Nyota Minerals : Notification of Major Interest in Shares

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: ii

Nyota Minerals

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

√

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: iii

Paul Johnson

4. Full name of shareholder(s)

(if different from 3.):iv

5. Date of the transaction and date on

which the threshold is crossed or reached: v

23.9.15

6. Date on which issuer notified:

23.9.15

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: vi, vii

Above 3%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares viii, ix

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous

to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Number

of shares

Number of voting

rights

% of voting rights x

Class/type of

shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Number

of

Shares

Number

of Voting Rights

Direct

xi

Direct

Indirect

xii

Direct

Indirect

Ordinary shares

Below 3%

notifiable

Below 3%

notifiable

47.5m

47.5m

3.16%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Expiration date xiii

Exercise/

Conversion Period xiv

Number of voting

rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting

rights

C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments xv, xvi

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial

instrument

Exercise

price

Expiration date xvii

Exercise/

Conversion period xviii

Number of voting rights

instrument refers to

% of voting rights xix, xx

Nominal

Delta

Total (A+B+C)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

47.5m

3.16%

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

13. Additional information:

14. Contact name:

Paul Johnson

15. Contact telephone number:

+44 (0) 7766 465617

Richard Chase

Nyota Minerals Limited

Chief Executive Officer

+61 (0) 8 9324 2955 info@nyotaminerals.com

Michael Cornish

Roland Cornish

Beaumont Cornish Limited

Nominated Advisor and

Joint Broker

+44 (0) 207 628 3396

Jeremy Woodgate

Rupert Williams

Smaller Company Capital

Joint Broker

+44 (0) 20 3651 2912

Susie Geliher/ Elisabeth Cowell

Financial PR

St Brides Partners Ltd

+44 (0) 20 7236 1177