Update: Village Main Reef issue final ultimatum to striking workers at Blyvoor VILLAGE MAIN REEF LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (formerly known as Village Main Reef Gold Mining Company (1934) Limited) (Registration number 1934/0057034/06) Share Code: VIL ISIN: ZAE000154761 (“Village” or “the Company”) UPDATE: VILLAGE MAIN REEF ISSUES FINAL ULTIMATUM TO STRIKING WORKERS AT BLYVOOR Village advises that the Company will issue a final ultimatum to 1 700 employees engaged in an illegal strike at its Blyvooruitzicht gold mine to return to work for the night shift on Sunday, 14 October 2012. Failure to heed the ultimatum by any of these employees will result in that employee’s services being terminated (the “affected employees”). Employees at Blyvooruitzicht have been on strike since Thursday, 27 September 2012. The affected employees will have until Wednesday, 17 October 2012 to appeal against their dismissals. Contacts Village Joint CEO Marius Saaiman Email: msaaiman@villagemainreef.co.za Mobile: 082 458 3420 Investor and media relations Russell and Associates Charmane Russell/Memory Johnstone Email: charmane@rair.co.za/memory@rair.co.za Tel: 011 880 3924 Riverside Energy partners North American Media and Investor Relations Email: dmorgan@umbono.com Tel: +1 (231) 421 8441 12 October 2012 Sponsor Java Capital Date: 12/10/2012 03:42:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers, employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct, indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature, howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on, information disseminated through SENS.