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KIBO MINING PLC - Haneti Interim Project Update

Release Date: 11/07/2013 08:00
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Haneti Interim Project Update

Kibo Mining Plc
(Incorporated in Ireland)
(Registration Number: 451931)
(External registration number: 2011/007371/10)
Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO
Share code on the AIM: KIBO
ISIN: IE00B61XQX41
(“Kibo” or “the Company”)

Dated: 11 July 2013



                                     Haneti Interim Project Update

   •   Second Haneti field team to deploy.

   •   Sample programme on schedule.

   •   Mapping programme commenced.

Kibo Mining PLC (“Kibo” or the “Company”) (AIM: KIBO), (JSE: KBO), the Tanzania focused mineral
exploration and development company, is pleased to provide Shareholders with an interim operational
update of its Tanzanian Haneti Joint Venture Project, which is being funded by its joint venture partner,
Votorantim.



During the first three weeks of work on the Haneti Exploration Programme, primary attention was given to
undertaking a comprehensive soil geochemical sampling programme over key target areas. Sampling
commenced at the Mwaka hill target with a single sample team on an altered serpentitite
body (approx. 2km x 1km) identified from previous exploration. The serpentinite represents metamorphosed
ultramafic rocks which are targets for nickel, gold and platinum group metal element (“PGE”)
mineralisation. Prior sampling at Mwaka identified anomalous nickel and gold grades (93m at 0.4% Ni in
trenching and up to over a 1000 ppb gold in soils) and the current sampling programme is intended to
provide more detailed surface geochemical data ahead of the prioritisation of locations for initial drilling.

For the period ending 25 June, a total of 238 samples were collected on Mwaka. A second and possibly a
third sampling team will be deployed during July 2013 to cover other priority targets along the Haneti
ultramafic complex. The agreed soil sampling method and procedure was confirmed with the JV partners
during a Votorantim site visit on 26 June 2013.

The geological mapping program, as part of the 2013 exploration field programme, commenced with several
reconnaissance visits to the main target areas. Two detailed lines were mapped on Mwaka and Mihanza for
orientation purposes as well as to confirm historic mapping. First pass visits to Mindii and Zoani hills were
also completed. A total of 76 rock samples were collected for multi-element analyses as part of the mapping
programme thus far.

First laboratory results are expected from the end of August onwards.

The CEO, Kibo Mining PLC remarked: …” The field team
has settled in well and we are pleased with the current
production rate.”
Contacts



  Louis Coetzee       +27 (0)83 2606126      Kibo Mining plc       Chief Executive Officer



 Andreas Lianos       +27 (0)83 4408365         River Group        Corporate Adviser and
                                                                  Designated Adviser on JSE

    Jon Belliss      +44 (0) 20 3216 2630          XCAP                     Broker

   Stuart Laing         +61 8 94802500         RFC Ambrian       Nominated Adviser on AIM
                                                 Limited

    Matt Beale        +44 (0)7966 389196         Fortbridge           Investor Relations



Updates on the Company’s activities are regularly posted on its website www.kibomining.com


General Background & Strategy

Kibo was established in early 2008 to explore and develop mineral deposits in Tanzania, East Africa and
was admitted to AIM in London on 27 April 2010 and AltX in Johannesburg on 30 May 2011. The Board
of Kibo is composed of professionals whose experience include mineral exploration, mine development,
mining finance, tax, law, mergers and acquisitions, and financial control of public companies. It is supported
by competent and motivated a Tanzanian staff that operates from Kibo's operations office in Dar es Salaam.

The mineral assets of the Company comprise five projects areas in Tanzania - Haneti (nickel, PGE and
gold), Morogoro (Gold), Lake Victoria (Gold), Rukwa (Coal) and Pinewood (Coal & Uranium).

The Haneti project is the subject of a joint venture with Brazilian Votorantim Metais Participações Ltda, a
member of Votorantim Group. The Rukwa and Pinewood projects are situated close to the Mtwara Corridor,
an area where the Tanzanian Government has committed to significant infrastructure development and
which has seen recent multi-million dollar investment in coal and coal-fired power stations and uranium
exploration.

The Rukwa project is substantially more advanced than Kibo’s existing exploration projects, with a
significant Mineral Resource of thermal coal already defined. The project enjoys strong support expressed
by the Tanzanian Government for the expedited development of a coal mine and mine-mouth coal-fired
power plant and is further enhanced by the recent selection of Korean Government owned Korean East –
West Power Co. Ltd. (“EWP”) as Kibo’s development partner for the Rukwa Project.

Kibo's objective is to build shareholder value in a sustainable manner. This objective will be pursued
primarily through active exploration of its own projects and by using the Company's experience in Tanzania
to acquire attractive exploration and development assets on competitive terms that can be moved swiftly up
the value curve by using the Company’s own skills base whilst also seeking to benefit from strategic
collaborative relationships with industry leaders who have special skills and competencies within their
chosen fields of focus. Kibo will undertake continual risk assessment of its projects and take whatever
actions it believes are necessary to ensure that these risks are mitigated.

Johannesburg
11 July 2013

Corporate and Designated Adviser
River Group

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