Raisaka Masebelanga

Rosalind Kainyah

Vukani Magubane

Stuart Brown

Kevin Goodrem

Toby Frears

Nicola Wilson

Christie Pisane

The 7 RSA Operations

Safety - DBCM Statistics

Safety - DBCM Operations

· Significant Achievements

- Kimberley NOSA 5 Platinum star status

- Koffiefontein NOSA 5 Platinum star status

- Finsch NOSA 5 Platinum star status

Awarded 1^st NOSCAR Best International

Underground Mine on the NOSA system

RSA Mining Division Fatality Free shift Record holder (3.5 million fatality free shifts)

- Cullinan NOSA 5 Platinum star status

- Venetia 9^th Noscar, NOSA 5 Platinum star status

2^nd on the RSA mining Division with 3.4 million fatality free shifts

- The Oaks NOSA 5 Platinum star status

42 months without a lost time injury

· Significant failures

- 2 fatalities in 2004

DBCM Mines

• 7 mines
• Currently only 2 mines are profitable

• 5 mines are unprofitable with over 7,000 workers

• Expansion projects are in progress
• All De Beers mines profitable
• Higher value production
• Reflecting strong demand and higher polished prices
• Secure future based on a healthy global diamond industry
• Compliance with the Mining Charter and Scorecard

Operations 2004 Forecast Financial Performance

Operations 2005 Budget Financial Performance

· Location - Northern Province

· Established - 1888

· Type of mining - Underground and mining dumps

· Current Life of mine 2012 - with a possibility through to 2025

· Number of employees 1 858

· Tons treated

• Underground 1, 743 Mt
• Surface 10, 398 Mt

· CTP sustained production, fully commissioned in 2005

· Wesselton and Joint Shaft, CI International intervention,40% and 28% increase in productivity required

· Water

· Dumps and effects on the image

· Model small-miner initiative

· Non-profitable

Koffiefontein Mine History and Current Affairs

• Location -Free State
• Established –1870, all claims ceded to De Beers in 1912
• Type of mining- Underground, dumps and open pit- started 1982Current Life of mine-2007-reviewing future
• Number of employees-475

· Tons

• Underground 1, 963Mt
• Open pit :1, 383 Mt
• Dumps 0, 580 Mt

• carats 102k cts

· Still recovering form 2003 rock mass failure

· continued geotechnical threat of tunnel collapse

· closure decisions, and maintenance strategy

Non-profitable

Finsch Mine History and Current Affairs

· Location, Northern Cape

· Established - 1961

· Type of mining - Underground 1990) and dumps

· Current Life of mine- 2014, with a possibility till 2026

· Number of employees - 1 489

· Tons treated

• Underground :4,139Mt
• Dumps :1,554Mt

· Carats :2,1Mcts

· Dolomite failures

· ABET leading the industry - awards including National winners in the Best Centre Category at the International Adult Learner Week Awards

· Block 4

· Block 5

· Location - North West Coast

· Established - 1928

· Type of mining - Opencast & alluvial

· Current Life of mine - 2010 with a possibility through to 2028

· Number of employees - 2 272

· Carats :1,002 Mcts

· Sensitivity of the Rand on mine planning

· Optical sorting

· Prospecting

· Environmental rehabilitation

· Non-profitable

· Total tons mined ('000

Cullinan Mine

• Location, 40km east of Pretoria
• Established - 1902

· Type of mining - Underground and dumps

· Current Life of mine around 2025 if the Centenary Cut is approved

· Number of employees - 1 957

· Tons

• Underground 2,838 Mt
• Dumps 2,004 Mt

· Carats 1,759Mcts

• Old plant

· Dump treatment

· Optical sorting

· Non-profitable

· Way forward

· Location - Limpompo

· Established - 1988

· Type of mining - Opencast

· Current Life of mine 2007

· Number of employees - 68

· Tons mined 1,158 Mt

· Tons Treated 0,339 Mt

· Carats 104 kcts

· Non-profitable

· Closure impact

• Location - Limpompo

· Established - 1990 (construction)

· Type of mining - Opencast

· Current Life - 2014 with a possibility of extending open pit and/or going underground

· Carats 5.9 Mcts

· Plant running at full capacity

· Water

· DBCM reliance on Venetia