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KUMBA IRON ORE LIMITED - Details on tailings storage facilities

Release Date: 07/06/2019 09:00
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Details on tailings storage facilities

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

Kumba Iron Ore Limited - Details on tailings storage facilities

Kumba has today published on its website the details of the four tailings storage facilities (TSFs) that it
manages, as requested by the Church of England Pensions Board and the Swedish Council on Ethics
for the AP Funds, representing 96 institutional investors.

Themba Mkwanazi, Chief Executive of Kumba, said: "We have confidence in the integrity of the four
tailings storage facilities that Kumba manages in South Africa's Northern Cape province which are subject
to the highest global safety and stewardship standards and are operated in accordance with the South
African Mandatory Code of Practice on Mine Residue deposits as stipulated by the Department of Mineral
Resources. These tailings storage facilities are also subject to Anglo American's Mineral Residue
Facilities and Water Management Structures standard. Anglo American's mandatory Group Technical
Standard was completely revised and updated in early 2014 and continues to be reviewed regularly. This
standard goes beyond regulatory and other industry requirements in all host jurisdictions. As an industry,
there is a clear ethical and moral imperative to do everything possible to ensure that tailings facilities are
managed to the highest standards of safety, using appropriate advanced technologies, and to work
together to build greater levels of trust with all our stakeholders."

The four TSFs that Kumba manages are located at its two operating mines in the province of the Northern
Cape, South Africa. Of the four TSFs, one is an active facility, constructed as a water retaining structure,
at Kolomela Mine, while three are located at Sishen Mine using the upstream method of construction, of
which only one is active. Upstream tailings dams are generally considered to be an appropriate design
for facilities in dry and seismically stable regions with flat topography, including the locations of the TSFs
managed by Kumba in South Africa. Kumba does not have an ownership interest in any other TSFs.

Anglo American's Group Technical Standard, which applies to all TSFs managed by Kumba, sets
minimum requirements for design criteria, monitoring, inspection and surveillance, and was peer-
reviewed by international specialists. In line with that standard, all TSFs managed by Kumba have a
Competent Person in charge and an externally appointed Engineer of Record, providing continuous
technical management from initial design and construction, to monitoring and support. A dedicated team
of engineering specialists at Anglo American provides strategic direction and technical assurance.

Anglo American's Group Technical Standard and other materials relating to TSFs are available at
www.kumba.co.za/tsf.

Centurion
7 June 2019

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For further information, please contact:

Company Secretary
Ms Celeste Appollis
celeste.appollis@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 683 7063
Mobile: +27 82 941 7535

Investors                                              Media
Penny Himlok                                           Sinah Phochana
penny.himlok@angloamerican.com                         sinah.phochana@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 12 622 8324                                   Tel: +27 12 683 7019
Mobile: +27 82 781 1888                                Mobile: +27 76 066 0655

Notes to editors:
Kumba Iron Ore Limited, a member of the Anglo American plc group, is a leading value-adding supplier
of high quality iron ore to the global steel industry. Kumba produces iron ore in South Africa at Sishen
and Kolomela mines in the Northern Cape Province. Kumba exports iron ore to customers in a range of
geographical locations around the globe including China, Japan, Korea and a number of countries in
Europe and the Middle East.
www.angloamericankumba.com

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