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From: Fortress Investment Group (Australia) Pty Ltd

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Dear Sir/Madam

02 8239 1999

Aditya Birla Minerals Limited (ABY) - Notice of Initial Substantial Holder

Please find attached a Form 603 'Notice of Initial Substantial Holder'' executed by Fortress Investment Grou p (Australia) Pty Li mited.

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Form 603

Corporations Act 2001 Section 671B

Notice of initial substantial holder

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ToCompany Name /Scheme _A di, ,y,' a''-B'' i' r' la''--'M in' e''r-a'' ls''--L'= l m lte'd''---_

ACN/ARSN 103 515 037 --------------- ---------

1. Details of substantial holder (1)

   
   

   Name Fortress Investment Group (Australia) Ply Lid and associates named in this form

   
   

   ACN/ARSN (If applicable) ACN 111 940 713 The holder became a substantial holder on 16 / 10 /15

2. Details of voting power

   The total number of voles attached to all the voling shares in the company or voting interests in the scheme that the substantial holder or an associate (2) had a relevant interest (3) in on the date the substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

   
   

   Class of securllles (4)	Number of securities	Person's votes (5)	Voling power (6)
   Ordinary shares	15,693,079	15,693,079	5.01%

   
   

3. Details of ratavant interests

The nature of the relevant interest the substantial holder or an associate had in the following voling securities on the dale lhe substantial holder became a substantial holder are as follows:

4, Details of present registered holders

The persons registered as holders of the securities referred to In paragraph 3 above are as follows:

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5. Consideration

The consideration paid for each relevant inlerest referred to in paragraph 3 above, and acquired in lhe four monlhs prtor to the day lhat the substanlial holder became a substantial holder is as follows:

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rCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd 26-Jun-15 4,556.93 - 21,195 FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 29-Jun-15 12,321.83 - 56,407 FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 1-Jul-15 12,627.05 - 57,456

FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 2-Jul-15 10,858.69 - 49,377 FCCO (Auslralia) Pty ltd 6-Jul-15 4,415.75 . 20,167

FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 7-Jul-15 16,214.88 - 73,704

FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 8-Jul-15 15,167.96 . 69,070 FCCO (Australia) Ply Lid 10-Jul-15 1,754.28 . 7,974 FCCO (Auslralla) Pty Ltd 15-Jul-15 1,650.88 - 7,504

FCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd 17-Jul-15 6,028.48 . 27,147 FCCO (Auslralla) Ply Ltd 20-Jul-15 6,483.38 - 28,815

FCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd 21-Jul-15 1,936.35 . 8,606

FCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd 23-Jul-15 5,595.53 - 24,869 FCCO (Auslralla) Ply Ltd 24-Jul-15 2,724.75 - 12,110

FCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd 27-Jul-15 2,052.91 - 9,204

FCCO (Auslralla) Ply Ltd 28-Jul-15 16,828.13 - 75,000

FCCO (Australia) Pty ltd 29-Jul-15 101,250.00 - 450,000 FCCO (Australia) Pty Ltd 16-0ct-15 12,925.00 - 55,000

1. Associates

   The reasons the persons narned in paragraph 3 above are associates of the substantial holder are as follows:

   
   

   Name and ACN I ARSN (if applicable)	Nature of association
   FCCb (Auslralia) Ply Ltd	Fortress lnvestmenl Group (Australia) Ply Ltd Is the Investment manager of this entity.
   FCCO (Auslralia) Ply Ltd	fortress Investment Group (Auslralla) Ply Ltd Is the Investment manager of this entity.

   
   

2. Addresses

The addresses of persons named In lhls form are as follows:

Signature

print name David Kelleher capacity Director

sign here

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1) If there are a number of subslanlial holders with similar or related relevant interests (eg. a corporalion and ils related corporalions, or lhe manager and trustee of an equity trust), the names could be included in an annexure to the form. If the relevanl inleresls of a group of persons are essentially similar, they may be referred to throughout the form as a specifically named group if lhe membership of each group, wilh the names and addresses of members is clearly set oul In paragraph 7 of the form.

1. See the definition of 'associate' in seclion 9 of lhe Corporations Act 2001.

   
   

2. See the definition of 'relevant Interest' In sections 608 and 671B(7) of the Corporations Act 2001.

   
   

3. The voling shares of a company conslilule one class unless divided into separale classes.

   
   

4. The total number of votes allached to all the voting shares in the company or voling interests in the scheme (if any) that the person or an associate has a relevant Interest In.

   
   

5. The person's votes divided by the total voles in the body corporale or scheme multiplied by 100.

   
   

6. Include details of:

   
   

7. any relevanl agreement or other circumstances by which the relevanl interest was acquired. If subseclion 671B(4) applies, a copy of any document setllng out the terms of any relevant agreement, and a statement by the person giving full and accurate details of any contract, scheme or arrangement, must accompany lhis form, together with a written statement certifying this contract, scheme or arrangement; and

   
   

8. any qualiflcalion of tha power or a parson lo axarcise, control the exercise of, or influence the exercise of, the voling powers or disposal of the securities to which lhe relevant Interest relates (Indicating clearly the particular $eCurltles to which the qualification applies).

   
   

   See the definllion of 'relevant agreement' In section 9 of the Corporations Act 2001.

   
   

9. If the substanlial holder is unable to determine the idenlity of the person ( eg. if the relevant interest arises because of an option) Write 'unknown'.

   
   

10. Details of lhe consideralion must include any and all benefils, money and other, that any person from whom a relevant lnlerest was acquired has, or may, become entliled to receive In relalion to that acquisition. Details must be included even if the benefit is conditional on the happening or not of a contingency. Details must be included of any benefit paid

on behalr of the substanlial holder or its associate In relalionlo the acquisitions, even ir they are not paid directly to the person from whom the relevant interest was acquired.