Announcements 2006

Appointment Of Zodwa Penelope Manase As A Non-Executive Director

13 September 2006

The Board of Brinkley Mining is pleased to announce that Ms Zodwa Penelope Manase has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company with effect from today.

Gerard Holden, the Company's Chairman said:

"We are delighted to welcome Ms Zodwa Manase to the Board of Directors of Brinkley Mining Plc. Ms Manase is a highly experienced accountant and business woman who brings with her a wealth of experience at senior corporate and government levels in Southern Africa. The Board looks forward to the significant contribution she will make to the company."

Ms Manase serves on the board of the South African State Information Technology Agency ("SITA") after chairing the board from 2002 to 2005 and serves on the Board of the Reserve Bank of South Africa. Zodwa is also a member of the audit committee of the Reserve Bank of South Africa.

Ms Manase is the chairman of the audit committee of The Presidency of South Africa. She is the chairman of the audit committee of a number of other entities that report to The Presidency, namely; Government Communication Information Systems (GCIS), the International Marketing Council (IMC) and the Media Diversity Development Agency (MDDA).

She was the first chairperson of the audit committee of the South African Government's National Intelligence Services from 2000 - 2003.

Ms Manase is a qualified Chartered Accountant with B.Com, B.Compt Hons from the University of South Africa and a Higher Diploma in Tax from the University of Natal. She served her atricles with Deloitte Haskins and Sells (now Deloitte & Touche) after which she held various financial management positions at Shell SA, C G Smith (Smithchem) and Spoornet. In 1996 Ms Manase established Manase & Associates, a firm of Chartered Accountants and Business Consultants. Ms Manase is the Chief Executive Officer of the Manase & Associates.

From 1998 to 2002 Ms Manase served as a board member in the South African Central Energy Fund, Soekor, Mossgas and the Medical Research Council (MRC). She chaired the audit committees of these Boards and was instrumental in ensuring the implementation of the new Public Finance and Management Act ("PFMA") in South Africa, the main objective of which is to ensure that government entities are managed efficiently and effectively.

Ms Manase is a member of the following professional bodies: the Independent Regulatory Board of Auditors (IRBA (formerly the Public Auditors and Accountants Board (PAAB)); South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) and the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern Africa (ABASA). She has also filled leadership positions as the Chairperson for the Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants in Southern Africa (ABASA (Kwa-Zulu Natal) (1994 - 1995) and as a council member for the Eastern Central and Southern African Federation of Accountants (ECASAFA) (1996 - 1998).

Ms Zodwa Penelope Manase has been awarded 4 million options to subscribe for ordinary shares in the Company at an exercise price of 50p per ordinary share, with a term of 5 years from the date of this announcement. The option agreement will also include an undertaking by Ms Manse that she will not sell or dispose of any ordinary shares that she might become interested in, inter alia, by exercise of her options, on or before 13 September 2007.

Additional information

Ms Zodwa Penelope Manase, aged 45, held the following directorships in companies and /or partnerships in the past five years:

Current

Reserve Bank of South Africa
International Marketing Council
State Information Technology Agency (Pty) Ltd
Manase and Associates Human Resources Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Manase and Associates Business Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Manase and Associates Management Solutions (Pty) Ltd
Manase Knox D'Arcy Management Consulting (Pty) Ltd
Jama Natural Resources (Pty) Ltd
Unity Management (Pty) Ltd
Savula Investment Holdings (Pty) Ltd
Alusha Properties (Pty) Ltd
Alusha Natural Resources (Pty) Ltd
Alusha Investments)Pty Ltd

Former

Denel (Pty)Ltd
Medical Research Council
Central Energy Fund
Soekor (now PetroSA)
Mossgas (now PetroSA)

There are no further details in relation to the above appointment which require disclosure under paragraph (g) (iii) to (viii) of Schedule 2 to the AIM Rules.

For further information, please contact:

Brinkley Mining Plc
Gerard Holden, Chairman
Alan Thom, Chief Operating Officer
Bruce Stewart, Investor Relations Manager
Tel +44 (0) 207 016 5108 Fax +44 (0) 207 016 5101

Beaumont Cornish Limited
Michael Cornish, Director
Tel +44 (0) 20 7628 3396 Fax +44 (0) 207628 3393

Arbuthnot Securities Limited
Graham Swindells
Tel +44 20 7012 2000

Parkgreen Communications
Justine Howarth, Ana Ribeiro
Tel +44 (0) 20 7493 3713 Fax +44 (0) 20 7491 3936