Annual Report and Accounts

Antofagasta PLC
20 April 2007



                                Antofagasta plc

Annual Report and Financial Statements and Notice of Annual General Meeting

London, 20 April 2007

Antofagasta plc (the 'Company') will post today its 2006 annual report and
financial statements (the 'Annual Report and Financial Statements') and notice
of the Annual General Meeting of the Company ('Notice of AGM') to shareholders.

The meeting to which the Notice of AGM relates is to be held at Canning House, 2
Belgrave Square, London SW1 on 13 June 2007 at 10.30 a.m. The Notice of AGM
includes a resolution to grant a general authority to the Company to make market
purchases of ordinary shares representing up to 10 per cent of the issued
ordinary share capital of the Company.

In compliance with Listing Rule 9.6.1, the Company has submitted to the UK
Listing Authority two copies of each of the following documents:

   • Annual Report and Financial Statements;

   • Notice of AGM;

   • Form of Proxy for Ordinary Shareholders; and

   • Form of Proxy for Preference Shareholders.

These documents will shortly be available for inspection at the UK Listing
Authority's Document Viewing Facility, which is situated at Financial Services
Authority, 25 The North Colonnade, London E14 5HS. Each of these documents will
also be available on the Company's website at www.antofagasta.co.uk.



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Antofagasta plc                                             Bankside Consultants
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Desmond O'Conor                                                      Keith Irons
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Hussein Barma                                                     Oliver Winters
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