Eastplats Announces Appointment Of New Director EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED (Incorporated in Canada) (Canadian Registration number BC0722783) (South African Registration number 2007/006318/10) Share Code TSX: ELR ISIN: CA2768555096 Share Code JSE: EPS ISIN: CA2768555096 August 15, 2016 NEWS RELEASE EASTPLATS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR August 15, 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum Limited (“Eastplats” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Ms. Diana Hu as a member of the board of directors of Eastplats. Ms. Hu is also the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company and has over 20 years’ experience in the global mining and metals industry. Additionally, Mr. Peter Clausi has resigned from the board of directors. Mr. Clausi will continue to provide transitional services for the Company for a period of three months. Eastplats would like to thank Mr. Clausi for his contributions as a director and looks forward to his continued contribution to the Company. For further information, please contact: EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED Diana Hu, CEO dhu@eastplats.com (email) (604) 800-8200 (phone) No stock exchange, securities commission or other regulatory authority has approved or disapproved the information contained herein. JSE Sponsor: PSG Capital Proprietary Limited Date: 15/08/2016 01:00:00 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.