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Anglo American wins prestigious exploration award for Los Sulfatos copper discovery

10 December, 2010

Anglo American’s exploration team has been selected to receive the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada’s (PDAC) prestigious Thayer Lindsley Award for the Los Sulfatos copper discovery in Chile. The Thayer Lindsley award “recognises an individual or team of explorationists credited with a recent significant mineral discovery or series of discoveries anywhere in the world”.

In July 2009, Anglo American announced the results of exploration drilling programmes which demonstrated the existence of a world class copper deposit at Los Sulfatos, with an Inferred Resource of 1.2 billion tonnes at 1.46% Cu and 0.02% Mo, containing an estimated 17.5 million tonnes of copper. The deposit is open in various directions and in terms of overall potential for the Los Sulfatos exploration target, the tonnage is expected to be between four and five billion tonnes at grades of between 0.8% Cu and 1.0% Cu. The Los Sulfatos porphyry copper and breccia complex is located approximately 6km south of Anglo American’s Los Bronces copper mine and some 50km to the north-east of Santiago in central Chile.

Graham Brown, Anglo American Group Head of Geosciences and Exploration, said: “I am very proud of the work we have done together on this project; it has been a great team achievement. Years of hard work, dedication and determination made this discovery possible.”
 
Brian Beamish, Anglo American Group Director of Mining and Technology, said: “PDAC is a highly respected association and to receive this award, in recognition of our discovery success, serves to reaffirm Anglo American’s expertise and leadership in the field of exploration. Exploration and the discovery of new deposits like Los Sulfatos provide options for growth and are key to our future business success. This is a well deserved honour for the team.”

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The Los Sulfatos exploration team comprises of:

Graham Brown - Group Head of Geosciences and Exploration, London, UK
Vicente Irarrazaval - Regional Head of Exploration – Andes, Santiago, Chile
Juan Carlos Toro - Principal Geologist, Santiago, Chile
Graeme Lyall - Manager Advanced Projects and Near Mine Exploration, Santiago, Chile
William Robles - Senior Geologist, Santiago, Chile

Credit is also given to: Alan Wilson, Raúl Tarnovschi, Esme Tristram, Cristian Spröhnle, Marcial Pablo, José Astudillo and Luis Vasquez.

Anglo American plc is one of the world’s largest mining companies, is headquartered in the UK and listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. Anglo American’s portfolio of mining businesses spans precious metals and minerals – in which it is a global leader in both platinum and diamonds; base metals – copper and nickel; and bulk commodities – iron ore, metallurgical coal and thermal coal. Anglo American is committed to the highest standards of safety and responsibility across all its businesses and geographies and to making a sustainable difference in the development of the communities around its operations. The company’s mining operations and extensive pipeline of growth projects are located in southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America and Asia. www.angloamerican.com

For further information, please contact:

United Kingdom
James Wyatt-Tilby, Media Relations
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759

South Africa
Pranill Ramchander, Media Relations
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592

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