Retirement of Chief Executive Officer Assore Limited (Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa) (Registration number: 1950/037394/06) (Share code: ASR) (ISIN: ZAE000146932) ("Assore”) Retirement of Chief Executive Officer Shareholders are advised that Mr Chris Cory, the chief executive officer of the company, will retire on 30 June 2017 after 28 successful years with the group. The board is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr Charles Edwards Walters as the chief executive officer of the company with effect from 1 July 2017. Charles will join Assore on 1 April 2017 as CEO designate. Charles has had a long and successful career in mining and industry and joins the Assore Group of companies from the Invicta Group, where he is currently the chief executive officer. The chairman of the board, Mr Desmond Sacco, stated the following: “We are delighted that a talented executive of Mr Walters' calibre will join Assore Limited and I look forward to working with him in taking the company forward. I extend a warm welcome to Mr Walters, and at the same time wish to thank Mr Cory for his invaluable service and contribution to the company over the past 28 years". Illovo Boulevard Johannesburg 6 December 2016 Sponsor The Standard Bank of South Africa Limited Date: 06/12/2016 11:05:00 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.