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AGL : Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers? first sales cycle of 2020:
Anglo American plc (the "Company")
Registered office: 20 Carlton House Terrace, London SW1Y 5AN
Registered number: 3564138 (incorporated in England and Wales)
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29 January 2020
Anglo American rough diamond sales value for De Beers' first sales cycle of 2020
Anglo American plc announces the value of rough diamond sales (Global Sightholder Sales and
Auctions) for De Beers' first sales cycle of 2020, amounting to $545 million.
Bruce Cleaver, CEO of De Beers Group, said: "Demand for rough diamonds increased during
the first Sight of 2020 following the end of year selling season and subsequent inventory
restocking."
Cycle 1 2020(1) Cycle 10 2019(2) Cycle 1 2019
(provisional) (actual) (actual)
Sales value(3) $545m $426m $500m
(1) Cycle 1 2020 provisional sales value represents sales as at 28 January 2020.
(2) Cycle 10 2019 actual sales value is restated following the earlier publication of a provisional figure for the tenth sales cycle of 2019.
(3) Sales values are quoted on a consolidated accounting basis. Auction sales included in a given cycle are the sum of all sales between the end of the
preceding cycle and the end of the noted cycle.
For further information, please contact:
Media Investors
UK UK
James Wyatt-Tilby Paul Galloway
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8759 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8718
Marcelo Esquivel Robert Greenberg
marcelo.esquivel@angloamerican.com robert.greenberg@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 8891 Tel: +44 (0)20 7968 2124
Katie Ryall Emma Waterworth
katie.ryall@angloamerican.com emma.waterworth@angloamerican.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7988 8935 Tel: +44 20 7968 8574
South Africa
Pranill Ramchander
pranill.ramchander@angloamerican.com
Tel: +27 (0)11 638 2592
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 mining
operations and undeveloped resources provides the metals and minerals that enable a cleaner,
greener, more sustainable 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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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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RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)
Date: 29-01-2020 09:00:00
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