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After delivering a strong first half performance, our AngloGold Ashanti CEO Alberto Calderon visited the Australian Business Unit where top of his agenda was a trip to the Tropicana gold mine and its renewables project. He was impressed with the size and complexity of the project and noted that it was something all employees could be proud of. The wind-solar-battery storage facility incorporates four 6MW wind turbines that are 130 metres high and span 165m in rotor diameter. Pacific Energy is integrating 24MW of wind and 24MW of solar power, along with a 13MW battery energy storage system into the existing 54MW power station at Tropicana as part of its 10-year build-own-operate agreement. The project is on track for completion in the first quarter of 2025. Alberto also toured the open pits at Tropicana and spoke to staff in town hall meetings on site and in the Perth office where he thanked them for their efforts, particularly to recover from the extreme rain event that hit both operations in March. “I’m always in awe of what our people can do,” he said. The visit was a great opportunity for employees to not only meet Alberto, but to ask questions, which he openly encouraged with frank responses on topics including geopolitics, the gold price and the importance of the resources sector to Australia’s economy.