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Marula
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Impala Refining Services
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Impala Canada

6E in concentrate 291koz
Life of mine 5 years
Current average depth 1 080m
Employees 948

Impala Canada, previously known as North American Palladium, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Implats following its acquisition in late 2019. The Lac des Iles Mine (LDI), Impala Canada’s single operating asset, is located in the Canadian province of Ontario, north of the city of Thunder Bay. The operation comprises underground and surface mining operations and a concentrator. The LDI underground operations employ long-hole open stope and sub‐level shrinkage mining methods.

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Zimplats

6E in matte 611koz
Life of mine >30 years
Current average depth 240m
Employees 9 021

Zimplats is 87% owned by Implats and it is situated on the Zimbabwean Great Dyke, south-west of Harare. Zimplats operates four underground mines and a concentrator at Ngezi. The Selous Metallurgical Complex (SMC), 77km north of the underground operations, comprises a concentrator and a smelter. Zimplats employs mechanised room and pillar mining to extract ore from stopes.

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Mimosa

6E in concentrate 245Moz
Life of mine 21 years
Current average depth 180m
Employees 3 735

Mimosa is a 50/50 joint venture between Implats and Sibanye-Stillwater. It is located on the Wedza Geological Complex on the Zimbabwean Great Dyke, 150km east of Bulawayo. The operation comprises a shallow underground mine, accessed by a decline shaft, and a concentrator. Mimosa holds contiguous mining rights over 6 591ha on the North Hill, the South Hill, Mtshingwe Block and Far South Hill orebody areas. Mimosa employs bord and pillar mining methods.

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Impala Rustenburg

Refined 6E production 1.2Moz 6E
Life of mine 11 years
Current average depth 870m
Employees 43 872

Impala, Implats’ 96%-owned primary subsidiary, has mining operations situated on the Western Limb of the world-renowned Bushveld Complex near Rustenburg in South Africa. The Impala Rustenburg operation comprises a nine-shaft mining complex and concentrating and smelting plants. The Merensky and UG2 reefs are mined concurrently, predominantly through conventional breast mining. Impala’s base and precious metals refineries are situated in Springs, east of Johannesburg.

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Marula

6E in concentrate 241koz
Life of mine 22 years
Current average depth 485m
Employees 4 954

Marula is 73% owned by Implats and is one of the first operations developed on the relatively under-exploited eastern limb of the Bushveld Complex in South Africa. Situated in the Limpopo province, the operation is 50km north-west of Burgersfort. Marula holds two contiguous mining rights covering 5 494ha across the farms Winaarshoek and Clapham, and portions of the farms Driekop and Forest Hill. Hybrid and conventional mining methods are used.

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Two Rivers

6E in concentrate 295koz
Life of mine 24 years
Current average depth 750m
Employees 6 060

Two Rivers is a joint venture between African Rainbow Minerals (54%) and Implats (46%). The operation is on the Dwarsrivier farm on the southern part of the eastern limb of the Bushveld Igneous Complex, 35km south-west of Burgersfort in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The operation comprises two on-reef decline shafts and a concentrator plant and has a life-of-mine offtake agreement with Impala Refining Services (IRS). Underground mining operations are fully mechanised with the bord and pillar mining method employed.

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Impala Refining Services (IRS)

Refined 6E production 1.45Moz
Refined platinum 673koz
Refined palladium 504koz
6E sales volumes 1.46Moz

Impala Refining Services (IRS), a division of Impala, is a dedicated vehicle housing the toll-refining and metal concentrate purchases built up by Implats. Situated in Springs, some 35km east of Johannesburg in South Africa, IRS provides smelting and refining services through offtake agreements with Group companies (except Impala) and third parties.



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Impala Bafokeng

6E in concentrate 507koz
Life of mine 24 years
Current average depth 480m
Employees 11 141

Impala Bafokeng, previously known as Royal Bafokeng Platinum, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Implats following its acquisition in 2023. Impala Bafokeng’s mining operations are situated on the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex near Rustenburg in South Africa and are adjacent and contiguous with the Impala Rustenburg mining operations. Impala Bafokeng currently operates two mines, Bafokeng Rasimone Platinum Mine (BRPM) and Styldrift Mine (Styldrift), as well as two concentrators. The Maseve mining operations are under care and maintenance. At BRPM the Merensky and UG2 reefs are mined concurrently using conventional and hybrid mining methods, whereas Styldrift is a mechanised bord and pillar mining operation currently only mining the Merensky reef.