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Report on proceedings at Annual General Meeting and changes to the Board of Directors

26 April, 2013

Changes to the Board of Directors

The Board of Anglo American Platinum Limited is pleased to announce the appointment of Valli Moosa as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Company with immediate effect.

Valli Moosa’s appointment follows the retirement of Cynthia Carroll, who stepped down at the Company’s Annual General Meeting today. Valli has been a Director since 2008, served as Deputy Chairman and Lead Independent Director of the Board since 2010 and is well placed to succeed Cynthia as Chairman. Valli is the current Chairman of Sun International Limited.

Valli said “I look forward to leading the Board through this challenging time and working with the Executive team to ensure that we deliver on our commitment to restoring Anglo American Platinum to safe and sustainable profitability, for the long term benefit of all our stakeholders. I also thank Cynthia Carroll for her committed service to the Board over the last six years and we wish her well for the future.”

The Board is also pleased to announce the appointment of Mark Cutifani as a Non-Executive Director of the Anglo American Platinum Limited Board with immediate effect. Mark is the Chief Executive of Anglo American plc and former Chief Executive of AngloGold Ashanti Limited.

The Board Committees will be re-constituted in line with King III Code of Governance and the JSE listing requirements.

Report On Proceedings at Annual General Meeting

At the Annual General Meeting of the Shareholders of Anglo American Platinum Limited held today, 26 April 2013, all of the ordinary and special resolutions proposed at the meeting were approved by the requisite majority of votes.

The special resolutions will be lodged for registration with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission in due course.

For further information, please contact:

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Notes to editors:

Anglo American Platinum Limited is a member of the Anglo American plc Group and is the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals. The company is listed on the Johannesburg Securities Exchange (JSE). Its mining, smelting and refining operations are based in South Africa. Elsewhere in the world, the Group owns Unki Platinum Mine in Zimbabwe and is actively exploring in Brazil. Anglo American Platinum has a number of joint ventures with several historically disadvantaged South African consortia as part of its commitment to the transformation of the mining industry. Anglo American Platinum is committed to the highest standards of safety and continues to make meaningful and sustainable difference in the development of the communities around its operations.

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Anglo American is one of the world’s largest mining companies, is headquartered in the UK and listed on the London and Johannesburg stock exchanges. Our portfolio of mining businesses meets our customers’ changing needs and spans bulk commodities – iron ore and manganese, metallurgical coal and thermal coal; base metals and minerals – copper, nickel, niobium and phosphates; and precious metals and minerals – in which we are a global leader in both platinum and diamonds. At Anglo American, we are committed to working together with our stakeholders – our investors, our partners and our employees – to create sustainable value that makes a real difference, while upholding the highest standards of safety and responsibility across all our businesses and geographies. The company’s mining operations, pipeline of growth projects and exploration activities span southern Africa, South America, Australia, North America, Asia and Europe.

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