Total Voting Rights

Regulatory Announcement                                                
                                                                       
Company                        Pan African Resources plc               
                                                                       
TIDM                           PAF                                     
                                                                       
Headline                       Total Voting Rights                     
                                                                       
Released                       1 September 2009                        

                           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                               

Total Voting Rights

In compliance with the UK FSA's Disclosure and Transparency Rules (5.6 1R) Pan
African notifies the market that:

The Company's issued ordinary share capital consists of 1,408,340,711 ordinary
shares of 1p each with one voting right per share. There are no shares held in
Treasury.

This figure may be used by shareholders as the denominator for the calculations
by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in,
or a change to their interest in, the Company, under the Disclosure and
Transparency Rules.

ENDS

For further information on Pan African Resources plc, please visit the website

at www.panafricanresources.com

Enquiries:

Pan African Resources

Jan Nelson, CEO

[phone]

Nicole Spruijt, Public Relations

[phone]

RBC Capital Markets

Martin Eales

[phone]

Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance (Proprietary) Limited

Natalie Di-Sante

[phone]

Sholto Simpson

[phone]

St James's Corporate Services Limited

Phil Dexter

[phone]

FD Beachhead Media & Investor Relations

Jennifer Cohen

[phone]

Louise Brugman

[phone]

[phone]