BHP BILLITON PLC - Base Metals briefing and Chilean site tour

Base Metals briefing and Chilean site tour

Issued by:                       BHP Billiton Plc


Date:                            30 September 2012


To:                              London Stock Exchange
                                 JSE Limited


For Release:                     Immediately


Contact:                         Elizabeth Hobley +44 (0) 20 7802 4054



                     BHP Billiton Plc – Base Metals briefing and Chilean site tour



 UK Listing Authority Submission

 The following document has today been submitted to the National Storage
 Mechanism and will shortly be available for inspection at:
 www.hemscott.com/nsm.do:

 •    Base Metals briefing and Chilean site tour

 The Base Metals briefing and individual Chilean site tour presentations will be made
 available on BHP Billiton’s website - www.bhpbilliton.com.

 Sponsor: Absa Capital (the investment banking division of Absa Bank Limited, affiliated with Barclays)

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