Anglo American’s Coal Division in South Africa Wins Global Business Coalition Award for top International Workplace HIV and AIDS Programme

WASHINGTON DC, June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Anglo Coal South Africa,
a wholly owned subsidiary of Anglo American, has been recognised by the
Global Business Coalition (GBC) on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria for its
pioneering workplace program focused on tackling HIV and AIDS in South
Africa. Anglo American is South Africa’s leading private sector employer,
with over 100,000 people employed at its operations.

The Business Excellence Award for Best Workplace Program will be
presented to Ben Magara, CEO of Anglo Coal South Africa tomorrow night at an
awards dinner in Washington D.C. The event will be attended by global health
leaders including senior Obama administration officials and representatives
from UNAIDS, The World Health Organisation (WHO) and The Global Fund.

HIV and AIDS is having a major impact on millions of lives in Southern
Africa and Anglo Coal estimates that some 1,300 of its 9,300 employees in the
region are currently infected with HIV. This award has been given in
recognition of the ground-breaking work the company does in South Africa with
its comprehensive HIV/AIDS response for both employees and their families.

All Anglo Coal employees are actively encouraged to test annually, with
senior members of the management team taking HIV tests in public to lead by
example. Employees who test positive can enrol in a free HIV management
program offering care, support and treatment. As a result of this response,
the company has seen mass employee engagement on this issue and 94% of
permanent workers have been HIV tested since the programme began. Anglo Coal
is now trending to have reduced the number of new infections to half what
they were in 2005 by the end of 2009.

Anglo American was the first large company in South Africa to offer free
anti-retroviral treatment to all employees back in 2002. There are currently
7,300 employees enrolled in the HIV disease management program across all
Group companies in South Africa.

“These awards are given to an elite group of companies who set the
standard for excellence in business action to defeat disease,” said GBC
President and CEO John Tedstrom.

He continued, “They show what a business can do, and how to do it
exceedingly effectively. We need more businesses to take this kind of action.
The fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria cannot be won without
the corporate sector stepping up and playing an active role – and Anglo
American and, specifically, its Anglo Coal division is doing exactly the kind
of thing that all companies can and should do. Anglo American doesn’t just
talk, they take action. And their action saves lives.”

Ben Magara, CEO of Anglo Coal South Africa, commented, “We have been
dedicated to the issue of HIV and AIDS since the 1990′s and thanks to great
leadership, a simple, clear system with world class medical support and a
passion amongst all our employees to tackle HIV and AIDS, we are making
headway against this disease. We are incredibly proud of this recognition
from the GBC and Anglo Coal continues to increase its efforts in this area,
having recently extended our policy commitment to include the families of all
our employees.”

To ensure broader community awareness of the issues around HIV and AIDS,
Anglo Coal has recruited and trained over 250 ‘peer educators’. In addition,

The GBC awards recognize companies which have demonstrated extraordinary
commitment, action and results, and have achieved exceptional success in
putting their assets to work in the fight against what it terms ‘three of the
greatest threats of our time’.

Notes to Editors:

The GBC Awards

The Coalition’s Awards for Business Excellence offer companies global
recognition for best-in-class private sector programs against HIV/AIDS, TB
and malaria. For more information please see: http://www.gbcimpact.org/awards

Anglo American plc is one of the world’s largest mining groups. With its
subsidiaries, joint ventures and associates, it is a global leader in
platinum group metals and diamonds, with significant interests in coal, base
and ferrous metals, as well as an industrial minerals business. The Group is
geographically diverse, with operations in Africa, Europe, South and North
America, Australia and Asia.

(http://www.angloamerican.co.uk)

Anglo Coal South Africa is wholly owned by Anglo American and is the
world’s sixth largest private-sector coal producer and exporter, with
operations in South Africa, Australia, South America and Canada. In South
Africa, Anglo Coal owns and operates 10 mines, employing more than 9,000
people nationwide.

SOURCE Anglo American Plc