ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Anglo American completes sale of the Foxleigh mine

Anglo American completes sale of the Foxleigh mine

Anglo American plc
(Incorporated in England and Wales)
(Registration number: 3564138)
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London, SW1Y 5AN
ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM

Anglo American completes sale of the Foxleigh mine

Anglo American plc ("Anglo American") announces that it has completed the sale of its 70%
interest in the Foxleigh metallurgical coal mine in Queensland, Australia to a consortium led by
Taurus Fund Management, following the announcement of the sale and purchase agreement
on 4 April this year.

Foxleigh is an open cut coal operation which produces high quality pulverised coal injection
(PCI) coal, located in Queensland’s Bowen Basin, 12 kilometres southwest of Middlemount.
Anglo American’s attributable share of Foxleigh's saleable production was 1.86 million tonnes
in 2015.

The terms of the transaction remain confidential.


For further information, please contact:

Media                                                     Investors
UK                                                        UK
James Wyatt-Tilby                                         Paul Galloway
james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com                       paul.galloway@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718

Marcelo Esquivel                                          Ed Kite
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com                        edward.kite@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891                                  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2178

South Africa                                              Sheena Jethwa
Pranill Ramchander                                        sheena.jethwa@angloamerican.com
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com                      Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8680
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592

Ann Farndell
ann.farndell@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786


Notes to editors:
Anglo American is a globally diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class
competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the raw materials to meet
the growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies. Our
people are at the heart of our business. It is our people who use the latest technologies to find
new resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move and market our
products – from diamonds (through De Beers) to platinum and other precious metals and
copper – to our customers around the world.

As a responsible miner, we are the custodians of those precious resources. We work together
with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources
represent for our shareholders, but also for the communities and countries in which we operate
– creating sustainable value and making a real difference.

www.angloamerican.com




29 August 2016

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