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Board of Directors 1 2 3 4 1 Patrice Motsepe (45) Executive chairman. BA (Legal), LLB Appointed to the board in 2003 and became Chairman during 2004.

1 Board of Directors Patrice Motsepe (45) Executive chairman. BA (Legal), LLB Appointed to the board in 2003 and became Chairman during Patrice Motsepe was a partner in one of the largest law firms in South Africa, Bowman Gilfillan Inc. He was a visiting attorney in the USA with the law firm, McGuire Woods Battle and Boothe. In 1994 he founded Future Mining, which grew rapidly to become a successful contract mining company. He then formed ARMgold in 1997, which listed on the JSE in ARMgold merged with Harmony in 2003 and this ultimately led to the take over of Anglovaal Mining (Avmin). In 2002 he was voted South Africa s Business Leader of the Year by the CEOs of the top 100 companies in South Africa. In the same year, he was winner of the Ernst & Young Best Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He is also the non-executive Chairman of Harmony and the Deputy Chairman of Sanlam. His various business responsibilities include being President of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA), which is the voice of organised business in South Africa. He is also president of Mamelodi Sundowns Football Club. 2 André Wilkens (58) Chief executive officer. Mine Managers Certificate of Competency. MDPA (Unisa), RMIIA Appointed to the board in André Wilkens was formerly the chief executive of ARM Platinum, a division of ARM. Prior to this, he was chief operating officer of Harmony following the merger of that company with ARMgold in He served as chief executive officer of ARMgold after joining the company in The balance of his 34 years' mining experience was gained with Anglo American Corporation of South Africa, where he commenced his career in 1969 and which culminated in his appointment as mine manager of Vaal Reefs South Mine in Frank Abbott (52) Financial director. BCom, CA(SA), MBL Appointed as financial director to the ARM board in Frank Abbott was formerly the financial director of Randgold for the period 1994 to He then held the position of financial director at Harmony from 1997 to In August 2007 Frank was appointed interim financial director of Harmony for a period of six months. 4 Mangisi Gule (55) Executive director. BA (Hons) Wits, P & DM (Wits Business School) Appointed to the board in Mangisi Gule was appointed chief executive of ARM Platinum on 27 February 2005 and in May 2007 he was appointed chief executive of ARM Coal. He has extensive experience in the field of management, training, human resources, communications, corporate affairs and business development. Apart from his qualifications in business management from Wits Business School, Mangisi has proven experience in leadership and mentorship. He has been a lecturer, as well as chairman of various professional bodies and a member of various executive committees and associations. He has also been an executive director and board member for ARMgold as well as executive director and board member of Harmony. 92

5 6 7 8 5 Jan Steenkamp (53) Executive director. National Met Diploma, Mine Managers Certificate, MDP, Cert Eng Appointed to the board in 2005.

2 Jan Steenkamp (53) Executive director. National Met Diploma, Mine Managers Certificate, MDP, Cert Eng Appointed to the board in Jan Steenkamp started his career with the Anglovaal Group in Trained as a mining engineer, he has worked at and managed group mining operations within the gold, copper, manganese, iron ore and chrome sections. He was appointed as managing director of Avgold Limited in September 2002 and also serves on the board of Assmang Limited. In May 2003 Jan was appointed to the Avmin board and was appointed chief executive officer of Avmin on 1 July 2003 after serving as chief operating officer. Jan currently holds the position of Chief Executive of ARM Ferrous. 6 Rick Menell (52) Non-executive director. MA (Cantab), MSc Appointed to the board in 1994, elected chief executive officer in 1999 and became chairman during He is currently President and CEO of TEAL Exploration & Mining Inc. Rick Menell trained as an exploration geologist and worked as an investment banker with JP Morgan in New York and Melbourne. He was executive director of Delta Gold in Australia and then joined Anglovaal Mining in 1992, became CEO in 1999 and executive chairman in He is a director of The Standard Bank Group and Mutual & Federal. He recently served as chairman of the South African Tourism board ( ), deputy chairman of Harmony Gold ( ) and Telkom SA ( ) and was President of the Chamber of Mines from 1999 to He also currently serves on the boards of a number of non-profit development organisations including The Business Trust, The National Business Initiative and City Year (youth service). 7 Dr Manana Bakane-Tuoane (59) Independent non-executive director. BA, MA, PhD Appointed to the board in Dr Manana Bakane-Tuoane has extensive experience in the economics field. Her 20-year career in the academic field included lecturing at various institutions including the University of Botswana Lesotho and Swaziland (UBLS), National University of Lesotho (NUL), University of Saskatchewan (Sectional Lecturer) and the University of Fort Hare as Head of Department and Associate Professor. During this part of her career she was seconded to work in the public service, where she has held various senior management positions since Manana was appointed to the Programme Committee of the African Economic Research Consortium (AERC), Nairobi, Kenya, in Joaquim Chissano (67) Independent non-executive director Appointed to the board in Joaquim Chissano is a former President of Mozambique who has served that country in many capacities, initially as a founding member of the Frelimo movement during that country's struggle for independence. Subsequent to independence in 1975 he was appointed foreign minister and on the death of Samora Machel assumed the office of President. Frelimo contested and won the multi-party elections in 1994 and 1999, returning Joaquim to the presidency on both occasions. He declined to stand for a further term of office in His presidency commenced during a devastating civil war and ended with the economy in the process of being reconstructed. He served a term as chairman of the African Union from 2003 to Joaquim is also the deputy chairman of TEAL and a non-executive director on Harmony's board. 93

Board of Directors continued 9 10 11 12 9 Mike King (70) Independent non-executive director. CA(SA), FCA Appointed to the board in 2004.

3 Board of Directors continued Mike King (70) Independent non-executive director. CA(SA), FCA Appointed to the board in Michael King served his articles with Deloitte, Plender, Griffiths, Annan & Co. (now Deloitte) and qualified as a chartered accountant (SA). He later became a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (FCA). After 13 years with merchant bank Union Acceptances Limited, he joined Anglo American Corporation of South Africa Limited in 1973 as a manager in the finance division and in 1979 was appointed finance director. In 1997, he was appointed executive deputy chairman of Anglo American Corporation. He was the executive vice-chairman of Anglo American plc from its formation in May 1999 until his retirement in May Mike is a non-executive director of a number of companies. 10 Alex Maditsi (45) Independent non-executive director. BProc, LLB, LLM Alex Maditsi is employed by The Coca-Cola Company as a Senior Director Operations Planning. For the past four years, he was a legal director at Coca- Cola. Prior to his joining Coca-Cola, Alex was the legal director for Global Business Connections in Detroit, Michigan. He also spent time at The Ford Motor Company and Schering-Plough in the USA, practising as an attorney. Alex was a Fulbright Scholar and a Member of the Harvard LLM Association. 11 Roy McAlpine (66) Independent non-executive director. BSc, CA Appointed to the board in Roy McAlpine joined Liberty Life in 1969 and was appointed to their Board in He headed the investment activities for over twenty years and retired as an executive director in 1998 in order to diversify his interests. He is a former chairman of the Association of Unit Trusts of South Africa and currently serves on the boards of a number of listed companies. 12 Dr Rejoice Simelane (55) Independent non-executive director. BA (Econ and Acc and MA), PhD (Econ) Appointed to the board in Rejoice Simelane began her career as a lecturer at the University of Swaziland where she lectured for 19 years. She then moved to the Departments of Trade and Industry and the National Treasury in their respective macroeconomic Chief Directorates, before joining the Premier's Office in the Mpumalanga Province as a Special Adviser, Economics. In November 2005 she was appointed to the Presidential Economic Advisory Panel. Rejoice, a Fulbright Fellow, is currently the chief executive officer of Ubuntu-Botho Investments. 94

13 14 15 16 13 Max Sisulu (62) Independent non-executive director.

4 Max Sisulu (62) Independent non-executive director. MPP Harvard, Ma Plekhanov University Moscow Appointed to the board in 2004, Max Sisulu was the deputy chief executive officer of Denel and held the position of group general manager at Sasol from 2003 to From 2001 to 2003 he was the chairman of the AMD (South African Aerospace, Maritime and Defence Industries). He is also a council member of the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), and was appointed in 2006 to serve on the National Environmental Advisory Forum (NEAF). Max is a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC, serves on its Working Committee and chairs the Economic Transformation Committee of the ANC. He also serves on the boards of several companies, including Imperial Holdings, Ukhamba Holdings, Itec Tiyende Telecommunications and is currently the deputy chairman of The African General Equity Group. He also serves on the MK Veterans Association Trust. 14 Bernard Swanepoel (46) Non-executive director. BSc (Min Eng), BCom (Hons) Appointed to the board in Bernard Swanepoel started his career with Gengold in 1983, culminating in his appointment as general manager of Beatrix Mines in He joined Randgold in 1995 as managing director of the Harmony mine. He was appointed CEO of Harmony in 1997 and served in that position until Bernard is a non-executive board member of Sanlam and the vice-president of the South African Chamber of Mines. 15 Pieter Rörich (38) Executive director. CA (SA) Appointed to the board in Pieter Rörich joined ARM in May 2004, is a chartered accountant and has just under ten years of investment banking and corporate finance experience. After having completed his articles with the firm, Pieter joined the Deloitte & Touche Corporate Finance division during In June 1997 Pieter joined Gensec, initially in the equities underwriting team, but was later asked to start and lead the Corporate Finance Advisory business. Pieter joined Deutsche Bank in Johannesburg in 2001 as a director in corporate finance, mainly responsible for mining transactions. 16 Steve Mashalane (44) Executive Director: B.Comm (Hons), PMD (Harvard Business School) Appointed to the board in Steve Mashalane was Head of Department of Economic Affairs and Tourism in Limpopo for ten years prior to joining ARM. He has extensive experience in management, research and business development. He is a member of the Economic Research Council and is affiliated with various professional bodies. Steve joined ARM in 2005 and was appointed as the company's senior executive for Business Development. Following the formation of ARM Coal in February 2006, Steve was appointed as the chief executive of that division in July 2006 and was appointed Chief Executive of ARM Platinum in May

5 Steering Committee André Wilkens Chief Executive Officer Frank Abbott Financial Director Director Matlala Transformation Jan Steenkamp Chief ARM Ferrous Mangisi Gule Chief ARM Coal Pieter Rörich Executive Director: Investor Relations and New Business Development Sandile Langa Shared Services Bongani Kunene Sustainable Development Steve Mashalane Chief ARM Platinum Stompie Shiels Business Engineer Noluthando Ngema Corporate Social Investment Busi Mashiane Human Resources Bryan Broekman Ferrous Operations Deon Pieterse Human Resources Monique Swartz Corporate Development Manager Pat Smit Company Secretary Dan Simelane Business Development (Africa) Mike Arnold Acting Chief Financial Officer 96 Chris Blakey-Milner Risk Management Mike Schmidt Platinum Operations

Patrice Motsepe (44) Executive chairman. BA (Legal), LLB. Frank Abbott (51) Financial director. BCom, CA(SA), MBL

94 Board of directors 1 Patrice Motsepe (44) Executive chairman. BA (Legal), LLB 1 Appointed to the board in 2003 and became Chairman during 2004. Patrice Motsepe was a partner in one of the largest law