Exhibit 8.1



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|   |  | Company Name                                          |  | Country               
|   |  | Wholly owned subsidiaries                             |  |                       
|1  |  | 141 Union Company                                     |  | United States         
|2  |  | Albion Downs Pty Ltd                                  |  | Australia             
|3  |  | Araguaia Participações Ltda                           |  | Brazil                
|4  |  | BHP Billiton (AUS) DDS Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia             
|5  |  | BHP Billiton (Towage Services) Pty Ltd                |  | Australia             
|6  |  | BHP Billiton (Trinidad) Holdings Ltd                  |  | Saint Lucia           
|7  |  | BHP Billiton (Trinidad-2C) Ltd                        |  | Canada                
|8  |  | BHP Billiton (Trinidad-3A) Ltd                        |  | Trinidad and Tobago   
|9  |  | BHP Billiton (UK) DDS Limited                         |  | United Kingdom        
|10 |  | BHP Billiton (UK) Limited                             |  | United Kingdom        
|11 |  | BHP Billiton Aluminium Australia Pty Ltd              |  | Australia             
|12 |  | BHP Billiton Aluminium Limited                        |  | United Kingdom        
|13 |  | BHP Billiton Aluminium Technologies Limited           |  | Jersey                
|14 |  | BHP Billiton Australia UK Finance Limited             |  | British Virgin Islands
|15 |  | BHP Billiton Boliviana de Petroleo Inc.               |  | United States         
|16 |  | BHP Billiton Brasil Investimentos de Petróleo Ltda    |  | Brazil                
|17 |  | BHP Billiton Brasil Ltda                              |  | Brazil                
|18 |  | BHP Billiton Canada Inc.                              |  | Canada                
|19 |  | BHP Billiton Capital Inc.                             |  | United States         
|20 |  | BHP Billiton Chile Inversiones Ltda                   |  | Chile                 
|21 |  | BHP Billiton Company BV                               |  | Netherlands           
|22 |  | BHP Billiton Diamonds (Eurasia) LLC                   |  | Russian Federation    
|23 |  | BHP Billiton Direct Reduced Iron Pty Ltd              |  | Australia             
|24 |  | BHP Billiton Energy Coal Australia Pty Ltd            |  | Australia             
|25 |  | BHP Billiton Energy Coal Inc.                         |  | United States         
|26 |  | BHP Billiton Eurasia BV                               |  | Netherlands           
|27 |  | BHP Billiton Executive Services Company Pty Ltd       |  | Australia             
|28 |  | BHP Billiton Finance (USA) Ltd                        |  | Australia             
|29 |  | BHP Billiton Finance BV                               |  | Netherlands           
|30 |  | BHP Billiton Finance Limited                          |  | Australia             
|31 |  | BHP Billiton Finance Plc                              |  | United Kingdom        
|32 |  | BHP Billiton Foreign Holdings Inc.                    |  | United States         
|33 |  | BHP Billiton Foundation                               |  | United States         
|34 |  | BHP Billiton Freight Singapore Pte Limited            |  | Singapore             
|35 |  | BHP Billiton Group Limited                            |  | United Kingdom        
|36 |  | BHP Billiton Group Operations Pty Ltd(a) (b)          |  | Australia             
|37 |  | BHP Billiton Holdings Limited                         |  | United Kingdom        
|38 |  | BHP Billiton Innovation Pty Ltd (a)                   |  | Australia             
|39 |  | BHP Billiton International Metals BV                  |  | Netherlands           
|40 |  | BHP Billiton International Services Limited           |  | United Kingdom        
|41 |  | BHP Billiton International Trading (Shanghai) Co. Ltd |  | China                 
|42 |  | BHP Billiton Investment Holdings Limited              |  | United Kingdom        
|43 |  | BHP Billiton IO Mining Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia             
|44 |  | BHP Billiton IO Pilbara Mining Pty Ltd                |  | Australia             
|45 |  | BHP Billiton IO Workshop Pty Ltd                      |  | Australia             
|46 |  | BHP Billiton Iron Ore Holdings Pty Ltd                |  | Australia             
|47 |  | BHP Billiton Iron Ore Pty Ltd                         |  | Australia             



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|   |  | Company Name                                                   |  | Country       
|48 |  | BHP Billiton Japan Limited                                     |  | Japan         
|49 |  | BHP Billiton Limited Employee Equity Trust                     |  | Jersey        
|50 |  | BHP Billiton Lonsdale Investments Pty Ltd (a) (b)              |  | Australia     
|51 |  | BHP Billiton Marine & General Insurances Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|52 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing AG                                      |  | Switzerland   
|53 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing Asia Pte Ltd                            |  | Singapore     
|54 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing BV                                      |  | Netherlands   
|55 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing Inc.                                    |  | United States 
|56 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing Services India Pvt. Ltd                 |  | India         
|57 |  | BHP Billiton Marketing UK Limited                              |  | United Kingdom
|58 |  | BHP Billiton MetCoal Holdings Pty Ltd (a) (b)                  |  | Australia     
|59 |  | BHP Billiton Mine Management Company                           |  | United States 
|60 |  | BHP Billiton Minerals Pty Ltd                                  |  | Australia     
|61 |  | BHP Billiton New Mexico Coal Inc.                              |  | United States 
|62 |  | BHP Billiton Nickel Operations Pty Ltd                         |  | Australia     
|63 |  | BHP Billiton Nickel West Pty Ltd (a) (b)                       |  | Australia     
|64 |  | BHP Billiton Olympic Dam Corporation Pty Ltd (a) (b)           |  | Australia     
|65 |  | BHP Billiton Petróleo Holdings de México S. de R.L. de C.V.    |  | Mexico        
|66 |  | BHP Billiton Petróleo Operaciones de México S. de R.L. de C.V. |  | Mexico        
|67 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Americas) Inc.                         |  | United States 
|68 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Arkansas Holdings) Inc.                |  | United States 
|69 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Arkansas) Inc.                         |  | United States 
|70 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Australia) Pty Ltd                     |  | Australia     
|71 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Bass Strait) Pty Ltd                   |  | Australia     
|72 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Bimshire) Limited                      |  | United Kingdom
|73 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Brazil) Limited                        |  | United Kingdom
|74 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Carlisle Bay) Limited                  |  | United Kingdom
|75 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Colombia) Corporation                  |  | Canada        
|76 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Deepwater) Inc.                        |  | United States 
|77 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Fayetteville) LLC                      |  | United States 
|78 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Foreign Exploration Holdings) LLC      |  | United States 
|79 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (GOM) Inc.                              |  | United States 
|80 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (International Exploration) Pty Ltd     |  | Australia     
|81 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (KCS Resources) LLC                     |  | United States 
|82 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Mexico Holdings) LLC                   |  | United States 
|83 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Mexico) Limited                        |  | United Kingdom
|84 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (New Ventures) Corporation              |  | Canada        
|85 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (North America) Inc.                    |  | United States 
|86 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (North West Shelf) Pty Ltd              |  | Australia     
|87 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Philippines) Corporation               |  | Canada        
|88 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Sabah) Corporation                     |  | Canada        
|89 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Sarawak) Limited                       |  | United Kingdom
|90 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (South Africa 3B/4B) Limited            |  | United Kingdom
|91 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 14) Limited             |  | United Kingdom
|92 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 23A) Limited            |  | United Kingdom
|93 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 23B) Limited            |  | United Kingdom
|94 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 28) Limited             |  | United Kingdom
|95 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 29) Limited             |  | United Kingdom
|96 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 3) Limited              |  | United Kingdom
|97 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 5) Limited              |  | United Kingdom



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|    |  | Company Name                                                |  | Country               
|98  |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 6) Limited           |  | United Kingdom        
|99  |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Trinidad Block 7) Limited           |  | United Kingdom        
|100 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Tx Gathering) LLC                   |  | United States         
|101 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (TxLa Operating) Company             |  | United States         
|102 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Victoria) Pty Ltd                   |  | Australia             
|103 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (WSF Operating) Inc.                 |  | United States         
|104 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Great Britain Limited                |  | United Kingdom        
|105 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Holdings (USA) Inc.                  |  | United States         
|106 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Holdings LLC                         |  | United States         
|107 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum International Pty Ltd                |  | Australia             
|108 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Investments (Great Britain) Pty Ltd  |  | Australia             
|109 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Limited                              |  | United Kingdom        
|110 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Properties (GP) LLC                  |  | United States         
|111 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Properties (LP) LLC                  |  | United States         
|112 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Properties (N.A.) LP                 |  | United States         
|113 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Pty Ltd                              |  | Australia             
|114 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum Trading and Marketing Pty Ltd        |  | Australia             
|115 |  | BHP Billiton PNG Services Limited                           |  | Papua New Guinea      
|116 |  | BHP Billiton Resources International (RSA) Pty Ltd          |  | Australia             
|117 |  | BHP Billiton Services Jersey Limited                        |  | Jersey                
|118 |  | BHP Billiton Shared Business Services Pty Ltd               |  | Australia             
|119 |  | BHP Billiton Shared Services Malaysia Sdn. Bhd.             |  | Malaysia              
|120 |  | BHP Billiton SSM Development Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia             
|121 |  | BHP Billiton SSM Indonesia Holdings Pty Ltd                 |  | Australia             
|122 |  | BHP Billiton SSM Indonesia Pte Ltd                          |  | Singapore             
|123 |  | BHP Billiton SSM International Pty Ltd                      |  | Australia             
|124 |  | BHP Billiton Sustainable Communities                        |  | United Kingdom        
|125 |  | BHP Billiton UK Holdings Limited                            |  | British Virgin Islands
|126 |  | BHP Billiton UK Investments Limited                         |  | British Virgin Islands
|127 |  | BHP Billiton WAIO Pty Ltd                                   |  | Australia             
|128 |  | BHP Billiton Western Mining Resources International Pty Ltd |  | Australia             
|129 |  | BHP Billiton World Exploration Inc.                         |  | Canada                
|130 |  | BHP Billiton Yakabindie Nickel Pty Ltd                      |  | Australia             
|131 |  | BHP Billiton Zambia Limited                                 |  | Zambia                
|132 |  | BHP Capital No. 20 Pty Ltd                                  |  | Australia             
|133 |  | BHP Chile Inc.                                              |  | United States         
|134 |  | BHP Coal Pty Ltd (a) (b)                                    |  | Australia             
|135 |  | BHP Copper Inc.                                             |  | United States         
|136 |  | BHP Development Finance Pty Ltd                             |  | Australia             
|137 |  | BHP Escondida Inc.                                          |  | United States         
|138 |  | BHP Finance (International) Inc.                            |  | United States         
|139 |  | BHP Group Resources Pty Ltd                                 |  | Australia             
|140 |  | BHP Hawaii Inc.                                             |  | United States         
|141 |  | BHP Holdings (International) Inc.                           |  | United States         
|142 |  | BHP Holdings (Resources) Inc.                               |  | United States         
|143 |  | BHP Holdings (USA) Inc.                                     |  | United States         
|144 |  | BHP Holdings International (Investments) Inc.               |  | United States         
|145 |  | BHP Internacional Participacoes Ltda                        |  | Brazil                
|146 |  | BHP International Finance Corp.                             |  | United States         
|147 |  | BHP Khanij Anveshana Private Limited                        |  | India                 



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|    |  | Company Name                                             |  | Country       
|148 |  | BHP Mineral Resources Inc.                               |  | United States 
|149 |  | BHP Minerals Asia Pacific Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia     
|150 |  | BHP Minerals Europe Limited                              |  | United Kingdom
|151 |  | BHP Minerals Exploration Inc.                            |  | United States 
|152 |  | BHP Minerals Holdings Proprietary Ltd                    |  | Australia     
|153 |  | BHP Minerals India Pvt. Ltd                              |  | India         
|154 |  | BHP Minerals International Exploration Inc.              |  | United States 
|155 |  | BHP Minerals International LLC                           |  | United States 
|156 |  | BHP Minerals Service Company                             |  | United States 
|157 |  | BHP Navajo Coal Company                                  |  | United States 
|158 |  | BHP Peru Holdings Inc.                                   |  | United States 
|159 |  | BHP Petroleum (Argentina) S.A.                           |  | Argentina     
|160 |  | BHP Petroleum (Ashmore Operations) Pty Ltd               |  | Australia     
|161 |  | BHP Petroleum (Cambodia) Pty Ltd                         |  | Australia     
|162 |  | BHP Petroleum (Tankers) Limited                          |  | Bermuda       
|163 |  | BHP Queensland Coal Investments Pty Ltd (a) (b)          |  | Australia     
|164 |  | BHP Queensland Coal Limited (a)                          |  | United States 
|165 |  | BHP Resources Inc.                                       |  | United States 
|166 |  | BHP Titanium Minerals Pty Ltd                            |  | Australia     
|167 |  | BHPB Freight Pty Ltd (a) (b)                             |  | Australia     
|168 |  | BHPB Resolution Holdings LLC                             |  | United States 
|169 |  | Billiton Australia Finance Pty Ltd                       |  | Australia     
|170 |  | Billiton Coal Australia Holdings BV                      |  | Netherlands   
|171 |  | Billiton Development (Zambia) Limited                    |  | Zambia        
|172 |  | Billiton Development BV                                  |  | Netherlands   
|173 |  | Billiton ESOP Trustee Limited                            |  | Jersey        
|174 |  | Billiton Executive Pension Scheme Trustee Limited        |  | United Kingdom
|175 |  | Billiton Guinea BV                                       |  | Netherlands   
|176 |  | Billiton Investment 3 BV                                 |  | Netherlands   
|177 |  | Billiton Investment 8 BV                                 |  | Netherlands   
|178 |  | Billiton Investments Ireland Limited                     |  | Ireland       
|179 |  | Billiton Manganese Australia Pty Ltd                     |  | Australia     
|180 |  | Billiton Marketing Holding BV                            |  | Netherlands   
|181 |  | Billiton Suriname Holdings BV                            |  | Netherlands   
|182 |  | Broadmeadow Mine Services Pty Ltd (a) (b)                |  | Australia     
|183 |  | Broken Hill Proprietary (USA) Inc.                       |  | United States 
|184 |  | Carson Hill Gold Mining Corporation                      |  | United States 
|185 |  | Central Queensland Services Pty Ltd (a) (b)              |  | Australia     
|186 |  | Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd                             |  | Australia     
|187 |  | Compania Minera Cerro Colorado Ltda                      |  | Chile         
|188 |  | Consolidated Nominees (Pty) Ltd                          |  | South Africa  
|189 |  | Dampier Coal (Queensland) Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia     
|190 |  | Global BHP Copper Ltd                                    |  | Cayman Islands
|191 |  | Global Offshore Oil Exploration (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd |  | South Africa  
|192 |  | Hamilton Brothers Petroleum Corporation                  |  | United States 
|193 |  | Hamilton Oil Company Inc.                                |  | United States 
|194 |  | Hay Point Services Pty Ltd (a)                           |  | Australia     
|195 |  | Hunter Valley Energy Coal Pty Ltd                        |  | Australia     
|196 |  | IPS USA Inc.                                             |  | United States 
|197 |  | Jenipapo Recursos Naturais Ltda                          |  | Brazil        



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|    |  | Company Name                                                        |  | Country                             
|198 |  | Marcona International S.A.                                          |  | Panama                              
|199 |  | Minera Spence S.A.                                                  |  | Chile                               
|200 |  | Mt Arthur Coal Pty Ltd                                              |  | Australia                           
|201 |  | Mt Arthur Underground Pty Ltd                                       |  | Australia                           
|202 |  | Petrohawk Energy Corporation                                        |  | United States                       
|203 |  | Phoenix Mining Finance Company Proprietary Limited                  |  | South Africa                        
|204 |  | Pilbara Gas Pty Ltd                                                 |  | Australia                           
|205 |  | PT BHP Billiton Indonesia                                           |  | Indonesia                           
|206 |  | PT BHP Billiton Services Indonesia                                  |  | Indonesia                           
|207 |  | PT Billiton Indonesia                                               |  | Indonesia                           
|208 |  | QNI International Pty Ltd                                           |  | Australia                           
|209 |  | QNI Philippines Inc.                                                |  | Philippines                         
|210 |  | RAL Cayman Inc.                                                     |  | Cayman Islands                      
|211 |  | Rio Algom Exploration Inc.                                          |  | Canada                              
|212 |  | Rio Algom Investments (Chile) Inc.                                  |  | Canada                              
|213 |  | Rio Algom Limited                                                   |  | Canada                              
|214 |  | Rio Algom Mining LLC                                                |  | United States                       
|215 |  | Riocerro Inc.                                                       |  | Cayman Islands                      
|216 |  | Riochile Inc.                                                       |  | Cayman Islands                      
|217 |  | South Texas Shale LLC                                               |  | United States                       
|218 |  | Stein Insurance Company Limited                                     |  | Guernsey                            
|219 |  | Tamakaya Energía SpA                                                |  | Chile                               
|220 |  | The Broken Hill Proprietary Company Pty Ltd (a) (b)                 |  | Australia                           
|221 |  | The World Marine & General Insurance Plc                            |  | United Kingdom                      
|222 |  | UMAL Consolidated Pty Ltd                                           |  | Australia                           
|223 |  | United Iron Pty Ltd                                                 |  | Australia                           
|224 |  | Westminer Insurance Pte Ltd                                         |  | Singapore                           
|225 |  | Winwell Resources LLC                                               |  | United States                       
|226 |  | WMC (Argentina) Inc.                                                |  | United States                       
|227 |  | WMC Corporate Services Inc.                                         |  | United States                       
|228 |  | WMC Finance (USA) Ltd                                               |  | Australia                           
|229 |  | WMC Mineracao Ltda                                                  |  | Brazil                              
|230 |  | WMC Resources Marketing Limited                                     |  | Canada                              
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|    |  | Subsidiaries where the effective interest is less than 100 per cent |  |                                     
|231 |  | BHP Billiton (Philippines) Inc. (99.99%)                            |  | Philippines                         
|232 |  | BHP Billiton Brasil Exploração e Produção de Petróleo Ltda (99.99%) |  | Brazil                              
|233 |  | BHP Billiton Mitsui Coal Pty Ltd (80%)                              |  | Australia                           
|234 |  | BHP Billiton Petroleum (Eagle Ford Gathering) LLC (75%)             |  | United States                       
|235 |  | BHP Iron Ore (Jimblebar) Pty Ltd (85%)                              |  | Australia                           
|236 |  | Consórcio Santos Luz de Imóveis Ltda (90%)                          |  | Brazil                              
|237 |  | Lubilanji Mining SPRL (Lumi SPRL) (51%)                             |  | The Democratic Republic of the Congo
|238 |  | Minera Escondida Ltda (57.5%)                                       |  | Chile                               
|239 |  | PT Juloi Coal (75%)                                                 |  | Indonesia                           
|240 |  | PT Kalteng Coal (75%)                                               |  | Indonesia                           
|241 |  | PT Lahai Coal (75%)                                                 |  | Indonesia                           
|242 |  | PT Maruwai Coal (75%)                                               |  | Indonesia                           
|243 |  | PT Pari Coal (75%)                                                  |  | Indonesia                           
|244 |  | PT Ratah Coal (75%)                                                 |  | Indonesia                           
|245 |  | PT Sumber Barito Coal (75%)                                         |  | Indonesia                           



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|    |  | Company Name                                                                        |  | Country            
|    |  | Joint operations                                                                    |  |                    
|246 |  | Bass Strait (50%)                                                                   |  | Australia          
|247 |  | BHP Billiton SaskPower Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Knowledge Centre Inc. (50%) |  | Canada             
|248 |  | Blue Ocean Bulk Shipping Limited (50%)                                              |  | Liberia            
|249 |  | BM Alliance Coal Marketing Pty Limited (50%)                                        |  | Australia          
|250 |  | BM Alliance Coal Operations Pty Limited (50%)                                       |  | Australia          
|251 |  | BM Alliance Marketing Pte Ltd (50%)                                                 |  | Singapore          
|252 |  | BMA Japan KK (50%)                                                                  |  | Japan              
|253 |  | Bruce (16%)                                                                         |  | United Kingdom     
|254 |  | Central Queensland Coal Associates (50%)                                            |  | Australia          
|255 |  | Eagle Ford (<1-100%)                                                                |  | United States      
|256 |  | Fayetteville (<1-100%)                                                              |  | United States      
|257 |  | Greater Angostura (45%)                                                             |  | Trinidad and Tobago
|258 |  | Gregory (50%)                                                                       |  | Australia          
|259 |  | Gulf of Mexico (23.9-44%)                                                           |  | United States      
|260 |  | Haynesville (<1-100%)                                                               |  | United States      
|261 |  | JW4 (68%)                                                                           |  | Australia          
|262 |  | Keith (31.83%)                                                                      |  | United Kingdom     
|263 |  | Macedon (71.43%)                                                                    |  | Australia          
|264 |  | Minerva (90%)                                                                       |  | Australia          
|265 |  | Mt Goldsworthy (85%)                                                                |  | Australia          
|266 |  | Mt Newman (85%)                                                                     |  | Australia          
|267 |  | North West Shelf (8.33-16.67%)                                                      |  | Australia          
|268 |  | North West Shelf Gas Pty Limited (16.67%)                                           |  | Australia          
|269 |  | North West Shelf Liaison Company Pty Ltd (16.67%)                                   |  | Australia          
|270 |  | North West Shelf Lifting Coordinator Pty Ltd (16.67%)                               |  | Australia          
|271 |  | North West Shelf Shipping Service Company Pty Ltd (16.67%)                          |  | Australia          
|272 |  | Permian (<1-100%)                                                                   |  | United States      
|273 |  | Posmac (65%)                                                                        |  | Australia          
|274 |  | Pyrenees (40-71.43%)                                                                |  | Australia          
|275 |  | Red Mountain (50%)                                                                  |  | Australia          
|276 |  | Red Mountain Infrastructure Pty Ltd (50%)                                           |  | Australia          
|277 |  | ROD Integrated Development (38%)                                                    |  | Algeria            
|278 |  | South Blackwater Coal Pty Limited (50%)                                             |  | Australia          
|279 |  | Southern Natural Gas Development Pty Limited (50%)                                  |  | Australia          
|280 |  | Stybarrow (50%)                                                                     |  | Australia          
|281 |  | Thakweneng Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd (50%)                                        |  | South Africa       
|282 |  | Westralian Bulk Charter Services Pty Ltd (50%)                                      |  | Australia          
|283 |  | Wheelarra (51%)                                                                     |  | Australia          
|284 |  | Yandi (85%)                                                                         |  | Australia          
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|    |  | Joint ventures and associates                                                       |  |                    
|285 |  | Caesar Oil Pipeline Company LLC (25%)                                               |  | United States      
|286 |  | Carbones del Cerrejón Limited (33.33%)                                              |  | Anguilla           
|287 |  | Cerrejón Zona Norte S.A. (33.33%)                                                   |  | Colombia           
|288 |  | Cleopatra Gas Gathering Company LLC (22%)                                           |  | United States      
|289 |  | CMC-Coal Marketing Company Limited (33.33%)                                         |  | Ireland            
|290 |  | Compañía Minera Antamina S.A. (33.75%)                                              |  | Peru               
|291 |  | Global Coal Limited (70.97%)                                                        |  | United Kingdom     
|292 |  | Global HubCo BV (33.33%)                                                            |  | Netherlands        



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|    |  | Company Name                                                  |  | Country       
|293 |  | Marine Well Containment Company LLC (10%)                     |  | United States 
|294 |  | NCIG Holdings Pty Ltd (35.47%)                                |  | Australia     
|295 |  | Resolution Copper Mining LLC (45%)                            |  | United States 
|296 |  | Rightship Pty Limited (33.33%)                                |  | Australia     
|297 |  | Samarco Mineração S.A. (50%)                                  |  | Brazil        
|    |  |                                                              
|    |  | Minority investment                                           |  |               
|298 |  | Beijing Iron Ore Trading Center Corporation (6.25%)           |  | China         
|299 |  | China Administration Company Pty Ltd (16.67%)                 |  | Australia     
|300 |  | Commonwealth Steamship Insurance Company Pty Limited (29.72%) |  | Australia     
|301 |  | Dalrymple Bay Coal Terminal Pty Ltd (9.66%)                   |  | Australia     
|302 |  | Euronimba Limited (43.50%)                                    |  | Jersey        
|303 |  | GlobalORE Pte. Ltd (14.29%)                                   |  | Singapore     
|304 |  | Half-Tide Marine Pty Ltd (14.97%)                             |  | Australia     
|305 |  | Integrated Logistics Company Pty Ltd (12.50%)                 |  | Australia     
|306 |  | International Gas Transportation Company Limited (16.67%)     |  | Bermuda       
|307 |  | Interstate Steamship Insurance Company Pty Ltd (24.91%)       |  | Australia     
|308 |  | Metalysis Limited (6.85%)                                     |  | United Kingdom
|309 |  | Newcastle Coal Shippers Pty Ltd (1.75%)                       |  | Australia     
|310 |  | Pilbara Pastoral Company Pty Limited (25%)                    |  | Australia     
|311 |  | The Baltic Exchange Limited (Min Int) (0.04%)                 |  | United Kingdom



|(a) | These companies are parties to the Limited Deed of Cross Guarantee, originally entered into on 6 June 2016, and members of the Closed Group, as at 30 June 2016.
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|(b) | These companies are parties to the Limited Deed of Cross Guarantee and are relieved from the Corporations Act 2001 requirements for preparation, audit and lodgement of financial reports and Directors reports.
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