Posting of circular and notice of general meeting Sibanye Gold Limited (Reg. No. 2002/031431/06) (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (“Sibanye Gold” or “the Company”) Share code: SGL ISIN – ZAE000173951 Issuer code: SGL POSTING OF CIRCULAR AND NOTICE OF GENERAL MEETING Westonaria, 7 October 2013: Shareholders are referred to the announcement on 21 August 2013, that Sibanye Gold had entered into an agreement with Gold One International Limited (“Gold One”), to acquire Gold One’s West Rand Operations (the “Cooke Operations”), in exchange for such number of new Sibanye Gold shares as represents 17% of Sibanye Gold’s issued share capital on a fully diluted basis (“the Consideration Shares”), on the closing date of the transaction (the “Proposed Transaction”). The resolution required for the allotment and issue of the Consideration Shares is set out in the Notice of General Meeting (the “Notice”) as Ordinary Resolution Number 1. It requires the approval of a majority of the Sibanye Gold shareholders to be passed. Sibanye Gold wishes to advise that the circular containing the Notice (the “Circular”) was posted to all shareholders today and is available on the website (www.sibanyegold.co.za). Notice of the General Meeting Notice is hereby given for the General Meeting, as set out in the Circular, to be held at Libanon Business Park, 1 Hospital Street (off Cedar Avenue), Libanon, Westonaria, 1780, South Africa, on Tuesday, 5 November 2013 at 09h00 to deal with such business as stated in the Notice. SALIENT DATES AND TIMES Circular posted to Shareholders Monday, 7 October 2013 Last day to trade in order to be Thursday, 24 October 2013 eligible to attend and vote at the General Meeting Record date for attending and Thursday, 31 October 2013 voting at the General Meeting Last day to lodge forms of proxy Friday, 1 November 2013 in respect of the General Meeting by 09:00 General Meeting of Shareholders to Tuesday, 5 November 2013 be held at 09:00 ENDS Contact James Wellsted Head of Corporate Affairs Sibanye Gold Limited +27 83 453 4014 james.wellsted@sibanyegold.co.za 7 October 2013 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Date: 07/10/2013 05:05:00 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.