Eastplats to Seek Order to Strike Application IN South Africa Related to 2007 Agreement
1080 - 1188 West Georgia St.
Vancouver, BC Canada V6E 4A2
March 20, 2017
Trading Symbol: ELR (TSX); EPS (JSE)
NEWS RELEASE
EASTPLATS TO SEEK ORDER TO STRIKE APPLICATION IN SOUTH AFRICA RELATED TO 2007
AGREEMENT
March 20, 201 7, Vancouver, British Columbia – Eastern Platinum Limited (“ Eastplats” or the
“Company”) announces that it has taken steps to oppose and have struck as frivolous and vexatious, a
claim recently filed in South Africa made by Alpha Global Capital Inc. (“Alpha Global”).
As previously disclosed in 2007 and thereafter , in c onnection with the Company’s acquisition of an
additional 5% interest in Barplats Investments Limited (which indirectly holds the Crocodile River Mine
in South Africa), Eastplats International Inc. (“EII”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, entered
into an agreement under which Alpha Global was to receive ZAR 30,797,464 (Cdn.$3,220,243 translated
at a current exchange rate of Cdn.$1.00:ZAR 9.86) upon the closing of a “Fundamental Transaction ”.
Alpha Global is now seeking payment of and other relief in connection with that agreement.
The Company is of the view that no amount is currently owing to Alpha Global and as a result it is not
entitled to any remedy in connection with its alleged claim . The Company has taken steps to oppose the
claim and to have it struck as frivolous and vexatious and is seeking costs against Alpha Global.
For further information, please contact:
EASTERN PLATINUM LIMITED
Diana Hu, President and Chief Executive Officer
[email protected] (email)
(604) 800-8200 (phone)
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In particular, this press release contains forward -looking statements pertaining to: the lawsuit; the Company’s belief with respect
to the merits of the lawsuit; and the Co mpany’s intention to defend against the lawsuit and potential remedies. These forward-
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management considers these assumptions to be reasonable based on information currently ava ilable to it, they may prove to be
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