Change in Non-executive Directors Coal of Africa Limited Incorporated and registered in Australia) (Registration number ABN 008 905 388) ISIN AU000000CZA6 JSE/ASX/AIM share code: CZA ("CoAL or the "Company" or the "Group") ANNOUNCEMENT 12 December 2014 Change in Non-executive Directors Coal of Africa (“CoAL” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr. Andrew Mifflin and Mr. Thabo Mosololi as new directors to the CoAL Board effective 12 December 2014. In addition Mr David Murray has resigned as a Director of the Company after serving as a member of the Board for four years. Andrew David Mifflin (57) obtained his BSc. (Hons) Mining Engineering from Staffordshire University and has a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. Andrew has over 30 years’ experience specifically in the coal mining arena. His experience spans across various organisations such as British Coal Corporation, Xstrata and more recently GVK resources. He has gained in depth knowledge in coal operation, both thermal and hard coking coal as well as in project development. Thabo Felix Mosololi (45) is a Chartered Accountant qualified in South Africa and brings considerable expertise as a director of various companies as well as from his time as Finance Director and Operations Director with Tsogo Sun. Thabo has 20 years of experience within the South African corporate environment and holds 10,000 CoAL shares in his personal capacity, representing 0.00077 per cent of the issued share capital of the Company. Save as set out below there is no further information required to be disclosed pursuant to paragraph (g) of Schedule 2 of the AIM rules for Messers Mifflin and Mosololi. Mr Mosololi - Current Directorships: Mr Mosololi - Directorships in past five years: -Vernecular Investment CC -First Uranium Ltd -Mosololi Family Trust -Tsogo Sun Gaming(and subsidiaries) (Pty) Ltd -Mabuza Family Trust -Chebo-Pele Logistics Support (Pty) Ltd -Market Theatre Foundation -Robben Island Museum -Javas-Tbos Properties (Pty) Ltd -Sunmart 005 Property Holding (Pty) Ltd -4 Blueberry Fields Knysna (Pty) Ltd -Kuncedzana Investment Holding (Pty) Ltd -MTF Investment Holdings ((Pty) Ltd -Evraz Highvel Steel and Vanadium Ltd -Edcon Holdings (Pty) Ltd -Vendiline(Pty) Ltd -Pamodzi Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd -Pan African Resources PLC Bernard Pryor, Chairman, commented: “I am delighted to welcome both Andrew and Thabo to our Board. They are two very experienced individuals both in coal operations and projects and the corporate world in a South African context respectively. These experiences will be very important to CoAL as we move forward to our next phase of project development and improving shareholder value. We remain focused on ensuring that the Board provides timely advice and support and that we retain the correct suite of skills at each stage of the Company’s evolution. I also wish to warmly thank David Murray for his unstinting support to the Company and his insight and advice on the issues facing the Company in the past few years have been hugely valuable. We will miss his support and we wish him well.” For more information contact: David Brown Chief Executive Officer Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000 Michael Meeser Chief Financial Officer Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000 Celeste Harris Investor Relations Coal of Africa +27 10 003 8000 Tony Bevan Company Secretary Endeavour Corporate Services +61 08 9316 9100 Company advisors: Jos Simson/Emily Fenton Financial PR (United Kingdom) Tavistock +44 20 7920 3150 Chris Sim/George Price/Jeremy Ellis Nominated Adviser Investec Bank plc +44 20 7597 5970 Charmane Russell/Jane Kamau Financial PR (South Africa) Russell & Associates +27 11 880 3924 or +27 82 372 5816 Investec Bank Limited is the nominated JSE Sponsor About CoAL: CoAL is an AIM/ASX/JSE listed coal exploration, development and mining company operating in South Africa. CoAL’s key projects include the Vele Colliery (coking and thermal coal), the Greater Soutpansberg Project /MbeuYashu, including CoAL’s Makhado Project (coking and thermal coal). AU: Coal of Africa Limited, Suite 8, 7 The Esplanade, Mount Pleasant, Perth WA 6153, Australia, Tel: +61 8 9316 9100, Fax: +61 8 9316 5475 ZA: South Block, Summercon Office Park, Cnr Rockery Lane and Sunset Avenue, Lonehill, 2191, Tel: +27 10 003 8000 Fax: +27 11 388 8333 Email: adminza@coalofafrica.com Bernard R. Pryor – Chairman, David H. Brown – Chief Executive Officer , Michael G. Meeser – Chief Financial Officer Non-executive directors: Peter G. Cordin, Khomotso B. Mosehla , David J. K. Murray, Rudolph H. Torlage Date: 12/12/2014 09:00:00 Produced by the JSE SENS Department. The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the JSE Limited ('JSE'). 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