Issuance of Shares and Total Voting Rights update 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") 4 December 2014 Lonmin Plc Issuance of Shares and Total Voting Rights update Pursuant to the Lonmin Plc ("Lonmin") announcement dated 26 November 2014 in respect of the conditions precedent relating to the transaction with the Bapo Ba Mogale Traditional Community ("the Bapo") being fulfilled, Lonmin has satisfied its obligation to allot and issue a total of 13,125,436 new ordinary shares of US$1 each in Lonmin to the Bapo (the "New Ordinary Shares"). The New Ordinary Shares will rank pari passu with the existing ordinary shares of the Company. The Financial Conduct Authority (the "FCA") has approved the admission of the New Ordinary Shares to the Official List and the London Stock Exchange has granted permission for the New Ordinary Shares to be admitted to trading. The Johannesburg Stock Exchange has also approved the admission of the New Ordinary Shares. The New Ordinary Shares represent approximately 2.25% of the enlarged issued share capital of Lonmin immediately after the issue of the New Ordinary Shares and, as a result, following issue of the New Ordinary Shares, Lonmin's capital will consist of 583,786,213 Ordinary Shares of US$1 each. Lonmin does not currently have any shares in Treasury and, therefore, the total number of voting rights in Lonmin will now be 583,786,213. The above figure can be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations by which to determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, Lonmin under the FCA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules. Sponsor: J.P. Morgan Equities South Africa (Pty) Ltd ENQUIRIES Investors / Analysts Lonmin Plc Tanya Chikanza +27 11 218 8358 / +44 20 7201 6007 Floyd Sibandze +27 11 218 8300 Media Cardew Group James Clark +44 20 7930 0777 Sue Vey +27 72 644 9777 Date: 04/12/2014 05:45:00 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.