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PLATINUM GROUP METALS LTD

TSX:PTM
C$1.78Close 7 Oct 2026 · delayed

Past year: ▼ 43%(1.78 – 3.78 CAD)

Market cap
A$200m
Shares on issue
113m
Story beats
9 since 2014
Last event
5 Feb 2021

History

Platinum Group Metals raised money repeatedly to build its Maseve mine, later sold it, refinanced its debt in 2019, and by February 2021 opened a US$50 million share program.

2014-2017: Funding the Project 1 mine

In December 2014 the company set out to build its Project 1 platinum mine. It announced a bought-deal share sale (shares sold in bulk to underwriters, who resell them) of 207,600,000 shares at US$0.53, and on December 31 closed it at 214,800,000 shares, raising US$113,844,000 once the over-allotment option (extra shares the underwriters could take) was used. The money was to fund Phase 2 development, and the company expected it, with cash on hand, to fully fund completion of the mill and concentrator. The same day it announced the offering, it signed a non-binding term sheet with Sprott for an operating loan of up to US$40 million.

The record then goes quiet until April 2017, when the company, now calling the mine Maseve, announced a further US$20 million sale of 15,390,000 shares at US$1.30. It was meant for underground development, working capital, and repaying US$2.5 million owed to Sprott. The beats do not show whether that deal closed.

2018-2019: Debt pressure and a refinancing

By May 2018 the company was leaning on a secured loan from Liberty Metals & Mining (LMM). An amendment required it to raise at least US$20 million by May 15, 2018. If it did, a second US$20 million requirement would be dropped and maturity pushed to June 30, 2019. LMM kept its right to 50% of proceeds from future equity offerings above US$500,000. The company launched an underwritten units offering the next day, with size and price not set. The filings also refer to a Maseve sale, so the mine was no longer described as an owned asset.

Shares on issue fell from 291,034,110 at the end of 2018 to 58,575,787 a year later. The beats do not explain this.

In August 2019 the company announced and closed a package to clear the LMM loan. It sold 8,326,957 shares at US$1.25 in a bought deal, 6,940,000 shares at US$1.32 to Deepkloof, and 7,575,758 shares at US$1.32 to LMM. It also drew US$20 million from a new Sprott facility at 11.00% interest, maturing 24 months after the first advance, secured on its shares in PTM RSA and Waterberg JV Resources, with 800,000 shares issued to the lenders. The LMM loan was repaid in full.

2020-2021: Waterberg and a new share program

The record for 2020 is quiet. The company was the operator of the Waterberg project, developed with Impala Platinum, JOGMEC and Hanwa, and had founded Lion Battery Technologies with Anglo American Platinum. On February 5, 2021 it signed an at-the-market agreement with BMO Capital Markets Corp. to sell up to US$50 million of shares from time to time, with a floor price of US$1.00 and a cap of 14,448,407 shares. At that date, how many shares would be sold and what the proceeds were for were not stated, and the Sprott facility's status was not shown.

Written from the 9 story beats below (2014 to 5 Feb 2021), which come from the company's own announcements and filings.

Beat by beat

The events that changed the company's story, in plain English, each written against everything known about the company at the time. The dot shows whether it was good, bad or neutral for shareholders.

shares on issue market cap (log scale)

202164.1m shares · C$308m market cap

  1. 5 Feb

    On February 5, 2021 the company signed an at-the-market equity distribution agreement with BMO Capital Markets Corp. to sell common shares from time to time, with an aggregate offering price of up to US$50,000,000. The agent's commission is up to 3% of gross proceeds, and the company sets a minimum sale price (floor) that cannot be below US$1.00 without BMO's consent. The program is capped at the lesser of the amount registered under the F-3 shelf (File No. 333-231964), the amount permitted under Form F-3 rules, the amount in the filed prospectus, or 14,448,407 shares. Shares sold will dilute existing holders, but how many are sold, and when, is not stated, and the visible text does not say what the proceeds are for.

    capital raising announcement

    64.1m shC$308m

2019291m shares · C$541m market cap

  1. 21 Aug

    The company closed the financings announced August 15: 8,326,957 shares at US$1.25 (about US$10.4 million), 7,575,758 shares to LMM at US$1.32 (US$10.0 million) and 6,940,000 shares to Deepkloof at US$1.32 (about US$9.2 million). With a US$20.0 million advance from the new Sprott credit agreement, it repaid the LMM secured loan in full. The remaining net proceeds are for working capital and general corporate purposes. The Sprott facility replaces the LMM debt, and the new shares dilute existing holders.

    capital raising announcement

    291m shC$541m
  2. 15 Aug

    The company announced a package to pay off its Liberty Metals & Mining (LMM) loan in full: a US$10.4 million bought deal of 8,326,957 shares at US$1.25 (BMO), a US$9.16 million private placement of 6,940,000 shares at US$1.32 to Deepkloof (a Hosken Consolidated subsidiary), and a US$10.0 million placement of 7,575,758 shares at US$1.32 to LMM. It also announced a new US$20 million Sprott senior secured facility at 11.00% interest, maturing 24 months after first advance (extendable one year for a 3% fee), secured on the shares of PTM RSA and Waterberg JV Resources, with 800,000 shares issued to the Sprott lenders. Under a payout agreement, after applying LMM's US$10 million to the debt, the company is to pay LMM US$33.0 million by August 31, 2019. The CEO said the deal will significantly reduce and defer secured debt. This resolves the LMM amendment thread from 2018 and adds dilution for existing shareholders.

    capital raising announcement

    291m shC$541m

2018

  1. 3 May

    The company announced it had started a proposed underwritten public offering of units, each made up of one common share and one-half of a warrant, with BMO Capital Markets as sole book-runner. The size, price and warrant terms were not set, so the dilution is unknown. Net proceeds are to go toward debt repayment and production payment termination fees owed to Liberty Metals & Mining, plus general corporate and working capital purposes. This follows the May 1 loan amendment that required a US$20 million raise by May 15.

    capital raising announcement

  2. 2 May

    The company and Liberty Metals & Mining (LMM) agreed to amend an existing secured loan facility. The company must now raise at least US$20 million in subordinated debt and/or equity before May 15, 2018 (previously May 10). If it uses the first US$20 million of net proceeds to pay down the loan by then and is not in default, a second US$20 million required financing (due July 31, 2018) is dropped, maturity moves to June 30, 2019 (from September 30, 2018), and interest keeps accruing rather than being paid quarterly. LMM keeps its right to 50% of proceeds from future equity offerings above US$500,000 and from warrant or convertible exercises. The filing's risk language says the company pledged its shares of PTM RSA, which in turn pledged its shares in the Waterberg JV company, to LMM as security, and refers to a Maseve sale (the Maseve mine is no longer described as an owned asset, an inference from this wording).

    debt financing

2017

  1. 19 Apr

    The company announced a bought-deal sale to BMO Capital Markets of 15,390,000 common shares at US$1.30 each, for gross proceeds of about US$20 million, with a 15% over-allotment option; existing shareholders face dilution. Proceeds are meant for underground development and production ramp-up of the Maseve Mine, start-up working capital, repaying the US$2.5 million outstanding on a prior advance under the Sprott-led credit agreement, and general corporate purposes. Closing was expected around April 26, 2017, subject to TSX and NYSE MKT approvals.

    capital raising announcement

2014

  1. 31 Dec

    The company closed the share offering announced December 9, issuing 214,800,000 common shares at US$0.53 for gross proceeds of US$113,844,000, including 7,200,000 shares from the over-allotment option. This is the dilution the earlier announcement flagged. The net proceeds are to fund Phase 2 development at the WBJV Project 1 platinum mine, and the company expects them, together with its cash on hand, to be enough to fully fund completion of the mill and concentrator construction.

    capital raising announcement

  2. 9 Dec

    The company signed a term sheet with Sprott Resource Lending Partnership for a senior secured operating loan of up to US$40 million, maturing December 31, 2017, at LIBOR plus 8.50%. Fees include a US$1.5 million bonus payable in shares at the next public offering price, a 2% draw-down payment in shares, a US$100,000 cash structuring fee and a 4% annual standby fee. It is not yet a commitment: it depends on a definitive credit agreement and approvals, and is planned to be available when first commercial concentrate is delivered and sold from Project 1, targeted for Q4 2015.

    debt financing

  3. 9 Dec

    The company announced a bought-deal sale of 207,600,000 common shares at US$0.53 each, for gross proceeds of US$110,028,000, led by BMO Capital Markets and GMP Securities, with a 15% over-allotment option. The money is to fund Phase 2 development at the WBJV Project 1 platinum mine, and existing shareholders face dilution from the new shares. Closing was expected around December 31, 2014, subject to regulatory approvals.

    capital raising announcement