Patents Granted in South Africa

 11 July 2013

Alexander Mining plc

('Alexander' or the 'Company')

Patents Granted in South Africa

Alexander is pleased to report that it has received notification that its MetaLeach Limited ("MetaLeach") subsidiary has been granted two patents in South Africa.

I. A Method of Oxidative Leaching of Sulfide Ores and/or Concentrates, patent number 2011/09113. This is the core patent for MetaLeach's HyperLeach® technology andhas a standard term of twenty years from the effective date of 26 May 2010 (being the date of original filing). As previously announced, the Company has also been granted corresponding patents for this technology in Australia and Mongolia.

The patent describes a method for leaching one or more target metals from a sulphide ore and/or concentrate containing such metals.

II. A Method for Leaching Cobalt from Oxidised Cobalt Ores, patent number 2011/09114. The patent has a standard term of twenty years from the effective date of 6 August 2010 (being the date of original filing of the PCT Application from which the Australian patent is derived). As previously announced, corresponding patents for this technology have also been granted in Australia.

The patent describes a method for leaching cobalt from a non-lateritic oxidised cobalt ore.

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