Changes to the board of directors Pan African Resources PLC (Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) Share code on AIM: PAF Share code on JSE: PAN ISIN: GB0004300496 (“Pan African” or the “Company”) CHANGES TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Pan African shareholders (“Shareholders”) are hereby advised that Rob Still has resigned as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 1 July 2014, owing to increasing global responsibilities within his private equity business. Following his resignation, Mr. Still will no longer be a member of any board committees of Pan African. Shareholders are also advised that Rowan Smith has accepted the appointment as a non-executive director on Pan African’s board of directors. Rowan will be formally appointed to the board and the effective date of his appointment will be announced once the AIM processes pertaining to his appointment have been completed. Rowan was previously the Managing Director of Shanduka Resources. He is a qualified geologist and has in excess of 20 years of experience in the minerals and investment banking industries. His experience also includes geological valuation work for Rand Mines, seven years with Societe Generale de Surveillance and four years as a Director of Investec Bank’s Resource Finance Division. Keith Spencer, Chairman of Pan African, commented: “The board of directors and I would like to thank Rob for his invaluable contribution to Pan African over the past 10 years, during which Pan African has grown from a junior exploration company to a mid-tier miner with a market capitalisation in excess of US$400m. We wish him well in his future endeavours. Rowan’s appointment as a non- executive director will further strengthen the technical and commercial expertise available to our board, and we look forward to working with him. ” 2 July 2014 JSE Sponsor One Capital PAN AFRICAN ENQUIRIES South Africa UK Pan African Resources Canaccord Genuity Limited Mr Ron Holding Neil Elliot / Peter Stewart / Joe Weaving Chief Executive Officer Nomad and Joint Broker +27 (0) 11 243 2900 +44 (0) 20 7523 8350 One Capital finnCap Limited Regulatory Services Elizabeth Johnson / Joanna Weaving +27 (0) 11 550 5000 Joint Broker +44 (0) 20 7220 0500 St James’s Corporate Services Limited Phil Dexter +44 (0) 20 7796 8647 For further information on Pan African, please visit the website at www.panafricanresources.com Date: 02/07/2014 03:00:00 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.