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AngloGold Celebrates NYSE Listing With a Lion's Roar
NEW YORK, Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- AngloGold, the world's largest gold producer, got off to a roaring start with its listing today on the New York Stock Exchange. AngloGold CEO Robert M. Godsell stood on the NYSE bell podium and opened the market with a live, 500-pound, 8-foot tall lion named Arthur. In lieu of an opening bell, two native South African drummers rang in the day's trading from the floor of the Exchange. Godsell was accompanied on the podium by Richard Grasso, Chairman and CEO, NYSE and James Motlatsi, President, Union Mineworkers of South Africa.
The lion's unprecedented appearance on AngloGold's first day of trading on the Exchange marks the launch of the company's new leonine logo. To add to the celebration, two live, gold-painted mythical figures posed and a group of colorfully-clad South African drummers entertained passersby in front of the NYSE all morning.
AngloGold is the first South African company to list and the 362nd international company to list on the NYSE. AngloGold has a market capitalization of $4 billion, produces 7 million attributable ounces of gold annually and has reserves of 140 million ounces. The company now trades on the NYSE under the Ticker symbol "AU".
PHOTOS/VIDEO: Photos are available via Associated Press/NY. Broadcast footage of Broad Street event and opening bell are available via fiber line today at 4:00 p.m. on Waterfront #1630. Direct feeds are available on a limited basis; please call the NYSE Broadcast Center at 212-656-5483.
MEDIA CONTACT: Catherine Parker: 212-656-5437
SOURCE New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
CO: AngloGold; New York Stock Exchange, Inc.
ST: New York
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