Appointment of Chief Financial Officer

19 September 2013 African Barrick Gold plc (the "Company" or "ABG") Appointment of Chief Financial Officer ABG is pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Wray as Chief FinancialOfficer. Andrew joined ABG as Head of Corporate Development and InvestorRelations in 2010 and has been instrumental in transitioning ABG to a publiccompany and more recently has led the company wide Operational Review which hasidentified over $185 million of potential cost savings initiatives. Prior to ABG, Andrew spent over 13 years at JP Morgan Cazenove where as part ofthe Corporate Finance team he advised a range of mining and other companies intheir capital raising activities and other strategic objectives. Andrew will retain his existing responsibilities in addition to those of hisnew role. Jaco Maritz, who assumed the role of Acting Chief Financial Officerearlier this year, will revert to his original position of Vice President,Finance. Brad Gordon, ABG's Chief Executive Officer, said, "Andrew has been an integralpart of the management team of ABG over the past three years. I believe thatwith his skills and experience he will add significant value as CFO at what isa critical time for the Company as I restructure the senior team to build onthe platform provided by a high quality asset base and to achieve consistentoperational delivery. At the same time, I would like to thank Jaco for all ofhis efforts as Acting CFO this year and he will remain a key member of theFinance team alongside Andrew." ENQUIRIES For further information contact: African Barrick Gold plc +44 (0)20 7129 7150 Andrew Wray, Chief Financial Officer Giles Blackham, Investor Relations Manager Bell Pottinger +44 (0) 20 7861 3800 Charles Vivian Daniel Thole About ABG ABG is Tanzania's largest gold producer and one of the five largest goldproducers in Africa. We have three producing mines, all located in NorthwestTanzania, and several exploration projects at various stages of development inTanzania and Kenya. We have a high-quality asset base, solid growthopportunities and a clear strategy of optimising, expanding and growing ourbusiness. Maintaining our licence to operate through acting responsibly in relation toour people, the environment and the communities in which we operate is centralto achieving our objectives. ABG is a UK public company with its headquarters in London. We are listed onthe Main Market of the London Stock Exchange under the symbol ABG and have asecondary listing on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange. Historically and prior to our initial public offering (IPO), our operationscomprised the Tanzanian gold mining business of Barrick Gold Corporation, ourmajority shareholder. ABG reports in US dollars in accordance with IFRS asadopted by the European Union, unless otherwise stated in this announcement.