Fulfilment of conditions precedent to the acquisition of mining equipment and transfer of employees MCC Contracts Tharisa plc (Incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus with limited liability) (Registration number HE223412) JSE share code: THA LSE share code: THS ISIN: CY0103562118 ('Tharisa') Tharisa announces the fulfilment of further conditions precedent to the acquisition of mining equipment and the transfer of employees from MCC Contracts (Pty) Ltd Further to the announcement on 6 July 2017, shareholders are advised that the transaction was approved by shareholders of eXtract Group Limited, the sole shareholder of MCC Contracts (Pty) Ltd, at its general meeting on 10 August 2017. In addition, the necessary approvals and agreements for the transaction from the senior debt providers to Tharisa Minerals (Pty) Ltd have been obtained. The remaining conditions precedent are administrative in nature and the effective date for the transaction will be 1 October 2017. Paphos, Cyprus 11 August 2017 JSE Sponsor Investec Bank Limited Investor Relations contact: Tharisa plc Sherilee Lakmidas +27 11 996 3538 +27 79 276 2529 slakmidas@tharisa.com Broker contacts: Peel Hunt LLP (Joint Broker) Ross Allister/ Chris Burrows +44 207 7418 8900 BMO Capital Markets Limited (Joint Broker) Jeffrey Couch/Neil Haycock/Thomas Rider +44 020 7236 1010 Financial PR contacts: Buchanan +44(0) 20 7466 5000 tharisa@buchanan.uk.com Date: 11/08/2017 08:00:00 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.