v3.25.3
Restricted Cash and Investments (Tables)
12 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2025
Total Restricted cash and investments [Abstract]  
Restricted Cash and Investment
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Restricted cash
330
489
Restricted investments
6 731
6 044
Total restricted cash and investments
7 061
6 533
Current portion of restricted cash and investments
46
39
Non-current portion of restricted cash and investments
7 015
6 494
Schedule of Restricted Cash
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Non-current
284
450
Current
46
39
Total restricted cash
330
489
The restricted cash consist of funds set aside for:
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Environmental guarantees and rehabilitation (a)
257
217
Guarantee – Tshiamiso Trust (b)
—
205
PNG communities (c)
51
45
Other
22
22
Total restricted cash
330
489
(a)The amount primarily relates to funds set aside to serve as collateral against guarantees made to the Department of
Mineral and Petroleum Resources (DMPR) in South Africa for environmental and rehabilitation obligations. Refer to note
24. The funds are invested in short-term money market funds and call accounts, which require third-party approval for
release.
(b)The decrease is as a result of the benefit and admin contributions made, reducing the total that the guarantee is calculated
on. Refer to note 25 for details on the silicosis settlement and the arrangement with the trust.
(c)Relates to monies set aside for affected communities of the group’s PNG operations.
Restricted Investments Restricted investments
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Investments held by environmental trust funds
6 716
6 030
Investments held by the Social Trust Fund
15
14
Total restricted investments (non-current)
6 731
6 044
Environmental trust funds
Accounting policy
Contributions are made to the group's environmental trust funds, created in accordance with statutory requirements, to fund the
estimated cost of pollution control, rehabilitation and mine closure at the end of the life of the group's mines. The trusts are
consolidated into the group as the group exercises control of the trusts. The measurement of the investments held by the trust
funds is dependent on their classification under financial assets. Income received and gains are treated in accordance with these
classifications. The equity-linked deposits and investment in unit trusts are classified and measured at fair value through profit or
loss, while the equity investments are classified and measured at fair value through other comprehensive income. Interest-
bearing short-term investments as well as investments in government bonds are classified and measured as debt instruments at
amortised cost.
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Restricted investments continued
Environmental trust funds continued
The environmental trust funds are irrevocable trusts under the group's control. Contributions to the trusts are invested in various
instruments which include the following: listed equity securities, unit trusts, government bonds, interest-bearing short-term and
medium-term cash investments and medium-term equity-linked deposits. The equity-linked deposits are issued by commercial
banks that provide guaranteed interest and additional interest or growth linked to the growth of the Top 40 index of the JSE.
These investments provide for the estimated cost of rehabilitation at the end of the life of the group's mines. Income earned on
the investments is retained in the funds and reinvested.
The environmental trust funds consist of:
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Fixed deposits
4 013
3 665
Cash equivalents
79
74
Equity-linked deposits
1 744
1 494
Government bonds
427
401
Equity investments
384
335
Collective investment scheme (unit trusts)
69
61
Total environmental trust funds
6 716
6 030
Reconciliation of the movement in investments held by environmental trust funds:
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Balance at beginning of year
6 030
5 673
Interest income
369
329
Fair value gain through profit and loss1
254
95
Fair value gain through other comprehensive income
48
18
Dividends received
16
15
Maturity of equity-linked deposits
—
(96)
Acquisition/(maturity) of fixed deposits
84
(5)
Maturity of collective investment schemes (unit trusts)
—
(138)
Acquisition of government bonds
32
145
Net transfer of cash equivalents
(117)
93
Withdrawal of funds for rehabilitation work performed
—
(99)
Balance at end of year
6 716
6 030
1 Refer to note 9 for more detail.
The Social Trust Fund
The Social Trust Fund is an irrevocable trust under the group's control. The purpose of the trust is to fund the social plan to
reduce the negative effects of restructuring on the group's workforce, to put measures in place to ensure that the technical and
life skills of the group's workforce are developed and to develop the group's workforce in such a manner as to avoid or minimise
the effect of job losses and a decline in employment through turnaround or redeployment strategies.
The Social Trust Fund investment comprises a unit trust portfolio that is exposed to the fair value changes in the equity market
and is classified as a fair value through profit or loss investment.
Restricted Investments, Environmental Trust Fund The environmental trust funds consist of:
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Fixed deposits
4 013
3 665
Cash equivalents
79
74
Equity-linked deposits
1 744
1 494
Government bonds
427
401
Equity investments
384
335
Collective investment scheme (unit trusts)
69
61
Total environmental trust funds
6 716
6 030
Reconciliation of Movement in Investments Held by Environmental Trust Funds Reconciliation of the movement in investments held by environmental trust funds:
SA Rand
Figures in million
2025
2024
Balance at beginning of year
6 030
5 673
Interest income
369
329
Fair value gain through profit and loss1
254
95
Fair value gain through other comprehensive income
48
18
Dividends received
16
15
Maturity of equity-linked deposits
—
(96)
Acquisition/(maturity) of fixed deposits
84
(5)
Maturity of collective investment schemes (unit trusts)
—
(138)
Acquisition of government bonds
32
145
Net transfer of cash equivalents
(117)
93
Withdrawal of funds for rehabilitation work performed
—
(99)
Balance at end of year
6 716
6 030