| AA | atomic absorption |
| AAS | atomic absorption spectrometry |
| AARL | Anglo American Research Laboratories |
| ADR | American Depositary Receipts |
| ADTs | articulated dump trucks |
| AIDS | the Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| AMSL | above mean sea-level |
| BID | base information date |
| BIF | banded iron formation |
| BQ | diamond drill core size 36.5mm in diameter |
| CoG | cut-off grade |
| COR | Certificate of Registration |
| CPC | Central Processing Complex |
| CPI | Consumer Price Index |
| CPR | Competent Persons’ Report |
| CS | Coarse Sinter iron ore |
| CSO | Central Survey Office |
| DBIRD | Department of Business, Industry and Resource Development (Australia) |
| DCF |
discounted cash flow |
| DEAT |
Department of Environment and Tourism (South Africa) |
| DIFR |
disabling injury frequency rate |
| DM |
dense medium |
| DME |
Department of Minerals and Energy |
| DMS |
Dense Medium Separation |
| DOIR |
Department of Industry and Resources (Australia) |
| DR |
direct reduction |
| DRS |
direct reduction sinter |
| DTM |
digital terrain model |
| DWAF |
Department of Water Affairs and Forestry |
| EB |
Expenditure Base |
| ECA |
Environmental Conservation Act (South Africa) |
| EIA |
Environmental Impact Assessment |
| EMP |
Environmental Management Programme |
| EMPR |
Environmental Management Programme Report |
| EOF |
Eastern Ore Field |
| EPA |
Environmental Protection Act (Australia) |
| EPL |
Exploration Prospecting Licences |
| EPBC |
Environmental Protection and Biodiversity Conservation |
| FA |
fire assay |
| FAT |
Fraser Alexander Tailings |
| FEL |
Front End Loader |
| FFR |
fatality frequency rate |
| FM |
Financial Models |
| FOB |
free onboard |
| GIS |
Geographical Information System |
| GPS |
Global Positioning System |
| GDP |
Gross Domestic Product |
| GG1 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No.1 |
| GG2 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No. 2 |
| GG3 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No. 3 |
| GG4 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No. 4 |
| GG5 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No. 5 |
| GG6 |
Grootegeluk coal benefication plant No. 6 |
| GN |
Government Notice |
| H |
Horizontal |
| HIV |
Human immuno deficiency virus |
| HMC |
Heavy Mineral Concentrates |
| HMS |
Heavy Medium Separation |
| HQ |
diamond drill core size 63.5mm in diameter |
| ICRG |
International Country Risk Grade |
| IHM |
Iscor Heavy Minerals |
| IMC |
International Mining Consultants |
| IRR |
the Internal Rate of Return (the discount rate which applies when NPV = 0) |
| ISO |
International Standards Organisation |
| IWULA |
Integrated Water Use Licence Application |
| JORC |
Joint Ore Reserves Committee of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy |
| JSE |
JSE Limited |
| LM |
Land Management |
| L |
Level |
| LAC |
Low Ash Coal |
| LHD |
Load haul dump |
| LME |
London Metal Exchange |
| LMPI |
low manganese pig iron |
| MCF |
Mine Call Factor |
| MEE |
Multiple of Exploration Expenditures |
| MMW |
Minimum mining width |
| MDL |
Mineral Deposits Limited |
| MDS |
Mineral Density Separator |
| MPRDA |
Mineral and Petroleum Resources Development Act |
| MRNL |
Madagascar Resources NL |
| MSP |
Mineral Separation Plant |
| NAR |
Net As Received calorific value is the lower expected useful calorific content taking into account the latent heat of the water vapour produced |
| NASDAQ |
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental organisation |
| NNR |
National Nuclear Regulator (South Africa) |
| No. |
Number |
| NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange, Inc |
| NPV |
Net present value |
| NUM |
National Union of Mineworkers |
| NQ |
diamond drill core size 47.6mm in diameter |
| OECD |
the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development |
| OHS |
Occupational Health and Safety |
| OHSAS |
Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series |
| OK |
ordinary kriging |
| ONE |
Office de l’Environment (Madagascar) |
| PCI |
pulverised coal injection |
| PCP |
primary concentrating plants |
| PEM |
Prospectivity Enhancement Multiplier |
| PPP |
Purchase Price Parity |
| PWP |
Primary Wet Plant |
| QA/QC |
Quality Assurance and Quality Control |
| RoM |
Run-of-Mine |
| RoR |
Rate of Rise |
| SABS |
South African Bureau of Standards |
| RBCT |
Richard’s Bay Coal Terminal |
| RC |
Reverse circulation |
| RoR |
Rate of Rise |
| RSA |
Republic of South Africa |
| SAMREC |
South African Mineral Resource Committee |
| SANAS |
South African National Accreditation System |
| SANS |
South African National Standard |
| SARS |
South African Revenue Services |
| SEC |
United States Securities and Exchange Commission |
| SEDEX |
sedimentary exhalative base metal |
| SEP |
Sishen Expansion Project |
| SHE |
Safety, Health and Environment |
| SHEQ |
Safety, Health, Environment and Quality |
| SLP |
Social Labour Plan |
| SMU |
Selective Mining Unit |
| SR |
synthetic rutile |
| SRP |
synthetic rutile plant |
| SSF |
Sasol Synthetic Fuels |
| SRK |
collectively, SRK South Africa (Proprietary) Limited and Steffen, Robertson and Kirsten (UK) |
| SRK Group |
SRK Global Limited |
| TBE |
tetra-bromo-ethane |
| TBL |
terminal benefits liability |
| TEC |
Total Employees Costed |
| TE Models |
Technical Economic Models |
| TEMs |
Technical Economic Models |
| TEPs |
Technical Economic Parameters |
| THM |
Total Heavy Mineral |
| TIFR |
Total injury frequency rate |
| TZMI |
TZ Minerals International Proprietary Limited |
| UG |
underground |
| US |
the United States of America |
| USA |
the United States of America |
| V |
Vertical |
| VHM |
valuable heavy minerals |
| WACC |
weighted average cost of capital |
| WHIMS |
Wet High Intensity Magnetic Separation |
| WRC |
Water and Rivers Commission (Australia) |
| XRF |
X-Ray fluorescence |
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