Notice ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI LIMITED (the “Company”) NOTICE IN TERMS OF SECTION 45(5)(a) OF THE COMPANIES ACT, NO. 71 OF 2008 (“THE ACT”), OF THE RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE COMPANY (THE “BOARD”), GRANTING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AS CONTEMPLATED IN SECTION 45(2) OF THE COMPANIES ACT Notice is hereby given, in terms of Section 45(5)(a) of the Act, that, pursuant to the authority granted to the Board by the shareholders in general meeting on 16 November 2011, the Board of the Company has, on 3 August 2012, authorised the Company to provide financial assistance (as more fully described below) in terms of section 45 of the Act. The resolution adopted by the Board relates to the subscription for an ordinary share in the share capital of AGRe Insurance Company Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, for US$15 million. The Board, before authorising the Company to provide the financial assistance in terms of section 45 of the Act, satisfied itself that: * after considering all reasonably foreseeable financial circumstances of the Company, the Company would, immediately after providing the guarantee, satisfy the solvency and liquidity test as set out in Section 4 of the Act; * the terms of the transaction are reasonable and fair to the Company; and * all relevant provisions contained in the Company’s Memorandum of Incorporation in terms of financial assistance have been satisfied. For and on behalf of the Board Lynda Eatwell Company Secretary 07 August 2012 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd This is a notice required in terms of the Act, and shareholders are not required to respond Date: 08/08/2012 08:30:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.