wesizwe platinum limited Strategic Overview February 2010 Disclaimer
wesizwe platinum limited Strategic Overview February, 2010
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Located on the PGM centre of gravity of the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex Western Limb provides 67% of the world’s platinum Western Limb 3
Regional Geology 4
At the centre of a fully explored, quality new mining area • Easier, more efficient mining • Amenability to mechanisation • Fewer mining levels • Lower cost mining regime fontein JQ Koedoes Zandrivie rspoort Flat lying, thick reef = Frisch- h c ris Ledig h F 1 1 sc Fri 4 Frisch & Frisch 34 11 Styldrift Impala 20# WBJV Project 1 Area North Shaft Boschkoppie South Shaft D-Section 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% 5
Rigorously explored: 180 boreholes + 3 D Geoseismic Survey 6
Both MR and UG 2 , stable structural geology AMSL Merensky UG 2 Qualified to a high level of confidence by intensive drilling and a 3 D geoseismic survey 7
A stable mining platform within a relatively disturbed region TWT 8
Flat Lying 9
Relatively little faulting 10
Exceptionally thick reef widths 144 cm 158 cm 115 cm 174 cm
Highly favourable Prill Split • Pt: Pd Ratio 2, 33 • High Rhodium kicker 12
Consolidated Resource Schedule 13
Mining Regime
Mining parameters § 230 ktpm Run of MIne § 180 ktpm Merensky & 50 ktpm UG 2 initially § 230 ktpm UG 2 once Merensky depleted 15
Mining methods §Conventional mining on the Merensky • Jackhammers, face / strike / dip winch scrapers into ore passes. • Loaded at muck bays on UG 2 and trammed to ore passes §Hybrid mining on the UG 2 • Jackhammers & face scrapers on Face • Drill rig in ASG • Ore loaded in ASG by and trammed to ore passes 16
Overall mining layout: simple because of flat lying nature of reef and well defined sections 17
Mining logistics §Tramming levels below UG 2 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 20 t skips §Hoisting calculated on 23 day & 18 hrs/day cycles per month. 18
Schematic stoping layout 19
Flexible mining infrastructure 20
Shallow in comparison with existing underground mines m A am th or N t ul lb de an am th or N la pa Im t on ni U ul lb e on ni U re Ka la pa Im e w on um in iz es at Pl W ni U um in at Pl de an rn rn te te es es W W Different shafts 1000 operations 500 Wesizwe mining at Frisch Ledig working depth 650 -850 m below surface 1500 2000 Depth m Source: SFA Oxford 21
Shallow compared to new mines wesizwe 650 m
Rapid ramp-up to steady state 230 000 tpm Koedoesfontein extension extends LOM • Merensky-dominant production for the first 20 years • Once UG 2 dominant, mine is fully developed – reduced costs 23
Rapid ramp-up to steady state 350 000 oz • Merensky-dominant production for the first 20 years • Once UG 2 dominant, mine is fully developed – reduced costs Ramp-up Steady State Production Depletion Koedoesfontein extension extends LOM 24
Capex and Opex
Early Capex, rapid drawdown Capex CAp ex Shaft Sinking Complete Concentrator Commissioned Achieve Steady State Production 26
Costs well researched live and zero base Note: These cash costs exclude • Smelting • Refining • Marketing • Head office costs On-mine Cash Cost: R 320/t Overheads: R 43/t Total Cash Cost: R 363/t 27
Average Cash Cost per ton milled competitive with majors 28
Understanding Eskom 70 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 30 25 20 15 10 5 0 65 MW Eskom installation O HF Eskom recovery rollout Complete* Equipping Full 65 MW supply only required by 2016 r d an t s Heavy Fuel Oil (HFO) Standby for full power requirement Of 10 MW ramping to 65 MW during critical ramp-up Concentrator start-up Production Ramp-up 18 7 ар - м н 1 се 17 ар - 6 м н 1 се 16 5 ар - м н 1 15 се 4 ар - м н 1 14 се 3 ар - м н 1 13 се 2 ар - м н 1 12 се 1 ар - м н 1 11 се ар - 0 Shaft Sinking м н 1 се 10 9 ар - м н 0 се 09 ар - м н 0 се by ve co Light Diesel Standby during capital construction 8 MW Wesizwe Power Demand Curve Steady State 29 *Medupe and Bravo Power stations built + Grootvlei, Camden and Komati recommissioned
Project economics
Sensitivity Analysis @ 7. 5% Real Discount Rate 31
Indicative value buildup over five years Pd $315 Rh $4, 20 0 Au $750 Ni $ 20 Cu $2 R/$ 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 7. 50 Source: Qinisele Resources
The Aquarius/Kroondal Experience 33
Shareholder Spread
Fund Managers by Country
Shareholder type 36
Recent Acquisition of WBJV from Anglo Platinum
The components of the deal Wesizwe Platinum Group Metals/WB JV WBJV Koedoes fontein JQ ct oje Pr 26% Ledig JV 3 Zandrivie Anglo Platinum/BRPM JV WB rspoort WBJV held 50% in x-hatched areas Wesizwe held 26% of WBJV Frisch-Ledig Core Project Styldrift Frisch 100% Frisch 4 11 Mimosa WBJV 26% WBJV Project 1 Boschkoppie Impala 20# North Shaft South Shaft D-Section Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine 38
Pre-transaction ownership structure 39
Post-transaction ownership structure 40
In summary…….
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 3 D 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 UG 2 • High Merensky reef grades with higher than average prill splits (metals basket value) with an excellent Rhodium kicker 42
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 43
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 44
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 REAL TEAM , REAL MINE, REAL VALUE 45
the next name in platinum www. wesizwe. com 46
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