational execution

•  Industrial action

Strategic

Extracting reserves and resources in a 
responsible manner

•  Reserves and resources

•  Capital allocation – integration of acquisitions 

and construction of new plants

Respecting the natural environment

•  Environmental degradation

Attracting and retaining key talent

•  Succession planning and skills retention

Operating in a dynamic regulatory environment 
and challenging local economy

•  Legal

•  Reputational

•  Concentrated sovereign risk

Management has processes in place to defi ne and align the macro-economic, fi nancial, operational and strategic objectives with the group’s 
risk appetite. Risks are identifi ed and analysed in a risk matrix format, based on the impact of the risk and the likelihood of the risk occurring. 
Controls in the form of policies, procedures and standards are established to monitor and/or mitigate the risk on an ongoing basis. These 
controls and actions are implemented at the level of individual operations, across a group discipline or at executive management level. The 
residual risks are those risks that remain after the mitigating effect of controls. 

Strategic workshops are conducted quarterly to evaluate risks and the appropriateness and effectiveness of risk mitigating measures. 

The table on 
 page 31 describes each principal risk the group is exposed to and how it is mitigated and aligned to the group’s strategic pillars. 
Common risks across the mine level are predominantly related to safety and operational while head offi ce risks are more strategic and fi nancial 
in their nature. All risks are managed in conjunction with the audit committee and board.

30 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

Risk register

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Principal risk

Nature of risk

Controls in place to mitigate the risk

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
strategic pillar

Macro-economic

Evolving 
regulatory 
environment 
and volatile 
commodity 
markets

Uncertainty 
surrounding mining 
and environmental 
legislation

•  Strengthening the group’s empowerment credentials and monitoring 

changing legislation to ensure compliance

•  Broad-based employee share ownership programme in place at 

•  Profi table
•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

operational level 

•  Annual independent assessment of status 
•  Incentives linked to the achievement of objectives 
•  Enterprise development funding 
•  Community development spend 
•  Training and development of own candidates through structured 

training plans

•  Cultivate good working relationships with regulators and with 

representatives of the national or local government

Financial

Financial

Volatile commodity 
prices

•  Adherence to treasury and fi nancial risk management policies to 

ensure fi nancial risk remains within board-approved limits 

•  Strategic hedging of gold prices and exchange rates 
•  Focus on production costs so as to maximise margins

Poor capital allocation 
decisions

Weak cash fl ow 
generation and 
excessive debt levels

•  Capital allocation is based on stringent investment criteria and subject 

to board oversight

•  Ongoing monitoring of working costs and capital expenditure, cash 

•  Profi table
•  Sustainable
•  Growth

fl ow generation and group debt levels

•  Conservative debt levels
•  Standby facilities to bridge working capital defi cits

Financial risk 

•  Selective hedging and monitoring of currency, liquidity, commodity and 

interest rate exposures within board-approved risk levels

Financial cybercrime

•  Robust internal controls
•  Fidelity insurance cover
•  Internal audit reviews

Operational

Safety

Mine accidents

•  Legal compliance, standards and procedures in place, plan task 

observation and regular audits conducted

•  In addition to the above, ongoing examination of workplace conditions
•  Monthly and quarterly inspections by safety department and quarterly 

risk engineering reviews

Ambient working 
conditions

•  Installation of a refrigeration plant at Barberton in the next fi nancial 

year to reduce ambient temperatures 

•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

•  Improvement of ventilation conditions using various methods
•  Ongoing monitoring of working conditions

•  Emergency service providers at operations and emergency training in 

place

•  Strict access control
•  Security actions, including proactive approach by on-mine security
•  Involvement of police and regulatory bodies

Onerous logistic 
challenges in 
responding to 
emergency trauma 
situations

Illegal miners pose 
a risk to employees 
and contractors 
underground and on 
surface

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Enterprise risk management approach continued

Principal risk

Nature of risk

Controls in place to mitigate the risk

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
strategic pillar

Operational continued

Safety 
continued

Risk of a safety 
incident or section 
54 stoppages due to 
regulatory issues 

•  Continued emphasis on safety compliance and implementation of risk 

management systems such as proximity detection systems 

•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

•  Governance of SHEQC which is decentralised and subject to group 

standardisation and oversight

Legislative breaches

•  Ongoing training, audits, reviews and compliance

Health and 
wellness

Employees working in 
unhealthy workplace 
conditions

•  Medical surveillance and monitoring of occupational diseases 
•  Annual medical examinations for all employees and contractors
•  Daily monitoring of workplace conditions for heat, noise and airborne 

•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

Industrial action 

Strike actions 

Operational 
execution

Challenges associated 
with ageing 
infrastructure and 
power interruptions

pollutants 

•  Provision of medical facilities or medical aid coverage 
•  Appropriate occupational health practices 
•  Medical health hubs 
•  Managed health programmes 
•  Behaviour-based training, disease management programmes and 

awareness programmes 

•  Prevalence testing, wellness programmes and anti-retroviral treatment

•  Proactive, strong relationships with representative unions
•  Recognition agreements 
•  Multi-year wage agreements in place 
•  Appropriate remuneration practices 
•  Compliance with all relevant South African labour legislation including 

the Mining Charter and implementation of SLPs

•  People, systems and procedures in place to ensure successful 

continuing operations 

•  Active managed engineering risk registers for all operations 
•  Scheduling of operations to take account of constraints
•  Performance monitoring systems instituted 
•  Planned routine maintenance contracts 
•  Refurbishment, major overhaul and capex investment
•  Support generators for critical functions and back-up generators 

provide limited power to processing plants 

•  Energy-effi cient programmes to reduce consumption 
•  Engagement with Eskom on planned and unplanned power 

interruptions 

•  Power management and load monitoring 
•  Production performance monitoring systems implemented

•  Profi table
•  Stakeholders

•  Profi table 
•  Sustainable
•  Growth 

Environmental 
degradation

Risk of environmental 
damage 

•  Environmental management plans in place
•  Land rehabilitation trust funds in place to minimise and mitigate the 

•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

environmental effects of mining

•  Pollution control and water catchment dams
•  Continuous training and monitoring of environmental damage 
detection systems, such as scavenger borehole and pumping

•  Compliance with water use licence guidelines
•  Control of arsenic in contained storage areas
•  Specifi c action plans in place to deal with fl ooding incidents
•  Cyanide constraints dealt with by procuring additional solid cyanide 
briquette from alternative sources and continued engagement with 
principal supplier to ensure a sustainable supply 

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STRATEGIC REPORT: 
STRATEGY

Principal risk

Nature of risk

Controls in place to mitigate the risk

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
strategic pillar

•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders

•  Profi table
•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders
•  Growth

•  Sustainable
•  Growth

•  Monitoring of ventilation systems and upgrading, where necessary

•  Strategies in place to identify value-enhancing organic and acquisitive 

growth opportunities

•  Conducting an independent geological review and mine optimisation 

study

•  Extensive change management experience 
•  Project management skills in place

Operational continued

Environmental 
degradation 
continued

Ventilation 
requirements are 
constrained with 
limited capacity to 
supply required 
volumes

Strategic

Reserves and 
resources

Declining resource 
and reserve base

Geological reporting 
of quality and 
quantity of reserves

Inability to integrate 
acquisitions and 
manage new projects

Capital allocation 
– integration of 
acquisitions and 
construction of 
new plants

Succession 
planning and 
skills retention

Inability to attract and 
retain staff

•  Recruitment strategies and succession programmes in place
•  Structured retention incentives – current, annual and long-term
•  Regularly benchmarked market-related remuneration 
•  Growth opportunities and career planning for employees 

•  Profi table
•  Sustainable
•  Stakeholders
•  Growth

Skills shortage

•  Apprenticeships and learnerships in place
•  Bursary in place for tertiary students 
•  Ongoing market research conducted on availability of scarce category 

Legal

Regulatory 
compliance

skills 

•  Comprehensive training including job-based skills training

•  Policies, standards and procedures in place to ensure compliance
•  Regular compliance review by advisers and sponsors 
•  Register of all titles 
•  Compliance with water use licence guidelines
•  Outsourced legal, tax and internal audit functions 
•  Continuous engagement with regulators on compliance

•  Stakeholders

Reputational

Underperforming 
market expectations

•  Ongoing market communication and monitoring to ensure alliance 

•  Sustainable

with shareholder expectations

•  Stakeholders

Stakeholder/
community 
expectations 

Not adhering to 
anti-bribery and 
corruption legislation

•  Stakeholders/community engagement with appropriate initiatives in 

•  Growth

place to support local communities

•  Anti-bribery and corruption policies in place
•  A culture of zero tolerance towards corruption 
•  Ongoing training and awareness 
•  Specifi c internal controls to mitigate bribery risk 
•  Independent internal and external audit functions

Concentrated 
sovereign risk 

Operations limited to 
a single jurisdiction 

•  Future growth plans to focus on diversifi cation of operational base 
•  People, systems and procedures in place to ensure successful 

•  Sustainable
•  Growth

continuing operations in South Africa

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Stakeholder engagement

Stakeholders are integral to the group’s growth, value creation 
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of our business, decisions and performance. 

te office
At an operational level, stakeholder engagement is the responsibility of the general and human resources managers and at a corporate offi ce 
level the Chief Executive Offi cer assumes this responsibility. Key concerns raised operationally are governed by the management committee 
and at a board level the SHEQC committee oversees stakeholder concerns. 

at a corporat
rces mana ers and at a corporat

A detailed account of Pan African Resources’ stakeholders and their key concerns, as identifi ed, is set out in the table below.

Stakeholder

What matters to stakeholders Nature of engagement

Investors

•  Return on investment 
•  Financial performance 
•  Operational performance 
•  Union relationships 
•  Safe mining 
•  Accreditations and 

regulatory compliance 
•  Resources and reserves 

reporting 

•  Sustainability of the business

Employees

•  Safety 
•  Transformation 
•  Job security 
•  Reward and incentives 
•  Holistic and occupational 

health 

•  Skills development and 

training 

•  Results presentations and 

roadshows 

•  Site visits 
•  Regulatory communications 
•  Ad hoc one-on-one 

meetings with investor 
community 

•  Interim and full-year results 

announcements 

•  Integrated annual report 
•  Financier communications 
with respect to the group’s 
capital structure and 
compliance with conditions 
of existing debt agreements 

•  Media releases 
•  Group website 

•  Bargaining council forums 
•  Shaft committees 
•  Health and safety structures 
•  Supervisory and disciplinary 

structures 
•  Social media 
•  Publicity and posters 
•  Policy and procedure 

•  Environmental exposure 

documents 

•  One-on-one supervision 
•  Contract negotiations 
•  Performance assessments 

How feedback 
informs strategy

•  Poll results and feedback 
from presentations and 
one-on-one meetings 
discussed at executive 
management level

Responsibility

•  Chief Executive Offi cer
•  Financial Director

•  Discussed at operational, 
executive and board level

•  Operational human 
resource managers 

•  Group Executive Human 

Resources 

•  Group SHEQC manager 

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STRATEGY

Stakeholder

What matters to stakeholders Nature of engagement

How feedback 
informs strategy

Suppliers

Communities

Unions

Government 
departments

Customers

•  Group fi nancial performance 
•  Payment track record 
•  Growth project pipeline 
•  Loyalty 

•  Job creation 
•  Corporate social investment 
•  Environmental conservation/ 

protection

•  One-on-one meetings

•  Discussed at operational 

and executive 
management level

•  Community meetings 
•  Media 

•  Discussed at the SHEQC 
committee, Exco and 
board level

Responsibility

•  General managers and 
fi nancial managers 
•  Group procurement 

manager

•  General managers 
•  Community liaison 
managers at each 
operation 

•  CSI offi cers at each 

operation 

•  Health and safety 
•  Transformation 
•  Job security 
•  Fair remuneration and 

reward 

•  Employee committees 
•  Branch committees 
•  Shaft committees 
•  Mine committees 

•  Transformation 
•  Mining Charter compliance 
•  Job creation 
•  Safe mining 
•  Profi table mining 

•  Quality 
•  Timeous delivery 
•  Price 
•  Volumes 

•  Regular and frequent 
communication with 
Departments: DMR, Labour, 
Water Affairs, Education 
and Public Works and local 
municipalities’ independent 
development plans

•  One-on-one meetings

•  Discussions between 

•  Group Executive Human 

union and management 
occur on the mines 
and the outcomes 
are conveyed to the 
corporate offi ce 

•  Discussed at operational, 
executive and board level 

•  Discussed at executive 
management and board 
level

Resources 

•  Shaft/mine/ branch 

committees 

•  General managers 

•  Chief Executive Offi cer 

•  Discussed at executive 
management and board 
level

•  General managers 

•  Metallurgical managers 

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Discovery 
of GOLD in 
South Africa

Gold was discovered on a Transvaal farm, 
Langlaagte, on the Witwatersrand in 1886 by 
two prospectors. This discovery caused a turning 
point in South African history. Far more than 
diamonds, it changed South Africa from an 
agricultural society to become the largest gold 
producer in the world. The gold discovered ran 
for miles and miles underground, ‘an endless 
treasure of gold’.

As news of the gold find spread throughout 
Southern Africa, various mining towns developed 
along the curve of the underground gold reef. 
This curve was named the Witwatersrand, 
attracting hundreds and hundreds of people 
seeking their for tune.

 http://www.randrefi nery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refi nery%20-%20
The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

Credit: © Museum Africa/Africa Media Online
George Harrison Park, Langlaagte

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Financial Director’s review

Deon Louw 
Financial Director

“ Pan African Resources’ share 
price recovered materially in 
the 2016 fi nancial year, with 
year-on-year capital growth of 
108%, outperforming its peers.”

HIGHLIGHTS

CHALLENGES

Volatile
Volatile gold price and exchange 
Volatile
gold price
rate environment

Cost pressures in excess of 
infl ation

Regulatory uncertainty 
pertaining to amended mining 
and environmental legislation

Evolving labour landscape 

Pa ment ot
Payment of a ZAR210 million dividend in 
December 2015

f ZAR21

Increase in net profi t after tax of 160.2%

Reduction in the USD all-in sustaining costs per 
ounce by 20.4% to USD870/oz and a 0.9% 
increase in the ZAR all-in sustaining cost per 
kilogram to ZAR405,847/kg

Acquisition of the Uitkomst Colliery with effect 
from 31 March 2016 for ZAR148 million

Completion of the Shanduka Gold transaction 
resulting in an effective 23.83% (22.46% post 
dilution) indirect shareholding in Pan African 
Resources with effect from 7 June 2016

 Increase in net cash generation from operating 
activities after dividends, by 507.5% to 
ZAR581.4 million (2015: ZAR95.7 million), 
illustrating the disproportional positive 
correlation between the increase in profi ts 
and cash generation

38 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
 
 
 
 
 
STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Key fi nancial statistics

Revenue 
Cost of production
Mining profi t
EBITDA
Profi t after taxation
Headline earnings
EPS (cents/pence)
HEPS (cents/pence)
Weighted average number of 
shares in issue (millions)

For the year ended 
30 June 2016

For the year ended 
30 June 2015

Movement

ZAR
millions

 3,632.8 
 (2,321.4)
 1,066.6 
 969.5 
 547.0 
 547.1 
 30.20 
 30.20 

GBP 
millions

 169.4 
 (108.2)
 49.7 
 45.2 
 25.5 
 25.5 
 1.41 
 1.41 

ZAR
 millions

 2,539.4 
 (1,987.4)
 353.4 
 512.1 
 210.2 
 213.6 
 11.48 
 11.67 

GBP 
millions

 141.1 
 (110.4)
 19.6 
 28.4 
 11.7 
 11.9 
 0.64 
 0.65 

 1,811.4 

 1,811.4 

 1,830.4 

 1,830.4 

ZAR
%

43.1 
16.8
201.8 
89.3 
160.2 
156.1 
163.1 
158.8 

(1.0)

GBP
%

20.1 
(2.0)
153.6 
59.2 
117.9 
114.3 
120.3 
116.9 

(1.0)

Value creation
Pan African Resources remains committed to creating value for all stakeholders. For shareholders, specifi cally, value is determined by capital 
appreciation in the company’s share price and distributions in the form of dividends and share buy-backs. The distribution of stakeholder value 
created by the group is detailed on 
The table below benchmarks the group’s progress against our fi nancial objectives and their link to our strategic pillars.

 page 28, which illustrates the substantial contribution by the group to the South African economy. 

FY2016 
objective 

Maintain 
attractive 
dividend 
payments

Improve 
profi tability 
from current 
operations

Implement 
earnings and cash 
fl ow accretive 
growth

Progress in FY2016

•  ZAR210 million fi nal dividend was paid in December 2015 and a 
ZAR300 million dividend is proposed for the 2016 fi nancial year

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Self-
assessment 
on progress 
during 2016

Link to 
strategic pillars

•  Stakeholders

•  The group’s profi ts increased across all operations with the exception of Phoenix Platinum, 

•  Profi table

due to the reasons explained in the Chief Executive Offi cer’s review on 

 page 18

•  Barberton Mines recovered from the oil contamination at its BIOX® plant and Evander 

Mines recovered from its low-grade mining cycle

•  Uitkomst made its fi rst contribution to group profi ts with a net profi t after tax of 

ZAR11.4 million for the quarter ended 30 June 2016, which is consistent with our profi t 
expectations from the mine

•  The group strategically entered into a two-year hedge in July 2015 to protect its cash fl ows 
and dividend from short-term declines in the gold price. The fair value mark-to-market 
adjustment on the collar resulted in a post-tax loss of ZAR82 million

•  The group’s gold production increased to 204,928oz, a 16.5% increase relative to the 

prior year 

•  Production ounces declined at Phoenix Platinum due to water shortage and the termination 

of tailings from IFM, which was placed in business rescue

•  Profi table
•  Growth

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

39

 
Financial Director’s review continued

Operating environment
The local gold mining environment enjoyed 
a recovery as the gold price improved and 
the rand depreciated during the year under 
review. The gold price of ZAR542,850/kg 
compared favourably with the ZAR446,274 
received during the corresponding period. 
Margin expansion was further assisted by a 
marginal increase in all-in sustaining costs to 
ZAR405,847/kg relative to the ZAR402,221/kg
 incurred in the previous corresponding 
period, which demonstrates the group’s 
culture of stringent cost control. 

The group’s profi tability is affected by various 
external and economic drivers, the most 
signifi cant of which are:

•  USD precious metal spot prices – 

determines the price received for gold and 
PGE produced

•  USD/ZAR exchange rate – determines the 
value received in ZAR for gold and other 
metals produced and ultimately the group’s 
revenue. 
This also drives specifi c production costs 
and capital goods through infl ation and the 
cost of imported goods and consumables 

•  South African general infl ation, wages and 
other price increases determine the rate 
of increase in the group’s operating costs – 
the most signifi cant of which is employee 
costs, followed by electricity costs

•  GBP/ZAR exchange rate – infl uences the 
group’s reporting performance in GBP, 
its reporting currency for accounting 
purposes 

•  Interest rates – determines the cost of 
debt fi nance and the return on surplus 
cash resources. 

USD precious metal spot price
During the course of the year the average 
USD gold price declined 4% to USD1,164 
per ounce relative to the USD1,212 per 
ounce received during the previous 
corresponding fi nancial period. The average 
PGE basket price achieved (applying the 
Phoenix Platinum prill split) was substantially 
lower than that of the previous year at 
USD617/oz (2015: USD839/oz), after taking 
into account the terms of the off-take 
agreement with Western Platinum Limited, 
a subsidiary of Lonmin PLC.

USD/ZAR exchange rate
The group records its revenue from precious 
metals sales in ZAR and the depreciation in 
the value of the ZAR relative to the USD 
during the year had a compensating effect 
on the weaker USD metals price revenue 
received. The average ZAR/USD exchange 
rate was 26.7% weaker at ZAR14.51:1 
(2015: ZAR11.45:1). Despite the lower 
USD gold price, the average ZAR gold 
price received increased by 21.6% to 
ZAR542,850/kg (2015: ZAR446,274/kg), as 
a result of the aggressive depreciation in the 
ZAR/USD exchange rate. 

The average ZAR PGE basket price received
decreased by 6.8% to ZAR8,952/oz 
(2015: ZAR9,603/oz) as a consequence 
of the declining PGM prices, offset by the 
depreciating ZAR/USD exchange rate. 

South African infl ation, wage 
rate and other cost increases
During the year CPI was reported at 6.3% 
(2015: 4.7%) while PPI was recorded at 7.4% 
(2015: 3.3%). Annual wage negotiations were 
completed successfully during the period 
under review, with Barberton entering into 
a two-year agreement at an average annual 
increase of 9% and Evander a three-year 
agreement with an average annual increase 
of 8%. 

Electricity price infl ation
Although the problems in national electricity 
generation appear to have been overcome, 
increased breakdowns in the distribution 
network have been experienced in the past 
year. Electricity is the group’s second largest 
cost contributor at ZAR323.2 million 
(2015: ZAR275.4 million), representing 
13.9%, of the group’s total cost of production. 
Electricity increases in the current year 
amounted to 17.4% (2015: 8.6%) compared 
to the NERSA-approved Eskom increases of 
12.7% for the past fi nancial year. 

The higher-than-average cost increase in our 
fi nancial statements relates to the electricity 
costs from ETRP, which was in production for 
the full year, and the newly acquired Uitkomst 
Colliery. Eskom’s most recent announcement, 
in March 2016, points to average increases of 
9.4% which will further increase the group’s 
electricity costs going forward. 

GBP/ZAR exchange rate
Given that the ZAR’s performance against 
the GBP is a key determinant of the GBP 
results, it is important for shareholders to be 
aware of the effect this exchange rate has 
on reported results. The value of the ZAR 
against the GBP deteriorated for the most 
part of the year under review. The average 
ZAR/GBP exchange rate was 19.2% weaker 
at ZAR21.45:1 when compared to the 
previous year (2015: ZAR18.00:1).

Interest rates
The group incurs a margin of 250 basis 
points above the Johannesburg Interbank 
Agreed Rate (JIBAR) on any balance 
outstanding on its revolving credit facility 
(RCF) and receives interest on surplus funds 
at quoted bank call account rates. Changes 
in interest rates affect the group’s interest 
expense and income. JIBAR at 30 June 2016 
was quoted at 7.1% (2015: 6.0%).

40 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Overview of the group’s fi nancial performance 
Revenue, costs, profi tability and dividend analysis

Performance

2016 fi nancial year commentary

Revenue

The group’s revenue, year-on-year, increased by 43.1% to ZAR3,632.8 million (2015: ZAR2,539.4 million). The increase was 
predominantly due to, inter alia:
•  Gold sold increased 16.5% to 204,928oz (2015: 175,857oz)
•  The average ZAR gold price received by the group increased 21.6% to ZAR542,850/kg (2015: ZAR446,274/kg), as a result 

of the weakening of the ZAR/USD exchange rate

•  Consolidation of the Uitkomst Colliery revenue of ZAR98 million effective from 31 March 2016

The increase in the average ZAR gold price by 21.6% was a result of the following movements:
•  The group realised an average gold price of USD1,164/oz, a decrease of 4% from the USD1,212/oz achieved in the prior 

reporting period

•  The average ZAR/USD exchange rate was 26.7% weaker at ZAR14.51:1 (2015: ZAR11.45:1)

Cost of production 

The group’s total cost of production increased by 16.8% to ZAR2,321.4 million (2015: ZAR1,987.4 million). The group’s 
cost of production incorporated a full year’s production costs for the ETRP of ZAR154.8 million (2015: ZAR54.1 million) 
and the Uitkomst Colliery coal production costs of ZAR91.8 million (2015: nil).

Pan African Resources’ gold cost of production per the statement of comprehensive income increased by 12.3% to 
ZAR2,155.5 million (2015: ZAR1,919.6 million) affected by the following: 
•  The group’s gold operations salaries and wages increased by 12.5% to ZAR967.7 million (2015: ZAR860.1 million), which 

was predominately due to:

  –   The incremental increase in salaries and wages following the wage agreements at Barberton and Evander Mines
  –   Higher production incentives following increased productivity at the gold operations. Barberton Mines’ production 
incentives increased by ZAR13.7 million equating to 1.6% of the total year-on-year increase. Evander Mines’ 
production incentives increased by ZAR4.3 million contributing an additional 0.5% to the year-on-year increase in 
labour costs

  –   The ETRP salary and wages increased by ZAR4.7 million resulting in an additional 0.5% increase year-on-year following 

a full production year

•  The group’s gold operations electricity costs increased by 16.8% to ZAR317.3 million (2015: ZAR271.6 million). The 
NERSA-approved increase applied to electricity consumption was 12.7% for the period under review. The additional 
increase was predominantly as a result of the electricity costs associated with the ETRP being in production for the full 
year, amounting to ZAR9.9 million (2015: ZAR2.1 million)

•  The ETRP and associated surface feedstock material cost of production was ZAR154.8 million (2015: ZAR54.1 million) 

following a full year’s production (prior year ETRP cost production related to a four-month period)

The gold cost of production excluding ETRP and surface feedstock has increased by 7.2% to ZAR2,000.7 million 
(2015: ZAR1,865.5 million).

The PGE cost of production increased by 9.3% to ZAR74.1 million (2015: ZAR67.8 million), predominately due to:
•  Salaries and wages increasing by 3.1% to ZAR20.2 million (2015: ZAR19.6 million). The Phoenix Platinum employee 

incentives decreased following lower production levels

•  Refi ning and processing costs increased by 10.8% to ZAR48.3 million (2015: ZAR43.6 million), following additional 

transporting costs to move tailings material from the Kroondal tailings site, and incurring higher chrome refi ning costs as 
a result of a higher chrome prevalence in tailings processed

•  Electricity costs increased by 13.5% to ZAR4.2 million (2015: ZAR3.7 million)

The group’s realisation costs increased 65.3% to ZAR20.5 million (2015: ZAR12.4 million) due to additional refi ning costs 
associated with the extraction and recovery of gold contained at Evander Mines’ processing plant’s infrastructure. 

Depreciation increased 20.5% to ZAR224.3 million (2015: ZAR186.1 million) following increased charges associated with 
the commissioning of the ETRP and Evander Mines’ 8 Shaft 25 level development.

The group’s cost of production per kilogram of gold declined 3.2% to ZAR338,242/kg (2015: ZAR349,410/kg). The decline 
is attributed to:
•  Gold sold increasing by 16.5% to 204,928/oz (2015: 175,857/oz), resulting in a lower unit cost of production
•  Improved head grades mined compared to the previous year

Cash costs

All-in sustaining cash 
costs

The group’s all-in sustaining cash cost of production per kilogram of gold (including direct cost of production, royalties, 
associated corporate costs and overheads and sustaining capital expenditure) increased 0.9% to ZAR405,847/kg 
(2015: ZAR402,221/kg). The group’s all-in sustaining cash costs were primarily impacted by: 
•  Increased gold production and the improved head grades compared to the prior year

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

41

Financial Director’s review continued

Performance

2016 fi nancial year commentary

All-in cost

Other income and 
expenditure

The all-in cost per kilogram (sustaining cost of production and once-off expansion capital) declined 3.5% to ZAR410,206/kg
(2015: ZAR425,084/kg), due to the increase in gold production and the completion of the ETRP, which contributed 
ZAR95.1 million in capital costs to the 2015 cost base. 

Barberton Mines entered into a short-term strategic hedge (the cost collar) in July 2015, when the prevailing spot gold 
price was ZAR440,000/kg, to protect its cash fl ows and the group’s annual dividend against severe adverse movements in 
the ZAR gold price. During the current reporting period, the group recorded a pre-tax net unrealised mark-to-market fair 
value loss of R117.6 million on the cost collar, offset by a realised cost collar derivative income of ZAR3.8 million, resulting 
in a net pre-tax fair value cost collar loss for the year of ZAR113.8 million (2015: pre-tax realised cost collar derivative 
income of ZAR44.8 million). The economic consequence of the mark-to-market fair value adjustment is to lock in revenue 
on 25,000oz of gold production from Barberton Mines at ZAR625,000/kg (the closing ZAR gold price at 30 June 2016) for 
the twelve-month period commencing 1 October 2016. The group currently only has this gold collar derivative in place.

Pan African Resources’ share price increased signifi cantly by 108% to ZAR3.75 from ZAR1.80 during the current reporting 
period, which resulted in an increase in the group’s cash-settled share option costs. The pre-tax effect of cash-settled share 
option costs for the current reporting period amounted to ZAR100.6 million (2015: pre-tax ZAR6.1 million gain).

The fair value adjustment of the group’s rehabilitation liability resulted in the liability reducing by ZAR38.2 million 
(2015: increased by ZAR19.7 million). The rehabilitation investment increased by ZAR9.2 million (2015: ZAR33.9 million).

Finance income and 
costs

Finance income increased to ZAR9.5 million (2015: ZAR6.3 million), while fi nance cost decreased to ZAR31.1 million 
(2015: ZAR44.2 million), following improved cash fl ows generated.

Profi t after tax and 
headline earnings

Profi t after tax increased 160.2% to ZAR547.0 million (2015: ZAR210.2 million) and the corresponding headline earnings 
increased 156.1% to ZAR547.1 million (2015: ZAR213.6 million), primarily impacted by:
•  Revenue increased by ZAR1,093.4 million, supported by higher gold production and an increase in the effective ZAR gold 

EPS and HEPS

price received

•  Cost of production increased by ZAR334.0 million
•  Depreciation increased by ZAR38.2 million following increased charges associated with the commissioning of the ETRP 

and Evander Mines’ 8 Shaft 25 level development

•  Other income and expenditure increased by ZAR265.8 million, due to the pre-tax net cost collar mark-to-market fair value 
adjustment of ZAR113.8 million (2015: realised cost collar derivative income of ZAR44.8 million), and higher cash-settled 
share option costs linked to the increase in the share price amounting to ZAR100.6 million (2015: ZAR6.1 million gain)

•  Royalty costs increased by ZAR30.4 million linked to the increased gold revenues
•  Taxation increased by ZAR102.2 million due to the improved operational performance

The group’s EPS in ZAR increased 163.1% to 30.20 cents (2015: 11.48 cents). The group’s HEPS in ZAR increased 
by 158.8% to 30.20 cents (2015: 11.67 cents). The difference between the EPS and HEPS resulted from adjusting the 
attributable earnings for the loss on the disposal of fi xed assets and the associated impairment upon the sale of Auroch 
Minerals NL in the prior reporting period. Refer to the statement of comprehensive income for the reconciliation between 
EPS and HEPS.

The EPS and HEPS is calculated by applying the group’s weighted average number of shares to the attributable and headline 
earnings, which decreased by 1% to 1,811.4 million shares (2015: 1,830.0 million shares). The decrease in the shares was 
attributed to eliminating the Shanduka Gold Proprietary Limited shares held in Pan African Resources with effect from 
7 June 2016. 

Taxation

Dividend

The group’s total taxation charge increased 137.4% to ZAR176.6 million (2015: ZAR74.4 million) due to the group’s 
improved fi nancial performance. 

The group paid a fi nal dividend of ZAR210 million or GBP9.7 million (2014: ZAR258 million or GBP14.9 million) on 
24 December 2015 relating to the 2015 fi nancial year, equating to ZAR0.11466 per share or 0.53 pence per share 
(2014: ZAR0.14100 per share or 0.82 pence per share).

In light of the materially improved operational and fi nancial performance the board has proposed an increased dividend of 
ZAR300 million or approximately GBP16 million equating to ZAR0.15438 per share or approximately 0.82338 pence per 
share. This dividend is subject to approval at the AGM, which will take place on 25 November 2016. 

The GBP proposed fi nal dividend was calculated based on 1,943,206,554 total shares in issue and an illustrative exchange 
rate of ZAR18.75:1. Shareholders on the London register should note that a revised exchange rate will be communicated 
prior to approval at the AGM.

42 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Financial position and resource 
allocation
Non-current assets increased 7.3% 
to ZAR4,450.9 million (2015: 
ZAR4,147.1 million). The increase 
was partly attributable to further capital 
expenditure during the year amounting to 
ZAR302.4 million (2015: ZAR352.0 million), 
less depreciation of ZAR224.3 million 
(2015: ZAR186.1 million).

Included in non-current assets is the 
rehabilitation trust fund balance of 
ZAR321.5 million (2015: ZAR312.3 million), 
which increased by ZAR9.2 million as a result 
of capital growth in the underlying investment 
portfolio. The rehabilitation trust fund’s 
investment portfolio comprises investments in 
guaranteed equity-linked notes, government 
bonds, equities and cash holdings.

Current assets increased 30.7% to 
ZAR434.2 million (2015: ZAR332.3 million) 
due to:

•  Cash on hand decreased to 

ZAR52.6 million (2015: ZAR64.2 million)

•  Accounts receivable increased to 

ZAR277.8 million (2015: 
ZAR184.5 million) predominately due to:

  –   Uitkomst Colliery contributed an 
additional ZAR55.3 million to the 
group’s accounts receivable at 
30 June 2016

  –   The increase in the average ZAR gold 
prices resulted in an increase in the 
average gold receivable held 
year-on-year

•  Inventory increased to ZAR87.0 million 
(2015: ZAR67.6 million) mainly due to 
consolidating additional Uitkomst Colliery 
coal inventory of ZAR11.8 million

•  Current tax asset increased to 

ZAR16.8 million (2015: ZAR16.0 million).

Despite the cash funding of the Uitkomst 
Colliery of ZAR148 million, the cash 
consideration of ZAR182 million used 
to fund a portion of the Shanduka Gold 
transaction and the payment of a 
ZAR210 million dividend, the group’s 
net debt increased only marginally from 
ZAR321.1 million at 30 June 2015 to 
ZAR339.6 million at 30 June 2016. 

Operational cash generation, after 
providing for the dividend payments and 
before capital expenditure, improved to 

ZAR581.4 million for the year under review 
relative to ZAR95.7 million for the previous 
corresponding period, which illustrates 
the robust cash-generative capacity of the 
group in light of the improved operational 
performance and favourable movement in 
the ZAR price of gold. 

Non-current liabilities increased by 
4.8% to ZAR1,372.4 million 
(2015: ZAR1,309.5 million), the 
composition of which is as follows:

•  Non-current portion of the 

revolving credit facility increased 
to ZAR279.3 million 
(2015: ZAR224.1 million)

•  Non-current portion of the gold loan 
balance decreased to ZAR26.6 million 
(2015: ZAR82.0 million), due to the gold 
loan term ending on 31 October 2017

•  Non-current portion of cash-settled 
share option liability ZAR55.4 million 
(2015: ZAR7.3 million)

•  Non-current post-retirement benefi ts was 
ZAR1.3 million (2015: ZAR1.4 million)

•  Long-term rehabilitation provisions 

reduced to ZAR206.4 million 
(2015: ZAR236.4 million) 

•  Deferred taxation liability increased 

to ZAR803.4 million 
(2015: ZAR758.3 million).

Current liabilities increased to 
ZAR639.6 million (2015: ZAR431.4 million), 
predominately due to: 

•  The increase in the cost collar mark-to-
market liability by ZAR117.8 million 
(2015: nil)

•  Uitkomst Colliery accounts payable 

contributed ZAR29.3 million (2015: nil)

•  The current portion of the revolving credit 

facility increased to ZAR31.1 million 
(2015: ZAR21.6 million)

•  The current portion of the gold loan 

decreased to ZAR55.2 million 
(2015: ZAR57.8 million)

•  The current portion of the cash-settled 

share option liability increased to 
ZAR54.2 million (2015: ZAR18,0 million).

The increase in the group’s retained 
earnings by ZAR337 million is due to the 
profi t after taxation of ZAR547.0 million 
(2015: ZAR210.2 million) and the dividend 
of ZAR210 million (2015: ZAR258 million) 
for the 2016 fi nancial year.

Share capital and premium increased by 
ZAR340 million following the issue of 
111,711,791 shares to part fund the Shanduka 
Gold transaction, referred to below.

Financial risk management
The group manages its fi nancial risk and 
liquidity by means of a centralised treasury 
function in Pan African Resources Funding 
Company Proprietary Limited (Funding 
Company), a wholly owned subsidiary of 
Pan African Resources, with the objective of 
centrally managing all aspects of the group’s 
fi nancial risk. The group’s philosophy is to 
hedge only specifi c exposures arising from 
capital investments and transactional fl ows 
and limit hedging to a maximum of 25% 
of the group’s annual production. Hedging 
will only be entered into to cover specifi c 
operational risks and capital expenditure. 

Revolving credit facility
The group’s existing revolving credit facility is 
provided by a consortium of local banks. 
The ZAR800 million facility has a tenure of 
fi ve years, with a two-year accordion option, 
at the group’s election (subject to approval 
from the credit committees of the 
respective banks), to increase the facility to 
ZAR1.1 billion. The revolving credit facility 
bears interest at JIBAR plus a margin of 2.5% 
and provides Pan African Resources with 
access to a long-term fl exible debt facility 
to fund its organic and acquisitive growth 
ambitions.

Working capital and debt 
management
The group manages its debt levels within 
prudency limits approved by the board and 
based on the recommendations of the audit 
and risk committee after taking into account 
the variability in group cash fl ow generation, 
capital expenditure programmes and the 
board’s ambitions to continue declaring a 
sector-leading dividend. 

Capital allocation discipline
The board is conscious of the aspirations 
of our stakeholders for value creation and 
all capital allocation decisions are subject 
to rigorous scrutiny and pre-defi ned 
risk-adjusted return parameters to ensure 
this objective is fulfi lled. Of paramount 
consideration in all such capital allocation 
decisions is the group’s ability to successfully 
execute on investment opportunities 

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

43

Looking ahead
Our focus for the 2017 fi nancial year 
continues to be on cost containment and 
the cash fl ow generation of our existing 
operations, while developing the latent 
potential of these operations. Further, 
we continue to look into the merits of 
acquisitive growth opportunities that meet 
our investment criteria and will contribute 
to the group’s profi tability in the short to 
medium term. 

Deon Louw
Financial Director 

20 September 2016

Financial Director’s review continued

and realise the required returns over the 
investment horizon. The attractive returns 
being earned on the capital invested in the 
BTRP,  the ETRP and the recent Uitkomst 
Colliery and Shanduka transactions bear 
testimony to our success in this regard. 

Our investment return criterion is to earn 
a minimum real return of 15% per annum, 
after adjusting for project-specifi c and 
sovereign risks. Further, to ensure our returns 
are robust, we endeavour to invest only in 
projects that fall into the lower half of the 
cost curve and of which the execution risk is 
within our capability.

The Elikhulu tailings retreatment project is a 
near-term growth prospect which is currently 
undergoing such an evaluation process. 
Should the board approve the investment 
decision on this project, the intent is to 
fi nance it with a dedicated debt facility that 
will limit the impact on the group’s existing 
cash fl ows, borrowing capacity and ability 
to continue paying dividends. A number 
of fi nance options are being evaluated for 
the funding of the project and the group 
does not foresee any diffi culty in raising the 
requisite funding on competitive terms. 

Share price and return 
performance
Pan African Resources’ share price recovered 
materially in the 2016 fi nancial year with 
year-on-year capital growth of 108% from 
ZAR1.80 to ZAR3.75, outperforming its 
peers, as refl ected in the UK FTSE and 
JSE J150 gold indices. 

Dividend policy
Pan African Resources aspires to pay a regular 
dividend to shareholders. In balancing this 
cash return to shareholders with the group’s 
strategy of generic and acquisitive growth, it 
believes that a target pay-out ratio of 40% of 
net cash generated from operating activities, 
after allowing for the cash fl ow impact of 
sustaining capital, contractual debt repayments 
and also the cash fl ow impact of once-off 
items, is appropriate. This measure aligns 
dividend distributions with the cash-generation 
potential of the business. In proposing a 
dividend, the board will also take into account 
the company’s fi nancial condition, future 
prospects, satisfactory solvency and liquidity 
assessments and other factors deemed by the 
board to be relevant at the time.

Shanduka Gold transaction
Conclusion of the Shanduka Gold 
transaction, which is explained in detail in 
the Chief Executive Offi cer’s review on 

 page 18, resulted in PAR acquiring control 
of Shanduka Gold, representing 436,358,058 
Pan African Resources shares, an effective 
17.7% of Pan African Resources’ issued 
share capital. The acquisition was funded by 
a cash tranche of ZAR187.3 million and an 
equity placement of 111,711,791 shares for 
ZAR359.6 million. The accounting treatment 
of the transaction is akin to that of a share 
buy-back with the acquired shares being 
designated as treasury shares, in terms of 
which the full shareholding of 436,358,058 
shares is eliminated on consolidation. 

The number of shares taken into account for calculating undiluted earnings per share is 
reconciled below: 

Pan African shares

Opening balance shares

Issue of shares – vendor placement

Elimination of shares held by Shanduka Gold 

Closing balance

Reduction in number of shares 

Shares

1,831,494,763

111,711,791

(436,358,058)

1,506,848,496

324,646,268

% 
change

–

6.1

(23.8)

–

17.7

44 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Five-year review

Salient features – fi ve-year information

Operating performance

Gold mining tonnes milled

Gold tailings processed

Gold head grade 
– mining operations

Gold head grade 
– tailings operations

Gold sold

(t)

(t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(oz)

Gold spot price received 

Total gold mining cash costs

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

Coal sold

PGE 6E sold

(t)

(oz)

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

676,664

2,801,021

908,958

1,618,794

7.7

0.9

204,928

1,164

725

136,102

8,339

5.4

1.0

175,857

1,212

949

–

10,245

948,149

815,736

5.8

1.6

188,179

1,303

897

–

7,204

512,869

308,095

–

8.6

–

130,493

1,553

815

–

6,480

–

10.6

–

94,449

1,694

776

–

–

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

ZAR
millions

GBP
millions

ZAR
millions

GBP
millions

ZAR
millions

GBP
millions

ZAR
millions

GBP
millions

ZAR
millions

GBP
millions

Statement of 
comprehensive income

Revenue

Cost of production

Mining profi t

EBITDA

Impairment costs

Profi t after taxation

Headline earnings

Dividends

Statement of fi nancial position

Non-current assets 

Current assets 

Total equity

Non-current liabilities

Current liabilities

Cash fl ows

Net cash generated from 
operating activities

Capital expenditure

Net movements in cash and 
cash equivalents (%)

3,632.8

169.4

2,539.4

141.1

2,608.8

154.6

1,848.1

133.5

1,240.3

(2,321.4)

(108.2)

(1,987.4)

(110.4)

(1,795.9)

(106.4)

(985.1)

(71.2)

(566.0)

1,066.6

969.5

–

547.0

547.1

49.7

45.2

–

25.5

25.5

353.4

512.1

(1.0)

210.2

213.6

19.6

28.4

(0.1)

11.7

11.9

637.8

745.5

–

452.1

452.0

(210.0)

(9.7)

(258.0)

(14.9)

(240.3)

(14.7)

37.8

44.2

776.8

735.2

56.1

53.1

–

(242.3)

(16.1)

26.8

26.8

558.9

487.0

–

42.6

35.2

–

632.3

552.5

(0.6)

358.9

359.7

(95.6)

4,450.9

230.6

4,147.1

220.1

3,941.5

223.4

3,726.2

249.3

1,143.8

434.2

2,874.4

1,372.4

639.6

21.9

332.3

17.2

423.4

23.5

401.5

26.7

367.8

151.0

2,738.5

147.2

2,788.4

159.4

2,568.8

172.2

1,357.5

102.6

69.5

32.2

1,309.5

431.4

67.9

22.4

1,144.1

432.4

63.5

24.0

1,200.9

361.2

80.0

24.1

180.8

142.9

14.0

11.1

101.1

(46.1)

51.5

45.0

–

29.2

29.3

(7.4)

86.1

28.5

581.4

302.4

28.5

14.1

95.7

352.0

5.4

19.6

360.3

363.0

22.2

21.5

668.0

381.6

48.3

27.6

375.2

30.6

(213.9)

(17.4)

(11.7)

(1.5)

(36.9)

(1.7)

29.6

1.7

(216.0)

(15.6)

140.8

11.5

Note 1: At 30 June 2012, Phoenix Platinum had not reached steady state production, therefore all income and expenditure was capitalised. 
Note 2: Current assets at 30 June 2016 excluded non-current assets held for sale of ZAR1.3 million (GBP0,1 million), 30 June 2013, ZAR3.2 million (GBP0.2 million) and at 
30 June 2012, ZAR169.6 million (GBP13.1 million).

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

45

 
 
Five-year review continued

2016

2015

2014

2013

2012

ZAR

GBP

ZAR

GBP

ZAR

GBP

ZAR

GBP

ZAR

GBP

(%)

(Ratio)

(Ratio)

(Ratio)

(Ratio)

19.0

0.12

0.35

24.0

0.7

16.9

0.10

0.34

24.8

0.7

7.7

0.12

0.63

7.3

0.8

7.9

0.11

0.58

7.2

0.8

16.2

0.04

0.14

38.9

1.0

16.8

0.04

0.13

37.9

1.0

21.8

0.04

0.13

41.6

1.1

24.7

0.04

0.12

41.9

1.1

26.4

(0.19)

(0.46)

28.5

(0.19)

(0.44)

301.1

417.0

2.6

2.6

Key ratios

Return on shareholders’ 
funds

Net debt: equity ratio

Net debt: EBITDA

Interest cover 

Current ratio

Statistics

Shares in issue (millions)

(Number)

1,943.2

Weighted average number 
of shares in issue

(Number)

1,811.4

1,831.5

1,830.4

1,830.0

1,827.2

1,822.8

1,619.8

1,448.3

1,445.2

Earnings per share (EPS)

(Cents/pence)

30.20

1.41

11.48

0.64

24.74

1.47

34.51

2.63

24.83

2.02

Headline earnings per share 
(HEPS)

(Cents/pence)

30.20

1.41

11.67

Net asset value (NAV)

(Cents/pence)

190.75

10.02

149.52

Dividends per share (DPS)

(Cents/pence)

11.47

(%)

(Ratio)

5.1

12.4

0.53

4.3

13.5

14.10

6.3

15.7

0.65

8.04

0.82

6.7

14.9

24.74

152.37

13.15

5.6

10.79

1.47

8.71

0.81

5.7

9.69

30.07

140.93

–

–

5.5

2.17

9.45

–

–

4.8

24.89

93.74

6.60

3.0

9.7

2.03

7.09

0.51

3.6

7.3

Dividend yield 

Price earnings

Volume of shares traded 
(millions)

Volume traded as 
percentage of number 
in issue

(Number)

650.7

461.6

573.2

527.9

435.5

199.8

760.3

459.2

606.9

424.2

(%)

33.5

25.5

31.3

28.8

23.8

10.9

41.7

25.2

41.9

29.3

Number of transactions 

(Number)

35,926

20,784

29,855

21,221

28,498

11,496

30,814

16,121

21,827

13,593

Value of shares traded 
(millions)

Traded prices

 –  last sale in year

 –  high

 –  low

 –   average price per 
share traded

(Number) 1,540.6

58.2

1,266.7

64.3

1,029.6

28.3

1,762.4

74.4

1,342.6

60.2

(Cents/pence)

(Cents/pence)

(Cents/pence)

375.0

400.0

122.0

19.0

19.0

6.3

180.0

278.0

180.0

9.5

15.5

9.5

267.0

294.0

186.0

14.3

16.8

11.8

191.0

299.0

185.0

12.8

21.0

11.8

242.0

299.0

180.0

14.8

17.4

9.5

(Cents/pence)

225.0

12.4

222.3

12.2

236.0

14.2

233.0

16.2

218.0

14.2

46 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Operational review and performance
Barberton Mines

Casper Strydom 
General Manager

Historical overview
Barberton Mines consists of three mines: Fairview, Sheba 
and New Consort and the BTRP. Fairview produces 50% 
of Barberton Mines’ gold production with Sheba and New 
Consort producing 30% and 20% respectively. Operating three 
mines continues to provide fl exibility and versatility in terms of 
resource allocation.

The mix of high grade ore from the mines is planned monthly to 
maintain the targeted grade/tonnage profi le and gold production, 
giving Barberton Mines the advantage of managing cash fl ows 
from an early stage in the mining process. The operation 
has a proven track record of consistently delivering a solid 
performance, driven to a large extent by an embedded culture of 
cost control.

The mining methods used are underground semi-mechanised 
cut and fi ll by either up-dip or breast mining.  An estimated 16% 
to18% of gold is recovered by sweeping and vamping contractors 
focusing on worked-out areas and mining high grade pillars.

Gold is extracted using the BIOX® gold extraction process, an 
environmentally friendly process, which uses bacteria to release 
gold from the sulphide ore.

Gold was originally discovered in the Barberton area in 1886 
and comprises the sediments and metavolcanics within the 
Barberton Greenstone Belt. Barberton Mines has therefore been 
mined for over a century with current production practices now 
embedded. Given the aged mine infrastructure, the operations 
undergo ongoing maintenance and refurbishment.

Historically Barberton Mines’ relative isolation has spurred 
creative engineering solutions, which contribute to its cost 
control. Facilities established over the years, such as an 
in-house workshop for maintenance of the mines’ fl eet not 
only help control costs but also allow for in-house manufacture 
or customisation of equipment. Barberton Mines has been 
ISO 9001:2008 certifi ed for 10 years.

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

47

HIGHLIGHTS

ld

ld i
Gold sold i
Gold sold increased by 7.1% to 
increased b
113,281oz (2015: 105,776oz)

Remained one of the lowest-cost 
producers in the South African 
gold industry with an all-in cost 
of R354,417/kg

CHALLENGES

ed depth of

Increase
Increased depth of mining at 
Increase
Fairview resulting in increased 
underground temperatures

Low grade at New Consort 
operations

 
 
Operational review and performance continued

Barberton Mines continued

Gold sold
Ounces

120,000

110,000

100,000

90,000

80,000

70,000

60,000

50,000

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Underground        Surface        BTRP

Production statistics – Mining and surface
Tonnes

350,000

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Fairway        Sheba        Consort        Vamping tonnes        Head grade

Production statistics – BTRP
Tonnes

1,000,000

950,000

900,000

850,000

800,000

750,000

700,000

2.0

1.5

1.0

2014

2015

2016

BTRP        BTRP head grade 

48 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Sales and production
Overall Barberton Mines operation
(including BTRP)
Barberton Mines’ (including BTRP) gold 
sold increased by 7.1% to 113,281oz 
(2015: 105,776oz). The total combined ZAR 
cash cost per kilogram increased marginally 
to ZAR279,226/kg (2015: ZAR278,859/kg). 
The combined USD cash costs per ounce 
decreased by 21% to USD599/oz 
(2015: USD758/oz). 

Some challenges facing Barberton Mines 
included a reduction in the grade at the 
New Consort mining operations and 
increased temperatures experienced at 
the deeper levels of the Fairview mining 
operation. The installation of a refrigeration 
system is underway at Fairview and will be 
in operation by the end of the 2017 
fi nancial year.

Underground mining
Tonnes mined from underground mining 
operations increased to 268,383t 
(2015: 260,749t), while the head grade 
improved to 11g/t (2015: 10.9g/t) which 
resulted in improved gold sold of 84,690oz 
(2015: 81,493oz).

Barberton Mines’ (excluding BTRP) ZAR cash 
costs per kilogram terms increased by 4.7% 
to ZAR323,799/kg (2015: ZAR309,289/kg), 
whilst USD cash costs per ounce decreased 
by 17.4% to USD694/oz (2015: USD840/oz). 

BTRP
Tonnes processed by the BTRP reduced 
marginally to 959,215t (2015: 971,627t). The 
head grade of the Bramber tailings processed 
increased to 1.7g/t (2015: 1.4g/t). The overall 
recoveries were 54% (2015: 57%). This 
resulted in the gold sold from the BTRP 
increasing to 28,591oz (2015: 24,283oz) for 
the year. 

The BTRP’s ZAR cash costs decreased 
by 16.7% to ZAR147,162/kg 
(2015: ZAR176,734/kg) and USD cash 
costs per ounce were USD315/oz 
(2015: USD480/oz).

The BTRP remains one of the lowest-cost 
producers in the gold industry. 

11

10

9

8

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Cost of production 
Barberton Mines’ cost of production 
increased by 7.2% to ZAR983.7 million 
(2015: ZAR917.4 million). The main cost 
increases included salaries and wages (up 
16.5%), predominantly due to an incremental 
increase following multi-year wage 
agreements, as well as higher production 
incentives, following increased productivity 
by the operations. Electricity costs 
(up 10.8%) were well managed below 
the 12.7% NERSA-approved increases.

Capital expenditure
Total capital expenditure at Barberton Mines 
increased by 24.1% to ZAR139.7 million 
(2015: ZAR112.6 million). Maintenance 
capital expenditure of ZAR54.5 million 
(2015: ZAR44.2 million) and development 
capital expenditure of ZAR63.4 million 
(2015: ZAR53.7 million) was incurred. 

Expansion capital of ZAR21.8 million 
(2015: ZAR14.7 million) comprised 
ZAR8.1 million for completion of the 
Eskom line extension to the BTRP and 
ZAR13.7 million for the Royal Sheba 
development at Sheba Mine. In the 
prior fi nancial year Barberton Mines spent 
ZAR14.7 million on the development of the 
Fairview ventilation raise borehole project to 
improve operating environment conditions. 

Looking ahead
Three-shaft deepening at Fairview 
operations remains a priority to increase 
fl exibility and ultimately additional tonnages. 
The management team remains committed 
to improving the safety performance and 
working with the DMR to reduce safety 
stoppages.

Cash cost breakdown (excluding BTRP)

Cash cost breakdown (including BTRP)

2016

2016

51%  Salaries        
13%  Mining              
   7%  Processing   
  9%  Engineering
11%  Electricity         
  3%  Security         
  6%  Other

46%  Salaries        
12%  Mining              
 16%  Processing   
  7%  Engineering
11%  Electricity         
  3%  Security         
  5%  Other

2015

2015

48%  Salaries        
14%  Mining              
     8% Processing   
  9%  Engineering
11%  Electricity         
  3%  Security         
  7%  Other

42%  Salaries        
12%  Mining              
 19%  Processing   
  8%  Engineering
10%  Electricity         
  3%  Security         
  6%  Other

Capital expenditure (including BTRP)
ZAR millions

350

300

250

200

150

100

50

0

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Development capital        Maintenance capital        BTRP

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

49

Operational review and performance continued

Evander Mines

Band Malunga
General Manager

HIGHLIGHTS

Historical overview
Evander Mines exploits the Kimberley reef in the Evander 
basin, part of the greater Witwatersrand basin. Mining methods 
employed are underground conventional scraper mining and rail 
bound equipment with some trackless mechanised development. 

With 8 Shaft at a depth of 2.5km, it takes the workforce 
approximately an hour to reach the mining area via a lift and 
locomotive and two chairlifts. The rock is then hauled along 
11 conveyors from the rock face to the bottom of 7 Shaft, 
where it is hoisted to surface. The gold is extracted at 
a CIL hybrid plant.

50 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ld

d b

ld i
i
Gold sold i
Gold sold increased by 30.8% 
to 91,647oz (2015: 70,081oz) 
primarily due to a turnaround in 
production and an increase in head 
grade

Underground head grade improved 
to 5.7g/t (2015: 4.6g/t) largely due 
to increased mining on 25 level on 
8 Shaft

ETRP and associated surface 
sources production increased to 
18,151oz (2015: 16,336oz)

CHALLENGES

One fat
One fatality and safety 
One fat
tality and sa
stoppages halting production

Legacy infrastructure requiring 
maintenance

 
 
 
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Gold sold – underground and surface sources
Ounces

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000

40,000

20,000

0

6

5

4

3

2

1

0

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Underground        Surface        ETRP

Production statistics – underground and surface sources
Tonnes

800,000

700,000

600,000

500,000

400,000

300,000

200,000

100,000

0

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Underground        Surface        Head grade – underground and surface

Note: All surface sources production is allocated to the ETRP from 1 March 2015.

Production statistics – ETRP
Tonnes

2,000,000

1,600,000

1,200,000

800,000

400,000

0

2015

2016

ETRP        ETRP head grade 

1.0

0.5

0

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

51

Sales and production
For the year under review Evander Mines’ 
gold sold increased by 30.8% to 91,647oz 
(2015: 70,081oz). 

Underground mining
Underground tonnes milled increased by 
6.9% to 408,281 (2015: 381,986t). The 
increase in tonnes milled refl ects benefi ts 
derived from investing and increased 
maintaining the 8 Shaft infrastructure.

The head grade increased by 23.9% to 5.7g/t 
(2015: 4.6g/t). Gold sold from underground 
operations increased by 36.7% to 73,496oz 
(2015: 53,746oz) due to the improved 
tonnages mined and higher head grades 
achieved.

Evander Mines’ (excluding ETRP) ZAR cash 
costs per kilogram terms decreased by 6.4% 
to ZAR445,078/kg (2015: ZAR475,338/kg), 
whilst USD cash costs per ounce 
decreased by 26.1% to USD954/oz 
(2015: USD1,291/oz). 

ETRP
The ETRP was in production for the full 
fi nancial year compared to four months in the 
prior year.

Evander Mines’ ETRP and associated surface 
sources production increased by 11.1% to 
18,151oz (2015: 16,336oz). In the prior year 
surface sources of 9,813oz was reported 
in mining and surface operations and for 
comparability purposes included in the prior 
year’s gold sold amounts for the ETRP. 

The ETRP’s ZAR cash costs per 
kilogram amounted to ZAR273,965/kg 
(2015: ZAR266,453/kg), equating to 
USD cash costs per ounce of USD587/oz 
(2015: USD688/oz). 

Cost of production 
The total cost of production 
(including off-mine costs) increased by 
17.9% to ZAR1,172.2 million 
(2015: ZAR993.8 million). The cost of 
production includes additional costs in 
relation to the new ETRP plant and related 
surface feedstock of ZAR154.8 million 
(2015:  ZAR54.1 million). The cost of 
production (excluding the ETRP costs) 
therefore only increased by 8.3% to 
ZAR1,017.4 million (2015: ZAR939.7 million). 

The main cost increases included salaries 
and wages (up 9.2%), predominantly due 
to an incremental increase following a 
multi-year wage agreement. Processing costs 
(up 125.6%) increased due to the ETRP 
being in production for the full fi nancial year. 
Electricity costs (up 20.1%) increased due to 
the 12.7% NERSA-approved increase and 
the additional ETRP electricity costs incurred. 

Capital expenditure
Total capital expenditure at Evander 
Mines was ZAR153.8 million 
(2015: ZAR238.2 million). Maintenance 
capital expenditure was ZAR29.4 million 
(2015: ZAR38.7 million) and development 
capital expenditure was ZAR118.4 million 
(2015: ZAR104.4 million). Expansion capital 
of ZAR6.0 million (2015: ZAR95.1 million) 
was spent on development of the 26 level 
and for the prior year the expansionary 
capital related to the completion of the 
ETRP construction. 

Looking ahead
There will be a review of the 18 to 24 level 
vent shaft hoisting project to ascertain the 
feasibility of using the current vent shaft for 
hoisting ore. This will eliminate the use of the 
current 4.2km conveyor belt system. 

Operational review and performance continued

Evander Mines continued

Cash cost breakdown (excluding ETRP)

Cash cost breakdown (including ETRP)

2016

2016

50%  Salaries and wages        
  8%  Mining              
  6%  Processing   
  9%  Engineering and technical services
20%  Electricity         
  2%  Security         
  5%  Other

44%  Salaries and wages        
  7%  Mining              
 17%  Processing   
  8%  Engineering and technical services
18%  Electricity         
  1%  Security         
  5%  Other

2015

2015

50%  Salaries and wages        
13%  Mining              
  4%  Processing   
  7%  Engineering and technical services
19%  Electricity         
  1%  Security         
  6%  Other

48%  Salaries and wages        
12%  Mining              
  9%  Processing   
  6%  Engineering and technical services
18%  Electricity         
  1%  Security         
  6%  Other

Capital expenditure (including ETRP)
ZAR millions

250

200

150

100

50

0

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

Development capital        Maintenance capital        ETRP

52 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Phoenix Platinum

Bertin McLeod 
Plant Manager:
Metallurgy

Historical overview
Phoenix Platinum recovers PGEs from CTRP located 
on IFL’s Lesedi Mine. The Buffelsfontein, Elandskraal 
and Kroondal mineral resources originate from 
the mining of chromitite seams from the Bushveld 
Igneous Complex. The Bushveld Igneous Complex 
is host to the world’s largest deposits of PGEs. The 
operation is expected to produce PGEs over a life of 
mine of 9 years. It has a total process capacity of 360kt per 
annum. The PGEs are extracted in the fl otation plant and the 
toll
concentrate is delivered to Lonmin’s Mooi Nooi Smelter for toll 
extraction. The CTRP was designed to treat sulphide material 
from the Lesedi Mine, which is supplied to Phoenix Platinum 
with sulphide-rich material, as a current arising.

HIGHLIGHTS

CHALLENGES

li d
Finalised a
Finalised an agreement with 
TC Smelters Proprietary Limited to 
restore plant conditions prior to the 
business rescue proceedings

Proactively secured feedstock from 
alternative suppliers

business res

IFMSA
 IFMSA business rescue resulted 
IFMSA
in loss of feedstock from Lesedi 
Mine

Feedstock sourced from 
alternative supplier was of a 
lower grade

No tailings deposition facility 
available while IFMSA was in 
business rescue

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

53

 
 
Operational review and performance continued

Phoenix Platinum continued

Sales and production
Phoenix Platinum’s operational performance 
was negatively impacted by the curtailment 
in current arisings from IFMSA’s Lesedi Mine, 
due to IFMSA’s business rescue proceedings. 
As a result, ounces sold decreased to 
8,339oz (2015: 10,245oz). However, with the 
new agreement in place between Pan African 
Resources and TC Smelters Proprietary 
Limited, tailings deposition onto the IFMSA 
TSF resumed from June 2016. Phoenix 
Platinum is now positioned to continue 
operations under similar conditions to 
those prior to the business rescue 
proceedings. Phoenix Platinum secured 
feedstock from alternative suppliers 
(Elandskraal and Kroondal), however the 
grade of feedstock was lower than that 
received from Lesedi Mine. 

Overall plant recoveries remained stable at 
43% (2015: 44%). 

The effective average ZAR PGE basket price 
received decreased by 6.8% to ZAR8,952/oz
(2015: ZAR9,603/oz). Cost per ounce of 
production increased to ZAR8,890/oz 
(2015: ZAR6,621/oz) following the lower 
ounce production. In USD terms the PGE 
basket price received decreased by 26.5% to 
USD617/oz (2015: USD839/oz). The USD 
cash costs per ounce decreased by 6.1% to 
USD613/oz (2015: USD578/oz). 

Cost of production
The cost of production increased by 9.3% to 
ZAR74.1 million (2015: ZAR67.8 million). 
The main cost increases were salaries 
and wages (up 2.9%), lower-than-average 
infl ationary increases due to lower incentives 
earned in line with the lower production 
achieved, refi ning and processing increases 
(up 10.8%) following additional transport 
costs to move tailings material from the 
Kroondal tailings site, and higher chrome 
refi ning costs as a result of higher chrome 
content in the concentrate dispatched 
to Lonmin. Electricity costs (up 12.1%) 
increased in line with the NERSA-approved 
increase of 12.7%.

Capital expenditure
Total capital expenditure at Phoenix 
Platinum increased to ZAR6.8 million 
(2015: ZAR0.6 million) due to the installation 
of a scrubber and high-energy agitation cells.

Looking ahead
Phoenix Platinum has invested in high-energy 
agitation cells and a scrubber, which is 
expected to signifi cantly improve throughput 
and recoveries and ultimately lead to 
improved ounces. 

PGE ounces sold
Ounces

Production statistics
Tonnes and g/t

12,000

10,000

8,000

6,000

4,000

2,000

0

2013

2014

2015

2016

300,000

250,000

200,000

150,000

100,000

50,000

0

2013

2014

2015 2016

H
e
a
d

g
r
a
d
e

(
g
/
t
)

5

4

3

2

1

0

PGEs sold 

Plant feed tonnes        Head grade 

54 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
 
STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Uitkomst Colliery

HIGHLIGHTS

Johan Gloy 
General Manager

i d th
Acq ired th
Acquired the Uitkomst Colliery 
operations on 31 March 2016

h Uitk

The operation produces yields of 
high grade coal suitable for export 
or metallurgical markets

Surplus demand for coal production

CHALLENGES

Volatile
Volatile coal market
Volatile
coal marke

Historical overview
The group assumed effective control over the Uitkomst Colliery 
on 31 March 2016, which was followed by a smooth operational 
integration process. This operation produces yields of high grade 
coal suitable for export or metallurgical markets. In addition, 
it produces approximately 30,000 to 35,000 tonnes of saleable 
coal per month from its underground mining operation, with 
approximately 23.3Mt of resources and a life of mine of 22 years. 

Sales and production
The Uitkomst Colliery earnings for the period 1 April 2016 to 
30 June 2016 were ZAR11.4 million. The coal plant was fed with 
128,022t of coal and a total of 136,102t was sold. The coal sales were 
higher than the coal feed due to coal acquired and sold that was not 
processed through the plant. 

Uitkomst Colliery contributed ZAR98 million to the group’s revenue 
during the last quarter. The average revenue per tonne received was 
ZAR720/t or USD48/t.

Managing coal seam heights 
above 1.2 metres

Cost of production
Cost of production amounted to ZAR91.8 million which equated to 
ZAR674/t or USD45/t for the period under review.

Operating costs

2016

  8%  Salaries and wages        
38%  Mining costs             
20%  Processing costs
11%  Engineering and technical services
  2%  Electricity costs  
  5%  Administration and other costs
16%  Inventory adjustment

Capital expenditure
Capital expenditure incurred amounted to ZAR0.9 million.

Looking ahead
Identify and incorporate additional coal sources to fi ll the coal wash 
plant’s surplus capacity, which will also meet the surplus demand 
requirements for our coal in the area. The Uitkomst Colliery will 
be reviewing options to possibly increase the coal production from 
50,000t to 75,000t per month in the future.

In addition, the BEE transaction as noted on 
concluded during the 2017 fi nancial year.

 page 80 will be 

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55

 
 
 
Operational production

Gold operations

Underground and 
surface operations

Tailings operations

Total continuing operations

Year 
ended
30 June

Units

Barberton
Mines

Evander
Mines

Total

BTRP

ETRP

Barberton
 Mines
 Total

Evander
 Mines
 Total

Group
 Total

Tonnes milled – 
underground

Tonnes milled – 
surface (note 1)

Tonnes milled – 
total underground 
and surface

Tonnes processed – 
tailings (note 2)

Tonnes processed – 
surface feedstock

Tonnes processed 
– total tailings and 
surface feedstock

Tonnes milled and 
processed – total

Head grade – 
underground

Head grade – 
surface

Head grade – total 
underground and 
surface

Head grade – 
tailings

Head grade – 
surface feedstock

Head grade – total 
tailings and surface 
feedstock

Head grade – total 

Recovered grade

Overall recovery 
– underground 
operations

Overall recovery – 
tailings operations

Gold production 
– underground 
operations

Gold production – 
surface operations

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(%)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

258,405

408,281

666,686

254,673

381,986

636,659

9,978

6,076

–

9,978

266,223

272,299

268,383

408,281

676,664

260,749

648,209

908,958

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

258,405

408,281

666,686

254,673

381,986

636,659

9,978

6,076

–

9,978

266,223

272,299

268,383

408,281

676,664

260,749

648,209

908,958

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

959,215

1,445,044

959,215

1,445,044

2,404,259

971,627

507,444

971,627

507,444

1,479,071

–

–

396,942

139,723

–

–

396,942

396,942

139,723

139,723

959,215

1,841,986

959,215

1,841,986

2,801,201

971,627

647,167

971,627

647,167

1,618,794

268,383

408,281

676,664

959,215

1,841,986

1,227,598

2,250,267

3,477,865

260,749

648,209

908,958

971,627

647,167

1,232,376

1,295,376

2,527,752

11.0

10.9

1.2

1.4

10.7

10.7

–

–

–

–

–

–

10.7

10.7

9.8

9.7

92

91

–

–

5.7

4.6

–

1.1

5.7

3.2

–

–

–

–

–

–

5.7

3.2

5.6

3.0

98

97

–

–

7.8

7.1

1.2

1.1

7.7

5.3

–

–

–

–

–

–

7.7

5.3

7.3

5.0

95

93

–

–

84,428

73,496

157,924

81,315

53,746

135,061

262

178

–

9,813

262

9,990

–

–

–

–

–

–

1.7

1.4

–

–

1.7

1.4

1.7

1.4

0.9

0.8

–

–

54

57

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

0.3

0.3

1.3

1.1

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.5

0.3

0.3

–

–

46

54

–

–

–

–

11.0

10.9

1.2

1.4

10.7

10.7

1.7

1.4

–

–

1.7

1.4

3.7

3.3

2.9

2.7

92

91

54

57

5.7

4.6

–

1.1

5.7

3.2

0.3

0.3

1.3

1.1

0.5

0.5

1.5

1.8

1.3

1.7

98

97

46

54

7.8

7.1

1.2

1.1

7.7

5.3

0.9

1.0

1.3

1.1

0.9

1.0

2.2

2.6

1.8

2.2

95

93

52

56

84,428

73,496

157,924

81,315

53,746

135,061

262

178

–

9,813

262

9,990

56 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Gold production – 
tailings operations

Gold production – 
surface feedstock

Gold sold (note 2)

Average ZAR gold 
price received

Average USD gold 
price received

ZAR cash cost

ZAR all-in sustaining 
cost

ZAR all-in cost

USD cash cost

USD all-in sustaining 
cost

USD all-in cost

ZAR cash cost per 
tonne (note 3)

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Underground and 
surface operations

Tailings operations

Total continuing operations

Year 
ended
30 June

Units

Barberton
Mines

Evander
Mines

Total

BTRP

ETRP

Barberton
 Mines
 Total

Evander
 Mines
 Total

Group
 Total

35,315

26,776

11,427

4,029

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

28,591

24,283

–

–

6,724

2,494

11,427

4,029

28,591

24,283

–

–

6,724

2,494

11,427

4,029

84,690

81,493

73,496

158,186

63,558

145,051

28,591

24,283

18,151

113,281

91,647

204,928

6,523

105,776

70,081

175,857

(ZAR/kg)

544,618

539,202

542,102

547,862

541,483

545,437

539,654

542,850

(ZAR/kg)

446,246

447,474

446,784

447,387

430,797

446,508

445,922

446,274

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

1,167

1,212

1,156

1,216

1,162

1,214

1,174

1,215

1,161

1,113

1,169

1,213

1,156

1,216

1,164

1,212

(ZAR/kg)

323,799

445,078

380,150

147,162

273,965

279,226

411,168

338,242

(ZAR/kg)

309,289

475,338

382,048

176,734

266,453

278,859

455,896

349,410

(ZAR/kg)

413,422

526,817

466,109

155,080

275,661

348,231

477,044

405,847

(ZAR/kg)

375,914

532,767

444,644

185,280

266,453

332,151

507,980

402,221

(ZAR/kg)

418,628

529,438

470,114

164,168

275,661

354,417

479,145

410,206

(ZAR/kg)

382,620

539,315

451,280

185,280

735,262

337,317

557,553

425,084

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(ZAR/t)

(ZAR/t)

694

840

886

1,021

897

1,039

3,178

3,006

131.6

109.3

954

1,291

1,129

1,447

1,135

1,465

2,492

1,450

153.8

143.1

815

1,038

999

1,208

1,008

1,226

2,764

1,896

285.4

252.5

Capital expenditure 
(note 4)

2016

(ZAR million)

2015

(ZAR million)

Revenue

2016

(ZAR million)

1,434.6

1,232.6

2,667.2

2015

(ZAR million)

1,131.1

884.6

2,015.7

Cost of production

2016

(ZAR million)

2015

(ZAR million)

852.9

783.9

1,017.4

1,870.3

939.7

1,723.6

All-in sustainable 
cost of production

All-in cost of 
production

Adjusted EBITDA 
(note 5)

Average exchange 
rate

2016

(ZAR million)

1,089.0

1,204.3

2,293.3

2015

(ZAR million)

952.8

1,053.2

2,006.0

2016

(ZAR million)

1,102.7

1,210.3

2,313.0

2015

(ZAR million)

2016

(ZAR million)

2015

(ZAR million)

2016

2015

(ZAR/USD)

(ZAR/USD)

969.8

422.4

301.8

14.51

11.45

1,066.2

2,036.0

204.3

32.4

14.51

11.45

626.7

334.2

14.51

11.45

315

480

332

503

352

503

136

137

8.1

3.3

487.2

337.9

130.8

133.5

137.9

139.9

145.9

139.9

307.4

203.7

14.51

11.45

587

688

591

688

591

1,899

84

84

–

95.1

305.7

87.4

154.8

54.1

155.7

54.1

155.7

149.2

153.3

15.0

14.51

12.04

599

758

746

902

760

916

801

744

139.7

112.6

881

1,238

1,023

1,380

1,027

1,515

521

767

153.8

238.2

725

949

870

1,093

879

1,155

620

756

293.5

350.8

1,921.8

1,538.3

3,460.1

1,469.0

972.0

2,441.0

983.7

917.4

1,172.2

2,155.9

993.8

1,911.2

1,226.9

1,360.0

2,586.9

1,092.7

1,107.3

2,200.0

1,248.6

1,366.0

2,614.6

1,109.7

1,215.4

2,325.1

729.8

505.5

14.51

11.45

357.6

1,087.4

47.4

14.51

11.45

552.9

14.51

11.45

Note 1: Surface source tonnes allocated to ETRP from 1 March 2015.
Note 2: ETRP production for January and February 2015 was capitalised according to IAS 16 (204,024t producing 17kg gold).
Note 3: Split between ETRP and surface feedstock cost per tonne is R44.92/t and R220.25/t respectively, averaging at R84/t.
Note 4: Included in Evander Mines capital for the prior year is an amount of ZAR95.1 million relating to the construction of the ETRP.
Note 5: Adjusted EBITDA is represented by earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation, impairments and loss on disposal of associate.

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57

Operational production continued

PGE operations

Tonnes processed – tailings

Head grade – tailings

Overall recovery

PGE sold

Average ZAR PGE price received

Average USD PGE price received

ZAR cash cost

ZAR all-in sustaining cost

ZAR all-in cost

USD cash cost

USD all-in sustaining cost

USD all-in cost

ZAR cash cost per tonne

Capital expenditure

Revenue

Cost of production

All-in sustainable cost of production

All-in cost of production

Adjusted EBITDA (note 1)

Average exchange rate

Year 
ended
30 June

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

Units

(t)

(t)

(g/t)

(g/t)

(%)

(%)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(ZAR/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(USD/oz)

(ZAR/t)

(ZAR/t)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR million)

(ZAR/USD)

(ZAR/USD)

Tailings 
operations
Phoenix 
Platinum

 248,981 

 262,119 

 3.08 

 3.31 

43

44

 8,339 

 10,245 

 8,952 

 9,603 

 617 

 839 

 8,890 

 6,621 

 10,113 

 7,016 

 10,600 

 7,016 

 613 

 578 

 697 

 613 

 731 

 613 

 298 

 259 

 6.8 

 0.6 

 74.7 

 98.4 

 74.1 

 67.8 

 84.3 

 71.9 

 88.4 

 71.9 

 (4.8)

 27.7 

Total

 248,981 

 262,119 

 3.08 

 3.31 

43

44

 8,339 

 10,245 

 8,952 

 9,603 

 617 

 839 

 8,890 

 6,621 

 10,113 

 7,016 

 10,600 

 7,016 

 613 

 578 

 697 

 613 

 731 

 613 

 298 

 259 

 6.8 

 0.6 

 74.7 

 98.4 

 74.1 

 67.8 

 84.3 

 71.9 

 88.4 

 71.9 

 (4.8)

 27.7 

 14.51 

 11.45 

 14.51 

 11.45 

Note 1: Adjusted EBITDA is represented by earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation, impairments and loss on disposal of associate.

58 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

STRATEGIC REPORT: 
PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Coal operations

Tonnes processed – underground

Tonnes processed – coal acquired

Tonnes processed – total underground and acquired

Tonnes – total

Yield 

Coal washed – underground and acquired

Coal traded – no processing required

Coal sold

Average ZAR coal price received

Average USD coal price received

ZAR cash cost

ZAR all-in sustaining cost

ZAR all-in cost

USD cash cost

USD all-in sustaining cost

USD all-in cost

Capital expenditure

Revenue

Cost of production

All-in sustainable cost of production

All-in cost of production

Adjusted EBITDA (note 1)

Average exchange rate 

Three months 
ended
30 June

Units

Total

2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015
2016
2015

(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(%)
(%)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(ZAR/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(USD/t)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR million)
(ZAR/USD)
(ZAR/USD)

 128,022 
 – 
 38,354 
 – 
 166,376 
 – 
 166,376 
 – 
68.3
 – 
 113,634 
 – 
 22,468 
 – 
 136,102 
 – 
720 
 – 
48 
 – 
674 
 – 
657 
 – 
657 
 – 
45 
 – 
44 
 – 
44 
 – 
0.9 
 – 
98.0 
 – 
91.8 
 – 
 89.4 
 – 
 89.4 
 – 
 10.8 
 – 
 15.01 
 – 

Note 1 – Adjusted EBITDA is represented by earnings before interest, taxation, depreciation and amortisation, impairments and loss on disposal of associate.

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Abridged Mineral Resources 
and Mineral Reserves report

The 2016 Abridged Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Report (MR&MR) 

is available on the company’s website at 

 www.panafricanresources.com. 

A summary of the report including the group mineral resource and reserve 

statement as at 30 June 2016 has been provided in this report.

Gold
Relationship between exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves showing 
Pan African Resources’ attributable resources and reserves as at 30 June 2016.

EXPLORATION RESULTS

RESOURCES
Total 34.9Moz Au

Inferred
12.3Moz Au
Indicated
20.4Moz Au
Measured
2.2Moz Au

RESERVES
Total 10.0Moz Au

Probable
8.7Moz Au
Proved
1.3Moz Au

PGEs 4E*
Relationship between exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves showing
Pan African Resources’ attributable resources and reserves as at 30 June 2016.

EXPLORATION RESULTS

RESOURCES
Total 0.6Moz PGEs 4E

Inferred
0.4Moz PGEs 4E
Indicated
0.1Moz PGEs 4E
Measured
0.1Moz PGEs 4E

RESERVES
Total 0.2Moz PGEs 4E

Probable
0.1Moz PGEs 4E
Proved
0.1Moz PGEs 4E

* PGEs 4E are stated as PGE 4E (Pt, Pd, Au, Rh).

Coal
Relationship between exploration results and mineral resources showing Pan African 
Resources’ attributable resources as at 30 June 2016.

EXPLORATION RESULTS

RESOURCES
Total 23.3Mt

Inferred
4.0Mt
Indicated
4.3Mt
Measured
15.0Mt

RESERVES
Total 12.6Mt

Probable
2.8Mt
Proved
9.8Mt

Scope of report
This version of the Pan African Resources 
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves 
Report 2016 (MR&MR) conforms to the 
standards determined by the South African 
Code for the Reporting of Exploration 
Results, Mineral Resources and Mineral 
Reserves (the SAMREC Code, 2007 edition) 
and forms part of Pan African Resources’ 
integrated annual report including the 
annual fi nancial statements for the year 
ended 30 June 2016. The entire suite 
of documents is available in full on 
 www.panafricanresources.com.

The mineral resource is inclusive of the 
mineral reserve component, unless otherwise 
stated. Information is presented either by 
operation, mine or project, as indicated. 
The tables and graphs used to illustrate 
developments across the operations of 
Pan African Resources in FY16 include:

•   Mineral resources tables by commodity

•  Mineral reserves modifying factors

•  Mineral reserves tables by commodity

•   A comparison of the mineral reserves 

and mineral resources estimates with the 
previous year together with explanations of 
material differences

•  Appointed competent persons.

Matters on which detail is provided in this 
version include regional geology, location, 
exploration drilling organic ore reserve 
projects, type of mining, production fi gures 
and mineral tenure.

Reporting Code
The guiding principle in the MR&MR is to 
ensure integrity, transparency and materiality 
in informing all stakeholders on the status of 
the group’s mineral asset base. Pan African 
Resources uses the SAMREC Code, which 
sets out the internationally recognised 
procedures and standards for reporting 
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves 
in South Africa, developed by the South 
African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy as 
the recommended guideline for reserve and 
resource reporting for JSE-listed companies. 
Distinct effort has also been made to comply 
with AIM Rules for Mining and Oil and Gas 
Companies of the London Stock Exchange.

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The guiding principle in the MR&MR 
The guiding principle in the MR&MR 
is to ensure integrity, transparency 
is to ensure integrity, transparency 
and materiality in informing all 
and materiality in informing all 
stakeholders on the status of the 
stakeholders on the status of the 
group’s mineral asset base; also 
group’s mineral asset base; also 
informing our life of mine planning 
informing our life of mine planning 
and the sustainable future of 
and the sustainable future of 
Pan African Resources.
Pan African Resources.

Barry Naicker 
Group Mineral 
Resource Manager

Reporting in compliance with 
SAMREC Code
To meet the requirement of the South 
African Code for the Reporting of 
Exploration Results, Mineral Resources and 
Mineral Reserves (SAMREC Code) that the 
material reported as a Mineral Resource 
should have “reasonable and realistic 
prospects for eventual economic extraction”, 
Pan African Resources has determined an 
appropriate cut-off grade which has been 
applied to the quantifi ed mineralised body. 
In determining the cut-off grade, Pan African 
Resources uses a gold price of ZAR550,000/kg.
At our underground mines, the optimal 
cut-off is defi ned as the lowest grade at 
which an orebody can be mined to maximise 
total profi ts, under a specifi ed set of mining 
parameters. The mineral resource optimiser 
tool developed in-house was applied to the 
mineral resource inventory.

The optimiser programme requires the 
following inputs to convert the mineral 
resource to the mineral reserve:

•  The on-mine database inventory of all 

mineral resource blocks

•   An assumed gold price – ZAR450,000/kg

•   Planned production rates for each mine

•   Mine call factor (MCF)

•  Plant recovery factors

•   Historical cash operating costs and other 

effi ciency factors.

The mineral reserves represent that portion 
of the Measured and Indicated Mineral 
Resources above cut-off in the LOM plan, 
and have been estimated after considering 
the modifying factors affecting extraction. 
A range of disciplines has been involved at 
each mine in the life of mine planning process 
including geology, surveying, planning, mining 
engineering, rock engineering, metallurgy, 
fi nancial management, human resources 
management and environmental management.

Note: mineral resources are inclusive of the 
mineral reserve, unless otherwise stated. 
Rounding of numbers contained in this 
report may result in minor computational 
discrepancies.

Competent person
The competent person for Pan African 
Resources, Mr Barry Naicker, the group 
Mineral Resource Manager, signs off the 
MR&MR for the group and has reviewed and 
nd 
approved the information contained in this 
announcement in writing. He is a member 
of the South African Council for Scientifi c 
Professions (400234/10). Mr Naicker has 
15 years of experience in economic geology 
gy 
and mineral resource management.

He is based at 1st Floor, The Firs, corner 
Cradock and Biermann Avenues, 
Rosebank 2196, Gauteng.

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Strategy

Pan African Resources has an exceptional asset base and attractive growth opportunities, in both 
established projects and brownfi eld exploration prospects. Strategy in this regard is based on 
global best practice in mineral resource management (MRM) to aggressively explore and develop 
projects that will become next generation long-term business units. 

The MRM framework aims at optimally exploiting the group’s mineral inventory ethically and responsibly. Best practices are aligned 
to mitigate risks, ensuring longevity and sustainable operations. A range of disciplines has been involved at each mine in the life of 
mine planning process including geology, surveying, planning, mining engineering, rock engineering, metallurgy, fi nancial management, 
human resources management and environmental management. PAR has the legal entitlement to the minerals being reported 
and PAR is unaware of any material risks and legal proceedings that could impact the MR&MR declared in this report.

Highlights
•    Positive pre-feasibility study (PFS) of the Elikhulu tailings retreatment project, the company mandated 

DRA Projects Proprietary Limited to conduct a defi nitive feasibility (DFS) study on the project. The study will be 
completed by November 2016

•   3.0Moz or 9.4% gross annual increase in group gold resources to 34.9Moz (2015: 31.9Moz)
•   Down dip extension of the high grade 11 Block of the MRC orebody by a further 70 metres
•    This extension to the MRC orebody resulted in additional mineral reserves at Fairview Mine, thereby extending 

the life of mine of Barberton Mines to 22 years

•    Positive grade/tonnage profi le for the 25 – 26 levels at Evander 8 Shaft, thereby maintaining the life of mine 

of Evander Mines to 16 years

•    Surface exploration drilling commenced at Evander Mines targeting the 2010 Payshoot orebody
•   23.3Mt of mineable tonnage in situ coal from Uitkomst Colliery

The evolution of a project from initial testing to commissioning can take 12 to 18 months or longer, and involves a series of study stages to 
reach investment approval and implementation.

We distinguish the group from our peers by having a clear focus on growth and only mining resources that must be profi table in all parts of the 
price cycle, in order to deliver long-term economic value to Pan African Resources. The graph below demonstrates the group’s mineral assets within 
the value chain and how value is released through acquisitions and projects such as BTRP, Elikhulu, ETRP, Royal Sheba and Uitkomst Colliery.

EXPLORATION

DEVELOPMENT 
PROJECT

MINE CONSTRUCTION

MINE 
PRODUCTION

Mineral 
Resources

Reconnaissance

Inferred

Proved

Probable

Measured

Indicated

Evander 7 Shaft 
No.3 Decline

Royal Sheba

2010 Payshoot

Rolspruit

Poplar

Elikhulu

Evander 9 Shaft A Block

Evander South

Mineral 
Reserves

Barberton Mines

Evander 8 Shaft

Phoenix Platinum

BTRP

ETRP

Uitkomst Colliery

DESKTOP STUDY

DISCOVERY

FEASIBILITY 
STUDY

PROJECT 
COMMISSIONING

E
U
L
A
V
T
C
E
J
O
R
P

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Progress 

Sustainable

Progress 

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Mineral Resource Gold 34.9Moz, PGEs 0.6Moz, Coal 23,3Mt

Organic growth projects: Evander Shaft 8 – 26 level, 
Fairview Mine – MRC orebody and Royal Sheba

Brownfi eld projects: Elikhulu PFS completed now progressing 
with DFS, 2010 Payshoot – surface exploration drilling in 
progress, Evander 9 Shaft A Block and Rolspruit

Accretive acquisitions

Profi table

High grade/low cost producer
Barberton Mines: 11.0g/t*
Evander Mines: 5.7g/t*
Phoenix Platinum: 3.7g/t*
* Head grade

Uitkomst Colliery – high grade thermal coal

Attributable profi t

Earnings per share

A working strategy

This strategy includes:

•  Improving the conversion of mineral 

resources to mineral reserves by accessing, 
developing and exploiting underground 
orebodies and surface assets

•  Unlocking the value of major organic 

projects

•  Identifying new expansion opportunities 

to sustain growth.

Stakeholders

Mineral tenure secured

Progress 

Growth

Progress 

Mineral Reserve Gold 10.0Moz, PGEs 4E 0.2Moz, Coal 12.6Mt

Compliance with all relevant South African labour legislation

Cash-generative

Compliance with MPRDA, Mining Charter and implementation 
of social and labour plans

Proactive, strong relationships with regulators, organised labour 
and communities

Attractive dividend

Continual low cash cost gold production

Barberton Mines – 22*
Evander Mines – 16*
Phoenix Platinum – 9*
BTRP – 14*
ETRP – 16*
Uitkomst Colliery – 22*

* Life of mine – years

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Highlights

In the context of achieving our vision, the MR&MR report encompasses our 
four strategic pillars as below:

High grade/low cost

Barberton Mines   11.0g/t*

producer

ETRP

Evander Mines 

5.7g/t*

Phoenix Platinum   3.7g/t*

P

ROFIT A B

E

L

Evander Mines

* Head grade

Mineral Resources

Gold 34.9Moz up 9.4%

PGEs 0.6Moz

Coal 23.3Mt

Organic growth projects
Barberton Mines – MRC orebody extension,
Royal Sheba and Evander Shaft 8 – 26 level 

Brownfi eld projects 
Rolspruit, 2010 Payshoot, Evander 9 Shaft A Block

DFS on Elikhulu to be 
completed by November 2016

2010 Payshoot – surface exploration 
drilling in progress

S

USTAI N A B

L E

S

T

AKEHO L D E R S

Mineral tenure

Stakeholder engagement

Longevity in operations

Local economic development

Organised labour

Mineral Reserves

Life of mine

Gold 10.0Moz down 3.8%

Barberton Mines 

22 years

GROW T H

PGEs 0.2Moz

Coal 12.6Mt

Life of mine increased

Evander Mines 

16 years

Phoenix Platinum 

9 years

BTRP 

ETRP 

14 years

16 years

Uitkomst Colliery 

22 years

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Gold
Group gold Mineral Resources
The group’s attributable gold mineral resources increased from 31.9 million ounces (Moz) in 
June 2015 to 34.9Moz in June 2016, equating to an annual increase of 3.0Moz, or 9.4%. This 
increase can be attributed to additional resources estimated for the Elikhulu project at Evander 
Mines and a higher gold price used for the declaration of the group’s gold mineral resource.

Group gold % changes during 2016

Mineral Resources

 Contained gold

9.4%

As at 30 June 2016

Category

Mineral Resource

Pan African Resources

Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total

Tonnes
million

6.6
261.3
69.4
337.3

Grade
g/t

10.27
2.42
5.56
3.22

Tonnes

67.8
633.5
386.0
1 087.3

Moz

2.2
20.4
12.3
34.9

Group gold Mineral Reserves
The group’s attributable mineral reserves decreased from 10.4Moz in June 2015 to 10.0Moz in 
June 2016 – an annual decrease of 0.4Moz, or 3.8%. 

As at 30 June 2016

Category

Mineral Reserve

Pan African Reserves

Proved
Probable
Total

Tonnes
million

5.0
77.3
82.3

Grade
g/t

7.78
3.51
3.71

 Contained gold

Tonnes

38.8
271.8
310.6

Moz

1.3
8.7
10.0

The decrease in the group’s gold mineral reserve can be attributed to mining depletion during the 
year under review. 

Mineral Reserves

(3.8%)

Platinum Group Elements (PGEs 4E)
Group PGEs 4E Mineral Resources
The group’s attributable PGEs 4E mineral resources did not change materially for the year under 
review. 

 Contained PGEs 4E

Group – PGEs 2016 (%)

Mineral Resources

As at 30 June 2016

Category

Mineral Resource

Pan African Resources

Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total

Tonnes
million

1.4
1.3
3.5
6.2

Grade
g/t

2.43
2.65
3.65
3.16

Tonnes

Moz

0%

3.4
3.4
12.6
19.0

0.1
0.1
0.4
0.6

Group PGEs 4E Mineral Reserves
The group’s attributable PGEs 4E mineral reserves decreased from 0.5Moz in June 2015 to 0.2Moz in 
June 2016 – an annual decrease of 0.3Moz or 60%. This decrease is attributed to the exclusion of the 
mineral reserves from the Lesedi Mine, current arisings. Following IFM being placed in business rescue, 
the PGEs 4E mineral reserves at Phoenix Platinum declined year-on-year by 0.3Moz.

Mineral Reserves

As at 30 June 2016

Category

Mineral Reserve

Pan African Reserves

Proved
Probable
Total

Tonnes
million

1.4
1.3
2.7

Grade
g/t

2.43
2.65
2.54

 Contained PGEs 4E

Tonnes

Moz

(60%)

3.4
3.4
6.8

0.1
0.1
0.2

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Coal
Group coal Mineral Resources
The group’s attributable coal mineral resource was declared as 23.3Mt as at June 2016.

Resources

Raw coal qualities (ad)

Class

MTIS (Mt)

Measured
Indicated
Inferred
Total

Class

Proved
Probable
Total

15.0
4.3
4.0
23.3

Reserves

MTIS (Mt)

9.8
2.8
12.6

RD

1.50
1.51
1.50

Yield
%

73.9
76.2

IM 
%

2.5
2.5
2.4

IM 
%

2.7
2.8

Ash
 %

23.5
23.8
23.4

VM 
%

24.3
23.9
23.4

FC
 %

49.8
49.8
50.9

Run of mine qualities (12% ash product)

Ash 
%

12.0
12.0

VM 
%

28.0
27.5

FC
 %

57.3
57.8

CV
 MJ/kg

24.75
24.62
25.02

CV
 MJ/kg

28.96
29.00

TS
 %

1.23
1.14
1.03

TS
 %

0.96
0.97

MTIS – mineable tonnes in situ | RD – relative density | IM – inherent moisture | FC – fi xed carbon | CV – calorifi c value | TS – total sulphur

Group organic growth
Current exploration drilling as well as accessing and developing of our orebodies were maintained during the year. The strategy of converting 
mineral resource to mineral reserve was progressed by moving organic projects further up the mining value chain towards commissioning. 

The tables below refl ect the progress of near-mine growth projects that have contributed ounces to the mineral resource for the year.

Group: Exploring the orebody – exploration drilling

Operation

Barberton Mines 
Evander Mines

Total 
metres

Number of 
boreholes

Average 
channel 
width 
cm

Number of
intersections 
above 
cut-off

Average 
grade
g/t

Total 
expenditure 
Rm

9,916
567

118
9

146
27

50
1

17.46
16.20

7.0
0.6

Exploration drilling projects at Barberton Mines yielded positive results on all three operations (see table on 

 page 67). 

•   At Fairview Mine, exploration drilling confi rmed a further 70m down-dip extension of the MRC orebody with a high-grade intersection of 

125.8b0g/t over 680cm. The depth extent of this orebody is open-ended.

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Recent borehole results are detailed below:

Borehole number

Fairview Mine Bh 5951
Sheba Mine Bh SWR 15
New Consort Bh 14L19
New Consort Bh 33C2

Group: Accessing the orebody – on-reef development

Operation

Barberton Mines 
Evander Mines

Barberton Mines: Developing the orebody – capital ore reserve projects

Project

Sheba Mine – pillar development
Sheba Mine – Edwin Bray to Thomas and Joe’s Luck area
Fairview Mine – 11 Level Royal Reef
Fairview Mine– 1# ore reserve opening
Fairview Mine – 3 Shaft deepening
Fairview Mine – 64-68 Level
Sheba Mine – Western Cross
Royal Sheba
Consort – 33-45PC 
Consort – MMR pillar development
8 – 3 #

Evander Mines: Developing the orebody – capital ore reserve projects

Project

2 Decline 24–25 Level
25 A block ventilation

Channel 
width
 cm

680
100
100
100

Total 
on-reef 
development
m

926
330

Year end
30 June 
2016 
m

Year end
 30 June 
2015
 m

Year end
30 June 
2014
 m

Grade 
g/t

125.80
28.90
22.80
17.00

Average 
grade 
g/t

4.41
41.59

Potential
resource
 oz

540
27
–
131
64
581
133
189
387
–
17

824
5
–
84
26
447
295
165
258
–
327

23,599
351
13,246
171
17,000
–
14,821
154
1,600
–
860,766
295
32,022
71
206,750
–
10,000
193
173 (new target area)
900
253

Year end
30 June 
2016 
m

356
87

Year end
 30 June 
2015
 m

904
10

Year end
30 June 
2014
 m

686
925

Potential
resource
 oz

1,200,000

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Group growth projects
Elikhulu
Following receipt of a positive PFS of the Elikhulu tailings retreatment project, the company has mandated DRA Projects Proprietary Limited to 
conduct a DFS on the project. The results of the study will be completed by November 2016, after which shareholders will be apprised.

In March 2016, SRK independently estimated the mineral resource of the Elikhulu project at 178.7Mt @ 0.29g/t (1.7Moz). 

2010 Payshoot 
A surface exploration drilling programme was initiated during the year to defi ne additional mineral resources for the 2010 Payshoot orebody. 
The 2010 Payshoot is a secondary payshoot originating from the main Kinross Payshoot and can be accessed from the No.3 decline at 
Evander Mines 7 Shaft. Previous surface holes in this area delivered results up to 36.04g/t over a Kimberley reef width of 49cm. The potential 
mineral resource of the 2010 Payshoot is estimated at 6.3Mt @ 10.82g/t (2.2Moz).

The company’s current generic growth projects are summarised below:

Evander Mine projects

Elikhulu
2010 Payshoot

Category

Resource
Resource

Tonnes
million

178.7
6.3

Grade
g/t

0.29
10.82

Ounces
Moz

Depth below 
surface 
m

1.7
2.2

On surface
1,800 – 2,500

Z-400

Z-400

1
6
.
1
m

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(cid:125)

3

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5 . 3  ; 0 . 8
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PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Employee review

Our people are one of the 
three enablers that assist 
the group in executing 
its strategy. As such, we 
recognise our employees 
as fundamental to the 
sustainability of the business 
and appreciate that we also 
have a responsibility beyond 
our own employees, in the 
wider employment context.

HIGHLIGHTS

sful c
Successful c
Successful conclusion of multi-year wage agreements

conclus

 Integration of employees at the Uitkomst Colliery operation into the 
Pan African group

Finalisation of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the 
University of Johannesburg (UJ) formalising the provision of bursaries 
over a three-year period

Finalisation of the employee share ownership programmes for 
Evander Mines

Low staff turnover at the majority of operations

CHALLENGES

henin
Strengthenin
 Strengthening relations with communities surrounding our operations 
and with the unions

ng rela

Ageing workforce, especially the rock drill operators

Increased rate of unemployment in the communities surrounding our 
operations

LOOKING 
AHEAD

Continuousuous
 Continuous stakeholder and employee engagement to ensure 
alignment with the company’s vision and strategic objectives

stakeh

Reinforcing succession planning and training of staff in specialised 
positions

Successful implementation of all elements of the SLPs

Aligning human resource policies and practices at the Uitkomst Colliery 
with those of the group

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Employee review continued

Key performance indicators
Employee statistics

Employees 
–  Permanent
–  Contractors
Employee turnover 
Human resources development 
spend

Total number of operational employees by 
age group
20 – 30 years
30 – 40 years
40 – 50 years
50+ years
Total operations

Unit

(Number)
(Number)
(Number)
(%)

(ZAR million)

(Number)
(Number)
(Number)
(Number)
(Number)

2016

6,062
4,441
1,621
6.4

33.3

582
1,156
1,129
1,574
4,441

The SLP covers 
• Employment equity 

•  Human resources 

development 

• Local economic development 

• Preferential procurement 

• Downscaling/retrenchments 

• Housing and living conditions 

• Nutrition and health 

• Adult education

20151

5,863
4,439
1,424
7.0

29.1

793
1,057
1,239
1,350
4,439

1  Comparatives restated to include 113 Uitkomst Colliery employees. Group employees total 

is 4,326 excluding Uitkomst employees.

Employee statistics per operation

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

Phoenix Platinum Uitkomst Colliery Corporate offi ce

Group

Employment type

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

20151

Employees
Contractors
Total

% of workforce 
South African

1,891
460
2,351

1,882
460
2,342

2,418
772
3,190

2,427
577
3,004

3
62
65

3
58
61

115
326
441

113
329
442

14
1
15

14
0
14

4,441
1,621
6,062

4,439
1,424
5,863

98.0

97.1

76.18

73.0

100.0

100.0

99.3

99.6

100.0

100.0

86

86

1 Comparatives restated to include 113 Uitkomst Colliery employees. Group employees total is 4,326 excluding Uitkomst employees.

Overview of progress

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Our focus for 2016

What we achieved

Self-
assessment

Maintaining a stable workforce and low turnover rate

Integrating the group’s new employees following the Uitkomst 
Colliery acquisition 

Aligning employees, through greater engagement, with the objectives 
of the respective operational business plans by creating a sense 
of belonging through the revised incentive and employee share 
ownership programmes
Implementing an effective and effi cient communication strategy.

This was achieved at most operations except Evander 
Mines where a high turnover was experienced in the 
engineering department
Smooth transition upon completion of the acquisition 
– focus will now be on aligning all policies and practices 
with that of the group
Revised incentive schemes at Barberton Mines and 
Evander Mines 

Ongoing communication strategy in place at all 
operations

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Pan African Resources in partnership with University of Johannesburg – supporting education in 
the fi elds of various mining disciplines

“We are grateful for the opportunity to partner with a reputable learning institution such as UJ and we are certain that this 
partnership will be a success.” Andre van den Bergh, Executive Human Resources

Education enables students to improve on their skills and reach their career and personal ambitions as well as ensuring that 
they make a meaningful contribution to the South African economy, where the unemployment rate is about 26.6%1. Education 
has always been a focus for Pan African Resources, mainly through our gold mining operations, which have learnerships and 
bursary programmes in place and have promoted mathematics and science in the local community through the Mining Expo 
in Barberton. 

As we entered into the 2017 fi nancial year, we expanded on the support we currently offer to students in the fi elds of the 
mining disciplines such as mining engineering, mineral surveying, metallurgy and geology, through a partnership with UJ. This 
partnership formalised the provision of bursaries to students over a three-year period. The group currently offers bursary 
support to 11 UJ students, with the aim of increasing those numbers to 16 over the coming year(s). With the expertise 
of UJ, we will identify the most deserving students to be recipients of these bursaries as and when they become available. 
Recipients will be sourced from the local communities within the areas in which we operate and in accordance with our SLP 
development plan. Further, we also intend to offer development and mentorship support and where possible, training on site 
at our operations to enable students to benefi t from the programme. 

 1 http://www.tradingeconomics.com/south-africa/unemployment-rate.

Offi cial signing ceremony

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Employee review continued

At year-end the group had a total staff 
complement of 6,062 (2015: 5,863). We 
identify our people as the fi rst and primary 
driver of our four-pronged business strategy. 
Phoenix Platinum employs three individuals 
and operations at the processing plant are 
outsourced to a specialist metallurgical 
company, Metanza, which is responsible 
for employment at the operation. The 
Uitkomst Colliery employs 115 (2015: 113) 
permanent staff and 326 contractors are 
outsourced from a specialist mining company 
(Khethekile Mining), which is responsible for 
contractor employment at the operation. 
Our employees provide the bedrock of 
our group, often working in challenging 
conditions to enable Pan African Resources 
to successfully conduct its core business. 

We also recognise that we have a 
responsibility beyond our own employees in 
the wider employment context. Accordingly, 
wherever possible we employ from and upskill 
the communities surrounding our operations.

Our operations are controlled by mining 
rights and each operation has developed 
a social and labour plan (SLP), which 
has been submitted to the DMR. The 
elements covered in the SLP are shown 
on 

 page  70.

During the year under review, Pan African 
Resources entered into a partnership with 
UJ for the provision of bursaries over a 
three-year period – please see details on 

 page  71. Furthermore, UJ is collaborating 
with Pan African Resources on an additional 
project – uncovering mineral content in 
calcine samples collected from Pan African 
Resources. 

Employee relations 
Pan African Resources has a unionised 
workforce and it complies with all applicable 
legislation and bargaining arrangements. 
In addition, each operation has a strategic, 
proactive and consultative engagement 
process with unions and employees to 
further strengthen relations. In concluding 
Barberton Mines’ wage negotiations, the 
NUM embarked upon a protected strike 
which was amicably resolved. 

Skills development and training
Pan African Resources is committed to 
human resources development and spent 

ZAR33.3 million on training for the year 
under review (2015: ZAR29.1 million). 
Barberton Mines and Evander Mines have 
on-site accredited training centres offering 
a range of occupational skills training 
e 
programmes, while Phoenix Platinum and the 
Uitkomst Colliery provide on-site training 
or outsource training where applicable. 
Learnership programmes are also in place at 
the operations.

Performance management
Pan African Resources recognises that 
managing and reviewing employee 
performance and fostering employee 
development are critical to achieving 
strategic priorities and overall success. 
All group employees from the head of 
department and above to chief executive 
level have defi ned key performance 
indicators (KPIs), which are aligned with 
the group’s strategic objectives. These KPIs 
include production and personal-related 
KPIs, the weighting of which depends on the 
employee’s role and position. Assessments 
take place annually with the employee’s line 
manager and remuneration is linked to the 
score achieved by the employee. 

Talent management
Talent management is important in attracting, 
developing, motivating and retaining 
productive, engaged employees. 

Through its talent management approach, 
Pan African Resources aims to create a high-
performance, sustainable organisation that 
meets its strategic and operational objectives. 
To ensure adequate succession planning, key 
individuals who perform critical roles within 
the group have been earmarked as part of 
the group’s retention and performance plan 
over a three-year lock-in period from 2016 
to 2018. Regular engagements are conducted 
with these individuals to ensure development 
requirements needed for them to fulfi l their 
position are proactively addressed. 

Disabled employees
The group is committed to providing 
equal opportunity for individuals in all 
aspects of employment. The group gives 
every consideration to applications for 
employment by disabled persons where the 
requirements of the job may be adequately 

Our employees provide 
the bedrock of our group, 
often working in challenging 
conditions to enable 
Pan African Resources 
to successfully conduct its 
core business.

fi lled by a disabled person. Where existing 
employees become disabled, it is the group’s 
policy, wherever practicable, to provide 
continuing employment under similar terms 
and conditions and to provide training, career 
development and promotion wherever 
appropriate. 

Remuneration
Pan African Resources ensures its employees 
are fairly remunerated for their roles. 
Remuneration is dependent on the individual 
job grading and the group undertakes 
relevant research to ensure its remuneration 
is market related. Remuneration for 
employees consists of a basic salary 
and benefi ts including medical aid and 
pension. In addition, short-term incentive 
rewards are paid monthly, quarterly and 
annually, depending on the level of the 
employee. All remuneration and incentives 
are measured objectively against the 
individual’s KPIs. 

In addition, the group’s equity share option 
and share appreciation bonus plans are in 
place to appropriately incentivise selected 
employees at managerial level within 
the group. This ensures retention of key 
skills required for the group’s sustainable 
performance and to align management 
interests with those of its shareholders. The 
group implemented its employee share 
ownership programme at its gold and coal 
mining operations. This programme seeks to 
align the objectives of Pan African Resources 
with that of management and shareholders. 
The remuneration review on 
provides further detail on the group’s 
remuneration philosophy as well as detail 
on executive and non-executive directors’ 
remuneration.

 page 93

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OUR
PEOPLE

People and safety remains at the heart of our culture and is 
evident in the way we operate and manage the group. 

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Safety, health and environment review

Our formal integrated 
SHEQC policy, which 
is board approved, 
fi lters down through 
the group. Our SHEQC 
performance, as with 
all performances within 
the group, is driven by 
the group philosophy of 
continuous improvement. 
It is also used as a 
basis for incentivising 
management and 
employees.

HIGHLIGHTS

mplementeente
Implemented a group SHEQC dashboard programme to further 
improve focus on safety

ed a gr

 Successful implementation of safety “stop notes” – an internal safety 
stoppage instruction system

Increased voluntary counselling and testing of HIV/Aids

Increased awareness of health-related lifestyle diseases

No environmental fi nes at operations

CHALLENGES

tality
One fatality
 One fatality at Evander Mines
y at Eva

Behaviour and culture of employees towards safety

DMR safety stoppages

Illegal miners on the increase, posing a safety threat to the workforce

Managing lifestyle diseases despite awareness improvements

Ensuring all operations focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions

LOOKING 
AHEAD

shing
Establishing
 Establishing and implementing a behavioural safety-based programme

g and im

Establishing a group health strategy within the next two years

Preventing new cases of noise-induced hearing loss

Maintaining zero environmental fi nes

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Key performance indicators
Safety, health and environmental statistics

Safety
Total recordable injury frequency rate (TRIFR)
Lost time injury frequency rate (LTIFR)
Reportable injury frequency rate (RIFR)
Fatal injuries

Health
HIV/Aids – voluntary counselling and testing
Noise-induced hearing loss cases reportable
Sporotrichosis

Environment1
Total water consumption
Total electricity consumption
Total GHG emissions
Environmental fi nes and penalties

1 Environment fi gures exclude the Uitkomst Colliery.

Units

2016

2015

(Rate/million man hours)
(Rate/million man hours)
(Rate/million man hours)
(Number)

(Number)
(Number)

14.57
3.50
2.04
1

2,516
56
0

11.14
2.29
1.11
1

2,399
26
5

(000m3)
(Gj)
(tCO2e/t milled)
(Number)

16,422
1,451,761
1.0
0

12,249
1,376,815
1.1
0

Overview
A safe and healthy mining culture, with 
minimal impact on the environment, is a 
business imperative that underpins the 
group’s four key strategic pillars – profi table, 
sustainable, stakeholders and growth. Pan 
African Resources expends considerable 
effort in promoting a safe and healthy 
work environment. The group’s SHEQC 
objectives aim to achieve a sustained 
SHEQC management culture by promoting 
safety performance through zero harm to 
our employees and minimal impact on the 
environment. The group has an enabling 
culture where employees at all levels are 
encouraged to engage freely around SHEQC 
matters, as well as adhering to policies and 
procedures conducive to achieving this 
objective.

SHEQC governance and 
compliance
The board assumes ultimate responsibility 
for the group’s SHEQC performance. The 
SHEQC sub-committee is responsible for 

the oversight and management of SHEQC 
and keeping the board apprised of SHEQC 
matters relating to compliance, discipline and 
action plans around incidents and accidents. 
The general managers at the mines remain 
ultimately accountable for SHEQC on their 
operations. 

Meetings are held as deemed appropriate 
but no fewer than four are held annually. 
Membership, responsibilities and attendance 
of the SHEQC committee meetings are 
shown on 
 page 90. The group’s SHEQC 
policy extends to safety, health, environment, 
quality and communities and contains specifi c 
guidelines. 

Pan African Resources is committed 
to conducting its mining operations in 
strict compliance with the mining licence 
conditions set by the DMR, the Mine 
Health and Safety Act 29 of 1993, as 
amended from time to time, and other 
relevant legal requirements. Guidance and 
advice is provided by the group SHEQC 
manager, together with the safety, health 

and environmental offi cials at the group’s 
operations, within the group philosophy of 
continuous improvement. Legal requirements 
are treated as minimum requirements. 
Regular internal audits are performed by the 
operations’ safety, health and environmental 
offi cials. Further, monthly SHEQC 
performance reviews are carried out to 
ensure compliance with SHEQC standards 
and procedures. 

Mining operations are subject to various 
environmental legislative requirements 
and the group ensures adherence to 
these by ongoing monitoring through a 
robust SHEQC governance framework. 
Environmental aspects and impact 
assessments have been conducted at all 
our operations. The aspects and impact 
registers are available for each operation. 
The operations review their risk registers 
quarterly.

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Safety, health and environment review continued

Safety 
Overview of progress 

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Self-
assessment

Our focus for 2016

What we achieved

Achieving and maintaining a fatality-free year

One fatality at Evander Mines

Continuing to improve safety indicators towards achieving zero harm Improvements noted in operations

Establishing cross-operations safety, health and environmental audit 
teams and conducting internal audits bi-annually
Establishing a central electronic safety, health and environmental 
system for improved management control

Establishing formal Fatal Risk Standards that will incorporate 
elements such as: fall of ground, gassing, trackless mobile machinery, 
rail-bound equipment and underground fi res

Internal audits are ongoing 

Implemented a central electronic database system at all 
operations with the exception of Phoenix Platinum and 
Uitkomst Colliery 
Code of practices in place that serve as best practice

The group safety trend for TRIFR, LTIFR and 
RIFR has regressed compared to the 2015 
rates. The group fatal injury frequency rate 
(FIFR) remained at 0.07 (2015: 0.07). We are 
committed to continually improving safety and 
we endeavour to work towards zero harm. 

Regrettably one fatality occurred at Evander 
Mines on 26 June 2016, where Mr Joaquim 
Armando Muxhanga, a locomotive driver, 
was fatally injured while on duty. The cause of 
this fatality was miscommunication between 
the locomotive driver and the locomotive 
guard. Subsequently, changes were made to 
the following:

•  The signal communication processes 

between the locomotive drivers and the 
locomotive guards

•  All locomotives drivers and guards were 
retrained on the tramming standard

•  All locomotive drivers and guards were 
retrained on signalling, safe coupling and 
uncoupling of hoppers.

The board and management extend their 
deepest condolences to the family, friends 
and colleagues of Mr Joaquim Armando 
Muxhanga.

Each mining operation has its unique in-
house training programmes, aligned to the 
group’s strategic objective of zero harm. 
Safety, health and environmental training is 
included in induction for new employees as 

well as in refresher courses when employees 
return from leave. Training also includes 
job-specifi c training. To address the ongoing 
safety risk that illegal miners pose at our 
gold mine operations, a biometric clocking 
system has been installed to prevent, as 
far as possible, illegal miners accessing the 
underground operations.

To further improve on document control, 
the group implemented a safety dashboard 
system that will assist in the close-out of 
all actions, management of safe operating 
procedures and code of practices.

During the year under review, the group 
implemented an internal safety stoppage 
instruction system where any employee 
is able to stop operations posing a risk to 
employees’ safety. This was implemented 
to improve our safety performance and to 
address the group’s challenges of DMR safety 
stoppage instructions. The group continues 
to actively engage and strengthen relations 
with the DMR Inspectorate. 

As a result of a review of the way in which 
safety data is collated and reported across 
operations, management identifi ed that 
reporting of safety incidents at Evander 
Mines had been understated and that the 
information from the 2015 fi nancial year 
was not an appropriate base to benchmark 
the 2016 safety statistics. Following internal 
management investigations, the system for 

reporting of safety statistics was rectifi ed 
and a new safety tracking database 
was implemented across all operations, 
to ensure the accurate and complete 
reporting of safety data going forward 
for future benchmarking. In addition, the 
management structure at Evander Mines 
was revised to bolster the safety reporting. 
A turnaround strategy was implemented to 
reduce accidents and instil a culture of safe 
behaviour, which included:

•  The introduction of a safe production 

intervention strategy aimed at curbing the 
accident rates

•  The implementation of a stop note 

initiative that empowered all employees 
to immediately stop unsafe working 
environments

•  The introduction of a new safe declaration 
procedure, which incorporates an intense 
incident investigation process to identify 
root causes of safety 

•  The restructuring of the safety department

•  The implementation of regular internal 

safety audits.

Following the implementation of the 
abovementioned measures, there was a 
noticeable improvement in Evander Mines’ 
safety rates in the third and fourth quarters 
of FY2016. 

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Health
Overview of progress 

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Our focus for 2016

What we achieved

Continuing education and awareness initiatives

Ongoing at all operations

Self-
assessment

Targeting a 10% increase in the uptake of voluntary counselling 
and testing

The group achieved a 4.9% increase in the uptake of 
voluntary counselling and testing

hearing loss (NIHL). Barberton Mines 
also focuses on a seventh disease – 
sporotrichosis1 – and noted a decrease in 
the suspected cases of sporotrichosis. There 
was an increase in the participation in 
HIV/Aids voluntary counselling and testing, 
which is a testament to the focus on health 
and wellness at our operations. Campaigns 
are conducted regularly on HIV/Aids and 
TB prevention initiatives. NIHL increased at 
our gold operations due to an enhanced 
diagnosis system implemented in FY2015, 
which proactively identifi ed old NIHL cases. 
Subsequent to 2008, no new NIHL cases 
were identifi ed. The management of NIHL 
cases remains a focus and all employees are 
issued with hearing protection devices and 
receive regular training.

Employees diagnosed with lifestyle-related 
diseases such as hypertension and diabetes 
are regularly monitored and educational 
programmes are provided. Testing for these 
diseases also forms part of the medical 
surveillance programme, in an attempt to 
combat these diseases at an early stage. 

Occupational hygiene stressors are 
monitored by a qualifi ed occupational 
hygienist and quarterly reports are submitted 
to the DMR. Each employee has an individual 
health risk profi le. All operations’ crystalline 
silica occupational exposure limits were 
below the legislative requirement of 
0.05mg/m3 for the year under review. All 
employees are trained in the correct use of 
personal protective equipment (PPE). 

We recognise that mining carries inherent 
health risks. Effectively managing associated 
conditions and diseases is a direct investment 
by the group in our people, and managing 
their health is in the interests of our long-
term sustainability. The group provides a 
work environment that minimises health 
risks by ensuring adequate surveillance of 
workplaces and employees. This promotes 
work practices conducive to the long-term 
wellbeing of employees. The group provides 
appropriate and adequate healthcare facilities 
and resources. 

Management of the major diseases at our 
mining operations remains a top priority. 
At all operations, occupational health and 
employee wellness includes the management 
of the Big 6 diseases: HIV/Aids, TB, diabetes, 
hypertension, silicosis and noise-induced 

Environment
Overview of progress 

Our focus for 2016

What we achieved

Continuing to embed and establish internal 
environmental targets and objectives within all operations
Continuing to create awareness and change behaviour in 
respect of environmental impacts

The targets and objectives have been embedded within operations 
and these are measured on an ongoing basis
Over and above the policies and procedures in place, we 
implemented a SHEQC dashboard to reinforce awareness and 
change behaviours

Self-
assessment

Pan African Resources is committed to responsible stewardship of natural resources and the environment to eliminate or minimise the negative 
impacts of our operations. 

Environmental management is integrated into management practices throughout our operations. The group is steadfast in its commitment to 
enhancing its approach to reducing its impact on the environment and its environmental objectives include: 

•  Achieving zero penalties for environmental breaches 

•  Achieving the internal environmental targets established for reducing the group’s carbon footprint

•  Ensuring compliance with water use licence conditions. 

1 Sporotrichosis is an infection caused by a fungus called Sporothrix schenckii.

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Safety, health and environment review continued

Environmental impact assessments have been conducted and impact and aspect registers are available for each operation, which are reviewed 
annually to ensure compliance with environmental legislation. All operations have assessed the environmental risk associated with the transport 
of goods and materials and established that there are no signifi cant environmental impacts from these activities. Any cyanide transported to 
Barberton Mines and Evander Mines is taken by a supplier-approved transporter. Emergency response trailers are stationed onsite at Barberton 
Mines, BTRP and Evander Mines to deal with spillages.

Water 
Water quality in the areas surrounding operations is vigilantly monitored and managed. Surrounding surface and ground water is monitored 
to prevent polluted water being discharged. The discharge of water by our operations through controlled releases into the environment is 
pre-determined through regulatory requirements and is in line with our water use licences.

Expenditure on environmental protection

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

Phoenix Platinum

Group total

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

Pollution control and prevention
Rehabilitation
Environmental – operational
Total 

919,258
637,583
267,359
1,824,200

1,041,862
542,670
254,039
1,838,572

549,328
319,966
1,080,899
1,950,193

687,640
322,585
1,068,821
2,079,046

250,443
–
497,205
747,648

245,722
–
187,336
433,058

1,468,586
957,549
1,845,463
4,271,598

1,975,224
865,255
1,510,196
4,350,675

The group’s expenditure on environmental protection of ZAR4.3 million remained on par with that of the prior year. Evander Mines’ operational 
expenditure reduced marginally and Phoenix Platinum’s expenditure increased due to the use of the water bowser for dust suppression and 
sewage removal.

Land rehabilitation trust funds

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

Total

ZAR
2016

ZAR
2015

Total 

44,514,220

43,242,175

276,984,119

269,068,978

321,498,340

312,311,153

Land rehabilitation minimises and mitigates the environmental effects of mining. Rehabilitation management at the group’s operations is an 
ongoing process. The rehabilitation trust fund had a balance of ZAR321.5 million (2015: ZAR312.3 million) at year-end, which increased by 
ZAR9.2 million as a result of growth in investments. The rehabilitation trust funds comprise investments in guaranteed equity-linked notes, 
government bonds and equities.

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Community review

Pan African Resources 
strives to minimise potential 
negative social impacts 
caused by our mining 
operations while promoting 
opportunities for the local 
communities. We are 
committed to monitoring, 
measuring and managing 
the social and economic 
impacts created by our 
operations, in line with our 
approved SLPs.
Our operations engage in a range of 
development projects and community 
relations activities, which promote sustainable 
welfare within the communities. In addition, 
wherever possible, the group promotes 
responsible and ethical management of its 
supply chain by encouraging suppliers to 
support local economic development.

HIGHLIGHTS

spen
Group spen
Group spend on corporate social investment (CSI) and socio-economic 
development (SED) initiatives amounted to ZAR21.0 million

nd on c

CHALLENGES

Finding suitasuita
 Finding suitable local suppliers to assist with community projects and 
able loc
with supplying our operations

LOOKING 
AHEAD

Continuallyually
 Continually uplifting the communities within which we operate

upliftin

Overview of progress at all operations

Substantially achieved

Moderate progress

Not achieved

Our focus for 2016

What we achieved

Continually uplifting the communities within which we operate

Initiatives are ongoing across our operations

Self-
assessment

Positively impacting our 
communities
At the mines, management is proactive 
in building and maintaining stakeholder 
relationships with the local communities 
and has forged close working relationships 
with ward councillors and local leaders. 
(See stakeholder engagement on 
 pages 
34 and 35 of the integrated annual report.)

In terms of the MPRDA, mines are required 
to develop and implement comprehensive 
SLPs, human resources development 
programmes, mine community development 

plans, a housing and living conditions plan, 
employment equity plan, and other processes 
to save jobs and manage downscaling 
and/or closure. Progress reports are 
submitted annually to the DMR.

The group is committed to upholding 
the human rights of all our employees, 
contractors, suppliers and the communities 
in which we operate. We recognise people’s 
rights to culture, heritage and tradition 
through supporting indigenous cultural 
heritage.

Barberton Mines received a heartfelt 
letter of thanks from a Grade 10 learner 
at Emjindini Senior Secondary School, on 
behalf of all the learners, following the mine’s 
involvement in upgrading the school.  The 
letter can be found on the group’s website on 
 www.panafricanresources.com in the 

sustainability section.

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Transformation

Employee share ownership 
programme: Qualifi cations 
criteria for annual dividend 
distributions

   Permanent employee of 
operation 

   Employed in a non- 
managerial position 

   Employed by entity prior 
to the commencement of 
the fi nancial year in respect 
of which the dividend 
distribution is made 

   Remained employed by 
operation on last day of 
fi nancial year in respect 
of which the dividend 
distribution is made

Allocation of benefi t 

   Each qualifying benefi ciary 
receives an equal benefi t 

   Good leavers during a 
period receive a pro-rata 
dividend distribution for that 
period

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Transformation
Pan African Resources acknowledges 
that integrating genuine transformation, 
which permeates the group, is critical for 
the sustainability of its business in South 
Africa. We are committed to integrating 
real transformation throughout the group, 
under the auspices of the Mining Charter 
and social and labour plans. The group does 
not currently rank its B-BBEE contribution 
at group level but per operation current 
contributions are rated as per the Mining 
Charter requirements. Oversight of progress 
against transformation targets is monitored 
by the SHEQC committee.

Recent Mining Charter 
developments 
To further align the mining industry with the 
B-BBEE Act and the Department of  Trade 
and Industry (DTI) codes, the revised 
B-BBEE Mining Charter draft, published 
on 15 April 2016, includes changes to its 
predecessor, the 2010 Mining Charter. 
According to the draft, ownership, housing 
and living conditions, and human resources 
development elements are ring-fenced, 
which means 100% compliance will be 
required at all times and mines have three 
years to comply with revised targets. 

Ownership
Pan African Resources strategic
BEE partner
In August 2009 Shanduka Gold exchanged its 
shareholding of 26% in Barberton Mines for 
a 21% shareholding in Pan African Resources 
and acquired an additional 5% from Metorex, 
making the black-owned and managed 
Shanduka Gold a 26% shareholder in Pan 
African Resources. Shanduka is a black-
owned investment holding company with 
interests in a diverse portfolio of listed and 
private companies, primarily in the resources 
and food and beverage industries. Following 
limited dilution due to a rights issue, at 
30 June 2016, Shanduka Gold (subsequently 
renamed PAR Gold) held 22.46% of 
Pan African Resources’ shares. By applying 
provisions of the MPRDA and Mining 
Charter to the Pan African Resources share 
register and discounting shareholders who 
qualify as organs of state and public entities, 
we calculate as at 30 June 2016 that this 
equates to an effective 23.1% BEE ownership 

at a holding company level for purposes of 
the MPRDA. 

Operational ownership
Barberton Mines
On 1 June 2015, Barberton Mines 
implemented an employee share ownership 
programme. A newly established employee 
trust (the trust) will effectively own 5% of 
the issued share capital of Barberton Mines. 
The transaction was fi nanced by Barberton 
Mines on a notional basis with preference 
share funding attracting a real return of 2% 
per annum and without any dilution to Pan 
African Resources. A portion of dividends 
issued is retained to repay the notional 
fi nancing. The portion retained ranges from 
50% to 80% over the period of the scheme. 
Barberton Mines’ total BEE ownership 
equates to 28.1% by combining the 
Pan African Resources BEE ownership and 
the employee share ownership programme. 

Evander Mines
In July 2015, a similar scheme was 
implemented at Evander Mines with the 
same terms and conditions as the Barberton 
Mines programme amounting to 5%` 
ownership. The employee share ownership 
programme seeks to align the aspirations 
of Pan African Resources’ employees at 
its operations with that of management 
and shareholders. Value will be created for 
benefi ciaries based on the profi tability of 
each operation’s performance. Assuming 
that regular dividends are declared by 
these operations, benefi ciaries will receive 
dividends from the scheme from year one. 
In addition, benefi ciaries will receive an 
annual distribution from the BEE trusts and 
any capital appreciation will be distributed 
to the benefi ciaries upon winding up of the 
programme after a minimum of 10 years. 
Evander Mines’ total BEE ownership equates 
to 28.1% by combining the Pan African 
Resources BEE ownership and the employee 
share ownership programme.

Uitkomst Colliery
The Uitkomst Colliery will be implementing 
a BEE transaction similar to those currently 
in place at Barberton and Evander. The BEE 
transaction will result in an additional 9% 
historically disadvantaged on-mine ownership 
in the Uitkomst Colliery. This 9% ownership 
will be held by broad-based trusts and by 
a strategic entrepreneur’s trust. The BEE 
transaction will be fi nanced by the Uitkomst 

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PERFORMANCE REVIEW

Colliery on a notional basis, with the notional funding accruing interest linked to the prime interest rate. This transaction results in limited dilution 
to Pan African Resources and 80% of dividends issued to the BEE shareholders will be retained to repay the notional funding over a period of 
10 years.

Management and control
Our group board includes one male black board director as at 30 June 2016.

Employment equity

Representation of HDSAs 
Senior management 
Middle management 
Junior management

Representation of women
Women employed at mine
Women in mining (core business)
Percentage of women in mining/core 
positions 

Skills development
Detail on this pillar is provided on 

 page 72.

Preferential procurement
Supply chain management
Pan African Resources’ primary procurement 
objective is to control costs, initiate savings 
and manage inventory across its operations 
through centralised strategic sourcing. 
In addition, the group is committed to 
increasing spend from black-owned and black 
women-owned businesses. 

Pan African Resources is committed to 
continually uplifting the communities within 
which it operates, through its projects and 
initiatives and proactive strategic sourcing.

Procurement governance
Pan African Resources’ procurement 
governance process ensures maximum 
effi ciency and ethical conduct when 
procuring goods and services within its 
operations. A group procurement policy 
is in place and relevant employees at each 
operation are trained in these procurement 
procedures and practices. The tender process 
is governed by a tender committee at each 
operation, to ensure Pan African Resources 
complies fully with all relevant regulation, 

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

Phoenix Platinum

Corporate

Unit

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

2016

2015

(%)
(%)
(%)

(Number)
(Number)

(%)

44.4
57.1
49.1

134
81

4.3

37.5
55.2
41.0

126
73

3.9

44.4
44.8
78.3

265
81

6.6

50
41
76

263
81

6.2

100.0
50.0
100

100.0
50.0
100.0

40.0
100.0
100.0

40.0
100.0
100.0

–
–

–

–
–

–

4
–

3
–

26.7

21.4

including the UK Bribery Act 2010. Monthly 
procurement and inventory reports are sent 
to the corporate offi ce.

Centralised contracts
The group has implemented a procurement 
plan for its high-value commodities, with the 
intent of meeting the group’s procurement 
objectives mentioned above.

Transformation trusts
Wherever possible, the group promotes 
responsible and ethical management of 
its supply chain by encouraging suppliers 
to support local economic development. 
Transformation trusts for Barberton and 
Evander generate additional funds to 
invest back into the community, through 
encouraging its suppliers to contribute 1% 
of their contract value to these trusts. The 
objective of these trusts is to improve the 
quality of life of the local community, to 
create jobs and to promote socio-economic 
development. A total of ZAR1.2 million 
was collected on behalf of Barberton Mines 
Transformation Trust (BMTT) during the 
2016 fi nancial year. The Evander Mines 
Transformation Trust (EMMT) was formed 
in the prior fi nancial year and has collected 
ZAR0.5 million since it was incorporated. 

Socio-economic development
Detail on this pillar is provided on the group’s 
website on 
 www.panafricanresources.com 
in the sustainability section.

Housing and living conditions

In line with the Mining Charter requirements, 
the gold mining operations have made a 
considerable investment in upgrading and 
converting old hostels into single and family 
accommodation units. At our Barberton and 
Evander mining operations a total of 4.3% 
and 38.0% employees respectively live in 
hostel accommodation and employees who 
do not live in company accommodation 
receive an appropriate housing allowance. 
Barberton’s Fairview hostel upgrade and 
conversion was completed, as was the 
renovation of ablution blocks at New 
Consort Mine. 

Historically disadvantaged 
South Africans (HDSAs)
The Mining Charter requires 40% of 
specialised functions be fi lled by HDSAs. 
Our operations made good progress 
in achieving this goals, most notably meeting 
employment equity targets at management 
level.  

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The missing 
KRUGER 
millions

Lost in: 1890
Estimated value: USD250,000,000
Contents: gold coins, ingots, gold dust

During the Second Anglo-Boer War, the Boers 
realised that their capital, Pretoria, would soon 
be captured by British troops so they swiftly 
commandeered as much gold as they could from 
government reserves, banks and the mines. They 
also minted many thousands of new gold coins.

Much of this gold is believed to have travelled with 
the Boer President, Paul Kruger, as he journeyed 
eastwards through Middelburg, Machadodorp and 
Waterval Boven towards Mozambique to escape 
the advancing British. He departed for France by 
boat on 19 October 1900. The gold remained 
behind, hidden somewhere in the bushveld of the 
North Eastern Transvaal and it has never been 
offi cially found. 

 http://www.southcapecoins.co.za/news/the-mystery-of-the-missing-
kruger-millions

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Board of directors

Name

Age
Qualifi cations

Designation

Appointed

Committee member
Skills and experience

Keith Spencer
66
BSc Eng (Mining)

Hester Hickey
62
CA(SA), BCompt (Hons)

Thabo Mosololi
46
BCom (Hons), CA(SA)

Independent non-executive director

Independent non-executive director

12 April 2012

9 December 2013

Audit, remuneration
Thabo brings a wealth of experience 
in fi nancial management, corporate 
governance and audit, having 
qualifi ed as a chartered accountant 
with KPMG in 1994. Since then, he 
has served on various boards as 
a member and chairman of audit 
committees in the resources and 
other industries in South Africa. 
He is currently a director of MFT 
Investment Holdings, a family-owned 
investment company strategically 
placed to capitalise on B-BBEE 
investment opportunities.

Audit (Chairperson), SHEQC
Hester worked at AngloGold 
Ashanti, initially as group internal 
audit manager and later as executive 
offi cer: head of risk. Prior to this 
she worked at Ernst & Young and 
Liberty Life and was acting head 
of internal audit at Transnet. In her 
early career she lectured at the 
University of Witwatersrand, was 
a partner at Ironside Greenwood 
and was the national technical and 
training manager at BDO Spencer 
Steward. Hester has also previously 
served as the chairperson of SAICA. 
She currently performs board 
evaluations and director training 
for the IoDSA and serves on the 
following boards: Northam Platinum 
Limited, Omnia Limited, Cashbuild 
Limited and African Dawn Capital 
Limited. Hester is also a trustee on 
the Sentinel Pension Fund.

Independent non-executive director
– Chairman
8 October 2007

Audit, SHEQC (Chairman)
Keith is a qualifi ed mining engineer 
with 48 years’ practical mining 
experience. He has managed some 
of the largest gold mines in the 
world. In 1984 Keith was appointed 
as general manager of Greenside 
Colliery and in 1986 moved to Kloof 
Gold Mine as general manager. In 
1989 he was appointed consulting 
engineer for Gold Fields, South 
Africa including Doornfontein Gold 
Mine, Driefontein Consolidated 
Gold Mine, Greenside Colliery and 
Tsumeb Base Metals Mine. He also 
served as managing director of 
Driefontein Consolidated, chairman 
and managing director of Deelkraal 
Gold Mine and as a board member 
of all gold mines belonging to Gold 
Fields, South Africa. In 1999 Keith 
joined Metorex, fi rst as a private 
consultant and later as a permanent 
member of the executive, managing 
the Wakefi eld Coal operations, 
O’kiep Copper Company, Barberton 
Mines and Metmin Manganese Mine. 
In 2001 Keith became operations 
director for Metorex.

Board meeting attendance

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ACCOUNTABILITY
ACCOUNTABILITY

Rowan Smith
52
BSc (Hons), BCom (Hons)

Cobus Loots 
38
CA(SA), CFA® Charterholder

Deon Louw
54
CA(SA), CFA® Charterholder, 
PGD (Tax Law), AMCT (UK)
Executive director – Financial Director

1 March 2015

Deon has extensive fi nance and 
business experience, which includes 
investment banking, advisory and 
business administration in the 
fi nance and mining sectors. He 
has fulfi lled the roles of fi nancial 
director of Sentula Mining Limited, 
chief fi nancial offi cer of Shanduka 
Coal, Director of Resource Finance 
Advisers and Head of resource 
structured fi nance at Investec Bank. 
Deon was appointed as Financial 
Director on 1 March 2015.

Executive director 
– Chief Executive Offi cer
26 August 2009

SHEQC
Cobus served articles with Deloitte 
& Touche and became an audit 
manager with the fi rm before leaving 
to pursue a career in fi nance. His 
experience includes mining-specifi c 
acquisitions and fi nance as well as 
the management of both exploration 
and production of mineral assets, 
most recently before 2009 as 
managing director of Shanduka 
Resources. Cobus has been a 
director of Pan African Resources 
since 2009 (Financial Director during 
2009–2011 and a non- executive 
director during 2011–2013). He 
served as joint Chief Executive 
Offi cer alongside Ron Holding until 
assuming the offi ce of Financial 
Director on 1 October 2013. Cobus 
was appointed Chief Executive 
Offi cer on 1 March 2015.

Independent non-executive director

8 September 2014

Remuneration (Chairman)
Rowan has nearly three decades 
of collective experience in the 
resources and investment banking 
industries. He was a founding 
shareholder and managing director 
of Shanduka Resources, which he 
helped develop from a start-up in 
2002 until his departure in 2012. Key 
milestones achieved at Shanduka 
Resources included signifi cant 
investments in Mondi Shanduka 
Newsprint, Mondi Packaging, Kangra 
Coal, Shanduka Coal (with Glencore), 
Pan African Resources, DRA Projects, 
Lonmin (through Incwala), Assore 
and Lace Diamonds. Rowan’s 
post-investment involvement 
included his representation on 
the executive committees and 
boards of most of the investee 
companies, including an executive 
directorship of the Shanduka group. 
Before Shanduka, Rowan was a 
director of Investec Bank’s Mining 
Finance team in Johannesburg and 
worked on a number of debt and 
equity-based transactions in the 
sub-Saharan region. He also worked 
for Swiss-based Société Générale 
de Surveillance in Geneva, which 
entailed the management of audits 
on mineral consignments throughout 
the world. He started his career as a 
valuation geologist at the Harmony 
mine. Rowan is currently chairman 
of Rail2Rail, an adviser to Athena 
Capital and a director of Hlanganani 
Capital.
3/4

4/4

4/4

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Executive and operations management

Executive management (Exco)

Cobus Loots (38)
Chief Executive Offi cer
CA(SA), CFA® Charterholder
Committee: SHEQC
See directorate on page 84 for CV

Anaki Karigeni (48)
Chief Operating Offi cer 
BSc Mining Engineering, MSc Project Management
Committee: SHEQC
24 years of mining-related experience

Deon Louw (54)
Financial Director
CA(SA), CFA® Charterholder, PGD (Tax Law), AMCT (UK)
See directorate on page 84 for CV

André van den Bergh (60)
Executive: Human Resources
Diploma in Human Resources Management, Diploma in 
Labour Relations Management
Committee: SHEQC
41 years of mining-related experience

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Operations committee (Opsco)

Casper Strydom (58)
General Manager: Barberton Mines
National Higher Diploma, Metalliferous Mining 
Mine Managers Certifi cate
40 years of mining-related experience

Band Malunga (43)
General Manager: Evander Mines
BTech Mining Engineering
23 years of mining-related experience

Johan Gloy (48)
General Manager: Uitkomst Mine
National Higher Diploma Extractive Metallurgy, 
BTech Environmental Management, MDP 
Stellenbosch, Registered Competent Person – 
Metallurgy – South African Council for Natural 
Scientifi c Professions, Registered with Engineering 
Council of South Africa
25 years of gold and coal mining-related 
experience

Bertin McLeod (39)
Plant Manager: Metallurgy Phoenix Platinum
BTech: Chemical Engineering Management 
Development Certifi cate, Senior Management 
Development Certifi cate
14 years of platinum industry experience

Wayne Allen (47)
Group Consulting Engineer
National Diploma Engineering, Mechanical 
Engineer’s Certifi cate of Competency, 
MAP (Wits), AMRE (SA)
24 years of mining-related experience

Barry Naicker (43)
Group Mineral Resource Manager
MEng Mineral Resource Management (Wits), 
Grad Dip Engineering (MRM), BSc (Hons) 
Geology and Economic Geology
15 years of mining-related experience

Mandla Ndlozi (45)
Group SHEQC Manager
NADSM (Unisa), EIA (PU for CHE), MDP 
(GIBS), SAMTRAC (NOSA), Integrated SHEQ 
Management (University of North-West)
Committee: SHEQC
17 years of mining-related experience

Neal Reynolds (33)
Group Financial Controller
BCom Accounting (Hons), CA(SA)
8 years of mining-related experience

Niel Symington (35)
Group Management Accounting and IT Manager
BCom Accounting, Professional Accountant (SA)
8 years of mining-related experience

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Corporate governance review

Pan African Resources’ board is committed to responsibility, accountability, fairness and transparency in accordance with King III, the UK Code 
and applicable laws and regulations, refl ecting integrity in all business dealings. The board aims to integrate this responsible corporate citizenship 
into the group’s business strategy, audits and assessments and to embed sound corporate governance practices into daily operations and 
processes throughout the group. The standards of disclosure relating to corporate governance at the group are regulated by the UK Companies 
Act, the SA Companies Act, AIM Rules, the JSE Listings Requirements and King III. In addition, the board has considered the principles of 
corporate governance contained in the UK Code and the guidance published by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 
concerning the internal control requirements of the UK Code.

Governance framework

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Chairman: Keith Spencer

Chairperson: Hester Hickey

Chairman: Rowan Smith

Chairman: Keith Spencer

Members 
Hester Hickey 
Thabo Mosololi 
Rowan Smith 
Cobus Loots 
Deon Louw

Invitees 
Exco and Opsco for ad hoc 
presentations to the board

Members 
Thabo Mosololi
Keith Spencer

Invitees 
Cobus Loots, 
Chief Executive Offi cer
Deon Louw, 
Financial Director
External auditors
Internal auditors
Financial executives

Members 
Thabo Mosololi

Invitees 
Cobus Loots, 
Chief Executive Offi cer
Deon Louw, 
Financial Director
André van den Bergh, 
Group Human Resources 
Executive

Members 
Hester Hickey
Cobus Loots
Anaki Karigeni
Mandla Ndlozi
André van den Bergh
Sozabile Nkuna1

Invitees 
General managers – 
Barberton Mines, Evander 
Mines, Phoenix Platinum and 
the Uitkomst Colliery

1 Sozabile Nkuna is a representative 
from Phembani

The board 
The Pan African Resources board is responsible and accountable for the performance and affairs of the group and has full control over all 
subsidiaries and operations. It acts as the focal point for and custodian of our corporate governance. In doing so, it ensures the group remains 
a responsible corporate citizen, cognisant of the impact our operations may have on the environment and society in which we operate, while 
acting in accordance with our own code of conduct. At reporting date, our unitary board comprised six directors. The Chairman, Keith Spencer, 
is an independent non-executive director. Executive directors are the Chief Executive Offi cer and the Financial Director. A brief CV of all 
directors is provided on 

 pages 84 and 85. The entire board performs the function and responsibility of the nominations committee. 

There were no changes to the board during the year under review.

Our board refl ects a balance of executive and non-executive directors, the majority of whom are independent. More importantly, the board 
refl ects signifi cant experience in mining and related activities and collectively has a wealth of industry knowledge, adding depth to board 
discussions. The responsibilities of the independent non-executive Chairman and the Chief Executive Offi cer and the other non-executive and 
executive directors are strictly separated to ensure profi cient decision-making. No single director is positioned to exercise unfettered decision-
making, which protects against the infl uence of possible personal interests and ensures that the interests of all stakeholders are represented and 

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taken into account. The Chairman provides 
independent board leadership and guidance 
and facilitates suitable deliberation on all 
matters requiring the board’s attention. He 
further ensures the board operates effi ciently 
and collectively. The Chief Executive Offi cer 
and Financial Director, supported by the 
executive committee, are accountable for 
strategy implementation and the day-to-day 
operational decisions and business activities. 
Non-executive directors are not involved in 
the daily operations of the company.

A formal board charter is in place to regulate 
the parameters within which the board 
operates and to ensure the application of 
good corporate governance in compliance 
with the group’s code of conduct. A copy of 
the board charter is available from the group 
Company Secretary on request.

Rotation and re-election of directors
In terms of King III and the group’s 
constitutional documents, one-third of the 
directors, excluding any director appointed 
since the previous AGM, must retire from 
offi ce at each annual general meeting on 
a rotation basis. The directors to retire are 
those who have been longest in offi ce since 
their last election. Retiring directors may 
make themselves available for re-election 
provided that they remain eligible as required 
by the constitutional documents and in 
compliance with the AIM Rules and JSE 
Listings Requirements. Accordingly, 
Mrs HH Hickey and Mr T Mosololi retire by 
rotation and offer themselves for re-election.

A brief CV of each director standing for 
re-election at the AGM is contained on

 pages 84 and 85. 

Board evaluation 
An annual effectiveness self-evaluation is 
undertaken in respect of the board and the 
audit committee. 

Share dealings 
All group employees at Paterson Grading 
D and above (which includes operational 
management, executive and operational 
management) with access to fi nancial and 
any other price-sensitive information are 
prohibited from dealing in Pan African 
Resources shares during ‘closed periods’, 
as defi ned by the AIM and JSE Listings 
Requirements, or while the company is 

trading under a cautionary announcement. 
An appropriate communication is sent to 
all such employees alerting them that the 
company is entering a closed period. Should 
any of the relevant employees wish to 
trade Pan African Resources shares, written 
permission must be obtained from either the 
Chief Executive Offi cer or Financial Director 
and confi rmed with the South African 
and UK based corporate advisers prior 
to the trade taking place. There were no 
contraventions of this policy during the year. 

Succession planning 
The board, which fulfi ls the role of 
nominations committee, is responsible 
for succession planning for the board 
of directors and executive and senior 
management. The board regularly reviews 
the group’s succession strategy. In general, 
succession plans are in place for the 
incumbent key executives, with an informal 
‘on-the-job’ mentor programme for identifi ed 
successors supporting this process. 

New appointments
The board identifi es, interviews and proposes 
potential candidates to the board.  The board 
evaluates each individual in the context of 
the board as a whole. The objective remains 
having a board that can best perpetuate our 
success and represent shareholder interests 
through the exercise of sound judgement, 
using its diversity of experience. The group 
ensures all new directors are informed of the 
AIM and JSE rules with the assistance of the 
UK Nomad and JSE sponsor, given that all 
appointees are accomplished board directors 
and familiar with the fi duciary duties expected 
of them. New appointees are provided with 
the latest annual and interim results, integrated 
annual report and minutes of previous 
board meetings. It is intended that a formal 
induction programme will be introduced in 
the near future. 

Ongoing development 
All directors receive ongoing training on 
relevant matters and directors who are 
chartered accountants comply with SAICA 
continued professional development 
requirements. The UK-based Nomad ensures 
the directors remain up to date with AIM 
regulations, while the South African sponsor 
ensures the same regarding the JSE Listings 
Requirements. The Company Secretary 
and Chairman of the audit committee are 

responsible for keeping the board abreast of 
new legislation, recommendations and best 
practice.

Ethical leadership
The board strives to ensure that the group 
conducts its business with integrity, leading by 
example. This commitment is formalised in a 
code of conduct which applies beyond the 
board and includes all employees of 
the group. The code sets out the group’s 
values and practices over and above 
requirements of formal governance codes 
and legal requirements mentioned above. 
It is designed to provide guidance on ethical 
conduct in all areas and across all activities. 
To supplement the effectiveness of the code 
of conduct, directors, executive management 
and operational management receive ongoing 
training in regulations and in ethical leadership. 
Pan African Resources has a zero-tolerance 
approach to bribery and corruption. 
A separate bribery and corruption policy is in 
place, which is communicated to all employees 
as well as to mine contractors, all of whom 
are expected to comply fully. In the event 
of a breach by an employee of the code of 
conduct, policies or practices above, the group 
human resources disciplinary procedures 
are followed. No breaches by senior group 
employees were reported during the year. 

King III compliance 
In line with King III’s ‘apply or explain’ approach, 
the directors will continue to state the 
extent to which the company applies good 
corporate governance principles to create and 
sustain value for stakeholders over the short, 
medium and long term.  To optimally manage 
its application of King III, the company has 
adopted the IoDSA Governance Assessment 
Instrument, allowing for the maintenance of a 
register recording its progress in applying the 
principles of King III as well as the JSE Listings 
Requirements. Principle 2.25 (paragraph 153) 
recommends that non-executive directors’ 
fees should comprise a base fee, which may 
vary according to factors including the level 
of expertise of each director, as well as 
an attendance fee per meeting. The group 
remunerates its non-executive directors 
based on a fi xed fee, as the board’s input 
extends beyond the attendance at 
meetings.  The group’s King III checklist can 
be found on the group’s website on 
 www.panafricanresources.com.

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Board committees
Pan African Resources has an audit committee, remuneration committee and an SHEQC committee to assist the board in discharging its 
collective responsibility of corporate governance. The SHEQC committee serves as a social and ethics committee in terms of the South African 
(SA) Companies Act requirements. All committees have satisfi ed their responsibilities during the year in compliance with their formal charters. 
A copy of these charters is available from the group Company Secretary on request.

The key issues discussed at these board committees are tabled below.

Committee

Audit committee

Remuneration committee

SHEQC committee

Key issues discussed in 2016

Integrated report sign-off for 30 June 2016
Interim report sign-off for 31 December 2015
Review of internal and external audit reports
Control environment at Evander Mines
Group internal control policy and standardisation process
Uitkomst Colliery, Shanduka Gold transaction and gold loans

Detailed on 

 page 94

Safety performance, challenges and improvements at all operations
Quantifi cation of specifi c measurements that are required from a sustainability perspective
Environmental monitoring and management

Board and committee meetings attendance 
The board meets quarterly with additional meetings as and when necessary. Attendance at board and committee meetings is set out below. 
In addition to these meetings, ad hoc meetings and calls are held regularly. Not all of these are recorded in the table below.

Keith Spencer Hester Hickey Cobus Loots Thabo Mosololi Rowan Smith

Deon Louw

PAR board meeting
14 September 2015
3 December 2015
18 February 2016
14 June 2016

Pre-audit committee meeting
10 July 2015

Audit committee meeting
14 September 2015
3 December 2015
18 February 2016

Remuneration committee meeting
30 July 2015
3 December 2015

SHEQC committee meeting
10 September 2015
2 December 2015
30 March 2016
13 June 2016

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√

√
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√
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X

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√
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Note: The above attendance schedule does not include special board meetings and discussions relating to the Shanduka Gold/PAR Gold transaction. These took place as follows: 
18 April 2016, 13 May 2016, 26 May 2016, 1 June 2016.

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Advisers
One Capital is the company’s appointed 
sponsor in accordance with the JSE Listings 
Requirements. One Capital is responsible for 
ensuring the company is at all times guided 
and advised as to the application of the JSE 
Listings Requirements. The group appointed 
BMO Capital Markets Limited as joint broker 
(effective 22 June 2016) alongside Numis 
Securities Limited and Peel Hunt LLP.

IT governance
The board is responsible for IT governance, 
which is governed by an IT charter. The 
framework consists of an IT steering 
committee which includes the Financial 
Director, the Chief Information Offi cer 
and Executive: Human Resources. This 
steering committee is responsible for 
directing, controlling and measuring the IT 
activities and processes of the group. It also 
keeps the board apprised of the group’s 
IT performance on a regular basis. Each 
operation has formal business continuity 
and disaster management plans in place, 
which are the responsibility of the respective 
general managers. 

Compliance
The group complies with all applicable 
legal acts and regulations.  

Independent advice
All independent non-executive directors 
have unrestricted access to management 
and the group’s external auditor. Further, all 
directors are entitled to seek independent 
professional advice on any matters pertaining 
to the group as they deem necessary and at 
the group’s expense. 

Company Secretary
Pan African Resources outsources the 
company secretarial function to St James’s 
Corporate Services Limited. The Company 
Secretary advises the board of any relevant 
regulatory changes and/or updates. The 
Company Secretary keeps records of 
shareholder registers, meeting attendance 
registers, meeting minutes, resolutions, 
directors’ declarations of personal interest(s), 
all notices and circulars issued by the 
company, guidance on directors’ duties and 
good governance. The Company Secretary is 
well versed in all relevant updates to current 
legislation and regulation and is responsible 
for advising the board in this regard. Further, 
the Company Secretary reviews the rules 
and procedures applicable to the conduct 
of the board. Wherever necessary the 
sponsor, Nomad and other relevant experts 
are involved in ensuring that the directors 
have adequate information to suffi ciently 
discharge their responsibilities in the best 
interests of the company. The appointment 
and removal of the Company Secretary is a 
matter for the board as a whole. The audit 
committee reviews the Company Secretary’s 
qualifi cations and competence and provides 
recommendations to the board. The board 
is comfortable that the Company Secretary, 
St James’s Corporate Services Limited, 
maintains an arm’s length relationship with 
the board at all times and is suffi ciently 
qualifi ed and skilled to act in accordance with 
and update directors in terms of the UK and 
international regulations and legislation. 

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Risk governance
The board is ultimately responsible for the management of risk and a formal risk governance process is in place to ensure the board adequately 
discharges its responsibility, as described below. The board regularly reviews the risk reports from the operations, ensuring the appropriate 
risk management programmes and monitoring of progress against key risk indicators are being effectively implemented. The roles of the audit 
committee and internal and external functions, as they relate to risk management, are described below and the group’s key risks are set out 
on 

 pages 30 to 33.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AUDIT
COMMITTEE

INTERNAL 
AUDIT 
FUNCTION

EXECUTIVE
MANAGEMENT

OPERATIONS

EXTERNAL 
AUDIT 
FUNCTION

The internal 
audit function is 
outsourced to BDO, 
which evaluates the 
effectiveness and 
general compliance 
of controls aimed at 
addressing risks within 
the group.

Executive 
management 
implements 
operational controls 
to ensure the 
validity, accuracy and 
completeness of 
fi nancial information. 
It ensures that 
employees assume 
responsibility for 
conducting themselves 
in accordance with 
established policies 
and procedures, to 
minimise the potential 
occurrence of any 
risk event and to 
seek opportunities to 
improve performance 
and effi ciencies.

Initiatives to mitigate 
risks at operational 
level are designed to 
ensure continuous, 
safe and responsible 
production of gold, 
PGEs and coal. 

Risks are identifi ed at 
risk workshops and 
in an annual strategy 
session. Each of the 
group’s operations 
maintains a risk 
register, which includes 
risk identifi cation, risk 
mitigating factors and 
responsibilities.

External audit reports 
on the fair presentation 
of fi nancial information 
on a statutory reporting 
level in compliance 
with IFRS as adopted 
by the EU and 
Article 4 of the
 IAS Regulation, 
UK Companies Act and 
the SA Companies Act. 

The board, assisted by 
the audit committee, 
evaluates the 
effectiveness and 
independence of the 
external auditors – the 
South African and UK 
fi rm of Deloitte 
& Touche.

This committee 
reports directly to 
the board and has 
several responsibilities 
including internal 
control, internal audit, 
risk management 
and assurance. 

The committee meets 
at least three times a 
year (attendance 
is outlined on
 page 90) 
and makes 
recommendations 
to the board, which 
retains ultimate 
responsibility with 
regard to risk 
tolerance levels. It also 
works closely with the 
internal audit function 
and approves and 
reviews the internal 
audit plan and its 
execution.

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Remuneration review

Message from the Chairman of 
the remuneration committee 

Dear Pan African stakeholders

I am pleased to present the 2016 Pan African 
Resources remuneration report on behalf of 
our remuneration committee and board.

The 2016 fi nancial year was a particularly 
rewarding period for Pan African Resources 
and also for many of our stakeholders, 
including our shareholders. Our group 
delivered record gold production and, 
as a result, also produced record profi ts. 
We recognise that, in part, this excellent 
performance was also a result of increased 
gold prices. However, this gold price 
increase was only after a number of years 
of depressed prices and investor sentiment, 
where the group, our management and 
employees continued to work tirelessly to 
ensure the sustainability of our operations 
and to increase gold production. 

Following the fi nalisation of the Uitkomst 
Colliery acquisition, a review of its 
remuneration policies, processes and 
procedures formed part of our due diligence 
and we do not foresee major challenges with 
fi nalising this integration.

Even though stakeholders generally focus on 
the remuneration of senior executives and 
group directors contained in this report, it 
is important to highlight the progress of our 
remuneration committee and management 
in aligning the interests of all employees to 
those of shareholders. We are particularly 
pleased that we have successfully concluded 
multi-year wage agreements at our gold 
operations, and also that we have now 
implemented employee share ownership 
plans (ESOP) at Barberton and Evander 
Mines. The Uitkomst Colliery ESOP will 
be fi nalised by 31 December 2016. These 
ESOPs allow non-management employees to 
benefi t from ownership of the businesses in 
which they make a positive contribution. 

The remuneration committee (Remco) 
assists the board in ensuring that group 
remuneration is aligned with the overall 
business strategy, with the aim of enabling 
Pan African Resources to attract, incentivise 
and retain personnel who will create 

long-term value for all stakeholders. The 
committee reviews current compensation 
levels and incentive schemes on a regular 
basis to ensure that they remain market 
related and fulfi l their purpose as an incentive 
to align the interest of the group’s senior 
management and employees to that of the 
stakeholders. In this regard the committee 
draws on PricewaterhouseCoopers’ (PwC) 
Remchannel and Aon Hewitt market analysis 
to ensure compliance to best practice in 
executive compensation. We also benchmark 
remuneration of other employees in the 
group on a regular basis.

Our previous fi nancial year’s remuneration 
report was endorsed by almost 90% of 
shareholders voting at the annual general 
meeting. However, following an assessment 
of current market practices and interactions 
with some of our shareholders in the 
current year, we again evaluated and adjusted 
remuneration structures (specifi cally the 
variable and long-term portions of packages) 
for executive directors, on a forward-looking 
basis. These changes continue to ensure that 
senior management directs our business in 
a manner that creates long-term value for 
shareholders. In our drive for continuous 
improvement, we have again improved 
the level of disclosure in this year’s report, 
specifi cally on matters such as details of 
short-term incentive targets for senior 
executives.

Providing motivational and shareholder 
aligned remuneration structures in a 
demanding operating environment will 
always be a challenge, however we believe 
that we have found an equitable approach to 
this sensitive matter. 

We do, however, remain receptive to 
feedback from our stakeholders on our 
remuneration philosophy or any matter 
related thereto. 

Yours faithfully 

Rowan Smith 
Chairman, remuneration committee

20 September 2016

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Remuneration philosophy
Pan African Resources’ remuneration 
philosophy seeks to reward executive 
directors and other senior management 
for individual and group performance. It 
recognises that these individuals have the 
ability to signifi cantly impact the performance 
of the group, over the short and long 
term. Executive directors and other senior 
management carry signifi cant responsibility, 
statutory and otherwise, and appropriate 
skills are diffi cult to attract and retain in what 
is increasingly a challenging environment. It is 
therefore critical that remuneration is aligned 
to the contribution and performance of the 
company, teams and individuals. The group’s 
key remuneration objectives include: 

•  Facilitating the delivery of superior 

long-term results for the business and 
shareholders and promoting sound risk 
management principles

•  Reinforcing leadership, accountability, 

teamwork and innovation 

•  Supporting the corporate values and 

desired culture 

•  Supporting the attraction, retention, 

motivation and alignment of the talent we 
need to achieve our business goals. 

The group’s remuneration policy provides 
a framework for remuneration to attract, 
retain and motivate employees to achieve 
the strategic objectives of the organisation, 

within its risk appetite and risk management 
framework. 

The remuneration framework recognises the 
following principles: 

•  Objectivity in short-term incentives 
– comprising an annual bonus which 
rewards management for matters under 
their control or infl uence, but not matters 
outside their control such as commodity 
prices and exchange rates 

•  Objectivity in long-term incentives – the 
purpose with this component of the 
remuneration framework is to align 
the long-term interest of the group’s 
management and employees with that 
of the group’s shareholders through 
incentives, which are directly linked to 
the increase in the Pan African Resources 
share price. These awards generally vest 
over a period of four years 

•  Alignment to shareholders – we believe 
that the combination of these incentives 
will achieve the objectives set out in the 
above philosophy, by aligning the interests 
of employees with the shareholder’s 
aspirations

•  Application of discretion – Remco has 

the authority to apply its discretion in the 
event where specifi c circumstances are 
outside the control of the operations and 
these circumstances would be prejudicial 
to employees/management.

In order to achieve its remuneration 
objectives, Remco, in consultation with and 
oversight from the board, retains fl exibility 
in terms of how it incentivises and rewards 
performance. Remco may therefore, in 
the event of exceptional performance by 
specifi c members of senior management or 
others, approve additional incentives if this 
is deemed justifi ed. In the event of any such 
payments, the motivation and details are 
disclosed in this remuneration report and in 
the group fi nancial statements.

Remuneration governance 
Remco comprises only independent non-
executive directors, which monitors and 
strengthens the credibility of the group’s 
executive remuneration system. It reviews 
the performance of the Chief Executive 
Offi cer, executives and senior management 
and sets the scale, structure and basis of their 
remuneration and the terms of their service 
agreements. The committee also considers 
and makes recommendations to the board 
on remuneration packages and policies in 
this regard. 

The Remco Chairman is Mr Rowan Smith 
and the membership and attendance of 
Remco is shown on 

 page 90. 

Remco meetings are attended by the Chief Executive Offi cer, Financial Director and the Executive Human Resources. None of these individuals 
are present when their remuneration is discussed. Some of the key focus areas discussed during the fi nancial year are tabled below.

Focus areas during 2016 fi nancial year

Discussion 

Bonus retention incentive agreement

Revision of Evander Mine’s short-term incentive plan

Salary adjustments and benchmarking

Review of executive director remuneration structure 
and contract period

Finalising the bonus retention agreements for the nominated employees. This retention 
scheme excludes the Chief Executive Offi cer
Revising Evander Mines’ short-term incentive plan to better align with the group’s plan 
and strengthen the philosophy of pay for performance
Ensuring that the salary adjustments were in line with the group’s remuneration 
philosophy and within the benchmarks provided by PwC Remchannel and Aon Hewitt 
market analysis
New structures fi nalised and disclosed in this report. New remuneration structure is 
expected to continue to reward performance and ensure long-term alignment with 
shareholders 

Access to information and advisers 
Remco has unrestricted access to the company’s records, facilities and any other resources necessary to discharge its duties and responsibilities. 
Remuneration is reviewed annually against competitive market data and analysis from the PwC Remchannel market analysis. In the current year, 
directors’ remuneration was also benchmarked against AIM100 and FTSE250 peers. The board approves remuneration proposals from Remco 
and submits them to shareholders for endorsement at the annual general meeting. 

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Remuneration framework

Basic salary 
and benefi ts

Short-term incentives

Remuneration: key features

Long-term incentives

Reviewed 
annually against 
competitive 
market data 
and the PwC 
Remchannel

•  Paid annually at corporate level
•  Paid annually at operations 
•  Measured objectively against the group’s performance or 

•  The Equity Share Option Plan 
•  Pan African Resources’ group Share Appreciation Bonus Plan 
•  Employee ownership programme (Barberton and Evander 

personal contribution

Mines) 

•  Specifi c other schemes for executive directors

Remuneration: criteria for eligibility

Employment 
at the group

Executive management (Exco)
Production and Safety KPIs account for 60% of assessment 
based on: 
•  Group’s gold and PGEs sold (ounces) 
•  Costs of production 
•  Safety targets (objective measurement based on group’s actual 
achievements against set business plans for the fi nancial year) 

The main objective of the group Equity Share Option Plan and 
Share Appreciation Bonus Plan is to: 
•  Appropriately incentivise select employees who are employed 

at a managerial level within the group 

•  Ensure retention of key skills required for the group’s ongoing 

profi table performance and growth 

•  Align management interests with those of shareholders

During the last year, executive management achieved the 
following percentages in terms of the above criteria:
•  Group’s gold and PGEs sold (ounces): 12.7% out of a 

possible 18%

•  Costs of production: 5.1% out of a possible 10.8%
•  Safety targets (objective measurement based on group’s actual 
achievements against set business plans for the fi nancial year): 
6.6% out of a possible 7.2%

Personal KPIs account for 40% of assessment and are specifi c to 
the employee concerned. These personal KPIs are clearly defi ned 
and are intended to contribute specifi c positive outcomes to group 
results. Examples of personal KPIs during the last year included:
•  Successful conclusion of multi-year wage agreements within 

mandate provided

•  Improved production at Evander Gold Mining

Operational management committees (Opsco)
Production and Safety KPIs account for 60% of assessment based on:
•  Group’s gold sold (ounces) 
•  Costs of production 
•  Safety targets (objective measurement based on group’s actual achievements against set business plans for the fi nancial year) 

Personal KPIs account for 40% (from 1 July 2016: 40%) of assessment and are specifi c to the employee concerned. These personal 
KPIs are clearly defi ned and are intended to contribute specifi c positive outcomes to group results. Examples of personal KPIs during 
the last year included:
•  Successful integration of Uitkomst Colliery into the Pan African Resources group
•  Geology model sign-off for Klipspruit Mine (Uitkomst Colliery)
•  Effective and cost effi cient implementation of an effi cient and user friendly safety and environmental data system

Operational management on-mine (Manco)
Production and Safety KPIs account for 80% of assessment based on:
•  Operation’s gold/PGEs sold (ounces) 
•  Costs of production 
•  Safety targets (objective measurement based on group’s actual achievements against set business plans for the fi nancial year) 

Personal KPIs account for 20% of assessment and are specifi c to the employee concerned.

Operational heads of department (HODs)
This grouping is paid quarterly. A maximum of 12.5% (from 1 July 2016: 12.5%) per quarter of the individual’s annual cost to company 
(CTC) at 100% achievement (therefore a total of 50%) of which only 50% of the 12.5 % will be due and payable per quarter. The other 
50% is retained and is only due and payable at the end of the fi nancial year. The quarterly production KPIs are based on the following:
•  Operation’s gold/PGEs sold (ounces) 
•  Costs of production 
•  Safety targets (objective measurement based on the operation’s actual achievements against set business plans for the fi nancial year)

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Employee remuneration components
 page 167, however all non-executive directors, 
Remuneration is currently disclosed and presented in GBP in the annual fi nancial statements on 
executive directors and employees are remunerated and paid in ZAR. Director and employment contracts are therefore also ZAR denominated.

Element

Key features

Purpose

Eligibility

Factors considered

Guaranteed pay

Executives, 
senior managers 
and heads of 
department

•  Pensionable salary
•  Leave 
•  Pension/provident fund 

contributions 

•  Medical contributions 
•  Travel allowance 
•  All of the above adds to the 
total cost to company of an 
employee

Aligned to the value the 
individual provides to the group, 
including: 
•  Skills and competencies 

required to generate results 
•  Sustained contribution to the 

group 

•  The value of the role and 

contribution of the individual 
to the group

Executives, senior 
managers and heads 
of department

•  Group performance 
•  Outlook for the next fi nancial year
•  Individual performance

Collective 
bargaining 
employees

•  Pensionable salary 
•  Leave 
•  Medical contributions 
•  Overtime/housing or living out 

Aligned to the value the 
individual provides to the group, 
including: 
•  Skills and competencies 

Collective bargaining 
employees

All relevant factors in the industry 
such as annual wage agreements

allowance 

•  Other fi xed allowances – 

underground allowances, rock 
drill operator allowances and 
meal allowances

required to generate results 
•  Sustained contribution to the 

group 

•  The value of the role and 

contribution of the individual 
to the group

Variable pay

Short-term 
incentives

•  Paid annually at corporate level 
•  Paid monthly, quarterly 

or annually at operations 
depending on the level of 
employee 

•  Measured objectively against 
the group’s performance or 
personal contribution

Designed to drive and reward 
medium-term results, refl ecting 
the level and time horizon of 
risk. This includes fi nancial and 
non-fi nancial results and metrics 
at an organisation, division and 
individual (and team) level

Executives, 
managers and heads 
of department – 
paid annually

•  Group fi nancial and strategic 

performance 

•  Business unit (team) fi nancial and 

strategic performance 

•  Individual contribution to team 

performance 

•  Individual performance, including 
alignment with corporate values 
and meeting performance 
objectives 

•  Contribution to meeting risk and 

compliance requirements at group, 
team and individual level, risk and 
compliance requirements also 
comprise a gateway to whether a 
payment is made and the size of 
the payment

•  Notwithstanding fi nancial 

performance and the individual 
contribution and performance, if 
the individual, team or group does 
not meet or only partially meets 
risk and compliance requirements, 
no award or a reduced award may 
be made

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Element

Key features

Purpose

Eligibility

Factors considered

Variable pay continued

Short-term 
incentives 
continued

Retention 
bonus- short- 
to medium-
term incentive 
(excluding 
Chief Executive 
Offi cer)

Long-term 
incentives

•  Once-off payment in advance 
to key personnel to ensure 
their continued employment 
for the three-year retention 
period

•  Three-year lock-in period is 
from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 
2018

•  Claw-back clause included if 
three-year service period is 
interrupted

•  Alignment to shareholders’ 
investment horizon and 
aspirations 
•  Equity linked 
•  Measured objectively against 
the group’s performance or 
personal contribution

Long-term 
incentives 
– equity 
participation 
plans

•  Alignment of the aspirations 
of Pan African Resources’ 
employees at its operations 
with that of management and 
shareholders

•  Discretionary

Special 
remuneration 
benefi ts – 
sign-on, retention 
and termination 
benefi ts

Collective bargaining 
employees

•  Eligibility to participate in the 

scheme 

•  The maximum variable 

remuneration as a percentage 
of total cost to company of an 
individual 

•  The parameters for production 

targets to be achieved 
•  The personal KPIs for each 

participant

•  Key personnel identifi ed to ensure 

sustainability

Designed to retain key personnel 
for a lock-in period of three 
years – 1 July 2015 to 30 June 
2018

Select key 
personnel, excluding 
the Chief Executive 
Offi cer

Discretionary remuneration 
designed to drive and reward 
long-term growth and sustained 
company value and align the 
interests of shareholders and 
participants. These may or may 
not be share options, share 
appreciation retention schemes 
or the like. It should be the 
intention to structure any form 
of long-term incentive in such a 
way as to retain and attract the 
necessary skills for the group 
and to ensure that it is market 
related

To align the interests of 
employees with those of 
shareholders through providing 
direct participation in the 
benefi ts of future company 
performance

Designed to retain and attract 
certain scarce skills, especially at 
the heads of department and 
senior management levels

Executives and 
others approved by 
the board

Seniority and level of responsibility

Collective bargaining 
employees

Seniority and level of responsibility

Heads of 
department and 
senior managers

Experience and relevant qualifi cations

The detailed remuneration of the group’s independent non-executive directors, executive directors and prescribed offi cers is disclosed in the 
fi nancial statements on 

 pages 167 to 170.

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Risk management and 
remuneration
Pan African Resources recognises the need 
to fairly remunerate employees in order 
to attract and retain talent. However, it is 
cognisant of the need to ensure that effective 
risk management is part of its remuneration 
consideration, in order to drive the correct 
behaviour. As such, all employees’ KPIs include 
specifi c elements that are aligned to the 
group’s long-term goals, including zero harm. 
Safety is imperative to the mines’ operations 
and the group’s remuneration philosophy 
reinforces the need for the delivery of 
superior long-term results, while promoting 
sound risk management principles.

Non-executive director 
remuneration
Remco advises the board on fees for 
non-executive directors. In determining 
the annual fees, Remco considers the 
directors’ responsibilities throughout the year, 
scarcity of skills, the group’s performance, 
market-related conditions and local and 
international comparative remuneration. 
King III recommends that fees should 
comprise a base fee and an attendance fee 
per meeting. The board agreed that a fi xed 
fee for directors’ services on the board and 
sub-committees was more appropriate, 
as the board’s input extends beyond the 
attendance at meetings. When, as a result 
of a specifi c transaction or circumstances, 
non-executive directors are required to 
spend signifi cantly more time and effort than 
is normally expected in preparing for and 
attending board meetings and discussions, 
Remco considers additional fees to 
compensate non-executive directors for 
this additional time and effort. 

Non-executive fees are paid on a quarterly 
basis. There are no contractual arrangements 
for compensation for loss of offi ce. 

Regulatory requirements taken into account 
when determining non-executive directors’ 
remuneration include the SA Companies 
Act, the UK Companies Act, JSE Listings 
Requirements, King III and the UK Code.

Exco, Opsco and mine 
management (Manco) 
remuneration
Remco is responsible for making 
recommendations to the board on the 
remuneration of the Chief Executive Offi cer, 
those who report directly to him and 
selected other senior staff. Remuneration 
is reviewed on an annual basis and takes 
into account the group’s and operations’ 
fi nancial and strategic performance, individual 
contribution to the group’s and operations’ 
performance, alignment with group values 
and the contribution in meeting risk and 
compliance requirements. Where the 
individual, team or group does not meet 
or partially meets requirements, no award 
or a reduced award may be made. An 
annual benchmarking exercise, through 
the PwC Remchannel market analysis, is 
utilised to determine a fair market-related 
remuneration. Individual KPIs are agreed 
upon annually and contain various elements, 
as shown on 

 pages 100 to 101. 

Remuneration comprises fi xed and 
variable (short- and long-term incentives) 
remuneration. Short-term incentives 
have certain parameters, shown on

 pages 96 and 97, to ensure a performance-

based culture. The board and executive 
committee retain discretion to determine 
which parameters apply and their weighting to 
refl ect immediate priorities. There will be times 
when it is appropriate, and in shareholders’ 
best interest, to attach more signifi cant weight 
to (for example) one or more of production, 
fi nancial or transformation imperatives as 
circumstances dictate. 

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The maximum variable remuneration percentages applied are tabled below.

Position

2016 maximum variable remuneration 
(as a % of total remuneration)

Chief Executive Offi cer
Executive committee and Financial Director
Senior managers and others approved by the board 

Up to 90%
Up to 60%
Up to 50%

Regulatory requirements taken into account when determining non-executive directors’ remuneration include the SA Companies Act, the 
UK Companies Act, JSE Listings Requirements, King III and the UK Code. 

Variable remuneration conditions

Position

Maximum variable remuneration 
(as a % of total remuneration)

Qualifi cation criteria at 100% achievement

Chief Executive 
Offi cer

Up to 90%

60% based on the following production parameters: 
•  Total group gold and PGMs sold – weight 50% 
•  Total group cost per kilogram – weight 30% 
•  Group safety – weight 20% 

Executive 
committee

Up to 60%

Up to 50%

Up to 50%

Senior 
managers at 
corporate level 
approved by 
Remco

Senior 
managers at 
operational 
level approved 
by Remco

40% based on personal KPIs determined by the Remco. KPIs relate to pre-determined, 
defi nitive outcomes which add tangible value to the group. KPIs for the 2016 fi nancial year 
are detailed below

60% based on the following production parameters: 
•  Total group gold and PGMs sold – weight 50% 
•  Total group cost per kilogram – weight 30% 
•  Group safety – weight 20% 

40% based on personal KPIs determined by the Chief Executive Offi cer in consultation with 
the Remco. KPIs relate to specifi c pre-determined outcomes

60% based on the following production parameters: 
•  Total group gold and PGMs sold – weight 50% 
•  Total group cost per kilogram – weight 30% 
•  Group safety – weight 20% 

40% based on personal KPIs which relate to specifi c pre-determined outcomes set by the 
Chief Executive Offi cer

80% based on the following production parameters per individual operation: 
•  Total gold or PGMs sold – weight 50% 
•  Total cost per kilogram – weight 30% 
•  Operational safety – weight 20% 

20% based on personal KPIs which relate to specifi c pre-determined outcomes set by the 
Chief Operating Offi cer and General Manager 

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Executive director operational and personal KPI performance analysis
2016 fi nancial year

Cost to
company
ZAR

Production 
parameters
%

Personal 
KPIs 
%

Total 
incentive
 %

Evidence of achievement 
(note 1)

3,500,000

36.7
(max 54)

36 
(max 36)

72.7 
(max 90)

Executive 
director

Cobus Loots 
(Chief 
Executive 
Offi cer) 

Deon Louw 
(Financial 
Director)

2,750,000

24.5 
(max 36)

24 
(max 24)

48.5
(max 60)

Contractual 
2016 
ZAR
incentive

Transaction
 bonus 
ZAR 
(note 2)

Total 
2016 
ZAR 
incentive

2,544,500

4,000,000

6,544,500

1,333,750

2,000,000

3,333,750

Production parameters per 
operation are weighted on 
budgeted profi t contribution:
•  Barberton Mines production 
and safety 31.53% (max 
34.06%)

•  Evander Mines production and 
safety 4.73% (max 17.78%)
•  Phoenix Platinum production 
and safety 0.44% (max 2.16%)

Personal KPIs:
•  Successful conclusion of the 

Uitkomst Colliery transaction 
before 30 June 2016: 
Transaction was successfully 
concluded on 31 March 2016. 
Percentage achieved – 18% 
(max 18%)

•  Conclusion of wage 

negotiations at all of the 
operations: Multi-year 
agreements concluded with the 
NUM, AMCU and UASA within 
the approved board mandates. 
Percentage achieved – 18% 
(max 18%)

Production parameters per 
operation are weighted on 
budgeted profi t contribution:
•  Barberton Mines production 
and safety 21% (max 22.7%)
•  Evander Mines production and 

safety 3.2% (max 11.9%)
•  Phoenix Platinum production 
and safety 0.3% (max 1.4%)

Personal KPIs:
•  Facilitation of an action plan 
to improve effi ciencies and 
production at Evander Mines: 
Gold production increased by 
30.8%. Percentage achieved – 
12% (max 12%)

•  Facilitation of and ensuring 

that the due diligence process 
with regard to a potential gold 
acquisition is completed by 
30 June 2016: Due diligence and 
valuation timeously completed, 
however negotiations terminated. 
Percentage achieved – 12% 
(max 12%)

Note 1: In addition to the initial KPIs agreed for the 2016 fi nancial year, Remco also noted the following achievements when assessing executive director performance for the 
2016 fi nancial year:
•  Material production improvements at Evander Mines and Barberton Mines 
•  Successful completion of due diligence on a potential gold acquisition target 
•  Evander Mines successfully concluded profi table refi ning contract for secondary gold resources obtained from the Kinross CIL plant (example: gold recovered from mill fl oor etc.)

•  ETRP operating in accordance with and better than initial project expectations
•  Progress with addressing safety challenges in group companies

Note 2: Following the conclusion of the high value and earnings-accretive Shanduka Gold transaction and related vendor consideration placement of Pan African Resources shares, 
the Remco noted the value created for shareholders exceeded ZAR800 million or approximately 17% of Pan African Resources’ market capitalisation. In light of this, Remco deemed it 
appropriate to review the executive director’s remuneration to include a transaction bonus following the successful conclusion of this transaction.

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2015 fi nancial year

Cost to
 company
 ZAR

Production 
parameters 
%

Personal 
KPIs
%

Total 
incentive

 % Evidence of achievement

3,500,000

6.4
(max 22)

33 
(max 33)

39.4
(max 55)

Executive 
director

Cobus Loots 
(Chief 
Executive 
Offi cer) 

2,750,000

7 
(max 24)

36
 (max 36)

43
 (max 60)

Deon Louw 
(Financial 
Director)
(note 1)

Total 
ZAR 
incentive

1,379,000

393,892

Production parameters per operation are weighted on 
budgeted ounces produced:
•  Barberton Mines production and safety 3.7% (max 12.1%)
•  Evander Mines production and safety 1.8% (max 9%)
•  Phoenix Platinum production and safety 0.9% (max 0.9%)

Personal KPIs:
•  All subsidiaries to achieve a minimum of 40% HDSA 

representation in the specifi c DOL categories: All subsidiaries 
above the 40% requirement. Barberton Mines Manco at 44%, 
Evander Mines’ Manco at 56%, Phoenix Platinum’s Manco at 
100% and all other groupings as defi ned by the DOL were 
above 40%. Percentage achieved – 16.5% (max 16.5%)

•  Implement at least one value-accretive transaction/structure for 
the Pan African Resources group: Operational gold trading and 
conclusion of two concentrate gold sales. Percentage achieved – 
8.25% (max 8.25%)

•  Present and have approved at least one investment opportunity 
to the Pan African Resources board: Two opportunities presented 
and approved by the board. Percentage achieved 8.25% (max 
8.25%)

Production parameters per operation are weighted on 
budgeted profi t contribution:
•  Barberton Mines production and safety 4% (max 13.2%)
•  Evander Mines production and safety 2% (max 9.8%)
•  Phoenix Platinum production and safety 1% (max 1.0%)

Personal KPIs:
•  Conclude a new revolving credit facility and general banking 
facilities for the group by 30 June 2015: Successfully concluded 
a ZAR800 million revolving credit facility and a ZAR100 million 
general banking facility before 30 June 2015. Percentage achieved 
– 18% (max 18%)

•  Obtain board approval and implement a group treasury 

function by 30 June 2015: Successfully approved and implemented 
by 30 June 2015. Percentage achieved – 18% (max 18%)

Note 1: Deon Louw was appointed on 1 March 2015 and his incentive was calculated on a pro-rata basis. 

Executive director service contracts
The Pan African Resources Chief Executive Offi cer and Financial Director have entered into three-year employment contracts effective 
1 March 2015 with the group, and are remunerated in ZAR for services performed. In terms of these contracts no amounts are payable at inception 
or termination at the end of the contract term. There is no limitation on the number of times an executive director may stand for board re-election. 

Subsequent to fi nancial year-end, the Pan African Resources’ Remco and board noted that the executive directors had only 18 months remaining 
in terms of their current contracts of employment. The board then reviewed the option of extending their contracts for the following purposes:

•   Ensuring retention of highly competent and motivated management team

•  Ensuring continuity and stability of senior management

•   Continuity in executive management remains important in achieving group strategic initiatives and for the conclusion of imminent projects such 

as the Elikhulu tailings.

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Remco also reviewed the terms of the executive directors’ contracts and agreed the following amendments to align contracts to market best 
practice performance-based remuneration, addressing the following elements:

•  Basic remuneration

•  Short-term incentives linked to operational performance and personal performance

•  Long-term equity-settled performance incentives to ensure individual and group performance which aligns with the interests of shareholders. 

Such long-term incentives should be linked to shareholder returns relative to Pan African Resources’ peers.

New contractual arrangements in respect of the Chief Executive Offi cer and Financial Director:

Term

Chief Executive Offi cer

Financial Director

Contract duration

Extended by three years to 28 February 2021 – currently 
to 28 February 2018

Extended by three years to 28 February 2021 – currently 
to 28 February 2018

Guaranteed remuneration

Benchmarked, adjusted to 17% below the market mean 
(PwC Remchannel)

Benchmarked, adjusted to 16% below the market mean 
(PwC Remchannel)

Short-term annual incentive

Currently a maximum of 90% of annual CTC. Going 
forward adjusted to a maximum of 110% of annual 
CTC, however 30% of this bonus is deferred, and only 
payable 24 months after initial payment (in shares or 
cash, at Remco election), subject to confi rmation that 
original KPIs and operational performance was correctly 
recorded and benefi ted the group as originally anticipated

Currently a maximum of 60% of annual CTC. Going 
forward adjusted to a maximum of 80% of annual 
CTC, however 30% of this bonus is deferred, and only 
payable 24 months after initial payment (in shares or 
cash, at Remco election), subject to confi rmation that 
original KPIs and operational performance was correctly 
recorded and benefi ted the group as originally anticipated

Participation in the group 
phantom share scheme

No further participation in the phantom share scheme 
(other than existing allocation) and new long-term 
incentive as described below

No further participation in the phantom share scheme 
(other than existing allocation) and new long-term 
incentive as described below

Minimum shareholding in PAR

Currently no requirement. New requirement is a 
minimum initial shareholding to the value of 
ZAR2 million, to be held for a minimum of two years. 
Requirements to be increased in next fi nancial year

Currently no requirement. New requirement is a 
minimum initial shareholding to the value of 
ZAR0.5 million, to be held for a minimum of two years. 
Requirements to be increased in next fi nancial year

Long-term share incentive

Further alignment with 
shareholders

Currently a maximum of 8,000,000 PAR shares, allocated 
for no consideration over a three-year period and vesting 
on 28 February 2018. Total of 5,133,333 allocated to 
date. Currently, allocation is at the discretion of Remco 
on the basis of group/executive performance

New allocation of 5,000,000 PAR shares, vesting over the 
further additional three-year contract term. Vesting will 
however be determined by measuring total shareholder 
return (defi ned as share price performance and dividends 
to shareholders) against gold sector peers on an annual 
basis. Shares vest only when PAR outperforms the sector, 
with a pro-rata vesting and all shares vesting in the event 
of an outperformance of 8% or more against peers

New long-term incentives therefore vest in approximately 
fi ve years from date of original issue

Remco may elect, at its discretion, in circumstances 
deemed reasonable/equitable, to apply amended vesting 
criteria

In the event of a signifi cant outperformance of the 
market (in excess of 8%), Remco may also allocate 
additional shares

No current allocation

New allocation of 3,100,000 PAR shares, vesting over the 
further three-year contract term. Vesting will however 
be determined by measuring total shareholder return 
(defi ned as share price performance and dividends to 
shareholders) against gold sector peers. Shares vest only 
when PAR outperforms the sector, with a pro-rata vesting 
and all shares vesting in the event of an outperformance 
of 8% or more against peers. Measurement occurs 
annually

New long-term incentives therefore vest in approximately 
fi ve years from date of original issue

Remco may elect, at its discretion, in circumstances 
deemed reasonable/equitable, to apply amended vesting 
criteria

In the event of a signifi cant outperformance of the 
market (in excess of 8%), Remco may also allocate 
additional shares

In the event of a signifi cant acquisition or growth project, 
Remco will determine a portion of the annual short-
term bonus “at risk”. If the signifi cant acquisition or 
growth project does not deliver into initial expectations, 
after-tax portion of bonus “at risk” is to be refunded by 
the executive director to the company. In the event that 
the signifi cant acquisition or growth project performs 
according to or in excess of expectations, a top-up bonus 
is payable by the company

In the event of a signifi cant acquisition or growth project, 
Remco will determine a portion of the annual short-
term bonus “at risk”. If the signifi cant acquisition or 
growth project does not deliver into initial expectations, 
after-tax portion of bonus “at risk” is to be refunded 
by the executive director to company. In the event that 
the signifi cant acquisition or growth project performs 
according to or in excess of expectations, a top-up bonus 
is payable by the company

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Payment for loss of offi ce for executive directors

Notice periods

Notice periods do not exceed six months

Upon appointment, Remco can agree on an extended notice period for the fi rst year following appointment

Good leaver

Voluntary resignation

Bad leaver

Circumstances 
for departure

Retirement, redundancy, death, ill health, injury, disability 
or as defi ned by Remco

Where departure is on mutually agreed terms, Remco may 
treat the departing executive as a good leaver. Remco uses 
its discretion judiciously and shareholders will be notifi ed of 
any exercise as soon as reasonable

Termination by 
company for 
misconduct or poor 
performance

Salary and benefi ts 
for notice period

Salary and benefi ts continue to be paid to the date of 
termination of employment, including any notice period 
and/or garden leave period

Salary and benefi ts continue to be 
paid to the date of termination of 
employment, including any notice 
period and/or garden leave

Immediate termination 
with no notice period

Bonus accrued prior 
to termination

Remco applies its discretion as to whether a time prorated 
bonus award may be made and if the bonus will be paid 
wholly in cash

Remco applies its discretion as to 
whether or not to pay out any 
bonus

No accrued bonus 
is payable

Prescribed offi cers 
The group’s prescribed offi cers are those 
individuals who exercise general executive 
control over and manage a signifi cant 
portion of the group’s business activities or 
regularly participate, to a material degree, 
in the exercise of general executive control 
over a signifi cant portion of the group’s 
business activities. In accordance with 
these requirements, Pan African Resources’ 
prescribed offi cers include: 

•   Anaki Karigeni, Chief Operating Offi cer 

•   André van den Bergh, Executive Human 

Resources 

•   Casper Strydom, General Manager, 

Barberton Mines 

•   Band Malunga, General Manager, Evander 

Mines 

•   Bertin McLeod, Plant Manager, Phoenix 

Platinum.

The prescribed offi cers’ remuneration is 
disclosed on 
 page 168.

Short- and long-term 
incentives
Pan African Resources provides both short- 
and long-term incentives to executives, senior 
management and other persons approved 
by the board. The short-term incentives are 
largely used to incentivise eligible employees, 
based on operational outcomes that are 
mainly under management control. The long-
term incentive is used to drive performance 
over the longer term (three to fi ve years) 
to ensure improved alignment with the 
group’s strategic objectives and long-term 
sustainability. 

Share Appreciation Bonus Plan 
The main objective of the Share 
Appreciation Bonus Plan (Bonus Plan) is 
to provide appropriate incentives to select 
employees who are employed at a senior 
managerial level within the group. This 
ensures retention of key skills required 
for the ongoing profi table performance 
and growth of Pan African Resources and 
to align management interests with those 
of shareholders. In terms of the Bonus 
Plan, select executives and employees 
(participants) of the group will be allocated 

notional shares in Pan African Resources. 
These notional shares will confer the 
conditional right on the participant to be 
paid a cash bonus equal to the appreciation 
in the Pan African Resources share price, 
from the date of allocation to the date of 
surrender or deemed surrender of his/her 
notional shares (share appreciation bonus). 
The share appreciation bonus will lapse no 
later than the sixth anniversary of the date 
that any notional shares were allocated.

However, the participant can elect, subject 
to approval by Remco, to surrender his/her 
notional shares and receive the bonus at a 
date prior to the sixth anniversary date. The 
bonus will be regarded as remuneration for 
income tax purposes and will be subject to 
the deduction of PAYE and all other taxes 
and contributions. 

Salary multiples and total 
The total bonus scheme exposure and ceiling 
levels of eligible employees’ participation in 
the Bonus Plan is proposed by Remco and 
approved by the board. The multiples agreed 
to are shown below and Remco is required 
to monitor Pan African Resources’ exposure 
to the Bonus Plan in a consistent manner. 

Position

Multiples applied in determining the number of options to be issued

Executive committee
Operations committee
Management committee

3.5 times annual cost to company (excluding Chief Executive Offi cer and Financial Director)
3.0 times annual cost to company
2.0 times annual cost to company

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GOLD and 
the concept of 
MONEY

Gold’s beauty, scarcity, unique density (no other 
metal outside the platinum group is as heavy), 
and the ease at which it could be melted, formed, 
and measured made it a natural trading medium.

Gold gave rise to the concept of money itself: 
por table, private, and permanent. Gold and silver 
in standardised coins came to replace bar ter 
arrangements and made trade much easier. Gold 
increased trade between South Africa and the 
rest of the world. For the main trading nations, 
namely Europe and the United States, gold was 
of value because their currencies were backed 
by gold. This was known as the gold standard. 
Under the gold standard, these countries had 
to keep gold in a bank vault to the value of 
the currency they issued. For example, if the 
government of a country wanted to print more 
money, it had to buy gold to back that money. If 
that country did not produce gold itself, it had to 
impor t gold from another country.

 http://www.randrefi nery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refi nery%20-%20
The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

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Physical attributes 
of GOLD 

Gold is a chemical element in the periodic table
that has the symbol Au and atomic number 79. 
Gold is a soft, shiny, yellow, dense, malleable, ductile 
(trivalent and univalent) transition metal. Gold does 
not react with most chemicals but is attacked by 
chlorine, fl uorine and aqua regia1. The metal occurs as 
nuggets of gold, or grains of gold in rocks and in alluvial 
deposits and is one of the coinage metals. Gold is the 
most malleable (able to be hammered into very thin 
sheets) and ductile (able to be drawn into a fi ne wire) 
of all metals.

It is so malleable that a goldsmith can hammer one 
ounce of gold into a thin translucent wafer covering 
more than 100 square feet only fi ve millionths of an 
inch thick. It would be so thin that 1,000 sheets would 
be needed to make up the thickness of one newspaper 
page. Its ductility is equally amazing. One ounce of 
gold can be drawn into a wire 80,5 kilometres long. 
Furthermore, only one ounce of this metal is required 
to plate a thread of copper 1,000 miles long.

Gold is also one of the heaviest metals known. It has a 
specifi c gravity of 19.3, which means it weighs 
19.3 times as much as an equal volume of water.

Gold is a good conductor of heat and electricity, and is 
not affected by air and most reagents. Heat, moisture, 
oxygen, and most corrosive agents have very little 
chemical effect on gold, making it well suited for use in 
coins and jewellery; conversely, halogens will chemically 
alter gold, and aqua regia dissolves gold.

1  Aqua regia (royal water in Latin) is a very strong acid. It is made by mixing one part nitric acid 
and three parts hydrochloric acid. The acid was named by alchemists because it can dissolve the 
noble metals gold and platinum.

  http://www.randrefi nery.com/brochures/Rand%20Refi nery%20-%20
The%20Story%20of%20Gold.pdf

Gold pouring at Barber ton Mines

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STATEMENTS

Audit committee report

Introduction
The committee was appointed at the 
AGM held on 27 November 2015. All the 
directors are considered by the board to 
have an independent and objective mindset.  
In terms of the King Code there are three 
independent directors. The audit committee 
comprises two independent directors and 
an independent chairman of the board is the 
third member. In terms of the JSE guidelines 
the chairman is entitled to be a member of 
the committee as long as the committee is 
chaired by an independent board director. 
This situation has arisen as the company has 
a small number of directors. In terms of the 
UK Code the audit committee requires a 
majority of independent members for AIM 
listed companies. 

The committee has reporting responsibilities 
to the shareholders and the board of 
directors of Pan African Resources and is 
accountable to them. It operates in line 
with a documented charter and complies 
with all relevant legislation, regulation and 
governance codes and executes its duties in 
terms of the requirements of the governance 
codes in the UK and South Africa. These 
codes include the UK Code and the 
King III Code. 

The performance of the audit committee 
is evaluated against the charter annually 
and a self-evaluation of the committee’s 
effectiveness is performed by the members 
and reviewed by the board.

The independent non-executive directors 
of the audit committee are:

•  HH Hickey (Chairperson)

•  T Mosololi

•  KC Spencer (Board Chairman)

Audit committee 
responsibilities and duties
The audit and risk committee fulfi ls its 
responsibilities and duties as set out in its 
charter.

The functions of the audit and risk 
committee include:

•  Review of the interim and year-end 

fi nancial statements and integrated report 
culminating with a recommendation to the 
board

•  Review of the external audit reports, after 
audit of the interim and year-end fi nancial 
statements

•  Assess the external auditors’ independence 

and performance

•  Authorise the audit fees in respect of the 

interim and year-end audits

•  Specify guidelines and authorise the award 

of non-audit services to the external 
auditors

•  Review of the internal audit and risk 

management reports with, when relevant, 
recommendations being made to the 
board

•  Ensure that a co-ordinated approach to 

all assurance activities is in place

•  Evaluate the appropriateness and 

effectiveness of risk management, internal 
controls and the governance processes

•  Deal with concerns relating to accounting 

practices, internal audit, the audit or 
content of annual fi nancial statements 
and internal fi nancial controls.

Financial statements
The committee has evaluated the 
consolidated and separate fi nancial 
statements for the year ended 30 June 2016 
and, based on the information provided 
to the committee, considers that the 
consolidated and separate fi nancial 
statements comply, in all material respects, 
with the requirements of the UK Companies 
Act and IFRS. The requirements from 
King III are being continuously assessed and 
improved with signifi cant issues resolved.

Risk management
The committee is responsible for ensuring 
that a risk management process is in place. 
The board focuses on risk management 
during the strategy and business planning 
phase. The audit committee considers the 
risks when the interim results and fi nal 
results are produced. The business units 
produce and evaluate their risks quarterly. 
Continued efforts to improve the risk 
management process are ongoing.

The key risks (amongst others) reviewed by 
the audit committee during this audit were:

•  Revenue recognition and management 
override risks that are considered to be 
generic risks that need continuous focus

•  Going concern is another key focus 
area and is extremely important 
when the economic climate is diffi cult 
and impairment of assets needs due 
consideration. In addition, the operating 
environment is one of the increasing 

costs that puts a strain on our businesses 
and there is a great deal of uncertainty 
in relation to the current labour 
environment. The audit committee 
reviewed management’s assumptions and 
considered the group’s disclosure on a 
going concern basis.  The auditors’ report 
on the matter was carefully considered 
and the committee concluded that the 
company is a going concern and made this 
recommendation to the board

•  The committee reviewed the annual 

fi nancial statements and the non-fi nancial 
information in the integrated report and 
web-based information and concluded the 
key risks have been appropriately 
reported on.

Subsidiary companies
The functions of the audit committee are 
also performed for each subsidiary company 
of the group that has not appointed an audit 
committee.

External auditor
The committee nominated Deloitte LLP as 
the statutory auditor and Deloitte & Touche 
SA for JSE reporting requirement purposes, 
for reappointment as external auditors of 
Pan African Resources.

The committee satisfi ed itself through 
enquiry that the external auditors are 
independent as defi ned by the UK 
Companies Act and the standards stipulated 
by the auditing profession.

The audit committee, in consultation with 
executive management, agreed to the terms 
of engagement. The audit fee for the external 
audit has been considered and approved 
for the 2016 fi nancial year-end, taking into 
consideration such factors as the timing of 
the audit, the extent of the work required 
and the scope.

The committee approved a non-audit 
services policy which determines the nature 
and extent of any non-audit services which 
Deloitte & Touche may provide to the 
company. The policy allows for limited tax 
and corporate governance advice as well 
as the provision of reporting accountant 
services in relation to capital market 
transactions.

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107

Audit committee report continued

Accounting practices and 
internal control
Based on the available and communicated 
information, together with discussions 
with the independent external auditor, 
the committee is satisfi ed that there was 
no material breakdown in the internal 
accounting controls during the fi nancial year 
under review. The committee reviewed 
the auditor’s report to those charged with 
governance and can report that there were 
no material issues requiring immediate 
additional attention. The value added 
issues raised are receiving the appropriate 
attention to ensure increased effectiveness 
in all areas of fi nancial and business systems 
and controls. 

On behalf of the audit committee

HH Hickey
Audit committee Chairperson

20 September 2016

Financial Director 
The directors have considered the 
functioning of Pan African Resources’ fi nancial 
department and believe that it functions 
effectively, with the required controls and 
systems in place.

The committee has assessed and is satisfi ed 
that Deon Louw has the appropriate skill, 
expertise and experience as required 
by paragraph 3.84(h) of the JSE Listings 
Requirement.

Internal auditor
The committee plays an oversight role of 
internal audit by approval of the internal 
audit plan and review of the reporting 
of any fi ndings. The committee satisfi ed 
itself that the internal audit function 
is independent and has the necessary 
resources, standing and authority to 
discharge its duties. The Head of internal 
audit has direct access to the chairman 
of the audit committee and internal 
auditors are invited to attend each audit 
committee meeting.

The focus for the year under review 
has been on obtaining assurance on the 
following:

•  Alignment of the group’s internal control 
and information technology policies and 
procedures

•  Review of key risk areas within the control 
environment and investigations where this 
was necessary at the specifi c operations

•  Follow-up reviews on previously identifi ed 
control weaknesses and areas of concern.

108 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Directors’ statement of responsibility 

The directors are responsible for preparing 
the integrated annual report and the fi nancial 
statements in accordance with applicable law 
and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to 
prepare such fi nancial statements for each 
fi nancial year. Under that law the directors 
are required to prepare the group fi nancial 
statements in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) as 
adopted by the European Union (and 
Article 4 of the IAS Regulation) and have 
also chosen to prepare the parent company 
fi nancial statements under IFRS as adopted 
by the EU. Under company law, the directors 
must not approve the accounts unless they 
are satisfi ed that they give a true and fair 
view of the state of affairs and of the profi t 
or loss of the group for that period.

In preparing these fi nancial statements, the 
IAS requires that directors:

•  Properly select and apply accounting 

policies

•  Present information, including accounting 

policies, in a manner that provides relevant, 
reliable, comparable and understandable 
information

•  Provide additional disclosures when 

compliance with the specifi c requirements 
in IFRS are insuffi cient to enable users 
to understand the impact of particular 
transactions, other events or conditions 
on the entity’s fi nancial position and 
fi nancial performance

•  Make an assessment of the group’s ability 

to continue as a going concern.

The directors are responsible for keeping 
adequate accounting records that are 
suffi cient to show and explain the group’s 
transactions, disclose with reasonable 
accuracy at any time the fi nancial position 
of the group, and ensure that the fi nancial 
statements comply with the UK Companies 
Act. They are also responsible for 
safeguarding the assets of the company and 
therefore responsible for taking reasonable 
steps for the prevention and detection of 
fraud and other irregularities.

The directors are responsible for the 
maintenance and integrity of the corporate 
and fi nancial information included on the 
company’s website. Legislation in the United 
Kingdom governing the preparation and 
dissemination of fi nancial statements may 
differ from legislation in other jurisdictions.

Certifi cate of the Company Secretary

I hereby certify that Pan African Resources has lodged with the Registrar of Companies all such returns as are required of a public company in 
terms of the UK Companies Act. All such returns are true, correct and up to date.

St James’s Corporate Services Limited
Company Secretary

20 September 2016

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109

Directors’ report

The directors present their integrated annual 
report and the audited fi nancial statements 
for the year ended 30 June 2016.

The company’s South African income tax 
reference number is 9154588173 and it has 
1,943,206,554 shares currently in issue.

Policy for payment of creditors
It is the company’s policy to settle all agreed 
transactions within the terms established 
with suppliers. The company’s target credit 
days are 30 days from statement date.

Residual risks include the current South 
African labour market and associated union 
rivalry, USD gold price, USD/ZAR exchange 
rate, government and environmental 
regulatory frameworks, as well as unforeseen 
natural disasters. 

The board believes that the current 
processes of identifying and dealing with risks 
are effective.

Employment policy
Details of the group’s employment policies 
are provided on 

 pages 70 to 72.

Further details of the group’s approach
to risk management are disclosed on 

 page 30 of the integrated report and

in note 30 to the fi nancial statements.

Capital structure
The company’s issued share capital as at 
30 June 2016, together with details of share 
allotments and issue of treasury shares 
during the year, is set out in note 24 on 

 page 148.

Purchase of own shares
During the year, the company acquired a 
controlling interest of 49.9% in Shanduka 
Gold Proprietary Limited. As Shanduka Gold 
held 23.83% of Pan African Resources at the 
acquisition date, the effect of the transaction 
was therefore a share buyback. Further 
details are provided in note 41 to the 
fi nancial statements.    

Risk management
The key business risks for the group have 
been considered on 

 pages 30 to 33.

A separate risk committee is not considered 
necessary, as this role is fulfi lled by the 
board, its sub-committees and executive 
management. The identifi cation and 
management of critical risks is a strategic 
focus area for executive management, 
reviewed on a monthly basis and, together 
with action plans, reported regularly to 
the board. Executive management and 
other board members have the ability to 
call emergency board meetings, should the 
need arise. Risk registers for each business 
segment are in place. The board has 
reviewed the current risks to the business 
and, at the time of reporting, believes that 
the current business risks do not exceed 
the risk appetite of the group. 

Internal control
The board is responsible for maintaining 
a sound system of internal controls to 
safeguard shareholders’ investment and 
group’s assets. The directors monitor the 
operation of internal controls. The objective 
of the system is to safeguard group assets, 
ensure proper accounting records are 
maintained and that the fi nancial information 
used within the business and for publication 
is reliable. Any such system of internal 
control can only provide reasonable but 
not absolute assurance against material 
misstatement or loss.

Internal fi nancial control procedures 
undertaken by the board include:

•  Review of monthly fi nancial reports and 

monitoring performance

•  Review of internal audit reports and 

follow-up action of weaknesses identifi ed 
by these reports

•  Review of competency and experience of 

senior management staff

•  Prior approval of all signifi cant expenditure, 
including all major investment decisions

•  Review and debate of treasury and 

other policies.

The board has reviewed the operation and 
effectiveness of the group’s system of internal 
control for the fi nancial year and the period 
up to the date of approval of the fi nancial 
statements.

Principal activities
The group’s principal activity during the year 
was mining. A full review of the activities 
of the business and of future prospects is 
contained in the Chief Executive Offi cer’s 
report that accompanies these fi nancial 
statements, with fi nancial and non-fi nancial 
key performance indicators shown on

 page 100.

Results and dividends 
The results for the year are disclosed in the 
consolidated statement of comprehensive 
income on 
features of these results can be found on

 page 115.  The salient 

 page 1.

The group paid a fi nal dividend of 
ZAR210 million or GBP9.7 million 
(2014: ZAR258 million or GBP14.9 million) 
on 24 December 2015 relating to the 2015 
fi nancial year, equating to ZAR0.11466 
or 0.53 pence (2014: ZAR0.14100 or 
0.82 pence).

Proposed fi nal dividend for approval 
at the AGM
The board has proposed an increased 
fi nal dividend of ZAR300 million or 
approximately GBP16 million, equating to 
ZAR0.15438 per share or approximately 
0.82338 pence per share. This dividend is 
subject to approval at the AGM, which will 
take place on 25 November 2016. 

The GBP proposed fi nal dividend was 
calculated based on 1,943,206,554 total 
shares in issue and an illustrative exchange 
rate of ZAR18.75:1. Shareholders on the 
London register should note that a revised 
exchange rate will be communicated prior to 
approval at the AGM.

The local dividend tax rate is fi fteen percent 
per ordinary share for shareholders who 
are liable to pay the dividend tax, resulting 
in a net dividend of ZAR0.13123 per share, 
and foreign investors who qualify for a lower 
dividend tax rate, subject to completing a 
dividend tax declaration and submitting it to 
Computershare Limited and Capita Asset 
Services, who managed the SA and UK 
registers respectively. 

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Going concern
The board confi rms that the business is 
a going concern and that it has reviewed 
the working capital requirements of the 
business in conjunction with its future 
funding capabilities for at least the next 
12 months, from the date of approval of 
the annual fi nancial statements, and has 
found them to be adequate. The group has 
a ZAR800 million revolving credit facility 
from a consortium of South African banks 
(and a two-year accordion option, subject 
to the bank’s credit committee approval, 
for an additional ZAR300 million facility) 
and access to general banking facilities of 
ZAR100 million. At 30 June 2016 the group 
had borrowing capacity on the revolving 
credit facility and general banking facilities 
of ZAR490 million (GBP24.8 million) and 
ZAR50 million (GBP2.5 million), respectively, 
to assist in funding working capital 
requirements. On 1 July 2016 the group 
secured an additional general banking facility 
of ZAR85 million (GBP4.3 million) for the 
Uitkomst Colliery. Management is not aware 
of any material uncertainties which may 
cast signifi cant doubt on the group’s ability 
to continue as a going concern. Should the 
need arise the group can cease discretionary 
exploration and certain capital expenditure 
activities to conserve cash in the short to 
medium term. 

Indemnities
To the extent permitted by law and the 
Articles, the company has made qualifying 
third-party indemnity provisions for the 
benefi t of its directors during the year, which 
remain in force at the date of this report. 
Copies of these indemnities are open for 
inspection at the company’s registered offi ce. 

Auditors
Deloitte LLP has been appointed as the 
statutory auditor and Deloitte & Touche 
SA has been appointed as auditor for JSE 
reporting requirements until the conclusion 
of the next AGM.

Each of the persons who are directors at 
the date of approval of this integrated annual 
report confi rms that:

•  As far as the directors are aware, all 

relevant information has been provided to 
the group’s auditors

•  The directors have taken all the steps that 
they ought to have taken as directors in 
order to make themselves aware of any 
relevant audit information and to establish 
that the group’s auditors are aware of that 
information.

This confi rmation is given and should be 
interpreted in accordance with S418 of the 
UK Companies Act.

Events after the reporting 
period
No material events occurred after the 
reporting period review and up to the date 
of approval of this integrated annual report.

Deloitte LLP and Deloitte & Touche have 
expressed their willingness to continue 
in offi ce as auditors, and a resolution to 
reappoint them will be proposed at the 
forthcoming AGM.

Directors
The following were directors during the year 
under review:

KC Spencer 
(Independent non-executive Chairman)1

Approval of fi nancial 
statements
The board of directors therefore approves 
the integrated annual report and associated 
fi nancial statements.

JAJ Loots (Chief Executive Offi cer)

By order of the board

GP Louw (Financial Director)

HH Hickey1

T Mosololi1

R Smith1

1 Independent non-executive director.

Cobus Loots
Chief Executive Offi cer 

20 September 2016

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111

Independent auditor’s report 

United Kingdom

We have audited the fi nancial statements of 
Pan African Resources for the year ended 
30 June 2016 which comprise the 
consolidated and separate statement of 
profi t or loss and comprehensive income, 
the consolidated and separate statement 
of fi nancial position, the consolidated and 
separate statement of cash fl ows, the 
consolidated and separate statement of 
changes in equity and the related notes 
1 to 41. The fi nancial reporting framework 
that has been applied in their preparation 
is applicable law and International Financial 
Reporting Standards (IFRS) as adopted by 
the European Union.

This report is made solely to the company’s 
members, as a body, in accordance with 
Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 
2006.  Our audit work has been undertaken 
so that we might state to the company’s 
members those matters we are required 
to state to them in an auditor’s report and 
for no other purpose.  To the fullest extent 
permitted by law, we do not accept or 
assume responsibility to anyone other than 
the company and the company’s members 
as a body, for our audit work, for this report, 
or for the opinions we have formed.

Respective responsibilities of 
directors and auditor
As explained more fully in the directors’ 
responsibilities statement, the directors 
are responsible for the preparation of the 
fi nancial statements and for being satisfi ed 
that they give a true and fair view.  
Our responsibility is to audit and express 
an opinion on the fi nancial statements 
in accordance with applicable law and 
International Standards on Auditing 
(UK and Ireland). Those standards require us 
to comply with the Auditing Practices Board’s 
Ethical Standards for Auditors.

Scope of the audit of the 
fi nancial statements
An audit involves obtaining evidence about 
the amounts and disclosures in the fi nancial 
statements suffi cient to give reasonable 
assurance that the fi nancial statements are 
free from material misstatement, whether 
caused by fraud or error.  This includes an 
assessment of: whether the accounting 
policies are appropriate to the group’s 
and the parent company’s circumstances 
and have been consistently applied and 
adequately disclosed; the reasonableness 
of signifi cant accounting estimates made by 
the directors; and the overall presentation 
of the fi nancial statements.  In addition, 
we read all the fi nancial and non-fi nancial 
information in the integrated annual report 
to identify material inconsistencies with 
the audited fi nancial statements and to 
identify any information that is apparently 
materially incorrect based on, or materially 
inconsistent with, the knowledge acquired by 
us in the course of performing the audit.  If 
we become aware of any apparent material 
misstatements or inconsistencies we consider 
the implications for our report.

Opinion on fi nancial 
statements
In our opinion the fi nancial statements:

•  Give a true and fair view of the state of the 
group’s and of the parent company’s affairs 
as at 30 June 2016 and of the group’s and 
the parent company’s profi t for the year 
then ended

•  Have been properly prepared in 

accordance with IFRS as adopted by the 
European Union

•  Have been prepared in accordance with 
the requirements of the Companies 
Act 2006.

Opinion on other matters 
prescribed by the Companies 
Act 2006
In our opinion the information given in the 
strategic report and the directors’ report 
for the fi nancial year for which the fi nancial 
statements are prepared is consistent with 
the fi nancial statements.

Matters on which we are 
required to report by 
exception
We have nothing to report in respect of the 
following matters where the Companies Act 
2006 requires us to report to you if, in our 
opinion:

•  Adequate accounting records have not 
been kept by the parent company, or 
returns adequate for our audit have not 
been received from branches not visited 
by us

•  The parent company fi nancial statements 
are not in agreement with the accounting 
records and returns

•  Certain disclosures of directors’ 

remuneration specifi ed by law are not 
made

•  We have not received all the information 
and explanations we require for our audit.

Timothy Biggs FCA
Senior statutory auditor

for and on behalf of Deloitte LLP
Chartered Accountants and 
Statutory Auditor
London, United Kingdom

20 September 2016

112 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Opinion
In our opinion, the consolidated and separate 
fi nancial statements present fairly, in all 
material respects, the consolidated and 
separate fi nancial position of Pan African 
Resources as at 30 June 2016, and its 
consolidated and separate fi nancial 
performance and consolidated and separate 
cash fl ows for the year then ended in 
accordance with International Financial 
Reporting Standards.

Deloitte & Touche
Registered Auditor

Per: MLE Tshabalala
Partner

20 September 2016

Independent auditor’s report 

South Africa

To the shareholders of 
Pan African Resources

We have audited the consolidated and 
separate fi nancial statements of Pan African 
Resources set out on 
 pages 114 to 
181, which comprise the statements of 
fi nancial position as at 30 June 2016, and 
the statements of comprehensive income, 
statements of changes in equity and 
statements of cash fl ows for the year then 
ended, and the notes, comprising a summary 
of signifi cant accounting policies and other 
explanatory information. 

Directors’ responsibility for 
the consolidated fi nancial 
statements
The company’s directors are responsible 
for the preparation and fair presentation of 
these consolidated and separate fi nancial 
statements in accordance with International 
Financial Reporting Standards, and for such 
internal control as the directors determine 
is necessary to enable the preparation 
of consolidated and separate fi nancial 
statements that are free from material 
misstatement, whether due to fraud 
or error.

Auditor’s responsibility
Our responsibility is to express an opinion 
on these consolidated and separate 
fi nancial statements based on our audit.  

We conducted our audit in accordance with 
International Standards on Auditing.  Those 
standards require that we comply with 
ethical requirements and plan and perform 
the audit to obtain reasonable assurance 
about whether the consolidated and 
separate fi nancial statements are free from 
material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to 
obtain audit evidence about the amounts 
and disclosures in the fi nancial statements.  
The procedures selected depend on the 
auditor’s judgement, including the assessment 
of the risks of material misstatement of the 
fi nancial statements, whether due to fraud 
or error. In making those risk assessments, 
the auditor considers internal control 
relevant to the entity’s preparation and fair 
presentation of the fi nancial statements in 
order to design audit procedures that are 
appropriate in the circumstances, but not 
for the purpose of expressing an opinion 
on the effectiveness of the entity’s internal 
control.  An audit also includes evaluating 
the appropriateness of accounting policies 
used and the reasonableness of accounting 
estimates made by management, as well as 
evaluating the overall presentation of the 
fi nancial statements.

We believe that the audit evidence we have 
obtained is suffi cient and appropriate to 
provide a basis for our audit opinion.

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113

Consolidated and separate 

Statement of fi nancial position

as at 30 June 2016

Assets
Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment and mineral rights
Other intangible assets
Deferred taxation
Long-term inventory
Goodwill
Investments   
Rehabilitation trust fund

Current assets
Inventories
Receivables from other group companies
Current tax asset
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Non-current assets held for sale
Total assets

Equity and liabilities
Capital and reserves
Share capital
Share premium
Translation reserve
Share option reserve
Retained earnings
Realisation of equity reserve
Treasury capital reserve
Merger reserve
Other reserves
Equity attributable to owners of the parent
Total equity
Non-current liabilities
Long-term provisions
Long-term liabilities
Deferred taxation

Current liabilities
Trade and other payables 
Current portion of long-term liabilities
Financial instrument liabilities
Payable to other group companies
Current tax liability

Total equity and liabilities

Consolidated

Separate

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

Notes

16
17
29
21
18
19
20

21
35
26
22
23

36

24

27
28
29

25
28
30
35
26

 190,725,199 
 123,235 
 1,117,092 
 186,861 
 21,000,714 
 1,269,228 
 16,253,708 
 230,676,037 

 4,398,813 
 – 
 848,946 
 14,042,357 
 2,658,947 
 21,949,063 
66,873
 252,691,973 

 19,432,065 
 108,936,082 
 (58,583,848)
 1,035,888 
 126,620,650 
 (10,701,093)
 (25,376,743)
 (10,705,308)
 317,509 
 150,975,202 
 150,975,202 

 10,432,986 
 18,456,309 
 40,616,337 
 69,505,632 

 18,743,235 
 6,980,711 
 5,945,399 
 – 
 541,794 
 32,211,139 
 252,691,973 

 181,532,780 
 202,488 
 327,748 
 – 
 21,000,714 
 904,818 
 16,181,925 
 220,150,473 

 3,502,569 
 – 
 827,298 
 9,559,010 
 3,328,850 
 17,217,727 
–
 237,368,200 

 18,314,947 
 94,846,046 
 (56,402,515)
 1,035,888 
 110,850,201 
 (10,701,093)
 – 
 (10,705,308)
 (70,679)
 147,167,487 
 147,167,487 

 12,249,367 
 16,312,982 
 39,288,059 
 67,850,408 

 16,799,043 
 5,047,478 
 – 
 – 
 503,784 
 22,350,305 
 237,368,200 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 124,200,675 
 – 
 124,200,675 

 – 
 51,716,563 
 8,469 
 57,939 
 77,660 
 51,860,631 
–
 176,061,306 

 19,432,065 
 108,936,082 
 (5,875,138)
 897,658 
 43,496,979 
 – 
 – 
 1,560,000 
 317,509 
 168,765,155 
 168,765,155 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 122,911,964 
 – 
 122,911,964 

 – 
 31,369,774 
 141,574 
 41,531 
 888,498 
 32,441,377 
–
 155,353,341 

 18,314,947 
 94,846,046 
 (7,382,888)
 897,658 
 39,760,855 
 – 
 – 
 1,560,000 
 (70,679)
 147,925,939 
 147,925,939 

 – 
–
 – 
–

 257,837 
 – 

 213,861 
 – 

 7,038,314 
 – 
 7,296,151 
 176,061,306 

 7,213,541 
 – 
 7,427,402 
 155,353,341 

The fi nancial statements of Pan African Resources, registered number 3937466, were approved by the board of directors on 20 September 2016 
and signed on its behalf by:

Cobus Loots 
Chief Executive Offi cer 

114 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Deon Louw
Financial Director

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Consolidated and separate

Statement of profi t or loss and other 
comprehensive income

for the year ended 30 June 2016

Revenue
Gold sales
Platinum sales
Coal sales
Realisation costs
On-mine revenue
Gold cost of production
Platinum cost of production
Coal cost of production
Mining depreciation and amortisation
Mining profi t
Other (expenses)/income
Loss in associate
Loss on disposal of associate
Impairments
Royalty costs
Net income before fi nance income and fi nance costs
Finance income
Finance costs
Profi t before taxation
Taxation 
Profi t after taxation

Other comprehensive income (net of taxes):
Items that may be reclassifi ed subsequently to 
profi t and loss
Fair value movement on available for sale investment
Other movements
Foreign currency translation differences 
Total comprehensive income for the year

Profi t attributable to:
Owners of the parent

Total comprehensive income attributable to:
Owners of the parent

Notes

4
4
4
4

5
5
5
16,17

8
19
19
19

9
9
10
13

19

Consolidated

Separate

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

 169,360,532 
 161,312,220 
 3,480,338 
 4,567,974 
 (956,709)
 168,403,823 
 (100,487,340)
 (3,456,007)
 (4,279,735)
 (10,456,129)
 49,724,612 
 (12,182,895)
 – 
 – 
 – 
 (2,799,947)
 34,741,770 
 442,616 
 (1,448,738)
 33,735,648 
 (8,233,831)
 25,501,817 

 141,076,883 
 135,611,436 
 5,465,447 
 – 
 (690,538)
 140,386,345 
 (106,644,655)
 (3,768,530)
 – 
 (10,337,211)
 19,635,949 
 249,776 
 (127,950)
 (139,970)
 (58,424)
 (1,647,297)
 17,912,084 
 348,959 
 (2,458,287)
 15,802,756 
 (4,132,789)
 11,669,967 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 13,421,553 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 13,421,553 
 79,755 
 (6)
 13,501,302 
 (33,810)
 13,467,492 

 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 53,880,947 
 (127,950)
 (139,970)
 (58,424)
 – 
 53,554,603 
 53,290 
 (13,165)
 53,594,728 
 (24,306)
 53,570,422 

 388,188 
 – 
 (2,181,333)
 23,708,672 

 (70,679)
 5,529 
 (8,857,195)
 2,747,622 

 388,188 
 – 
 1,507,750 
 15,363,430 

 (70,679)
 – 
 (1,700,002)
 51,799,741 

 25,501,817 
 25,501,817 

 11,669,967 
 11,669,967 

 13,467,492 
 13,467,492 

 53,570,422 
 53,570,422 

 23,708,672 
 23,708,672 

 2,747,622 
 2,747,622 

 15,363,430 
 15,363,430 

 51,799,741 
 51,799,741 

Earnings per share 
Diluted earnings per share

14
14

 1.41 
 1.41 

 0.64 
 0.64 

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

115

Consolidated and company 

Statement of changes in equity

for the year ended 30 June 2016

Share
capital
(Note 24)
GBP

 18,299,947 
 15,000 
–
–
–

 18,314,947 
 1,117,118 
–
–
–
–
 19,432,065 

Share
capital
(Note 24)
GBP

 18,299,947 
 15,000 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 18,314,947 
 1,117,118 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 19,432,065 

Share
premium
GBP

Translation
reserve
GBP

 94,792,516 
 53,530 
–
–
–

 94,846,046 
 15,011,206 
 (921,170)
–
–
–
 108,936,082 

 (47,545,320)
–
 (8,857,195)
–
–

 (56,402,515)
–
–
 (2,181,333)
–
–
 (58,583,848)

Share
premium
GBP

Translation
reserve
GBP

 94,792,516 
 53,530 
 – 
 – 
 – 

 94,846,046 
 15,011,206 
 (921,170)
 – 
 – 
 108,936,082 

 (5,682,886)
 – 
 (1,700,002)
 – 
 – 

 (7,382,888)
 – 
 – 
 1,507,750 
 – 
 (5,875,138)

Share 
option
reserve
GBP

 1,154,891 
–
–
–
 (119,003)

 1,035,888 
–
–
–
–
–
 1,035,888 

Share 
option
reserve
GBP

 1,016,661 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 (119,003)

 897,658 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 897,658 

Group
Balance at 30 June 2014
Issue of shares
Total comprehensive income
Dividends paid
Share based payment – charge for the year

Balance at 30 June 2015
Issue of shares
Share issue costs
Total comprehensive income
Dividends paid
Share buyback
Balance at 30 June 2016

Company
Balance at 30 June 2014
Issue of shares
Total comprehensive income
Dividends paid
Share-based payment – charge for the year

Balance at 30 June 2015
Issue of shares
Share issue costs
Total comprehensive income
Dividends paid
Balance at 30 June 2016

116 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Retained 
earnings
GBP

Realisation 
of equity
reserve
GBP

Treasury 
capital 
reserve
(Note 41)
GBP

 114,106,005 
–
 11,669,967 
 (14,925,771)
–

 110,850,201 
–
–
 25,501,817 
 (9,731,368)
–
 126,620,650 

 (10,701,093)
–
–
–
–

 (10,701,093)
–
–
–
–
–
 (10,701,093)

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
 (25,376,743)
 (25,376,743)

Retained 
earnings
GBP

Realisation 
of equity
reserve
GBP

Treasury 
capital
reserve
GBP

 1,116,204 
 – 
 53,570,422 
 (14,925,771)
–

 39,760,855 
 – 
 – 
 13,467,492 
 (9,731,368)
 43,496,979 

–
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 

–
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Merger
reserve
GBP

 (10,705,308)
–
–
–
–

 (10,705,308)
–
–
–
–
–
 (10,705,308)

Merger
reserve
GBP

 1,560,000 
 – 
–
 – 
 – 

 1,560,000 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 – 
 1,560,000 

Other
reserves
GBP

 (5,529)
–
 (65,150)

–

 (70,679)
–
–
 388,188 
–
–
 317,509 

Other
reserves
GBP

–
 – 
 (70,679)
 – 
 – 

 (70,679)
 – 
 – 
 388,188 
 – 
 317,509 

Total
GBP

 159,396,109 
 68,530 
 2,747,622 
 (14,925,771)
 (119,003)

 147,167,487 
 16,128,324 
 (921,170)
 23,708,672 
 (9,731,368)
 (25,376,743)
 150,975,202 

Total
GBP

 111,102,442 
 68,530 
 51,799,741 
 (14,925,771)
 (119,003)

 147,925,939 
 16,128,324 
 (921,170)
 15,363,430 
 (9,731,368)
 168,765,155 

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

117

Consolidated and separate 

Statements of cash fl ows

for the year ended 30 June 2016

Consolidated

Separate

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

Audited
30 June 2016
GBP

Audited
30 June 2015
GBP

Notes

Net cash generated from operating activities

38

 28,464,205 

 5,364,480 

 4,600,543 

 39,723,238 

Investing activities
Additions to property, plant and equipment and 
mineral rights
Sale of assets and liabilities to PAR Management Services
Additions to other intangible assets
Investments acquired
Loans to subsidiaries
Proceeds on disposals of associate
Proceeds on disposals of property, plant and equipment 
and mineral rights 
Acquisition of Uitkomst Colliery
Treasury share buyback
Net cash used in investing activities

Financing activities
Proceeds from borrowings
Borrowings repaid
Settlement of equity share option costs
Loans from subsidiaries
Shares issued
Share issue costs
Net cash from/(used in) fi nancing activities

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year
Effect of foreign exchange rate changes
Cash and cash equivalents at the end of the year

16

17
19

28
28
34

24

23

 (14,079,918)
–
 (17,248)
–
–
–

 14,620 
 (5,700,402)
 (25,299,095)
 (45,082,043)

 38,061,147 
 (38,131,957)
–
–
 16,128,324 
 (921,170)
 15,136,344 

 (1,481,494)
 3,328,850 
 811,591 
 2,658,947 

 (19,528,616)
–
 (25,740)
 (1,037,677)
–
 277,732 

–
–
–
–
 (20,346,789)
–

–
 (951,449)
–
 (1,037,677)
 (8,914,156)
 277,732 

 (20,314,301)

 (20,346,789)

 (10,625,550)

 27,898,927 
 (14,728,154)
 (303,067)
–
 68,530 
–
 12,936,236 

 (2,013,585)
 5,618,323 
 (275,888)
 3,328,850 

–
–
–
 (175,227)
 16,128,324 
 (921,170)
 15,031,927 

 (714,319)
 888,498 
 (96,519)
 77,660 

–
 (112,476)
–
 (28,110,615)
 68,530 
–
 (28,154,561)

 943,127 
 1,803,545 
 (1,858,174)
 888,498 

118 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Notes to the consolidated and separate 

Annual fi nancial statements

for the year ended 30 June 2016

1. 
 General information 
Pan African Resources is a company 
incorporated in England and Wales under 
the UK Companies Act. The company has a 
dual primary listing on the AIM of the LSE 
and JSE. The nature of the group’s operations 
and its principal activities relate to gold, PGE 
and coal mining and exploration activities. 
The fi nancial statements are presented in 
pounds sterling. Foreign operations are 
included in accordance with the policies set 
out below. The individual fi nancial results of 
each group company are maintained in their 
functional currencies, which are determined 
by reference to the primary economic 
environment in which it operates.

For the purpose of the consolidated 
fi nancial statements, the results and fi nancial 
position of each group company are 
expressed in pounds sterling.  The fi nancial 
statements have been prepared on the going 
concern basis.  

The fi nancial statements have also been 
prepared in accordance with the IFRS 
adopted by the EU and South Africa. 

The accounting policies listed below apply 
to both consolidated and separate annual 
fi nancial statements.

 Accounting policies 
2. 
Basis of preparation and general 
information  
The annual fi nancial statements have been 
prepared under the historical cost basis, 
except for certain fi nancial instruments 
which are stated at fair value. The principal 
accounting policies are set out below and are 
consistent in all material respects with those 
applied in the previous year, except where 
otherwise indicated.  

Historic reverse acquisition
On 31 July 2007 the company acquired 
74% of Barberton Mines in a share-for-share 
transaction.  

IFRS3: Business Combinations defi nes the 
acquirer in a business combination as the 
entity that obtains control. Accordingly, the 
combination was accounted for as a reverse 
acquisition.

Going concern 
The fi nancial position of the group, its cash 
fl ows and liquidity position are described 
in these fi nancial statements. In addition, 
note 30 to the fi nancial statements includes 
the group’s objectives, policies and processes 
for managing its capital, its fi nancial risk 

management objectives, details of its fi nancial 
instruments and its exposure to credit, 
foreign currency, commodity price, interest 
rate and liquidity risk.

Management is not aware of any material 
uncertainties which may cast signifi cant 
doubt on the group’s ability to continue 
as a going concern. Based on the current 
status of the group’s fi nances, the directors 
have formed a judgement, at the time of 
approving the fi nancial statements, that 
there is a reasonable expectation that the 
group has, or will have, adequate resources 
to enable the group to continue to meet its 
fi nancial commitments for the foreseeable 
future. Accordingly, the directors continue to 
adopt the going concern basis in preparing 
the fi nancial statements. Further details are 
provided in the going concern section of 
the directors’ report.

New and revised IFRS not yet 
adopted
The group applies all applicable IFRS in 
preparation of the fi nancial statements. 
Consequently, all IFRS statements adopted by 
the EU that were effective at 30 June 2016 
and are relevant to its operations have 
been applied.

At the date of authorisation of these fi nancial statements, the following standards and interpretations, which have been applied in these fi nancial 
statements, for the fi rst time, were in issue and effective as at 30 June 2016.

Standard

Amendment

IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: 
Disclosures
IAS 39: Financial Instruments: 
Recognition and 
Measurement

Deferral of mandatory effective date of IFRS 9 and amendments to transition 
disclosures
Amendments for novations of derivatives

Effective date

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2015
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2014

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

119

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

At the date of authorisation of these fi nancial statements, the following standards and interpretations, which have not been applied in these 
fi nancial statements, were in issue and not yet effective as at 30 June 2016.

Standard

Amendment

IFRS 5: Non-current 
Assets Held for Sale and 
Discontinued Operations
IFRS 7: Financial Instruments: 
Disclosures
IFRS 9: Financial Instruments

IFRS 10: Consolidated 
Financial Statements
IFRS 10: Consolidated 
Financial Statements
IFRS 12: Disclosure of 
Interests in Other Entities
IFRS 15: Revenue from 
Contracts with Customers
IFRS 15: Revenue from 
Contracts with Customers
IFRS 15: Revenue from 
Contracts with Customers
IFRS 16: Leases

IAS 1: Presentation of 
Financial Statements
IAS 7: Cash Flow Statement

Amendments resulting from 2012 – 2014 Annual Improvements Cycle

Amendments resulting from September 2014 Annual Improvements to IFRSs

 Reissue of a complete standard with all the chapters incorporated

Amendments on sale or contribution of assets between an investor and its 
associate or joint venture
Amendments related to the application of the investment entities exceptions

Amendments related to the application of the investment entities exceptions

Original issue

Amendment to defer the effective date to 1 January 2018

Clarifi cations to IFRS 15

Original issue

Amendments arising under the Disclosure Initiative

Amendments as result of the Disclosure Initiative

IAS 12: Income Taxes

IAS 16: Property, Plant and 
Equipment
IAS 16: Property, Plant and 
Equipment
IAS 19: Employee Benefi ts

Amendments regarding the recognition of deferred tax assets for 
unrealised losses
Amendments resulting from clarifi cation of acceptable methods of 
depreciation and amortisation (Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38)
Amendments to include 'bearer plants' within the scope of IAS 16 rather 
than IAS 41
Amendments resulting from 2012 – 2014 Annual Improvements Cycle

IAS 27: Separate Financial 
Statements
IAS 28: Investments in 
Associates and Joint Ventures
IAS 28: Investments in 
Associates and Joint Ventures
IAS 34: Interim Financial 
Reporting
IAS 38: Intangible Assets

Amendments relating to equity method in separate fi nancial statements

Amendments on sale or contribution of assets between an investor and 
its associate or joint venture
Amendments related to the application of the investment entities exceptions

Amendments resulting from 2012 – 2014 Annual Improvements Cycle

Amendments resulting from clarifi cation of acceptable methods of 
depreciation and amortisation (Amendments to IAS 16 and IAS 38)

Effective date

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2018
Deferred indefi nitely

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2017 
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2018
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2018
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2019
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2017
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2017
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Deferred indefi nitely

Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016
Annual periods beginning 
on or after 1 January 2016

The impact of the adoption of the above standards and interpretations still needs to be considered, but is not expected to have a material 
impact on the fi nancial results.

120 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Basis of consolidation 
The consolidated fi nancial statements 
incorporate the fi nancial statements of 
the company and entities controlled by 
the company (its subsidiaries) to 30 June 
each year. Control is achieved where the 
company has the power to govern the 
fi nancial and operating policies of an investee 
enterprise so as to obtain benefi ts from 
its activities. The results of the subsidiaries 
acquired or disposed of during the year are 
included in the consolidated statement of 
comprehensive income from the effective 
date of acquisition or up to the effective date 
of disposal, as appropriate.  Inter-company 
transactions and balances between group 
entities are eliminated on consolidation. 

Business combinations
Acquisitions of subsidiaries and businesses 
are accounted for using the purchase 
method. The cost of a business combination 
is measured as the aggregate of the fair 
values (at the date of exchange) of assets 
given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and 
equity instruments issued by the group in 
exchange for control of the acquiree. The 
acquiree’s identifi able assets, liabilities and 
contingent liabilities that meet the conditions 
for recognition under IFRS 3: Business 
Combinations are recognised at their fair 
values at the acquisition date, except for 
non-current assets (or disposal groups) that 
are classifi ed as held-for-sale in accordance 
with IFRS 5: Non-current Assets Held for 
Sale and Discontinued Operations, which are 
recognised and measured at fair value less 
costs to sell.

Goodwill arising on acquisitions is recognised 
as an asset, and initially measured at cost, 
being the excess of the cost of the business 
combination over the group’s interest in 
the net fair value of the identifi able assets, 
liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised. 
If, after reassessment, the group’s interest 
in the net fair value of the acquiree’s 
identifi able assets, liabilities and contingent 
liabilities exceeds the cost of the business 
combination, the excess is recognised 
immediately in profi t or loss. The interest 
of minority shareholders in the acquiree 
is initially measured at the minority’s 
proportion of net fair value of the assets, 
liabilities and contingent liabilities recognised.  

Change in ownership interest
In terms of IAS 27: Separate Financial 
Statements, changes in a parent’s ownership 
interest in a subsidiary that do not result in 
a change of control are accounted for as 
equity transactions.

Investment in associate
An associate is an entity over which the 
group and the company have signifi cant 
infl uence and that is neither a subsidiary nor 
an interest in a joint venture. 

In the company’s separate fi nancial statements, 
an investment in associate is stated at fair 
value less impairment losses, if any.  An 
investment in associate is accounted for in the 
consolidated fi nancial statements using the 
equity method of accounting.  The investment 
in associate in the consolidated balance sheet 
is initially recognised at fair value and adjusted 
thereafter for the post- acquisition change 
in the group’s share of net assets of the 
investment.

Property, plant and equipment 
Mining assets 
Mining assets, including mine development 
costs and mine plant facilities, are recorded 
at cost less provision for impairment and 
accumulated depreciation.  

Expenditure incurred after feasibility stage 
to develop new orebodies, to defi ne 
mineralisation in existing orebodies, to 
establish or expand productive capacity and 
expenditure designed to maintain productive 
capacities, is capitalised within capital under 
construction until commercial levels of 
production are achieved. Capital under 
construction is not depreciated. All revenue 
generated during the commissioning phase 
is capitalised back to the property, plant and 
equipment as per IAS 16: Property, Plant and 
Equipment.

Mineral and surface rights 
Mineral and surface rights are recorded 
at cost less provision for impairment and 
accumulated depreciation.  

Land 
Land is shown at cost and is not depreciated.  

Gain or loss on disposal or retirement of 
assets 
The gain or loss arising on the disposal or 
retirement of an item of property, plant and 

equipment is determined as the difference 
between the sales proceeds and the carrying 
amount of the asset and is recognised in 
profi t or loss.  

Depreciation 
Mining assets, mineral and surface rights 
mining assets, mine development costs, 
mineral and surface rights and plant mine 
facilities are depreciated over the estimated 
life of mine (LOM) to their residual values 
using the units-of-production method based, 
on estimated proven and probable ore 
reserves. 

Other mining plant and equipment is 
depreciated on the straight-line basis over 
the shorter of the life of mine or their 
estimated useful lives. 

Depreciation of non-mining assets 
Buildings and other non-mining assets are 
recorded at cost and depreciated on the 
straight-line basis over their expected useful 
lives, which vary between three to ten years. 

Research, development, mineral 
exploration and evaluation costs
Research, development, mineral exploration 
and evaluation costs are expensed in the 
year in which they are incurred until they 
result in projects that the group:

•  Evaluates as being technically or 

commercially feasible

•  Has suffi cient resources to complete 

development

•  Can demonstrate will generate future 

economic benefi ts. 

Once these criteria are met, all directly 
attributable development costs and ongoing 
mineral exploration and evaluation costs 
are capitalised within other intangible assets. 
Capitalisation of pre-production expenditure 
ceases when the mining property is capable 
of commercial production.

Capitalised pre-production expenditure is 
assessed for impairment in accordance with 
the group accounting policy stated below.

Impairment (except for goodwill) 
At each statement of fi nancial position date, 
the group reviews the carrying amounts of 
its tangible and intangible assets to determine 
whether there is any indication that those 
assets have suffered an impairment loss. 

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

121

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

If any such indication exists, the recoverable 
amount of the asset, being the higher of 
fair value less costs to sell or value in use, is 
estimated in order to determine the extent 
of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is 
not possible to estimate the recoverable 
amount of an individual asset, the group 
estimates the recoverable amount of the 
cash-generating unit (CGU) to which 
the asset belongs. Impairment losses are 
immediately recognised as an expense. 
A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised 
in the statement of comprehensive income.  

Goodwill 
Goodwill arising on consolidation represents 
the excess of the cost of acquisition over 
the group’s interest in the fair value of 
the identifi able assets and liabilities of a 
subsidiary, associate or jointly controlled 
entity at the date of acquisition. Goodwill 
is initially recognised as an asset at cost 
and is subsequently measured at cost less 
accumulated impairment losses. 

For the purpose of impairment testing, 
goodwill is allocated to each of the group’s 
CGUs expected to benefi t from the synergies 
of the combination. CGUs to which goodwill 
has been allocated are tested for impairment 
annually, or more frequently when there is 
an indication that the CGU may be impaired. 
If the recoverable amount of the CGU is less 
than the carrying amount of the CGU, the 
impairment loss is allocated fi rst to reduce 
the carrying amount of any goodwill allocated 
to the unit and then to the other assets 
of the CGU, pro rata on the basis of the 
carrying amount of each asset in the CGU. 
An impairment loss recognised for goodwill 
is not reversed in a subsequent period. 
On disposal of a subsidiary, associate or jointly 
controlled entity, the attributable amount of 
goodwill is included in the determination of 
the profi t or loss on disposal. 

Taxation 
The charge for current tax is based on the 
results for the year as adjusted for items 
which are non-deductible or disallowed. It 
is calculated using tax rates that have been 
enacted or substantively enacted by the 
statement of fi nancial position date. 

Deferred tax is accounted for using the 
liability method in respect of temporary 
differences arising from differences 

between the carrying amount of assets and 
liabilities in the fi nancial statements and 
the corresponding tax basis used in the 
computation of taxable profi t. In principle, 
deferred tax liabilities are recognised for all 
taxable temporary differences, and deferred 
tax assets are recognised to the extent 
that it is probable that taxable profi t will be 
available against which deductible temporary 
differences can be utilised. Such assets and 
liabilities are not recognised if the temporary 
difference arises from goodwill or from the 
initial recognition (other than a business 
combination) of other assets and liabilities in 
a transaction, which affects neither tax nor 
accounting profi t.  

Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates 
that are expected to apply to the period 
when the asset is realised or the liability is 
settled, based on tax rates (and laws) that 
have been enacted or substantively enacted 
by the statement of fi nancial position date. 
The measurement of deferred tax liabilities 
and assets refl ects the tax consequences 
that would follow from the manner in which 
the group expects, at the reporting date, 
to recover or settle the carrying amount 
of its assets and liabilities. Deferred tax is 
charged or credited to the statement of 
comprehensive income, except when it 
relates to items credited or charged directly 
to equity, in which case the deferred tax is 
also recorded within equity, or where they 
arise from the initial accounting for a business 
combination. In a business combination, the 
tax effect is taken into account in calculating 
goodwill or in determining the excess of 
the acquirer’s interest in the net fair value 
of the acquiree’s identifi able assets, liabilities 
and contingent liabilities over the cost of the 
business combination.  

The carrying amount of deferred tax assets 
is reviewed at each statement of fi nancial 
position date and reduced to the extent that 
it is no longer probable that suffi cient taxable 
profi ts will be available to allow all or part of 
the assets to be recovered.

Revenues, expenses and assets are recognised 
net of the amount of associated VAT, unless 
VAT incurred is not recoverable from the 
taxation authority. In this case it is recognised 
as part of the cost of acquisition of the asset 
or as part of the expense. Receivables and 
payables are stated inclusive of the amount of  
VAT receivable or payable. The net amount of  

VAT recoverable from, or payable to, 
the taxation authority is included with other 
receivables or payables in the consolidated 
statement of fi nancial position.  

Provisions
Provisions are recognised when the group 
has a legal or constructive obligation 
resulting from past events, it is probable 
that an outfl ow of resources embodying 
economic benefi ts will be required to settle 
the obligation and a reliable estimate can be 
made of the amount of the obligation.  

The amount recognised as a provision is the 
best estimate of the consideration required 
to settle the present obligation at the 
statement of fi nancial position date, taking 
into account the risks and uncertainties 
surrounding the obligation. 

When some or all of the economic benefi ts 
required to settle a provision are expected 
to be received from a third party, the 
receivable is recognised as an asset if it is 
virtually certain that reimbursement will be 
received and the amount of the receivable 
can be measured reliably. 

Lease assets
The group leases certain property, plant 
and equipment.  A lease is classifi ed as a 
fi nance lease if it transfers substantially all the 
risks and rewards incidental to ownership 
to the group. Other leases are classifi ed as 
operating leases.

Finance lease assets are capitalised at the 
lease’s commencement at the lower of 
the fair value of the leased property and 
the present value of the minimum lease 
payments.  

Operating leases
Operating lease payments are recognised 
as an expense on a straight-line basis over 
the lease term.  The difference between the 
amounts recognised as an expense and the 
contractual payments is recognised as an 
operating lease liability.

Foreign currencies 
The group’s subsidiaries are incorporated in 
South Africa and their functional currency 
is ZAR. The group’s business is conducted 
in ZAR and the accounting records are 
maintained in this same currency, with the 

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

exception of precious metal product sales, 
which are conducted in USD, prior to 
conversion into ZAR. The ongoing review 
of the results of operations conducted by 
executive management and the board is also 
performed in ZAR. 

Transactions in currencies other than the 
functional currency of the relevant subsidiary 
are initially recorded at the rates of exchange 
ruling on the dates of the transactions. On 
consolidation, the group’s results are translated 
into GBP, the presentational currency of the 
group, at exchange rates prevailing on the 
reporting date. Monetary assets and liabilities 
denominated in such other currencies are 
translated at the rates ruling at the statement 
of fi nancial position date. Profi ts and losses 
arising on exchange are recorded in the 
statement of comprehensive income.  In order 
to hedge its exposure to foreign exchange 
risks, the group may enter into forward 
contracts. On consolidation, the assets and 
liabilities of the group’s foreign operations are 
translated into pounds sterling at exchange 
rates ruling at the statement of fi nancial 
position date. Income and expense items 
are translated at the average exchange rates 
for the period. Exchange differences arising 
from the translation of foreign operations 
are classifi ed as equity and are recognised as 
income or expenses in the period in which 
the operation is disposed of.  Translation 
differences on foreign loans to subsidiaries 
which are classifi ed as equity loans are also 
accounted for as equity.  

Inventories
Inventories include the gold bullion on 
hand, PGE concentrate, coal mined prior to 
washing and post washing, gold, PGE or coal 
in process and consumable stores.

Bullion, PGE concentrate and coal on hand 
are valued at the lower of cost, determined 
on a weighted-average basis, and net 
realisable value. Costs include direct mining 
costs and mine overheads.

Gold, PGE and coal in process inventories 
represent materials that are currently in the 
process of being converted to saleable gold, 
PGE or coal products. The gold, PGE and 
coal in process inventories are valued only if 
they are reliably measurable and are valued 
at the lower of the average cost of the 
material fed to process plus the in-process 
conversion costs and net realisable value.

Consumable stores are valued at the lower 
of cost, determined on a weighted average 
basis, and estimated net realisable value. 
Net realisable value represents the estimated 
selling price less all estimated costs of 
completion and costs to be incurred in 
marketing, selling and distribution. Obsolete 
and slow-moving consumable stores are 
identifi ed and are written down to their 
economic or realisable values. 

Retirement and pension benefi ts 
Payments to defi ned contribution retirement 
benefi t plans are charged as an expense 
as they fall due. Payments made to state-
managed schemes are dealt with as defi ned 
contribution plans where the group’s 
obligations under the schemes are equivalent 
to those arising in a defi ned contribution 
retirement benefi t plan and are charged as 
an expense as they fall due.

Post-retirement benefi ts other than 
pension
Historically Barberton Mines and Evander 
Mines provided retirement benefi ts by way 
of medical aid scheme contributions for 
certain employees. The practice has been 
discontinued for some years. The net present 
value of estimated future costs of company 
contributions towards medical aid schemes 
for these retirees is recorded as a provision 
on the group statement of fi nancial position. 
The provision is reviewed annually with 
movements in the provision recorded in the 
statement of comprehensive income.

Equity participation plan 
Equity-settled share-based payments to 
employees are measured at the fair value 
of the equity instruments at the grant date. 
The fair value determined at the grant date 
of the equity-settled share-based payments 
is expensed on a straight-line basis over the 
vesting period, based on the group’s estimate 
of equity instruments that will eventually 
vest.  At each statement of fi nancial position 
date, the group revises its estimate of the 
number of equity instruments expected 
to vest. The impact of the revision of the 
original estimates, if any, is recognised in 
the statement of comprehensive income 
such that the cumulative expense refl ects 
the revised estimate, with corresponding 
adjustments to the equity-settled employee 
benefi ts reserve. 

Cash participation plan 
Cash-settled share-based payments to 
employees are measured at the fair value 
of the cash instruments at the grant date. 
The fair value determined at the grant date 
of the cash-settled share-based payments 
is expensed on a straight-line basis over 
the vesting period, based on the company’s 
estimate of cash instruments that will 
eventually vest.  At each statement of fi nancial 
position date, the company revises its 
estimate of the number of cash instruments 
expected to vest. The impact of the revision 
of the original estimates, if any, is recognised 
in the statement of comprehensive income 
such that the cumulative expense refl ects 
the revised estimate, with corresponding 
adjustments to the cash-settled employee 
benefi ts liability. 

Provision for environmental 
rehabilitation costs 
Long-term environmental obligations are 
based on Barberton Mines, Evander Mines, 
Phoenix Platinum and the Uitkomst Colliery 
environmental plans, in compliance with 
current environmental and regulatory 
requirements. The provision is based on the 
net present value of the estimated cost of 
restoring the environmental disturbance that 
has occurred up to the statement of fi nancial 
position date. Increases due to additional 
environmental disturbances are capitalised 
and amortised over the remaining lives of the 
mines. The estimated cost of rehabilitation 
is reviewed annually and adjusted as 
appropriate for changes in legislation or 
technology. Cost estimates are not reduced 
by the potential proceeds from the sale of 
assets or from plant clean-up at closure. 

Contributions to rehabilitation trust
Contributions are made to a dedicated 
environmental rehabilitation trust to fund 
the estimated cost of rehabilitation during 
and at the end of the life of the group’s 
mines. The trust’s assets are recognised 
separately on the statement of fi nancial 
position as non-current assets at fair 
value. Interest earned on funds invested 
in the environmental rehabilitation trust is 
accrued on a time proportion basis and 
credited to the provision for environmental 
rehabilitation costs.

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123

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

Provision for decommissioning costs
The group provides for decommissioning 
costs other than rehabilitation costs, if 
any, when the directors have prepared a 
detailed plan for closure of the particular 
operation, the remaining life of which is 
such that signifi cant changes to the plan are 
unlikely, and the directors have raised a valid 
expectation in those affected that it will carry 
out the closure by starting to implement that 
plan or announcing its main features to those 
affected by it.

Revenue recognition 
Sales represents the value of gold, PGE and 
coal sold, excluding value added tax, and is 
recognised when goods are delivered and 
risk and reward has passed, and is measured 
at the fair value of the consideration received 
or receivable.  

Interest income is accrued on a time basis, 
by reference to the principal outstanding and 
at the interest rates applicable, which is the 
rate that exactly discounts estimated future 
cash receipts through the expected life of 
the fi nancial asset to that asset’s net carrying 
amount. Dividend income from investments 
is recognised when the shareholders’ rights 
to receive payment have been established. 
Revenue is recognised when the buyer takes 
title, provided that: 

•  It is probable that delivery will be made

•  The item is on hand, identifi ed and ready 
for delivery to the buyer at the time the 
sale is recognised

•  The buyer specifi cally acknowledges the 

deferred delivery instructions

•  The usual payment terms apply. 

Loans and receivables 
Trade receivables, loans and other receivables 
that have fi xed or determinable payments 
and that are not quoted in an active market 
are classed as loans and receivables. Loans 
and receivables are measured at amortised 
cost using the effective interest method, less 
impairment if necessary.  Interest income is 
recognised by applying the effective interest 
rate, except for short-term receivables, 
when the recognition of interest would be 
immaterial. 

Impairment of fi nancial assets 
Financial assets, other than those at fair 
value through profi t and loss (FVTPL), are 

assessed for indicators of impairment at 
each statement of fi nancial position date. 
Financial assets are impaired where there is 
objective evidence that, as a result of one 
or more events that occurred after the 
initial recognition of the fi nancial asset, the 
estimated future cash fl ows of the fi nancial 
asset have been negatively impacted. 

Derecognition of fi nancial assets 
The group derecognises a fi nancial asset 
only when the contractual rights to the 
cash fl ows from the asset expire, or when it 
transfers the fi nancial asset and substantially 
all the risks and rewards of ownership of the 
asset to another entity. If the group neither 
transfers nor retains substantially all the risks 
and rewards of ownership and continues 
to control the transferred asset, the group 
recognises its retained interest in the asset 
and an associated liability for amounts it may 
have to pay. If the group retains substantially 
all the risks and rewards of ownership 
of a transferred fi nancial asset, the group 
continues to recognise the fi nancial asset and 
also recognises a collateralised borrowing for 
the proceeds received.  

Financial liabilities and equity 
instruments issued by the group 
Classifi cation as debt or equity 
Debt and equity instruments are classifi ed 
as either fi nancial liabilities or as equity 
in accordance with the substance of the 
contractual arrangement. 

Equity instruments
An equity instrument is any contract that 
evidences a residual interest in the assets of 
an entity after deducting all of its liabilities. 
Equity instruments issued by the group are 
recorded at the proceeds received, net of 
direct issue costs. 

Financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are classifi ed as either 
fi nancial liabilities at FVTPL or other fi nancial 
liabilities. 

Financial liabilities at FVTPL 
Financial liabilities are classifi ed as at FVTPL 
where the fi nancial liability is either held-for-
trading or it is designated as at FVTPL. 

•  It is part of an identifi ed portfolio of 
fi nancial instruments that the group 
manages together and has a recent actual 
pattern of short-term profi t-taking

•  It is a derivative that is not designated and 

effective as a hedging instrument.

A fi nancial liability other than a fi nancial 
liability held-for-trading may be designated as 
at FVTPL upon initial recognition if:

•  Such designation eliminates or signifi cantly 
reduces a measurement or recognition 
inconsistency that would otherwise arise 

•  The fi nancial liability forms part of a 
group of fi nancial assets or fi nancial 
liabilities or both, which is managed 
and its performance is evaluated on a 
fair value basis, in accordance with the 
group’s documented risk management or 
investment strategy, and information about 
the grouping is provided internally on that 
basis

•  It forms part of a contract containing one 

or more embedded derivatives, and 
IAS 39: Financial Instruments: Recognition 
and Measurement permits the entire 
combined contract (asset or liability) to be 
designated as at FVTPL.

Financial liabilities at FVTPL are stated at 
fair value, with any resultant gain or loss 
recognised in profi t or loss. The net gain or 
loss recognised in profi t or loss incorporates 
any interest paid on the fi nancial liability. 
The group has no fi nancial liabilities classifi ed 
as FVTPL. 

Other fi nancial liabilities
Other fi nancial liabilities are initially valued 
at fair value and subsequently measured at 
amortised cost using the effective interest 
method, with interest recognised on an 
effective yield basis. 

The effective interest method is a method of 
calculating the amortised cost of a fi nancial 
liability and of allocating interest expense 
over the relevant period. The effective 
interest rate is the rate that discounts the 
estimated future cash payments through the 
expected life of the fi nancial liability or, where 
appropriate, a shorter period. 

A fi nancial liability is classifi ed as held-for-
trading if: 

•  It has been incurred principally for the 

purpose of repurchasing in the near future

Derecognition of fi nancial liabilities 
The group derecognises fi nancial liabilities 
only when the group’s obligations are 
discharged, cancelled or they expire. 

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Derivative fi nancial instruments 
In the ordinary course of its operations, the 
group may enter into a variety of derivative 
fi nancial instruments to manage its exposure 
to commodity prices, volatility of interest 
rates and foreign exchange rate risk.

Derivatives are initially recognised at cost 
at the date a derivative contract is entered 
into and are subsequently re-measured 
to their fair value at each statement of 
fi nancial position date. The resulting gain 
or loss is recognised in the statement of 
comprehensive income immediately unless 
the derivative is designated and effective as 
a hedging instrument, in which event the 
timing of the recognition in the statement 
of comprehensive income depends on the 
nature of the hedge relationship. A derivative 
is presented as a non-current asset or a 
non-current liability if the remaining maturity 
of the instrument is more than 12 months 
and it is not expected to be realised or 
settled within 12 months. Other derivatives 
are presented as current assets or current 
liabilities. 

Hedge accounting 
The group may designate certain hedging 
instruments, which include derivatives, 
embedded derivatives and non-derivatives in 
respect of foreign currency risk, as either fair 
value hedges, cash fl ow hedges, or hedges 
of net investments in foreign operations. 
Hedges of foreign exchange risk or fi rm 
commitments are accounted for as cash 
fl ow hedges. At the inception of the hedge 
relationship, the entity documents the 
relationship between the hedging instrument 
and the hedged item, along with its risk 
management objectives and its strategy for 
undertaking various hedge transactions. 
Furthermore, at the inception of the 
hedge and on an ongoing basis, the group 
documents whether the hedging instrument 
that is used in a hedging relationship is 
effective in offsetting changes in fair values or 
cash fl ows of the hedged item. 

Fair value hedge 
Changes in the fair value of any derivatives 
that are designated and qualify as fair 
value hedges are recorded in profi t or loss 
immediately, together with any changes in 
the fair value of the hedged item that are 
attributable to the hedged risk. The change in 
the fair value of the hedging instrument and 
the change in the hedged item attributable 

to the hedged risk are recognised in the 
line of the statement of comprehensive 
income relating to the hedged item. Hedge 
accounting is discontinued when the group 
revokes the hedging relationship, the hedging 
instrument expires or is sold, terminated, or 
exercised, or no longer qualifi es for hedge 
accounting. The adjustment to the carrying 
amount of the hedged item arising from the 
hedged risk is amortised to profi t or loss 
from that date. 

Cash fl ow hedge 
The effective portion of changes in the fair 
value of any derivatives that are designated 
and qualify as cash fl ow hedges is deferred 
in equity. The gain or loss relating to the 
ineffective portion is recognised immediately 
in profi t or loss, and is included in the ‘other 
gains and losses’ line of the statement of 
comprehensive income. Amounts deferred 
in equity are recycled in profi t or loss in the 
periods when the hedged item is recognised 
in profi t or loss, in the same line of the 
statement of comprehensive income as the 
recognised hedged item. However, when 
the forecast transaction that is hedged 
results in the recognition of a non-fi nancial 
asset or a non-fi nancial liability, the gains 
and losses previously deferred in equity are 
transferred from equity and included in the 
initial measurement of the cost of the asset 
or liability. Hedge accounting is discontinued 
when the group revokes the hedging 
relationships, the hedging instrument expires 
or is sold, terminated, or exercised, or no 
longer qualifi es for hedge accounting. Any 
cumulative gain or loss deferred in equity at 
that time remains in equity and is recognised 
when the forecast transaction is ultimately 
recognised in profi t or loss. When a forecast 
transaction is no longer expected to occur, 
the cumulative gain or loss that was deferred 
in equity is recognised immediately in profi t 
or loss. 

Fair value measurement
The assessment of fair value is principally 
used in accounting for business combinations, 
impairment testing and the valuation of 
certain fi nancial assets and liabilities. Fair 
value is determined based on observable 
market data (in the case of listed 
investments, the market share price at 
30 June of the respective investments is 
utilised) or discounted cash fl ow models 
(and other valuation techniques) using 
assumptions considered to be reasonable 

and consistent with those that would be 
applied by a market participant. Where 
discounted cash fl ows are used, the resulting 
fair value measurements are considered to 
be at level 3 in the fair value hierarchy as 
defi ned in IFRS 13: Fair Value Measurement 
as they depend to a signifi cant extent 
on unobservable valuation inputs. The 
determination of assumptions used in 
assessing the fair value of identifi able assets 
and liabilities is subjective and the use of 
different valuation assumptions could have 
a signifi cant impact on fi nancial results. In 
particular, expected future cash fl ows, which 
are used in discounted cash fl ow models, 
are inherently uncertain and could materially 
change over time. They are signifi cantly 
affected by a number of factors including 
ore reserves and resources, together with 
economic factors such as commodity prices, 
exchange rates, discount rates and estimates 
of production costs and future capital 
expenditure.

Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on 
hand and demand deposits, and other short-
term highly liquid investments that are readily 
convertible to a known amount of cash and 
are subject to an insignifi cant risk of changes 
in value. 

Non-current assets held-for-sale
A non-current asset is designated as 
held-for-sale when its carrying amount will 
be recovered principally through a sale 
transaction rather than through continuing 
use and the asset is available for immediate 
sale in its present condition and the sale is 
highly probable. A sale is considered highly 
probable if management is committed to a 
plan to sell the non-current asset, an active 
divestiture programme has been initiated, 
the non-current asset is marketed at a price 
reasonable to its fair value and the disposal is 
expected to be completed within one year 
from classifi cation. Non-current assets held-
for-sale are stated at the lower of carrying 
value and fair value less cost to sell and are 
reviewed for impairment at each subsequent 
reporting date.

At the time of classifi cation as held-for-sale, 
these assets are reviewed for impairment. 
The impairment charged to the income 
statement is the excess of the carrying value 
of the non-current asset and its expected 
net selling price (fair value less costs to sell). 

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

At each subsequent reporting date, the 
carrying values are reassessed for possible 
impairment. A reversal of impairment is 
recognised for any subsequent increase 
in net selling price but not in excess of 
the cumulative impairment loss already 
recognised. No depreciation is provided on 
non-current assets from the date they are 
classifi ed as held-for-sale. 

Segment reporting
Operating segments are reported in 
a manner consistent with the internal 
reporting provided to the chief operating 
decision-maker. The chief operating decision-
maker, who is responsible for allocating 
resources and assessing performance of 
the operating segments, has been identifi ed 
as the Pan African Resources executive 
committee. Management has determined 
the operating segments of the group based 
on the reports reviewed by the executive 
committee that are used to make strategic 
decisions. The executive committee considers 
the business principally according to the 
nature of the products and service provided, 
with the segment representing a strategic 
business unit. The reportable operating 
segments derive their revenue primarily from 
mining, extraction, production and selling of 
gold, PGEs and coal.

3. 

 Critical accounting 
estimates and judgements 
In preparing the annual fi nancial statements 
in terms of IFRS, the group’s management 
is required to make certain judgements, 

estimates and assumptions that may 
materially affect reported amounts of assets 
and liabilities at the date of the fi nancial 
statements and the reported amounts of 
revenue and expense during the reported 
year and the related disclosures. The 
estimates and judgements are based on 
historical experience, current and expected 
future economic conditions and other 
factors. Actual results may differ from these 
estimates. 

Critical accounting estimates and 
judgements made by management
The following judgements, that have the 
most signifi cant effect on the amounts 
recognised in the fi nancial statements, have 
been made by management in the process of 
applying the group’s accounting policies:

•  Estimates made in determining the 
present obligation of environmental 
provisions including decommissioning and 
rehabilitation (this includes the scope and 
timing of work required, the related costs 
and the discount rate used)

•  Estimates made in determining the 

recoverable amount of assets, this includes 
the estimation of cash fl ows and the 
discount rates used (including future 
production levels, commodity price and 
costs)

•  Estimates made in determining the life of 

the mines:

–   The life of mine is determined from 
development plans based on mine 
management’s estimates and includes 
total mineral reserve and a portion of 

the mineral resource. These plans are 
updated from time to time and take 
into consideration the actual current 
cost of extraction, as well as certain 
forward projections.  These projections 
are reviewed by the board

–   Estimates made of legal or constructive 
obligations resulting in the raising of 
provisions, and the expected date of 
probable outfl ow of economic benefi ts 
to assess whether the provision should 
be discounted

•  Estimates of mineral resources and ore 

reserves in accordance with the SAMREC 
Code (2000) for South African properties. 
Such estimates relate to the category 
for the resource (measured, indicated or 
inferred), the quantum and the grade

•  Estimates of the recoverability of goodwill 

and intangible assets

•  Estimates of the fair value of assets at 
acquisition are made in accordance 
with IFRS and take into account the 
replacement value of assets

•  Estimates involved in feasibility studies 

related to exploration and growth projects 
and hence the recoverability of any related 
capital expenditure.

126 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

4.  Revenue

Gold sales
Platinum sales
Coal sales
Realisation costs
On-mine revenue
Finance income

5.  Cost of production

Gold cost of production
Salaries and wages
Processing
Electricity
Mining
Engineering and technical services
Administration and other
Security
Inventory valuation adjustment

Platinum cost of production
Refi ning costs
Salaries and wages
Processing
Electricity
Other plant operation costs

Coal cost of production
Mining contractor
Plant operations
Inventory valuation adjustment
Salaries and wages 
Transport costs
Administration and other
Electricity 
Security and safety
Refi ning costs

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 161,312,220 
 3,480,338 
 4,567,974 
 (956,709)
 168,403,823 
 442,616 
 168,846,439 

 135,611,436 
 5,465,447 
–
 (690,538)
 140,386,345 
 348,959 
 140,735,304 

–
–
–
–
–
 79,755 
 79,755 

–
–
–
–
–
 53,290 
 53,290 

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 (45,115,956)
 (16,991,750)
 (14,791,254)
 (9,289,873)
 (7,424,303)
 (4,618,025)
 (2,042,705)
 (213,474)
 (100,487,340)

 (47,785,708)
 (14,349,345)
 (15,089,408)
 (12,676,638)
 (7,595,857)
 (5,706,416)
 (2,154,974)
 (1,286,309)
 (106,644,655)

 (1,423,196)
 (940,978)
 (828,616)
 (195,922)
 (67,295)
 (3,456,007)

 (1,469,111)
 (1,166,769)
 (675,571)
 (321,342)
 (334,999)
 (204,542)
 (81,017)
 (17,847)
 (8,537)
 (4,279,735)

 (1,415,944)
 (1,089,427)
 (1,005,258)
 (208,303)
 (49,598)
 (3,768,530)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

6. 

Segmental analysis
A segment is a distinguishable component of the group that is engaged in providing products or services in a particular business sector 
or segment, which is subject to risks and rewards that are different to those of other segments. The group’s business activities were 
conducted through six business segments which are separable by geographical locations and operational functions:

•  Barberton Mines, located in Barberton South Africa, derives revenue from the sale of gold to South African fi nancial institutions

•  Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited and Evander Gold Mines Limited (collectively known as Evander Mines),  located in Evander 

South Africa, derive revenue form the sale of gold to South African fi nancial institutions

•  Phoenix Platinum, located in the North West province in South Africa, derives revenue from the sale of PGE concentrate to Western 

Platinum Limited (a subsidiary of Lonmin PLC)

•  Uitkomst Colliery, located in Newcastle, KwaZulu-Natal, derives revenue from the sale of coal to local and export markets. Uitkomst 

Colliery was effectively consolidated into the group, from 1 April 2016

•  Corporate offi ce and growth projects, which includes PAR Gold, derives revenue from management fees resulting from providing 
management and administration services to other group companies. Management fee income is disclosed in other expenses 
(refer to note 8)

•  Funding Company provides treasury function activities for the group.

The executive committee reviews the operations in accordance with the disclosures presented below.

Year ended 30 June 2016

 Barberton 
Mines 
GBP

 Evander 
Mines
GBP 

 Phoenix 
Platinum
GBP 

Uitkomst 
Colliery
GBP

 89,596,245 
–
–
 (398,937)
 89,197,308 
 (45,461,824)
 (3,562,121)
 40,173,363 
 (7,253,912)
–

 71,715,975 
–
–
 (557,772)
 71,158,203 
 (55,025,516)
 (6,433,405)
 9,699,282 
 873,481 
–

–
 3,480,338 
–
–
 3,480,338 
 (3,456,007)
 (311,870)
 (287,539)
 (249,773)
–

–
–
 4,567,974 
–
 4,567,974 
 (4,279,735)
 (148,733)
 139,506 
 233,905 

 Corporate 
offi ce and 
growth 
projects
GBP 

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 (5,867,371)
–

 Funding
 Company
GBP 

 Consolidated
GBP 

–  161,312,220 
 3,480,338 
–
 4,567,974 
–
–
 (956,709)
–  168,403,823 
–  (108,223,082)
–  (10,456,129)
 49,724,612 
–
 (12,182,895)
 80,775 
–
–

–
–
 (2,450,505)

–
–
 (332,918)

–
–
–

–
 (16,524)

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
 (2,799,947)

 30,468,946 
 13,380 
 (6,048)
 30,476,278 
 (8,492,721)

 10,239,845 
 27,840 
 (7,383)
 10,260,302 
 (757,683)

 (537,312)
 448 
 (489)
 (537,353)
 118,266 

 356,887 
 8,823 
–
 365,710 
 226,037 

 (5,867,371)
 79,755 
 (7)
 (5,787,623)
 701,414 

 80,775 
 312,370 
 (1,434,811)
 (1,041,666)
 (29,144)

 34,741,770 
 442,616 
 (1,448,738)
 33,735,648 
 (8,233,831)

 21,983,557 

 9,502,619 

 (419,087)

 591,747 

 (5,086,209)

 (1,070,810)

 25,501,817 

 (1,439,394)
 (331,029)

 (1,137,529)
 (750,800)

 (107,226)
 79,849 

 (65,734)
 7,489 

 2,749,883 
 (135,868)

–
 1,130,359 

–
–

 20,213,134 

 7,614,290 

 (446,464)

 533,502 

 (2,472,194)

 59,549 

 25,501,817 

Revenue
Gold sales1
Platinum sales
Coal sales
Realisation costs
On-mine revenue
Cost of production
Depreciation
Mining profi t
Other (expenses)/income2
Loss from associate
Loss on disposal of associate/
asset held for sale
Impairment costs
Royalty costs
Net income/(loss) before 
fi nance income and 
fi nance costs
Finance income
Finance costs
Profi t/(loss) before taxation
Taxation 
Profi t/(loss) after taxation 
before inter-company charges
Inter-company transactions
Management fees
Inter-company interest charges
Profi t after taxation after 
inter-company charges

1   All gold sales were made in the Republic of South Africa and the majority of revenue (more than 90%) was generated from South African fi nancial institutions through its 

Funding Company.

2  Other expenses exclude inter-company management fees and dividends.

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STATEMENTS

6. 

Segmental analysis continued 

Year ended 30 June 2015

 Barberton 
Mines 
GBP

 Evander 
Mines
GBP 

 Phoenix 
Platinum
GBP 

 Corporate 
offi ce and 
growth 
projects
GBP 

 Funding
 Company
GBP 

 Consolidated
GBP 

Revenue
Gold sales1
Platinum sales
Coal sales
Realisation costs
On-mine revenue
Cost of production
Depreciation
Mining profi t
Other (expenses)/income2
Loss from associate
Loss on disposal of associate/asset 
held for sale
Impairment costs
Royalty costs
Net income/(loss) before fi nance 
income and fi nance costs
Finance income
Finance costs
Profi t/(loss) before taxation
Taxation 
Profi t/(loss) after taxation before 
inter-company charges
Inter-company transactions
Management fees
Inter-company interest charges
Profi t after taxation after inter-
company charges

 81,609,692 
–
–
 (534,421)
 81,075,271 
 (50,434,360)
 (4,008,467)
 26,632,444 
 (966,703)
–

–
–
 (1,595,802)

 24,069,939 
 109,514 
 (246,094)
 23,933,359 
 (5,956,861)

 54,001,744 
–
–
 (156,117)
 53,845,627 
 (56,210,295)
 (5,963,752)
 (8,328,420)
 5,057,581 
–

–
–
 (51,495)

 (3,322,334)
 167,047 
 (918,923)
 (4,074,210)
 2,270,046 

–
 5,465,447 
–
–
 5,465,447 
 (3,768,530)
 (364,992)
 1,331,925 
 (163,390)
–

–
–
–

 1,168,535 
 11,186 
 (1,136)
 1,178,585 
 (336,438)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 (3,676,779)
 (127,950)

 (139,970)
 (58,424)
–

 (4,003,123)
 53,290 
 (13,164)
 (3,962,997)
 (89,033)

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
 (933)
–

 135,611,436 
 5,465,447 
–
 (690,538)
 140,386,345 
 (110,413,185)
 (10,337,211)
 19,635,949 
 249,776 
 (127,950)

–
–
–

 (139,970)
 (58,424)
 (1,647,297)

 (933)
 7,922 
 (1,278,970)
 (1,271,981)
 (20,503)

 17,912,084 
 348,959 
 (2,458,287)
 15,802,756 
 (4,132,789)

 17,976,498 

 (1,804,164)

 842,147 

 (4,052,030)

 (1,292,484)

 11,669,967 

 (1,666,667)
 (57,776)

 (1,248,661)
 (1,230,251)

 (152,777)
 (4,605)

 3,068,105 
 (16,450)

–
 1,309,082 

–
–

 16,252,055 

 (4,283,076)

 684,765 

 (1,000,375)

 16,598 

 11,669,967 

1   All gold sales were made in the Republic of South Africa and the majority of revenue (more than 90%) was generated from South African fi nancial institutions through its 

Funding Company.

2  Other expenses exclude inter-company management fees and dividends.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

6.  Segmental analysis continued 

Year ended 30 June 2016

 Barberton 
Mines 
GBP

 Evander 
Mines
GBP 

 Phoenix 
Platinum
GBP 

Uitkomst 
Colliery
GBP

 Corporate 
offi ce and 
growth 
projects
GBP 

 Funding
 Company
GBP 

 Consolidated
GBP 

Segmental assets
Total assets excluding goodwill
Segmental liabilities
Goodwill
Net assets (excluding goodwill)
Capital expenditure

 56,651,503   146,201,423 
 48,372,120 
 27,035,796 
–
 21,000,714 
 97,829,303 
 29,615,707 
 7,179,831 
 6,513,408 

 9,991,120 
 883,249 
–
 9,107,871 
 316,726 

 15,034,211 
 4,545,415 
–
 10,488,796 
 40,251 

 3,180,048 
 5,154,888 
–

 632,954   231,691,259 
 15,725,303   101,716,771 
 21,000,714 
 (1,974,840)  (15,092,349)  129,974,488 
 14,097,166 

 46,950 

–

–

Year ended 30 June 2015

 Barberton 
Mines 
GBP

 Evander 
Mines
GBP 

 Phoenix 
Platinum
GBP 

 Corporate 
offi ce and 
growth 
projects
GBP 

 Funding
 Company
GBP 

 Consolidated
GBP 

Segmental assets
Total assets excluding goodwill
Segmental liabilities
Goodwill
Net assets (excluding goodwill)
Capital expenditure

 55,423,588 
 21,528,152 
 21,000,714 
 33,895,436 
 6,258,248 

 146,705,365 
 52,987,201 
–
 93,718,164 
 13,231,962 

 10,850,893 
 933,751 
–
 9,917,142 
 31,355 

 2,454,933 
 1,973,835 
–
 481,098 
 32,791 

 932,707 
 12,777,774 
–
 (11,845,067)
–

 216,367,486 
 90,200,713 
 21,000,714 
 126,166,773 
 19,554,356 

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STATEMENTS

7.  Operating leases

At the fi nancial year-end, the group and company had outstanding commitments under non-cancellable operating leases, mainly in respect 
of offi ce equipment, security cameras, building rentals and compressors, which fall due as follows:

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 175,799 
 400,054 
 575,853 

 195,374 
 536,793 
 732,167 

 123,307 

 100,947 

–
–
–

–

–
–
–

 82,639 

Not later than one year
Later than one year and no later than fi ve years 

Minimum lease payments under operating leases 
recognised as an expense in the year

Leases are negotiated for an average term of three to fi ve years.

The majority of the group’s lease arrangements relate to the copier machines leased at the mining operations.  The only material 
operating lease relates to the corporate offi ce. During the prior year the existing lease agreement for the corporate offi ce was renewed 
under a separate group entity and has the following terms as at 30 June 2016:

Duration of lease

Commencement of lease

Remaining lease term

Escalation rate

Tenant

Landlord

5 years 

1 April 2015

45 months

8%

Pan African Resources Management Services Company Proprietary Limited

Investec Property Fund Limited 

Monthly lease payments 

GBP9,496

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

8.  Other (expenses)/income

Dividends received – subsidiary
Dividends received – other investments
Management fees
Foreign exchange (loss)/gain
Operating leases
Non-mining depreciation
Non-executive directors’ emoluments
Executive directors’ emoluments
Equity-settled share option expense (refer to note 34)
Cash-settled share option expense (refer to note 28)
Auditors’ fees
Salaries corporate offi ce 
Investor and public relations
New business
Legal fees
Community projects
(Losses)/profi ts arising from realised and unrealised 
fi nancial instruments (refer to note 30)
Profi t/(loss) on disposal of assets
Rehabilitation trust fund fair value adjustments
Rehabilitation provision adjustment
Other net (expense)/income

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

–
 45,370 
 41,042 
 (5,115)
 (123,307)
 (36,617)
 (196,960)
 (763,329)
–
 (5,274,697)
 (177,158)
 (1,348,966)
 (91,228)
 (164,223)
 (74,685)
 (980,537)

 (5,307,692)
 2,767 
 414,955 
 1,780,288 
 77,197 
 (12,182,895)

–
 34,969 
–
 (41,266)
 (100,947)
 (49,094)
 (139,508)
 (1,042,762)
 (184,064)
 (294,627)
 (164,003)
 (683,902)
 (162,945)
 (278,418)
 (104,582)
 (1,154,892)

 2,486,608 
 (149)
 1,827,253 
–
 302,105 
 249,776 

 13,892,774 
 45,370 
–
 (1,677)
–
–
 (196,960)
–
–
–
 (70,204)
–
 (2,188)
 12,358 
 (12,359)
–

–
–
–
–
 (245,561)
 13,421,553 

 54,709,384 
 34,969 
–
 (2,282)
 (82,639)
–
 (139,508)
–
–
–
 (61,024)
–
 (39,768)
 (165,541)
 (57,565)
–

–
–
–
–
 (315,079)
 53,880,947 

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STATEMENTS

9. 

Finance income/(costs)

Interest received – bank
Interest received – other
Interest income – rehabilitation trust fund

Interest expense – bank
Interest expense – SARS
Interest expense – rehabilitation provision
Interest expense – other

Net fi nance (expense)/income

10.  Profi t before taxation

Management fee (income)/expense – Shanduka 
(refer to note 35)
Equity-settled share option expense (refer to note 34)
Cash-settled share options expense (refer to note 28)
Mining depreciation
Impairment costs
Staff costs
Royalty costs
(Losses)/profi ts arising from realised and unrealised 
fi nancial instruments (refer to note 30)
New business
Operating leases

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 423,004 
 6,260 
 13,352 

 442,616 
 (1,441,307)
 (47)
–
 (7,384)
 (1,448,738)
 (1,006,122)

 205,249 
 87,222 
 56,488 

 348,959 
 (1,278,970)
 (34,748)
 (1,094,191)
 (50,378)
 (2,458,287)
 (2,109,328)

 76,396 
 3,359 
–

 79,755 
 (6)
–
–
–
 (6)
 79,749 

 53,290 
–
–

 53,290 
 (13,165)
–
–
–
 (13,165)
 40,125 

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

–
–
 5,274,697 
 10,456,129 
–
 48,490,571 
 2,799,947 

 (5,307,692)
 164,223 
 123,307 

 240,480 
 184,064 
 294,627 
 10,337,211 
 58,424 
 50,601,799 
 1,647,297 

 2,486,608 
 278,418 
 100,947 

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
 (12,358)
–

–
–
–
–
 58,424 
–
–

–
 165,541 
 82,639 

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

11.  Auditors’ remuneration

Fees payable to the company’s auditors for the audit of 
the company’s annual fi nancial statements
Audit of the consolidated fi nancial statements
Audit of the company’s subsidiaries pursuant to legislation
Under provision of audit fee in the prior year
Total audit fees

Other services rendered by the auditors
External auditors
Internal auditors
Total non-audit fees

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 1,049 
 49,139 
 119,697 
 7,273 
 177,158 

 9,336 
 61,360 
 70,696 

 1,167 
 45,758 
 110,122 
 6,956 
 164,003 

 16,689 
 39,017 
 55,706 

 1,049 
 49,139 
– 
 20,016 
 70,204 

 9,336 
– 
 9,336 

 1,167 
 45,758 
– 
 14,099 
 61,024 

 16,689 
– 
 16,689 

All audit fees were paid within South Africa with the exception of GBP50,300 (2015: GBP42,500) which was paid in the United Kingdom. 

12.  Staff costs

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 43,693,897 
 4,796,674 
 48,490,571 

 45,098,239 
 5,503,560 
 50,601,799 

– 
– 
– 

– 
– 
– 

Consolidated

Year ended
30 June 2016
Average

Year ended
30 June 2016
Closing

Year ended
30 June 2015
Average

Year ended
30 June 2015
Closing

 14 
 2,150 
 3 
 114 
 1,705 
 3,986 

184
275
459
 4,445 

 14 
 2,144 
 3 
 115 
 1,716 
 3,992 

175
274
449
 4,441 

 14 
 2,247 
 3 
– 
 1,675 
 3,939 

192
203
395
 4,334 

14
2,239
3
– 
1,692
 3,948 

190
188
378
 4,326 

Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
Salaries and wages
Other retirement costs (refer to note 31)

Operating cost employees were:
Corporate 
Evander Mines
Phoenix Platinum
Uitkomst Colliery
Barberton Mines

Capital employees
Barberton Mines
Evander Mines

Total number of employees

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STATEMENTS

13.  Taxation

Income tax expense
South African normal taxation
–  current year
–  prior year
Deferred taxation
–  current year
Total taxation charge

Profi t before taxation
Taxation at the domestic taxation rate of 28% 
Taxation rate differential
Exempt income
Non-deductible expenses
(Overprovision)/underprovision – prior year
Tax effect of utilisation of tax losses
Taxation expense for the year

Effective taxation rates
South African statutory rate
Taxation rate differential
Exempt income
Non-deductible expenses/(exempt income)
(Overprovision)/underprovision – prior year
Tax effect of utilisation of tax losses
Effective taxation rate

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 9,723,940 
 (92,806)

 5,456,327 
 (86,758)

 (1,397,303)
 8,233,831 

 33,735,648 
 9,445,982 
 (1,298,697)
 – 
 179,352 
 (92,806)
 – 
 8,233,831 

  %  
 28.00 
 (3.85)
 – 
 0.53 
 (0.28)
 – 
 24.4 

 (1,236,780)
 4,132,789 

 15,802,756 
 4,424,772 
 122,889 
 – 
 (344,288)
 (70,584)
 – 
 4,132,789 

  %  
 28.00 
 0.78 
 – 
 (2.18)
 (0.45)
 – 
 26.15 

 33,810 
 – 

 – 
 33,810 

 13,501,302 
 3,780,365 
 – 
 (3,745,330)
 – 
 – 
 (1,225)
 33,810 

  %  
 28.00 
 – 
 (27.74)
 – 
 – 
 (0.01)
 0.25 

 24,306 
 – 

 – 
 24,306 

 53,594,728 
 15,006,524 
 – 
 (14,983,971)
 – 
 – 
 1,753 
 24,306 

  %  
 28.00 
 – 
 (27.96)
 – 
 – 
 – 
 0.04 

There are no signifi cant unrecognised temporary differences associated with undistributed profi ts of overseas subsidiaries.  South African 
income tax on mining income is determined according to a formula which takes into account the profi t and revenue from mining 
operations. South African mining taxable income is determined after the deduction of all mining capital expenditure, with the proviso that 
these deductions cannot result in an assessed loss. Capital expenditure amounts not deducted are carried forward as unredeemed capital 
expenditure, to be deducted from future mining income. At year-end the group has the following unredeemed capital expenditure carried 
forward and deductible against future profi ts, held within Phoenix Platinum and Evander Mines (due to the expenditure on the ETRP and 
other projects).

Phoenix Platinum 
Evander Mines

At year-end the group has the following assessed losses carried forward
Evander Mines
Phoenix Platinum
Total

Consolidated

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

5,008,780
 13,515,292 
18,524,072

4,967,775
 16,684,726 
21,652,501

–
 75,348 
75,348

 4,565,108 
 77,222 
4,642,330

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

14.  Earnings per share

Basic and diluted earnings per share
 Basic and diluted earnings per share are based on the group’s profi t for the year attributable to owners of the parent, divided by the 
weighted average number of shares in issue during the year. Dilutive earnings per share is calculated by adjusting the weighted average 
number of ordinary shares in issue on the assumptions of conversion of all potentially dilutive ordinary shares. Potential ordinary shares 
shall be treated as dilutive when, and only when their conversion to ordinary shares would decrease earnings per share or increase loss 
per share from continuing operations.

Year ended 30 June 2016
Basic earnings per share
Dilutive potential ordinary shares
Diluted earnings per share

Year ended 30 June 2015
Basic earnings per share
Dilutive potential ordinary shares
Diluted earnings per share

Weighted 
average 
number 
of shares3

Earnings 
per share 
Pence

Net profi t 
GBP

 25,501,817 
–
 25,501,817 

 1,811,427,377 
 489,558 
 1,811,916,935 

 11,669,967 
–
 11,669,967 

 1,830,422,160 
 545,106 
 1,830,967,266 

 1.41 
–
 1.41 

 0.64 
 (0.00)
 0.64 

Headline earnings per share
 Headline earnings per share is based on the group’s headline earnings divided by the weighted average number of shares in issue during 
the year.

Reconciliation between earnings and headline earnings from continuing  operations:

Year ended 30 June 2016
Earnings as reported

Adjustments1:
Impairment costs
(Profi t)/loss on sale of property, plant and equipment and mineral rights
Loss on disposal of associate/asset held for sale
Headline earnings per share2
Dilutive potential ordinary shares
Diluted headline earnings per share

Year ended 30 June 2015
Earnings as reported
Adjustments1:
Impairment costs
(Profi t)/loss on sale of property, plant and equipment and mineral rights
Loss on disposal of associate/asset held for sale
Headline earnings per share2
Dilutive potential ordinary shares
Diluted headline earnings per share

Weighted 
average 
number 
of shares3

Earnings 
per share 
Pence

Net profi t 
GBP

 25,501,817 

 1,811,427,377 

 1.41 

–
(2 767)
–
25 499 050
–
25 499 050

–
–
–
 1,811,427,377 
 489,558 
 1,811,916,935 

–
–
–
1.41
–
1.41

 11,669,967 

 1,830,422,160 

 0.64 

 58,424 
 149 
 139,970 
 11,868,510 
–
 11,868,510 

–
–
–
 1,830,422,160 
 545,106 
 1,830,967,266 

–
–
 0.01 
 0.65 
 (0.00)
 0.65 

1  The adjustments accounted for did not have any taxation impact to the group.
2  Headline earnings per share is required to be disclosed in terms of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited.
3  The shares take into account a reduction of the treasury shares of 436,358,085 only for 24 days to 30 June 2016, in the weighted average calculation.

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STATEMENTS

14.  Earnings per share continued

Net asset value per share 
Tangible net asset value per share1

Consolidated

30 June 2016
Pence

30 June 2015
Pence

 10.02 
 5.83 

 8.04 
 3.56 

1  Total assets less goodwill, non-current assets held for sale, non-current liabilities, current liabilities and mineral rights and mining property.

15.  Dividends

Historical dividends
The group paid a fi nal dividend of ZAR210 million or GBP9.7 million (2014: ZAR258 million or GBP15.8 million) on 24 December 2015 
relating to the 2015 fi nancial year, equating to ZAR0.11466 or 0.53 pence (2014: ZAR0.14100 or 0.82 pence).

Proposed dividend for approval at the AGM
The board has proposed a dividend of ZAR300 million or GBP16 million, equating to ZAR0.15438 per share or 0.82338 pence per share. 
This dividend is subject to approval at the AGM, which will take place on Friday, 25 November 2016.

Assuming the dividend is approved by the shareholders, the following salient dates would apply:

Currency conversion date  

Wednesday, 11 October

Last date to trade on the exchanges   Tuesday, 6 December  

Ex-dividend date on the JSE  

Wednesday, 7 December

Ex-dividend date on the LSE  

Thursday, 8 December

Record date  

Payment date  

Friday, 9 December

Thursday, 22 December

•   The GBP proposed fi nal dividend was calculated based on 1,943,206,554 total shares in issue and an illustrative exchange rate of 

ZAR18.75:1. Shareholders on the London register should note that a revised exchange rate will be communicated prior to approval 
at the AGM.

•  No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers between the commencement of trading on Monday, 5 December 2016 

and close of business on Friday, 9 December 2016 will be permitted.

•  No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 7 December 2016 and Friday, 9 December 2016, both 

days inclusive. 

The South African dividend tax rate is fi fteen percent per ordinary share for shareholders who are liable to pay the dividends tax, 
resulting in a net dividend of ZAR0.13122 per share for these shareholders. Foreign investors may qualify for a lower dividend tax rate, 
subject to completing a dividend tax declaration and submitting it to Computershare Limited or Capita PLC who manage the SA and 
UK register, respectively. The company’s South African income tax reference number is 9154588173 and it has 1,943,206,554 shares 
currently in issue.

Following the approval of the fi nancial statements, the company released an announcement on 13 October 2016 confi rming that the 
exchange rate for conversion of the ZAR dividend into GBP will be fi xed at a rate of ZAR17.5787.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

16.  Property, plant and equipment and mineral rights

Group
Cost
Balance at 30 June 2014
Transfer to intangibles
Transfer from exploration assets
Transfer from assets under construction
Additions
Disposal
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2015
Acquired from Uitkomst Colliery
Transfer to asset held for sale
Transfers
Additions
Disposal
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2016

Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at 30 June 2014
Charge for the year2
Disposal
Transfers
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2015
Charge for the year2
Disposal
Transfers
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2016

Carrying amount
At 30 June 2015
At 30 June 2016

Mineral rights 
and mining
 property4
GBP

Land1
GBP

Exploration
 assets3
GBP

 1,969,970 
–
–
–
–
–
 (131,672)
 1,838,298 
–
–
 85,745 
–
–
 (44,609)
1,879,434

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 41,192,425 
–
 6,758,500 
–
–
–
 (3,208,512)
 44,742,413 
 7,675,739 
–
–
–
–
 (591,572)
51,826,580

 (7,755,450)
 (1,248,676)
–
–
 602,478 
 (8,401,648)
 (1,396,679)
–
–
 85,962 
 (9,712,365)

 32,899,922 
–
 (6,758,500)
–
–
–
 (1,743,774)
 24,397,648 
–
–
–
–
–
 (592,056)
23,805,592

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 1,838,298 
1,879,434

 36,340,765 
42,114,215

 24,397,648 
23,805,592

1   Details of land are maintained in a register held at the offi ces of Barberton Mines, Evander Mines and Phoenix Platinum, which may be inspected by a member or their duly 

authorised agents.  The group reviews the residual values used for purposes of depreciation calculations annually.

2   A total depreciation and amortisation charge of GBP10,456,129 has been recognised in the statement of profi t or loss (2015: GBP10,337,211) and includes direct mining 

depreciation of GBP10,384,476  (2015: GBP10,185,964) as per below:

3   Exploration assets comprise Evander South, Rolspruit and Poplar arising from the acquisition of Evander Mines for which the technical feasibility and commercial viability 

of extracting a mineral resource are not yet demonstrable.

4   Surface tailings relate to long-term inventory tailings upon purchase of the Harper tailing storage facility located at Fairview in Barberton Mines. The surface tailings will be 

amortised once remining occurs through the BTRP.

138 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Building 
and
 infrastructure
GBP

Plant and
 machinery
GBP

Capital under
 construction 
GBP

Shafts and
 exploration
GBP

Surface 
tailings4
GBP

Other
GBP

Total
GBP

 28,657,037 
–
–
–
 1,172,467 
–
 (1,994,393)
 27,835,111 
 62,828 
 (66,873)
–
 208,460 
–
 (653,827)
27,385,699

 (2,629,295)
 (1,647,040)
–
–
 286,682 
 (3,989,653)
 (1,551,111)
–
–
 (34,142)
 (5,574,906)

 69,307,094 
 (141,946)
–
 23,551,820 
 1,872,635 
 (1,389)
 (6,335,389)
 88,252,825 
 1,374,990 
–
 (85,745)
 5,855,853 
 (28,860)
 (1,562,568)
93,806,495

 (14,110,617)
 (5,940,068)
 602 
 17,525 
 1,342,032 
 (18,690,526)
 (6,104,087)
 11,929 
–
 (59,361)
 (24,842,045)

 16,894,645 
–
–
 (23,588,815)
 13,231,962 
–
 (431,615)
 6,106,177 
–
–
–
 4,162,905 
–
 203,289 
10,472,371

 (181,173)
 (280,229)
–
–
 30,985 
 (430,417)
 (422,681)
–
–
 (25,242)
 (878,340)

 27,657,907 
–
–
–
 3,241,897 
–
 (2,067,003)
 28,832,801 
–
–
–
 3,797,567 
–
 (379,060)
32,251,308

 (9,162,258)
 (1,065,115)
–
–
 684,149 
 (9,543,224)
 (907,139)
–
–
 154,925 
 (10,295,438)

 555,247 
–
–
–
–
–
 (37,112)
 518,135 
–
–
–
–
–
 (12,574)
505,561

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 208,341 
–
–
 36,995 
 9,655 
–
 (17,068)
 237,923 
–
–
–
 55,133 
 (456)
 (1,158)
291,442

 (127,827)
 (40,076)
–
 (17,525)
 12,345 
 (173,083)
 (25,252)
–
–
 2,146 
 (196,189)

 219,342,588 
 (141,946)
–
–
 19,528,616 
 (1,389)
 (15,966,538)
 222,761,331 
 9,113,557 
 (66,873)
–
 14,079,918 
 (29,316)
 (3,634,135)
242,224,482

 (33,966,620)
 (10,221,204)
 602 
–
 2,958,671 
 (41,228,551)
 (10,406,949)
 11,929 
–
 124,288 
 (51,499,283)

 23,845,458 
21,810,793

 69,562,299 
68,964,450

 5,675,760 
9,594,031

 19,289,577 
21,955,870

 518,135 
505,561

 64,840 
95,253

 181,532,780 
190,725,199

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

16.  Property, plant and equipment and mineral rights continued

Company
Cost
Balance at 30 June 2014
Sale of assets and liabilities to subsidiary1
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2015

Accumulated depreciation and impairment
Balance at 30 June 2014
Sale of assets and liabilities to subsidiary1
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2015

Carrying amount
At 30 June 2015
At 30 June 2016

Mineral rights 
and mining
 property
GBP

Land
GBP

Exploration
 assets
GBP

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

1   At the beginning of the prior year the company sold its assets and liabilities at book value to PAR Management Services.

Depreciation on property, plant and equipment and mineral right
Amortisation on intangible assets
Non-mining depreciation
Total mining depreciation
Non-mining amortisation
Direct mining depreciation

17.  Other intangible assets

Consolidated

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

10,406,949
85,797
(36,617)
10,456,129
(71,653)
10,384,476

 10,221,204 
 165,101 
 (49,094)
 10,337,211 
 (151,247)
 10,185,964 

Software costs
Balance at the beginning of the period
Reclassifi cation of software costs from property, plant 
and equipment and mineral rights (refer to note 16)
Sale of assets and liabilities to subsidiary
Additions
Current year amortisation
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at the end of the period

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 202,488 

 214,330 

–
–
 17,248 
 (85,797)
 (10,704)
 123,235 

 141,946 
–
 25,740 
 (165,101)
 (14,427)
 202,488 

–

–
–
–
–
–
–

 23,108 

–
 (23,008)
–
–
 (100)
–

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Building 
and
 infrastructure
GBP

Plant and
 machinery
GBP

Capital under
 construction 
GBP

Shafts and
 exploration
GBP

Surface 
tailings
GBP

Other
GBP

Total
GBP

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

–
–
–
–

–

–
–

–
–

 195,986 
 (195,160)
 (826)
–

 (125,036)
 124,509 
 527 
–

 195,986 
 (195,160)
 (826)
–

 (125,036)
 124,509 
 527 
–

–
–

–
–

18.  Goodwill 

 Goodwill acquired in a business combination is allocated at acquisition to the cash-generating units (CGUs) that are expected to benefi t 
from that business combination. All the group’s goodwill has been allocated to Barberton Mines CGU.

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Opening and closing balance

 21,000,714 

 21,000,714 

–

–

The group tests the Barberton Mines goodwill carrying amount annually for impairment, or more frequently if there are indications that 
goodwill may be impaired.  The goodwill carrying amount is not considered to be impaired and the review was performed in accordance 
with the group’s accounting policies.

The recoverable amounts of the CGUs are determined from value-in-use calculations. The key assumptions for the value-in-use 
calculations are those regarding the discount rates, growth rates and expected changes to selling prices and direct costs during the year. 
Management estimates the discount rate using post-tax rate of 10.7% (2015: 7.36%) for Barberton Mines, which refl ects the current 
market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specifi c to the CGU to the extent not already refl ected in the cash fl ows 
being discounted, an average gold price of ZAR580,000/kg (2015: ZAR460,000/kg over the life of projects.  The life of mine was estimated 
at 22 years (2015: 20 years) for Barberton Mines at the end of the  fi nancial year.  Changes in selling prices and direct costs are based on 
past practices and expectations of future changes in the market.

The group prepares cash-fl ow forecasts derived from the most recent fi nancial budgets approved by management.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

19.  Investments in subsidiaries and investments in associate

At 30 June 2016 the company and group held the following shares in subsidiaries and associate:

Name of company

Barberton Mines8 
Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited8
Evander Gold Mines Proprietary Limited (Evander Mines)
Phoenix Platinum 
Funding Company1
Emerald Panther Investments 91 Proprietary Limited (Emerald Panther)2
Pan African Resources Management Services Company Proprietary Limited 
(PAR Management Services)3
Nyambose Proprietary Limited
Pan African Resources Coal Holdings Proprietary Limited (PAR Coal Holdings)5
Uitkomst Colliery Proprietary Limited
PAR Gold Proprietary Limited (PAR Gold) previously known as Shanduka Gold 
Proprietary Limited6
Listed investment7
Other investments

Country of
incorporation

Principal 
activity

South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa

South Africa
South Africa
South Africa
South Africa

Gold mining
Gold mining
Gold mining
PGE remining
Treasury services
Holding company
Services company

Other
Holding company
Coal mining
BEE company

Other

Mining

Investment reconciliation
Opening balance
Loss in associate
Impairment of investment in Auroch Minerals NL
Loss on disposal of associate
Proceeds from sale of investment in Auroch Minerals NL4
Purchase of shares in the available for sale investment
Purchase of shares in Pan African Resources Coal Holdings 
Proprietary Limited
Fair value adjustment on the available for sale investment
Foreign currency translation reserve
Closing balance

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 904,818 
–
–
–
–
–

–
388,188
(23 778)
 1,269,228 

 1,009,545 
 (127,950)
 (58,424)
 (139,970)
 (277,732)
 1,037,677 

–
 (70,679)
 (467,649)
 904,818 

 122,911,964 
–
–
–
–
–

 924,193 
388,188
(23,670)
 124,200,675 

 123,016,683 
 (127,950)
 (58,424)
 (139,970)
 (277,732)
 1,037,677 

–
 (70,679)
 (467,641)
 122,911,964 

1  Funding Company was established for the purpose of providing funding and treasury services to the group.
2   Emerald Panther is a company acquired to facilitate the acquisition of Evander Mines from Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited, and therefore holds the investment 

in Evander Mines. Emerald Panther holds 100% of Evander Gold Mines Limited and Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited, which are both incorporated in South Africa, 
and operate in mining.

142 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Consolidated

Separate

Holding
 effectively
 held by
 company for
 consolidation
purposes

Economic
 benefi t
 derived by
the group

Carrying
amount
30 June 2016
GBP

Carrying
amount
30 June 2015
GBP

Carrying
amount
30 June 2016
GBP

Carrying
amount
30 June 2015
GBP

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
97.5%

3.4%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%

3.4%

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–

 45,770,663 
–
–
 4,209,696 
 263 
 72,026,632 
–

–
 924,193 
–
–

 45,770,663 
–
–
 4,209,696 
 263 
 72,026,632 
–

–
–
–
–

 1,269,228 
–
 1,269,228 

 904,710 
 108 
 904,818 

 1,269,228 
–
 124,200,675 

 904,710 
–
 122,911,964 

Statutory
 holding

95%
100%
95%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
50.5%

3.4%

3   PAR Management Services, was internally transferred within the group. Ordinary shares previously held by Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited were 

transferred to Pan African Resources. This company was acquired to function as a management and other services provider and administrator to the group. 
At the beginning of the prior fi nancial year, Pan African Resources sold its assets and liabilities to PAR Management Services at book value, with the exception 
of the investments in subsidiaries, current taxation assets and liabilities, and trade receivables and payables directly for the account of the company as a 
group holding company. Refer below for assets and liabilities sold:

Summary of assets and liabilities sold

Property, plant and equipment

Other non-current assets

Deferred tax asset

Current assets

Trade and other receivables

Cash

Non-current liabilities

Long-term liabilities

Current liabilities

Trade and other payables

Net assets sold

See footnotes 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 on next page.

30 June 2015
ZAR

30 June 2015
GBP

 1,693,944 

 93,659 

 6,601,879 

 365,023 

 400,699 

 69,147 

 22,155 

 3,823 

 (12,870,005)

 (711,592)

 (13,034,623)

 (17,138,959)

 (720,694)

 (947,626)

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143

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

19.  Investments in subsidiaries and investments in associate continued

4   Pursuant to a share sale and purchase agreement, dated 27 August 2012, relating to the sale of Manica Gold Projects, certain terms were amended between the contract 

parties and as a result the company made a decision to sell its investment in Auroch Minerals (42% shareholding) for a total consideration of AUD2,000,000.

   During the prior year, Pan African Resources concluded the sale of its investment in Auroch Minerals NL and derecognised the investment from the statement of fi nancial 

position by recognising in the statement of profi t and loss an impairment of GBP58,424, a loss in associate of GBP127,950 and a loss on sale of investment of GBP139,970. 
Impairment arose due to continued challenges experienced within the mining environment and reducing gold prices which led to Auroch’s share price dropping to AUD0.03 
at the date of sale. Proceeds received during the current year and attributable to the sale of investment were as follows.

Proceeds received on 3 July 2014

Proceeds received on 21 November 2014

Opening balance 1 July 2014

Loss in associate

Carrying value before impairment

Impairment

Foreign currency reserve

Carrying value before sale

Proceeds

Loss on disposal of associate

Balance at year-end

Consolidated and separate

AUD

150,000

350,000

500,000

ZAR

1,513,623

3,307,797

4,821,420

Consolidated and separate

ZAR

GBP

 10,556,778 

 (2,291,239)

 8,265,539 

 (1,014,239)

–

 7,251,300 

 (4,821,420)

 (2,429,880)

–

 1,009,429 

 (127,950)

 881,479 

 (58,424)

 (405,353)

 417,702 

 (277,732)

 (139,970)

–

5   PAR Coal Holdings was acquired during the current year with all its issued shares subscribed for by Pan African Resources. This company was acquired as a strategic 
holding company to the group’s coal business. PAR Coal Holdings is the main shareholder in the Uitkomst Colliery (previously known as Emerald Panther Investments 
107 Proprietary Limited). Refer to note 40 for the purchase price allocation of the Uitkomst Colliery acquisition.

6   Towards the end of the fi nancial year the group fi nalised a share buyback transaction in which 49.9% of the shares issued in PAR Gold were purchased through the group’s 
wholly owned subsidiary, Funding Company. The transaction translated to a share buyback as PAR Gold has as its sole investment a 23.8% stake in Pan African Resources on 
3 June 2016 (at 30 June 2016 the shareholding diluted to 22.46% following the share issue on 3 June 2016), and deriving only dividends linked to the shareholding as 
income. Refer to note 41.

7   During the prior year, the company purchased 1,750,850 shares in a listed entity for an amount of ZAR18.9 million. The entity is an exploration, development and gold mining 

company focused on Southern Africa.

  At year-end the investment remains a 3.4% holding and therefore carried at fair value as per the applicable accounting standard.

Consolidated and separate

30 June 2016
ZAR

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
ZAR

30 June 2015
GBP

Dividends received from listed investment

973,179

45,371

629,448

34,969

8   A portion of shares in the investment was issued to employees via an ESOP transaction scheme described in note 39. The substance of the transaction renders Pan African 

Resources retaining full control of the investment and therefore consolidating 100% of the investment.

144 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Barberton 
Mines
GBP

 2,106,866 
 41,770 
 252,537 
 (160,646)
 2,240,527 
 1,849 
 57,454 
 (49,364)
 2,250,466 

Evander 
Mines
GBP

 13,351,425 
 14,718 
 1,574,716 
 (999,461)
 13,941,398 
 11,503 
 357,501 
 (307,160)
 14,003,242 

Total
GBP

 15,458,291 
 56,488 
 1,827,253 
 (1,160,107)
 16,181,925 
 13,352 
 414,955 
 (356,524)
 16,253,708 

20.  Rehabilitation trust fund

Funds held in trust fund (refer to note 27)
Opening balance as at 30 June 2014
Interest earned on the rehabilitation fund
Fair value adjustment
Foreign currency translation reserve
Closing balance as at 30 June 2015
Interest earned on the rehabilitation fund
Fair value adjustment
Foreign currency translation reserve
Closing balance as at 30 June 2016

The funds available from contributions are held within Pan African Resources Group Rehabilitation Trust.

The amounts are invested in a number of instruments, including interest-bearing short-term deposits, medium-term equity-linked notes 
issued by commercial banks, equity share portfolios managed by asset managers.

The Evander Mines rehabilitation trust fund was transferred from Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited (Harmony).

Refer to note 27 for the associated rehabilitation provision disclosure.

21.  Inventories

Consumable stores
Mineral stocks
Coal inventory
Short-term portion of long-term inventory
Provision for obsolete stock

Long-term Inventory1

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 3,060,766 
 934,306 
 456,620 
 31,850 
 (84,729)
 4,398,813 
 186,861 
 4,585,674 

 3,102,272 
 483,044 
–
–
 (82,747)
 3,502,569 
–
 3,502,569 

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
–

1   During the year tailings stock (Elandskraal) of approximately 1.28 million tonnes was purchased to increase Phoenix Platinum feed sources. Elandskraal was purchased for 

ZAR4.5 million and the tailings were treated from September in the current year.

  The nature of this inventory is long term as it is expected to be processed over a period in excess of 12 months from the reporting date.

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145

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

22.  Trade and other receivables

Trade receivables
Provision for doubtful debtors
Other receivables and prepayments
VAT receivable

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 10,233,634 
 (44,233)
 1,247,281 
 2,605,675 

 14,042,357 

 5,731,102 
 (30,504)
 1,519,648 
 2,338,764 

 9,559,010 

–
–
 23,949 
 33,990 

 57,939 

–
–
 21,557 
 19,974 

 41,531 

 The group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The amounts presented in the statement of fi nancial position 
are net of allowances for doubtful debtors relating to other receivables, estimated by the group’s management based on the current 
economic environment and individual debtor circumstances. The credit risk on liquid funds is limited because the counterparties are dealt 
with in accordance with the group’s credit policy.  Financial institutions are the major customer that represents more than 5% of the 
trade receivables balance for the individual gold mining subsidiaries (Barberton Mines and Evander Mines), and Western Platinum Limited 
(subsidiary of Lonmin PLC) is the one major customer that represents more than 5% of the trade receivables balance of 
Phoenix Platinum. ArcelorMittal Newcastle is a major customer that represents more than 5% of the trade receivables balance 
of Uitkomst Colliery.

The average credit period is:
Number of days
Trade receivables
Revenue

Consolidated

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

 17.0 
10,233,634
169,360,532

18.0
5,731,102
141,076,883

The ageing of trade receivables remained materially unchanged even with the introduction of Uitkomst Colliery into the group at a trade 
receivables balance of GBP2.8 million. This was due to continued improved cash collections on gold sales from the treasury function.

No interest is charged on trade receivables.

Before accepting any new customers, the group uses a credit bureau or performs a credit assessment to assess the potential customer’s 
credit limit and credit quality.  The group only transacts with creditworthy customers and large institutions within South Africa.

The fair value of trade receivables is not materially different from the carrying value presented. Receivables have been pledged as security, 
in terms of the revolving credit facility. 

146 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

23.  Cash and cash equivalents

 Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash held by the group and short-term bank deposits with an original maturity of three months or 
less. The carrying amount of these assets approximates their fair value.

Cash and cash equivalents

 2,658,947 

 3,328,850 

 77,660 

 888,498 

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Included in cash and cash equivalents is restricted cash for 
an amount of ZAR12.9 million. This amount represents 
guarantees to Transnet SOC Limited and the Department 
of Mineral Resources, and currently owed to Uitkomst 
Colliery by Brandywine Valley Investments Proprietary Limited 
(previous owner of Uitkomst Colliery).

Cash and cash equivalents also include an overdraft of 
ZAR50 million drawn at Funding Company level at year-end.

Credit facilities
The group has the following credit facilities:
Nedbank Limited revolving credit facility1
Rand Merchant Bank revolving credit facility1
Absa Bank Limited revolving credit facility1
Absa Bank Limited overdraft facility1
Rand Merchant Bank overdraft facility1
Absa Bank Limited credit card facilities 
Guarantee2
USD trading facility3

13,481,631
13,481,631
13,481,631
2,527,806
2,527,806
75,834
 3,381,275 
 4,802,831 
 53,760,445 

 13,816,926 
 13,816,926 
 13,816,926 
 2,590,674 
 2,590,674 
 77,720 
 2,794,398 
 4,922,279 
 54,426,523 

–
–
–
–
–
50,556
–
–
 50,556 

–
–
–

 51,813 
–
–
 51,813 

1   The group has secured a fi ve-year revolving credit facility with Nedbank Limited, Absa Bank Limited and Rand Merchant Bank (refer to note 28). The facility carries an interest 
rate of the monthly JIBAR rate plus 2.5% margin,  and is secured against Barberton Mines, Evander Mines and Phoenix Platinum’s property, plant and equipment. The revolving 
credit facility was utilised during the current year, and at year-end, there was an outstanding amount of GBP15.7 million (2015: GBP12.7 million) payable in relation to the 
facility and an unutilised amount of GBP24.8 million (2015: GBP29.0 million). The Absa Limited overdraft facility was fully utilised during the year and Rand Merchant Bank 
overdraft facility remains unsecured and unutilised at year-end.  The overdraft facilities attract interest that is linked to prime in South Africa.

2   The guarantees relate to GBP1,243,332  (2015: GBP1,274,254) for Eskom (electricity utility), GBP1,028,237 (2015: GBP724,809) for the Department of Mineral 

Resources (DMR), other fi nancial guarantees  GBP776,036 (2015: GBP795,336) and GBP333,670 relating to Transnet SOC Limited.
3   The USD trading facility relates to trading facilities held by Barberton Mines for the purposes of trading USD for ZAR on USD gold sales.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

24.  Share capital

Issued

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Number of ordinary shares issued

 1,943,206,554 

 1,831,494,763 

 1,943,206,554 

 1,831,494,763 

Treasury shares

 (436,358,058)

–

–

–

 1,506,848,496 

 1,831,494,763 

 1,943,206,554 

 1,831,494,763 

Ordinary shares issued of GBP0.01 each

19 432 065

 18,314,947 

19 432 065

 18,314,947 

The following cash issue of shares was made during the year:

•  On 3 June 2016 111,711,791 shares were issued as part of the rights issue at 14.4 pence per share, in relation to the acquisition of the 

Shanduka Gold share buyback transaction.

During the prior fi nancial year:

•  On 19 March 2015 1,500,000 shares were issued at 5 pence per share to Mr KC Spencer’s family trust (Strode Trust) upon exercising 

historical share options.

Current number of equity-settled share options outstanding at 30 June 2016 is 1,122,000 (2015: 1,122,000), excluding the new issue of 
equity options disclosed in note 34.

25.  Trade and other payables

Trade and other payables

Accruals and other payables

VAT payable

Total trade and other payables

The average credit period is:

Number of days

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 9,980,679 

 8,390,553 

 372,003 

 8,945,258 

 7,514,861 

 338,924 

–

–

 257,837 

 213,861 

–

–

 18,743,235 

 16,799,043 

 257,837 

 213,861 

Consolidated

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

32

31

Creditors days have remained materially constant, remaining marginally in line with debtors days indicating improved collection from 
debtors to settle short-term obligations.

The fair value of trade payables is not materially different from the carrying value presented.

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

26.  Current tax

Current tax asset

Current tax liability

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 848,946 

 541,794 

 827,298 

 503,784 

 8,469 

 141,574 

–

–

Current taxes payable and receivable by the group relate to the South African Revenue Service (SARS).

27.   Long-term provisions

Consolidated

Separate

Decom-
missioning
and
rehabilitation
GBP

 12,033,167 
 1,094,191 
 (877,991)

 12,249,367 
 386,580 
 (1,780,288)
 (422,673)
 10,432,986 

Total
GBP

 12,033,167 
 1,094,191 
 (877,991)

 12,249,367 
 386,580 
 (1,780,288)
 (422,673)
 10,432,986 

Decom-
missioning
and
rehabilitation
GBP

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Total
GBP

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

Balance at 30 June 2014
Provided during the year
Foreign currency translation reserve

Balance at 30 June 2015
Acquired from Uitkomst Colliery
Net release during the year
Foreign currency translation reserve
Balance at 30 June 2016

Rehabilitation provision
The provision includes the estimate of the costs of decommissioning  and  the cost of environmental and other remedial work such 
as reclamation costs, close down and restoration and pollution control. Estimates are made on an annual basis, based on the estimated 
life of the mine, following which payments are made to a rehabilitation trust set up as required by South African laws and regulations. 
The provision represents the net present value of the best estimate of the expenditure required to settle the obligation to decommission 
and rehabilitate environmental disturbances caused by mining operations. These costs are expected to be incurred over the following life 
of mine and rates.

The current year movement in the group’s rehabilitation liability has been largely infl uenced by the changes to the closure costs estimate.

Barberton Mines
BTRP
Evander Mines
ETRP
Phoenix Platinum1
Uitkomst Colliery

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Life of mine
Years

 Risk-free rate
%

Life of mine
Years

Risk-free rate
%

22
14
 16 
 16 
 9 
 22 

11.31
9.85
9.73
9.73
9.02
11.31

20
15
 16 
 16 
 28 
–

8.74
8.67
8.67
8.67
8.61
–

1  The change in the life of mine is attributed to the exclusion of the mineral reserves from the Lesedi Mine current arisings.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

28.  Long-term liabilities

Cash-settled share options

Opening balance

Sale of assets and liabilities to PAR Management Services

Expense for the year

Payments during the year

Foreign currency translation reserve

Closing balance

Current portion 

Long-term portion

Post-retirement benefi ts

Opening balance

Utilised for the year

Foreign currency translation reserve

Closing balance

Revolving credit facility

Opening balance

Drawdowns

Finance costs incurred1

Repayments of capital

Repayments of fi nance costs

Foreign currency translation reserve

Closing balance

Current portion 

Long-term portion

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 1,313,721 

 1,579,923 

–

5,274,697

 (1,324,924)

277,857

–

 294,627 

 (428,512)

 (132,317)

 5,541,351 

 1,313,721 

 (2,738,123)

 2,803,228 

 (933,152)

 380,569 

 78,535 

 (11,009)

 (2,835)

 64,691 

 90,832 

 (6,677)

 (5,620)

 78,535 

 12,732,505 

–

 38,061,147 

 27,898,927 

 1,317,577 

 1,271,063 

 (36,807,033)

 (14,299,642)

 (1,074,513)

 (1,337,774)

 1,464,254 

 (800,069)

 15,693,937 

 12,732,505 

 (1,452,109)

 (1,118,559)

 14,241,828 

 11,613,946 

–

–

–

–  

–  

–

–

–

–  

–  

–  

–  

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

 714,603 

 (711,592)

–

–

 (3,011)

–  

–

–

–  

–  

–  

–  

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

1  Finance costs incurred exclude GBP127,572 (2015: GBP7,907), relating to the new general banking facilities, which are separately disclosable from the RCF.

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Gold loan

Opening balance

Gold loan repayments

Fair value adjustment

Foreign currency translation reserve

Closing balance

Current portion 

Long-term portion

Total

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 7,235,699 

 11,225,365 

 (2,747,333)

 (3,396,717)

–

 (351,325)

 (120,490)

 (472,459)

 4,137,041 

 7,235,699 

 (2,790,479)

 (2,995,767)

 1,346,562 

 4,239,932 

 18,451,276 

 16,312,982 

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

The gold loan has been designated as an instrument to be measured at amortised cost.

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Current and non-current portions of long-term liabilities

Current portion 

 6,980,711 

 5,047,478 

Non-current portion – capital to be paid on maturity

 18,456,309 

 16,312,982 

 25,437,020 

 21,360,460 

–

–

–

–  

–  

–  

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Terms of the revolving credit facility

Facility amount 

ZAR800,000,000

Accordian option

ZAR300,000,000 exercisable with two years at the inception of the revolving credit facility

Lenders

Borrower

Interest rate

Rand Merchant Bank (a division of FirstRand Bank Limited), Absa Limited, Nedbank Limited

Pan African Resources Funding Company Proprietary Limited

JIBAR (quoted at 5.958% at year-end), at a monthly payment selection period

Interest rate margin

2.5%

Commitment fee

35% of the margin per annum, calculated on a day-to-day basis on the undrawn portion of the maximum 
available commitment

Term of loan

Five years from (17 June 2015)

Repayment period

Full repayment of the outstanding amount at the end of fi ve years

Final repayment date

17 June 2020

Financial covenant limits

The ratio of the net debt to equity must be less than 1:1 (measured on a semi-annual basis)

The interest cover ratio (refer to note 30) must be greater than four times (measured on a 
semi-annual basis)

The ratio of net debt to EBITDA (refer to note 30), as defi ned in the agreement, must be less than 2.5:1 
(measured on a semi-annual basis)

Bonds as security for revolving credit facilities
The following bonds were entered into by the group:

Continuing covering mortgage bond B1534/2013 –Barberton Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

Continuing covering mortgage bond B1740/2013 – Evander Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

Special notarial bond BN6785/2013 – Barberton Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

Special notarial bond BN6912/2013 – Evander Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

General notarial bond BN7075/2013 – Barberton Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

General notarial bond BN6592/2013 – Evander Mines/Bowwood and Main No. 40 Proprietary Limited

Ceded rights as security for the revolving credit facility
Bank accounts

Debts1

Insurance2

Insurance proceeds

The above listed rights are ceded whether actual, prospective or contingent, direct or indirect, whether a claim to payment of money or 
to the performance of any other obligation, and whether or not the said rights and interest were within the contemplation of the parties 
at signature date.

1   All claims which the cedent has or may in future have in respect of agreements entered into or to be entered into by the cedent pursuant to which goods and/or services are 

provided (or to be provided) to or by the cedent, including but not limited to book debts against trade debtors from time to time.
2  All contracts and policies of insurance and reinsurance of any kind which are effected and maintained by or on behalf of the cedent.

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STATEMENTS

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Terms of the gold loan
In May 2014, a gold loan transaction of ZAR200 million was entered into with Absa Bank Limited as a counterparty. The purpose of this 
gold loan was to provide funds for the ETRP constructed at Evander Mines. The gold loan is repaid quarterly in gold ounces produced 
from the Evander Mines operation, with the repayments having commenced in July 2014 to end in October 2017. Refer to terms below.

Effective delivery price per ounce

Effective delivery price per kg

Repayment period

Final repayment date

Financial covenant limits

ZAR12,694

ZAR408,129 

1.5 years 

31 October 2017

The ratio of the net debt to equity must be less than 1:1 (measured on a semi-annual basis)

The interest cover ratio (refer to note 30) must be greater than four times 
(measured on a semi-annual basis)

The ratio of net debt to EBITDA (refer to note 30), as defi ned in the agreement, must 
be less than 2.5:1 (measured on a semi-annual basis)

Security of gold loan

Security of the gold loan is included in the revolving credit facility security package

Gold loan repayment schedule

Delivery date

29 July 2016

31 October 2016

31 January 2017

28 April 2017

31 July 2017

31 October 2017

Ounces 
delivered 

 1,105,94 

 1,093,96 

 1,081,14 

 1,067,07 

 1,055,50 

 1,042,69 

 6,446,30 

As repayment of the loan is made in physical ounces of gold, revenue is recognised on physical delivery to Absa Bank Limited.

Group cash-settled share options
On 9 May 2011, the company established a cash-settled share appreciation rights programme entitling selected executives and employees 
of the group, as approved by the board of directors and the remuneration committee of the company, to be allocated notional shares in 
the group.  These notional shares confer the conditional right on the participant to be paid a cash settlement equal to the appreciation in 
the company share price from the date of allocation to the date of surrender or deemed surrender of notional shares.  Participation in 
the share appreciation programme is subject to the agreement of a selected participant and acceptance by said participant of the rules 
and regulations governing the share appreciation programme.

The share appreciation settlement is determined no later than the sixth anniversary of the date that the notional shares are allocated.  
However the participant can elect, subject to approval by the company’s remuneration committee, to surrender his/her notional shares 
and receive the share appreciation settlement at a date prior to the sixth anniversary date.

The share appreciation settlement is regarded as remuneration for income tax purposes and thus subject to the deduction of pay-as-
you-earn (PAYE) and all other taxes and contributions via the payroll of the company or the relevant subsidiary. These taxes are for the 
account of the participant. 

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Group cash-settled share options continued
No share appreciation rights settlements can be made until after the period, calculated from the date the notional shares were allocated, of:

Initial issue

•  Two years has elapsed, in which event not more than 25% of the total number of notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Three years has elapsed, in which event not more than 50% of the total number of notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Four years has elapsed, in which event all of the notional shares allocated can be surrendered.

Top-up issues

•  One year has elapsed, in which event not more than 25% of the total number of notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Two years has elapsed, in which event not more than 50% of the total number of notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Three years has elapsed, in which event not more than 75% of the total number of notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Four years has elapsed, in which event all of the notional shares allocated can be surrendered

•  Or any lesser amount of notional shares may be surrendered.  Notional shares which a participant is entitled to surrender are referred 

to as “surrenderable notional shares”.

Remco may, by resolution, amend and postpone any of these vesting periods, with the consent of the participant concerned.

The participant is entitled, within a period of 60 days after the date of resignation, to surrender all his/her surrenderable notional shares 
and request the payment of the share appreciation bonus in respect thereof. If the participant is subject to retirement (including early 
retirement approved by the company after the age of 55 in terms of company policy), retrenchment, death or permanent disability, 
the participant or the participant’s estate is entitled, within a period of six months after the termination date, to surrender all his/her 
surrenderable notional shares and request the payment of the share appreciation settlement in respect thereof.  

Details of the share options outstanding during the year, in relation to this scheme, are as follows:

Group cash-settled share options

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Weighted
average
exercise
price
ZAR

Number
of
options

 1.61 

 1.67 

 1.53 

–

 58,439,090 

 50,509,449 

 (14,646,951)

–

 1.65 

 94,301,588 

Weighted
average
exercise
price
ZAR

 1.92 

 1.18 

 2.20 

 2.37 

 1.61 

Number
of
options

 53,275,980 

 18,715,657 

 (10,456,992)

 (3,095,555)

 58,439,090 

Outstanding at 1 July

Granted during the year

Exercised during the year

Forfeited in the year

Outstanding and exercisable at 30 June 

Cash-settled share options are valued annually at fair value.

The weighted average share price on redemptions was ZAR2.93 (2015: no redemptions).

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STATEMENTS

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

These fair values were calculated using the binomial pricing model. The inputs in the model were as follows:

Weighted average share price

Weighted average exercise/strike price

Exercise price

Expected volatility 

Expected life

Weighted average remaining life

Risk-free rate

Expected dividend yield

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

R3.44

R2.12

R2.04

R2.15 

R1.15 – R3.04

 R1.15 – R2.67 

30.00%

30.00%

3 – 6 years

3 – 6 years

3.5 years

4.2 years

7.56 – 8.48%

6.94 – 7.89%

4.00%

4.00%

Expected volatility includes the following factors:

•  Implied volatility from traded share options on the entity’s shares, or other traded instruments of the entity that include option features 

(such as convertible debt), if any

•  The historical volatility of the share price over the most recent period that is generally commensurate with the expected term of the 

option (taking into account the remaining contractual life of the option and the effects of expected early exercise)

•  The length of time an entity’s shares have been publicly traded. A newly listed entity might have a high historical volatility, compared 

with similar entities that have been listed longer.

Participation in share-based and other long-term incentive schemes is restricted to employees and directors as described above.

The group recognised an expense of GBP4,291,500 (income in 2015: GBP340,996) relating to cash-settled share-based payment 
transactions during the year, as a result of the share price increasing.

During the prior year, the group entered into an employee share ownership scheme transaction at Barberton Mines level and during 
the current year a similar scheme was entered into at Evander Mines level. The group recognised an expense of GBP586,305 in relation 
to the employee share ownership scheme. Refer to note 39.

Chief Executive Offi cer long-term incentive
To incentivise the Chief Executive Offi cer and align the interests of the Chief Executive Offi cer with that of the group, and to ensure 
retention during the three year contract term, the following long-term incentive was put in place on 28 February 2015.  The Chief 
Executive Offi cer no longer participates in the group share appreciation scheme other than historic holdings:

•  Cash or equity-settled payment at the end of the three-year contract term of 4,000,000 Pan African Resources shares, issued for no 

consideration, vesting only at the end of the Chief Executive Offi cer’s contract term

•  Cash or equity-settled payment of a maximum number of a further 4,000,000 Pan African Resources shares, issued for no consideration, 

vesting only at the end of the Chief Executive Offi cer’s contract term.  These shares will only be issued upon meeting certain pre-
defi ned Remco criteria, which are determined annually

•  The Chief Executive Offi cer will therefore be eligible for a minimum number of 4,000,000 Pan African Resources shares and maximum 

number of 8,000,000 Pan African Resources shares at the end of his contract term.

At year-end this incentive scheme was treated as a cash-settled share option scheme and a liability of GBP396,892 (2015: GBP71,977) 
was recognised in the statement of fi nancial position.

Subsequent to year-end, the incentive scheme for both the Chief Executive Offi cer and the Financial Director was amended, as detailed in 
the remuneration policy.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Vesting schedule 2016

Description

Grant date

Vesting 
period 
years

Vesting 
period 
days

Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1

Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 4
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 4
Tranche 1
Tranche 2
Tranche 3
Tranche 1

11 May 2011
11 May 2011
11 May 2011
1 March 2013

1 March 2013
1 March 2013
13 July 2012
13 July 2012
13 July 2012
1 April 2013
1 April 2013
1 April 2013
1 June 2013
1 June 2013
1 June 2013
1 August 2013
1 August 2013
1 August 2013
1 August 2013
27 September 2013
27 September 2013
27 September 2013
13 November 2013
13 November 2013
13 November 2013
1 April 2014
1 April 2014
1 April 2014
1 May 2014
1 May 2014
1 May 2014
1 May 2014
27 May 2014
27 May 2014
27 May 2014
1 March 2015
1 March 2015
1 March 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
16 May 2016
16 May 2016
16 May 2016
28 February 2015

2
3
4
2

3
4
2
3
4
2
3
4
2
3
4
2
2
3
4
2
3
4
2
3
4
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
2
3
4
1
2
3
2
3
4
1
2
3
4
2
3
4
3

 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 

 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 549 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 366 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 366 
 731 
 1,096 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 366 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 731 
 1,096 
 1,461 
 1,096 

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Vesting date

11 May 2013
11 May 2014
11 May 2015
1 March 2015

29 February 2016
28 February 2017
13 July 2014
13 July 2015
13 July 2016
1 April 2015
1 April 2016
1 April 2017
1 June 2015
1 June 2016
1 June 2017
1 February 2015
1 August 2015
1 August 2016
1 August 2017
27 September 2015
27 September 2016
27 September 2017
13 November 2015
13 November 2016
13 November 2017
1 April 2016
1 April 2017
1 April 2018
1 May 2015
1 May 2016
1 May 2017
1 May 2018
27 May 2016
27 May 2017
27 May 2018
1 March 2016
1 March 2017
         1 March 2018
30 July 2017
30 July 2018
30 July 2019
30 July 2016
30 July 2017
30 July 2018
30 July 2019
16 May 2018
16 May 2019
16 May 2020
28 February 2018

Valuation 
ZAR

Options 
granted

Options 
expected
 to vest

 2.07 
 2.07 
 2.07 
 1.12 

 1.12 
 1.12 
 1.36 
 1.36 
 1.36 
 1.25 
 1.25 
 1.25 
 1.24 
 1.24 
 1.24 
 1.35 
 1.35 
 1.35 
 1.35 
 1.21 
 1.21 
 1.21 
 1.09 
 1.09 
 1.09 
 1.30 
 1.30 
 1.30 
 1.39 
 1.39 
 1.39 
 1.39 
 1.06 
 1.06 
 1.06 
 1.41 
 1.41 
 1.41 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.70 
 1.06 
 1.06 
 1.06 

1,281,784
1,281,784
2,563,561
733,057

733,057
1,466,114
570,195
570,195
1,140,390
728,111
728,111
1,456,222
555,284
555,284
1,110,568
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
2,000,000
166,136
166,136
332,272
126,845
126,845
253,691
545,709
545,709
1,091,418
1,525,170
1,525,170
1,525,170
1,525,170
312,000
312,000
624,000
1,538,173
1,538,173
1,538,634
2,119,207
2,119,207
4,238,415
10,277,892
10,277,892
10,277,892
10,277,892
230,263
230,263
460,527
8,000,000
94,301,588

1,281,784
1,281,784
2,563,561
733,057

733,057
1,466,114
570,195
570,195
1,140,390
728,111
728,111
1,456,222
555,284
555,284
1,110,568
1,000,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
2,000,000
166,136
166,136
332,272
126,845
126,845
253,691
545,709
545,709
1,091,418
1,525,170
1,525,170
1,525,170
1,525,170
312,000
312,000
624,000
1,538,173
1,538,173
1,538,634
2,119,207
2,119,207
4,238,415
10,277,892
10,277,892
10,277,892
10,277,892
230,263
230,263
460,527
8,000,000
94,301,588

 
28.  Long-term liabilities continued

Vesting schedule 2015

Description

Grant date

Vesting 
period 
years

Vesting 
period 
days

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

11 May 2011

11 May 2011

11 May 2011

1 March 2013

1 March 2013

1 March 2013

1 April 2013

1 April 2013

1 April 2013

1 May 2013

1 May 2013

1 May 2013

1 June 2013

1 June 2013

1 June 2013

1 July 2013

1 July 2013

1 July 2013

1 August 2013

1 August 2013

1 August 2013

Tranche 1

27 September 2013

Tranche 2

27 September 2013

Tranche 3

27 September 2013

Tranche 1

13 November 2013

Tranche 2

13 November 2013

Tranche 3

13 November 2013

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

Tranche 2

Tranche 3

Tranche 1

1 April 2014

1 April 2014

1 April 2014

27 May 2014

27 May 2014

27 May 2014

1 July 2014

1 July 2014

1 July 2014

1 March 2015

1 March 2015

1 March 2015

28 February 2015

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

2

3

4

1

2

3

3

Vesting date

10 May 2013

10 May 2014

10 May 2015

1 March 2015

29 February 2016

28 February 2017

1 April 2015

31 March 2016

31 March 2017

1 May 2015

30 April 2016

30 April 2017

1 June 2015

31 May 2016

31 May 2017

1 July 2015

30 June 2016

30 June 2017

1 August 2015

31 July 2016

31 July 2017

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

27 September 2015

 1,096 

26 September 2016

 1,461 

26 September 2017

 731 

13 November 2015

 1,096 

12 November 2016

 1,461 

12 November 2017

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,461 

 366 

 731 

 1,096 

 1,096 

31 March 2016

31 March 2017

31 March 2018

26 May 2016

26 May 2017

26 May 2018

30 June 2016

30 June 2017

30 June 2018

29 February 2016

28 February 2017

28 February 2018

28 February 2018

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Valuation 
ZAR

Options 
granted

Options 
expected
 to vest

3,572,511

3,572,511

7,145,023

859,828

859,828

3,572,511

3,572,511

7,145,023

859,828

859,828

1,719,653

1,719,653

850,121

850,121

850,121

850,121

1,700,241

1,700,241

871,859

871,859

871,859

871,859

1,743,713

1,743,713

563,864

563,864

563,864

563,864

1,127,727

1,127,727

245,455

245,455

490,909

1,500,000

1,500,000

3,000,000

221,515

221,515

443,030

126,845

126,845

253,691

727,612

727,612

245,455

245,455

490,909

1,500,000

1,500,000

3,000,000

221,515

221,515

443,030

126,845

126,845

253,691

727,612

727,612

1,455,224

1,455,224

391,250

391,250

782,500

1,525,170

1,525,170

3,050,339

1,538,173

1,538,173

1,538,634

8,000,000

391,250

391,250

782,500

1,525,170

1,525,170

3,050,339

1,538,173

1,538,173

1,538,634

8,000,000

58,439,090

58,439,090

 0.91 

 0.91 

 0.91 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.54 

 0.54 

 0.54 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.46 

 0.52 

 0.52 

 0.52 

 0.45 

 0.45 

 0.45 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.51 

 0.51 

 0.51 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.39 

 0.57 

 0.57 

 0.57 

 0.59 

 0.59 

 0.59 

–

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

29.  Deferred taxation

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Note

Arising from temporary differences relating to:
Property, plant and equipment
Provisions
Investment in rehabilitation trust
Other
Net deferred tax liabilities

Reconciliation of deferred tax liabilities:
Net deferred liabilities at the beginning of the year
Acquired from Uitkomst Colliery
Deferred tax charge for the year
Foreign currency translation reserve
Net deferred liabilities at the end of the year

Arising from temporary differences relating to:
Provisions
Other

Reconciliation of deferred tax assets:
Net deferred assets at the beginning of the year
Sale of assets and liabilities to subsidiary
Deferred tax credit for the year
Foreign currency translation reserve
Net deferred assets at the end of the year

 47,689,097 
 (4,555,564)
 2,726,840 
 (5,244,036)
 40,616,337 

 39,288,059 
 2,818,212 
 (662,080)
 (827,854)
 40,616,337 

 1,143,692 
 (26,600)
 1,117,092 

 327,748 
–
 735,223 
 54,121 
 1,117,092 

 46,253,745 
 (4,407,102)
 3,283,461 
 (5,842,045)
 39,288,059 

 43,353,577 
–
 (1,252,133)
 (2,813,385)
 39,288,059 

 328,127 
 (379)
 327,748 

 366,567 
–
 (15,353)
 (23,466)
 327,748 

40
13

13

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–

 366,567 
 (365,023)
–
 (1,544)
–

 Assessed loss 
carried forward 

 Unredeemed capital 
carried forward 

 Total 

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Phoenix Platinum 
Evander Mines

75,348
–
75,348

77,222
4,565,108
4,642,330

5,008,780
13,515,292
18,524,072

4,967,775
16,684,726
21,652,501

5,084,128
13,515,292
18,599,420

5,044,997
21,249,834
26,294,831

Deferred tax assets have been raised on the basis that the individual group companies will, in the future be able to generate taxable 
economic benefi ts to utilise current deductible temporary differences.

Deferred taxation rates applied within the group:

The deferred tax rate used to calculate deferred tax is based on the current estimate of future profi tability when temporary differences 
will reverse.

Deferred taxation rates applied within the group:
Barberton Mines
Evander Mines
Phoenix Platinum
Uitkomst Colliery
Other companies

158 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Consolidated

30 June 2016
%

30 June 2015
%

28
25.5
28
28
28

28
26.5
28
28
28

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

30.  Financial instruments

 The group manages its capital to ensure that it will be able to continue as a going concern while maximising the sustainable return to 
shareholders through the optimisation of the debt and equity ratios.  The group’s overall strategy remains unchanged from the prior year.

Components of capital and fi nancial covenants:

Cash and cash equivalents

Interest-bearing debt/Gold loan

Net interest-bearing liabilities/(assets)

Equity

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 (2,658,947)

 (3,328,850)

 77,660 

 888,498 

19,830,978

17,172,031

19,968,204

16,639,354

–

–

 77,660 

 888,498 

 150,975,202 

 147,167,487 

 168,765,155 

 147,925,939 

Net debt to equity ratio (ratio)1

0.11

0.11

Finance costs of the revolving credit facilities

1,317,577

1,271,063

0.00

–  

0.01

–  

Earnings before interest and taxation

 34,741,770 

 17,912,084 

 13,421,553 

 53,554,603 

Interest cover ratio
 Adjusted EBITDA is represented by earnings before interest, 
taxation, depreciation and amortisation, loss on disposal of 
associate, impairments and loss on disposal of assets held 
for sale

26

14

–  

–  

 45,197,899 

 28,447,689 

 13,421,553 

 53,752,997 

Net debt to adjusted EBITDA

0.38

0.58

0.01

0.02

Financial covenant limits:
The ratio of the net debt to equity must be less than 1:1 
(measured semi-annually).
The interest cover ratio must be greater than four times 
(measured semi-annually).
The ratio of net debt to adjusted EBITDA must be less than 
2.5:1 (measured semi-annually).

Categories of fi nancial instruments:

Financial assets2:

Cash and cash equivalents

Listed available-for-sale investment 

Rehabilitation trust fund

Receivables

Financial liabilities:

Trade and other payables

Long-term liabilities

Financial instrument liabilities

Current portion of long-term liabilities

 2,658,947 

 3,328,850 

 77,660 

1,269,228

 904,710 

1,269,228

 16,253,708 

 16,181,925 

10,233,634

 5,731,102 

–

–

 888,498 

 904,710 

–

–

18,371,232

 16,460,119 

257,837

 213,861 

25,437,020

21,360,460

5,945,399

6,980,711

–  

5,047,478

–

–  

–

–  

–  

–  

1  Net debt is calculated on cash and cash equivalents less interest-bearing debt.
2  At year-end the group did not have trade receivables that are past overdue and not impaired.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

30.  Financial instruments continued

Financial risk management objectives
 The group seeks to minimise the effects of fi nancial risks by using derivative fi nancial instruments to hedge risk exposures where 
appropriate. The use of any fi nancial derivatives is approved by the board of directors, who also on a continuous basis provide guidance 
on managing foreign exchange risk, interest rate risk, credit risk, the use of fi nancial derivatives and non-derivative fi nancial instruments, 
and the investment of excess liquidity. Exposure limits are reviewed on a continuous basis. The group does not enter into or trade 
fi nancial instruments, including derivative fi nancial instruments, for speculative use.

Credit risk
Credit risk refers to the risk that a counterparty will default on its contractual obligations resulting in fi nancial loss to the group.  The 
group has adopted a policy of only dealing with creditworthy counterparties and obtaining suffi cient collateral where appropriate, as a 
means of mitigating the risk. 

The group’s credit risk is primarily attributable to its trade receivables. The amounts presented in the statement of fi nancial position 
are net of allowances for doubtful receivables of GBP44,233 (2015: GBP30,504) relating to other receivables, estimated by the group’s 
management based on the current economic environment and individual debtor circumstances. The credit risk on liquid funds is limited 
because the counterparties are dealt with in accordance with the group’s credit policy. Financial institutions are a major customer that 
represents more than 5% of the trade receivables balance for the individual gold mining subsidiaries (Barberton Mines and Evander 
Mines), and Western Platinum Limited (subsidiary of Lonmin PLC) is the one  major customer that represents more than 5% of the trade 
receivables balance of Phoenix Platinum. ArcelorMittal, Calcial is a major customer that represents more than 5% of the trade receivables 
balance of Uitkomst Colliery.

Customers above 5%

Financial institutions

Western Platinum Limited (subsidiary of Lonmin PLC)

ArcelorMittal

Provision for doubtful debtors

Consolidated

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 6,332,277 

 896,151 

 843,476 

 4,233,646 

 1,497,456 

–

 8,071,904 

 5,731,102 

 44,233 

 30,502 

Market risk
The group’s activities expose it primarily to the fi nancial risks of changes in foreign currency exchange rates, commodity prices and 
investments . Where appropriate, the group enters into a variety of derivative fi nancial instruments to manage its exposure to foreign 
currency risk and the commodity price risk. Investment risk is managed by reviewing the portfolio’s constitution, risk profi le and returns 
on an annual basis.

Foreign currency risk
The group undertakes certain transactions in foreign currencies. Hence, exposures to exchange rate fl uctuation arise. Exchange rate 
exposures are managed within approved policy parameters. The group specifi cally ensures USD receipts are converted into ZAR as 
effi ciently as possible.

Commodity price and foreign exchange rate risk
The group may enter into forward contracts to hedge its exposure to fl uctuations in commodity prices and exchange rates on specifi c 
transactions. The contracts are matched with anticipated future cash fl ows from sales receipts.

Interest rate and liquidity risk
Fluctuations in interest rates impact on short-term investment and fi nancing activities, giving rise to interest rate risk.  In the ordinary 
course of business, the group receives cash proceeds from its operations and is required to fund working capital and capital expenditure 
requirements. Cash is managed to ensure that surplus funds are invested to maximise returns whilst ensuring that capital is safeguarded to 
the maximum extent by only investing with reputable fi nancial institutions. Contractual arrangements for committed borrowing facilities 
are maintained to meet the group’s normal and contingent funding needs.

160 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
 
 
 
 
 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

30.  Financial instruments continued

Currency and commodity price risk

Currency and gold spot price
GBP/ZAR exchange rate
USD/ZAR exchange rate

USD gold spot price (USD/oz) received

Foreign currency/gold price sensitivity
2016

2015

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Closing rate

Average rate

Closing rate

Average rate

19.78
14.78

21.45
14.51

 19.30 
 12.28 

 18.00 
 11.45 

Consolidated

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

1,164

1,212

Impact of 10%
currency or 
gold price
movement
on profi t
GBP

11,983,681

9,936,378

 The pound sterling carrying amount of the group’s foreign currency denominated monetary assets and liabilities at statement of fi nancial 
position date is as follows:

2016
Assets
Liabilities

2015
Assets
Liabilities

Impact of
10% currency
movement on
translation
reserve

GBP1

21,949,063
32,211,139

19,953,694
29,282,854

 17,217,727 
 22,350,305 

 15,652,479 
 20,318,459 

 1  The functional currency within the group is ZAR therefore the sensitivity details the effect of the ZAR/GBP exchange rate on the foreign currency translation reserve.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

30.  Financial instruments continued
Commodity zero cost collar
The group entered into two zero cost collar gold transactions during the year, similar to transactions that were undertaken in the prior 
year. During the current fi nancial year, the group realised a loss of GBP5,307,692 upon agreeing to realise one contract and measuring the 
other contract as fi nancial liability at year-end.

Financial instruments (derivatives)
Opening balance
Financial instruments during the year 
Fair valuing of fi nancial instruments
Financial instruments realised during the year
Foreign currency translation reserve
Closing balance

Cost collar derivative profi ts
Losses unrealised from fair value measurement
Cash profi ts realised on the statement of comprehensive income

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

–
 (5,307,692)
–
 (180,996)
 (456,711)
 (5,945,399)

–
 2,486,608 
–
 (2,486,608)
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

Consolidated

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

 (5,482,517)
 174,825 
 (5,307,692)

–
 2,486,608 
 2,486,608 

162 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

30.  Financial instruments continued

Commodity zero cost collar continued
Terms of the zero cost collar gold transaction: 

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Contract one 

Contract two 

Contract one

Contract two

Contract three 

28 July 2015

4 March 2016

30 September 2014

30 September 2014

1 July 2014

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

25,000 ounces
(776 kilograms)
Asian

10,000 ounces 
(311 kilograms)
Asian

22,500 ounces 
(700 kilograms)
Asian

40,000 ounces 
(1,244 kilograms)
Asian

70,000 ounces 
(2,177 kilograms)
Asian

Call

Call

Call

Call

Call

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 October 2016,
to and including
30 September 2017 
(1 year)
ZAR505,000
per kilogram

Nedbank Limited

Absa Bank Limited

From and including 
7 March 2016, 
to and including 
30 June 2016 
(4 months)
ZAR694,000
per kilogram

From and including 
1 October 2015, 
to and including 
30 September 2016
(1 year)
ZAR435,000 
per kilogram

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 October 2014, 
to and including 
30 September 2015
(1 year)
ZAR484,000 
per kilogram

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 July 2014, 
to and including 
30 June 2016 
(2 years)
ZAR529,008 
per kilogram

28 July 2015

4 March 2016

30 September 2014

30 September 2014

1 July 2014

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

Gold

50,000 ounces 
(1,555 kilograms)
Asian

10,000 ounces 
(311 kilograms)
Asian

45,000 ounces 
(1,400 kilograms)
Asian

40,000 ounces 
(1,244 kilograms)
Asian

70,000 ounces 
(2,177 kilograms)
Asian

Put

Put

Put

Put

Put

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 October 2016, 
to and including 
30 September 2017
(1 year)
ZAR450,000 
per kilogram
 (5,482,517)

Nedbank Limited

Absa Bank Limited

From and including 
7 March 2016, 
to and including 
30 June 2016
(4 months)
ZAR600,000 
per kilogram
 174,825 

From and including 
1 October 2015,
to and including 
30 September 2016
(1 year)
ZAR435,000 
per kilogram
922,719

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 October 2014,
to and including 
30 September 2015
(1 year)
ZAR425,000 
per kilogram
966,667

FirstRand Bank 
Limited
From and including 
1 July 2014, 
to and including 
30 June 2016 
(2 years)
ZAR440,015 
per kilogram
597,222

Call option terms:

Trade date

Commodity

Total notional 
quantity
Option style

Option type

Commodity option 
buyer
Option term

Strike price per unit

Put option terms:
Trade date

Commodity

Total notional 
quantity
Option style

Option type

Commodity option 
buyer
Option term

Strike price per unit

Realised and 
unrealised 
(losses)/profi ts1

1   Financial losses incurred during the year were not settled by year-end. Settlements will commence from October 2016. Profi ts realised during the year were redeemed during 

the year.

Interest rate risk 
The group is exposed to interest rate risk as entities within the group borrow and invest funds at both fi xed and fl oating interest rates.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

30.  Financial instruments continued

Interest rate sensitivity
The group has, at year-end, drawn down on its revolving credit facility, which is quoted on JIBAR rates (refer to note 28). Refer below for 
revolving credit facility loan sensitivity on interest rate variations.

Interest rate variation impact on the revolving credit facility loan

10% decrease
in interest
rates

5% decrease
in interest
rates

Revolving
credit
facility 

5% increase
in interest
rates

10% increase
in interest
rates

ZAR

GBP

310,383,474

310,404,778

310,426,082

310,447,386

310,468,690

15,691,783

15,692,860

15,693,937

15,695,014

15,696,092

Liquidity risk
Ultimate responsibility for liquidity risk management rests with the board of directors, which has built an appropriate liquidity risk 
management framework for the management of the group’s short-term funding and liquidity management requirements.  This framework 
involves constant weekly monitoring of the group’s cash position, cash fl ow forecast, and matching maturity profi les of fi nancial assets and 
liabilities to enable management of the  liquidity risk by maintaining adequate reserves, banking facilities and reserve borrowings facilities.

 The group has access to fi nancing facilities from the revolving credit facility and the general banking facilities, through the Funding 
Company, of which  GBP15,672,396 (2015: GBP12,694,301) relating to the revolving credit facility was drawn down and 
GBP2,527,806 (2015: nil) relating to the general banking facility was drawn down as at year-end. A gold loan of GBP4,137,041 
(30 June 2015: GBP7,235,699) was outstanding at year-end (refer to note 28). The group expects to meet its other obligations from 
operating cash fl ows and proceeds of maturing fi nancial assets.

Liquidity risk analysis
The following table indicates the group’s remaining contractual maturity from its fi nancial liabilities:

Group
2016
Trade and other payables
Long-term liabilities (non-interest bearing)
Long-term liabilities (interest-bearing)
Financial instrument liabilities
Other short-term liabilities

2015
Trade and other payables
Long-term liabilities (non-interest bearing)
Long-term liabilities (interest-bearing)
Other short-term liabilities

Separate
2016
Trade and other payables
Long-term liabilities
Other short-term liabilities

2015
Trade and other payables
Long-term liabilities
Other short-term liabilities

164 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

Weighted 
average 
interest 
rate
%

Less than 
12 months
GBP

1 – 5 years
GBP

Total
GBP

–
–
9.60
–
–

–
 – 
8.46
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

 18,371,232 
 5,528,602 
 1,452,109 
5,945,399 
 – 

 16,460,119 
 3,928,919 
 1,118,559 
 – 

–
4,214,481
 14,241,828 
–  
–

–
4,699,036
11,613,946
–

 18,371,232 
 9,743,083 
 15,693,937 
–  
–  

 16,460,119 
 8,627,955 
 12,732,505 
–  

 257,837 
–  
–  

 213,861 
–  
–  

–

–

–
–  
–

 257,837 
–  
–  

 213,861 
–  
–  

 
 
 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

30.  Financial instruments continued
Fair value of fi nancial instruments
The directors consider that the carrying amounts of fi nancial assets and liabilities recorded approximate their fair values.

Fair value hierarchy
The following is an analysis of the fi nancial instruments that are measured at fair value.

They are grouped into levels I to 3 based on the extent to which fair value is observable.

The levels are classifi ed as follows:

Level 1 – fair value is based on quoted prices in active markets for identical fi nancial assets or liabilities

Level 2 – fair  value is determined using inputs other than quoted prices included within level 1 that are observable for the asset or 
liability, either directly (i.e. prices) or indirectly (i.e. derived from prices)

Level 3 – fair value is determined on inputs not based on observable market data.

30 June 2016
Financial assets1
Rehabilitation trust fund2
Cash-settled share option liability3
ESOP transactions liabilities4
Derivative fi nancial liabilities5

30 June 2015
Financial assets1
Rehabilitation trust fund
Cash-settled share option liability3
ESOP transactions liabilities4

Level 1
GBP

Level 2
GBP

Level 3
GBP

Total
GBP

 1,269,228 
 16,253,708 
–
–
 (5,945,399)

904,710
 16,181,925 

–

–  
–  
 (5,260,208)
–

–  
–  
 (1,304,343)
–

–  
–  
–  
 (281,143)
–  

–  
–  

 (9,378)

1,269,228
16,253,708
 (5,260,208)
 (281,143)
 (5,945,399)

904,710
16,181,925
 (1,304,343)
 (9,378)

 1  The fair value of the listed investment is treated as level 1 of the fair value hierarchy, as its market share price is quoted on a stock exchange.
2   The rehabilitation trust fund is treated as level 1 of the fair value hierarchy as the contributions are invested in a number of market-related instruments, including market-

related interest-bearing short-term deposits, medium-term equity-linked notes issued by commercial banks, equity share portfolios managed by asset managers.

3   Cash-settled share option liability is valued on a mark-to-market basis according to the company’s quoted share price. Refer to note 28 for further inputs.
4   The group’s ESOP liability is accounted on a cash-settled share option basis (refer to note 39 for further description and terms of the transactions). The valuation of the liability 
relates to the group’s gold operations, Evander Mines and Barberton Mines, and was performed by ZAQ consultants and actuaries. The liability was valued as a European call 
option with the following assumptions used:

Loan amount at issue

Barberton Mines

ZAR99,500,000

Evander Mines

ZAR146,000,000

Spot price (model provided by management)

Determined using discounted cash fl ow model

Determined using discounted cash fl ow model

Strike price

Remaining option life

Volatility

Risk-free interest rate

Annual dividend yield (continuously compounding)

Final valuation (refer to note 39 for complete reconciliation)

preference share + preference dividend – dividends

preference share + preference  dividend – dividends

8 years

40%

Swap curve based

12%

GBP123,812

9 years

40%

Swap curve based

12%

GBP16,127

At year-end Evander Mines ESOP liability includes a trickle dividend to the employees which was accrued but not paid.

Management determines fair value based on observable market data (in case of listed assets and liabilities) or discounted cash fl ows (and other valuation methods) using 
assumptions considered to be reasonable and consistent with those that would be applied by a market participant for unquoted assets and liabilities. Where discounted cash 
fl ows are used and other valuation techniques, the determination of the assumptions used in assessing the fair value of identifi able assets and liabilities is subjective and the 
use of different valuation could have a signifi cant impact on fi nancial results. Therefore management follows a particular process in determining reasonable assumptions for 
the valuation of identifi able assets and liabilities.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

30.  Financial instruments continued
Fair value hierarchy continued
4  Note 4 continued:

Sensitivity on changes in volatility

Volatility at 10%

Volatility at 20%

Volatility at 30%

Volatility at 40%

Sensitivity on changes in risk-free rate

Risk-free rate -1%

Risk-free rate +1%

Sensitivity on discount to share price

0% discount

10% discount

20% discount

Barberton Mines
GBP

Evander Mines
GBP

 3,539 

 34,580 

 78,261 

 123,812 

 115,420 

 132,457 

 123,812 

 101,517 

 80,738 

–

 113 

 3,640 

 16,127 

 280,000 

 362,000 

 319,000 

 246,000 

 183,000 

30 June 2016

 1,318.40 

625,251.64

Zero-coupon 
bond 3-months

19.272%

5  The derivative fi nancial liability is treated as a level 1 of the fair value hierarchy due to the following market-related inputs used in the valuation:

USD gold price

ZAR gold price

Risk-free rate

Historical volatility

31.  Post-retirement benefi t information

The majority of employees are required to be members of either the Barberton Pension Umbrella Fund, Sentinel Retirement Fund, 
Mine Workers Provident Fund or the Shanduka Group Provident Fund. These are defi ned contribution funds and are registered under 
and governed by the South African Pension Act, 1956 as amended. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the 
group in funds and they are in the control of the trustees.  The total costs charged to the statement of comprehensive income of  
GBP4,796,674  (2015: GBP5,503,560) at group level and nil (2015: nil) at company level represent employer contributions payable to the 
schemes by the group and company at rates specifi ed in the rules of the scheme.  The calculation of the provision for post-retirement 
medical benefi ts is performed internally by management using the South African Revenue Services life expectancy tables as the benefi ts 
payable are a fi xed amount per pensioner. The balance of post-retirement medical benefi ts were GBP64,690 (2015: GBP78,535).

32.  Commitments, contingent liabilities and guarantees

Commitments
The group had outstanding open orders contracted for at year-end of GBP641,876 (2015: GBP1,182,823).

Authorised commitments for the new fi nancial year not yet contracted for totalled GBP17,489,848 (2015: GBP14,046,896).

Contingent liabilities
The group had no contingent liabilities in the current fi nancial year or prior year.

Guarantees
The group had guarantees of GBP1,243,332  (2015: GBP1,274,254) in favour of Eskom, GBP1,028,237 (2015: GBP724,809) in favour 
of  the Department of Mineral Resources, other fi nancial guarantees of  GBP776,036 (2015: GBP795,336) and GBP333,670 relating to 
Transnet SOC Limited at year-end.

Company
There were no commitments, contingent liabilities and guarantees for the company for the year ended 30 June 2016 (2015: nil), except 
for the operating lease commitments disclosed in note 7.

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STATEMENTS

33.  Directors’ emoluments

 The key management personnel for which remuneration has been disclosed below are considered to be the executive directors, 
non-executive directors, RA Holding and prescribed offi cers:

Executive directors
Emoluments
Share options exercised 
Total

Non-executive directors
Emoluments
Share options exercised 
Total 
Total remuneration

Consolidated

Separate

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2016
GBP

Year ended
30 June 2015
GBP

 724,634 
 38,695 
 763,329 

 196,960 
–
 196,960 
 960,289 

 747,100 
 295,662 
 1,042,762 

 139,508 
 110,845 
 250,353 
 1,293,115 

–
–
–

–
–
–

 196,960 
–
 196,960 
 196,960 

 139,508 
 110,845 
 250,353 
 250,353 

Share 
option
taxable
benefi t
GBP

Basic
 remune-
ration
GBP

Retire-
ment
fund
GBP

Life and
disability
plan
GBP

Allow-
ances
GBP

Other 
remune-
ration
GBP

Bonuses6
GBP

Total
30 June 
2016
GBP 

Total
30 June 
2015
GBP

 38,695 
–  
–  
 38,695 

 144,428 
 128,205 
–  
 272,633 

 8,978 
–  
–  
 8,978 

 1,372 
–  
–  
 1,372 

 10,767 
 1,204 
–  
 11,971 

–  
–  
–  
–  

 250,769 
 178,911 
–  
 429,680 

 455,009 
 308,320 
–  
 763,329 

 421,961 
 51,869 
 568,932 
 1,042,762 

Share 
option
taxable
benefi t
GBP

 – 
–
 – 
–
–
–

Basic
 remune-
ration
GBP

Retire-
ment
fund
GBP

Life and
disability
plan
GBP

Directors’
fee7
GBP

Other 
remune-
ration
GBP

Bonuses
GBP

Total
30 June 
2016
GBP 

Total
30 June 
2015
GBP

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
–
–
–
–
–

–
 59,697 
 47,455 
 45,754 
 44,054 
 196,960 

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

 – 
 – 
 – 
–
–
–  

–
 59,697 
 47,455 
 45,754 
 44,054 
 196,960 

 27,788 
 152,554 
 27,676 
 24,607 
 17,728 
 250,353 

Executive
Mr JAJ Loots3
Mr GP Louw4
Mr RA Holding2
Total

Non-executive
Mrs P Mahanyele1
Mr KC Spencer8
Mrs HH Hickey
Mr T Mosololi
Mr RM Smith5
Total

1  Directors’ fees accruing are paid by the company to Shanduka Group Proprietary Limited.
2  Mr RA Holding resigned as Chief Executive Offi cer with effect from 1 March 2015.
3  Mr JAJ Loots was appointed Chief Executive Offi cer with effect from 1 March 2015.
4  Mr GP Louw was appointed as Financial Director with effect from 1 March 2015.
5  Mr RM Smith was appointed as a non-executive director from 8 September 2014.

  See notes 6, 7 and 8 on next page.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

33.  Directors’ emoluments continued

Share 
option
taxable
benefi t
GBP

Basic
 remune-
ration
GBP

Retire-
ment
fund
GBP

Life and
disability
plan
GBP

Allow-
ances
GBP

Other 
remune-
ration
GBP

Bonuses
GBP

Total
30 June 
2016
GBP 

Total
30 June 
2015
GBP

Prescribed offi cers
Mr A van den Bergh
Mr A Karigeni
Mr C Strydom
Mr M da Silva 
(resigned on 
23 April 2015)
Mr BFM Malunga
Mr B McLeod

 143,655 
 27,137 
 187,529 

117,831
109,258
106,917

4,874
17,826
12,359

–  
2,226
–  

 2,738 
4,459
 3,848 

–  
–  
 20,140 

–  
 101,536 
65,397

–  
 12,418 
10,205

–  
–  
 1,274 

–  
 8,392 
 2,485 

–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

 103,026 
108,728
 74,176 

 372,124 
 269,634 
 384,829 

 189,816 
 170,180 
 154,225 

–  
 62,354 
 78,977 

–
 184,700 
 178,478 

 129,978 
 15,046 
 102,169 

6  At the end of the fi nancial year executive directors had the following bonuses accruing but not yet paid:

Executive

Mr JAJ Loots

Mr GP Louw

Transactional
bonus
GBP

 186,480 

 93,240 

 279,720 

    These bonuses arose a result of executive directors’ stewardship in fi nalising and concluding the Shanduka Gold 

transaction (refer to note 41).

7  At the end of the fi nancial year non-executive directors had the following additional fees accruing but not year paid:

Non-executive

Mr KC Spencer

Mrs HH Hickey

Mr T Mosololi

Mr RM Smith

Additional
fees
GBP

 20,979 

 20,979 

 20,979 

 20,979 

 83,916 

    The additional fees arose as a result of extra time and detailed consideration required from the non-executive 

directors, during the negotiation and fi nalisation of the Shanduka Gold transaction deal (refer to note 41).

8   Mr KC Spencer’s remuneration in the prior year includes GBP110,845 relating to taxable share option benefi t for 

the exercise of equity-settled share options.

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STATEMENTS

33.  Directors’ emoluments continued

No changes occurred during the year in respect of director appointments and resignations.

No retirement fund contributions are currently made by the company on behalf of non-executive directors.

Non-executive directors are entitled to the following fees as approved annually by the remuneration committee for services rendered, 
based on their appointment to the respective board sub-committees:

30 June 2016
Board of directors
Remuneration committee 
Audit committee (Mrs HH Hickey as Chairperson)
SHEC committee
Nominations committee
Retainer
Additional director fees (refer to note above)

Mr 
KC Spencer
(Chairman)
GBP

 28,906 
–  
–  
 5,101 
 2,380 
 2,331 
 20,979 
59,697

Mrs 
HH Hickey
GBP

Mr 
T Mosololi
GBP

Mr
 RM Smith
GBP

 13,263 
–  
 5,101 
 3,401 
 2,380 
 2,331 
 20,979 
47,455

 13,263 
 3,401 
 3,400 
–  
 2,380 
 2,331 
 20,979 
45,754

 13,263 
 5,101 
–  
–  
 2,380 
 2,331 
 20,979 
44,054

Mr 
KC Spencer
(Chairman)
GBP

Ms 
P Mahanyele
(Deputy
Chairperson)
GBP 

Mrs 
HH Hickey
GBP

Mr 
T Mosololi
GBP

Mr 
JAJ Loots
GBP

 35,506 

 21,999 

 17,754 

 17,754 

 13,692 

–  

 5,789 

–  

 3,859 

 3,859 

30 June 2015
Board of directors
Remuneration committee 
(Deputy Chairperson as Chairperson)
Audit committee 
(Mrs HH Hickey as Chairperson)
SHEC committee
Nominations committee

–  
 5,789 
–  
41,295

–  
–  
–  
27,788

Options
granted/
(exercised)
during the
period

 5,789 
 3,859 
–  
27,402

 3,859 
–  
–  
25,472

Grant/
(exercise)
date

Grant/
(exercise)
price
pence

Trans-
ferred
out

Total 
options
outstanding
1 July 
2014

Grant
date

Strike 
price
pence

Mr KC Spencer

 1,500,000 

21 July 2008

 5,2 

 (1,500,000)

Mr RA Holding

Mr JAJ Loots

 1,500,000  1 September
2013

 1,150,000  1 September
2013

–

–

 (1,500,000)

 (1,150,000)

Total

 4,150,000 

 (4,150,000)

19 March 
2015

28 February
2015

28 February 
2015

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–  
–  
–  
17,551

Total 
options 
30 June 
2015

–

–

–

–

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

33.  Directors’ emoluments continued

Directors’ dealings in shares
Financial year 30 June 2016

There were no director dealings in securities during the year.

Financial year 30 June 2015

On 19 March 2015 1,500,000 shares were issued at 5 pence per share to Mr KC Spencer’s Strode Trust, upon exercising historical 
share options.

At 30 June 2015 the Strode Trust held a total of 3,000,000 shares (2014: 1,500,000).

During the year under review Mr T Mosololi participated in the following transactions in the company’s shares:

•  On 6 March 2015, purchased 2,000 shares at ZAR2.04 per share

•  On 9 March 2015, purchased 28,000 shares at ZAR2.07 per share.

At 30 June 2015 Mr T Mosololi held a total of 30,000 shares (2014: nil).

Cash-settled options

Total 
options
outstanding
1 July 
2015

Grant
date

Strike
price
pence

Options
granted/
(exercised)
during the
period

Grant/
(exercise)
date

Grant/
(exercise)
price
pence

Options
forfeited

Total 
options
30 June 
2016

Listed per grant/
exercise
Mr JAJ Loots
Mr GP Louw
Mr C Strydom1
Mr C Strydom1
Mr C Strydom1
Mr A van den Bergh1
Mr A van den Bergh1
Mr A van den Bergh1
Mr A Karigeni1
Mr A Karigeni1
Mr B Malunga1
Mr P Human1
Mr P Human1
Mr RA Holding
Mr RA Holding

9 May 2011
1 May 2014

 5,000,000  29 August 2013
1 March 2015
 4,614,979 
9 May 2011
 2,325,000 
1 May 2014
 1,268,206 
–  
 1,812,590 
 2,460,399 
–  
 2,910,448 
–  
–  
–  
9 May 2011
 1,935,000 
9 May 2011
 5,127,134 
 1,000,000  29 August 2013
 28,453,756 

1 April 2014

 0.13 
 0.12 
 0.11 
 0.12 
–  
 0.11 
 0.12 
–  
 0.13 

–  
–  
 0.11 
 0.11 
 0.13 
 0.12 

 (1,000,000)
–
 (2,325,000)
–
 3,764,929 
 (1,812,590)
–
 3,762,889 
 (727,612)
 3,007,647 
 4,801,829 
 2,501,368 
 (1,935,000)
–
–
 10,038,460 

18 March 2016

30 July 2015
18 March 2016

30 July 2015
18 April 2016
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
30 July 2015
18 March 2016

 0.13 
–  
 0.11 

 0.08 
 0.11 
–  
 0.08 
 0.13 
 0.08 
 0.08 
 0.08 
 0.11 
–  
–  
 0.10 

–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 4,000,000 
 4,614,979 
–
 1,268,206 
 3,764,929 
–
 2,460,399 
 3,762,889 
 2,182,836 
 3,007,647 
 4,801,829 
 2,501,368 
–
 5,127,134 
 1,000,000 
 38,492,216 

1  Highest paid non-directors.

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STATEMENTS

34.  Equity-settled share options

On 1 September 2005, the company established a share option programme relating to equity-settled share options entitling specifi c 
employees, offi cers, directors and qualifying consultants as approved by the board of directors of the company and its subsidiaries to 
purchase shares in the company. The share option exercise price is determined using the closing price at which shares are traded on 
the JSE or AIM (as determined by the board of directors), on the trading date immediately preceding the date upon which the board 
authorised the grant of the opportunity to acquire the relevant share options, as the case may be to a participant. Pursuant to resolutions 
of the board passed in accordance with the rules of the share option programme, share options may be released from the share option 
programme to participants, share options may be exercised by participants and allocation shares may be delivered to participants as 
follows for allocations prior to 21 July 2008:

•  33.33% of the total number of shares allocated after one year has elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  Up to 66.67% of the total number of shares  allocated after two years have elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  The balance of the shares  allocated after three years have elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  25% of the total number of shares  allocated after one year has elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  Up to 50% of the total number of shares allocated after two years have elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  Up to 75% of the total number of shares allocated after three years have elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant

•  The balance of the shares after four years have elapsed from the grant date by the participant of the grant; provided that the board may, 

at its discretion, anticipate or postpone such dates. 

An option holder may not exercise a share option under the share option programme by later than the end of the year preceding the 
tenth anniversary of the grant date. Upon death of an option holder the estate would be entitled to exercise the options vested to date 
within twelve months of the date of death, if the options are not exercised the total available share options would lapse. The directors 
have the discretion to approve the vesting of the deceased’s total number of unvested share options.

The number of vested share options to which an option holder is entitled expires after a period of six months due to resignation, 
retirement, redundancy or disability of the option holder. 

During the 2014 fi nancial year, an equity-linked incentive was implemented for the then newly appointed executive directors. The terms 
of the scheme are as follows: 

Total number of potential shares

Grant date

Vesting date

Vesting period

Exercise price

2,650,000

1 September 2013

28 February 2015

18 months

nil

Market conditions to be met
In the event that the 30-day volume weighted average price (VWAP) JSE share price of Pan African Resources has outperformed the JSE 
gold index by 10% or more during the 18-month period starting 1 September 2013, 1,750,000 ordinary shares of Pan African Resources 
will be issued by the vesting date, or alternatively cash settled.

In the event that the 30-day VWAP JSE share price of Pan African Resources has outperformed the JSE gold index by 25% or more 
during the 18-month period starting 1 September 2013, further 900,000 ordinary shares of Pan African Resources will be issued by the 
vesting date, or alternatively cash settled.

The remuneration committee may elect to settle the obligation in cash, should it be unable to issue shares, provided that the benefi ciary 
is in a net neutral position, after taking account of taxes and other costs.

During the prior year, the above mentioned equity-linked incentives vested and were redeemed through a cash consideration by the 
respective directors. 

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

34.  Equity-settled share options continued

The transaction was treated as an equity-based share option transaction by the group, throughout the vesting period and settled by cash 
on exercise date. Refer below:

Opening balance equity reserve 30 June 2013

Equity expense for the year
Closing balance 30 June 2014
Equity expense for the year
Cash settlement on redemption
Closing balance 30 June 2015

The number and weighted average exercise price of share options is as follows:

ZAR

 – 

 2,008,779 
 2,008,779 
 3,313,149 
 (5,321,928)
 – 

 GBP 

 – 

 119,003 
 119,003 
 184,064 
 (303,067)
 – 

Outstanding at 1 July
Granted during the year
Forfeited
Exercised during the year
Outstanding 30 June 

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Weighted 
average
exercise price

Number 
of 
options

Weighted 
average 
exercise price

 1.9p 
–  
–  
–  
 1.9p 

 1,122,000 
–
–
–
 1,122,000 

5.3p
–  
–  
1.7p
1.9p

Number 
of 
options

 5,272,000 
–
–
 (4,150,000)
 1,122,000 

30 June 2016

30 June 2015

Vested

Unvested

Vested

Unvested

Total number share options at year-end

 1,122,000 

 – 

 1,122,000 

–

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

34.  Equity-settled share options continued

The fair value of services rendered for share options granted is based on the fair value of share options granted, measured by using a 
Black Scholes model for all issues prior to 20 March 2010 and a variant of the Binomial model for issues on 20 March 2010, with the 
following inputs:

Share price
Exercise price
Expected volatility
Expected life
FTSE/JSE SA Gold Mining Index at grant date
Risk-free interest rate

Last fair value measurements

30 June 2014

30 June 2010

30 June 2008

 2.06 
Nil
30%
18 months
 1,304,10 
6.03%

ZAR0.68
ZAR0,.68
58.61%
3 – 6 years
n/a
8.15%

ZAR0.62
ZAR0.70
72.39%
1 – 3 years
n/a
5.31%

A company dividend rate has not been determined and therefore is not taken into account in option fair value calculations. The volatility 
of the company’s share price on each date of grant was calculated as the average of volatilities of share prices of the company on the 
corresponding dates. The volatility of share price of the company was calculated as the average of annualised standard deviations of daily 
continuously compounded returns on the company’s stock, calculated over one to four years back from the date of grant. Therefore, 
volatility of the company’s share prices was calculated over the period commensurate with the expected life of the options under 
consideration, giving more weight to more recent historical data to account for volatility persistence.

There are no market conditions attached to the exercise of the share options except the share options issued during the 2014 fi nancial year.

The group recognised total expenses of  nil (2015: GBP184,064) related to equity-settled share-based payment transactions during the 
reporting period.

Participation in share-based and other long-term incentive schemes is restricted to employees and directors.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

35.  Related party transactions

The group entered into the following transactions and held year-end balances with related parties:

30 June 2016
Statement of comprehensive income transactions
Dividends received from Barberton Mines
Management fee
Finance charges – inter-company
Gold purchases from Evander Gold Mines Limited
Cost of gold production income invoiced to Evander Gold Mines Limited

Statement of fi nancial position
Pan African Resources receivables
Pan African Resources payables
Funding Company receivables
Funding Company payables
PAR Management Services receivables
PAR Management Services payables
Payables to Shanduka
Pan African Resources Coal Holding receivables
Barberton Mines receivables
Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited payable

30 June 2015
Statement of comprehensive income transactions
Dividends received from Barberton Mines
Management fee 
Management fee – Shanduka
Directors’ fees expense to Shanduka
Finance charges – inter-company
Gold purchases from Evander Gold Mines Limited
Cost of gold production income invoiced to Evander Gold Mines Limited

Statement of fi nancial position
Pan African Resources receivables
Pan African Resources payables
Funding Company receivables
Funding Company payables
PAR Management Services receivables
PAR Management Services payables
Payables to Shanduka
Pan African Resources Coal Holding receivables
Barberton Mines receivables
Evander Gold Mines Limited receivables
Evander Gold Mines Limited payable
Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited payable

Pan African
 Resources 
GBP

Funding 
Company
GBP

PAR 
Management
Services
GBP

 13,892,774 
–  
–  
–  
–  

 51,716,563 
 (7,038,314)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

 54,709,384 
–  
–  
 (27,788)
–  
–  
–  

 31,369,774 
 (7,213,541)
 (181)
–  
–  
 1,060,195 
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
1,130,359
–  
–  

 (19,019,040)
–  
8,926,860
 (2,373,966)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

1,309,082
–  
–  

–
 181 
12,029,355
 (155,440)
–  
 243,782 
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
2,749,883
 (135,868)
–  
–  

 (87,504)
–  
 (2,782,018)

3,820,393
–  
 111,862 
–  
–  
–  

–  
3,068,106
 (177,778)

 (16,450)
–  
–  

 (1,060,195)
–  
 (243,782)

2,712,694
 (1,303,977)
 (170,831)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

1   Evander Gold Mines Limited and Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited are collectively referred to as Evander Mines due to an interim-mining arrangement in place since 

1 March 2013, until such time that the inter-company mining right transfer occurs.

Refer to investment in subsidiaries and investment in associate (note 19) for the nature of relationships of the related parties to the company.

Refer to directors’ emoluments (note 33), for key management remuneration under related parties.

In addition to the related party transactions identifi ed above, the acquisition of Uitkomst Colliery and PAR Gold were identifi ed as 
related party transactions. Refer to notes 40 and 41.

174 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

Pan African
 Resources 
Coal Holding
GBP 

Phoenix 
Platinum
GBP

Uitkomst
Colliery
GBP

Barberton
Mines
GBP

Evander 
Gold Mining 
Proprietary
Limited1
GBP

Evander 
Gold Mines
Limited1
GBP

Emerald 
Panther
GBP

Evander
subsidiaries
GBP

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

 (3,033,367)
–  
 (13)

–  
–  
–  
 (4,853,387)
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–
–  
–

–  
–  
–  
–
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
 (107,226)
 79,849 
–  
–  

 (7,027,516)
–  

 2,373,966 
 (137,550)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
 (152,778)
–  

 (4,605)
–  
–  

 (7,202,293)
–  

 155,440 
 (162,435)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
 2,212,476 

–  
 (65,734)
 7,490 
–  
–  

 (13,892,774)
 (1,439,394)
 (331,029)
–  
–  

–  
 (1,137,529)
 (750,800)
 (54,211,073)
 53,674,330 

–  
–  
–  
 54,211,073 
 (53,674,330)

–  
–  
 (775,498)
–  
 (236,876)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
 2,499,505 
 (4,288,073)
–  
 (1,917,383)
–  
–  
4,853,387
 25,634 
 (48,128,871)

 (22,549,136)
–  
 (1,081,258)
–  
 (1,528,584)
–  
–  
–  
 (25,634)
 48,128,871 

–  
 4,531,387 
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–
–  

–
–  
–  

–  
–  
–
–  
–
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

 (54,709,384)
 (1,666,667)
 (62,702)

–  
 (1,248,661)
–  

–  
–  
–  

 (57,776)
–  
–  

 (1,230,251)
 (54,916,954)
 54,373,221 

–  
 54,916,954 
 (54,373,221)

–  
 2,561,669 
 (699,055)
–  
 (865,285)
–  
–  

–
–
–
–

 (23,107,286)
–  
 (11,080,476)
–  
 (1,684,974)
–  
–  
–  
–
–
–
 (50,032,949)

–  
 4,644,085 
 (5,861)
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
 153,566 
6,596,733 
 47,820,473 

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
 7,422 
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–  
 7,606 
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–
–
–  

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  

–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
–  
 (153,566)
 6,596,733 
–  

Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

175

Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

36.  Non-current asset held for sale

The carrying value of non-current assets held for sale on 30 June 2016 is as follows:

Opening balance
Building and infrastructure
Closing balance

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

–
 66,873 
 66,873

–
–
–

–
–
–

–
–
–

 An offer to purchase was signed on 28 June 2016 with a third party for the purchase of the building property, situated at 36 Gemsbok 
Avenue, Newcastle. The purchase price agreed upon is ZAR1.3 million. The building property came with the acquisition of Uitkomst 
Colliery, and is currently used an administrative offi ce for the coal operation.

37.  Events after the reporting period

No material subsequent events were noted after the reporting period.

38.   Reconciliation of profi t before taxation to cash generated by/(used in) operations

Profi t before taxation
Adjusted for:
Impairment
Equity and cash-settled share options costs
Net fi nance income – bank
Net fi nance income – rehabilitation trust fund
Net fi nance income – other
Net fi nance income – provision for rehabilitation 
Net fi nance income – SARS
Loss/(profi t) on disposal of assets
Royalty costs
Loss on disposal of associate/sale of asset held for sale
Loss on associate
Financial instruments
Decrease in provision for environmental rehabilitation
Fair value adjustment on gold loan
Fair value adjustment on rehabilitation trust fund
Non-mining depreciation 
Mining depreciation
Gold loan amortisation
Non-cash items
Other

Operating cash fl ows before working capital changes
Working capital changes
Decrease/(increase) in inventories
(Increase)/decrease in trade and other receivables
(Decrease)/increase in trade and other payables
Non-cash items

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

 33,735,648 
 21,521,444 
–
 5,274,697 
 1,018,303 
 (13,352)
 1,124 
–
 47 
 2,767 
 2,799,947 
–
–
 5,482,517 
 (1,780,288)
–
 (414,955)
 36,617 
 10,456,129 
 (2,747,333)
 1,424,824 
 (19,600)

 55,257,092 
 (4,200,122)
 134,804 
 (3,847,888)
 (117,539)
 (369,499)

 15,802,756 
 9,765,769 
 58,424 
 478,691 
 1,073,721 
 (56,488)
 (36,844)
 1,094,191 
 34,748 
 149 
 1,647,297 
 139,970 
 127,950 
–
–
 (120,490)
 (1,827,253)
 49,094 
 10,337,211 
 (3,352,833)
–
 118,231 

 25,568,525 
 3,285,395 
 1,838,559 
 2,137,370 
 (420,706)
 (269,828)

 13,501,302 
 (79,749)
–
–
 (79,749)
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 13,421,553 
 25,860 
–
 (16,408)
 43,976 
 (1,708)

 53,594,728 
 286,219 
 58,424 
–
 (40,125)
–
–
–
–
–
–
 139,970 
 127,950 
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
–

 53,880,947 
 112,308 
–
 (3,260)
 130,948 
 (15,380)

Cash generated by operations

 51,056,970 

 28,853,920 

 13,447,413 

 53,993,255 

Income taxes paid
Royalties paid
Net fi nance costs/income
Dividend paid

 (9,998,969)
 (2,916,283)
 (652,680)
(9,024,833)

 (6,129,666)
 (1,945,421)
 (1,130,429)
 (14,283,924)

 101,573 
–
 76,390 
(9,024,833)

 (26,218)
–
 40,125 
 (14,283,924)

Net cash from operating activities

28,464,205

 5,364,480 

4,600,543

 39,723,238 

176 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

38.   Reconciliation of profi t before taxation to cash generated by/(used in) operations continued

Consolidated

Separate

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

30 June 2016
GBP

30 June 2015
GBP

Taxation paid during the year:
Taxation charge per the statement of comprehensive income                                           
Less: Deferred taxation                                                                                

Taxation payable/(receivable) at the beginning of the year                                                           
Taxation (payable)/receivable at the end of the year                                                                     
Foreign currency translation
Taxation paid during the year                                                                           

Royalty paid during the year:
Royalty costs (receivable)/payable at the beginning of the year                                                           
Royalty costs receivable at the end of the year                                                                     
Royalty costs charge for the year
Foreign currency translation
Royalty paid during the year

 8,233,831 
 1,397,303 

 9,631,134 
 215,072 
 (205,941)
 358,704 
 9,998,969 

 (538,586)
 594,498 
 2,799,947 
 60,424 
 2,916,283 

 4,132,789 
 1,236,780 

 5,369,569 
 891,435 
 (215,072)
 83,734 
 6,129,666 

 (291,089)
 538,586 
 1,647,297 
 50,627 
 1,945,421 

 33,810 
–

 33,810 
 (141,574)
 8,469 
 (2,278)
 (101,573)

 24,306 
–

 24,306 
 (147,911)
 141,574 
 8,249 
 26,218 

39.  ESOP transactions

Barberton Mines ESOP Transaction 
On 1 June 2015 Barberton Mines entered into an agreement with the Barberton Mines BEE Company Proprietary Limited and 
Barberton Mines BEE Trust.

The agreement concluded Barberton Mines would issue 5% of its authorised share capital for ZAR99.5 million to Barberton Mines 
BEE Company Proprietary Limited which is 100% held by the Barberton Mines BEE Trust.

The benefi ciaries of the Barberton Mines BEE Trust are all the Barberton Mines employees of a Paterson Grading C level and below. 

The share issue was vendor fi nanced by Barberton Mines against preference share capital issued by Barberton Mines BEE Company 
for ZAR99.5 million.

Evander Mines ESOP Transaction
On 1 June 2015 Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited entered into an agreement with the Evander Gold Mining BEE Company and 
the Evander Gold Mining BEE Trust.

The agreement concluded Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited would issue 5% of its authorised share capital for ZAR146 million 
to Evander Gold Mining BEE Company which is 100% held by the Evander Gold Mining BEE Trust.

The benefi ciaries of the BEE Trust are all the Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited employees of a Paterson Grading C level 
and below.

The issue was vendor fi nanced by Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited against preference share capital issued by Evander Gold 
Mining BEE Company for ZAR146 million.

Preference share capital funding arrangement terms:
Real interest rate: 

 Two percent per annum

Vesting period of the BEE scheme:  

10 years

The payment terms of the funding arrangement allow for a portion of the dividends issued by the gold operations to be retained for 
settlement of the funding arrangement. 

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

39.  ESOP transactions continued

The retention percentage applied to dividends for repayment is summarised as follows:

Year 1
%

Year 2
%

Year 3
%

Year 4
%

Year 5 to 10
%

Percentage of dividends withheld for payment of funding 
arrangement

Percentage of dividends accruing to the BEE Trust

Total dividends

50

50

100

50

50

100

60

40

100

70

30

100

80

20

100

The dividends are calculated based on 80% of the mines’ net cash generated during the year subject to compliance with the Companies 
Act requirements of liquidity and solvency.

The transaction is classifi ed under IFRS 2 as a cash-settled share option scheme (refer to note 28) and has been summarised as follows:

The ESOP cash-settled share option liability for the gold operation was valued by independent actuaries at 30 June 2016.

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

Barberton Mines

Evander Mines

30 June 
2016
ZAR

30 June 
2015
ZAR

30 June 
2016
ZAR

30 June 
2015
ZAR

30 June 
2016
GBP

30 June 
2015
GBP

30 June 
2016
GBP

30 June 
2015
GBP

Statement of 
fi nancial position
ESOP cash-settled share 
options liability
Opening balance
Dividend accrued
Dividend paid
IFRS 2 revaluation expense
FCTR
Closing balance
Statement of 
comprehensive income
ESOP IFRS 2 expense

 181,000 
–
 7,196,232 
 6,504,337 
 (7,196,232)  (6,504,337)
 2,268,000 
 181,000 
–
–
 2,449,000 
 181,000 

–
 3,112,000 
–
–
–
 3,112,000 

–
–
–
–
–
–

 9,378 
 335,489 
 (319,061)
 105,734 
 (7,728)
 123,812 

–
 361,352 
 (368,568)
 10,056 
 6,538 
 9,378 

–
 145,082 
–
–
 12,249 
 157,331 

 (9,464,232)  (6,685,337)  (3,112,000)

–

 (441,223)

 (371,408)

 (145,082)

–
–
–
–
–
–

–

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ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

40.  Acquisition of Uitkomst Colliery

The group completed the acquisition of the Uitkomst Colliery by acquiring it from Oakleaf and Shanduka Resources Proprietary Limited 
for a fi nal net cash consideration of ZAR148 million on 31 March 2016. Uitkomst Colliery is located close to the town of Utrecht in 
KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, and is a high grade thermal export quality coal deposit with metallurgical applications. Uitkomst is an existing 
operation containing a coal resource of 25.7 million tonnes, of which 22.1 million tonnes can be classed as measured or indicated, in 
accordance with the South African code for the reporting of exploration results, mineral resources and mineral reserves. Uitkomst 
Colliery also has additional exploration and expansion potential.

The ultimate effect of the transaction effectively resulted in the group purchasing the assets and liabilities from Blue Falcon 232 Trading 
Proprietary Limited  (Blue Falcon) through a wholly owned subsidiary, Emerald Panther Investments 107 Proprietary Limited (renamed 
to Uitkomst Colliery Proprietary Limited). Therefore Blue Falcon remained a statutory company still belonging to its previous owners 
outside of the group.

The transaction was settled on revised terms as per below:

Original agreed upon cash consideration
Revised cash consideration
Effective cash distribution to shareholders
Net purchase consideration
Cash acquired with the acquisition
Net cash consideration
Net purchase consideration outfl ow
Shanduka Resources Proprietary Limited
Oakleaf Investments Holdings 109 Proprietary Limited

ZAR

 GBP 

200,000,000
176,000,000
(28,054,944)
147,945,056
(27,931,627)
120,013,429

88,000,000
59,945,056
147,945,056

9,499,608
8,359,655
(1,332,555)
7,027,100
(1,326,698)
5,700,402

4,179,828
2,847,272
7,027,100

In accordance with the acquisition method of accounting, the acquisition cost has been allocated to the underlying assets acquired and 
liabilities assumed, based on their estimated fair values at the date of acquisition. BDO Corporate Finance was used to assist the group in 
determining the fair value of the mining rights and property, plant and equipment acquired.

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Notes to the consolidated and separate 
Annual fi nancial statements continued
for the year ended 30 June 2016

40.  Acquisition of Uitkomst Colliery continued

Non-current assets
Property, plant and equipment
Building and infrastructure
Mining right
Other fi nancial assets
Current assets
Inventories
Trade and other receivables
Cash and cash equivalents

Total assets

Liabilities
Non-current liabilities
Deferred tax
Provisions
Current liabilities
Current tax payable
Trade and other payables

Total liabilities

Net asset at fair value
Purchase price

Fair value
at acquisition
ZAR

Fair value
at acquisition
 GBP 

191,872,281
28,948,352
1,322,750
161,601,179

66,951,519
25,641,259
13,378,633
27,931,627

9,113,557
1,374,990
62,828
7,675,739

3,180,066
1,217,909
635,459
1,326,698

258,823,800

12,293,623

 (67,472,079)
 (59,333,216)
 (8,138,863)
 (43,406,665)
 (4,086,467)
 (39,320,198)

 (3,204,792)
 (2,818,212)
 (386,580)
 (2,061,731)
 (194,099)
 (1,867,632)

 (110,878,744)

 (5,266,523)

 147,945,056 
 (147,945,056)

 7,027,100 
 (7,027,100)

180 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

ANNUAL FINANCIAL 
STATEMENTS

41.  Shanduka Gold transaction

On 7 June 2016, the group concluded the purchase of shares in Shanduka Gold Proprietary Limited (Shanduka Gold) renamed to 
PAR Gold Proprietary Limited.

Shanduka Gold is Pan African Resources’ primary BEE shareholder, with its sole assets being a 22.5% interest in Pan African Resources’ 
issued share capital (post conclusion of the Shanduka Gold transaction) and a notional vendor loan of R558 million to its BEE shareholder, 
the Mabindu Business Development Trust, as at 30 June 2016. Following a merger between Shanduka Group Proprietary Limited and the 
Pembani Group Proprietary Limited in December 2015, Pan African Resources engaged with Shanduka Gold shareholders and concluded 
an agreement to assist in preserving the group’s BEE ownership in a meaningful and mutually benefi cial manner by means of an acquisition 
of a material interest in Shanduka Gold. Prior to the transaction with Pan African Resources, Shanduka Gold’s shareholders were Standard 
Bank of South Africa Limited (16.9%), Jadeite Limited (33.6%) and the Mabindu Trust (49.5%). Pan African Resources acquired Standard 
Bank’s 16.9% and Jadeite Limited’s 33.6% interest in Shanduka Gold. Approximately 0.6% of the Shanduka Gold shares acquired from 
Jadeite Limited have been retained by Jadeite Limited for sale, at a future date, to an independent third party nominated by Pan African 
Resources. Pursuant to the transactions, Pan African Resources acquired a 49.9% direct interest in Shanduka Gold but consolidates the full 
interest in Shanduka Gold for accounting purposes.

Prior to the purchase of shares, the direct shareholding in Shanduka Gold was held by the following entities:

Jadeite Limited (an investment vehicle of the China Investment Corporation) (Jadeite)
The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited (Standard Bank)
The Mabindu Business Development Trust (Mabindu)1

Shareholding
%

Issued
 shares

33,6
16,9
49,5
100,0

104,424,000
52,487,000
153,778,000
310,689,000

The effect of the transaction was therefore a share buyback as the group acquired shares in a company that holds a 23.83% (22.46% as at 
30 June 2016) investment in the group’s parent company as its only asset.

The acquisition of the Shanduka Gold shares was conducted through one of the group’s wholly owned subsidiaries, Funding Company, 
and was funded as follows:

Share issue of Pan African Resources ordinary shares (UK Shareholders)2
Share issue of Pan African Resources ordinary shares (SA Shareholders)2
Internally generated cash resources/funding facilities
Funding company investment in Shanduka Gold Resources
Costs capitalised to the Shanduka Gold investment in Pan African Resources3
Treasury capital reserve
Effective shares acquired on a share buyback
Effective price paid for the share acquired

ZAR

 GBP 

10,053,407
6,579,975
8,665,713
25,299,095
77,648
25,376,743

217,344,600
142,252,500
187,344,045
546,941,145
1,678,657
548,619,802
 436,358,058 
 1,25 

1   Mabindu’s 49.5% interest in Shanduka Gold was acquired through the creation of a notional loan, to be settled by Mabindu, with a notional value of ZAR536,039,493 as at 
11 December 2015. The notional loan accrues notional interest linked to prime interest rate plus 5% and is required to be notionally settled on 11 December 2018. Whilst 
the notional loan is outstanding, 95% of the dividends payable to Mabindu are waived by Mabindu and the notional loan is notionally reduced by the aggregate value of all 
dividends paid and payable to Mabindu. Therefore from an accounting perspective Mabindu holds an option in Shanduka Gold, which results in Pan African Resource Funding 
Company receiving 97.5% of the economic benefi ts derived by Shanduka Gold.

   The implementation of the transactions will result in Pan African Resources consolidating all the Pan African Resources shares (436,358,059 shares) held by Shanduka Gold 

for accounting purposes. This will also mean that Pan African Resources will receive the benefi t of indirectly participating in dividends it declares to shareholders.

2  The group issued 111,711,791 ordinary shares in Pan African Resources to assist in raising funds for the Shanduka Gold transaction.

3   On consolidation the Shanduka Gold investment in Pan African Resources is eliminated to the group treasury capital reserve. Certain costs were capitalised into the investment, 

mostly relating to the taxation paid for the transfer of shares to the group.

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181

 
 
 
 
SHAREHOLDERS’ INFORMATION

Gold as an INVESTMENT 

Of all the precious metals, gold is the most popular as an investment as investors 
generally buy gold as a way of diversifying risk, hedging against infl ation, defl ation 
or currency devaluation. The gold market is subject to speculation and volatility 
as are other markets; however compared to other precious metals used for 
investment, gold has the most effective safe haven and hedging properties across 
a number of asset classes. Gold has been used throughout history as money 
and like most commodities, the price of gold is driven by supply and demand 
including demand from speculation. Given the huge quantity of gold stored 
above-ground compared to the annual production, the price of gold is mainly 
affected by changes in demand from speculators, through investment demand, 
rather than changes in annual production (supply).

Central banks and the International Monetary Fund play an important role in the 
gold price. At the end of 2004 central banks and offi cial organisations held 
19 percent of all above-ground gold as offi cial gold reserves. It is generally accepted 
that the price of gold is closely related to interest rates. As interest rates rise 
the general tendency is for the gold price, which earns no interest, to fall, and 
as interest rates dip, for the gold price to rise. As a result, the gold price can be 
closely correlated to central banks through the monetary policy decisions made 
by them related to interest rates. The price of gold can be infl uenced by a number 
of macro-economic variables which include the price of oil, the use of quantitative 
easing, currency exchange rate movements and returns on equity markets. 

The most traditional way of investing in gold is by buying bullion gold bars. 
In some countries, like Canada, Austria, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, these 
can easily be bought or sold at the major banks. Alternatively, there are 
bullion dealers that provide the same service. Bars generally carry lower price 
premiums than gold bullion coins. However larger bars carry an increased risk 
of forgery due to their less stringent parameters for appearance. 

Gold coins are a common way of owning gold. Bullion coins are priced 
according to their fi ne weight, plus a small premium based on supply and 
demand, The sizes of bullion coins range from one-tenth of an ounce to two 
ounces, with the one-ounce size being most popular and readily available. 
South Africa’s Krugerrand is the most widely held gold bullion coin, with 
46 million troy ounces (1,400 tonnes) in circulation.

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+3

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Gold
196.97
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Shareholders’ analysis

Register date:  
Issued share capital:  1,943,206,554 shares 

30 June 2016

Shareholder spread

1  – 
1,001  – 

1,000 shares
10,000 shares
  10,001  –  100,000 shares
  100,001  –  1,000,000 shares
1,000,001 shares and over
Total

Distribution of shareholders

Banks
Brokers
Close corporations
Endowment funds
Hedge funds
Individuals
Insurance companies
Investment companies
Medical aid schemes
Mutual funds
Nominees and trusts
Other corporations
Pension funds
Private companies
Public companies
Total

Public/non-public shareholders

Non-public shareholders

Director
Strategic holder (more than 10%)

Public shareholders
Total

Number of
shareholders

 718 
 1,914 
 1,836 
 504 
 202 
 5,174 

Number of
shareholders

309
18
46
21
2
3,915
42
1
6
160
331
56
165
88
14
5,174

Number of
shareholdings

4
3
1
5,170
5,174

%

 13.88 
 36.99 
 35.49 
 9.74 
 3.90 
 100.00 

Number of
shares

 295,594 
 9,094,133 
 61,088,701 
 168,044,981 
 1,704,683,145 
 1,943,206,554 

%

 5.97 
 0.35 
 0.89 
 0.41 
 0.04 
 75.67 
 0.81 
 0.02 
 0.12 
 3.09 
 6.40 
 1.08 
 3.19 
 1.70 
 0.27 
100,00

%

 0.08 
 0.06 
 0.02 
 99.92 
100.00

Number of
shares

526,783,469
17,247,239
2,999,772
11,361,724
6,446,816
98,072,723
32,972,024
600,000
5,764,405
454,441,275
31,690,068
2,797,397
298,722,037
449,623,779
3,683,826
1,943,206,554

Number of
shares

 439,469,633 
3,261,575
436,358,058
1,503,736,921
1,943,206,554

Benefi cial shareholders holding of 3% or more

Number of
shareholders

Number of
shares

%

PAR Gold Proprietary Limited
Allan Gray Investment
Fidelity Worldwide Investment
Truffl e Asset Management
Prudential Investment managers
Old Mutual Group

184 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 436,358,058 
 381,214,546 
 128,728,403 
 117,511,805 
 91,085,743 
 86,116,983 

%

 0.02 
 0.47 
 3.14 
 8.65 
 87.73 
 100.00 

%

 27.11 
 0.89 
 0.15 
 0.58 
 0.33 
 5.05 
 1.70 
 0.03 
 0.30 
 23.39 
 1.63 
 0.14 
 15.37 
 23.00 
 0.19 
 100.00 

%

 22.62 
 0.17 
22.46
 77.37 
 100.00 

%

 22.46 
 19.62 
 6.62 
 6.05 
 4.69 
 4.43 

 
 
SHAREHOLDERS’ 
INFORMATION

Notice of annual general meeting

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registration number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF  •  ISIN: GB0004300496  •  Share code JSE: PAN

Notice is hereby given that the 2016 annual general meeting (AGM) of Pan African Resources (the company) will be held at the offi ces of 
Numis Securities Limited, The London Stock Exchange Building, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LT* on Friday, 25 November 2016 at 
11:00 (all times stated are United Kingdom times unless otherwise stated) to consider and, if thought fi t, transact the following business:

Ordinary business
1. 

 To receive and adopt the directors’ report, the audited statement of accounts and auditors’ report for the year ended 30 June 2016.

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

 To approve the payment of a fi nal dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016 of ZAR0.15438 per share. 

 To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a director of the company (director), who retires by rotation pursuant to the articles of association 
of the company (Articles of Association).

 To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a director of the company, who retires by rotation pursuant to the Articles of Association.

 To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a member of the audit committee.

 To re-elect Mr KC Spencer as a member of the audit committee.

 To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a member of the audit committee.

 To endorse the company’s remuneration policy for the year ended 30 June 2016.

 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company and to authorise the directors to determine their remuneration.

Brief CVs of the directors mentioned in resolutions 3 and 4 above are contained on 

 page 84 of this integrated annual report.

Special business
As special business, to consider and if thought fi t, to pass the following resolutions of which resolution 10 will be proposed as an ordinary 
resolution and resolution 11 will be proposed as a special resolution:

10. 

 That the directors be and are hereby authorised generally and unconditionally to exercise all the powers of the company to allot relevant 
securities (as defi ned in section 551 of the Companies Act 2006): 

(a)   up to a nominal amount of GBP6,477,355.18 (being one-third of the nominal value of the current issued share capital of 

GBP19,432,065.54)

 (b)   comprising equity securities (as defi ned in section 560(1) of the Companies Act 2006) up to a nominal amount of GBP12,954,710.36 
(being two-thirds of the nominal value of the current issued share capital of GBP19,432,065.54) such amount to be reduced by any 
allotments made under paragraph (a) above in connection with an offer by way of a rights issue: 

•   to ordinary shareholders in proportion (as nearly as may be practicable) to their existing holdings

•    to holders of other equity securities as required by the rights of those securities or as the directors otherwise consider necessary 
and so that the directors may impose any limits or restrictions and make any arrangements which they consider necessary or 
appropriate to deal with any treasury shares, fractional entitlements, record dates, legal, regulatory or practical problems in, or laws 
of, any territory or any matter. 

The authorities conferred on the directors to allot securities under paragraph (a) and (b) will expire on the date of the AGM of the company 
to be held in 2017 or on 31 December 2017 whichever is sooner, unless previously revoked or varied by the company and such authority 
shall extend to the making before such expiry of an offer or an agreement that would or might require relevant securities to be allotted after 
such expiry and the directors may allot relevant securities in pursuance of that offer or agreement as if the authority conferred hereby had 
not expired.

11. 

 That the company be generally and unconditionally authorised for purposes of section 701 of the Act to make market purchases (as 
defi ned in section 693(4) of the Act) of ordinary shares of the company on such terms and in such a manner as the directors shall 
determine, provided that: 

•  the maximum aggregate number of ordinary shares which may be purchased is GBP971,603.27 (representing approximately 5 percent 

of the issued share capital of the company at the date of this notice)

•  the minimum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for such ordinary share is 1pence

•  the maximum price (excluding expenses) which may be paid for such ordinary share (i) does not exceed 5 percent above the average 

closing price of such shares for the 5 business days on the London Stock Exchange prior to the date of purchase and (ii) that stipulated by 
Commission-adopted Regulatory Technical Standards pursuant to article 5(6) of the Market Abuse Regulation

* Please note that as the AGM will be held at The London Stock Exchange all attendees will be required to show ID in order to gain entry.

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•  this authority shall expire at the conclusion of the next AGM of the company or on 31 December 2017, whichever is the earlier, unless 

such authority is renewed prior to that time (except in relation to the purchase of ordinary shares the contract for which was concluded 
before the expiry of such authority and which might be executed wholly or partly after such expiry)

•  any market purchases by the company of ordinary shares in the company as contemplated in this resolution shall comply, to the extent 
required, with the provisions of the Listings Requirements of the JSE Limited (JSE) (the Listings Requirements) pertaining to the general 
authority to repurchase securities for cash, which in summary provide as follows:

–   such repurchases are effected through the order book operated by the JSE trading system and done without any prior understanding 

or arrangement between the company and a counterparty, unless the JSE otherwise permits

–  the company and its subsidiaries are enabled by their Articles of Association to acquire such shares

–   such repurchases are made at a price no greater than 10 percent above the weighted average market price at which the company’s 

shares traded on the JSE over the fi ve business days immediately preceding the date on which the transaction is effected

–   at any point in time, the company appoints only one agent to effect any repurchase on the company’s behalf

–   the directors will ensure that a resolution by the board of directors (the board) was taken authorising such repurchases, confi rming 
that the company and its subsidiaries engaged in such repurchases have passed solvency and liquidity tests and confi rming that since 
such tests were performed there have been no material adverse changes to the fi nancial position of the group

–   such repurchases are not conducted during prohibited periods as defi ned by the JSE Listings Requirements, unless the company has 

complied with the conditions set out in paragraph 5.72(h) of the JSE Listings Requirements. 

The other general information referred to in paragraph 11.26(b) of the JSE Listings Requirements regarding the company is contained elsewhere 
in this notice of AGM, as follows:

•  major shareholders on 

 page 184

•  company’s share capital, on 

 page 148.

Directors’ responsibility statement
 pages 84 and 85 of the group’s integrated annual report in which this notice is 
The directors of the company, whose names are given on 
incorporated, collectively and individually accept full responsibility for the accuracy of the information given in this notice, and certify that to 
the best of their knowledge and belief there are no facts that have been omitted which would make any statement false or misleading, and 
that all reasonable enquiries to ascertain such facts have been made and that this notice contains all information required by the JSE Listings 
Requirements.

Material change
The directors of the company confi rm that there has not been any material change in the fi nancial or trading position of the company and its 
subsidiaries that has occurred since the end of the last fi nancial period.

The intention of the directors is that the repurchase of the company’s shares will be effected within the parameters laid down by resolution 11
as well as by the Act, the JSE Listings Requirements and the board, as and when the directors of the company deem such repurchases to be 
appropriate, having regard for prevailing market and business conditions. The directors will ensure that the requisite prior resolution of the board 
has been taken authorising such repurchases, confi rming that the company and its subsidiaries engaged in such repurchases have passed the 
solvency and liquidity test and confi rming that since such tests were performed there have been no material adverse changes to the fi nancial 
position of the group.

After considering the effect of a general repurchase within the parameters set out above, the directors are of the view that for a period of at 
least 12 months after the date of the AGM referred to in this notice:

•  the company and the group would in the ordinary course of their business be able to pay their debts

•  the consolidated assets of the company and the group would exceed the consolidated liabilities of the company and the group respectively, 

such assets and liabilities being fairly valued and recognised and measured in accordance with the accounting policies used in the 2014 audited 
annual fi nancial statements of the company and the group

•  the issued capital and reserves of the company and the group would be adequate for the purposes of the company and the group’s ordinary 

business

•  the company and the group’s working capital would be adequate for ordinary business purposes.

Note
 The company will publish an announcement complying with the JSE Listings Requirements if and when an initial and successive 3 percent 
tranche(s) of its shares have been repurchased in terms of the aforementioned general authority.

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SHAREHOLDERS’ 
INFORMATION

Approvals required for resolutions
The ordinary resolutions contained in this notice of AGM require the approval of more than fi fty percent (50%) of the total votes cast on the 
resolution by shareholders present or represented by proxy at the AGM. The special resolutions contained in this notice of AGM require the 
approval of at least seventy-fi ve percent (75%) of the total votes cast on the resolutions by the shareholders present or represented by proxy at 
the AGM.

By order of the board

St James’s Corporate Services Limited 
Company Secretary

20 September 2016

Suite 31, Second Floor
107 Cheapside
London
England
EC2V 6DN

Explanatory notes to the notice of AGM

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

 Directors’ report and accounts (resolution 1)
 This resolution will be proposed as an ordinary resolution. The directors of the company (the directors) are required by the Act to present 
to the meeting, the directors’ and auditors’ reports and the audited accounts for the year ended 30 June 2016. The report of the directors 
and the audited accounts have been approved by the directors and the report of the auditors has been approved by the auditors, and a 
copy of each of these documents may be found in the integrated annual report and accounts of the company.

 Approval of fi nal dividend (resolution 2)
A fi nal dividend can only be paid after it has been approved by the shareholders. A fi nal dividend of ZAR0.15438 per share or 
approximately 0.82338 pence per share in respect of the year ended 30 June 2016 is recommended by the directors.

 Director re-election (resolutions 3 and 4)
These resolutions will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. Article 123 of the Articles of Association states that at each AGM one-third 
of the directors (or, if their number is not a multiple of three, the number of directors nearest to but not greater than one-third, unless 
their number is fewer than three, in which case one director) shall retire from offi ce by rotation. Accordingly, Mrs HH Hickey and 
Mr T Mosololi retire by rotation and offer themselves for re-election under this provision.

Biographical details of all of the directors are set out on 

 pages 84 and 85 of the integrated annual report and accounts of the company.

 Audit committee members’ re-election (resolutions 5, 6 and 7)
These resolutions will be proposed as ordinary resolutions. In accordance with good corporate governance practice, subject where it 
is necessary to their re-appointment as directors of the company in terms of the resolutions proposed in resolutions 3 and 4 above, to 
confi rm by separate resolutions the appointment of the stated directors to the company’s audit committee for the period until the next 
AGM of the company.

 Endorsement of the remuneration policy (resolution 8)
This resolution will be proposed as an ordinary resolution. This resolution will approve, by way of an advisory non-binding vote, the 
company’s remuneration policy as set out on 
of the King III principles.

 pages 94 to 103 of the integrated annual report for the year ended 30 June 2016, in terms 

 Appointment and remuneration of auditors (resolution 9)
This resolution will be proposed as an ordinary resolution. This resolution proposes the appointment of Deloitte LLP as the auditors of the 
company and, in accordance with standard practice, gives authority to the directors to determine their remuneration. 

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Notice of annual general meeting continued

Explanatory notes to the notice of AGM continued
7. 

 Authority to allot shares (resolution 10)
This resolution will be proposed as an ordinary resolution. Resolution 10 enables the directors to allot equity securities (including new 
ordinary shares). The total nominal amounts are specifi ed rather than the total number of shares in order that the resolution does not 
need to be amended if the company consolidates or sub-divides its shares. The nominal amount specifi ed in part (a) of this resolution 
is one-third of the company’s issued ordinary share capital. Part (b) of this resolution allows the directors to allot ordinary shares in 
connection with a rights issue up to an aggregate nominal amount of two-thirds of the issued ordinary share capital. The resolution also 
gives authority to the directors to deal with practical issues that may arise from the allotment or take account of requirements relating to 
overseas shareholders due to local laws or regulations. 

8. 

 Authority to repurchase shares (resolution 11)
This resolution will be proposed as a special resolution. The company’s Articles of Association contain a provision allowing the company 
to purchase its own shares subject to the prior authority of the members having been obtained. In accordance with the board’s previous 
practice, resolution 11 is for the purpose of seeking general authority to effect such purchases within the limits set out in the resolution.

Purchases pursuant to the proposed authority would only be made after the most careful consideration, where the directors believed 
purchases were in the best interests of the company and its shareholders. The directors consider that it is prudent to obtain the proposed 
authority, although the board has no present intention of exercising this authority.

The UK Companies Act permits companies to hold in treasury any shares acquired by way of market purchases, rather than having to 
cancel them. Treasury shares continue to exist as shares, but are owned by the company itself, and can only be sold by the company for 
cash as an alternative to listing new shares. Section 727 of the UK Companies Act permits a company at any time to sell shares from 
treasury for cash (subject to statutory pre-emption provisions), to transfer shares from treasury for the purposes of an employee share 
scheme, or to cancel them. If the company were to repurchase any of its own shares pursuant to the authority conferred by resolution 11, 
the company would consider at that time whether to hold those shares as treasury shares or to cancel them. However, the company 
would be likely to hold them as treasury shares unless there were some exceptional and unforeseen reasons at the time of purchase which 
meant that it would not be in the interests of the company to do so. This would give the company the ability to sell treasury shares quickly, 
with the proceeds of the sale (up to the amount which was initially paid for them by the company) being credited back to the company’s 
distributable reserves, and would provide the company with additional fl exibility in the management of its capital base. Where considered 
appropriate, treasury shares may be issued or transferred for the purpose of the company’s employee share plans rather than issuing new 
shares or purchasing shares on the open market.

No dividends will be paid on shares whilst held in treasury and no voting rights will be exercised in respect of treasury shares.

The authority sought under resolutions 10 and 11 will expire at the earlier of the conclusion of the AGM of the company in 2017 
or 31 December 2017.

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SHAREHOLDERS’ 
INFORMATION

Notes

Entitlement to attend and vote
1. 

 In accordance with Regulation 41 of the Uncertifi cated Securities Regulations 2001 (Uncertifi cated Securities Regulations), only those 
members entered in the register of members of the company as at close of business on 23 November 2016, and in the case of an adjourned 
meeting, two days before such adjourned meeting, shall be entitled to attend, speak and vote at the AGM in respect of the number of shares 
registered in their name at that time. Changes to the register of members after the close of business on 23 November 2016, or if the AGM 
is adjourned, after close of business on the day two days before the adjourned meeting shall be disregarded in determining the rights of any 
person to attend, speak and vote at the AGM.

Appointment of proxies
2. 

 If you are a member of the company at the time set out in note 1 above, you are entitled to appoint a proxy to exercise all or any of your 
rights to attend, speak and vote at the AGM and you should have received a proxy form with this notice of meeting.

 You can only appoint a proxy using the procedures set out in these notes and the notes to the proxy form.

3. 

 A proxy does not need to be a member of the company but must attend the AGM to represent you. Details of how to appoint the 
Chairman of the AGM or another person as your proxy using the proxy form are set out in the notes to the proxy form.

 If you wish your proxy to speak on your behalf at the AGM you will need to appoint your own choice of proxy (not the Chairman) and 
give your instructions directly to them.

 You may appoint more than one proxy provided each proxy is appointed to exercise rights attached to different shares. You may not appoint 
more than one proxy to exercise rights attached to any one share. To appoint more than one proxy, you may photocopy this form.

 A vote withheld is not a vote in law, which means that the vote will not be counted in the calculation of votes for or against the resolution. 
If you either select the “Discretionary” option or if no voting indication is given, your proxy will vote or abstain from voting at his or her 
discretion. Your proxy will vote (or abstain from voting) as he or she thinks fi t in relation to any other matter which is put before the AGM.

 Any corporation which is a member of the company can appoint one or more corporate representative(s) who may exercise on its behalf 
all of its powers as a member provided that they do not do so in relation to the same shares.

 A member of the company may not use any electronic address provided either in this notice of meeting or any related documents 
(including the proxy form) to communicate with the company for any purpose other than those expressly stated.

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

Appointment of proxy using hard-copy proxy form
8. 

 The notes to the proxy form explain how to direct your proxy how to vote on each resolution or withhold their vote.

 To appoint a proxy using the proxy form, the form must be:

•  completed and signed; and

•  sent or delivered to Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU or Computershare Investor Services 

Proprietary Limited, Ground Floor, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa (PO Box 61051, Marshalltown 2107,  Johannesburg, 
South Africa); no later than 11:00 on 23 November 2016.

 In the case of a member which is a company, the proxy form must be executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an offi cer 
of the company or an attorney for the company.

 Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the proxy form is signed (or a duly certifi ed copy of such power or authority) 
must be included with the proxy form.

Appointment of proxy by joint members
9. 

 In the case of joint holders, where more than one of the joint holders purports to appoint a proxy, only the appointment submitted by the 
most senior holder will be accepted. Seniority is determined by the order in which the names of the joint holders appear in the company’s 
register of members in respect of the joint holding (the fi rst-named being the most senior).

Changing proxy instructions
10. 

 To change your proxy instructions simply submit a new proxy appointment using the methods set out above. Note that the cut-off time for 
receipt of proxy appointments (see above) also applies in relation to amended instructions; any amended proxy appointment received after 
the relevant cut-off time will be disregarded.

 Where you have appointed a proxy using the hard-copy proxy form and would like to change the instructions using another hard-copy 
proxy form, please contact Capita Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU or Computershare Investor Services 
Proprietary Limited, Ground Floor, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 2001, South Africa (PO Box 61051, Marshalltown 2107,  Johannesburg, 
South Africa).

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Notice of annual general meeting continued

Notes continued
Changing proxy instructions continued

 If you submit more than one valid proxy appointment, the appointment received last before the latest time for the receipt of proxies will 
take precedence.

Termination of proxy appointments
11. 

 In order to revoke a proxy instruction you will need to inform the Registrar by sending a signed hard-copy notice clearly stating your 
intention to revoke your proxy appointment as above. In the case of a member which is a company, the revocation notice must be 
executed under its common seal or signed on its behalf by an offi cer of the company or an attorney for the company.

 Any power of attorney or any other authority under which the revocation notice is signed (or a duly certifi ed copy of such power or 
authority) must be included with the revocation notice.

 The revocation notice must be received by Capita Asset Services or Computershare Investor Services Proprietary Limited no later than 
11:00 on 23 November 2016. If you attempt to revoke your proxy appointment but the revocation is received after the time specifi ed 
then, subject to the paragraph directly below, your proxy appointment will remain valid.

 Appointment of a proxy does not preclude you from attending the AGM and voting in person. If you have appointed a proxy and attend 
the AGM in person, your proxy appointment will automatically be terminated.

Issued shares and total voting rights
12. 

 As at close of business on 19 September 2016, the company’s issued share capital comprised ordinary shares of 1p each. Each ordinary 
share carries the right to one vote at an AGM of the company and, therefore, the total number of voting rights in the company as at close 
of business on 19 September 2016 was 1,943,206,554. 

Directors’ interests and documents on display
13. 

 A statement or summary of transactions of directors (and their family interests) in the share capital of the company and copies of their 
service contracts will be available for inspection at the company’s registered offi ce during normal business hours (Saturdays, Sundays and 
public holidays excepted) from the date of this notice until the conclusion of the AGM and will also be available for inspection at the place 
of the AGM for at least 15 minutes prior to and during the meeting.

CREST
14. 

 CREST members who wish to appoint a proxy or proxies through the CREST Electronic Proxy Appointment Service may do 
so for the meeting and any adjournment(s) thereof by using the procedures described in the CREST Manual (available via 

 www.euroclear.com). CREST personal members or other CREST sponsored members and those CREST members who have 
appointed a voting service provider(s), should refer to their CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s), who will be able to take the 
appropriate action on their behalf.

15. 

16. 

 In order for a proxy appointment or instruction made using the CREST service to be valid, the appropriate CREST message (a CREST 
Proxy Instruction) must be properly authenticated in accordance with the specifi cations of Euroclear UK & Ireland Limited (EUI) and must 
contain the information required for such instructions, as described in the CREST Manual. The message, regardless of whether it constitutes 
the appointment of a proxy or to an amendment to the instruction given to a previously appointed proxy must, in order to be valid, be 
transmitted so as to be received by the issuer’s agent (ID: RA10) by 11:00 on 23 November 2016 (or 48 hours preceding the date and 
time for any adjourned meeting). For this purpose, the time of receipt will be taken to be the time (as determined by the timestamp 
applied to the message by the CREST Applications Host) from which the issuer’s agent is able to retrieve the message enquiry to CREST in 
the manner prescribed by CREST. After this time any change of instructions to proxies appointed through CREST should be communicated 
to the appointee through other means.

 CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers should note that EUI does not make available 
special procedures in EUI for any particular messages. Normal system timings and limitations will therefore apply in relation to the input of 
CREST Proxy Instructions. It is the responsibility of the CREST member concerned to take (or, if the CREST member is a CREST personal 
member or sponsored member or has appointed a voting service provider(s), to procure that his CREST sponsor or voting service provider(s) 
take(s)) such action as shall be necessary to ensure that a message is transmitted by means of the CREST system by any particular time. In 
this connection, CREST members and, where applicable, their CREST sponsors or voting service providers are referred, in particular, to those 
sections of the CREST Manual concerning practical limitations of the CREST system and timings. The company may treat as invalid a CREST 
Proxy Instruction in the circumstances set out in Regulation 35(5)(a) of the Uncertifi cated Securities Regulations.

190 Pan African Resources integrated annual report 2016

 
 
 
 
Form of proxy

United Kingdom

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registration number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)

Share code on AIM: PAF  •  ISIN: GB0004300496  •  Share code JSE: PAN

This form of proxy is for use by all non-South African shareholders and for South African certifi cated shareholders and South African own name dematerialised 
shareholders only.

I/We, the undersigned, being a member of the above-named company, hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting or (see notes 1 and 3)

Name of proxy 

Number of shares proxies appointed over

as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote on my/our behalf at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Pan African Resources (the company) to be held at the 
offi ces of Numis Securities Limited, The London Stock Exchange Building, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LT at 11:00 on 25 November 2016 and at any 
adjournment thereof. 

If you wish to appoint multiple proxies please see note 1 below. 

 Please also tick here if you are appointing more than one proxy.

The proxy will vote on the undermentioned resolutions, as indicated.

Ordinary business:

For

Against

Voting withheld*

Discretionary**

1. 

 To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors of the company 
(the directors) and auditors thereon

2.  To approve the payment of a fi nal dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016 

3.  To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a director of the company

4.  To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a director of the company

5.  To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a member of the audit committee

6.  To re-elect Mr KC Spencer as a member of the audit committee

7.  To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a member of the audit committee

8.  To endorse the company’s remuneration policy

9. 

 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company and to authorise the 
directors to determine their remuneration

Special business:

10.  To authorise the directors to allot equity securities

11.  To approve market purchases of ordinary shares

If this form is signed and returned without any indication as to how the proxy 
shall vote, he or she will exercise his or her discretion both as to how he or 
she votes (and whether or not he or she abstains from voting). 

*    The ‘Voting withheld’ option is to enable you to abstain on the specifi ed resolution. 

Please note a ‘Vote withheld’ has no legal effect and will not be counted in the votes 
‘For’ and ‘Against’.

**   If you select ‘Discretionary’ or fail to select any of the given options, the proxy is 

authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) at his or her discretion on the specifi ed 
resolution. The proxy is also authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) on any other 
business, which may properly come before the meeting.

Print name:
(BLOCK CAPITALS)

Signature:

Address:

Dated this 

day of 

2016

Notes

1.  

2.  

3.  

4.  

5.  

6.  

7.  

 To appoint as a proxy a person other than the Chairman of the meeting insert 
the full name in the space provided. To appoint more than one proxy you may 
photocopy this form. Please indicate the proxy holder’s name and the number 
of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy (which, in 
aggregate, should not exceed the number of shares held by you). Please also indicate 
if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be 
signed and should be returned together in the same envelope. A proxy need not be 
a member of the company.

 This form is for use of shareholders only and will be used only in the event of a poll 
being directed or demanded.

 You may, if you wish, delete the words “the Chairman of the meeting” and substitute 
the names(s) of your choice. Please initial such alteration.

 To be effective, this form of proxy must be lodged at the company’s Registrars, Capita 
Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU or Computershare 
Investor Services Proprietary Limited, Ground Floor, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 
2001, South Africa not later than 48 hours before the start of the meeting.

 In the case of a corporation, the form must be executed under its common seal or 
under the hand of an offi cer or attorney duly authorised in writing.

 In the case of joint holders, the signature of any of them will suffi ce but the names of 
all joint holders should be shown. The vote of the senior joint holder who tenders a 
vote whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of 
the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order 
in which the names stand in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding.

 Dematerialised shareholders in South Africa who are not own name dematerialised 
shareholders and who wish to attend the AGM should instruct their CSDP or broker 
to issue them with the necessary authority to attend the meeting in person, in the 
manner stipulated in the custody agreement governing the relationship between 
such shareholders and their CSDP or broker. These instructions must be provided 
to the CSDP or broker by the cut-off time and date advised by the CSDP or broker 
for instructions of this nature. Dematerialised shareholders in South Africa who are 
not own name dematerialised shareholders and who cannot attend but who wish to 
vote at the AGM should provide their CSDP or broker with their voting instructions, 
in the manner stipulated in the custody agreement governing the relationship 
between such shareholders and their CSDP or broker. These instructions must be 
provided to the CSDP or broker by the cut-off time and date advised by the CSDP 
or broker for instructions of this nature.

8.  

 Shares held in uncertifi cated form (i.e. in CREST) may be voted through the CREST 
Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual.

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Form of proxy

South Africa

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registration number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)
Share code on AIM: PAF  •  ISIN: GB0004300496  •  Share code JSE: PAN

This form of proxy is for use by all non-South African shareholders and for South African certifi cated shareholders and South African own name dematerialised 
shareholders only.

I/We, the undersigned, being a member of the above-named company, hereby appoint the Chairman of the meeting or (see notes 1 and 3)

Name of proxy 

Number of shares proxies appointed over

as my/our proxy to attend, speak and vote on my/our behalf at the annual general meeting (AGM) of Pan African Resources (the company) to be held at the 
offi ces of Numis Securities Limited, The London Stock Exchange Building, 10 Paternoster Square, London EC4M 7LT at 11:00 on 25 November 2016 and at any 
adjournment thereof. 

If you wish to appoint multiple proxies please see note 1 below. 

 Please also tick here if you are appointing more than one proxy.

The proxy will vote on the undermentioned resolutions, as indicated.

Ordinary business:

For

Against

Voting withheld*

Discretionary**

1. 

 To receive the accounts and the reports of the directors of the company 
(the directors) and auditors thereon

2. 

 To approve the payment of a fi nal dividend for the year ended 30 June 2016 

3.  To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a director of the company

4.  To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a director of the company

5.  To re-elect Mrs HH Hickey as a member of the audit committee

6.  To re-elect Mr KC Spencer as a member of the audit committee

7.  To re-elect Mr T Mosololi as a member of the audit committee

8. 

 To re-appoint Deloitte LLP as auditors of the company and to authorise the 
directors to determine their remuneration

Special business:

9.  To authorise the directors to allot equity securities

10.  To approve market purchases of ordinary shares

If this form is signed and returned without any indication as to how the proxy 
shall vote, he or she will exercise his or her discretion both as to how he or 
she votes (and whether or not he or she abstains from voting). 

*    The ‘Voting withheld’ option is to enable you to abstain on the specifi ed resolution. 

Please note a ‘Vote withheld’ has no legal effect and will not be counted in the votes 
‘For’ and ‘Against’.

**   If you select ‘Discretionary’ or fail to select any of the given options, the proxy is 

authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) at his or her discretion on the specifi ed 
resolution. The proxy is also authorised to vote (or abstain from voting) on any other 
business, which may properly come before the meeting.

Print name:
(BLOCK CAPITALS)

Signature:

Address:

Dated this 

day of 

2016

Notes 

1. 

2. 

3.  

4.  

5.  

6.  

7.  

 To appoint as a proxy a person other than the Chairman of the meeting insert 
the full name in the space provided. To appoint more than one proxy you may 
photocopy this form. Please indicate the proxy holder’s name and the number 
of shares in relation to which they are authorised to act as your proxy (which, in 
aggregate, should not exceed the number of shares held by you). Please also indicate 
if the proxy instruction is one of multiple instructions being given. All forms must be 
signed and should be returned together in the same envelope. A proxy need not be 
a member of the company.

  This form is for use of shareholders only and will be used only in the event of a poll 
being directed or demanded.

 You may, if you wish, delete the words “the Chairman of the meeting” and substitute 
the names(s) of your choice. Please initial such alteration.

 To be effective, this form of proxy must be lodged at the company’s Registrars, Capita 
Asset Services, PXS, 34 Beckenham Road, Beckenham, BR3 4TU or Computershare 
Investor Services Proprietary Limited, Ground Floor, 70 Marshall Street, Johannesburg 
2001, South Africa not later than 48 hours before the start of the meeting.

 In the case of a corporation, the form must be executed under its common seal or 
under the hand of an offi cer or attorney duly authorised in writing.

 In the case of joint holders, the signature of any of them will suffi ce but the names of 
all joint holders should be shown. The vote of the senior joint holder who tenders a 
vote whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of 
the other joint holders and for this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order 
in which the names stand in the Register of Members in respect of the joint holding.

 Dematerialised shareholders in South Africa who are not own name dematerialised 
shareholders and who wish to attend the AGM should instruct their CSDP or broker 
to issue them with the necessary authority to attend the meeting in person, in the 
manner stipulated in the custody agreement governing the relationship between 
such shareholders and their CSDP or broker. These instructions must be provided 
to the CSDP or broker by the cut-off time and date advised by the CSDP or broker 
for instructions of this nature. Dematerialised shareholders in South Africa who are 
not own name dematerialised shareholders and who cannot attend but who wish to 
vote at the AGM should provide their CSDP or broker with their voting instructions, 
in the manner stipulated in the custody agreement governing the relationship 
between such shareholders and their CSDP or broker. These instructions must be 
provided to the CSDP or broker by the cut-off time and date advised by the CSDP 
or broker for instructions of this nature.

8.  

 Shares held in uncertifi cated form (i.e. in CREST) may be voted through the CREST 
Proxy Voting Service in accordance with the procedures set out in the CREST Manual.

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SHAREHOLDERS’ 
INFORMATION

Glossary

AGM 
Aids
AIM 

Auroch
B-BBEE
Barberton Mines
BIOX®

the board

Brownfi eld project
BTRP

Business rescue

CEO
CIL
the Companies Act
COO
CSI
CTRP
the current year
DMR
Earnings-accretive acquisition 
Eskom
ETRP
Evander Mines
Exco
FD
g/t
GRI
Harmony
HDSA
HIV
HR
IAS
IBC
IFL

IFMSA
IFRS
IIRC
IoDSA
ISO
JSE
King III Report or King III 
km
KPIs

LSE
LTIFR
MCF
Metanza

Mining Charter
MOI

Annual general meeting 
Acquired Immune Defi ciency Syndrome
Alternative Investment Market, the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing 
companies 
Auroch Minerals NL, an Australian-listed company in which Pan African Resources had an investment
Broad-based black economic empowerment
Barberton Mines Proprietary Limited
The Biological Oxidation (BIOX®) gold extraction process was developed at Barberton Mines. It is an 
environmentally friendly process of releasing gold from the sulphide that surrounds it by using bacteria

 pages 84 and 85

The board of directors of Pan African Resources, as set out on 
Project based on prior work or rebuilt from a previous one
Barberton Tailings Retreatment Plant, a gold recovery tailing plant owned by Barberton Mines, which 
commenced production in FY2014
A process which gives a company in fi nancial distress the opportunity to restructure and reorganise its 
affairs under the supervision of a business rescue practitioner
Chief Executive Offi cer. Pan African Resources’ CEO is Cobus Loots (appointed 1 March 2015)
Carbon-in-leach
South African Companies Act 71 of 2008 (SA Companies Act)
Chief Operating Offi cer
Corporate social investment
Chrome tailings retreatment plant
The year ended 30 June 2016
Department of Mineral Resources
An acquisition which increases earnings per share
Electricity Supply Commission, South African electricity supplier
Evander Tailings Retreatment Plant, commissioned in October 2015
Evander Gold Mines Limited and Evander Gold Mining Proprietary Limited
Executive committee of Pan African Resources
Financial Director
Grams/tonne
Global Reporting Initiatives
Harmony Gold Mining Company Limited
Historically disadvantaged South African
Human Immunodefi ciency Virus
Human Resources
International Accounting Standards
Inside back cover (of this integrated annual report)
International Ferro Metals (SA) Proprietary Limited, Phoenix Platinum concluded a formal CTRP agreement 
with IFL and operates from its Lesedi Mine
South African subsidiary, International Ferro Metals (SA) Proprietary Limited
International Financial Reporting Standards
International Integrated Reporting Council
Institute of Directors South Africa
International Standards Organisation
JSE Limited incorporating the Johannesburg Securities Exchange, the main bourse in South Africa
King Report on Corporate Governance for South Africa, 2009
Kilometres
Key performance indicators – a set of quantifi able measures that a company or industry uses to gauge or 
compare performance in terms of meeting their strategic and operational goals
London Stock Exchange
Lost time injury frequency rate
Mine call factor
Metanza Mineral Processors, a BEE company which operates the CTRP at Phoenix Platinum plant under 
contract to Pan African Resources
Charter to facilitate the sustainable transformation and development of the South African mining industry
Memorandum of incorporation

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Moz
MPRDA
MR&MR
MRM
Mt 
NIHL 
Nomad
NUM
Opsco
PGE
Phoenix Platinum
Prescribed offi cers
RCF
Remchannel
Remco
RIFR
ROM
SA
SAICA
SAMREC
Section 54 safety stoppages

Shanduka or Shanduka group

SHEQC
SLP
Sporotrichosis
t
TB
the group or the company or 
Pan African Resources
the previous year
The UK Code

the year or the year under 
review
TIFR
TMM
UASA
UK
The UK Companies Act 2006

Financial terms
AUD 
CPI
EBITDA
EPS
FVTPL
GBP
HEPS
JIBAR
PPI
ROI
USD
VWAP
ZAR

Million ounces
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act
Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves Report
Mineral resource management
Million tonnes 
Noise-induced hearing loss 
Nominated Adviser appointed in accordance with the London Stock Exchange’s AIM Rules for Companies
National Union of Mineworkers
Operations committee
Platinum group elements, namely platinum, palladium, rhodium and gold
Phoenix Platinum Mining Proprietary Limited, a subsidiary of Pan African Resources
Anyone who fulfi ls the role of a director but is operating under a different designation
Revolving credit facility
Internet based remuneration survey providing data across a wide variety of industries in South Africa
Remuneration committee of Pan African Resources
Reportable injury frequency rate
Run-of-mine
South Africa
South African Institute of Chartered Accountants
South African Code for Reporting of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves
In terms of section 54 of the Mine Health and Safety Act 29 of 1996, if an inspector of mines believes that an 
occurrence, practice or condition at a mine endangers or may endanger the health or safety of people at the 
mine, the inspector may give any instruction necessary to protect the health or safety of people at the mine, 
including instructing that operations at the mine or a part of the mine be halted
Shanduka Group Proprietary Limited. Pan African Resources’ black empowerment partner, which has a 
22.46% stake in the group
Safety, health, environment, quality and community
Social and labour plan
A disease caused by a fungus infection
Tonnes
Tuberculosis
Pan African Resources PLC, listed on the LSE’s AIM and on the JSE in the ‘Gold Mining’ sector

The year ended 30 June 2015
UK Corporate Governance Code which sets out standards of good practice in relation to board leadership 
and effectiveness, remuneration, accountability and relationships with shareholders
The year ended 30 June 2016

Total injury frequency rate
Trackless mobile machinery
United Association of South Africa
United Kingdom
An Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which forms the primary source of UK company law

Australian Dollar 
The consumer price index of South Africa, a primary indicator of South Africa’s infl ation
Earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation
Earnings per share
Fair value through profi t and loss
Pounds sterling
Headline earnings per share
Johannesburg Inter-Bank Acceptance Rate
Producer price infl ation
Return on investment
US Dollar
Volume weighted average price
South African rand

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Company information

Corporate offi ce
The Firs Offi ce Building
1st Floor, Offi ce 101
Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues
Rosebank, Johannesburg
South Africa
Offi ce:  + 27 (0) 11 243 2900
Facsimile:  + 27 (0) 11 880 1240

Registered offi ce
Suite 31 Second Floor
107 Cheapside
London, EC2V 6DN
United Kingdom
Offi ce:  + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644
Facsimile:  + 44 (0) 20 7796 8645

Directors
Cobus Loots
Pan African Resources
Chief Executive Offi cer
Offi ce: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900

Deon Louw
Pan African Resources
Financial Director
Offi ce: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900

Company secretary
Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton
St James’s Corporate Services Limited 
Offi ce: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644

JSE sponsor
Sholto Simpson
One Capital
Offi ce: + 27 (0) 11 550 5009

Nominated adviser 
and joint broker
John Prior/Paul Gillam/James Black
Numis Securities Limited
Offi ce: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000

Joint brokers
Matthew Armitt/Ross Allister
Peel Hunt LLP
Offi ce: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900

Jeffrey Couch/Neil Haycock/Thomas Rider
BMO Capital Markets Limited
Offi ce: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010

Public and investor relations SA
Julian Gwillim
Aprio Strategic Communications
Offi ce: +27 (0)11 880 0037

Public and investor relations UK
Daniel Thöle
Bell Pottinger PR
Offi ce: + 44 (0) 20 3772 2500

www.panafricanresources.com

Shareholders’ diary

Financial year-end 

Preliminary annual results announcement 

Annual report posted 

Annual general meeting 

Interim results announcement 

30 June 2016

21 September 2016

28 October 2016

25 November 2016

22 February 2017

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