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SALIENT FEATURES AND OPERATING STATISTICS

FOR THE PERIOD ENDED 31 DECEMBER

        Unaudited*
    Unaudited   pro forma
    12 months   12 months
  2007   2006
Share statistics (’000)        
Total shares in issue   317 104   313 594
Weighted average number of shares   314 618   313 594
Diluted weighted average number of shares   319 660   319 003
Market information        
Closing share price (Rand)   285   111
Market capitalisation (Rand million)   90 374   34 887
Market capitalisation (US$ million)   13 281   4 998
Net asset value per share (cents)   1 039   336
Capital expenditure (Rand million)        
Incurred   2 119   1 718
Contracted   589   2 477
Authorised but not contracted   1 185   3 176
Capital expenditure relating to Thabazimbi Mine        
to be financed by ArcelorMittal (Rand million)        
Contracted   2   1
Authorised but not contracted   2   2
Economic information        
Average Rand/US dollar exchange rate (Rand/US$)   7,03   6,73
Closing Rand/US dollar exchange rate (Rand/US$)   6,81   6,98
Average export iron ore price (US$ per tonne)   53,83   47,97
Average export iron ore price (Rand per tonne)   382   330
Operating statistics (Mt)        
Production   32,4   31,1
Sales   32,9   29,8
– export   24,0   21,5
– domestic   8,9   8,3
Sishen Mine unit cost (Rand per tonne)   79,90   77,93
Sishen Mine cash cost (Rand per tonne)   74,32   69,88

* Prepared on a basis consistent with that used for the preparation of the unaudited pro forma financial information for the twelve months ended 31 December 2006 contained in the financial results for the two months ended 31 December 2006 issued on 14 February 2007.
   
** The final dividend was declared subsequent to 31 December 2007 and is presented for information purposes.
   
*** Shareholders' equity attributable to BEE ownership of SIOC refers to the 3% that the SIOC Community Development SPV and the 3% that Envision hold in SIOC.