At a workshop with policy-makers, producers and other industry stakeholders, soon after the launch of the book on Platinum Group Metals (PGMs), the need to broaden how beneficiation strategies are envisioned was underlined. Participants strongly argued for research into financial beneficiation, given the massive concentration of these endowments in southern and South Africa.

In partnership with Pan-African Investment and Research Services and the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) Limited, MISTRA set out to investigate the desirability and practicability of setting up a PGM exchange in South Africa.