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Marc Gonsalves to leave Xstrata

Zug, 15 June 2007

Xstrata plc announces the resignation of Marc Gonsalves, Executive General Manager Corporate Affairs. Mr Gonsalves will step down from the Executive Committee on 1 September, following which a new department, Group Strategy and Corporate Affairs, will be established under Mr Thras Moraitis, who currently heads up Xstrata’s Strategy and Corporate Development. Mr Moraitis will be supported by: Claire Divver, General Manager Group Corporate Affairs; and Hanré Rossouw, General Manager Investor Relations. Mr Gonsalves will continue to work with Xstrata in a consultative capacity after 1 September.

Mick Davis, Xstrata Chief Executive, commented:
“Marc has played an important and much appreciated role in developing Xstrata’s external relationships in the run up to our listing in 2002 and through the period of significant growth since then.

“I would like to extend to him our best wishes and thank him, personally and on behalf of the Group, for his support and for the decisive and profound contribution he has made to the development of Xstrata.”

Mr Gonsalves joined Xstrata in January 2002, and was appointed to the Group’s Executive Committee in September 2003.

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Email cdivver@xstrata.com

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