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AngloGold Ashanti - quarterly results release



Dear Ramin Farzanehfar
Q4 2009 Earnings Results Report to shareholders for the quarter and year ended 31 December 2009 Group results for the quarter ...

- Record adjusted headline earnings of $228m, or 62 US cents per share - Production of 1.182Moz, 2% better than guidance - TauTona back in production after successful inspection and repair - Received gold price, excluding hedge buy-back costs, increased by 14% in US dollar terms, discount of 6.4% to spot achieved - Improvement on all benchmark safety indicators - Geita and Obuasi continue turnaround - Hedge commitments fall to 3.9Moz ..

and the year - Gold production of 4.6Moz, at the top end of guidance - Total cash costs of $514/oz, better than guidance - Net debt falls to $868m, creating further financial flexibility - Project One management intervention gaining traction across portfolio - Uranium production of 1.44Mlbs exceeds guidance by 3% - Hedge restructuring cuts commitments by 2.0Moz to less than one year�?Ts production - Safety stoppages impact South African production - Tropicana project in Australia progresses to a bankable feasibility study - Final dividend of 70 South African cents per share (approximately 9.10 US cents per share), declared, resulting in a total dividend of 130 South African cents per share (approximately 16.94 US cents per share) for the 2009 year Please note that both the earnings presentation, which will begin at 10:00 (GMT +2), and an earnings conference call, which will begin at 16:00 (GMT +2), will be available via webcast.

Please see www.anglogoldashanti.com for further details.

Web site: http://www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/ Full results: http://www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/Reports/Financial/Quarterly+Reports/Fi nancial+Results.htm Conference call: http://www.corpcam.com/AngloGold/AngloGoldAshanti_17022010.htm Press releases: http://www.anglogoldashanti.co.za/Press/Press+Releases.htm
Press Releases ----------------- ANGLOGOLD ASHANTI POSTS RECORD FOURTH QUARTER PROFIT, BOOSTS DIVIDEND - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Additional/Press/2010/Q42009.htm AngloGold Ashanti Limited increases its interest in Sadiola from 38% up to 41% - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Additional/Press/2009/AngloGold+Ashanti+Limit ed+increases+its+interest+in+Sadiola.htm AngloGold Ashanti Limited and Randgold Resources jointly acquire a further 20% of the Kibali Gold Project increasing their interest to 90% - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Additional/Press/2009/20091222_Kimbali.htm
Reports --------- Report for the quarter ended 31 December 2009 - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Reports/Financial/Quarterly+Reports/Quarterli es+Dec+09.htm Report for the quarter and three months ended 31 March 2009 - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Reports/Financial/Quarterly+Reports/Quarterli es+Mar+09.htm Report for the quarter ended 30 September 2009 - http://www.anglogold.co.za/Reports/Financial/Quarterly+Reports/Quarterli es+Sep+09.htm
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