Labour court mediation Lonmin Plc (Incorporated in England and Wales) (Registered in the Republic of South Africa under registration number 1969/000015/10) JSE code: LON Issuer Code: LOLMI & ISIN : GB0031192486 ("Lonmin") REGULATORY RELEASE 23 May 2014 LABOUR COURT MEDIATION The following statement was released in Johannesburg by Lonmin Plc (“Lonmin” or “the Company”) today, in conjunction with Anglo American Platinum Limited and Impala Platinum Holdings Limited: Johannesburg, 23 May 2014 – Platinum producers Anglo American Platinum Limited (Amplats), Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats) and Lonmin Plc (Lonmin) advise that facilitated mediation between the companies and the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) are continuing under the auspices of the Labour Court. The producers and AMCU welcomed the initiative of the Labour Court to mediate a resolution of the protracted wage strike in the sector. The parties have fully embraced this process with talks led by Judge Hilary Rabkin Naicker. The process is unfolding and the parties are encouraged that they share a common commitment to endeavour to resolve this dispute. -ENDS- ENQUIRIES Investors / Analysts: Lonmin Tanya Chikanza – Head of Investor Relations +44 20 7201 6000 Floyd Sibandze – Investor Relations Manager +27 11 218 8300 Media: Cardew Group Anthony Cardew / James Clark +44 20 7930 0777 Sue Vey +27 72 644 9777 Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd Notes to editors Lonmin, which is listed on both the London Stock Exchange and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange, is one of the world's largest primary producers of PGMs. These metals are essential for many industrial 1 applications, especially catalytic converters for internal combustion engine emissions, as well as their widespread use in jewellery. Lonmin's operations are situated in the Bushveld Complex in South Africa, where nearly 80% of known global PGM resources are found. The Company creates value for shareholders through mining, refining and marketing PGMs and has a vertically integrated operational structure - from mine to market. Lonmin's mining operations extract ore from which the Process Division produces refined PGMs for delivery to customers. Underpinning the operations is the Shared Services function which provides high quality levels of support and infrastructure across the operations. Announcements relating to the situation can be found on Lonmin’s website at: http://www.lonmin.com 2 Date: 23/05/2014 12:24:00 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.