Meeting the Challenges for new

Smelting Capacity in South Africa

David Russell, acting CEO

AIM: BRR

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About us

• Mid-stream, PGM and Nickel production focused company with access to proprietary technologies

• Located in two key mining regions and growth metals sectors

• Processing capability augmented by key processing agreements

Braemore Platinum Braemore Nickel

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Braemore Resources - at a glance• Listed on AIM in March 2005• AIM Code: BRR • Market cap: £68.9 million• £1 million cash on hand

Shareholding structure

BEFORE YOU ASK – Power availability in South Africa

• All major resource and smelting projects in SA are facing same problem:

“Is power availability a showstopper?”

• How do we address this?• Engineering companies offering technical reviews and

solutions regarding self sufficiency in power

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Sources: Interview with Eskom CEO 06/02/08UCT GSB MIR - Dr. G. Steyn

Eskom overview & risk assessment

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Power issues in South Africa

• All major electricity consuming projects now have to consider alternative ways of generating supplementary power

• Eskom has permitted reserve margin to fall to critical levels

• Resulting load shedding and reduced availability of power for future projects is an issue

• Engineering companies have conducted detailed studies of alternative methods of power generation to meet project specific demand

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Eskom overview & risk assessment, cont’d

Year Forecast demand

(MW)

New plant (MW/yr)

Year-end capacity

(MW)

Reserve margin

(%)

Ideal capacity (15% Margin)

(MW)

Shortfall (MW)

2008 38287 2024 40548 5.90% 44030 3482

2009 40158 1915 42463 5.70% 46182 3718

2010 41671 1892 44355 6.40% 47922 3566

2011 43238 181 44536 3.00% 49724 5188

2012 44665 1003 45539 2.00% 51365 5826

2013 46430 2422 47961 3.30% 53395 5433

2014 48624 2363 50324 3.50% 55918 5594

Source: Interview with Eskom CEO 06/02/08

• Based on 4% pa fixed growth and current planned generation capacity build to 2014

South Africa – previously spoiled for access to electrical power

• In Australia major resource projects including global nickel producers are entirely self sufficient for power generation.

• It is the norm for projects and even towns in remote parts of Australia to be self sufficient

• Have South African projects been spoiled previously by easy access to bountiful reticulated electricity?

• Availability of power is not an issue for remote mining and processing projects in Australia –self sufficiency is part of the operating and capital costs of doing business!

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Alternate power supply options

• Diesel / Heavy Fuel Oil Powered Generator Sets

• own, build, operate option

• Local coal fired power station

• Solar thermal hybrid station

• International options

• Botswana – the power generator of the SADC region

• Botswana Power Marupule proposal

• Botswana Power Mmamabula project

• Various solar thermal projects

• Hydro-electric potential of the Congo River

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Comparison of Cost per KWhr

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Diesel Powered Generator Sets

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Our strategy – uniquely placed in the metals stream

Braemore Nickel

Braemore Platinum

Exploration Mining Processing Smelting/Leaching Refining Marketing

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A looming tidal wave of production

• Up to 6Moz of new PGM production forecast over the next 7 years – not all projects will succeed

• Largely from emerging producers, major component being from UG2 ore

• Even majors have smelter capacity constraints

Source: Investec

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South Africa – Braemore Platinum

• Independent smelting and base metals refining facility targeting:

• high chrome UG2 concentrates

• lower grade PGM, high nickel concentrates from Platreef Mintek

Demonstration Smelter

Rustenburg UG2 Smelter

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ConRoast – a major advance in smelting technology

• Developed and patented by Mintek

• Braemore has an exclusive global license to use the process for a period of 3+7 years

• Mintek to receive license fees and provide access to Mintek facilities and technical services

• Braemore will facilitate smelting of PGMs and base metals by juniors

• up to 50% HDSA participation

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Cleaner and greener new generation processConRoast

Conventional smelting

Concentrate Off-gas

Sulphuric acid plant

Furnacematte

Convertor

Furnace

Slag cleaning furnace

Slag mill

Tailings dam

Matte granulation

Slow cool

Refinery

Feedconcentrate

Sulphuric acid plant

DC arc furnace

Hydro-metallurgical process

Atomiser

Slag

Coke

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ConRoast – a solution to environmentally responsible smelting

• The ConRoast process:

• environmentally acceptable – good SO2 control

• has no limit for chrome content – solves UG2 smelting problems

• avoids corrosive, high-temperature, matte phase

• lower capital and operating costs

• improved PGM recovery

• hydrometallurgical leach of PGM and Ni rich smelter alloy is key to commercialising ConRoast

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Current status

• 1.5MW demonstration plant currently in production at Mintek• producing PGM Ni alloy, with recoveries of up to 99% from smelting high

chrome concentrate at rate of 1000tpm• producing at annualised rate, depending on feed grade of

20,000ozs PGM pa• upgrade to 3.2MW during one

month shutdown to mid July 2008 • upgrade smelter to smelt

2000tpm and produce at an annualised rate of 60 to 70,000ozs PGM pa

• First 10MW UG2 smelter planned for 2010

• First 35MW Platreef smelter and base metal refinery scheduled from 2012

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‘Mine to Metal’ strategic platform developing

• Potential to develop vertically integrated platinum company

• Acquisition of platinum resources and concentrates through joint ventures and off-take agreements

• Two agreements in place

• Tharisa Minerals

• Grass Valley

• further agreements in negotiation

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Platinum progress

• Demonstration plant has proved the new PGM smelting as a environmentally sustainable options for treating high chrome PGM feeds

• Progress has been steady:

start production at Mintek Demonstration plant (Q4 2007)

ship first High Fe – PGM Alloy (Q1 2008)

renew agreements for a further 6 months (Q1 2008)

first Leached PGM produced as trial (Q2 2008)

processing of High chrome UG2 ores demonstrated (Q2 2008)

upgrades at Demonstration plant to double production underway (Q2 2008)

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2008 2009 2010 2011

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Platinum timeline to delivery

TWP Completed 10MW UG2

smelter DFS(Q1 2008)

Complete 35MW Platreef smelter DFS

(Q4 2008)

Commission first 10MW

UG2 smelter(Q1 2010)

Commission 35MW Platreef

smelter(Q4 2010)

First ConRoast base metals

refinery(Q2 2011)

Initial Feed agreements

in Place(Q3 2008)

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Greener, cheaper to build and operate

• Commercialising new generation nickel and PGM smelting and refining

• Exclusive rights to proven technology

• Current status of process application

• nickel production in Australia becoming a reality

• small scale commercial PGM production in SA underway – hydrometallurgical leaching

• feasibility studies advanced for expanding PGM production

• JVs with emerging producers and partners under negotiation

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Meeting the Challenges for new

Smelting Capacity in South Africa

David Russell, acting CEOEmail davidr@braemoreresources.com

AIM: BRR