Renewal of cautionary announcement PALABORA MINING COMPANY LIMITED (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) Registration number – 1956/002134/06 JSE Code: PAM ISIN: ZAE000005245 ("Palabora" or “the Company”) RENEWAL OF CAUTIONARY ANNOUNCEMENT Shareholders of Palabora ("Shareholders") are referred to (i) the announcement published by the Company on the Stock Exchange News Service of the JSE Limited on 1 August 2013 (“Announcement”), in which Shareholders were advised of the implementation of the sale by the Rio Tinto Group and Anglo South Africa Capital Proprietary Limited of their collective 74.5% interest in the issued share capital of the Company to a consortium comprising South African and Chinese entities led by the Industrial Development Corporation of South Africa SOC Limited and Hebei Iron & Steel Group Co. Ltd. ("Consortium"), as well as to (ii) the renewal of/update to cautionary announcements published on 12 February 2013, 27 March 2013, 13 May 2013, 1 July 2013, 5 July 2013 and 18 July 2013 ("Cautionary Announcements"). The Announcement referred to the requirement that the Consortium extend an offer to all remaining Shareholders to acquire their ordinary shares in Palabora (“Mandatory Offer”). The terms of the Mandatory Offer will be set out in a circular which is still to be posted to Shareholders. Shareholders are referred to the Cautionary Announcements and are advised to continue exercising caution when dealing in Palabora's securities until the circular containing the terms of the Mandatory Offer is posted to Shareholders, and a further announcement to this effect is published. Phalaborwa 14 August 2013 Sponsor One Capital Date: 14/08/2013 01:00:00 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.