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Tanzania's New Mining Legislation Is Credit Negative for AngloGold Ashanti

    ISSUER COMMENT  CORPORATES  JULY 17, 2017    What is Moody’s Credit Outlook?   Published every Monday and Thursday  morning, Moody's  Credit Outlook  informs  our research clients of the credit  implications of current events.   Tanzania’s
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AngloGold Ashanti Limited

Anglogold Ashanti Limited. AngloGold Ashanti Limited (AngloGold Ashanti) is a gold mining company. The Company's business activities span the spectrum of the mining value chain. Its main product is gold. Its portfolio includes over 17 mines in approximately nine countries. It also produces silver, uranium and sulfuric acid as by-products. The Company operates through four segments: South Africa, Continental Africa, Australasia and Americas. Its South African operations comprise of the West Wits operations, including Mponeng and TauTona, and surface operations. It has operations in Continental Africa in locations, including Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ghana, Guinea, Mali and Tanzania. The Australasia segment includes the operations in Australia. It consists of Sunrise Dam and Tropicana. The Americas segment includes the operations in Argentina, Brazil and the United States.

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