ANGLO AMERICAN PLC - Anglo American restarts Grosvenor metallurgical coal operation

Anglo American restarts Grosvenor metallurgical coal operation

Anglo American plc (the “Company”)
Registered office: 17 Charterhouse Street, London EC1N 6RA
Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
Legal Entity Identifier: 549300S9XF92D1X8ME43
ISIN: GBOOB1XZS820
JSE Share Code: AGL
NSX Share Code: ANM

21 February 2022

Anglo American restarts Grosvenor metallurgical coal operation

Anglo American plc (“Anglo American”) announces the safe restart of its Grosvenor metallurgical coal
mining operation in Queensland, Australia.

Anglo American received confirmation from the regulator, Resources Safety and Health Queensland, on
16 February 2021 that longwall mining operations could now recommence following a gas incident in
May 2020.

Tyler Mitchelson, CEO of Anglo American’s Metallurgical Coal business, said: “We have been working
towards a safe restart at Grosvenor for several months and today we are up and running having received
our regulator’s approval last week. Over the past 18 months, we have worked with leading industry
experts and invested significantly in automation technology, remote operations, gas management and
data analytics, introducing a number of advancements in the way underground coal mines can operate.

“Nothing comes before safety and I thank our workforce, our local stakeholders and our customers for
their patience and support as we bring Grosvenor back into production.”

Following confirmation of the restart at Grosvenor, while export metallurgical coal production guidance
for 2022 is unchanged at 20–22 Mt, due to the impact of Covid-19 in early 2022 and a later than expected
restart of operations at Grosvenor, production is expected to be towards the lower end of the guidance
range. As a result, unit cost guidance for 2022 is revised to c.$85/tonne (previously c.$80/tonne and
compared to 2021 unit costs of c.$105/tonne). These figures are subject to the extent of any further
Covid-19 related disruptions.

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                                                  Juliet Newth
  marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com                                juliet.newth@angloamerican.com
  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891                                          Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8830

  Katie Ryall                                                       Michelle Jarman
  katie.ryall@angloamerican.com                                     michelle.jarman@angloamerican.com
  Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8935                                          Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 1494

  South Africa
  Nevashnee Naicker
  nevashnee.naicker@angloamerican.com
  Tel: +27 (0)11 638 3189

  Sibusiso Tshabalala
  sibusiso.tshabalala@angloamerican.com
  Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2175

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 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 diamonds (through De Beers), copper, platinum group metals, premium
quality iron ore and metallurgical coal for steelmaking, and nickel – 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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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.

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Date: 21-02-2022 10:00:00
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