Impala Platinum Holdings Limited · JSE:IMP
Impala Platinum — Technical Presentation (December 2004)
7 slides from Impala Platinum's technical presentation, Dec 1, 2004
Slide 1: 14 Shaft Analyst visit
14 Shaft Analyst visit 1 Dec 2004 Impala lease area 1
Slide 2: Today's visit to 14 Shaft
Today’s visit to 14 Shaft Mineral Resource Management plan 2
Slide 3: Key features
Key features • Shaft diameter 7.4 m • Depth 1 152.6 m below collar • Hoisting capacity/month 250 000 tons • Production/month Ave 116 000 reef tons Ave 25 000 waste tons Hybrid section Mining method Life-of-project Size of ore body • Bord and pillar +/- 5 years – 400m dip x 1200m • Hand-held drilling
Slide 4: Geology and Life-of-mine
Geology Reef type - “A” Merensky Reef dip - 90 Area - 349 060m2 Geology + pillar losses - 25% Stope width - 1.8m Tonnage - 1 108 335t @ 75% extraction Life-of-mine plan (LOM): Trackless section to bring in additional tons on the shaft 5-year LOM plan Life-of-mine 14 # LIFE OF MINE PLAN (L.O.M) 30000
Slide 5: Safety LTIFR and tons – trackless section
Safety LTIFR – trackless section Impala Platinum Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate 30 27.1 25 20 15 13.31 10 8.93 6.02 6.02 6.02 6.02 6.02 6.02 6.72 5 2.21 1.93 1.72 1.55 1.41 1.29 1.59 1.59 1.59 1.59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT MONTH YTD TARGET Tons – trackless se
Slide 6: Mill grade and direct cost per ton
Mill grade Grade 4 3.5 3 2.5 2 1.5 1 0.5 0 05 1st Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun FY05 Q Actual 3 3 2.8 3.2 3.6 3.6 Plan 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 Direct cost per ton C ost / Ton 160 140 120 100 R an d 80 60 40 20 0 05 1st FY04 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Ja
Slide 7: Direct cost per kg
Direct cost per kg Cost /Kg 45,000 40,000 35,000 30,000 Rand 25,000 20,000 15,000 10,000 5,000 - 05 1st FY04 Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun FY05 Q Actual/Forecast 35,003 32,881 30,429 33,896 34,342 33,542 32,906 33,494 37,248 33,696 36,145 36,578 40,441 36,305 34,919 Plan 27,071 33,
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