EXHIBIT 4.84
 Memorandum of Agreement
  
 DRDGOLD LIMITED
 
 (
  (a company duly incorporated in accordance with the company laws of the Republic of South Africa with limited liability, herein represented by Daniel Pretorius, he being duly authorised hereto under and by virtue of a resolution of the board of directors of the company passed at Johannesburg on the day 31
 st
 marked"A");
of the one part;
and


SIMMER & JACK MINES LIMITED
      
 
     ST
  marked ‘B’).
  
 
  .
 
  AGREEMENT,
  SIMMER & JACK INVESTMENTS (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED
   
       st
  marked"C")
 
 Definitions
   AGREEMENT
 
 
  
 
 .


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 "AGREEMENT"
 shall mean this agreement between the
 PARTIESand shall be deemed to
 include all annexes thereto which shall
 be initialed or signed, as the case may
 be, by the PARTIESfor purposes of
 identification;
 "
 ANGLOGOLD
 "
 shall mean Anglogold Ashanti Limited
 and shall be deemed to include its
 subsidiary and associate companies
 and its/their respective successors in
 title or assigns;
 "
 ANGLOGOLD
 
 APPLICATION"
 shall mean the motion court
 proceedings instituted in the COURT
 under case No 7655/05 by
 ANGLOGOLDas applicant and DRD
 BUFFELSFONTEIN, STILFONTEIN,
 HARMONY,The Minister of Minerals
 and Energy, The Minister of Water
 Affairs and Forestry, The Minister of
 Environmental Affairs and Tourism and
 HARTEBEESTFONTEINas the First to
 Eighth Respondents inclusive, in
 connection with the relief sought for the
   pumping and extraction of


1.1.4
 1.1.5
 "
 ATTORNEYS
 "
 "
 BUFFELSFONTEIN
 "
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  water in the mines therein
  marked  “D”,
   "Feinsteins"


whereof is DRD;
 "
 CLAIMS
 "
 shall mean all or any claims of
 whatsoever nature or howsoever arising
 against DRDat any time after the
 CLOSING DATE(save in the case of
 the DWAF DIRECTIVESwhich shall
 apply to any claims after the earlier of
 31 October 2005 or the CLOSING
 DATE)by one, more or all of the
 following, namely:-
  ANGLOGOLD
 ;
  BUFFELSFONTEIN
 ;
  HARMONY
 ;
  HARTEBEESTFONTEIN
 ;
  STILFONTEIN
 ,
 directly
  indirectly
   the DWAF DIRECTIVES,now
  extant or which may hereafter


1.1.7
 1.1.8
 1.1.9
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 come into being; and/or
 •
 the
 ANGLOGOLD APPLICATION;
 and/or
 •
 the
 REHABILITATION OBLIGATIONS:
 
 "
 CLOSING DATE
 "
        "COMPANIES"
 S&J S&J INV,
  AGREEMENT
 solidum;
 "COURT"


WATER ACT
   marked
 "E(1)" to "E(4)"
       KOSH AREA MINES;


"EXCLUDED ASSETS"
 "HARMONY"
 "HARTEBEEST-
 FONTEIN
 "INDEMNITY"
 "INTERIM
 AGREEMENT"
  BUFFELSFONTEIN
 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT
 Annexe"F"
           BUFFELSFONTEIN;
  COMPANIES
 DRD CLAIMS
   BUFFELS-
 FONTEIN COMPANIES at


1.1.19
  " KOSH AREA MINES"
 1.1.20   " LIQUIDATORS "
 1 .1 .21
  " MINERAL LAWS"
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     ;
    "Kosh area"
  DWAF DIRECTIVES;
     BUFFELSFONTEIN,


" NORTH WEST
 OPERATIONS"
 " PARTIES "
 " REHABILITATION
 
 OBLIGATIONS"
  2002; and
 1.1.21.3
 all regulations promulgated
 pursuant thereto;
 shall collectively mean the individual
 business units of BUFFELSFONTEIN,
 known as the Harties Division and the
 Buffels Division, the former comprising
 shafts #2, #5, #6, #7 and #8 and the
 latter shafts #9, #10 and #12,
 incorporating two metallurgical
 processing plants known as the North
 and South Plants;
 shall mean the three parties to the
 AGREEMENT;
 shall mean any obligations which would
 directly or indirectly impact upon DRD in
 relation to the NORTH WEST
 OPERATIONSconsequent upon DRD
 being the holding company of
 BUFFELSFONTEINand the ultimate
 holding company of HARTEBEESTFONTEIN•
 and whether such obligations


"REHABILITATION
 
 TRUST FUND "
 
 "S&J"
 
 "S&J INV
 "
 
 "SANCTION"
 
  "SANCTION DATE "
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  DME MINERAL LAWS
 ANGLOGOLD
 APPLICATION
   DME
  REHABILITATION OBLIGATIONS
       S&J
  SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT
 COURT


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   SANCTION;
 "SCHEME OF
 ARRANGEMENT":
  S&J INV
 BUFFELSFONTEIN
    marked
  LIQUIDATORS
 DRD
  
 "SHARES"
       BUFFELSFONTEIN,
 DRD
 "STILFONTEIN"


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    "WATER ACT"
   "WATER PUMPING
 AGREEMENT"
    STILFONTEIN HARTEBEEST-
 FONTEIN
  STILFONTEIN's
 
   1.2
 Words importing:-
   vice versa;
      .
 1.3
 ,
  .


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 1.4
    
 AGREEMENT,
     1.6
 "including"
  eiusdem generis
  
   AGREEMENT.
 
 AGREEMENT contra
 proferentem
 1.9
  "winding-up"
 "curatorship")


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 AGREEMENTmay apply or to the laws of which any party cited hereunder may
 be or become subject.
 
 Recorded
 
 It is recorded that
  
 DRDis and has at all material times hereto been the holding company of
 BUFFELSFONTEIN,the latter in turn being the holding company of
 HARTEBEESTFONTEIN;
 2.2
 BUFFELSFONTEINat all times material hereto conducted the NORTH WEST
 OPERATIONSwhich were severely damaged as a direct consequence of a seismic
 event which took place on 9 March 2005;
 2.3
 as a result of such seismic event, BUFFELSFONTEINwas placed in
 provisional liquidation on 22 March 2005 and the LIQUIDATORSwere appointed
 thereto;
 
 S&Jhas evidenced a desire to pursue the NORTH WEST OPERATIONSand
 to such end the COMPANIEShave concluded the INTERIM AGREEMENTwith
 BUFFELSFONTEINto mine such operations on a limited basis pending the
 acquisition of the business and assets thereof, alternatively pending the acquisition of
 the SHARESand the submission of the SCHEME OF
 ARRANGEMENTand Its SANCTION;


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 2.5
 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT,
 COMPANIES DRD
 SHARES;
 
 DRD COMPANIES
 INDEMNITY;
 2.7
 PARTIES
  .
 3.
 Conditions Precedent
 3.1
 AGREEMENT
   
 INDEMNITY
 CLOSING DATE,
  3.1.2
 SHARES
 ATTORNEYS 'in trust'
 CLOSING DATE, S&J INV in


subject to the arrival of the CLOSING DATE,the written
 confirmation by DWAFthat the DWAF DIRECTIVESshall with
 effect from the earlier of the CLOSING DATEor 31 October 2005,
 be amended or re-issued so as to provide that DRDwill from such
 date be substituted by S&Jon the basis, however, that any amount
 payable pursuant to such directives will not result in any duplication
 insofar as it pertains to S&J- by way of explanation the present
 DWAF DIRECTIVESare against four parties and that the
 introduction of S&Jshall not be deemed to be, or treated as, a fifth
 party but as an entity substituting DRD
 ;
 
 the submission of the SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT,its
 SANCTIONand the arrival of the SANCTIONDATE
  
 written confirmation that the WATER PUMPING AGREEMENT,
 the cancellation whereof is a condition precedent under the SCHEME OF
 ARRANGEMENT,shall be so cancelled by the parties thereto prior to the
 SANCTION DATE;
 
 the unconditional written approval of the Competition Commission
 or the Competition Tribunal, as the case may be, in terms of Chapter 3 of the
 Competition Act, No 89 of 1998, as amended, of the AGREEMENTand the
 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT,
 
 within a period of 120 days from the date of signature of the AGREEMENT.


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 3.2
  PARTIES
 PARTIES.
 
  PARTIES
  AGREEMENT ipso facto ab initio
 PARTIES
 quo ante PARTIES
   3.4
 PARTIES
    .
 4.
  Warranties
 by DRD
 
 DRD COMPANIES
 AGREEMENT
  SHARES;


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 4.2
 SHARES
 AGREEMENT;
 
 BUFFELSFONTEIN
 HARTEBEESTFONTEIN
 LIQUIDATORS EXCLUDED ASSETS.
 
 Companies' Acknowledgments
 COMPANIES
 
  DRD
 AGREEMENT
 AGREEMENT
  
 S&J INV SHARES "voetstoots"
  
 CLOSING DATE, S&J INV
 BUFFELSFONTEIN
 EXCLUDED ASSETS,
 SCHEME OF ARRANGEMENT;


INDEMNITY
 AGREEMENT DRD
 SHARES
 
  ANGLOGOLD APPLICATION,
 DWAF DIRECTIVES, REHABILITATION OBLIGATIONS
 REHABILITATION TRUST FUND CLAIMS
  DRD
 
 INTERIM AGREEMENT
 SANCTION DATE SCHEME
 OF ARRANGEMENT, INTERIM
 AGREEMENT
 
 SCHEME OF
 ARRANGEMENT
 AGREEMENT;
 
 DWAF DIRECTIVES
 DRD CLOSING DATE, be
  CLOSING DATE
 AGREEMENT


Sale
  INDEMNITY
  
 DRD S&J INV
 "voetstoots", SHARES,
  
 SHARES
 DRD to S&J INV CLOSING DATE.
 
 Purchase Consideration
 S&J INV to DRD SHARES
 CLOSING
 DATE.
 
 Indemnity
 
 COMPANIES CLOSING DATE
 DRD CLAIMS
  DRD COMPANIES
 CLAIM


CLAIM
 PARTIES;
 
 COMPANIES
 CLAIMS
 COMPANIES
   COMPANIES
 DRD
   DRD
 DRD
  COMPANIES DRD
   DRD


DRD COMPANIES
  COMPANIES
  CLAIM;
 
 COMPANIES DRD
  CLAIM;
 
 PARTIES
   
  
 CLAIM REHABILITATION
 OBLIGATIONS, REHABILITATION
 TRUST FUND CLOSING DATE
 BUFFELSFONTEIN,
 CLAIM;
 
 DRD
  CLAIM


COMPANIES
   DRD.
 Closing Date
 CLOSING DATE, PARTIES
 ATTORNEYS
  
 DRD COMPANIES:-
 
 ATTORNEYS
 SHARES
  SHARES S&J INV;
 
 BUFFELSFONTEIN
  LIQUIDATORS,
 LIQUIDATORS COMPANIES


BUFFELSFONTEIN
   BUFFELSFONTEIN;
 
 BUFFELSFONTEIN:-
 SHARES
 S&J INV;
   BUFFELSFONTEIN
 S&J INV
   S&J INV


Breach Provisions
 PARTIES
 AGREEMENT
 CLOSING DATE, PARTY/IES
 PARTY/IES
  PARTY/IES
 AGREEMENT
  PARTY/IES
 
 PARTY/IES AGREEMENT
 AGREEMENT
   Adjudication of Disputes
 PARTIES


PARTIES'
       AGREEMENT,
  PARTIES,


AGREEMENT;
     
   AGREEMENT
 AGREEMENT
 
 AGREEMENT


Clause Headings
 AGREEMENT
 AGREEMENT.
    Domicilia
 PARTIES dom!cilia citand! et executandi
 AGREEMENT
   DRD
 ATTORNEYS,
  (011)
  COMPANIES
   PARTY PARTY
 domicilium


it
         PARTY
 domicilium
   
 PARTIES
  PARTY.
 Mutual Support
 PARTIES
  AGREEMENT.


No Indulgences
 PARTY
 PARTY/IES
 AGREEMENT,
 AGREEMENT.
 Severability of Contract
 AGREEMENT
 AGREEMENT
  Whole Agreement
 AGREEMENT PARTIES
 AGREEMENT
  AGREEMENT,
 PARTIES.


DRD
 st
          
 st
  Daniel Pretorius General Manager : Corporate Services
  S&J
          S&J INV


EXTRACT FROM A RESOLUTION OF THE DIRECTORS OF DRDGOLD LIMITED PASSED ON 30
 AUGUST 2005
  Resolution No: 28/2005
 DRDGOLD LIMITED
   RESOLVED:
  THAT
                   THAT
     /s/ T Gwebu Temba Gwebu Company Secretary


SIMMER AND JACK MINES, LIMITED(Registration No.: 1924/007778/06)
  RESOLUTION OF DIRECTORS  (In terms of the
 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN DRDGOLD  LIMITED,  SIMMER AND JACK MINES, LIMITED AND SIMMER AND JACK INVESTMENTS (PTY) LIMITED.
 The  Company wishes to Acquire  the  shares of Buffelsfontein Gold mines Lim
 i
 ted (Reg. No. 1995/010072/06) (in provisional liquidation) through  its  wholly
 owned subsidiary Simmer and Jack Investments (Pty)  limited. In order to conclude such agreement authority needs to be given to the directors to sign as a representative of the company.
 IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED:
 THAT
 Jack Investments (Pty) Limited upon the terms 2nd conditions contained in a draft of such agreement which was tabled at this meeting.
 THAT Roger Ainsley Ralph Kebble
               /s/ V A Mkele


SIMMER AND JACK INVESTMENTS (PROPRIETARY) LIMITED  (Registration No.: 1981/002168/07)
  RESOLUTION OF DIRECTORS  (In terms of the Articles of Association)
 MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN DRDGOLD LIMITED:
 SIMMER AND JACK MINES, LIMITED AND SIMMER AND JACK INVESTMENTS (PTY) LIMITED.  ________________________________________________________________________
 The Company wishes to Acquire the shares of Buffelsfontein Gold  mines Limited (Reg. No. 1995/010072/06) (in provisional liquidation). In order to conclude such agreement authority needs to be given to the directors to sign as a representative of the company
 .
 IT IS THEREFORE RESOLVED
 1.
 THAT the company enters into an agreement with DRDGold Limited and Simmer and Jack Mines, Limited upon the terms and conditions contained in a draft of such agreement which was tabled at this meeting
 .
 THAT


Copy of notice of motion of ANGLOGOLD APPLICATION
 (vide
 Annexe


7655/05
      BUFFELSFONTEIN GOLD MINES LIMITED (IN LIQUIDATION)
      THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENTAL AFFAIRS AND TOURISM
 HARTEBEESFONTEIN GOLD MINING COMPANY LIMITED


TAKE NOTICE THAT


2.2.1


underground water at the mines and in the quantities referred


J
    DATED AT SANDTON ON THIS THE 11
 th
 DAY OF APRIL 2005