Southern Palladium Ltd. · ASX:SPD
Southern Palladium — Managing Director's Investor Webinar (February 2024)
21 slides from Southern Palladium's conference presentation, Feb 5, 2024
Slide 1: Managing Director's Webinar Presentation
5 February 2024 Managing Director’s Webinar Presentation Southern Palladium Limited (ASX Code: SPD and JSE Code: SDL) releases the Managing Director’s Webinar Presentation for the Company’s Investor Webinar which is to be held at 4.15 pm AEDT today. Anyone wishing to attend the webinar must register
Slide 2: About Southern Palladium
About Southern Palladium: Southern Palladium Limited (ASX:SPD, JSE:SDL) is a dual-listed platinum group metal (PGM) company developing the advanced Bengwenyama PGM project, particularly rich in palladium/rhodium, in South Africa. The project is located on the Eastern Limb of the Bushveld Complex, wh
Slide 3: Bengwenyama Project Scoping Study
BENGWENYAMA PROJECT SCOPING STUDY THE NEXT SIGNIFICANT PGM PRODUCER ON THE EASTERN LIMB INVESTOR UPDATE | FEBRUARY 2024| ASX: SPD | JSE: SDL PAGE 1
Slide 4: Disclaimer
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Slide 5: Southern Palladium
SOUTHERN PALLADIUM OUR PURPOSE – CREATE SHARED VALUE THROUGH COOPERATIVE PARTNERSHIP Create Stakeholder Value • Timely and efficient delivery of a significant new mine • Environmental Responsibility • Uphold the highest safety standards. THE BENGWENYAMA PGM project in the heart of the Eastern Limb o
Slide 6: Bengwenyama Project Key Features
BENGWENYAMA PROJECT KEY FEATURES KEY OUTCOMES FROM THE INDEPENDENT MINXCON SCOPING STUDY: • +30-year mine life averaging 330,000 ozpa PGM (6E) from the Total Merensky Reef and UG2 Reef UG2 Reef Resource: 26.22 Moz (7E) • Total mining inventory of 10.9Moz. 54% (5.8Moz) at Indicated status • Low capit
Slide 7: Conceptual Layout of Mine Site
BENGWENYAMA: CONCEPTUAL LAYOUT OF MINE SITE HYBRID MINING – CONVENTIONAL STOPING WITH MECHANISED DEVELOPMENT 2 MILLION TONNES PER YEAR AT FULL PRODUCTION RATE PAGEPAGE 5
Slide 8: Plant Layout
BENGWENYAMA: PLANT LAYOUT CONVENTIONAL MF2 PLANT DELIVERING 85% RECOVERIES ~2 Mtpa UG2 Reef @ 6.55g/t (7E) Chrome Conc. 140 Ktpa Recovery ~ 85% for the major Metals PGM Conc. ~50 Ktpa. @ ~2.5% mass pull 330 Kozpa 6E PAGEPAGE 6
Slide 9: Smelter and Refiners
BENGWENYAMA: SMELTER AND REFINERS WELL-ESTABLISHED DOWNSTREAM REFINING PROCESS FOR PGM CONCENTRATE WITHIN SOUTH AFRICA PAGE PAGE 7
Slide 10: Bengwenyama Key Project Results
BENGWENYAMA KEY PROJECT RESULTS MINING INVENTORY TOTALS 11 MILLION OUNCES AT 6.55G/T (7E) Mining Inventory Tonnes Grade 4E Grade 7E Content 4E Content 7E Contribution ~ 79% of the tonnes in the payback period in the Indicated Mt g/t g/t Koz Koz % Mineral Resource category with the remainder in infer
Slide 11: Bengwenyama Key Project Results
BENGWENYAMA KEY PROJECT RESULTS 330KOZ PGM PER YEAR AT US$771/OZ. NPV8 OF US$700M POST TAX 2 Mtpa UG2 Reef Peak Funding Requirement NPV8% (post-tax) USD403 million (incl. ~15% USD700 million * PGM Concentrate (LOM avg) contingency) 50 Kt p.a. @ 2.5% mass pull IRR (post-tax) EBITDA (LOM avg) 21% Annu
Slide 12: Nearly 90% of Revenues Driven by Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium and Chrome
BENGWENYAMA: NEARLY 90% OF REVENUES DRIVEN BY PLATINUM, PALLADIUM, RHODIUM AND A CHROME BY-PRODUCT Basket Price: USD1400/6E Oz 5,000 1.40 4,500 1.20 4,000 3,500 1.00 MR/UG2 Ratio 3,000 0.80 USD/oz 2,500 2,000 0.60 1,500 0.40 1,000 0.20 500 “The Bengwenyama project does 0 0.00 not require nickel and
Slide 13: It's All About the Grade
BENGWENYAMA: IT’S ALL ABOUT THE GRADE Tonnes Production 4E Company Mine/Project Milled Grade 4E p.a AISC AISC Mtpa g/t kozpa ZAR/t USD/4E oz Marula 2.0 3.78 210 2,200 1,150 Modikwa 2.6 3.58 240 2,700 1,550 Bengwenyama 2.0 5.42 290 2,706 970 Two Rivers 3.6 2.54 240 2,050* 1,650 Mototolo 2.8 3.36 250
Slide 14: An Emerging First Cost Quartile Producer
BENGWENYAMA: AN EMERGING FIRST COST QUARTILE PRODUCER PAGE 12 Source: Adapted from Rene Hochreiter (NOAH Capital Markets & Sieberana Research, 2023)
Slide 15: Bengwenyama Project Sensitivities
BENGWENYAMA PROJECT SENSITIVITIES A 10% UPLIFT IN PGM PRICES DRIVES A 30% INCREASE IN NPV8 TO +US$900M Change in 6E PGM Price -10% -5% Base +5% +10% Pt Price (USD/oz) 1,080 1,140 1,200 1,260 1,320 Pd Price (USD/oz) 990 1,045 1,100 1,155 1,210 Rhodium Price (USD/oz) 4,500 4,750 5,000 5,250 5,500 Gold
Slide 16: Very Inexpensive Ounces and Now with an Attractive Scoping Study
BENGWENYAMA: VERY INEXPENSIVE OUNCES AND NOW WITH AN ATTRACTIVE SCOPING STUDY High PGE Grade / Inexpensive Ounces Size of Attributable Resource Low PGE Grade / Expensive Ounces PAGE 14 Note: BRVO – Non-compliant Resource Estimate, excludes credits from base metals + chromes Source: Calculations base
Slide 17: Advancing Bengwenyama to Production: Next Steps
ADVANCING BENGWENYAMA TO PRODUCTION: NEXT STEPS H1 2024 H2 2024 2026-2028 • Construction to • Lodge Environmental • Completion of PFS to commence 2026 Impact Assessment be fully funded from • 2 year construction period (EIA) for Mining existing cash reserves • Concurrent mine Right Application devel
Slide 18: Our Achievements and Goals
OUR ACHIEVEMENTS AND GOALS PROJECT DELIVERY ON-TIME AND ON-BUDGET Community A$19m Drilling Drilling Far East Resource Submit 2nd Interim Updated Complete Feasibility Construction meetings raised in Commenced Intersects Block increases by Mining Resource Scoping PFS and FID Starts IPO June UG2 Reef D
Slide 19: Corporate and Asset Ownership Structure
SOUTHERN PALLADIUM LIMITED (ASX:SPD,JSE:SDL) CORPORATE AND ASSET OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE BOARD OF DIRECTORS – SOUTHERN PALLADIUM (‘SPD’) Southern 9.3% Bengwenyama NON-EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS Palladium Mike Stirzaker NED MUM Community Roger Baxter Johan Odendaal Daan van Heerden NED MUM Limited Non-Executive
Slide 20: PGM Dynamics Are Experiencing a Change
PGM DYNAMICS ARE EXPERIENCING A CHANGE Autocatalysts in Internal Combustion Engine (“ICE”) (Palladium, Platinum and • Platinum market to remain undersupplied Rhodium still the biggest throughout 2025 to 2028. driver) • Concerns about the long-term sustainability of several operations Green hydrogen
Slide 21: Investment Summary
INVESTMENT SUMMARY • The right address amongst Tier 1 operations LOCATION • Excellent access to infrastructure UNLOCKING • Scoping Study outlines significant upside POTENTIAL • Focus is now to improve knowledge of the Northern Horst Block GREEN • Global carbon reduction and ICE emission control has
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