VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 13, 2013) - Eastern Platinum Limited (TSX:ELR)(AIM:ELR)(JSE:EPS) reports that, following a thorough investigation of the fatal accident that occurred at the Zandfontein Section of the Crocodile River Mine as reported in a news release of February 5, 2013, the Section 54 imposed by the Department of Mineral Resources has been lifted and as of Wednesday, February 13, 2013, full operations at Zandfontein will resume.

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