BILLINGS, Mont., Jan. 15, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stillwater Mining Company (NYSE:SWC) announced today that Mick McMullen, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer will participate in the 18th Annual CIBC Institutional Investor Conference in Whistler, British Columbia on January 22, 2015. The presentation will begin at approximately 3:30 p.m. Pacific Standard Time. A live audio webcast of the presentation may be accessed through the Investor Relations section of the Company's website: www.stillwatermining.com.

About Stillwater Mining Company

Headquartered in Billings, Montana, Stillwater Mining Company is the only U.S. miner of platinum group metals (PGMs) and the largest primary producer of PGMs outside of South Africa and the Russian Federation. PGMs are rare precious metals used in a wide variety of applications, including automobile catalysts, fuel cells, hydrogen purification, electronics, jewelry, dentistry, medicine and coinage. The Company is engaged in the development, extraction and processing of PGMs from a geological formation in southern Montana known as the J-M Reef and from the recycling of spent catalytic converters. The J-M Reef is the only known significant source of PGMs in the United States and the highest-grade PGM resource known in the world. The Company also owns the Marathon PGM-copper deposit in Ontario, Canada, and the Altar porphyry copper-gold deposit located in the San Juan province of Argentina. The Company's shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol SWC. Information about the Company can be found at its website: www.stillwatermining.com.

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