Platinum Group Metals Ltd. Announces Appointment of Former Vale Executive Stuart Harshaw to Company’s Board of Directors
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News Release No. 19-393
April 15, 2019
Platinum Group Metals Ltd. Announces Appointment of Former
Vale Executive Stuart Harshaw to Company’s Board of Directors
(Vancouver/Johannesburg) Platinum Group Metals Ltd. (PTM:TSX; PLG:NYSE American)
(“Platinum Group ” “PTM” or the “ Company”) announced today that Mr. Stuart Harshaw ,
P.Eng., MBA, has been appointed to the Company’s board of directors, bring ing the number
of directors to seven. Mr. Harshaw was the Vice President, Ontario Operations , for Vale
Canada Limited (“Vale”) until 2017 where he was an i nnovative leader with international
experience creating value within mining and natural resource operations around the globe.
Mr. Harshaw established a record of success at Vale in operations, marketing and strategic
planning. Mr. Harshaw was responsible to implement strategic initiatives by attracting and
developing highly engaged teams who could deliver results. He held mining board positions
for Vale in Indonesia, Korea and Barbados. Mr. Harshaw was responsible for creating and
managing annual budgets of approximately $1.5 billion as well as m anaging relations with
external stakeholders including provincial and municipal government officials, First Nations
and media outlets. Mr. Harshaw recently l ed the Sudbury operations of Vale through the
largest transformation of surface facilities in their history. In 2017 Mr. Harshaw retired after
a highly successful career with Vale and predecessor firm Inco, where he worked his way up
through the organization beginning in 1990.
Platinum Group CEO R. Michael Jones commented “We are very pleased to welcome Stuart
Harshaw to the Board of the Company . Mr. Harshaw’s extensive experience will be a
tremendous asset to the Company as we work through the completion of a definitive feasibility
study for the world class Waterberg Project. He will be able to make valuable contributions in
all aspects of the study including safety, mine design, metallurgical recoveries and metal
refining and marketing terms”.
About Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
Platinum Group is the operator of the Waterberg Project, a bulk underground deposit in
northern South Africa. Waterberg was discovered by the Company and has the potential to
be a low-cost producer of palladium, platinum, rhodium and gold.
On behalf of the Board of
Platinum Group Metals Ltd.
R. Michael Jones
CEO and Director
For further information contact:
R. Michael Jones, President
or Kris Begic, VP, Corporate Development
Platinum Group Metals Ltd., Vancouver
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