Holdings in Company 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 22 September 2015 Holdings in Company Coal of Africa Limited (the “Company") was notified on 18 September 2015 by M & G Investment Management Limited (“M&G”) that, as at 18 September 2015, M&G held 346,128,850 ordinary shares of nil par value each in the Company, representing 17.96 per cent of the Company's issued share capital at that date. The shareholding decreased by 1.91 per cent following the recent shareholder approved share placement of 183,231,261 additional shares issued to Yishun Brightrise Investment PTE Limited on the 18th of September 2015. Further details on the holding are available on the Company’s website: http://www.coalofafrica.com/ AUTHORISED BY: Tony Bevan Company Secretary 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: 22/09/2015 01:00:00 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.