In compliance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Kumba announces that Sishen Iron Ore Company (Pty) Ltd ('SIOC') has, in accordance with paragraph 7.4.1 of the amended Bonus and Retention Share Plan ('BRP') Rules approved by shareholders at the Annual General Meeting held on 10 May 2019, purchased Kumba shares in the open market on behalf of BRP participants to settle retention share awards made in terms of the BRP.

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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.

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.

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