Higher cash operating units costs, as a result of the more expensive clean-up activities at legacy mining sites in the Witwatersrand, has contributed to lower earnings a share and headline earnings a share for DRDGold for the year ended June 30. Earnings a share are expected to be between 68% and 88% lower at 1.7c to 4.7c for the 2017 financial year, compared with earnings a share of 14.7c in the 2016 financial year.
