Eastern Platinum Limited: AIM Block Admission Return

January 5, 2012 - Eastern Platinum Limited (the “Company“): AIM Block Admission Return

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire - Jan. 5, 2012) - Eastern Platinum Limited (TSX: ELR) (AIM: ELR) (JSE: EPS) - The Company announces the block admission return for the period from 1 July 2011 to 31 December 2011.

                                                                      Common
               Common     Common                                      shares
               shares      share                Common              issuable
             issuable   options/     Common     shares                 under
                under   warrants     shares   expired/             scheme as
            scheme as     issued     issued  cancelled   Exercise      at 31
Name of     at 1 July during the during the during the      price   December 
 Scheme          2011     period     period     period       CAD$       2011

Director                                                                    
 and                                                                        
 Employee                                                                   
 Stock                                                                      
 Option                                                                     
 Incentive                                                                  
 Plan      60,315,503          0          0    460,000          - 59,855,503
                                                                            
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           60,315,503          0          0    460,000            59,855,503

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

As at 1 July 2011, the Company had an issued share capital of 908,187,807 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.



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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

Eastern Platinum Limited
Caroline Cook
(604) 689-9663

OR

Canaccord Genuity Limited
Rob Collins / Bhavesh Patel
44 (0)20 7050 6500

OR

PSG Capital (Pty) Limited
Johan Fourie
27 21 887 9602

Contact Information

Eastern Platinum Limited