Certification by competent person

The Exxaro lead competent persons are appointed by the Exxaro executive management team.

The Exxaro lead Mineral Resource competent person is Henk Lingenfelder, a member of the Geological Society of South Africa and registered (400038/11) with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions. He has a BSc (Hons) in geology and 24 years of experience as a geologist in coal, iron ore and industrial minerals.

The person in Exxaro designated to take corporate responsibility for Coal Resources, Henk Lingenfelder, the undersigned, has reviewed and endorsed the reported estimates.

The Exxaro lead Mineral Reserve competent person is Chris Ballot, a mining engineer registered (20060040) with the Engineering Council of South Africa. He has 23 years of experience in iron ore, mineral sands and coal in various technical and management roles. His qualifications include BEng (mining), GDE and MBA.

The person in Exxaro designated to take corporate responsibility for Mineral Reserves, Chris Ballot, the undersigned, has reviewed and endorsed the reported estimates.

 

Both parties are in the full-time employment of Exxaro, Henk Lingenfelder as the group manager: geosciences and Chris Ballot as the group manager: mining processes. Both parties have consented to the inclusion of Resources and Reserves estimates in the integrated report 2019. Exxaro has written confirmation from the competent persons (table 82) that the reporting is compliant with the SAMREC Code, the relevant portions of Table 1 and the JSE section 12 requirements, and they consent to the publication of the report.