LONMIN PLC

20 APRIL 1999

LONMIN PLC HAS TODAY BEEN NOTIFIED IN FULFILMENT OF AN OBLIGATION IMPOSED BY
SECTION 324 OF THE COMPANIES ACT 1985, BY

1) MR J N ROBINSON, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, THAT ON 17 APRIL 1999 HE WAS
NOTIFIED THAT, PURSUANT TO HIS WIFE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE DIVIDEND

REINVESTMENT PLAN OF LONMIN PLC, ON 6 AND 7 APRIL 1999 A CASH DIVIDEND TO WHICH
SHE WAS ENTITLED WAS INVESTED ON HER BEHALF IN, AND ACCORDINGLY MR ROBINSON HAS
BECOME INTERESTED IN, 118 ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP1 EACH FULLY PAID IN LONMIN
PLC, AT A PRICE OF 466.010912P PER SHARE
AND

2) MR P J HARPER, A DIRECTOR OF THE COMPANY, THAT ON 17 APRIL 1999 HE WAS
NOTIFIED THAT, PURSUANT TO HIS AND HIS WIFE'S PARTICIPATION IN THE DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT PLAN OF LONMIN PLC, ON 6 AND 7 APRIL 1999 A CASH DIVIDEND TO WHICH
HE WAS ENTITLED WAS INVESTED ON HIS BEHALF IN 227 ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP1 EACH
FULLY PAID IN LONMIN PLC AND A CASH DIVIDEND TO WHICH HIS WIFE WAS ENTITLED WAS
INVESTED ON HER BEHALF IN 220 ORDINARY SHARES OF GBP1 EACH FULLY PAID IN LONMIN
PLC, EACH AT A PRICE OF 466.010912P PER SHARE AND ACCORDINGLY MR HARPER HAS
BECOME INTERESTED IN A FURTHER 447 ORDINARY SHARES OF THE COMPANY.