TRANSCRIPT OF THE THIRD QUARTER PRESENTATION
HELD ON FRIDAY 31 OCTOBER 2003
AT 11 DIAGONAL STREET, JOHANNESBURG
VIA TELECONFERENCE
Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen, good morning from here in South Africa and good afternoon to the callers we have got in Australia, Singapore and Japan. Welcome to our call. We had scheduled this call to allow us to talk about our results for the third quarter, but which we are now also going to use the opportunity to talk about our announcement last night on the merger with Ashanti.
step towards the completion of the merger, which will produce a very large,