Appointment of Company Secretary Central Rand Gold Limited (Incorporated as a company with limited liability under the laws of Guernsey, Company Number 45108) (Incorporated as an external company with limited liability under the laws of South Africa, Registration number 2007/0192231/10) ISIN: GG00B24HM601 LSE share code: CRND JSE share code: CRD ("Central Rand Gold" or the “Company”) APPOINTMENT OF COMPANY SECRETARY Central Rand Gold is pleased to announce the appointment of Statucor Propriety Limited (“Statucor”) as Company Secretary with effect from 6 March 2013. The appointment comes after the resignation of Clive Neuwerth as Company Secretary as set out in the announcement dated 11 January 2013. Statucor is a long established company secretarial firm with experience working with listed companies. The Central Rand Gold Board of Directors is satisfied that the Statucor team has the necessary skillset and experience to provide an excellent service to the Company. For further information, please contact: Central Rand Gold +27 (0) 87 310 4400 Johan du Toit / Patrick Malaza Charles Stanley Securities Limited +44 (0) 20 7149 6478 Marc Milmo / Mark Taylor Merchantec Capital +27 (0) 11 325 6363 Monique Martinez / Marcel Goncalves Buchanan +44 (0) 20 7466 5000 Bobby Morse / Louise Mason Jenni Newman Public Relations +27 (0) 11 506 7351 Proprietary Limited Jenni Newman Johannesburg 7 March 2013 Sponsor Merchantec Capital Date: 07/03/2013 11:00:00 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.