Vancouver, BC, Johannesburg, South Africa, April 10, 2006 -- Platinum Group Metals (TSX:PTM) announced today that it has completed its required 35 million Rand (approximately US$5.8 M) project expenditure in the Western Bushveld Joint Venture more than three years ahead of schedule. PTM (37%), Anglo Platinum (37%) and Africa Wide Mining (26%) have approved a 30.9M Rand (US$5.0 M) 2006 budget, which includes 40,000 metres of drilling and engineering work with the target of completing a bankable feasibility study.

"Over the past fourteen months we have accelerated the Western Bushveld Joint Venture due to the successful delineation of near-surface resources, as announced March 2, 2006," said R. Michael Jones, President. "In conjunction with our JV partners, we have been able to move the project forward quickly towards a feasibility study."

Approximately 40% of the surface area of the joint venture has been evaluated to date.

Platinum Group Metals has drilled 35 kilometres of core and evaluated 180 intersection points of the Merensky and UG2 reefs. These platinum bearing reef layers are responsible for approximately 70% of the world's platinum production from mining operations on the Western Limb of South Africa's Bushveld Complex, one of which is adjacent to the Western Bushveld Joint Venture.

Under the terms of the agreement the joint venture partners will now be required to fund ongoing exploration and engineering expenditures pro-rata to their working interests to a bankable feasibility study. The approved 2006 program for the joint venture includes continued pre-feasibility and feasibility level engineering, (budgeted at 6 million Rand, some US$1 million) in the Project 1 area and continued drilling including exploration into the potential Project 2 and 3 areas, (budgeted at 24 million Rand, some US$4 million).

The Western Bushveld Joint Venture pre-feasibility study is targeted for completion in July 2006 and a full feasibility study for completion in December 2006. The details of the joint venture agreement are outlined in the press release dated October 27, 2004 and available at Platinum Group Metals' website www.platinumgroupmetals.net or on www.sedar.com.

R. Michael Jones, P.Eng is the qualified person for this press release. Mr. Jones is a professional engineer with more than 15 years experience in exploration, mine development and finance and mine operations. He has supervised exploration at the corporate level in South Africa since 2003.

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PTM is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada and Johannesburg, South Africa, with a dual-continent management team who provide successful track records of more than 20 years in exploration, mine discovery, mine construction, and mine operations.

Formed in 2000, PTM is focused on the development of platinum operations in both countries. PTM holds significant mineral rights in the Northern and Western Limbs of the Bushveld Igneous Complex of South Africa including a joint venture with Anglo Platinum Limited on the Western Limb of the Bushveld Complex. PTM has earned a 37% interest in the Western Bushveld Joint Venture currently under pre-feasibility study with Indicated and Inferred Resources. Further areas are under drilling investigation.

The Western Bushveld Joint Venture is PTM's focus and the Company has elected not to continue with the option agreement on the Seagull Property, Ontario (and intends to write-down $790,000 in expenses) but continues to hold other properties in the area of the Lac-des-Iles mine in Ontario.