Disposal of Phoenix Platinum Mining Proprietary Limited to Sylvania Platinum Limited 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 “Group”) DISPOSAL OF PHOENIX PLATINUM MINING PROPRIETARY LIMITED (“PHOENIX PLATINUM”) TO SYLVANIA PLATINUM LIMITED (“SYLVANIA”) Pan African is pleased to announce that the Group has successfully concluded a conditional agreement with Sylvania, whereby Pan African will dispose of all of its shares and loan accounts in its wholly-owned subsidiary Phoenix Platinum to Sylvania for a total cash consideration of R89 million (the “Transaction”). The Transaction provides Pan African with an opportunity to meet the following strategic objectives: - Focus on core assets and value accretive growth opportunities: The Transaction will enable Pan African management to focus on the Group’s existing gold operations, the construction of the Elikhulu project and other organic and acquisitive growth opportunities; and - Further improved financial position: The cash proceeds of R89 million, payable on Transaction closure, will further strengthen the Group’s financial position and supplement the Group’s existing cash resources and debt facilities. The Transaction is conditional upon the conclusion of a confirmatory due diligence and other suspensive conditions customary for a transaction of this nature. The Transaction is expected to be finalised within a 90 day timeframe from the date of this announcement. The Transaction falls below the threshold for categorisation in terms of the JSE Limited Listings Requirements and this announcement is provided for information purposes only. CEO STATEMENT Cobus Loots, the Chief Executive Officer of Pan African, commented: “The disposal of Phoenix Platinum, which for some time has been non-core to Pan African, enables us to further strengthen our financial position and to focus on our large gold operations and the construction of the Elikhulu project.” By order of the Board Johannesburg 31 July 2017 Contact information Corporate Office Registered Office The Firs Office Building Suite 31, Second Floor 1st Floor, Office 101 107 Cheapside Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues London Rosebank, Johannesburg EC2V 6DN South Africa United Kingdom Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Office: + 44 (0) 207 796 8644 Facsimile: + 27 (0) 11 880 1240 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 Jeffrey Couch/Neil Haycock/Thomas Rider Aprio Strategic Communications BMO Capital Markets Limited Public & Investor Relations SA Joint Broker Office: +27 (0)11 880 0037 Office: +44 (0) 207 236 1010 Bobby Morse/Chris Judd Buchanan Communications Public & Investor Relations UK Office: +44 (0) 207 466 5000 www.panafricanresources.com Date: 31/07/2017 08:15:00 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.