South African-based major Harmony Gold Mining’s continuing transformation of its earnings profile has brought a turnaround in results for the year to end-June (FY21), posting headline earnings/net profit of R5.6B compared to its loss of R850M in the prior period.
Gold production rose to 1.535Moz (FY20: 1.217Moz) at AISC of R723,054/kg (R651,356/kg). Operating free cashflow increased to R6.5B (R3.6B).
Harmony’s FY22 production guidance is 1.547-1.630Moz at R765,000-800,000/kg.
CEO Peter Steenkamp says Harmony has identified substantial opportunities in its existing portfolio through exploration and brownfield projects that will extend the life of some of its larger and higher-grade assets.