Eastern Platinum Limited: AIM Block Admission Return

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - Jan. 8, 2013) - Eastern Platinum Limited (the "Company") (TSX:ELR) (AIM:ELR) (JSE:EPS) -

The Company announces the block admission return for the period from 1 July 2012 to 31 December 2012.

               Common     Common                                      Common
               shares      share                 Common               shares
             issuable   options/     Common      shares             issuable
                under   warrants     shares    expired/         under scheme
            scheme as     issued     issued   cancelled Exercise    as at 31
Name of     at 1 July during the during the  during the    price    December
 Scheme          2012     period     period      period     CAD$        2012
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Director
 and                                                       $0.32
 Employee                                                  $0.60
 Stock     46,036,336          0          0  19,430,669    $1.55  26,605,667
 Option                                                    $1.82
 Incentive                                                 $2.31
 Plan
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           46,036,336          0          0  19,430,669           26,605,667

As at the date of this announcement, the Company has 928,187,807 common shares of no par value in issue.

As at 31 December 2012, the Company had an issued share capital of 928,187,807 common shares of no par value, none of which are held in treasury. As at 14 July 2006, the date of the Company's re-admission to AIM, the Company had 513,228,821 common shares of no par value admitted to trading on AIM.



FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Eastern Platinum Limited
Caroline Cook
+1 (604) 689-9663
info@eastplats.com
www.eastplats.com

AIM NOMAD:
Canaccord Genuity Limited, London
Rob Collins
+44 (0) 207 7523 8000

JSE SPONSOR:
PSG Capital (Pty) Limited
Johan Fourie
+27 21 887 9602