KUMBA IRON ORE LIMITED - Kumba Iron Ore: Operational guidance and Anglo American investor update

Kumba Iron Ore: Operational guidance and Anglo American investor update

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” or “the Company”)

Kumba Iron Ore: Operational guidance and Anglo American investor update

Kumba refers shareholders to the Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) briefing today for
investors and analysts which includes Kumba’s updated production guidance for the next three
years.

The production guidance has been reduced from the previous announcement released by
Kumba on 12 November 2019. This follows an assessment of the impact on production from
reduced domestic offtake volumes due to the winding down of ArcelorMittal SA Limited’s
Saldanha Steel operations. The volume guidance is on a dry basis and is subject to rail and port
performance.

Total production (Mt) guidance
2019F: 42-43 (unchanged)
2020F: 42-43 (previously 43-44)
2021F: 42-43 (previously 43-44)
2022F: 42-43 (previously 43-44)

The cost guidance is as follows:

Unit cost (FOB$/t) guidance
2019F: ~33
2020F: ~36

The update will available at 11:00 UK time / 13:00 SA time on the Anglo American website:
https://www.angloamerican.com/investors/investor-presentations/2019.aspx.

This announcement contains forward-looking statements which are based on the Company’s
current beliefs and expectations about future events. The operational and financial forecasts
provided in this announcement are estimates and have not been reviewed and reported on by
the Company’s external auditors.

Centurion
10 December 2019

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

For further information, please contact:

Acting Company Secretary
Ms Isabella Crafford
isabella.crafford@angloamerican.com
                                               
Tel: +27 679 2209
Mobile: +27 74 889 9355

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

Anglo American is a leading global mining company and our products are the essential
ingredients in almost every aspect of modern life. Our portfolio of world-class competitive
mining operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a
cleaner, more electrified world and that meet the fast growing consumer-driven demands of the
world’s developed and maturing economies. With our people at the heart of our business, we
use innovative practices and the latest technologies to discover new resources and mine,
process, move and market our products to our customers around the world – safely, responsibly
and sustainably.

As a responsible miner – of diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, iron
ore, coal and nickel – we are the custodians of what are precious natural resources. We work
together with our business partners and diverse stakeholders to unlock the sustainable value
that those resources represent for our shareholders, the communities and countries in which we
operate, and for society as a whole. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve people’s
lives.
www.angloamerican.com

Date: 10-12-2019 01:00:00
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