St Barbara Mines Limited Annual Report 2004 Directors’ Report Environmental programs conducted during the year included: Mine site rehabilitation objectives are directed towards ensuring that the physical structures that remain after mine closure  do not impose a long term hazard to public safety or the environment and that the mined area achieves the nominated post  mining land use. During the past year continued signi fi  cant progress was made toward ful fi  lling these rehabilitation objectives. Work was  undertaken across a range of sites which included rehabilitation earthworks programs at the three Paddys Flat low grade  stockpile sites, making safe historic mine workings, waste dump slope pro fi  ling, capping with topsoil/oxide material  and deep ripping in particular at the South Junction site. The Company is of a kind referred to in ASIC Class Order 98/100 dated 10 July 1998 and in accordance with that  Class Order, amounts in the Financial Report and Directors’ Report have been rounded off to the nearest thousand dollars,  unless otherwise stated. PricewaterhouseCoopers continues in of fi  ce in accordance with section 327 of the Corporations Act 2001. Signed in accordance with a resolution of the Board of Directors. AUDITOR ROUNDING OF AMOUNTS Rehabilitation •  Progressive rehabilitation earthworks were completed on most recently mined areas, with further work conducted  on historical mining areas. •  In addition to statutory monitoring requirements, regular self-audits were conducted throughout the year to monitor  progress and to identify areas which required further management focus. •  Continued focus on site waste management, in particular management and disposal of hydrocarbon products. Dated at Perth this 30th day of September 2004 E ESHUYS MANAGING DIRECTOR & CEO