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 (“Eastplats” or the “Company” or “the Group”) September 5, 2016 NEWS RELEASE EASTPLATS ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENT OF NEW DIRECTOR September 5, 2016, Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum Limited (“Eastplats” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Bielin Shi as a member of the board of directors of Eastplats. Dr. Shi is a Fellow of the Australasian Institute of Mining & Metallurgy and has over 30 years’ experience in the global mining and metals industry. Dr. Shi is currently the Chief Geologist at Pei Si International (Beijing) Co. Ltd. Additionally, Mr. George Pirie has resigned from the board of directors. Eastplats would like to thank Mr. Pirie for his contributions as a director. 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: 05/09/2016 07:05:00 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.