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AFRICAN BANK LIMITED
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)
(Registered bank)
(Registration number 1975/002526/06)
Company code : BIABL
In Curatorship
(“African Bank” and the “Bank”)

Further cautionary announcement and continued suspension of all debt securities of
the Bank and equity securities of ABIL

1. Investors are advised that the curatorship of the Bank and the restructuring initiatives in respect
   of ABIL, as announced in a statement by the then Governor of the South African Reserve Bank
   (“SARB”), Ms Gill Marcus, on 10 August 2014 (“the SARB statement”) remain ongoing.

2. During this time, trading in both the debt securities of the Bank and the equity securities of ABIL
   will continue to remain suspended. Investors are therefore advised to continue to exercise caution
   when dealing in the debt securities of the Bank and the equity securities of ABIL until further
   detailed announcements are made.

3. Investors are referred to the ABIL and African Bank announcements released on the Stock
   Exchange News Service (“SENS”) on 10 December 2014, respectively entitled "Renewal of
   cautionary announcement and continued suspension of all securities of ABIL, an update on the
   business rescue process in Ellerines and update on the release of ABIL’s annual results for
   financial year ended 30 September 2014” and "Renewal of cautionary announcement, further
   update on the curatorship of African Bank and proposed restructuring measures”.

Sibanye Gold Limited
Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa
Registration number 2002/031431/06
Share code: SGL
ISIN – ZAE000173951
Issuer code: SGL
(“Sibanye” or “the Company”)

OPERATING UPDATE FOR THE QUARTER AND YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2014 AND
GUIDANCE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31 DECEMBER 2015

Westonaria 27 January 2015: Sibanye (JSE: SGL & NYSE: SBGL) advises shareholders
that record production of 14,079kg (452,700oz) was achieved for the
quarter ended 31 December 2014. Total cash cost and All–in cost for the quarter will
be approximately R285,000/kg (US$790/oz) and R375,000/kg (US$1,040/oz)
respectively.

Gold production for the year ended 31 December 2014 was in line with guidance at
49,432kg (1.59Mozs). This is despite the loss of over 500kg due to the underground fire
at Driefontein early in the year and the ESKOM load shedding in the latter half of the
December quarter. Total cash cost for the year of approximately R295,000/kg
(US$850/oz) and All-in cost of approximately R376,000/kg (US$1,080/oz) are also in
line with previous guidance. Capital expenditure of R3.3 billion (US$300 million) was
marginally lower than guidance. The average exchange rate for 2014 was
R10.82/US$.

The Kloof, Driefontein and Beatrix operations produced 45,127kg (1.45Mozs) of gold
for the year, which was just over 1% higher than in 2013. The Cooke Operation
contributed 4,305kg (138,400oz) during the seven months of incorporation in
Sibanye, with the build-up progressing slower than anticipated.                   This
underperformance occurred primarily at Cooke 4 shaft, resulting in the initiation of a
Section 189 restructuring process.

Uranium production from the Cooke Operation continued uninterrupted from May
2014, resulting in a stockpile of approximately 180,000lbs at year-end. Uranium
production costs for the December quarter averaged approximately US$24/lb.

Gold production guidance for the year ending 31 December 2015 is forecast to be
between 50,000kg and 52,000kg (1.61Moz and 1.67Moz). Total cash cost is forecast
at between R305,000/kg (US$850/oz) and R315,000/kg (US$875/oz). All-in sustaining
cost is forecast to be between R380,000/kg (US1,055oz) and R395,000/kg
(US$1,100/oz), with All-in cost forecast to be between R385,000/kg (US$1,070/oz) and
R400,000/kg (US$1,110/oz). Approximately 250,000lbs of by-product uranium
production is forecast.

Capital expenditure is planned to increase by 10% to R3.6 billion (US$320 million),
largely due to an increase in expenditure on projects to extend the operating lives
of the mines and on growth projects such as Burnstone. Dollar estimates for 2015 are
based on an average annual exchange rate of R11.20/US$.

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http://blogs.barrons.com/asiastocks/2015/01/23/tencent-can-pull-in-10-billion-yuan-annually-from-wechat-advertising/?mod=yahoobarrons&ru=yahoo

The recent narrative about Tencent Holdings (0700.HK/TCEHY) is its advertising capabilities. Unlike Facebook (FB) or Twitter (TWTR), which make most of their money from advertising, gaming revenue is the big chunk at Tencent. For the nine months ending September, of the total 58 billion in sales, “value-added services,” or gaming and gaming-related sales, came up at 46 billion yuan. Tencent made only 5.7 billion yuan from online advertising.

Pacific Crest analyst Cheng Cheng just joined the new narrative. “We see the potential for upward of RMB10 billion in annual revenue for Tencent in Weixin advertising in the next 12 to 18 months,” wrote Cheng in a note published today. If he was right, this would be a substantial chunk. Wall Street analysts expect Tencent to make 98 billion in sales in 2014.

Tencent’s WeChat is a compelling advertising platform, wrote Cheng:

    Due to the massive amounts of user time spent on Weixin (No. 1 app in China), massive user reach and unique user identification capabilities, we think Weixin will be an excellent platform for brand advertisers to reach their targeted audience with the correct frequency.

How did Cheng get the 10 billion yuan estimate? He looked at peers’ unit revenue and multiplied with WeChat’s number of monthly active users:

    In exploring Weixin’s advertising opportunity, we believe comparing it to other social networks that have existing advertising revenue streams will be useful. Specifically, we are looking at Facebook, Twitter and Weibo. As of the most recent quarter, Facebook (Asia-Pacific users), Twitter (non-U.S. users) and Weibo have achieved advertising-based monetization of $1.18, $0.50 and $0.39 per MAU per quarter, respectively. If we apply those metrics to Weixin’s most recent MAU count and adjust for non-Chinese MAUs, we would get a quarterly revenue opportunity of between RMB972 million and RMB2.9 billion for Tencent.

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