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Appointment of directors to the Kumba Board

24 November, 2017

Kumba is pleased to announce the appointment of Mary Bomela and Nomalizo Langa-Royds as independent non-executive directors of the Board with effect from 1 December 2017.

Kumba Board Chairman Dr Mandla Gantsho welcomed the appointments saying: “Nomalizo Langa-Royds and Mary Bomela have excellent mining, corporate leadership, audit and corporate governance experience which will further strengthen the Kumba board while meeting our transformation commitments. The Board looks forward to drawing on their knowledge and insight and congratulates them on their appointment.”

Mary Bomela is the Chief Executive Officer of the Mineworkers Investment Company (“MIC”), and served on the Board of Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd., a subsidiary of Kumba Iron Ore Limited from 2013 until 21 November 2017. She is a member of the boards of Primedia (Pty) Ltd, FirstRand Ltd, Metrofile Holdings Limited, Peermont Global Holdings Ltd and Torre Industries Ltd. She holds an MBA degree from the University of Pretoria and is a qualified Chartered Accountant (SA).

Nomalizo Langa-Royds is the founder of Nthake Consultant cc. and an executive director of Greenleaf Centre for Servant Leadership (SA). She also serves as a non-executive director on the boards of Murray and Roberts (Pty) Ltd, Mpact Ltd, Redefine Properties Ltd and Europ Assistance SA. Nomalizo holds Bachelor’s degrees in Law as well as Arts from the National University of Lesotho, Roma.

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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.

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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.

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