Lonmin Plc - Announcement

LONMIN PLC
ISIN:  GB0002568144
Share Code:  LON
31 JANUARY 2002

Lonmin Plc has today been notified by Barclays Plc, in accordance with Part
VI of the Companies Act 1985 (as amended) that as at 29 January 2002,
through its subsidiary Barclays Bank Plc, it had a notifiable interest in
5,094,763 ordinary shares of GBP1 each of the Company (representing 3.03 per
cent of the issued share capital) in the names and in the amounts as set out
below.
Registered Holder                       Holding
Barclays Nominees (Gracechurch) Ltd     1
a/c 6015A
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd           2,624,024
Bank of Ireland Nominees Ltd (538055)   24,219
Chase Nominees Ltd (16331)              50,522
Chase Nominees Ltd (16338)              7,990
Chase Nominees Ltd (16341)              152,220
Chase Nominees Ltd (16342)              20,558
Chase Nominees Ltd (16376)              39,653
Chase Nominees Ltd (16400)              1,641,952
Chase Nominees Ltd (16530)              379,991
Chase Nominees Ltd (18408)              26,799
DEM69                                   815
Barclays Bank Trust Co Ltd and third    4,846
party nominee
Unknown                                 1,579
Chase Manhattan Bank London             9,594
Nutraco Nominees Limited                110,000
                                        5,094,763

The Company has also today been notified by Barclays Plc that as at 31
January 2002 it no longer had a notifiable interest in the share capital of
the Company.
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