for the year ended 30 June 2003       2003 2002   R000 R000 9. Operating costs Operating costs comprise mining and concentrating costs excluding depreciation and consist of the following principal categories: - labour 401 860 331 903 - stores 346 201 260 471 - utilities 81 217 74 832 - sundries 173 822 135 155 - provision for decommissioning and restoration costs (note 7) - unwinding of discount 658 572 - inflation adjustment 569 581   1 004 327 803 514   Operating costs include the following: Auditors remuneration - external audit fees - current year 574 425 - external audit fees - prior year adjustment 73 51 - internal audit fees 1 694 2 279 - expenses 94 223 Directors' remuneration - non executive fees 884 901 - executive remuneration 1 542 1 438 Operating lease rentals - office equipment 364 357 - premises 355 552   Details of directors' remuneration are contained in the directors' report on page 36