30 September 2015

The Company announces that at its AGM held yesterday, all resolutions were passed with the exception of Resolution 6. As a result, the Company will be appointing new auditors for the current financial year.

Following the passage by shareholders of Resolution 9, the Company's name is being changed to Asa Resource Group Plc.

It is expected that trading in the Company's shares on AIM under its new name of Asa Resource Group Plc. under the new TIDM, ASA will commence on Thursday 1 October 2015. The ISIN and SEDOL numbers will not change.

The Company's website will remain at http://www.mwanaafrica.com/ for the time being. The Company's website will move to a new address in due course.

For further information contact:

Mwana Africa PLC
Yim Kwan, Finance Director
Amilha Young, Group General Counsel and Company Secretary
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 3696 5470

Nominated Adviser and Broker
Grant Thornton UK LLP
30 Finsbury Square, London EC2P 2YU
Colin Aaronson / Richard Tonthat / Harrison Clarke
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7383 5100

Financial Adviser and Corporate Broker
Cantor Fitzgerald Europe
1 Churchill Place, Canary Wharf, London E14 5RB
Stewart Dickson / Jeremy Stephenson / Patrick Pittaway
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7894 7000

Public and investor relations
Russell and Associates
Jim Jones / Leigh King
Tel: +27 (0) 11 880 3924

About Mwana Africa PLC

Mwana Africa PLC is a pan-African, multi-commodity mining and development company. Mwana's principal operations and exploration activities cover gold, nickel, copper and diamonds in Zimbabwe, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and South Africa.

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