Salient dividend dates Pan African Resources PLC (Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) AIM Code: PAF JSE Code: PAN ISIN: GB0004300496 ("Pan African" or the “Company” or the “Group”) SALIENT DIVIDEND DATES Shareholders are referred to the Group’s results that were released on 21 September 2016, wherein an exchange rate of South African Rand (“ZAR”) to the British Pound (“GBP”), ZAR/GBP: 18.7500 was used for illustrative purposes to convert the proposed ZAR dividend of ZAR0.15438 per share into GBP. Shareholders are advised that, should the proposed dividend be approved at the Annual General Meeting of the Company scheduled for Friday, 25 November 2016, the exchange rate for conversion of the ZAR dividend into GBP will be a fixed exchange rate of ZAR/GBP: 17.5787. Assuming the final dividend is approved by shareholders, the following salient dates would apply: 2016 Currency conversion date 11 October, Wednesday Last date to trade on the exchanges 06 December, Tuesday Ex-Dividend date on the JSE 07 December, Wednesday Ex-Dividend date on the LSE 08 December, Thursday Record date 09 December, Friday Payment date 22 December, Thursday 1. No transfers between the Johannesburg and London registers between the commencement of trading on Monday, 5 December 2016 and close of business on Friday, 9 December 2016 will be permitted. 2. No shares may be dematerialised or rematerialised between Wednesday, 7 December 2016 and Friday, 9 December 2016, both days inclusive. The proposed final dividend was calculated on 1,943,206,554 shares in issue and an exchange rate of ZAR/GBP: 17.5787, which translates to a final dividend of 0.87822 pence per share, which is a 6.7% increment on the illustrative dividend per share of 0.82338 pence per share referred to in the Group’s results announcement. The South African dividends tax rate is fifteen percent per ordinary share and therefore shareholders who are liable to pay the dividends tax will receive a net dividend of ZAR0.13122 cents per share (0.74649 pence per share). Foreign investors may qualify for a lower dividend tax rate, subject to completing a dividend tax declaration and submitting it to Computershare Limited or Capita Plc who manage the SA and UK register, respectively. The Company's South African income tax reference number is 9154588173. Johannesburg 13 October 2016 CONTACT INFORMATION Corporate Office The Firs Office Building 1st Floor, Office 101 Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Facsimile: + 27 (0) 11 880 1240 Registered Office Suite 31 Second Floor 107 Cheapside London EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0) 207 796 8644 Facsimile: + 44 (0) 207 796 8645 Cobus Loots Deon Louw Pan African Resources PLC Pan African Resources PLC Chief Executive Officer Financial Director Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Phil Dexter John Prior / Paul Gillam St James's Corporate Services Limited Numis Securities Limited Company Secretary Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Office: + 44 (0) 207 796 8644 Office: +44 (0) 20 7260 1000 Sholto Simpson Matthew Armitt / Ross Allister One Capital Peel Hunt LLP JSE Sponsor Joint Broker Office: + 27 (0) 11 550 5009 Office: +44 (0) 207 418 8900 Julian Gwillim Daniel Thöle Aprio Strategic Communications Bell Pottinger PR Public & Investor Relations SA Public & Investor Relations UK Office: +27 (0)11 880 0037 Office: + 44 (0) 203 772 2500 Jeffrey Couch/Neil Haycock/Thomas Rider BMO Capital Markets Limited Joint Broker Office: +44 (0) 207 236 1010 www.panafricanresources.com Date: 13/10/2016 11:00:00 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.