Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ eighth sales cycle of 2017 Anglo American plc Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales) Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43 ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820 JSE Share Code: AGL NSX Share Code: ANM 17 October 2017 Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers’ eighth sales cycle of 2017 Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and Auction Sales) for De Beers’ eighth sales cycle of 2017, amounting to $370 million. Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers, said: “De Beers offered fewer rough diamonds for sale in Cycle 8, reflecting the concurrent timing this year of the Sight sale with the closure of polishing factories in India and Israel for the observance of religious holidays. Sales were in line with expectations, at what is a seasonally slower time for rough diamond demand.” Cycle 8 2017(1) Cycle 7 2017(2) Cycle 8 2016 (provisional) (actual) (actual) Sales value(3) $370m $507m $494m (1) Cycle 8 2017 provisional sales value represents sales as at 16 October 2017. (2) Cycle 7 2017 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the seventh sales cycle of 2017. (3) Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis and are before capitalisation of pre-commercial production revenues at Gahcho Kué. Auction Sales included in a given cycle are the sum of all sales between the end of the preceding cycle and the end of the noted cycle. For further information, please contact: Media Investors UK UK James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway james.wyatt-tilby@angloamerican.com paul.galloway@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718 Marcelo Esquivel Trevor Dyer marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com trevor.dyer@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8992 South Africa Sheena Jethwa Pranill Ramchander sheena.jethwa@angloamerican.com pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8680 Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592 Ann Farndell ann.farndell@angloamerican.com Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786 Sponsor RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited) Notes to editors: Anglo American is a globally diversified mining business. Our portfolio of world-class competitive mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the raw materials to meet the growing consumer-driven demands of the world’s developed and maturing economies. Our people are at the heart of our business. It is our people who use the latest technologies to find new resources, plan and build our mines and who mine, process and move and market our products to our customers around the world. As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum and other precious metals, iron ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work together with our key partners and stakeholders to unlock the long-term value that those resources represent for our shareholders and for the communities and countries in which we operate – creating sustainable value and making a real difference. www.angloamerican.com Date: 17/10/2017 09:00:00 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.