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Rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2016
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
(“the Company”)
Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2016
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales
and Auction Sales) for De Beers’ sixth sales cycle of 2016, amounting to $520 million,
compared with the $564 million value of the fifth sales cycle of 2016.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers, said: “This is an encouraging sales performance for this point
in the year, supported by positive sentiment from our customers. We maintain a cautious
outlook for the remainder of 2016.”
Cycle 6 2016 (1) Cycle 5 2016 (2)
(provisional) (actual)
Sales value (3) $520m $564m
(1) Cycle 6 2016 provisional sales value represents sales as at 1 August 2016.
(2) Cycle 5 2016 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the fifth sales cycle of 2016.
(3) Sales value is quoted in terms of sales by De Beers Global Sightholder Sales and De Beers Auction Sales, and reported on a consolidated accounting
basis. Auction Sales included in a given cycle are the sum of all sales between the end of the preceding cycle and the end of the noted cycle.
02 August 2016
Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
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Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
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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
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.
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