Lonmin Thanks Shareholders

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14 December 2015

LONMIN THANKS SHAREHOLDERS

Lonmin Plc ("Lonmin" or "the Company") is pleased to announce that following take up of 70.93 per cent of the New Shares offered to Qualifying Shareholders under the Rights Issue, as announced by the Company on 11 December 2015, and the subsequent placing of those shares not initially taken up, the Public Investment Corporation of South Africa ("PIC") now holds 29.99 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company.

The Lonmin Board and Management thank all shareholders and appreciate the valuable additional support from the PIC and all the other existing and new international shareholders. That support now allows Lonmin to focus on the delivery of its strategy and business plan.

Definitions used in the Prospectus dated 9 November 2015 shall have the same meanings when used in this announcement, unless the context requires otherwise.

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The Securities have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "U.S. Securities Act"), or under any securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States and may not be offered, sold, pledged, taken up, exercised, resold, renounced, transferred or delivered, directly or indirectly, within the United States except pursuant to an applicable exemption from, or in a transaction not subject to, the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and in compliance with any applicable securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction of the United States. The Securities have not been approved or disapproved by the United States Securities Exchange Commission, any state securities commission in the United States or any other U.S. regulatory authority, nor have any of the foregoing authorities passed upon or endorsed the merits of the Rights Issue or the accuracy or adequacy of the Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offence in the United States.

Accordingly, subject to certain exceptions, the Rights Issue is not being made in the United States of America and neither this announcement nor the Prospectus constitute or will constitute an offer, or an invitation to apply for, or an offer or an invitation to subscribe for or acquire any Securities in the United States.

A copy of the Prospectus containing details of the Rights Issue is available from the registered office of the Company and on the Company's website at www.lonmin.com provided that the Prospectus will not, subject to certain exceptions, be available (whether through the website or otherwise) to Shareholders in the United States or any Excluded Territories.

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