Directorate Change

10 May 2010

Lonmin Plc

Directorate Change

Lonmin Plc (the "Company") is pleased to announce that Mahomed Seedat has agreed to join the Board with effect from 1 January 2011 as a Non-executive Director. On appointment, Mahomed will become a member of the Safety & Sustainability Committee.

He has been Chief Operating Officer of Lonmin since September 2007 and will relinquish that role on 31 December 2010. After that date he will act as an adviser to Ian Farmer, Chief Executive of the Company, and serve as Non-executive Chairman of the Company's two principal South African operating subsidiaries, Western Platinum Limited and Eastern Platinum Limited. As a consequence, the Board will not regard Mahomed as being an independent director, although he will be entirely Non-executive.

Mahomed (54) is a South African national and has extensive experience of the South African mining industry. Before joining Lonmin, Mahomed was President of BHP Billiton's Energy Coal Customer Sector Group from 2005 to 2007 and prior to that President and Chief Operating Officer of Aluminium Southern Africa with responsibility for aluminium smelter operations. Prior to this, he held operational roles with the Richards Bay Coal Terminal Company and with Anglo Coal. Mahomed holds a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Durban-Westville and was awarded a fellowship from Harvard Business School in 1990.

In accordance with the Listing Rules, Lonmin confirms that there are no matters that would require disclosure under LR9.6.13R(1) to (6). Mahomed currently has a beneficial interest in 6,246 Lonmin ordinary shares of $1 each.

Commenting on the appointment, Roger Phillimore, Chairman of Lonmin said:

"I am pleased to welcome Mahomed to our Board as a Non-executive Director. He has made a significant difference to Lonmin in his executive capacity over the last three years, and we look forward to his ongoing contribution to Lonmin's development. Together with today's announcement of the proposed appointment of Cyril Ramaphosa to the Board, this demonstrates that Lonmin continues to meet the challenge of being a corporate citizen of the new South Africa."

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