Update on Driefontein Power Outage 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” or “the Company”) Update on Driefontein Power Outage Westonaria, 18 March 2013: On Wednesday 13 March 2013, a failure, post a lightning strike, at power utility Eskom’s regional 500MVA Midas substation, affected power supply to Driefontein as well as other gold mines and municipalities in the area. All Driefontein employees were safely hoisted to surface that evening utilizing backup power sources. Eskom has managed to reroute power to the area while it commissions a new substation, which is scheduled for commissioning at the end of March 2013. On Monday 18 March 2013, production resumed at Driefontein, following the restoration of 200Mva of power which is required to power which is required to power the mine and full steady state production is expected to be achieved within this week. Management estimates that production losses, including the three full shifts lost during the power outage and the ramp up to resume full production, will amount to approximately 294kg (9,452oz) for the Quarter to 22 March 2013 and approximately 393kg (12,646oz) for the entire period up to 31 March 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 (Pty) Ltd Date: 18/03/2013 04:00:00 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.