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JUBILEE PLATINUM PLC - 3rd ARC furnace successfully commissioned and operational

Release Date: 06/05/2014 08:00
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3rd ARC furnace successfully commissioned and operational

JUBILEE PLATINUM PLC
(Registration number 4459850)
AltX share code: JBL
AIM share code: JLP
ISIN: GB0031852162
("Jubilee" or the "Company")



3rd ARC FURNACE SUCCESSFULLY COMMISSIONED AND OPERATIONAL

Jubilee, the AIM-quoted and AltX-listed Mine-to-Metals specialist, is pleased to announce that the
Company successfully concluded on 3 May 2014 the commissioning of the 3rd ARC furnace at its
Middelburg smelter operations (“Smelter”) by reaching the targeted design ferroalloy metal
(“Metal”) production rate. This targeted output projects production of 400 tonnes of Metal per
month or 4800 tonnes of Metal per annum.

Highlights

- 3rd ARC Furnace commissioned and fully operational

- Targeted production rate achieved, calculating to 4800 tonnes of Metal per annum

- Furnace remains fully contracted


Shareholders can view a short video clip on the Company’s website
(www.jubileeplatinum.com) of the 3rd ARC Furnace reaching full temperature and images of
the first hot metal tap towards achieving the targeted output.


Leon Coetzer, CEO of Jubilee says: “I would like again to complement our Smelter personnel,
engineering contractors and support services for their combined effort in successfully commissioning
and bringing into operation the 3rd Arc Furnace. This concludes the final phase of our Smelter
renewal programme and the critical step in establishing a sustainable operation with positive
earnings that will set Jubilee apart from most of its peers.

“Our key next target is to bring into operation the platinum containing Dilokong Chrome Mine
surface tailings which is in line with the Company‘s strategy of bringing into production our acquired
surface platinum-bearing material and ultimately to migrate our Smelter onto processing platinum
concentrates.”

Smelter

The commissioning of the 3rd ARC furnace concluded the final phase of the 4-phase renewal
programme developed and implemented at the Smelter over the past 2 years. The renewal
programme’s objectives were to expand and upgrade the Smelter into a robust and profitable
operation on the back of secured smelting revenue contracts.

The successful bringing-into-operation of this Furnace, confirms the Company’s expectations
(previously announced 14 April 2014) to sustain revenue growth supported by an increase in gross
profit margins to a targeted 38%, which is expected to deliver positive Smelter earnings targeting a
net margin of 12%.

The Smelter building upgrade continues on improving the capacity of the building and affording
better protection from recurrence of recent extreme adverse weather conditions in future.



Contacts

Jubilee Platinum plc
Colin Bird
Tel +44 (0) 20 7584 2155
Leon Coetzer
Tel +27 (0)11 465 1913
Andrew Sarosi
Tel +44 (0) 1752 221937

JSE Sponsor
Sasfin Capital, a division of Sasfin Bank Limited
Sharon Owens
Tel +27 (0) 11 809 7500

NOMAD
finnCap Ltd
Matthew Robinson/Ben Thompson – corporate finance
Joanna Weaving – corporate broking
Tel +44 (0) 20 7220 0500



6 May 2014

Sponsor
Sasfin Capital (a division of Sasfin Bank Limited)

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