Impala Platinum Holdings Limited · JSE:IMP

Impala Platinum — Technical Presentation (October 2002)

13 slides from Impala Platinum's technical presentation, Oct 25, 2002

  1. Slide 1: Impala Platinum 10 Shaft Decline Analyst Visit

    Impala Platinum 10 Shaft Decline Analyst Visit - 25 October 2002 Welcome Gert Ackerman 2 1

  2. Slide 2: Overview of Impala Platinum

    Overview of Impala Platinum Paul Visser 3 Fatality rate per million hours 0.3 0.25 0.2 0.179 0.161 0.150 0.15 0.139 0.1 0.092 0.088 0.05 0 FY'98 FY'99 FY'00 FY'01 FY'02 FYTD'03 4 2

  3. Slide 3: Lost time injury frequency rate and safety initiatives

    Lost time injury frequency rate 18 16 14 12 (per million man hours) 10 8 6 4 2 0 Jan- Feb- Apr- May- Jun- Sep- Oct- Nov- Jan- Feb- Mar- May- Jun- Aug- Oct- Jul-01 Jul-02 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 01 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 LTIFR 6.38 8.73 7.68 8.42 14.46 15.90 12.53 11.75 6.45 5.61 6.73 6.71 4.69 8.48 6.04

  4. Slide 4: Vision and objectives; Optimisation drive

    Vision and objectives Business Improved Intelligence Efficiencies Real Unit Cost Innovation Reductions Unlock employees potential Ideas Volume growth New Technology Capital Benchmarking Increased Efficiency (Internal & External) Shareholder Value Vision - To continually improve Impala operations by

  5. Slide 5: Fixco scorecard

    Fixco scorecard Impala FY02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 BP03 Fixco Face advance 15.8 16.1 16.8 16.9 16.8 16.8 Advance per blast 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.84 0.87 0.87 Blast per month per team 18.93 19.28 20.01 20.19 19.20 19.20 HR lost blasts / team 0.72 0.70 0.24 0.22 0.45 0.42 Equipment lost blasts / team 0.75 0.

  6. Slide 6: Average panel lengths and stoping efficiencies

    Average panel lengths 29.0 28.1 28.0 27.6 27.5 27.6 27.6 27.2 27.2 26.9 27.0 27.0 26.6 26.6 Ave Panel length (m) 26.2 26.0 25.3 24.7 24.6 25.0 24.2 24.3 24.3 23.9 23.8 24.0 23.5 23.6 23.6 23.0 23.0 22.0 Oct-01 Nov-01 Dec-01 Jan-02 Feb-02 Mar-02 Apr-02 May-02 Jun-02 Jul-02 Aug-02 Sep-02 Ave Mer Panel

  7. Slide 7: Grade key drivers and production performance

    Grade key drivers ƒ Percentage channel dilution ƒ Under break ƒ Over break ƒ Off reef ƒ Exterior width ƒ 3m width ƒ Development waste control ƒ Sweepings 13 Production performance FY2003 57,000 4.29 4.35 4.28 4.30 55,000 4.25 Weighline Tonnes 4.18 Grade (PGM g/t) 53,000 4.20 4.15 51,000 4.10 4.04 49

  8. Slide 8: 10 Shaft underground visit

    10 Shaft underground visit Hans Dodds 15 Mining plan of Impala lease area Boschkoppies 12N lin e ec shaft ft d sh a 12 12 shaft 8 shaft 14 shaft decline Operating shafts New decline shafts 6 shaft 14 shaft Proposed shafts 7 shaft 11 shaft decline No 10 shaft 7A shaft 11 shaft 4 shaft 10 shaft 10 sha

  9. Slide 9: History and Safety

    History ƒ Started mining in 1987 ƒ Merensky Ore Reserves 15,7 million tonnes ƒ UG2 Reserves 21,2 million tonnes 17 Safety ƒ Safety initiatives ƒ Du Pont’s SMAT ƒ 5 Platinum rules established ƒ Fall of Ground Prevention Campaign ƒ Shaft Safety Drivers ƒ Impala Values ƒ Safety statistics ƒ 246 898 Fat

  10. Slide 10: Safety LTIFR rate and 10 Shaft decline

    Safety - LTFIR rate 30 25 20 (rate per million man hours) 15 10 5 0 LTIFR 12 Mnth Rolling Ave Target 19 10 Shaft decline No. 10 Vent UC No. 10 SHAFT 650 m 9L 10 L * Visit area 11 L 12 L 13 L 14 L 1057 m 15 L Silo’s 16 L Cha New Extensions ir lift 1164 m 17 L 18 L ** 1219 m 19 L Con vey o r 1269 m 20

  11. Slide 11: Efficiencies – face advance per blast vs per team

    Efficiencies – face advance per blast vs face advance per team 18.5 0.94 0.93 0.92 18.0 Advance per blast Advance per team 0.91 0.90 0.90 17.5 0.88 0.86 17.0 0.85 0.84 16.5 17.7 17.7 18.0 16.7 0.82 16.0 0.80 FY- Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- 02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 0

  12. Slide 12: Grade control performance and the way forward

    Grade control performance – mill grade 5.5 5 4.5 Grade (g/t) 4 3.5 3 2.5 4.59 4.72 5.18 4.48 4.75 4.15 4.15 2 Ave Ave Ave Jul- Aug- Sep- Oct- Nov- Dec- Jan- Feb- Mar- Apr- May- Jun- FY00 FY01 FY02 02 02 02 02 02 02 03 03 03 03 03 03 Months Mill Grade Achieved Average 23 The way forward ƒ Life of min

  13. Slide 13: Impala Platinum 10 Shaft Decline Analyst Visit

    Impala Platinum 10 Shaft Decline Analyst Visit - 25 October 2002 13

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