Joint briefing by Pan African and Wits Gold

30 January 2012

                           Pan African Resources PLC                           

                (`Pan African' or the `Company' or the `Group')                

(Incorporated and registered in England and Wales under Companies Act 1985 with
                registered number 3937466 on 25 February 2000)                 

                            Share code on AIM: PAF                             

                            Share code on JSE: PAN                             

                              ISIN: GB0004300496                               

                  Joint briefing by Pan African and Wits Gold                  

Pan African and Wits Gold will host a briefing at 16h05 Central African Time
("CAT")/ 14h05 Greenwich Mean Time ("GMT")/ 09h05 Eastern Standard Time ("EST")
today, Monday, 30 January 2012, with a simultaneous conference call dial-in
facility.

Date:        Monday, 30 January 2012                                          
                                                                              
Time:        16h05 CAT, 14h05 GMT, 09h05 EST                                  
                                                                              
Venue:       The Auditorium, Eversheds, 22 Fredman Drive Sandton              

Simultaneous Conference Call

South Africa       Johannesburg       16h05 (local time)     0 800 200 648    
                                                                              
                   Cape Town                                                  
                                                                              
United Kingdom     London             14h05 (local time)     0 800 917 7042   
                                                                              
Canada             Toronto            09h05 (local time)     1 866 605 3852   
                                                                              
                   Vancouver          06h05 (local time)                      
                                                                              
United States      East Coast         09h05 (local time)     1 800 860 2442   
                                                                              
                   West Coast         06h06 (local time)                      

Playback Facility

South Africa             Johannesburg                     011 305 2030        
                                                                              
                         Cape Town                                            
                                                                              
United Kingdom           London                          0 808 234 6771       
                                                                              
Canada                   Toronto                        [phone]       
                                                                              
                         Vancouver                                            
                                                                              
United States            East Coast                     [phone]       
                                                                              
                         West Coast                                           
                                                                              
Playback code                                                19857#           

Johannesburg

30 January 2012

JSE Sponsor to Pan African:           JSE Sponsor to Wits Gold:               
                                                                              
Macquarie First South Capital (Pty)   PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance
Limited                               (Pty) Limited                           
                                                                              
Nominated Adviser and Broker to Pan                                           
African                                                                       
                                                                              
RBC Capital Markets                                                           
                                                                              
For further information please contact:                                       
                                                                              
On behalf of Pan African:             On behalf of Wits Gold:                 
                                                                              
Vestor Investor Relations             Russell and Associates                  
Louise Brugman                        Nicola Taylor                           
Office: [phone]               [phone]                         
                                                                              
Gable Communications                                                          
                                                                              
Justine James                                                                 
Office: [phone]                                                      
                                                                              
St James's Corporate Services Limited                                         
                                                                              
Phil Dexter                                                                   
[phone]