Board Changes

Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining 

20 August 2013

         Premier African Minerals Limited (`Premier' or `the Company')         

                                 Board changes                                 

Premier African Minerals Limited, the AIM quoted multi-commodity natural
resource company with mineral projects located in Western and Southern Africa,
is pleased to announce the appointment of Alexander Graham du Plessis and Neil
Lindsey Herbert to the Board. Concurrently Bruce Cumming and Leslie Goodman
have stepped down from the Board. These appointments are an integral part of
the Company's strategy as it looks to build upon its position as a leading
exploration and production development company in Zimbabwe and Togo.

George Roach, Premier CEO, expressed his appreciation on behalf of the board to
the outgoing directors who had seen Premier through the initial listing process
and advised on the strategic deal with Ethiopian Potash Corp (`EPC'), which
resulted in EPC acquiring Premier's Togo and Mali subsidiaries. He noted that
Alex du Plessis and Neil Herbert bring special skills to Premier; Alex du
Plessis in regard to mine development with special reference to the Premier's
RHA Tungsten project in Zimbabwe and Neil Herbert in corporate affairs, market
communication and deal structuring.

Alex du Plessis is a Professional Engineer with extensive experience in the
African mining arena. He has held management, development and operational roles
in various mining companies and covering a range of commodities including
diamonds, coal and gold, and is currently a non-executive director of AgriMinco
Corp., an exploration and development company focused on the development of
agricultural mineral projects across Africa. Premier owns 42% of Agriminco.
Furthermore, as a past director of the Research Organisation of the Chamber of
Mines of South Africa and the founding director of the Centre for Mechanised
Mining Systems at the University of the Witwatersrand, he has a solid
understanding of technical innovation in mining. He established Turgis
Consulting in 1990 and was CEO and later Chairman of Turgis, until the company
was acquired, in 2008, by DHV Group BV, a global consulting engineering firm,
where after he acted as the DHV Group Business Development Executive - Mining
until 2010. He currently consults with a wide range of mining industry clients
around the world, and is also a Visiting Adjunct Professor at the Centre for
Mechanised Mining at the University of the Witwatersrand.

Professor du Plessis is a registered Professional Engineer and is a Fellow of
the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. He also holds a BSc
(Eng.) (Electrical) and MSc (Eng.) from the University of the Witwatersrand in
South Africa, has completed a Management Development Programme at the
University Of South Africa School Of Business Leadership and holds a South
African Government Engineering Certificate of Competency for Mines and Works.

Neil Herbert is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants
and has over 20 years of experience in finance. He has worked in the management
of mining and exploration companies for over 15 years and was, until recently
(May 2013), Co-Chairman and Managing Director of AIM quoted Polo Resources
Limited (AIM: POL), a globally focused natural resources and mine development
investment company, where he remains as a consultant. He has held Board
positions at several resources companies and has been responsible for project
acquisitions and disposals together with stock market listings and
fundraisings. From 2005-2007 he was Financial Director for UraMin Inc., an
African focussed uranium exploration company, and helped list the company on
AIM and the Toronto Stock Exchange in 2006, raising up to US$400 million in
equity financing and negotiating the sale of the group to Areva for US$2.5
billion. He holds a Joint Honours Degree in Economics and Economic History from
the University of Leicester.

Alex du Plessis, aged 57, is currently a Director of, or during the past five
years has been a Director of, the following companies:

Current Directorships:                  Past Directorships:                    
                                                                               
AgriMinco Corp                          Axmin Inc                              
                                                                               
                                        Community Mineral Resources (Pty) Ltd  
                                                                               
                                        Turgis Consulting (Pty) Ltd            
                                                                               

Alex du Plessis is a Guarantor to a company that holds 1,250,000 Ordinary
Shares and 1,250,000 Warrants in the Company.

Neil Herbert, aged 47, is currently a Director of, or during the past five
years has been a Director of, the following companies:

Current Directorships:                  Past Directorships:                    
                                                                               
Agroamerica Limited                     Andina Gold Corp                       
                                                                               
Exmin Consulting Limited                Andulela Investment Holdings Limited   
                                                                               
Eshmond Films Limited                   Enk plc                                
                                                                               
GCM Resources plc                       Ferrum Resources Limited               
                                                                               
GZ Laboratories Holdings Limited        Haro Mercantile Inc                    
                                                                               
Nimini Holdings Limited                 Ironstone Resources Ltd                
                                                                               
Signet Petroleum Limited                Minfer Holdings Limited                
                                                                               
UrAmerica Limited                       MUC Resources Limited                  
                                                                               
                                        Peabody-Polo Resources BV              
                                                                               
                                        Polo Australasia Limited               
                                                                               
                                        Polo Arrieros Limited                  
                                                                               
                                        Polo Bangladesh Limited                
                                                                               
                                        Polo Coal Limited                      
                                                                               
                                        Polo Copper Corporation Limited        
                                                                               
                                        Polo Cuprita Limited                   
                                                                               
                                        Polo Direction Limited                 
                                                                               
                                        Polo Indocoal Holdings Ltd             
                                                                               
                                        Polo Indogold Holdings Ltd             
                                                                               
                                        Polo Iron Limited                      
                                                                               
                                        Polo NV                                
                                                                               
                                        Polo Resources Cooperatief U.A.        
                                                                               
                                        Polo Resources Limited                 
                                                                               
                                        Sunrise Resources plc                  
                                                                               
                                        Vatukoula Gold Mines plc               
                                                                               
                                        Vitorian Properties Limited            
                                                                               
                                        World Coal Works Corporation           
                                                                               
                                        ZimDiv Holdings Limited                

Neil Herbert holds an interest of 5,428,773 Ordinary Shares of the Company
which are invested in his SIPP with Suffolk Life, and 2,500,000 Warrants in the
Company.

There is no further information to be disclosed under Rule 17 or Paragraph (g)
of Schedule 2 of the AIM Rules for Companies.

Pamela Hueston      Premier African Minerals        Tel: [phone]  
                    Limited                                                    
                                                                               
Tony Rawlinson      Cairn Financial Advisers LLP    Tel: [phone]  
                    (Nominated Adviser)                                        
                                                                               
Jerry Keen          Shore Capital Stockbrokers      Tel: [phone]  
                    Limited                                                    
                                                                               
Edward Mansfield    Shore Capital Stockbrokers      Tel: [phone]  
                    Limited                                                    
                                                                               
Felicity Edwards    St Brides Media & Finance Ltd   Tel: [phone]  

Premier African Minerals Limited is a multi-commodity exploration and
development company focussed in Southern and West Africa. As well as its
shareholding in TSX quoted AgriMinco Corp, the Company has a diverse portfolio
of multi-commodity projects which includes tungsten, rare earth elements
(`REE'), gold, lithium, tantalum and uranium in Zimbabwe and Togo, which span
from brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots
exploration. Premier plans to create value by implementing defined exploration
and development programmes to prove-up resources with a view to future
production and/or forming strategic alliances and completing corporate
transactions to maximise shareholder value.

Premier's portfolio includes its flagship RHA tungsten project (`RHA') in
Zimbabwe in respect of which, a SAMREC compliant resource statement and
Preliminary Economic Study is due for release within the next 14 days.
Premier's second priority project in Zimbabwe is the Katete REE project, which
has the potential to be developed as an open pit mine. The project, which spans
3,750 ha, has returned a peak result from trenching of 14.6% TREO.


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