Lonmin - Smelter Update

Lonmin - Smelter Update                                                         
Lonmin Plc                                                                      
(Incorporated in England and Wales)                                             
(Registered in the Republic of South Africa under registration number           
1969/000015/10)                                                                 
JSE code: LON                                                                   
Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN: GB0031192486                                         
("Lonmin")                                                                      
19 April 2006                                                                   
Lonmin Plc                                                                      
Smelter Update                                                                  
Lonmin announces that the necessary repairs to the number one furnace at its    
Marikana operations have been completed.  The cause of the leak appears to have 
been an original installation error, which resulted in the failure to weld the  
base plate of the furnace shell in the matte waffle zone. Hearth expansion      
following the furnace rebuild in February created differential pressure in the  
matte tap block support structure which moved the matte waffles creating a      
channel for matte and slag leakage down the sides of the matte waffles. Repairs 
entailed the welding of the base plate of the furnace to the girders which      
support the vessel, reinforcing the support structure in the areas around the   
matte tap holes and replacing the deep matte waffles and refractories at the    
site of the leak.   The smelter has been restarted and we currently expect to   
recommence matte tapping from the furnace on Thursday 20 April.                 
An assessment of the impact on full year production is being completed and      
Lonmin will provide an update on this with its half-year production statement on
25 April 2006.                                                                  
Enquiries:                                                                      
Alex Shorland-Ball                                        +44 (0) 20 7201 6060  
Vice President, Investor Relations & Communications                             
ENDS                                                                            
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