Directorate Change - Regulatory release 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") 23 February 2015 Directorate Change - Regulatory Release Lonmin Plc (the “Company”) announces that Phuti Mahanyele has notified the Company of her intention to resign as a non-executive director of the Company with effect from 30 June 2015. Phuti joined the board as a non-executive director of the Company in April 2013 when she was nominated to the board pursuant to a contractual arrangement with Shanduka Group, the Company’s Black Economic Empowerment partner. Phuti’s intention to resign from the Lonmin board is a direct consequence of her resignation from Shanduka, effective from the same date and announced earlier today. A further notification will be made in due course when details of Shanduka’s proposed nominee director have been confirmed. Lonmin’s Chairman, Brian Beamish, thanked Phuti for her valuable contribution and support during the past two years. “She will leave Lonmin with the board’s appreciation and best wishes for her future endeavours, having provided valuable guidance in positioning the Company for success.” - ENDS - ENQUIRIES Investors / Analysts: Lonmin Tanya Chikanza +27 11 218 8358 Floyd Sibandze +27 11 218 8300 Sue Vey + 27 60 523 7953 Media: Cardew Group Anthony Cardew / James Clark +44 20 7930 0777 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 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. For further information please visit our website: http://www.lonmin.com Date: 23/02/2015 10:00:00 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.