MANDARIN MINING PLC

CHANGE OF DIRECTORS

The Directors of Mandarin Mining Plc ("the Company") are pleased to announce a change to the directorships.

The  Company announces the appointment of Nazim Khan as non-executive director, and the resignation  of  Mr
Seng  Kwoon  Lai  as  of  20  January 2012. Mr Seng Kwoon Lai is stepping down  to  pursue  other  business
interests.

Mr  Khan  graduated with an LLB (Hons) from the University of London in 1989. He was called to the  Bar  of
England  and  Wales in 1990 and to the Singapore Bar as an Advocate and Solicitor in 1992. Mr Khan  was  an
active  commercial  advocate  for  over 12 years before moving into corporate  finance,  restructuring  and
mergers and acquisitions.

Mr  Khan  is currently a director of UniLegal LLC and has previously worked with a number of law  firms  in
Singapore.  Mr  Khan has broad experience of commercial law, corporate recovery and restructuring  and  has
been  actively engaged in energy and resource based work in emerging markets. He is currently on the  board
of AIM quoted companies Tricor PLC and Nova Resources Limited.

Mr Khan has held the following directorships during the past five years:

Director          Current directorships               Previous directorships

Nazim Khan        UniLegal LLC                        None
                  Tricor PLC
                  Nova Resources Limited

Mr Khan's wife holds 4,000,000 Ordinary shares, or 26.67% of the Company.

There are no other matters which are required to be announced pursuant to Paragraph 18 of Appendix 1 of the
PLUS Markets "Rules for Issuers".

The Directors of the Company accept responsibility for this announcement.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Fook Meng Chan
Mandarin Mining plc
Tel:  0065 6236 2985

Nick Michaels
Alfred Henry Corporate Finance Limited
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7251 3762 
www.alfredhenry.com

23 January 2012

MANDARIN MINING PLC