Pan African Resources PLC - Completion of Phase 1 of share buyback Pan African Resources PLC (Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under the Companies Act 1985 with registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000) Share code on AIM: PAF Share code on JSE: PAN ISIN: GB0004300496 ADR ticker code: PAFRY (“Pan African” or the “Company” or the “Group”) PAN AFRICAN RESOURCES PLC COMPLETION OF PHASE 1 OF SHARE BUYBACK Pan African, the South African gold producer, is pleased to announce that Phase 1 of the Company's share buyback programme ("the Programme"), as announced on 1 April 2022, has been completed. Under the Programme, between 1 April and 9 May 2022, the Company has repurchased in aggregate 11,825,491 ordinary shares of £0.01 pence each in the Company ("Ordinary Shares") for a total consideration of ZAR 50.3 million (approximately £2.55 million). A total of 7,568,744 Ordinary Shares have been bought back on the London Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of 21.67 pence per share. A total of 4,256,747 Ordinary Shares have been bought back on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange at a volume weighted average price of 418.21 South African cents per share. All shares purchased under the Programme have been cancelled. The Company therefore has 2,222,862,046 ordinary shares of £0.01 each in issue, of which 306,358,058 ordinary shares are held in treasury. The above figure of 2,222,862,046 may be used by shareholders as the denominator for calculating whether they are required to notify their interest in, or a change to their interest in the Company under the FCA's Disclosure Guidance and Transparency Rules. The information contained in this update is the responsibility of the Pan African board of directors and has not been reviewed or reported on by the Group’s external auditors. Rosebank 12 May 2022 For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at www.panafricanresources.com Corporate information Corporate office Registered Office The Firs Office Building Suite 31 2nd Floor, Office 204 Second Floor Corner Cradock and Biermann Avenues 107 Cheapside Rosebank, Johannesburg London South Africa EC2V 6DN Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 United Kingdom info@paf.co.za Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644 Chief executive officer Financial director Cobus Loots Deon Louw Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Office: + 27 (0) 11 243 2900 Head: Investor relations Website: www.panafricanresources.com Hethen Hira Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 E-mail: hhira@paf.co.za Company secretary Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton Ross Allister/Alexander Allen St James's Corporate Services Limited Peel Hunt LLP Office: + 44 (0) 20 7796 8644 Office: +44 (0) 20 7418 8900 JSE Sponsor Joint Broker Ciska Kloppers Thomas Rider/Nick Macann Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited BMO Capital Markets Limited Office: + 27 (0) 11 011 9200 Office: +44 (0) 20 7236 1010 Date: 12-05-2022 07:57:00 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.