Statement re Retirement of Group Company Secretary

AFRICAN RAINBOW MINERALS LIMITED

RETIREMENT OF GROUP COMPANY SECRETARY

Johannesburg, Thursday 30 June 2005

African Rainbow Minerals Limited ('ARM') (JSE : 'ARI' LSE : 'AGM') today
announced that in compliance with paragraph 3.59(b) of the Listings
Requirements of the JSE Securities Exchange, South Africa, we hereby advise
that Mr RH Phillips retires as the Group company secretary of ARM with effect
from close of business on 30 June 2005.

ENDS

For release on

Thursday 30 June 2005

For further details contact:

Pieter Rörich

Executive Corporate Development

on [phone]

or +(0)82 570 5064

or

Corné Bobbert

Corporate Development

on [phone]

or [phone]

Issued by

African Rainbow Minerals Limited

Tel: [phone]

Fax: [phone]

http://www.arm.co.za

JSE : ARI

LSE : AGM

Registration number

1933/004580/06

Disclaimer: This document includes certain

information that is based on management's

reasonable expectations and assumptions. These

'forward-looking statements' include, but are not

limited to, statements regarding estimates,

intentions and beliefs, as well as anticipated future

production, mine life, market conditions and costs.

While management has prepared this information

using the best of their experience and judgment,

and in all good faith, there are risks and

uncertainties involved which could cause results

to differ from projections.

Cautionary Note to US Investors - The United

States Securities and Exchange Commission (the

'SEC') permits mining companies, in their filings

with the SEC, to disclose only those mineral

deposits that a company can economically and

legally extract or produce. We may use certain

terms in this quarterly review, such as 'resources',

that the SEC guidelines strictly prohibit us from

including in our filings with the SEC. U.S. Investors

are urged to consider closely the disclosure in our

public filings with the SEC available from us at

African Rainbow Minerals LimitedPO Box 786136,

Sandton, 2146, South Africa. Attention: Mr. Name

Surname, Commercial Director. You can also

obtain these filings from the SEC by calling 1-800-

SEC-0330.