LON - Lonmin Plc - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

LON - Lonmin Plc - Appointment of Chief Financial Officer                       
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")                                                                      
Appointment of Chief Financial Officer                                          
Lonmin announces the appointment of Alan Ferguson as Chief Financial Officer and
a Director of the Company with effect from 6 June 2007.                         
John Robinson, currently Chief Financial Officer will be resigning as a Director
of Lonmin with effect from 6 June 2007 and retiring from the Company at the end 
of June 2007.  John has been with the Lonmin group for 28 years the last 8 as   
Chief Financial Officer.  Lonmin is pleased to announce that John has agreed to 
continue in a part time advisory role with the Group as the Chairman of the     
Lonmin Development Trust and as one of Lonmin`s two representatives on the      
Incwala Resources Board replacing Sir John Craven.                              
Alan Ferguson was appointed as Group Finance Director of The BOC Group (BOC) in 
2005 and will be leaving BOC following the acquisition of BOC by the Linde Group
in late 2006.  Before joining BOC, Alan worked for Inchcape plc for 22 years in 
a variety of roles including as Group Finance Director from 1999 until 2005.    
Alan is a Chartered Accountant.                                                 
Sir John Craven, Chairman of Lonmin said:                                       
"I would like to thank John Robinson personally and on behalf of the Lonmin     
Board for his immense contribution to the success of Lonmin over his long career
with the Company.   He has been an integral part of the team which streamlined  
and redefined the Company to create the focussed international PGM mining       
company which Lonmin is today.                                                  
I am pleased to welcome Alan Ferguson to Lonmin.  Alan had a long and           
distinguished career with Inchcape and more recently as the Finance Director of 
BOC.  He will be a great addition to the Lonmin executive team and I look       
forward to working with him in the future."                                     
21 February 2007                                                                
Enquiries:                                                                      
Alex Shorland-Ball            +44 (0)207 201 6060                               
Vice President, Investor Relations                                              
& Communications                                                                
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