NEWS RELEASE, 30 NOVEMBER 2016

CHANGES TO BOARD COMMITTEES

In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6.11, Antofagasta plc announces that following a review of the composition of the Board Committees, the Committees shall be comprised as follows, with effect from 1 January 2017:

·    Nomination and Governance Committee: Jean-Paul Luksic (Chairman), Tim Baker and Ollie Oliveira;

·    Audit and Risk Committee: Ollie Oliveira (Chairman), Jorge Bande, Vivianne Blanlot and Francisca Castro;

·    Remuneration and Talent Management Committee: Tim Baker (Chairman), Vivianne Blanlot and Francisca Castro;

·    Projects Committee: Ollie Oliveira (Chairman), Jorge Bande, Tim Baker and Ramón Jara; and

·    Sustainability and Stakeholder Management Committee: Vivianne Blanlot (Chairman), Juan Claro, William Hayes and Jorge Bande.

William Hayes therefore rotates off the Nomination and Governance, Audit and Risk, and Remuneration and Talent Management Committees and joins the Sustainability and Stakeholder Management Committee.

Ollie Oliveira rotates off the Remuneration and Talent Management Committee and joins the Nomination and Governance Committee.

Ramón Jara rotates off the Sustainability and Stakeholder Management Committee and joins the Projects Committee.

Vivianne Blanlot joins the Audit and Risk, and Remuneration and Talent Management Committees and becomes Chairman of the Sustainability and Stakeholder Management Committee.

Francisca Castro joins the Audit and Risk, and the Remuneration and Talent Management Committees.

Jorge Bande joins the Sustainability and Stakeholder Management Committee and Tim Baker rotates off that Committee.

Investors - London                                                                Media (Brunswick)

Andrew Lindsay     alindsay@antofagasta.co.uk         Carole Cable       antofagasta@brunswickgroup.com               

Paresh Bhanderi   pbhanderi@antofagasta.co.uk      Will Medvei        antofagasta@brunswickgroup.com               

Telephone                +44 20 7808 0988                                Telephone             +44 20 7404 5959

Investors - Santiago                                                             Media - Santiago

Alfredo Atucha        aatucha@aminerals.cl                  Pablo Orozco       porozco@aminerals.cl

Telephone                 +56 2 2798 7000                                 Carolina Pica      cpica@aminerals.cl

Telephone            +56 2 2798 7000

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