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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

             Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
             To the Board of Directors and Shareholders of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc.

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             Opinions on the Financial Statements and Internal Control over Financial Reporting
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             We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Martin Marietta Materials, Inc. and its subsidiaries (the
             Company) as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the related consolidated statements of earnings, of comprehensive earnings,
             of total equity and of cash flows for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022, including the related notes
             and schedule of valuation and qualifying accounts for each of the three years in the period ended December 31, 2022 appearing
             under Item 15(c) (collectively referred to as the “consolidated financial statements”). We also have audited the Company's
             internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internr al Control ‐ Integrated
             Framework (2013) issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the TreadwayCommission (COSO).
             In our opinion, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
             position of the Company as of December 31, 2022 and 2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the
             three years in the period ended December 31, 2022 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United
             States of America. Also in our opinion, the Company maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over financial
             reporting as of December 31, 2022, based on criteria established in Internal Control ‐ Integrated Framework (2013) issued by
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             the COSO.
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             Basis for Opinions
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             The Company's management is responsible for these consolidated financial statements, for maintaining effective internal
             control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included
             in the accompanying Management’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express
             opinions on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and on the Company's internal control over financial reporting
             based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United
             States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities
             laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.
             We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform
             the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material
             misstatement, whether due to error or fraud, and whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained
             in all material respects.
             Our audits of the consolidated financial statements included performing procedures to assess the risks of material
             misstatement of the consolidated financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond
             to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the
             consolidated financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates
             made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the consolidated financial statements. Our audit of
             internal control over financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial reporting,
             assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal
             control based on the assessed risk. Our audits also included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in
             the circumstances. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinions.
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             Definition and Limitations of Internal Control over Financial Reporting
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             A company’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the
             reliability offinancial reporting and the preparation offinancial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
             accepted accounting principles. A company’s internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
             that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and
             dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to
             permit preparation offinancial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and
             expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the
             company; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or
             disposition of the company’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
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