S.Africa's DRDGold reports 22% profit fall as costs rise

South Africa's DRDGold on Wednesday reported a 22% fall in profit for the year ended June 30 mainly due to surging costs.

DRDGold's headline earnings per share (HEPS), South African companies' main profit measure, fell to 1.307 rand ($0.0767) from 1.684 rand.

($1 = 17.0332 rand)