Re Dividend

Antofagasta PLC
25 September 2007



                                Antofagasta plc

    Interim Dividend (including Special) Dividend of 6.2 cents per ordinary
               share-Dividend no 25 - amount payable in sterling

London, 25 September 2007

Further to the interim results announcement of 29 August 2007, the sterling
equivalent of the recommended interim dividend of 6.2 cents will be 3.0661 pence
per ordinary share. This is based on an exchange rate of £1 = US$ 2.0221.

Payment of the dividend is scheduled for Thursday 11 October 2007.


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