Update on Mintails Transaction

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”)

MINTAILS SA TRANSACTION UPDATE  

In November 2020, Pan African announced that the Company had entered into conditional sale of shares agreements to acquire the share capital and associated shareholder loans and other claims of Mogale Gold Proprietary Limited (“Mogale Gold”) and Mintails’ SA Soweto Cluster Proprietary Limited (“MSC”) (together the “Mintails Transaction”). Both Mogale Gold and MSC are 100% owned by Mintails SA, which was placed into provisional liquidation during 2018.

Pan African completed a definitive feasibility study on the Mogale Gold TSFs and announced the results of this study on 30 June 2022. The results of the DFS demonstrated that the project has compelling economics and significant production impact for the Group, equivalent to an increase in excess of 25% of current annual production, and an initial life of mine of 13 years, with further upside. 

The deadline for fulfilment of the remaining conditions to conclude the Mintails Transaction was previously extended to 31 August 2022.

Pan African wishes to advise shareholders that the deadline for the fulfilment of the remaining conditions precedent to conclude the Mintails Transaction has now been extended to 30 September 2022, to allow the Group sufficient opportunity to conclude the final aspects of its due diligence investigation.

Cobus Loots, CEO of Pan African, commented: “We believe that Pan African will be in a position to conclude the acquisition of Mogale Gold and MSC in the next month.  Our studies and other additional work has demonstrated a compelling opportunity to construct a world-class tailings retreatment operation, and we look forward to updating the market further in due course”.

Rosebank

1 September 2022

For further information on Pan African, please visit the Company's website at

www.panafricanresources.com

Corporate information
Corporate Office The Firs Office Building 2nd Floor, Office 204 Cnr. Cradock and Biermann Avenues Rosebank, Johannesburg South Africa Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 [email protected]	Registered Office 107 Cheapside, Second Floor London EC2V 6DN United Kingdom Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644
Chief Executive Officer  Cobus Loots      Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900	Financial Director Deon Louw Office: + 27 (0)11 243 2900
Head: Investor Relations Hethen Hira Tel: + 27 (0)11 243 2900 E-mail: [email protected]	Website: www.panafricanresources.com
Company Secretary Phil Dexter/Jane Kirton St James's Corporate Services Limited Office: + 44 (0)20 7796 8644	Nominated Adviser and Joint Broker Ross Allister/Alexander Allen Peel Hunt LLP Office: +44 (0)20 7418 8900
JSE Sponsor Ciska Kloppers Questco Corporate Advisory Proprietary Limited Office: + 27 (0)11 011 9200	Joint Broker Thomas Rider/Nick Macann BMO Capital Markets Limited Office: +44 (0)20 7236 1010
	Joint Broker Matthew Armitt/Jennifer Lee Joh. Berenberg, Gossler & Co KG (Berenberg) Office: +44 (0)20 3207 7800