Appointment of independent non-executive director NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number 1977/003282/06) Share code: NHM ISIN: ZAE000030912 Debt issuer code: NHMI Bond code: NHM002 Bond ISIN: ZAG000129024 Bond code: NHM003 Bond ISIN: ZAG000129032 (“Northam” or the “company”) APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR In compliance with paragraph 3.59(a) of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements, Northam shareholders are advised that Mr J G (John) Smithies has been appointed as an independent non-executive director to the board of Northam (“board”), with effect from 1 January 2017. Mr Smithies is a mining engineer and has spent the majority of his career at Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (“Implats”), where he held a number of senior management positions including that of director of operations and chief executive officer, before retiring from Implats. Mr Lazarus Zim, chairman of the board, commented, “Northam is pleased to welcome John to the board and we look forward to benefit from his extensive technical and hands-on mining experience in the platinum sector, which will further strengthen the company.” Johannesburg 10 November 2016 Sponsor and Debt Sponsor One Capital Date: 10/11/2016 09:00:00 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.