SIBANYE GOLD LIMITED - Appointment Of Additional Independent Non-Executive Directors

Appointment Of Additional Independent Non-Executive Directors

Sibanye Gold Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 2002/031431/06
Share code: SGL
ISIN – ZAE000173951
Issuer code: SGL
(“Sibanye Gold”)


Appointment of Additional Independent Non-Executive Directors


Westonaria, 22 February 2013:      In terms of Section 3.59 of the Listings
Requirements of JSE Limited (“JSE”), the Board is pleased to announce the
appointment of Mr Timothy Cumming, Mr Barry Davison, Mr Nkosemntu Nika and
Ms Susan van der Merwe as independent non-executive Directors of Sibanye Gold
with effect from 21 February 2013.

Mr Cumming is the founder and partner of Scatterlinks, a South African based
company offering mentoring and coaching to senior business executives as well as
strategic advisory services to financial services businesses. He was previously
involved with the Old Mutual Group as CEO of the OM Investment Group SA,
Executive Vice president-Director of Global Business Development of Old Mutual
Asset Management (USA), Managing Director – Head of Corporate Segment of Old
Mutual (South Africa), Strategy Director of Old Mutual (Emerging Markets) and
Interim CEO of Old Mutual Investment Group (South Africa). He was also Executive
Director and Head of Investment Research (Africa) for HSBC Securities.
Mr Cumming started his career as a management trainee at Anglo American
Corporation of South Africa and worked on a variety of gold and diamond mines
including being Resident Engineer at Anglo American Corporation’s gold mines in
Welkom. His qualifications include a BSC Engineering (Hons) from the University of
Cape Town and BA (Oxon) (PPE) and MA (Oxon) from the Oxford University in the
United Kingdom.

Mr Davison has more than 40 years’ experience in the mining industry and has
served as Executive Chairman of Anglo American Platinum, Chairman of Anglo
American plc’s Ferrous Metals and Industries Division and Executive Director of
Anglo American plc. He was a director of a number of listed companies including
Nedbank banking Group, Kumba Resources Limited, Samancor Limited and the
Tongaat-Hulett Group Limited. Mr Davison’s qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts
degree in law and economics from the University of The Witwatersrand, a
Graduate’s Commerce Diploma from Birmingham University in the United Kingdom,
a CIS Diploma in Advanced Financial Management and an Advanced Executive
Programme from the University of South Africa.

Mr Nika is currently an independent non-executive Director of Scaw South Africa
(Pty) Limited, ConvergeNet Holdings Limited and Chairman of the Audit and Risk
Committee of Foskor (Pty) Limited. He was previously Chief Financial Officer and
Finance Director of PetroSA (SOC) Limited and Executive Manager: Finance at the
Development Bank of Southern Africa. He has held various internal auditing
positions at Eskom, Shell and Anglo American Corporation Limited. He was also a
non-executive Board member of the Industrial Development Corporation and chaired
the Board Audit Committee, and Governance and Ethics Committee. Mr Nika’s
qualifications include a B Com, B Compt (Hons), CA (SA) and an Advanced
Management Programme (INSEAD).

Ms van der Merwe is a Member of Parliament where she has served in various
capacities since 1996. She currently serves on the Portfolio Committee on Trade
and Industry. She was previously the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for the
period 2004 to 2010. She is currently a member of the National Executive
Committee of the African National Congress. Ms van der Merwe has participated in
various civil society organisations and currently serves as Trustee on the Kay Mason
Foundation which is a non-profit organization assisting disadvantaged scholars in the
Cape Town area. She holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Cape
Town.

The Board welcomes Messrs Cumming, Davison, Nika and Ms van der Merwe to
Sibanye Gold. The wealth of experience and broad range of knowledge that the new
board members bring across various disciplines, will balance and enhance the
capacity that the Sibanye Board already has. The Board looks forward to their no-
doubt considerable contribution to the on-going development of Sibanye Gold.


22 February 2013

Contact

James Wellsted
Head of Corporate Affairs
Sibanye Gold Limited
+27 83 453 4014
james.wellsted@sibanyegold.co.za


Sponsor:
J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa Proprietary Limited

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