Fatal accident at Tau Lekoa Mine 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”) Fatal accident at Tau Lekoa Mine Village regrets to announce the death of a contractor’s employee, in a rock fall related incident at its Tau Lekoa operation in Orkney. The accident occurred on Wednesday 24 October 2012 and the injured passed away in ICU on Thursday 25 October 2012. The Board and management of Village express their deepest condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of the deceased. The Department of Mineral Resources (‘’DMR’’) inspectorate in the North West Province was alerted and an initial investigation has been conducted. The inspectorate has issued a Section 54 instruction, stopping all production at Tau Lekoa. The management of Tau Lekoa is working closely with the DMR to minimize the duration of the stoppage on production at Tau Lekoa, while a full investigation continues. Contacts Village Joint CEO Marius Saaiman Email: msaaiman@villagemainreef.co.za Mobile: 082 458 3420 Investor and media relations Village Main Reef Cheryl Walton Email: cwalton@villagemainreef.co.za Tel: 011 274 4610 26 October 2012 Sponsor Java Capital Date: 26/10/2012 09:34:00 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.