Anglo American completes sales of AA Sur 25.4% shareholding to Codelco/Mitsui JV Anglo American plc (“the Company”) Incorporated in the United Kingdom (Registration number: 3564138) Short name: Anglo Share code: AGL ISIN number: GB00B1XZS820 Anglo American completes sales of AA Sur 25.4% shareholding to Codelco/Mitsui JV Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces the completion of its sales of a 25.4% shareholding in Anglo American Sur (“AA Sur”) to a Corporación Nacional del Cobre de Chile (“Codelco”) and Mitsui & Co., Ltd. (“Mitsui”) joint venture company controlled by Codelco (“the Codelco/Mitsui joint venture”) following the lifting of the injunction by the 14th Civil Court of Santiago yesterday. Under the terms of the 23 August 2012 agreement, Anglo American’s sale of 25.4% of the shares in AA Sur has been completed via the following two transactions: - the Codelco/Mitsui joint venture has paid a net cash consideration of $1.7 billion for a 24.5% shareholding in AA Sur, representing a consideration of $1.8 billion, adjusted for dividends paid in relation to the shareholding since 1 January 2012; and - the Codelco/Mitsui joint venture has paid a cash consideration of approximately $210 million to Anglo American for a 0.9% shareholding in AA Sur. Under the terms of the agreement announced on 23 August 2012, Anglo American has also completed the acquisition from Mitsubishi of a 4.1% shareholding in AA Sur for a cash consideration of approximately $890 million and has agreed to on sell that shareholding to the Codelco/Mitsui joint venture upon clearance from the competition authorities in Brazil. For further information, please contact: Media Investors UK UK James Wyatt-Tilby Caroline Crampton Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2192 Emily Blyth Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8481 South Africa South Africa Pranill Ramchander Nicholas Gordon Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 3262 24 August 2012 Sponsor: UBS South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 27/08/2012 08:35:00 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.