AMI.L Regulatory News (AMI)

TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTEREST IN SHARES

1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached:

African Minerals Ltd.

2 Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes):

An acquisition or disposal of voting rights

X

An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached

An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments

An event changing the breakdown of voting rights

Other (please specify):

3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation:

M&G Investment Funds 3

4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.):

Nortrust Nominee Limited A/C MKK01

5. Date of the transaction and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached:

11th February 2010

6. Date on which issuer notified:

12 February 2010

7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached:

11% to 10%

8. Notified details:

A: Voting rights attached to shares

Class/type of shares

if possible using the ISIN CODE

Situation previous to the triggering transaction

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Number of Shares

Number of Voting Rights

Number of shares

Number of voting rights

% of voting rights

Direct

Direct

Indirect

Direct

Indirect

BMG0114P1005

25,400,000

25,400,000

25,400,4000

25,400,000

10.87%

B: Qualifying Financial Instruments

Resulting situation after the triggering transaction

Type of financial instrument

Expiration date

Exercise/ Conversion Period

Number of voting rights that may be acquired if the instrument is exercised/ converted.

% of voting rights

Total (A+B)

Number of voting rights

Percentage of voting rights

25,400,000

10. 87%

9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the financial instruments are effectively held, if applicable:

Proxy Voting:

10. Name of the proxy holder:

 N/A

11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:

 N/A

12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:

 N/A

13. Additional information:

With reference to item 3, M&G Investments Funds 3 is an Open Ended Investment Company (OEIC) and is not a Prudential group company and must be separately disclosed.

This OEIC Fund is managed by M&G Investment Management Limited (a wholly owned subsidiary of Prudential pie) and will have been previously attributed to Prudential pic solely on the basis that M&G Investment Management Ltd has direct fund management control over the shares Identified in this notification. Therefore the 10.87% holding being dlsolosed in this notification is encompassed In the 12,54% already disclosed under The Prudential pic group of companies and Is NOT In addition to it.

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15. Contact telephone number: