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Cluff Mining PLC
02 June 2003


                                  CLUFF MINING

                      BLUE RIDGE PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT


Cluff Mining PLC ("Cluff or "the Company") announces an update on progress at
its Blue Ridge Platinum project on the eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex of
South Africa and in particular in relation to the feasibility study.

The Company has submitted a mining licence application to the Department of
Minerals and Energy to authorise development of a 1.6 million tpa operation at
Blue Ridge which is likely to result in a mine producing around 140,000oz pa of
6PGE.

Interpretation of the geology and modelling of the PGE bearing reefs was carried
out using data from 80 boreholes as well as regional geophysics over the Blue
Ridge area, identifying an area of faulting in the southern part of the
property. The Company commissioned a high definition aeromagnetic survey the
interpretation of which was received in May. This enabled the quantification of
the level of faulting and its effect on the proposed mine layout and has
recently been augmented by further dip and strike trenching to confirm the
nature of the affected areas.

The mine planning process has incorporated the structural analysis referred to
above and this has indicated that the mining rates originally envisaged will not
be sustainable using the UG2 reef alone throughout the 20 year life of mine.
Recent metallurgical testwork and mine design, however, has demonstrated that
the mining of higher grade areas of the Lower Chromitite Zone (the "LCZ") in
conjunction with the UG2 will partially offset this reduction and, given the
shared infrastructure, optimise development costs.

As previously reported, the LCZ lies 5-11 metres beneath the UG2 and averages
2.5 metres thick and contains four chromitite layers with a cumulative width of
0.8 metres. Testwork has shown that the dense chromitite can be separated from
the internal waste using dense media separation. This yields a product of
approximately 3.7 g/t 6PGE+Au with a platinum:palladium ratio of 3.4:1. The LCZ
pre-concentration process is currently being confirmed by pilot plant testwork
at Mintek.

The incorporation of the LCZ in the Blue Ridge mining plan could provide a
minimum of 10% of the mill feed together with additional flexibility to the
scheduling of the mine and the robustness and sustainability of the operating
rate.  The addition of the LCZ, together with the acquisition of a contiguous
property earlier this year, which provided additional strike length and dip
extension, has made it possible to plan a mine with a 20 year life.

The revised mining plan has been adjusted from the originally targeted rate of
2.2 million tonnes milled per annum to 1.6 million tonnes milled producing
approximately 140,000 ounces 6PGE per annum. The economic analysis of the
project using the revised production model at current PGE prices is sufficiently
promising for the Company to proceed to finalise the feasibility study on this
basis. The revised scope with the inclusion of the LCZ will result in the
feasibility study being completed in the fourth quarter of this year. The
Company has accordingly submitted an application to the Department of Minerals
and Energy for a mining authorisation at Blue Ridge.


Mr J.G. Cluff said today

"We are currently assuming that the mine at Blue Ridge would bear the full
royalty rate of 4% on revenue recently proposed by the South African government.
There is wide ranging objection to the current proposals and any reduction in
the rate or how it is applied to new projects would have a significant positive
effect on the economics."

"At Sheba's Ridge the phase II drilling programme continues with eight rigs
currently drilling on site. I intend to give a full update on all the
exploration projects at the Company's annual general meeting on 24th July 2003."


                                                                 2 June 2003


ENQUIRIES:

Cluff Mining PLC
J.G.Cluff (Chairman & Chief Executive)                    Tel: +44 20 7495 2030
T.A Wilkinson (Group Operations Director)                 Tel: + 27 11 884 8666

College Hill Associates
Mark Garraway                                             Tel: +44 20 7457 2020



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