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Appointment of a Non-Executive Director to the Kumba Board

19 March, 2024

In compliance with paragraph 3.59 of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, shareholders are advised that Mr Matthew (Matt) Walker has been appointed as a non-executive director with effect from 1 April 2024, representing the Anglo American Group. Matt joined the Anglo American Executive Leadership Team when he was appointed as the CEO of Anglo American’s Marketing business on 1 December 2023. He joined Anglo American’s finance team in 2007 and has served as Group Head of Corporate Finance and Group Treasurer. He has also held a number of senior finance and other roles across the business, including as chief financial officer of the copper business in Chile.

Matt holds a BSc (Hons) Economics and Economics History from the University of Warwick and is a Chartered Accountant and a member of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

He will also serve as a member of the Strategy and Investment Committee and a member of the Human Resources and Remuneration Committee with effect from 1 April 2024.

Kumba Chairperson, Mr Terence Goodlace, said: “I welcome Matt to the Kumba Board. We look forward to benefitting from his extensive industry, financial and commercial experience as we continue to build a resilient and competitive business.”

Johannesburg

19 March 2024

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

For further information, please contact:

Company Secretary
Fazila Patel Email: [email protected] Tel: +27 12 683 7060 Mobile: +27 83 297 2293

Investors	Media
Penny Himlok Email: [email protected] Tel: +27 12 622 8324 Mobile: +27 82 781 1888	Sinah Phochana Email: [email protected] Tel: +27 12 683 7019 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 around the globe including in China, Japan, South 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 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

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