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")                              
Lonmin PLC - Directorate Change                                                 
Following the decision to base the role of the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in 
South Africa Lonmin Plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that the board   
has today appointed Simon Scott as an executive director with effect from 27    
September 2010. It is expected that he will be assume the role of CFO from mid- 
November 2010.                                                                  
Mr Scott (52) is a member of the South African Institute of Chartered           
Accountants and holds B.Com and B.Acc degrees from the University of the        
Witwatersrand, and attended the Management Development Programme at the         
University of Cape Town. After qualifying he moved into industry and has held   
financial management roles in South Africa with a number of local and global    
employers, including a total of nine years with Anglo Platinum.                 
He is currently the Group Financial Director of JSE-listed Aveng Limited, a     
construction and engineering company with significant involvement in the mining 
sector.   He has dual British and South African nationality and lives in        
Johannesburg.                                                                   
Alan Ferguson will remain the CFO until the Group audited accounts for the year 
ending 30 September 2010 are signed, which is planned for 15 November 2010.   He
will remain an executive director of the Company until his planned departure    
date of 31 December 2010.                                                       
In accordance with the Listing Rules, Lonmin confirms that there are no         
additional matters relating to Simon Scott that would require disclosure under  
LR 9.6.13 R (1) to (6).   He currently has no beneficial interests in Lonmin    
ordinary shares of $1 each.                                                     
Commenting on the appointment, Roger Phillimore, Chairman of Lonmin said:       
"I am delighted that Simon has agreed to join Lonmin. He brings a wealth of     
local knowledge and experience of financial management gained at senior levels  
of the South African platinum mining industry. We look forward to the very      
substantial contribution he will make to the continuing development of Lonmin in
years to come. With his appointment we are close to completing the transfer of  
operational management to South Africa, and are already seeing the early        
benefits arising from that decision.                                            
I would also like to acknowledge the significant role which Alan Ferguson has   
played, and will continue to play until his departure. This is a very different 
company from the one he joined three years ago and a large part of the credit   
for this transformation should go to him.   We look forward to working with him 
for the remainder of his time with Lonmin, and he will leave with our thanks and
best wishes."                                                                   
7 July 2010                                                                     
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Lonmin Plc                                                                      
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Rupert Pittman                                                                  
Jamie Milton                                                                    
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