Kalahari Minerals plc / Ticker: KAH / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining & Exploration 12 April 2011 Kalahari Minerals plc (Kalahari or the Company) Directorate Changes Kalahari Minerals plc, the AIM listed resource company, is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr.

Sumihiro Kamino as a Non-executive Director to the board of Kalahari (the Board), with immediate effect.

Mr.

Kamino replaces Mr.

Takashi Yasuda as ITOCHU Corporations (ITOCHU) nominated representative on the Board.

Mr.

Yasuda has, accordingly, resigned from the Board, also with immediate effect. This appointment is in line with the terms of the investment made in Kalahari by ITOCHU, the major Japanese trading house, announced on 26 March 2010, which is designed to ensure that the strategic relationship between the two companies is maximised to the benefit of all stakeholders.

The agreement reached between the two parties entitles ITOCHU to maintain a nominated ITOCHU representative on the Board, as a Non-executive director, conditional upon ITOCHU being interested (either conditionally or unconditionally) in at least 13.5% of the entire issued share capital of the Company. Kalaharis Executive Chairman, Mark Hohnen, said, "I would like to welcome Mr.

Sumihiro Kamino to the Board and look forward to working closely with him.

I would also like to thank Mr.

Takashi Yasuda for his efforts on behalf of the Company over the past year.

As a UK resident, Mr.

Sumihiro Kamino is ideally placed to continue our close working relationship with ITOCHU, our strategic major shareholder.

Through this relationship we benefit from ITOCHUs experience of in the uranium sector and in Namibia, as well as the political and financial backing it receives from the Japanese Government, as we continue our active strategy with regards to the development of Extract Resources Limited and the world-class Husab Uranium Project." Mr.

Kamino, aged 51, is or has been a director of the following companies during the previous five years: Current Directorships:
Directorships held within the previous five years: IPC Europe Limited I-Solar Investment Limited Itochu Espana SA Scatec Solar AS Galaxy Energy Group Ltd
There is no further information required to be disclosed in respect of the above appointment pursuant to Schedule Two paragraph (g) of the AIM Rules. **ENDS** For further information please visit www.kalahari-minerals.com or contact: Mark Hohnen Kalahari Minerals plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7292 9110 Simon Raggett Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 Stuart Faulkner Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 Rory Murphy Strand Hanson Limited Tel: +44 (0) 20 7409 3494 Richard Chase Ambrian Partners Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7634 4700 Rory Scott Mirabaud Securities LLP Tel: +44 (0) 20 7878 3360 Hugo de Salis St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177 Susie Geliher St Brides Media & Finance Ltd Tel: +44 (0) 20 7236 1177
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