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                                                                   EXHIBIT 4.43

MEMORANDUM OF LOAN AGREEMENT NO. 2


between :


DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED


and


CROWN GOLD RECOVERIES (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED


                                                           BOWMAN GILFILLAN INC.
                                                     9th Floor, Twin Towers West
                                                                    Sandton City
                                                                   Sandton, 2146
                                                       Telephone: (011) 881-9800
                                                             Fax: (011) 883-4505

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                                TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1.   DEFINITIONS...............................................................3
2.   THE  LOAN.................................................................5
3.   UNDERTAKINGS BY THE BORROWER..............................................6
4.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT.........................................................7
5.   CESSION AND DELEGATION BY THE LENDER......................................8
6.   CESSION AND DELEGATION BY THE BORROWER....................................9
7.   NOTICES...................................................................9
8.   ARBITRATION..............................................................11
9.   GENERAL..................................................................12
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WHEREAS:

A.   This Memorandum records a Loan made by the Lender to the Borrower on the
     terms and subject to the conditions recorded in this Memorandum.

B.   In terms of an unsecured loan note issued by the Borrower to Crown
     Consolidated Gold Recoveries Limited, Crown Consolidated Gold Recoveries
     Limited agreed to lend an amount of R25 000 000 (twenty five million Rand)
     to the Borrower.

C.   The Lender discharged the obligations of Crown Consolidated Gold Recoveries
     Limited to the Borrower and in return the unsecured loan note was ceded by
     Crown Consolidated Gold Recoveries Limited to the Lender.

D.   At the Signature Date, the amount outstanding under the loan note amounts
     to R37 716 875 (thirty seven million seven hundred and sixteen thousand and
     eight hundred and seventy five Rand) and the Lender and the Borrower wish
     to record the terms governing the repayment of this amount in this
     memorandum.

THE PARTIES ACCORDINGLY RECORD THAT :

1.   DEFINITIONS

     For the purposes of this Memorandum, and the preamble, unless the context
     indicates otherwise, the words and expressions set out below shall have the
     meanings assigned to them, namely:

1.1  "Business Day"             means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
                                statutory holiday in South Africa;

1.2  "Borrower"                 means Crown Gold Recoveries (Proprietary)
                                Limited, a company registered in accordance with
                                the laws of South Africa under Registration
                                Number 1988/005115/07;

1.3  "Crown Consolidated Gold   means Crown Consolidated Gold Recoveries

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     Recoveries Limited"        Limited, a company registered in accordance with
                                the laws of South Africa under Registration
                                Number 1997/007865/06;

1.4  "Event of Default"         means any one of the events specified in
                                clause 4;

1.5  "Indebtedness"             means any loan, debt, guarantee, indemnity or
                                other obligation now or hereafter existing
                                valued in excess of R500 000 (five hundred
                                thousand Rand);

1.6  "Loan"                     means the amount of R37 716 875 (thirty seven
                                million seven hundred and sixteen thousand and
                                eight hundred and seventy five Rand) owing by
                                the Borrower to the Lender in terms of the
                                unsecured loan note referred to in the preamble
                                above;

1.7  "the Lender"               means Durban Roodepoort Deep, Limited, a company
                                registered in accordance with the laws of South
                                Africa under Registration Number 1895/000926/06;

1.8  "this Memorandum"          means this memorandum of loan agreement;

1.9  "Parties"                  means the Borrower and the Lender and "Party"
                                means either one of them;

1.10 "Prime Rate"               shall mean the publicly quoted basic rate of
                                interest generally levied by The Standard Bank
                                of South Africa Limited from time to time in
                                South Africa on overdraft to its first class
                                corporate borrowers, calculated on a 365 (three
                                hundred and sixty five) day factor, irrespective

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                                of whether or not the year is a leap year, it
                                being recorded that a certificate signed by any
                                manager of The Standard Bank of South Africa
                                Limited (whose appointment shall not be
                                necessary to prove), shall constitute prima
                                facie proof of the ruling prime rate at the
                                relevant time in the event of there being a
                                dispute in relation thereto;

1.11 "Signature Date"           means the date of last signature of this
                                Memorandum; and

1.12 "South Africa"             means the Republic of South Africa as
                                constituted from time to time.

2.   THE LOAN

2.1       It is recorded that the Lender agreed to lend to the Borrower, and the
          Borrower borrowed from the Lender, the Loan on the following terms:

2.1.1          the Loan was unsecured; and

2.1.2          the Loan was repayable on demand.

2.2       Notwithstanding the provisions of clause 2.1, the Parties now agree
          that from the Signature Date, the Loan will start bearing interest at
          the Prime Rate plus 25% (twenty five per cent) of the Prime Rate,
          which interest will be payable annually in arrear on the 3rd (third)
          Business Day after each anniversary of the Signature Date, and the
          capital amount of the Loan will be repayable within 7 (seven) years of
          the Signature Date.

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3.   UNDERTAKINGS BY THE BORROWER

3.1       The Borrower undertakes to the Lender that until the Loan has been
          repaid in full by the Borrower to the Lender:

3.1.1          the Borrower shall (immediately upon it becoming aware of such
               occurrence) notify the Lender of the occurrence of any Event of
               Default and of any other event which, with the giving of notice
               or lapse of time or both, might constitute an Event of Default
               and at the same time inform the Lender of any action taken or
               proposed to be taken in connection with that Event of Default;

3.1.2          the Borrower will continue its business, being the conduct of
               mining operations, including but not limited to the re-treatment
               of sand dumps, slime dumps and archive material deposits;

3.1.3          the Borrower shall maintain in full force and effect all
               authorisations, approvals, licences, registrations, consent or
               declarations from all legislative bodies of government,
               ministries, agencies or other authorities required by the laws of
               South Africa or otherwise appropriate in order for the Borrower-

3.1.3.1             to incur the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in or
                    pursuant to this Memorandum;

3.1.3.2             to execute and deliver all other documents and instruments
                    to be delivered by it pursuant to this Memorandum;

3.1.3.3             to perform and observe the terms and provisions of this
                    Memorandum;

3.1.3.4             to make all payments expressed to be required under this
                    Memorandum; and

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3.1.3.5             to render this Memorandum legal, valid, binding, enforceable
                    and admissible in evidence.

3.2       The Borrower shall promptly furnish the Lender with such evidence of
          authority, authenticated specimen signatures and other documents and
          information as the Lender may reasonably request, on the request of
          the Lender, and perform all such other acts as may be necessary to
          carry out the intent of this Memorandum.

4.   EVENTS OF DEFAULT

4.1       If:

4.1.1          the Borrower shall for any reason fail duly and promptly to
               perform or observe any of the other obligations or undertakings
               expressed to be binding on or undertaken in or pursuant to this
               Memorandum; or

4.1.2          a moratorium is declared on the discharge of Indebtedness of the
               Borrower or the Borrower is unable to pay its debts generally as
               they become due and payable or stops or threatens to stop or
               suspends payment of any sum over R500 000 (five hundred thousand
               Rand) expressed to be payable by it in or pursuant to this
               Memorandum or of its debts generally or otherwise becomes
               insolvent or shall convene a meeting for the purposes of making,
               or shall propose or enter into, any arrangement or composition
               for the benefit of any one or more of its creditors or shall
               commence negotiations with any one or more of its creditors with
               a view to a readjustment or rescheduling of its Indebtedness or
               with a view to the avoidance of circumstances in which it would
               or might be obliged to declare a moratorium on the discharge of
               its Indebtedness; or

4.1.3          any person becomes entitled to take possession of or realise or
               otherwise apply any of the assets of the Borrower or to cause
               such assets to be realised in satisfaction of any obligation of
               the Borrower to such person and such event would or might, either
               directly or

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               indirectly, materially affect the Borrower's ability to perform
               any of the obligations expressed to be assumed by it in or
               pursuant to this Memorandum; or

4.1.4          if any action or proceeding of or before any judicial,
               administrative, governmental or other authority or arbitrator
               commences (and is not stayed or discharged within 15 (fifteen)
               calendar days thereafter) to enjoin or restrain the performance
               or observance by the Borrower of the terms of this Memorandum or
               in any manner to question the right and power of the Borrower to
               enter into, exercise its rights under and perform and observe the
               terms of this Memorandum or the legality, validity,
               enforceability, binding nature or admissibility in evidence of
               this Memorandum; or

4.1.5          if it becomes or proves to be unlawful or impossible for the
               Borrower duly and promptly to perform or observe any of the
               obligations or undertakings expressed to be binding on or
               undertaken by it in or pursuant to this Memorandum,

          then and in any case the Borrower shall forthwith notify the Lender of
          the occurrence of such event which (regardless of whether such notice
          shall have been given) shall constitute an Event of Default. At any
          time after the occurrence of an Event of Default the Lender may, by
          written notice to the Borrower, declare the Loan to be immediately due
          and payable.

4.2       If the Loan is declared immediately due and payable pursuant to
          clause 4.1, the Borrower shall immediately pay to the Lender the
          amount due under the Loan.

5.   CESSION AND DELEGATION BY THE LENDER

5.1       The Lender may at any time and from time to time cede all or any part
          of its rights and benefits and delegate all or any part of its
          obligations under this Memorandum to another person (an "Assignee").

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5.2       For this purpose the Lender may disclose to a potential or actual
          Assignee such credit and other information relating to the Borrower
          and its financial condition as the Borrower shall have made available
          to the Lender or as shall be known to the Lender otherwise howsoever.

5.3       If the Lender cedes any part of its rights and benefits and delegates
          any part of its obligations under this Memorandum then all references
          in this Memorandum to the Lender shall thereafter be construed as
          references to the Lender and its Assignee to the extent of their
          respective participations.

5.4       The expression "Lender" wherever used in this Memorandum shall include
          every Assignee of the Lender and every successor in title of any such
          Assignee or of the Lender.

6.   CESSION AND DELEGATION BY THE BORROWER

     The rights and obligations of the Borrower under this Memorandum are
     personal to the Borrower and accordingly the Borrower shall not cede any of
     its rights or benefits or delegate any of its obligations under this
     Memorandum either in whole or in part.

7.   NOTICES

7.1       Any notice or other formal communication to be given under this
          Memorandum shall be in writing and signed by or on behalf of the Party
          giving it and may be served by sending it by fax, delivering it by
          hand or sending it by registered mail with acknowledgement of receipt
          to the address and for the attention of the relevant Party set out in
          clause 7.2 (or as otherwise duly notified from time to time). Any
          notice so served by hand, fax or post shall be deemed to have been
          received:

7.1.1          in the case of delivery by hand or mail, when delivered;

7.1.2          in the case of fax, 12 (twelve) hours after the time of dispatch;

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          provided that, where (in the case of delivery by hand or by fax), such
          delivery or transmission occurs after 18h00 on a Business Day or on a
          day which is not a Business Day, service shall be deemed to occur at
          09h00 on the next following Business Day. References to time in this
          clause are to local time in the country of the addressee.

7.2       The Parties choose for the purposes of this Memorandum the following
          addresses:

7.2.1          The Lender:      45 Empire Road
                                Parktown
                                Johannesburg
                                South Africa
                                Attn: The Company Secretary
                                Fax No: 011 482-1022;

7.2.2          The Borrower:    45 Empire Road
                                Parktown
                                Johannesburg
                                South Africa
                                Attn: The Company Secretary
                                Fax No: 011 482-1022.

7.3       In proving such service it shall be sufficient to prove that the
          envelope containing such notice was properly addressed and delivered
          to the address shown thereon or that the fax was sent after obtaining
          in person or by telephone appropriate evidence of the capacity of the
          addressee to receive the same, as the case may be.

7.4       All notices or formal communications under or in connection with this
          Memorandum shall be in the English language or, if in any other
          language, accompanied by a translation into English. In the event of
          any conflict between the English text and the text in any other
          language, the English text shall prevail.

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8.   ARBITRATION

8.1       Any dispute arising out of this Memorandum or the interpretation
          thereof, both while in force and after its termination, shall be
          submitted to and determined by arbitration. Any Party may demand
          arbitration by notice in writing to the other Party. Such arbitration
          shall be held in Johannesburg unless otherwise agreed to in writing
          and shall be held in a summary manner with a view to it being
          completed as soon as possible.

8.2       There shall be 1 (one) arbitrator who shall be, where the question and
          issue is:

8.2.1          primarily an accounting matter, an independent chartered
               accountant of 10 (ten) years standing;

8.2.2          primarily a legal matter, a practising Senior Counsel; or

8.2.3          primarily a technical matter, a suitably qualified person.

8.3       The appointment of the arbitrator shall be agreed upon between the
          Parties in writing but, failing agreement between them, within a
          period of 14 (fourteen) days after the arbitration has been demanded
          in terms of clause 8.1, any party shall be entitled to request the
          President for the time being of the Law Society of the Northern
          Provinces to make the appointment who shall, in making his
          appointment, have regard to the nature of the dispute.

8.4       The arbitrator shall have the powers conferred upon an arbitrator
          under the Arbitration Act, 1965 (as amended), but shall not be obliged
          to follow the procedures prescribed in that Act and shall be entitled
          to decide on such procedures as he may consider desirable for the
          speedy determination of the dispute, and in particular he shall have
          the sole and absolute discretion to determine whether and to what
          extent it shall be necessary to file pleadings, make discovery of
          documents or hear oral evidence.

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8.5       The decision of the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the
          Parties and may be made an order of any court of competent
          jurisdiction. The Parties hereby submit themselves to the
          non-exclusive jurisdiction of the Witwatersrand Local Division of the
          High Court of South Africa, or any successor thereto, should any Party
          wish to make the arbitrator's decision an order of that Court.

9.   GENERAL

9.1       COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN THE PARTIES

          All notices and demands given by or on behalf of either Party to the
          other shall be in English or accompanied by a certified translation
          into English.

9.2       REMEDIES

          No remedy conferred by this Memorandum is intended to be exclusive of
          any other remedy which is otherwise available at law, by statute or
          otherwise. Each remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every
          other remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law, by
          statute or otherwise. The election of any one or more remedy by any of
          the Parties shall not constitute a waiver by such Party of the right
          to pursue any other remedy.

9.3       SEVERANCE

          If any provision of this Memorandum, which is not material to its
          efficacy as a whole, is rendered void, illegal or unenforceable in any
          respect under any law, the validity, legality and enforceability of
          the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired
          thereby and the Parties shall endeavour in good faith to agree an
          alternative provision to the void, illegal or unenforceable provision.

9.4       SURVIVAL OF RIGHTS, DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS

          Termination of this Memorandum for any cause shall not release a Party
          from any liability which at the time of termination has already
          accrued to such Party

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          or which thereafter may accrue in respect of any act or omission prior
          to such termination.

9.5       COSTS

          Each Party shall bear its own costs incurred by it to its attorneys
          and other professional advisors for the preparation and signing of
          this Memorandum.

9.6       ENTIRE AGREEMENT

          This Memorandum constitutes the entire agreement between the Parties
          in relation to its subject matter and save as otherwise expressly
          provided no modification, amendment or waiver of any of the provisions
          of this Memorandum or any agreement to cancel or terminate it shall be
          effective unless made in writing specifically referring to this
          Memorandum and duly signed by the Parties.

9.7       NO PARTNERSHIP

          Nothing in this Memorandum shall be deemed to constitute a partnership
          between the Parties (or any of them) or constitute any Party the agent
          of any other Party for any purpose.

9.8       FURTHER ASSURANCE

          Each Party shall co-operate with the other Party and execute and
          deliver to the other Party such other instruments and documents and
          take such other actions as may be reasonably requested from time to
          time in order to carry out, evidence and confirm the rights and the
          intended purpose of this Memorandum.

9.9       COUNTERPARTS

          This Memorandum may be signed in any number of counterparts, all of
          which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Any
          Party may enter into this Memorandum by signing any such counterpart.

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9.10      SUCCESSORS BOUND

          This Memorandum shall be binding on and shall inure for the benefit of
          the successors and assigns and personal representatives (as the case
          may be) of each of the Parties.

9.11      GOOD FAITH

          Each of the Parties undertakes with each of the others to do all
          things reasonably within its power which are necessary or desirable to
          give effect to the spirit and intent of this Memorandum.


SIGNED at Johannesburg on 12 June 2002.

                                          For:  DURBAN ROODEPOORT DEEP, LIMITED

                                          /s/ Mark Wellesley-Wood
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                                          Signatory: Mark Wellesley-Wood
                                          Capacity: Director
                                          Authority: Resolution


SIGNED at Johannesburg on 12 June 2002.

                                          For:  CROWN GOLD RECOVERIES
                                                (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED

                                          /s/ Mark Wellesley-Wood
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                                          Signatory: Mark Wellesley-Wood
                                          Capacity: Director
                                          Authority: Resolution