<Page> Exhibit 8.1 LIST OF SUBSIDIARIES <Table> - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- SUBSIDIARY NAME JURISDICTION OF INCORPORATION - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Blyvooruitzicht Gold Mining Company Ltd South Africa - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Buffelsfontein Gold Mines Ltd South Africa - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- West Witwatersrand Gold Mines Ltd South Africa - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Crown Consolidated Gold Recoveries Ltd South Africa - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Dome Resources (Pty) Ltd Australia - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Dome Resources (PNG) Ltd Papua New Guinea - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- Tolukuma Gold Mines Ltd Papua New Guinea - ------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------- </Table>