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Mototolo and Amandelbult mines achieve IRMA 75 and IRMA 50 on responsible mining standard; Unki mine retains IRMA 75
Anglo American Platinum Limited
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registration number: 1946/022452/06)
Share Code: AMS
ISIN: ZAE000013181
("The Company" or "Anglo American Platinum")
16 February 2024
Anglo American Platinum – Mototolo and Amandelbult mines achieve IRMA 75 and IRMA 50 on responsible
mining standard; Unki mine retains IRMA 75
Anglo American Platinum announces that its Mototolo and Amandelbult mines in South Africa have been assessed
against the Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance's (IRMA) comprehensive mining standard for the first time,
achieving the IRMA 75 and IRMA 50 level of performance respectively. Following a surveillance audit at Unki mine,
IRMA has confirmed Unki retains IRMA 75. This reflects Anglo American Platinum's integrated approach to
sustainability and its commitment to transparency in striving for the highest levels of responsible platinum group
metals (PGMs) production.
Craig Miller, CEO of Anglo American Platinum said, "Aligned to our strategy to be a leader in ESG, and adding value to
the products that we mine, we are helping our customers to meet increasing expectations for responsibly sourced
mined materials in an efficient and credible way. The IRMA assurance process has provided us with a valuable
opportunity to measure our performance at Amandelbult and Mototolo against international best sustainability
practices and identify next steps for improvement. Retaining IRMA 75 at Unki also provides assurance that we continue
to implement the highest standards of responsible mining. We are immensely proud of the work the teams have been
doing across these operations to support responsible mining and we look forward to continuing to lead the way in the
mining sector globally".
Mototolo and Amandelbult mines are the first PGM mines in South Africa to complete an IRMA audit. This follows
the achievement of our Unki mine in Zimbabwe, the first in the world to publicly commit to be independently audited
against the IRMA Standard for Responsible Mining and which also achieved IRMA 75 in 2021and has been
reconfirmed at IRMA 75 following a surveillance audit. The Company has four owned mines, with three of them now
being IRMA accredited.
Themba Mkhwanazi, Anglo American's Regional Director – Africa and Australia, said: "Consumers are increasingly –
and rightly – demanding assurance that the raw materials in their products are responsibly sourced. We believe our
participation in IRMA helps promote transparency and best practice in sustainability, while adding value to our
customers by helping them to meet increasing expectations on providing greater visibility of the origin and value chain
of the future enabling metals and minerals they buy. We are continuing to make great progress towards assuring all
our operations against this recognised responsible mining standard by 2025, as we committed to in our Sustainable
Mining Plan."
The IRMA scoring system recognises four levels of performance: IRMA Transparency, in which a mine is third-party-
assessed and publicly shares its scores; IRMA 50, 75 or 100, signifying that a mine meets a core set of critical
requirements together with at least 50%, 75% or 100% of the requirements in each of the four sections of the
Standard for Responsible Mining being met respectively.
IRMA's Standard for Responsible Mining has been developed over a decade through a public consultation process
with more than 100 different individuals and organisations, including mining companies, customers and the ultimate
downstream users of mined products, NGOs, labour unions, and communities, and is considered to be one of the
most rigorous certification processes.
Aimee Boulanger, Executive Director of IRMA, said "Through detailed IRMA audit reports, mining companies,
communities and companies that purchase mined materials can gain the information they need to decide what's going
well — and what may require more attention — at specific mines. The Mototolo, Amandelbult and Unki reports
demonstrate that these mines can point to transparent, independent evaluations of their environmental and social
performance."
The link to the Unki, Mototolo and Amandelbult mines can be found on IRMA's website at:
https://responsiblemining.net/.
Johannesburg
16 February 2024
Sponsor:
Merrill Lynch South Africa (Pty) Ltd t/a BofA Securities
For further information, please contact:
Investors: Media:
Theto Maake Nomonde Ndwalaza
(SA) +27 (0)83 489 515 (SA) +27 (0) 66 311 1133
theto.maake@angloamerican.com nomonde.ndwalaza@angloamerican.com
platinumIR@angloamerican.com
Marcela Grochowina
(SA) +27 (0) 82 400 3222
marcela.grochowina@gloamerican.com
platinumIR@angloamerican.com
Notes to editors:
Anglo American Platinum Limited is a member of the Anglo American plc Group and is a leading primary producer of platinum
group metals. The company is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Its mining, smelting, and refining operations
are based in South Africa. Elsewhere in the world, the Group owns Unki Platinum Mine and smelter in Zimbabwe. Anglo American
Platinum is committed to the highest standards of safety and continues to make a meaningful and sustainable difference in the
development of the communities around its operations.
www.angloamericanplatinum.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 operations, with a broad range of future development options, provides
many of the future-enabling metals and minerals for a cleaner, greener, more sustainable world and that meet the fast growing
every day demands of billions of consumers. With our people at the heart of our business, we use innovative practices and the
latest technologies to discover new resources and to mine, process, move and market our products to our customers – safely and
sustainably.
As a responsible producer of copper, nickel, platinum group metals, diamonds (through De Beers), and premium quality iron ore
and steelmaking coal – with crop nutrients in development – we are committed to being carbon neutral across our operations by
2040. More broadly, our Sustainable Mining Plan commits us to a series of stretching goals to ensure we work towards a healthy
environment, creating thriving communities and building trust as a corporate leader. We work together with our business partners
and diverse stakeholders to unlock enduring value from precious natural resources for the benefit of the communities and
countries in which we operate, for society as a whole, and for our shareholders. Anglo American is re-imagining mining to improve
people's lives.
www.angloamerican.com
Date: 16-02-2024 10:00:00
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