KUMBA IRON ORE LIMITED - Withdrawal of Cautionary

Withdrawal of Cautionary

Kumba Iron Ore Limited
A member of the Anglo American plc group
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number 2005/015852/06)
JSE Share code: KIO
ISIN: ZAE000085346
("Kumba" or the “Company”)


Withdrawal of Cautionary

On 28 January 2016, Kumba extended the cautionary announcement relating to notice issued
by the Department of Mineral Resources ("DMR") in terms of which the Director General of
the DMR had consented to the amendment of Sishen Iron Ore Company Proprietary Limited
mining right in respect of the Sishen Mine to include the residual 21.4% undivided share of the
mining right for the Sishen Mine, subject to certain proposed conditions.

Shareholders are referred to the Company’s audited preliminary annual financial results for
the year ended 31 December 2015, released on the Stock Exchange News Service today.
Disclosure on the issue of the mining right is contained therein, under the heading Regulatory
Update and, on this basis, the cautionary announcement is withdrawn. Shareholders need no
longer exercise caution when dealing in their Kumba shares.

For further information, please contact:

Investors and analysts
Nerina Bodasing
Tel: +27 12 622 8324

Centurion
9 February 2016

Sponsor
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)

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