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CEO INTRODUCTION LONDON and EDINBURGH 29 June – 1 July 2011

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CEO INTRODUCTION

LONDON and EDINBURGH29 June – 1 July 2011

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CONTENTS Page

New CEO – Chris Jordaan 3Lowering costs 4Furnace roofs 5Sky Chrome 6Co-generation 7UG2 supply agreement 8Summary 9Appendices 10

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• Chris Jordaan (Mechanical engineer)

• General Manager of BHP Billiton’s Metalloys division, one of the largest producers of manganese alloys in the world

• Metalloys operates an eight submerged arc furnace ferromanganese and silicomanganese plant including a pelletising plant, metal recovery plant, briquetting plant and electrical power co-generation plant

• Prior to managing Metalloys, Mr Jordaan was General Manager of Kermas’ Tubatse Chrome plant (six submerged arc furnaces ferrochrome plant)

• Chris worked at Samancor Chrome for eight years

NEW CEO – CHRIS JORDAAN

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Fixed costs: Nameplate production volumes to decrease per unit fixed costs by estimated 3.0¢/lb from Sep ‘11

Ore: Ramping up of mining operations to further reduce cost of ore UG2 ore to reduce costs by estimated 3.0¢/lb from Jan ‘12

Reductant: Increased anthracite usage expected to reduce costs by 2.0¢/lb from Sep ‘11

Electricity: Co-generation plant and improved electricity consumption expected to reduce costs by 2.3¢/lb from Sep ‘11

Overheads: Continued focus on reducing overhead expenses

POSITIONING IFL AS A LOW COST PRODUCER

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• Project on schedule and within budget of ZAR40m per furnace

• Furnace 1

• Shut down on 1 June, new roof now on site

• Installation to be completed by July, production from beginning of August

• Ramp-up to full production during September

• Furnace 2

• Shut down beginning of July

• Installation of new roof completed end of August, production from beginning of September

• Ramp-up to full production during October

• High level of confidence that furnaces will operateat name plate capacity after upgrades.

An additional 60 million lbs. of chrome content per annum5

FURNACE ROOFS

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• Mining license granted November 2010

• 12Mt* of open pit material along MG1, 2, 3 and 4 seams104 Mt* total Resource of which 56Mt is in Reserve category

• Site establishment completed

• Open pit mining operations commenced mid June

• Run-of-mine ore production being stockpiled

• First delivery of ore to plant beginning of July

• Ramp-up production to 100,000tpm

• One hundred new mining jobs for surrounding communities

* Stated on a 100% basis

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SKY CHROME

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• Plant completed within budget and commissioning completed

• H2 levels in off gas above specification, should normalise following current furnace roof upgrades

• If high H2 levels after roof upgrades, then engines to be modified for higher H2 content

• Plant currently operating at minimal level

• Expected to generate over 11% of total electricity requirements and reduce electricity cost by 10%

• Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) compliant project, expected to displace c.144,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent

• Qualifies for Carbon Emissions Reductions (Carbon Credits) with possible annual carbon income of c. EUR1.4 million at current CER pricing

• Security against Eskom-constraints

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CO-GENERATION

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• Supply agreement with Anglo Platinum to receive 15,000tpm for approx. 9 years

• Upfront cost fixed at ZAR161m for construction of chrome re-treatment plant

• UG2 supply represents c. 30% of beneficiated ore needs

• Construction by independent engineering contractor and plant owned & operated by Anglo Platinum

• No cost for material other than the cost of transportation (50km) and regulatory charges

• Effective cost per tonne significantly below in-house mining cost

• 15,000tpm expected from January 2012

• Project expected to be funded by 5-year term loan facility

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UG2 SUPPLY AGREEMENT

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• Production team enhanced

• Furnace refurbishment on time and on budget

• Additional 60 million lbs of Cr production per annum

• Sky Chrome mining underway

• Sky Chrome stockpile to be trucked from next week

• Co-generation plant commissioned on budget

• 10% of electricity to be generated from off-gases at minimal cost after carbon offsets

• UG2 supply of approx,1,600,000 tonnes at no cost (other than transport)- representing c. 30% of beneficiated ore requirements from January ‘12

• Full production and financial presentation scheduled for 19th September

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SUMMARY

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RESOURCES & RESERVES (as at 30 June 2010)

MINERAL RESERVES * Lesedi Sky Cr Total MINERAL RESOURCES * Lesedi Sky Cr Total

kt kt kt kt kt kt

PROVED MEASUREDMG0 - 146 146 MG0 - 124 124

MG1 6,205 461 6,666 MG1 6,095 1,331 7,426

MG2 7,773 738 8,511 MG2 7,627 1,652 9,279

MG3 - 272 272 MG3 - 216 216

MG4 - 1,072 1,072 MG4 - 951 951

PROBABLE INDICATEDMG0 - 771 771 MG0 - 656 656

MG1 2,048 22,973 25,021 MG1 1,950 33,411 35,361

MG2 2,177 22,725 24,902 MG2 2,073 43,576 45,649

MG3 - 1,499 1,499 MG3 - 1,191 1,191

MG4 - 5,631 5,631 MG4 - 4,991 4,991

PROVED & PROBABLE RESERVES 18,203 56,288 74,491

MEASURED & INDICATED RESOURCES 17,745 87,975 105,844

INFERREDMG1 2,747 7,296 10,043

MG2 2,866 9,482 12,348

INFERRED RESOURCES 5,613 16,778 22,391

* stated on a gross basis (100% basis) TOTAL RESOURCES 23,358 104,753 128,235

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PRODUCTION COSTS – FY2011H1

(Co-gen & furnace roof upgrades estimated 2.3¢ saving from Oct 2011)

(UG2 estimated 3.0¢ saving from Jan 2012)

(Nameplate production volume estimated 3.0¢ reduction from Oct 2011

FY2010 production cost was 83¢/lb atan exchange rate of R7.54/$ whichequates to 88¢/lb at R7.10/$.

(Higher anthracite usage estimated 2.0¢ saving from Sep 2011