Fact sheets


	Implats fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 614KB)

	Impala Platinum fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 571KB)

	Impala Refining Services fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 580KB)

	Marula Platinum fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 587KB)

	Mimosa fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 604KB)

	Two Rivers fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 498KB)

	Zimplats fact sheet November 2011 (PDF - 498KB)

Resources & Reserves

The Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves of the Implats group reflect the company’s growth opportunities. We are committed to:

Safe production and ensuring that this is the first principle underpinning all Mineral Reserve estimates
Optimal exploitation of current assets, together with growth of the Mineral Resource base by leveraging and optimising existing Implats properties, exploration and acquisitions; including alliances and equity interests with third parties
The legislative regime that governs mineral rights ownership

Resource and Reserves

		Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Statement 2010 Download PDF (3.5MB)

View Mineral Resource and Mineral Reserve Statement in our integrated annual report to our stakeholders for this financial year.

The transparent, responsible disclosure of Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves in line with the prescribed codes, SAMREC and JORC, giving due cognisance to materiality and competency
Consistency in the style of reporting and that our public reports can be reconciled with previous declarations

Main features relating to Implats’ Mineral Resources and Mineral Reserves as at 30 June 2010 relative to 30 June 2009 are:

Estimated total attributable Mineral Resources decreased by 2% to 225 million platinum ounces from 230 million platinum ounces

Total attributable group Mineral Reserves decreased by 1% to 36.9 million platinum ounces from 37.4 million platinum ounces
Introduction of a new group-wide standard protocol for the estimation , classification and reporting of Mineral Resources and Reserves
As a consequence there were material changes in the classification of Mineral Resources and decreases due to the introduction of a depth cup-off at 2,350 metres below surface
Completion of group-wide audit of the Mineral Resources and Reserves by an independent third party
A re-estimation of the Marula Merensky Reef Mineral Resources resulting in a material decrease
Addition of Impala/RBR joint venture Mineral Resources following initial prospecting
The attributable Mineral Resources are dominated by the Zimplats and Impala contributions