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Xstrata Zinc: Temporary restriction on customer deliveries fro Northfleet lea refinery

Mount Isa, 13 February 2007

Xstrata Zinc advises that there is a temporary restriction currently in place on customer deliveries from the Northfleet lead refinery in the United Kingdom due to lower lead supplies from Mount Isa.

In applying these restrictions we have declared force majeure equitably across all customers and the situation remains under review.

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Xstrata Contacts
Melanie Edgar
Telephone +617 4744 2832
Mobile +61 423 820 701
Email medgar@xstratacopper.com.au

Jemma Schweikert
Telephone +617 4744 3211
Mobile +61 412 126 510
Email jschweikert@xstratacopper.com.au

Notes to editors about Xstrata Zinc:
Xstrata Zinc is one of the world’s largest producers of zinc. Around half of all zinc currently consumed is used for galvanizing steel, which is an environmentally friendly method of protecting steel against corrosion. Zinc also finds application in the manufacture of die-cast alloys, brass and the production of zinc oxides and chemicals.

Xstrata’s zinc and lead operations are located in Australia, Canada, Germany, Spain and the UK. They comprise: the San Juan de Nieva zinc smelter and the Arnao zinc semis plant in Asturias, Spain; the Hinojedo roasting plant in Cantabria, Spain; the Nordenham zinc smelter in northern Germany; the Mount Isa, George Fisher-Hilton and Black Star zinc-lead mines and lead smelter in Queensland, Australia; McArthur River zinc-lead mine in the Northern Territory, Australia; the Northfleet lead refinery located in the UK; the Brunswick zinc-lead mine and lead smelter in New Brunswick, Canada, 25% of the CEZ zinc smelter near Montreal, Canada; 50% of Lennard Shelf zinc lead mine in Western Australia; 75% of Lady Loretta zinc lead deposit in Queensland, Australia; 33.75% of Antamina mine in Peru and the Perseverance zinc deposit in Quebec.