NHM - Northam Platinum Limited - Fatal Accident at Zondereinde Mine

NHM - Northam Platinum Limited - Fatal Accident at Zondereinde Mine             
NORTHAM PLATINUM LIMITED                                                        
(Incorporated in the Republic of South Africa)                                  
(Registration number 1977/003282/06)                                            
Share code: NHM  ISIN: ZAE000030912                                             
("Northam")                                                                     
FATAL ACCIDENT AT ZONDEREINDE MINE                                              
The management of Northam reports, with deep regret, the death of an employee,  
Mr Antonio Alberto Bila, in a tramming accident some 1480 metres underground    
yesterday morning, Sunday 9 January 2011 at its Zondereinde mine in Limpopo     
Province.                                                                       
Stoping operations at the mine have been suspended pending the conclusion of an 
internal investigation into the cause of the accident.                          
Johannesburg                                                                    
10 January 2011                                                                 
Sponsor                                                                         
Barnard Jacobs Mellet Corporate Finance (Pty) Ltd                               
Date: 10/01/2011 13:08:02 Supplied by www.sharenet.co.za                     
Produced by the JSE SENS Department.                  
The SENS service is an information dissemination service administered by the    
JSE Limited (`JSE`). The JSE does not, whether expressly, tacitly or            
implicitly, represent, warrant or in any way guarantee the truth, accuracy or   
completeness of the information published on SENS. The JSE, their officers,     
employees and agents accept no liability for (or in respect of) any direct,     
indirect, incidental or consequential loss or damage of any kind or nature,     
howsoever arising, from the use of SENS or the use of, or reliance on,          
information disseminated through SENS.