Ngodwana Energy Project gets the notice to proceed ELB GROUP LIMITED Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa (Registration number 1930/002553/06) ISIN: ZAE000035101 JSE Code: ELR (“ELB” or “the Company”) NGODWANA ENERGY PROJECT GETS THE NOTICE TO PROCEED ELB is pleased to announce that its subsidiary, ELB Engineering Services Proprietary Limited (“Engineering Services”), together with its project partner, KC Cottrell, has received the notice to proceed with the build of a 25MW biomass power plant for Ngodwana Energy following the successful bid in terms of the South African Government’s renewable energy independent power producer programme. Engineering Services, together with KC Cottrell, will design, procure, construct and commission a wood-chip biomass power plant at Sappi’s Ngodwana Mill in Mpumalanga. The project will use biomass recovered from surrounding plantations and screened waste material from the mill production process. The power plant will burn up to 35 tons per hour of biomass in a boiler in order to generate steam and drive a turbine to generate electricity, which will be fed into the grid. The project is expected to generate in excess of 2500 man-months of employment for South African citizens during the project phase, whilst the biomass recovery process lends itself to sustainable job creation and skills development over the life of the plant. The project is also expected to make a meaningful contribution to the South African economy through the significant level of local procurement required. The plant design, specification and application is unique to biomass power producers and entities within the timber industry and represents an exciting opportunity for Engineering Services to deliver what ELB believes will become a reference biomass power plant for Africa. The project is expected to take up to twenty-seven months to complete. Engineering Services looks forward to working with its project partners and to the successful undertaking of such a renewable power project in South Africa. Johannesburg 16 April 2018 Sponsor Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Date: 16/04/2018 12:14:00 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.