Annual Report 2008

Corporate profile

Impala Platinum Holdings Limited (Implats), a leading global producer of platinum, produced 1.9Moz of platinum (approximately 25% of global supply) and 3.6Moz of platinum group metals (PGMs), for the 2008 financial year.

Implats’ mining interests are found on the two most significant known platinum group mineral-bearing orebodies in the world: the Bushveld Complex in South Africa and the Great Dyke in Zimbabwe:

  • In South Africa, these are located on the western limb of the Bushveld Complex – Impala Platinum (Impala) and the Leeuwkop project – and on the eastern limb – Marula Platinum (Marula) and Two Rivers Platinum (Two Rivers).
  • In Zimbabwe, Implats operates Zimplats Holdings (Zimplats) and has an interest in Mimosa Platinum (Mimosa). Zimplats is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX).

Impala Refining Services (IRS) uses Impala’s excess smelting and refining capacity to process the concentrate and matte produced by the various mine-to-market group operations as well as material purchased from third party companies. Toll-refining is also undertaken on behalf of other companies. Implats is one of the largest autocatalyst recyclers in the world.

The company’s exploration efforts are focused on a number of projects in Botswana, Canada, Greenland, Madagascar, Mozambique and South Africa. Some of these are in joint ventures and alliances with other companies.

Implats has a primary listing on the JSE Limited (IMP) and a secondary listing on the LSE (IPLA). The company may also be traded via a sponsored level 1 ADR program (IMPUY) on the NYSE.

Group structure

Group structure

Refined platinum ounces indicated above have been rounded for illustrative purposes.

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Implats - Annual Report 2008

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