OPT - Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Renewal of cautionary announcement

OPT - Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Renewal of cautionary announcement        
Optimum Coal Holdings Limited                                                   
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number: 2006/007799/06)                                           
JSE share code: OPT                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000144663                                                              
("the Company")                                                                 
RENEWAL OF CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT                                              
Further to the joint cautionary announcement dated 1 September 2011             
shareholders are advised that negotiations are still in progress which, if      
successfully concluded, may have a material effect on the price of the          
Company`s securities.                                                           
Accordingly shareholders are advised to continue to exercise caution when       
dealing in the Company`s securities until a further announcement is made.       
13 October 2011                                                                 
Johannesburg                                                                    
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Financial Communications Advisers                                               
COLLEGE HILL                                                                    
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