LON - Lonmin Plc - Directorate Change

LON - Lonmin Plc - Directorate Change                                           
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")                              
10 May 2010                                                                     
Lonmin Plc                                                                      
Directorate Change                                                              
Lonmin Plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mahomed Seedat has agreed
to join the Board with effect from 1 January 2011 as a Non-executive Director.  
On appointment, Mahomed will become a member of the Safety & Sustainability     
Committee.                                                                      
He has been Chief Operating Officer of Lonmin since September 2007 and will     
relinquish that role on 31 December 2010. After that date he will act as an     
adviser to Ian Farmer, Chief Executive of the Company, and serve as Non-        
executive Chairman of the Company`s two principal South African operating       
subsidiaries, Western Platinum Limited and Eastern Platinum Limited. As a       
consequence, the Board will not regard Mahomed as being an independent director,
although he will be entirely Non-executive.                                     
Mahomed (54) is a South African national and has extensive experience of the    
South African mining industry. Before joining Lonmin, Mahomed was President of  
BHP Billiton`s Energy Coal Customer Sector Group from 2005 to 2007 and prior to 
that President and Chief Operating Officer of Aluminium Southern Africa with    
responsibility for aluminium smelter operations. Prior to this, he held         
operational roles with the Richards Bay Coal Terminal Company and with Anglo    
Coal. Mahomed holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the        
University of Durban-Westville and was awarded a fellowship from Harvard        
Business School in 1990.                                                        
In accordance with the Listing Rules, Lonmin confirms that there are no matters 
that would require disclosure under LR9.6.13R(1) to (6). Mahomed currently has a
beneficial interest in 6,246 Lonmin ordinary shares of $1 each.                 
Commenting on the appointment, Roger Phillimore, Chairman of Lonmin said:       
"I am pleased to welcome Mahomed to our Board as a Non-executive Director. He   
has made a significant difference to Lonmin in his executive capacity over the  
last three years, and we look forward to his ongoing contribution to Lonmin`s   
development. Together with today`s announcement of the proposed appointment of  
Cyril Ramaphosa to the Board, this demonstrates that Lonmin continues to meet   
the challenge of being a corporate citizen of the new South Africa."            
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