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Iron ore mining operations
The following table contains additional details of our mining operations. This table should be read in conjunction with the production table
(refer to section 6.3.1) and reserves table (refer to section 6.4.2).

Mine & Means of Title, leases Mine type & Facilities,
location access Ownership Operator or options History mineralisation style Power source use & condition
Samarco
Southeast Public road BHP Brasil 50% Samarco Samarco’s Production Open-cut Samarco holds The beneficiation
Brazil Conveyor of Samarco mining facilities began at Itabirites interests in plants, pipelines,
belts used Mineração S.A. administrative Germano mine (metamorphic 2 hydroelectric pellet plants and port
to transport Vale S.A. 50% embargoes and in 1977 and quartz-hematite power plants, facilities are intact. A
iron ore to judicial at Alegria rock) and friable which supply re-start of operations
beneficiation injunctions have complex hematite ores part of its is planned during
plant been lifted, and in 1992 electricity FY2021.
3 slurry restart can occur Second pellet Power supply
pipelines used when the plant built contract with
to transport filtration system in 1997 Cemig Geração
concentrate is complete and Third pellet e Transmissão
to pellet plants all safety plant, second expires in 2022
on coast requirements concentrator
Iron ore pellets are met. and second
exported via In October 2019, pipeline built
port facilities obtained the in 2008
Corrective Fourth pellet
Operating plant, third
Licence required concentrator
to progress and third
towards pipeline built
operational in 2014
restart
of one
concentrator
Coal mining operations
The following table contains additional details of our mining operations. This table should be read in conjunction with the production table
(refer to section 6.3.1) and reserves table (refer to section 6.4.2).
Mine & Means Title, leases Mine type & Facilities,
location of access Ownership Operator or options History mineralisation style Power source use & condition
Cerrejón
La Guajira Public road BHP 33.33% Cerrejón Mining leases Original Open-cut Local Colombian Beneficiation
province, Coal exported Anglo American expire mine began Produces a power system facilities: crushing
Colombia by company- 33.33% progressively producing medium rank plant with capacity
owned rail to Glencore 33.33% from 2028 to in 1976 bituminous thermal in excess of 40 Mtpa
Puerto Bolivar early 2034 BHP interest coal (non-coking, and washing plant
(150 km) acquired suitable for the Nominal capacity
in 2000 export market) in excess of 3 Mtpa

Petroleum
Petroleum operations
The following table contains additional details of our petroleum operations. This table should be read in conjunction with the production
table (refer to section 6.3.2) and reserves table (refer to section 6.4.1).
Operation Title, leases Nominal Facilities,
& location Product Ownership Operator or options production capacity use & condition
United States
Offshore Gulf of Mexico
Neptune (Green Canyon 613)
Offshore Oil and gas BHP 35% BHP Lease from US Government 50 Mbbl/d oil Stand-alone tension
deepwater EnVen Energy 30% as long as oil and gas 50 MMcf/d gas leg platform (TLP)
Gulf of Mexico W&T Offshore 20% produced in paying quantities
(1,300 m) 31 Offshore 15%
Shenzi (Green Canyon 653)
Offshore Oil and gas BHP 44% BHP Lease from US Government 100 Mbbl/d oil Stand-alone TLP
deepwater Hess 28% as long as oil and gas 50 MMcf/d gas Genghis Khan field (part of
Gulf of Mexico Repsol 28% produced in paying quantities same geological structure)
(1,310 m) tied back to Marco Polo TLP
Atlantis (Green Canyon 743)
Offshore Oil and gas BHP 44% BP Lease from US Government 200 Mbbl/d oil Moored semi-submersible
deepwater BP 56% as long as oil and gas 180 MMcf/d gas platform
Gulf of Mexico produced in paying quantities
(2,155 m)
Mad Dog (Green Canyon 782)
Offshore Oil and gas BHP 23.9% BP Lease from US Government 100 Mbbl/d oil Moored integrated truss
deepwater BP 60.5% as long as oil and gas 60 MMcf/d gas spar, facilities for
Gulf of Mexico Chevron 15.6% produced in paying quantities simultaneous production
(1,310 m) and drilling operations

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