Higher precious-metal prices offset the effects of Covid-19 and electricity disruptions during the group’s year to end-June

DRDGOLD will post headline share earnings of 82.4 cents a share for its 2020 financial year largely driven by elevated gold pricing, especially in the latter half of the period.

The most successful way to be a gold producer may be to not operate any mines.

Declining ore grades on most mines and other factors have contributed to a growing focus on the treatment of waste rock and tailings.

Mining company DRDGOLD Limited (Ergo), in conjunction with Umsizi and Impophomo Organisation and Ray of Hope Foundation, donated about 250 food parcels to residents of Ulana and Delmore informal settlements on May 27.

DRDGOLD is retreating sand and slimes dumps from Brakpan to the east of Johannesburg to Carletonville in the west, not only as its core business activity but also as a contribution to the environment and society.

The donation was part of their MSE (Merafong, Soweto, Ekurhuleni) initiative to bring relief to disadvantaged families

DRDGOLD has reined it its production guidance for the year after it temporarily halted its operations in March due to the national lockdown.

South Africa's Coronavirus lockdown has left DRDGold largely unscathed, generating cash-flow of R423-million in the three months ended March.