Chief executive Neal Froneman said Sibanye's managed South African gold operations were impacted by various operational disruptions during quarter one 2022. Froneman said after the notification of strike action and lockout of members of the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union and the National Union of Mineworkers, following extended wage negotiations, which began in June 2021, operating activities across the South African gold operations ceased from March 9. As such, operating results from the SA gold operations for Q1 2022 are not comparable to previous periods," "he said.