OPT - Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Disclosure of significant holding of

OPT - Optimum Coal Holdings Limited - Disclosure of significant holding of      
Optimum Coal ordinary shares                                                    
Optimum Coal Holdings Limited                                                   
(Registration number: 2006/007799/06)                                           
JSE share code: OPT                                                             
ISIN: ZAE000144663                                                              
("Optimum Coal")                                                                
DISCLOSURE OF SIGNIFICANT HOLDING OF OPTIMUM COAL ORDINARY SHARES               
In accordance with the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and Section 122 of     
the Companies Act 71 of 2008, shareholders are advised that Piruto B.V., a      
wholly-owned subsidiary of Glencore International AG ("Glencore"), purchased    
6 635 000 shares in Optimum Coal on 5 December 2011 for an average price of     
ZAR38.00 per share, and as a result Glencore now has a beneficial interest of   
31.21% in Optimum Coal.                                                         
6 December 2011                                                                 
Johannesburg                                                                    
Sponsor                                                                         
RAND MERCHANT BANK (A division of FirstRand Bank Limited)                       
Financial Communications Advisers                                               
COLLEGE HILL                                                                    
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