2015	2014
			R’000	R’000
23	PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION
	Profit before taxation is stated after taking into account the following items of income
	and expenditure:
	Income
	Foreign exchange gains		1 503	364
	– realised		931	225
	– unrealised		572	139
	Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment		–	611
	Expenditure
	Amortisation of intangible assets (refer note 3)		180	180
	Cost of inventories written down (refer note 6)		236	341
	Depreciation and impairment charges (refer note 2)		404 003	51 268
	Depreciation		38 930	34 286
	– land and buildings		1 316	704
	– plant, machinery and equipment		10 839	13 309
	– vehicles		1 988	846
	– furniture, fittings and office equipment		16 143	15 000#
	– prospecting, exploration, mine development and decommissioning assets		8 644	4 357
	– mineral and prospecting rights		–	70
	Impairment arising at year-end on review of carrying values of non-financial assets		365 073	16 982
	Foreign exchange losses		43	53
	– realised		25	31
	– unrealised		18	22
	Loss on disposal of property, plant and equipment		1 264	–
	Operating lease expenses		707	912
	Professional fees		22 687	10 528
	Secretarial fees		569	541
	Information technology costs		21 406	16 588
	Staff costs
	– salaries and wages (including emoluments of executive directors)		254 351	293 941
	– pension fund costs (refer note 35)		28 562	32 360
	– contributions to medical aid funds		4 898	5 112
	# Furniture and fittings, office equipment, computer hardware and software have been combined into one item and the comparative figures for 2014 have been aggregated accordingly.