Empowering communities through the broad-based livelihoods (BBL) programme

The BBL project has reached approximately 8 000 participants and equipped many with key mechanisms for local economic growth. It is a programme that is designed to alleviate poverty, generate an income and create jobs as part of DRDGOLD’s social and labour plan.

ERGO Solar Energy Project: Let the sun shine!

Over the past several months we have provided stakeholders with some insight into our plans to achieve a greater level of independence for our Ergo operation to the east of Johannesburg from South Africa’s troubled power utility, Eskom – without damaging our longstanding relationship with Eskom – by installing solar power infrastructure.

FWGR converts to closed circuit slimes milling for finer grind, more gold

The Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) surface retreatment operation of DRDGOLD Limited, near Carletonville in South Africa’s Gauteng Province, is nearing completion.

DRDGOLD's ERGO cleans up

Sustaining reclamation, liberating land for redevelopment

DRDGOLD subsidiary Ergo Mining (Pty) Limited has begun reclamation – at a R3.8 million set-up cost – of the 2.7Mt 4L25 mine dump.

FWGR copper elution circuit

DRDGOLD Limited’s Far West Gold Recoveries (FWGR) operation south-west of Johannesburg is currently retreating material reclaimed from the Driefontein No.5 dam.