21 August 2017 |
76 Rahima Moosa Street, Newtown 2001 PO Box 62117, Marshalltown 2107, South Africa Tel: +27 (0) 11 637 6000 Fax: +27 (0) 11 637 6624 Website: www.anglogoldashanti.com |
Mr. J Parker
Senior Assistant Chief Accountant
Office of Beverages, Apparel, and Mining
Division of Corporate Finance
Securities and Exchange Commission
100 F Street NE
Washington, D.C. 20549
United States of America
| Re: | COMMENT LETTER – ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM20-F |
| FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016 FILED ON MARCH 31, 2017 |
| – FILE NO. 001 - 14846 |
Response to the Securities and Exchange Commission comment letter dated August 14, 2017
Dear Mr. Parker,
This letter serves as an extension request to respond to comments on the AngloGold Ashanti Limited (the Company) annual report on Form20-F for the fiscal year ended 31 December 2016 contained in the comment letter of the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission dated 14 August 2017.
The Company respectfully requests the Staff to extend the deadline to respond to the comment letter to the close of business on Friday 8 September 2017. The Company will need to coordinate its response with its auditors and intends to circulate the response for review and approval to its executive committee and audit committee before it is submitted to the Staff.
If you have any questions, please contact me at +27 11 637 6019 orCRamon@AngloGoldAshanti.com.
We would like to thank you for your consideration of this request. We look forward to your response.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ C Ramon
Ms. KC Ramon
Chief Financial Officer
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
cc:
Mr. Wickus Botha, Ernst & Young Inc., 102 Rivonia Road, Sandton, South Africa
AngloGold Ashanti Limited
Reg No: 1944/017354/06
Directors: SM Pityana (Chairman) S Venkatakrishnan (British/Indian) (Chief Executive Officer) KC Ramon (Chief Financial Officer) R Gasant AH Garner (American) DL Hodgson NP January-Bardill MJ Kirkwood (British) MDC Richter (American/Panamanian) RJ Ruston (Australian) SV Zilwa
Group General Counsel and Company Secretary: ME Sanz Perez
Mr. George Stephanakis, Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, CityPoint, One Ropemaker Street,
London EC2Y 9HR, United Kingdom
Ms. Maria Sanz, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary, AngloGold Ashanti Limited,
76 Rahima Moosa Street, Johannesburg, South Africa
Ms. Meroonisha Kerber, Chief Accounting Officer, AngloGold Ashanti Limited,
76 Rahima Moosa Street, Johannesburg, South Africa
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