Sibanye Gold confirms notification from AMCU, of intended strike action at Driefontein 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”) Sibanye Gold confirms notification from AMCU, of intended strike action at Driefontein Westonaria, 20 January 2014: Sibanye Gold (JSE: SGL & NYSE: SBGL) advises stakeholders that the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), has given notice that it will call on its members at Sibanye Gold’s Driefontein Operations to strike, starting with the morning shift on Thursday,23 January 2014. Certain mines operated by other South African gold producers have also been issued with strike notices by AMCU. The AMCU strike notification relates to the 2013 wage negotiations, which were concluded on 10 September 2013, when a two-year wage agreement was reached with three of the four unions (NUM, UASA and Solidarity), representing 72% of unionised gold industry employees at the time. AMCU, which represented 17% of employees at that time, participated in the central level negotiations, but refused to accept the agreement. Consistent with over 10 years of accepted practice in previous wage negotiations, the September 2013 agreement was extended by the Chamber of Mines and made applicable to all employees who form part of the industry bargaining unit, irrespective of their trade union affiliation. All AMCU members have been recipients of and benefited from the annual increase and other benefits agreed upon in September 2013 and backdated to 1 July 2013. The strike certificate issued to AMCU by the Council for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration, was granted in September 2013, prior to the agreement being made applicable to all employees in the bargaining unit. The Chamber of Mines, on behalf of the gold producers covered in the wage agreement will immediately be seeking a court interdict to prevent AMCU members from embarking upon strike action. The Chamber of Mines will also request that the court recover the cost of the application from AMCU and that the union be held responsible for any and all damages suffered as a result of strike action. ENDS 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: 20/01/2014 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.