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AngloGold Receives Approval From Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board.


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NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--November 27, 2001

AngloGold Limited (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: AU) received approval today from Australia's Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB FIRB Foreign Investment Review Board (Australia)
FIRB Far Infrared Background
FIRB Flight Information Region Boundary
) for its proposed acquisition of Normandy Mining.

The approval was granted on the following conditions:
-- that AngloGold adheres to its undertaking not do anything to prevent
Normandy from honouring its existing commitments with respect to Australian
Magnesium Corporation Limited;

-- that AngloGold maintains a corporate headquarters in Australia; and

-- that AngloGold retains its listing on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX).


AngloGold Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  Bobby Godsell said that the conditions were entirely consistent with the company's intentions.

The AngloGold offer currently values Normandy at A$1.46 per share, based on the closing price of AngloGold shares on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)

World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City.
 (NYSE) on November 26.

This compares with the current value of the proposed offer by Newmont which values Normandy at A$1.42 (which could increase by 5 cents per share Cents per share

The amount of a mutual fund's dividend or capital gains distributions that a shareholder will receive for each share owned.
 in the event of a 90% acceptance of the offer and certain relief being obtained from the Australian Securities and Investments Commission The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) is an independent Australian government body that acts as Australia's corporate regulator. ASIC's role is to enforce and regulate company and financial services laws to protect Australian consumers, investors and creditors. ), based on the closing share price on the NYSE on November 26.

Applications by AngloGold have now been lodged with the Australian Takeovers Panel. These challenge key aspects of Newmont's proposed offer for Normandy and the related arrangements with Franco Nevada.

AngloGold's offer is open and capable of immediate acceptance with a scheduled closing date of December 14 2001.

Disclaimer

Except for the historical information contained herein, there are matters discussed in this news release that are forward-looking statements forward-looking statement

A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections.
. Such statements are only predictions and actual events or results may differ materially. For a discussion of important factors including, but not limited to, development of the Company's business, the economic outlook in the gold mining industry, expectations regarding gold prices and production, and other factors, which could cause actual results to differ materially from such forward-looking statements, refer to the Company's annual report on the Form 20-F for the year ended 31 December 2000 which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on 23 April 2001.

Holders of Normandy shares and Normandy ADSs located in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area.  are strongly advised to read the F4 registration statement regarding the offer referred to in this presentation and other documents to be filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission when they become available, because they will contain important information. Holders of Normandy shares and Normandy ADSs may read and copy these statements, when available, at the US Securities and Exchange Commission's public reference rooms. Please call the US Securities and Exchange Commission at +1-800-SEC-0330 for further information on the public reference rooms. These US Securities and Exchange Commission filings are also available to the public from commercial document retrieval The ability to search for documents by keywords and other attributes such as date and author. It implies that the documents have been indexed on all pertinent fields and that keywords have been chosen based upon title and textual content. See document imaging and document management system.  services.
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