ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' fourth sales cycle of 2019

Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' fourth sales cycle of 2019

Anglo American plc (the "Company")
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
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ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM

21 May 2019

Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' fourth sales cycle of 2019

Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and
Auction Sales) for De Beers' fourth sales cycle of 2019, amounting to $415 million.

Bruce Cleaver, CEO, De Beers Group, said: "Cycle four saw lower rough diamond sales against
a backdrop of macroeconomic uncertainty, and as we enter a seasonally slower period for the
21 May 2019 Indian factories closing temporarily for the traditional holiday period."
industry with

                                    Cycle 4 2019(1)                 Cycle 3 2019(2)                 Cycle 4 2018
                                    (provisional)                   (actual)                        (actual)
Sales value(3)                      $415m                           $581m                           $554m

(1)   Cycle 4 2019 provisional sales value represents sales as at 20 May 2019.
(2)   Cycle 3 2019 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the third sales cycle of 2019.
(3)   Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis. 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                                                    Robert Greenberg
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com                                  robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891                                            Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124

South Africa                                                        Emma Waterworth
Pranill Ramchander                                                  emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com                                Tel: +44 20 7968 8574
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592

Ann Farndell
ann.farndell@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2786

Notes to editors:

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

The Company has a primary listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange and
secondary listings on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, the Botswana Stock Exchange, the
Namibia Stock Exchange and the SIX Swiss Exchange.

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

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