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wesizwe platinum limited

Strategic OverviewFebruary, 2010

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Elandsfontein

Western Limb provides 67% of the world’s platinum

Bushveld Complex

Western Limb

Located on the PGM centre of gravity of the Western Limb of the Bushveld

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Regional Geology

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At the centre of a fully explored, quality new mining area

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BRPM (established

benchmark)

• Current margin to cost

multiple of 2:1

• 100% Merensky

• Pt to Pd ratio = 2.2:1

• Base metals increase

revenues by 30%

Impala 20#

Flat lying, thick reef =

• Easier, more efficient

mining

• Amenability to

mechanisation

• Fewer mining levels

• Lower cost mining regime

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Frisch-Ledig

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Rigorously explored: 180 boreholes + 3D Geoseismic Survey

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50m contours shown

Shafts

Boundary fault

Elands river fault

Continuous dip block

Syncline

Koedoesfontein fault

Caldera fault

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AMSL

Both MR and UG2 , stable structural geology

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Merensky

UG2

Qualified to a high level of confidence by intensive drilling and a 3D geoseismic survey

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A stable mining platform within a relatively disturbed region

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TWT

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Flat Lying

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Relatively little faulting

Koedoesfontein fault

Sill

Shafts

Boundary fault

Elands river fault

Caldera fault

Near shaft fault

Locally down faulted block

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Exceptionally thick reef widths

144cm 158cm 115cm 174cm

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Highly favourable Prill Split

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Wesizwe Prill Split LOM

Palladium27.1%

Rhodium7.3%

Gold2.4%

Platinum63.2%

• Pt:Pd Ratio 2,33• High Rhodium kicker

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Consolidated Resource Schedule

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Total Merensky UG2

Resource tons x m 78.40 36.00 42.40

Resource Grade g/t 5.80 4.50Reserve tons x m 51.10 25.30 25.80

Reserve Grade g/t 5.00 3.20

Reserve % of Resource 65.2%

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Mining Regime

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Mining parameters

230 ktpm Run of MIne

180 ktpm Merensky & 50 ktpm UG2 initially

230 ktpm UG2 once Merensky depleted

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Mining methods

Conventional mining on the Merensky

• Jackhammers, face / strike / dip winch scrapers into ore passes.

•Loaded at muck bays on UG2 and trammed to ore passes

Hybrid mining on the UG2

• Jackhammers & face scrapers on Face

•Drill rig in ASG

•Ore loaded in ASG by and trammed to ore passes

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Overall mining layout: simple because of flat lying nature of reef and well defined sections

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Mining logistics

Tramming levels below UG2 horizon

Tram ore and waste to shaft.

Trackless tramming with trucks back to shaft ore passes.

The layout allows flexibility to negotiate geological structures.

Underground crushing, then ore passes into crushed rock silos

Fed by chute onto belt and into 20t skips

Hoisting calculated on 23 day & 18 hrs/day cycles per month.

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Schematic stoping layout

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Flexible mining infrastructure

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Shallow in comparison with existing underground mines

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Wesizwe mining at 650-850 m below surface

Juniors vs majors - accessible mine depth (m.b.s.)

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Frisch Ledig working depth 650-850 m

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Shallow compared to new mines

wesizwe 650 m

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Rapid ramp-up to steady state 230 000 tpm

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• Merensky-dominant production for the first 20 years• Once UG2 dominant, mine is fully developed – reduced costs

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Indicators Mer Total tons Indicators UG2 Total tons Section Waste tons

Koedoesfontein extension extends LOM

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Rapid ramp-up to steady state 350 000 oz

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Ramp-up Steady State Production Depletion

• Merensky-dominant production for the first 20 years• Once UG2 dominant, mine is fully developed – reduced costs

Koedoesfontein extension extends LOM

Extrapolation of primary platinum supply2006-2020 (000's oz)

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Capex and Opex

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Early Capex, rapid drawdown

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Mining production 193.24

Logistics 2,35

Services 34,43

Management & supervision 21,22

Surface ore transport 0,50

Capitalised operating costs 7,86 Total R 259,60

Processing 52.74

Concentrate transport 1,48

Capital replacement 4,95

SHE & environment 0,74

Miscellaneous 1,09 Total R 61,00

Note: These cash costs exclude • Smelting• Refining• Marketing• Head office costs

On-mine Cash Cost: R320/tOverheads: R43/tTotal Cash Cost: R363/t

Costs well researched live and zero base

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Average Cash Cost per ton milled competitive with majors

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Wesizwe Power Demand Curve

MW

Understanding Eskom

Shaft Sinking Equipping Concentrator

start-upProduction Ramp-up

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Eskom recovery rollout

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Standby for full power requirementOf 10 MW ramping to 65 MW during critical ramp-up

Full 65 MW

supply only

required by 2016

*Medupe and Bravo Power stations built + Grootvlei, Camden and Komati recommissioned

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Project economics

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Sensitivity Analysis @ 7.5% Real Discount Rate

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Prices/Exchange Rate/All grades Operating Costs Capital Costs

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Indicative value buildup over five years

Pd $315

Rh

$4,20

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Au $750

Ni $ 20

Cu $2

R/$ 7.50

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Real discount rate

NPV Build-up curve - each year NPV increases as spend takes place - risk is reduced so discount rate falls - share price will rise to reflect this build up in NPV

Source: Qinisele Resources

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The Aquarius/Kroondal Experience

Placement originally at 1150cUnable to raise required amountFinally priced at 750c with option strike 1150cKPM finally de-listed at value of US$ 205

KROONDAL PLATINUM MINES (2600)

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Debt Repaid

AJJM

Listing with capital raised of R149m plus US$35m debt

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Impala strategic alliance signed

Everest South and North acquisitions

Earnings start

AQP buys remaining 55% of KPM for

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Today Aquarius at 12200c after a three way split

PLATINUM PRICE

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Shareholder Spread

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Fund Managers by Country

South Africa74%

Switzerland14%

USA11%

FUND MANAGERS BY COUNTRY

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Shareholder type

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Other , 1%

Investment Companies, 2%

Mutual Funds, 3%

Private Companies, 7%

Insurance Companies, 8%

Nominees and Trusts, 8%

Banks, 10%

Individuals, 16%

Empowerment, 45%

Other

Investment Companies

Mutual Funds

Private Companies

Insurance Companies

Nominees and Trusts

Banks

Individuals

Empowerment

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Recent Acquisition of WBJV from Anglo Platinum

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The components of the deal

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Platinum Group Metals/WB JV

Wesizwe

Anglo Platinum/BRPM JV

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Core Project

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Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine

WBJV

WBJV

WBJV

Project 1W

BJV

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Elandsfontein26% WBJV

WBJV held 50% in x-hatched areasWesizwe held 26% of WBJV

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Pre-transaction ownership structure

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WBJV

RPM PTM SA

Wesizwe Frisch-Ledig Core project Project 1 & 3 - WBJV

37% 37%

32% 100%

Africa Wide

26%

Bakubung

68%*

*Wesizwe total attributable participation in Project 2 (including Africa Wide) is 76%

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Post-transaction ownership structure

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Holdco

Africa Wide PTM SA

Wesizwe Frisch-Ledig Core project

Project 1& 3 Co100% 100%

Bakubung

100%100% 100%

26.57%

100% economic interest in Project 2

74% economic interest in Project 1&3

26% economic interest in Project 1&3

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In summary…….

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What we have is……….

Excellent technical fundamentals • A superb ore body

• Fully explored with drill holes a general 250 m grid and 125 m grid in the capital footprint verified and confirmed by 3D seismic survey

• High level of confidence in the economic and structural geology with continuous, flatly dipping reef (3-5 deg) that lends itself to optimal mechanised mining of MR and UG2

• High Merensky reef grades with higher than average prill splits (metals basket value) with an excellent Rhodium kicker

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as well as........

Viable fundamentals• A good Bankable Feasibility Study showing a tangible

mine – it is being built

• Costs derived from live database of existing operations

• Costs underpinned by zero-based costing

• Planning is based on actual experience before during and after project establishment

• Note: this is single shaft operation with no massive corporate overheads

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in addition to which…..

Project is relatively opex / capex insensitive

Power contingency in place

Feasibility undertaken by highly experienced team with real costing based on same sized shaft

Funding options still being considered, interim arrangements concluded

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The project is right on track……

Simple easy mine design, done many times before, and we have the Impala 20 # team

Highly experienced project management team with a delivery track record focused on building the mine

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