St Barbara Mines Limited Annual Report 2004 Notes to the Financial Statements  for the year ended 30 June 2004 D Consolidated Company 30 June 2004 $’000 30 June 2003 $’000 30 June 2004 $’000 30 June 2003 $’000 24. REMUNERATION OF AUDITORS During the year the auditor of the Company, and its  related practices earned the following remuneration: PricewaterhouseCoopers Remuneration for audit or review of the  fi  nancial reports  of the Company or any entity in the consolidated entity Remuneration for other services: 117,786 82,000 74,486 76,000 29,200 11,800 17,200 11,800 146,986 93,800 91,686 87,800 -  Taxation service and general advice 25. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES Details and estimated maximum amounts of contingent  liabilities, for which no provisions are included in the  accounts, are as follows: (a) Guarantees and Undertakings  (i) The Company has given undertakings to two  of its controlled entities that it intends to provide  the necessary  fi  nancial or other support to enable  them to meet their obligations as and when they  fall due (ii) Indemnity to the Company’s bankers in respect  of guarantees provided by the bankers to the  Western Australian Department of Minerals  and Energy – see Note 7 (iii) Security guarantees given to the Western  Australian Department of Minerals and Energy 3,068 3,262 2,725 3,262 - 30 - 30 (b) Native  Title It is possible that Native Title, as de fi  ned in the Native Title Act 1993, may be established over land in which  the consolidated entity has an interest. The Company is not currently engaged in any negotiations. (c) Litigation (i) Westgold In late September 2000, a demand was made against the Company by Westgold Resources NL (“Westgold”) alleging  loss and damages in the sum of $6,229,921. A Writ of Summons was issued by Westgold against the Company in  the Supreme Court of Western Australia in CIV 2427 of 2000 on 20 October 2000. The alleged claim by Westgold arose from a series of share transactions in the Company shares which took place  between May and August 1997 as follows: • On 12 May 1997, Westgold purchased 10,350,000 St Barbara shares at $0.72 per share from Mr Woss who was  a director of the Company at the time (“Woss Shares”). This share purchase took the total shares owned in the  Company by Westgold to 23,898,951 (approximately 13% of the Company equity at the time) at a total cost  of $18.4 million. • On 9 July 1997, Westgold sold all of its shareholding in the Company (which included the Woss Shares) to  Montleigh Investments Pty Ltd, a company associated with Mr Ross Atkins who was a director of the Company  at the time. The total sale consideration was $19.1 million. Approximately $8.4 million of the sale consideration  was due to be paid by 30 June 1998. During 1998, Montleigh Investments Pty Ltd defaulted on payment of the  deferred consideration and Westgold recovered $1.6 million of the deferred consideration. In these proceedings Westgold has sought to recover the balance of the deferred consideration plus interest from the  Company and Mr Woss.