IMP
 IMPO                                                                            
IMP - Implats appoints new Chief Financial Officer                              
IMPALA PLATINUM HOLDINGS LIMITED                                                
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1957/001979/06)                                            
Share code: IMP/IMPO                                                            
ISIN: ZAE000003554                                                              
("Implats" or "the group")                                                      
Implats appoints new Chief Financial Officer                                    
It is with great pleasure that Implats announces the appointment of Dawn Earp as
the new Chief Financial Officer.  She will join the group with effect from 1    
March 2007.  Dawn is currently Executive Officer: Finance at AngloGold Ashanti, 
a multi-listed global company where she has been for last six years.  Prior to  
this she worked for a 10 year period at Anglo American.                         
She is currently the Chamber of Mines representative on the Accounting Practices
Board of SAICA and has had exposure to both international financial reporting   
standards and US GAAP.  In addition, she is the Chairperson of the Audit and    
Remuneration Committee for the Rand Refinery.  She brings a wealth of mining    
knowledge to the group and will be a great asset to the Implats team.           
12 December 2006                                                                
Johannesburg                                                                    
Issued by sponsor: Deutsche Securities (SA)(Proprietary) Limited                
Date: 12/12/2006 10:30:01 Produced by the JSE SENS Department.