KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Appointment of non-executive director

KIO - Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Appointment of non-executive director            
Kumba Iron Ore Limited                                                          
A member of the Anglo American plc group                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 2005/015852/06)                                            
Share code: KIO                                                                 
ISIN: ZAE000085346                                                              
("KUMBA")                                                                       
APPOINTMENT OF NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR                                           
The Board of Directors of Kumba is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms    
Buyelwa P Sonjica as a non-executive director of Kumba effective from 1 June    
2012.                                                                           
Ms Sonjica is a member of the World Wide Assessment Program (WWAP) Advisory     
Group on gender equality. She is a former Minister of Water and Environmental   
affairs with the cabinet of the Government of South Africa. She previously      
chaired the Parliamentary Select Committee on Child Care Facilities and the     
Portfolio Committee on Water and Forestry. She has also served as a member in   
the Parliamentary Portfolio committees of Arts and Culture, Finance as well as  
the Trade and Industry committees.                                              
For further information please contact:                                         
Mr VF Malie                                                                     
Company Secretary                                                               
Kumba Iron Ore Limited                                                          
Tel: (012) 683 7060                                                             
Centurion                                                                       
31 May 2012                                                                     
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
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