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Premier African Minerals Limited

27 February 2017

Premier African Minerals Limited / Ticker: PREM / Index: AIM / Sector: Mining

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27 February 2017

Premier African Minerals Limited

("Premier" or the "Company")

XRT installation at RHA Tungsten Mine

Premier African Minerals Limited, the AIM-traded, multi-commodity resource and development Company focused on Southern and Western Africa, announces that the X-Ray Transmission (XRT) has arrived on site at RHA and is currently being assembled and integrated.

George Roach, Chairman and CEO commented: "The XRT sorter is an important part of the upgrades and improvements made to the plant and I am pleased to say that the installation is progressing well and that we are on track for first production this quarter.

"In parallel to the plant upgrades, we have built up a significant stockpile of run of mine ore and are continuing to make excellent progress with the underground mine development as well as getting ready for the restart of the open pit mining operations early next month."

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Notes to Editor:

Premier African Minerals Limited (AIM: PREM) is a multi-commodity mining and natural resource development company focused in Southern and Western Africa with production started at its flagship RHA project in Zimbabwe.

The Company has a diverse portfolio of projects, which include tungsten, rare earth elements, gold, lithium and tantalum in Zimbabwe and Benin, encompassing brownfield projects with near-term production potential to grass-roots exploration. The Company recently acquired a 52% controlling stake in Mozambique-based TCT Industrias Florestais Limitada, which owns a substantial limestone deposit and forestry business located on rail in the Sofala Province of Mozambique. In addition, The Company holds 2 million shares in Circum Minerals Limited ("Circum"), the owners of the Danakil Potash Project in Ethiopia, which has the potential to be a world class asset. At present those shares are valued at US$4 million based on the latest price at which Circum has accepted subscriptions. Premier also has a 4.5% interest in Casa Mining Limited, a privately-owned exploration company that has a 71.25% interest in the 1.2 million ounce inferred resource Akyanga gold deposit in the DRC.

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