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Purchase of shares by Batiss Investments

Zug, 20 August 2007

Xstrata plc ("Xstrata") announces that it was advised by Batiss Investments Limited ("Batiss") on Friday that on 17 August 2007 Batiss purchased 2,650,000 ordinary shares of US$0.50 each in Xstrata at an average price per share of 2634.89 pence, through Xstrata’s Equity Capital Management Programme (“ECMP”). The purchase represents approximately 0.27 per cent. of Xstrata's issued ordinary share capital and represents the total number of shares purchased by Batiss.

Batiss is a Guernsey-registered entity, owned by a charitable trust and independent of the Xstrata Group. Under the ECMP, Batiss has the authority to purchase up to 10 per cent. of Xstrata’s issued share capital. The ECMP has been structured to permit share purchases to be made by Batiss at all times, including periods when dealing might otherwise be prohibited.

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