Platinum Group Metals

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Primary ticker: NYSE:PLG
Stage of development: Development
Primary minerals: Platinum, Palladium, Rhodium, Gold, Copper, Nickel
Project to promote: Waterberg PGM
Project location: South Africa
Website: www.platinumgroupmetals.net

Platinum Group Metals Ltd. is the operator and majority owner of the Waterberg Project, a bulk underground palladium, platinum, gold and rhodium deposit located in South Africa. An Independent Definitive Feasibility Study for the Waterberg Project was approved by Waterberg JV Resources Pty Ltd. (“”Waterberg JV Co.””), the project joint venture company, on December 5, 2019.

The Waterberg Project was discovered by Platinum Group and is being jointly advanced with the shareholders of Waterberg JV Co., being Platinum Group, Impala Platinum Holdings Ltd. (“”Implats””), Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation, Hanwa Co. Ltd. and Mnombo Wethu Consultants (Pty) Ltd. (“”Mnombo””).

The Company founded Lion Battery Technologies Inc. in partnership with Anglo American Platinum Limited to support the use of palladium and platinum in lithium battery applications. Lion Battery has advanced past several technical milestones in battery cell performance and has received multiple global patents.

Cash: USD 5M
Debt: NIL

Major shareholders:
Hosken Consolidated Investments – 26%
Franklin Templeton – 14%
Kopernik Funds – 8%

Financials

Management Profile

Frank R. Hallam – President, CEO and Director

Frank R. Hallam has over 27 years of experience in the mining, minerals and petroleum industry as an operator, principal, and founder of several NYSE.American, TSX and TSXV corporations. His experience includes both equity and debt financing and the execution of exploration, discovery and development programs in Canada, the USA, Mexico and in six different countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. Significant business partners have included Anglo American Platinum Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, Newmont Mining Corporation, Industrias Penoles SAB de CV, Fresnillo Plc, JCI Limited and Impala Platinum Limited. He has been directly involved in friendly and hostile M&A transactions and has been involved in more than USD $2.0 billion in public offerings in the USA, Canada, and Europe.

In his role as CFO and Director with TSX listed gold exploration company Tan Range Exploration Corp. (1995 to 2002) he set up and administered exploration offices in Tanzania, Ethiopia and Eritrea.

Mr. Hallam was the original founder of New Millennium Metals Corp., a predecessor company to Platinum Group Metals Ltd. In addition to co-founding Platinum Group Metals Ltd. Mr. Hallam was a co-founder (2003) and former CFO and director until 2014 of MAG Silver Corp. Mr. Hallam was a co-founder (2005) and director of West Timmins Mining Inc. that was purchased by producing company Lake Shore Gold Corp. in 2009 for over CAD $ 400 million after the discovery of the Thunder Creek gold deposit. He served as a director of Lake Shore until the billion-dollar take-over of Lake Shore by Tahoe Resources Inc. in April 2016. Mr. Hallam currently serves as CFO & Corporate Secretary of West Vault Mining Inc.

Mr. Hallam is a Chartered Professional Accountant, Chartered Accountant (1993), was formerly an auditor in the public Mining Practice of Coopers & Lybrand (now PriceWaterhouseCoopers) and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Simon Fraser University (1990).

What is your rationale for taking part in 121 Mining Investment?

Investor awareness.

What recent news would you like to highlight to investors attending?

What are your key goals in 3 months, 6 months, 12 months?

3 Months:
Communicate results of 2024 DFS update

6 Months:
Concentrate offtake agreement and project finance package

12 Months:
Construction decision

What do you see as the key risks and challenges facing your company at the moment and how are you overcoming these?

Clarity required for project offtake and funding prior to construction decision.

What do you think makes your company such a compelling investment?

Waterberg is one of the only advanced PGM projects globally with the potential to begin development over the next 12 to 24 months.

What are the top 3 key investor takeaways?

Leverage to a basket of commodities including Pd, Pt, Au, Rh, Ni and Cu

Long life asset: 45 year+ mine life

Low cost, bulk, mechanized production.