Certification by lead Competent Persons

The Exxaro executive management team appoints the lead Competent Persons.

The Exxaro lead Coal Resource Competent Person is Henk Lingenfelder, a member of the Geological Society of South Africa and professionally registered with the South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions (SACNASP). He has a BSc (Geology) (Hons) and 28 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.

Henk Lingenfelder
BSc (Geology) (Hons)
PrSciNat (400038/11)
Group manager: mineral asset management (MAM)

263B West Avenue, Die Hoewes
Centurion
0163
South Africa

South African Council for Natural Scientific Professions
Private Bag X540
Silverton
0127
South Africa

The Exxaro lead Coal Reserve Competent Person is Chris Ballot, a mining engineer registered with the Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA). He has 27 years of experience in various technical and management roles in iron ore, mineral sands and coal. His qualifications include BEng (Mining), GDE and MBA.

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

Chris Ballot
BEng (Mining)
ECSA 20060040
Group manager: mining

263B West Avenue, Die Hoewes
Centurion
0163
South Africa

Engineering Council of South Africa
Private Bag X691
Bruma
2026
South Africa

Both parties are permanently employed by Exxaro: Henk Lingenfelder as the group manager: MAM and Chris Ballot as the group manager: mining. Both parties consented to the inclusion of the Resource and Reserve estimates in the 2023 integrated report in the form and context in which it was intended and confirms that the reporting complies with the SAMREC Code, the relevant portions of Table 1 and the JSE Listings Requirements (section 12.13). Exxaro has written confirmation from the Competent Persons (Table 2) that the reporting complies with the SAMREC Code, the relevant portions of Table 1 and the JSE Listings Requirements (section 12.13), and that they consent to the publication of the report in the form and context in which it was intended.