ARI - African Rainbow Minerals Limited - Changes To The Board Of Directors

ARI - African Rainbow Minerals Limited - Changes To The Board Of Directors      
African Rainbow Minerals Limited                                                
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1933/004580/06)                                            
JSE share code: ARI                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000054045                                                              
("ARM" or "the Company")                                                        
CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS                                               
1.  APPOINTMENT OF FINANCIAL DIRECTOR                                           
In accordance with paragraph 3.84(h) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE    
Limited, the Company hereby announces the appointment of Mr Michael (Mike)      
Arnold to the board of directors of ARM ("the Board") as the Financial Director 
with effect from 1 August 2009.                                                 
Mike joined ARM in 1999 as the Group Financial Manager of Avgold Limited and in 
2003 was appointed as its Financial Director.  Currently, he is the Chief       
Financial Officer of ARM.  He holds a B.Sc. Mining Geology degree from the      
University of Witwatersrand and qualified as a Chartered Accountant (SA) in     
1987.                                                                           
ARM`s current Financial Director, Frank Abbott, will remain on the Board as a   
non-executive director after 1 August 2009.                                     
2.  APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTOR                                                     
In accordance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the Listings Requirements of the JSE    
Limited, the Company hereby advises that Mr Anton D Botha has been appointed to 
the Board as an independent, non-executive director with effect from 1 August   
2009.                                                                           
Sandton                                                                         
24 July 2009                                                                    
Sponsor to ARM:                                                                 
Deutsche Securities (SA) (Proprietary) Limited                                  
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