MINE:________________________________________________

1. DETAILS OF THE AUDIT:

For each item a commentary is provided along with an assessment of the degree to which compliance has, in the auditors opinion, been achieved (full,
partial, none, or not relevant). In addition to the compliance a semi-quantitative risk assessment in accordance with the international guidelines is given.
This risk assessment contains a judgement of the probability or likelihood of occurrence of issues associated with the item detailed, the impact that these
issues will have if they are (or are not) realised, and an overall risk rating based on the combination of both. The figure above details how the overall risk
rating was derived:

The probability or risk likelihood associated with the non-compliant item(s) is/are ranked between A and E using the following legend:
Risk Probability/Likelihood
Level

Descriptor

Description

almost certain

Is expected to occur in most circumstances

likely

Will probably occur in most circumstances

possible

Might occur at some time

unlikely

Could occur at some time

rare

May occur only in exceptional circumstances

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The impact of the issue occurring or not occurring can be stated in a number of ways depending upon the nature of the issue, but most often it will
be realised in terms either of cost or of production delays. However, for this audit impacts are realised in terms of effects on the mineral resource as
depicted thus:
Consequence or impact on the resource
Level

Descriptor

Insignificant

Minor

Moderate

Major

Catastrophic

2. METHODOLOGY:
The study at
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

mine was conducted in

. The following methods were used:

Physical plant audit

Examination of plant data
Interviews with plant personnel
Calculations to verify plant parameters/plant throughput/unit consumptions
Spot checks to ensure that laid down procedures were strictly adhered to, and
Sitting in during production meetings

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Planned Recovery. The methodology of arriving at

a planned recovery. Laboratory testing on
advanced-mining samples.

Actual Recovery. Why the difference from

planned.

Unaccountable Discrepancy.
acceptable, after which an
triggered.

What limit
investigation

is
is

Plant Opex. How is the budget inputs arrived at?

Historical data. Arbitrary cut on previous years
budget.

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Plant Capex. How is this justified?

Current Projects,
projects.

In-house.

Prioritisation

of

Current Projects,
projects.

External.

Prioritisation

of

Current Projects, Within the Group. Rationale?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Operating Conditions, Currently.

Operating
change?

Conditions,

Previously.

Why

the

Operating Conditions, Industry Standard

Opportunities for Increased Recovery.

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Opportunities for Reducing Costs.

Opportunities
for
Increasing
Throughput.
Increased Throughput constitutes a variable cost.

Maintenance, In-house.
maintenance?

Percentage

of

total

Maintenance by Contractors. How is it justified?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Maintenance Outsourced, Off-site. Justification?

Succession Planning, Processing. How far ahead

does the plan cover?

Succession Planning, Maintenance. Processing.

How far ahead does the plan cover?

Inter-mine Staff Exchange.

Sharing of successes.

Cross-pollination.

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Safety Audits. Frequency? How thorough? Any

improvements in safety statistics?

Safety Incentives. What form does it take? If nonexistent, is it worthwhile?

Toolbox Talk. How effective? How is the topic

decided upon? Who administers?

Catastrophic Failures in the past year. What form

did the post-mortem take?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Plans to mitigate Catastrophic Failures? Is a risk

assessment done?

Insurance Spares held On-site? How is it decided

upon? Is a risk assessment done?

Plans to Increase Insurance Spares? Is it

worthwhile? Is a risk assessment done?

Plans to Reduce Insurance Spares? What could

be the longest period of downtime? Is a risk
assessment done?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Sourcing of Sodium Cyanide? Is it cheaper to buy

from China?

Sourcing of Grinding Media? Is it cheaper to buy

from China?

Sourcing of Activated Carbon. From where it is

bought? Which product?

Measurement of Cyanide Strength in Leach. Is it

done manually, or automatically? How is the result
used?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Measuring of Oxygen Concentration in Leach. Is it

manual or continuous? How is the result of the
measurement used?

Sampling Methods. Is it consistent within the plant,

and across the group?

Assay Turnaround and Reporting. Is it done in a

timely manner?

On-stream Analyser. Is there any installation. How

often is it calibrated? Are there visits from the
supplier?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Supplier Support. What level for:

Cyanide
Grinding Media
Activated Carbon
Pumps
Crushers
Cyanide Detox Failures. Has there been any
incident of failure? What is the backup plan in
such cases?

TSF Seepage Monitoring. Any signs of it? How is

it curtailed?

Available Space in the TSF. Designed volume vs

current volume?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Plans for Extension of TSF. Is it sufficient for life of

mine (LOM)? Is space available? What level of
assessment needed?

Geotechnical Stability of TSF. Has such study

been done? By whom?

Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) Potential. Has any

testwork been done? By which laboratory?

Is External Consultant Engaged? What is the

rationale?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Low grade resource available.

Can the plant accommodate that low grade

resource?

Anticipated cost of processing that low grade

resource.

The best route for that low grade resource to be

treated.

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Running out of mining chemicals. Why? How

often.

Running out of grinding media. Why? How often?

Running out of oxygen. Why? How often?

Running out of activated carbon. Why? How

often?

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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Compliance: Full (), Partial (), None (X), Not applicable (N/A)

Metallurgical Audit

Plant

Risk: Probability/Likelihood (A-E), Impact/Consequence (5-1)

Overall Risk rating: High, High-Medium, Medium, Low

Item

Discussion

Rating
Compliance

Unforeseen events, by section.

Fatal Flaws, Observed

Fatal Flaws, Perceived

Fatal Flaws, Consensus*

* Agreed after discussion with plant personnel

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Probability

Impact

Rating

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3. CONCLUSIONS:
3.1. Critical action items:

3.2. Necessary action items:

3.3. Continuous improvement action items:

3.4. Lack of synergy within the group:

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