April 2, 2015

…From the start, the company made sure to engage with the community and provided information related to the project through several channels…in order to make sure the process was transparent, open and timely...Despite the company’s best efforts over three years to deliver the consultation according to the process’ guiding values…and having made a major effort to guarantee the participation and inclusion of all the indigenous community, the prior consultation process did not progress– mainly due to lack of local engagement/ participation by the community authorities. ..In February 2015, the Ministry of Interior took the decision to evoke the “Test de Proporcionalidad”…This was made independently by them as the coordinating body of the consultation processes in Colombia. Anglo American did not request such a step and accepted the Ministry’s decision in order to comply with the law…Given the lack of participation and duration of the consultation period, the need to comply with internal policies as well as the need to rationalise the project portfolio, Anglo American made the decision to exit the Putumayo project in March 2015, return the mining title to the government, close the Prior Consultation process and as a consequence not continue with the “Test de Proporcionalidad”…Throughout this process at the Putumayo project, there have been no violations of the community’s rights, and Anglo American has always acted according to the law and its internal principles…