Kibo Mining Plc Wins GE Innovation Award for African Power Project

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Kibo Mining Plc

08 September 2017

Kibo Mining Plc (Incorporated in Ireland) (Registration Number: 451931)

(External registration number: 2011/007371/10) Share code on the JSE Limited: KBO

Share code on the AIM: KIBO ISIN: IE00B97C0C31

("Kibo" or "the Company")

Date: 08 September 2017

Kibo Mining Plc ('Kibo' or the 'Company')

Wins GE Innovation Award for African Power Project

Kibo Mining plc (AIM: KIBO; AltX: KBO), the Tanzania focused mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce the Company has won the Innovative Project Development Deal of the Year 2017 at the General Electric awards held in New York USA, on 7 September 2017.

Louis Coetzee, CEO of Kibo Mining, said: "We are thrilled to receive this recognition from General Electric Africa in relation to the Mbeya Coal to Power Project. With innovation, we have been able to improve the economic viability of the Project, which is crucial to Tanzania's energy dynamic. We are receiving strong endorsements from the corporate, financial and political arenas as we look to deliver an exceptional project for the benefit of all stakeholders. Furthermore, we welcome the challenge to set the benchmark for innovation in the resource sector, which will not only benefit our Tanzanian power project but the industry more generally."

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 Louis Coetzee    +27 (0) 83    Kibo Mining   Chief Executive 
                   2606126       Plc           Officer 
 Andreas Lianos   +27 (0) 83    River Group   Corporate Adviser 
                   4408365                     and Designated 
                                               Adviser on 
                                               JSE 
 Jon Belliss      +44 (0) 207   Beaufort      Broker 
                   382 8300      Securities 
                                 Limited 
 Andrew Thomson   +61 8 9480    RFC Ambrian   NOMAD on AIM 
                   2500          Limited 
 Hugo de Salis    +44 (0) 207   St Brides     Investor and 
  / Priit Piip     236 1177      Partners      Media Relations 
                                 Ltd           Adviser 
 

Notes to editors:

Kibo Mining is listed on the AIM market in London and the AltX in Johannesburg. Kibo Mining is focused on exploration and development of mineral projects in Tanzania, and controls a large mineral rights portfolio in Tanzania.

Kibo Mining holds a thermal coal deposit at Mbeya, which has a significant NI 43-101compliant defined resource, and is developing a 250-350 MW mouth-of-mine thermal power station, the Mbeya Coal to Power Project ("MCPP"), previously called the Rukwa Coal to Power Project ("RCPP"), with an established management team that includes ABSA / Barclays as Financial Advisor. Kibo has completed a Coal Mining Definitive Feasibility Study and a Power Pre- Feasibility Study for the Mbeya project and has recently announced the completion of an Integrated Bankable Feasibility Study report for the project. On 25 August 2016, Kibo signed an Agreement with China based EPC contractor SEPCO III granting it the right to become the sole bidder for the EPC contract to build the power plant component of the MCPP in exchange for SEPCO III refunding 50% of the development costs incurred by Kibo to date on the project. Kibo has already received the first tranche of this funding in the amount of US$1.8 million on the 5th September 2016 and signed an EPC contract with SEPCO III on the 19th December 2016.

Kibo also holds the Haneti Project on which the latest technical report confirms prospectivity for nickel, PGMs, gold and strategic metals including lithium.

Kibo Mining's projects are located in central Tanzania and in the Mtwara Corridor in southern Tanzania where the Government has prioritized infrastructural development attracting significant recent investment in coal and uranium. Kibo Mining has a positive working relationship with the Tanzanian government at local, regional and national levels and works hard to maintain positive relationships with all communities where company interests are held. Kibo Mining recognizes the potential to enhance the quality of life and opportunity for Tanzanian citizens through careful development of its projects.

Johannesburg

08 September 2017

Corporate and Designated Adviser

River Group

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