Admission of shares 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") ADMISSION OF SHARES Pan African announces that it has applied for the admission of 965,000 ordinary shares of 1p each in the Company (“Shares”) to trading on AIM. These Shares were issued in February 2014 pursuant to the exercise of share options as described in the Company’s announcement of 19 February 2014, but not admitted to trading on AIM at that time. Admission is expected to occur at 8.00am on 28 December 2016. These Shares are already listed on the Main Board of JSE Limited. There is no change to the total issued share capital of the Company which comprises 1,943,206,554 shares with no shares held in treasury. Johannesburg 21 December 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: 21/12/2016 05:50:00 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.