VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - Feb. 20, 2013) - Further to the Company's press release of February 19, 2013, Eastern Platinum Limited (TSX:ELR)(AIM:ELR)(JSE:EPS) reports that all Section 54 notices issued by the Department of Mineral Resources ("DMR") have been lifted and that full operations at the Zandfontein section of the Crocodile River Mine will resume effective Thursday 21 February, 2013.

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