Competition authorities unconditional approval Village Main Reef Limited (Registration number 1934/005703/06) JSE code: VIL ISIN: ZAE000154761 ("Village" or "the Company") COMPETITION AUTHORITIES UNCONDITIONAL APPROVAL ________________________________________________________________________ Shareholders of Village ("Village Shareholders") are referred to the firm intention announcement released on the Stock Exchange News Service (“SENS”) of the JSE Limited on 4 February 2015 regarding the terms on which Heaven-Sent Capital Management Group Co., Ltd (“Heaven-Sent”) offered to acquire the entire issued ordinary share capital of Village ("Scheme") in terms of section 114, read with section 115, of the Companies Act, 2008 (as amended) (“the Companies Act”). Village Shareholders are also referred to the announcement released on SENS on 6 March 2015 regarding the posting of the circular regarding the Scheme ("Circular") which incorporated the Notice of General Meeting. Words and expressions used in this announcement shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Circular. Village is pleased to announce that on 31 March 2015 the Proposed Transaction received unconditional approval from the Competition Authorities in accordance with the Competition Act.Village Shareholders will be advised on the status of the remaining Scheme Conditions in due course. Johannesburg 2 April 2015 Corporate adviser to Village Main Reef Corporate adviser to Heaven-Sent Limited Capital Group Management Co., Ltd Qinisele Resources Proprietary Limited Standard Chartered Bank South African Legal adviser to Heaven- JSE Sponsor to Village Main Reef Sent Limited Capital Management Group Co., Ltd Bravura Capital Proprietary Limited Werksmans Attorneys South African Legal Advisor to Village Independent expert to Village Main Reef Limited Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs Incorporated Venmyn Deloitte Date: 02/04/2015 02:00:00 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.