Re Dividend

Antofagasta PLC
26 September 2006




                                Antofagasta plc


 Interim (including Special) Dividend of 5.2 cents per ordinary share - Dividend
                        no 23 - amount payable in sterling


London, 26 September 2006

Further to the interim results announcement of 29 August 2006, the sterling
equivalent of the recommended interim dividend of 5.2 cents will be 2.7379 pence
per ordinary share. This is based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$ 1.8993.

Payment of the dividend is scheduled for Thursday 12 October 2006.

Further details relating to the dividend are given in the interim results
announcement of 29 August 2006.


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Antofagasta plc                                             Bankside Consultants
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www.antofagasta.co.uk
                                                                     Keith Irons
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