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                Eastern Platinum Ltd.                         Ecsponent Ltd.
        EAS                                        ECS
       ISIN: CA2768555096  SHORT: EASTPLATS  CODE: EPS                   ISIN: ZAE000179594
       REG NO: 2007/006318/10 FOUNDED: 2005  LISTED: 2007                SHORT: ECSPONENT
       NATURE OF BUSINESS: Eastern Platinum Ltd. is a platinum group metal
        (PGM) company engaged in the mining, exploration and development of  CODE: ECS
        PGM properties located in various provinces in South Africa. Eastern  REG NO: 1998/013215/06
        Platinum Ltd. is a publicly listed company incorporated in Canada with  FOUNDED: 1998
        limited liability under the legislation of the Province of British Columbia.
        The company’s shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange, and the  LISTED: 1998
        Johannesburg Stock Exchange.
       SECTOR: Basic Materials—Basic Resrcs—Mining—Plat&Prcs Metals  NATURE OF BUSINESS: Ecsponent Limited is an African, diversified
       NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 0                      financial services group. The Group invess in equity opportunities in
       DIRECTORS: Cosic M (ne), Guan X (ne, China), Shi B (ne), Wang S (ne),  attractive and high-growth sectors in select African markets. Equity
        Dorin G G (Chair, ne), Zhang A (Acting COO), Hu D (CEO),  investment activities are sector-agnostic and focused towards investing in
        Lubbe A (Vice President), Li D (Acting CFO), Wallenius R (CFO)  companies with substantial potential to achieve above average equity
       POSTAL ADDRESS: 1080 - 1188 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, British  returns over a medium to long term holding period.
        Columbia                                  SECTOR: Fins—Financial Srvcs—Gen Financial—Specialty Finance
       MORE INFO: www.sharedata.co.za/sdo/jse/EPS  NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES: 10
       COMPANY SECRETARY: Rowland Wallenius       DIRECTORS: Beetge C (ne), de Kock T J (CFO), Rayner K A (Chair, ind ne),
       TRANSFER SECRETARY: Link Market Services South Africa (Pty) Ltd.  Nyengedza G (ind ne), Pitt R M H (ind ne), Manyere G (CEO)
       SPONSOR: PSG Capital Ltd.
                                                  MAJOR ORDINARY SHAREHOLDERS as at 28 Jun 2019
       AUDITORS: PwC LLP                            MHMK Group (Pty) Ltd.            56.56%
                                                    Pledged securities account        8.05%
       CAPITAL STRUCTURE   AUTHORISED     ISSUED    Mr Terence Patrick Gregory        3.58%
       EPS  Ords no par value      -     92 639 032
                                                  POSTAL ADDRESS: PO Box 39660, Garsfontein East, 0060
       LIQUIDITY: Jul20 Ave 4 487 shares p.w., R11 710.2(0.3% p.a.)  EMAIL: info@ecsponent.com
               PLAT       40 Week MA  EASTPLATS   WEBSITE: www.ecsponent.com
                                                  TELEPHONE: 087-808-0100  FAX: 086-432-3459
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                                                  COMPANY SECRETARY: Lezanne du Preez-Cilliers
                                                  TRANSFER SECRETARY: Computershare Investor Services (Pty) Ltd.
                                           2682
                                                  SPONSOR: Questco Corporate Advisory (Pty) Ltd.
                                           2027   AUDITORS: Nexia SAB&T Inc.
                                                  CAPITAL STRUCTURE   AUTHORISED     ISSUED
                                           1372
                                                  ECS  Ords no par value  1 000 000 000 000  44 054 963 906
                                           718    LIQUIDITY: Jun20 Ave 2m shares p.w., R112 966.9(0.2% p.a.)
                                                          ASIN       40 Week MA  ECSPONENT
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          2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |
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       FINANCIAL STATISTICS
       (Amts in USD’000)  Dec 19  Dec 18  Dec 17  Dec 16  Dec 15                       52
                     Final  Final  Final  Final  Final
       Wrk Revenue  39 242  414   -     -     -                                        40
       Wrk Pft      - 2 384  - 25 741  - 10 451  - 56 745  - 29 949
                                                                                       27
       NetIntPd(Rcd)  2 533  - 539  - 188  - 135  - 407
       Minority Int  - 1 249  - 4 446  - 1 841  - 4 328  - 3 738                       15
       Att Inc        103  - 21 820  - 7 367  - 50 796  - 19 615
       TotCompIncLoss  1 364  - 43 806  3 604  - 39 790  - 77 907  2015  |  2016  |  2017  |  2018  |  2019  |  2
       Ord SH Int  138 239  134 319  180 025  170 177  201 130
       LT Liab      56 289  50 204  6 340  8 279  6 590  FINANCIAL STATISTICS
                                                  (Amts in ZAR’000)
       Cap Employed  153 158  145 371  145 408  143 200  180 498  Dec 19  Jun 19  Jun 18  Mar 18  Mar 17
       Mining Ass  135 397  133 704  109 631  100 816  116 733  Turnover  Interim  381 909  466 984  379 529  321 795
                                                                      Final
                                                                                       Final
                                                                                 Final
                                                                           Final
                                                               45 027
       Tot Curr Ass  18 843  8 010  27 694  29 105  59 331  Op Inc  - 1 981 800  96 948  412 449  240 190  218 169
       Tot Curr Liab  11 690  5 174  1 541  1 586  3 615
                                                  NetIntPd(Rcvd)  151 531  346 681  260 585  192 985  130 351
                                                  Tax         - 353 214  4 796  69 812  49 289  23 094
       PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
       HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 43.35  - 119.25  - 106.40  - 809.05  -  Minority Int  5 928  847  - 4 817  - 4 093  - 10 436
       NAV (ZARc)  2 097.52 2 093.07 2 404.85 2 515.95 3 373.12  Att Inc  - 1 786 045 - 255 376  102 180  16 736  78 012
       3 Yr Beta     - 2.47  0.78  0.28  0.34  - 0.17  TotCompIncLoss  - 1 779 488 - 245 440  94 816  13 807  67 858
       Price Prd End  300  160   325   649  800   Hline Erngs-CO  - 1 788 867 - 136 423  75 474  1 363  132
       Price High    1 048  416  649  1 365  2 295  Tot Ass  1 805 517 3 174 584 2 235 804 1 943 315 1 214 817
       Price Low      52   103   200   455  360   Tot Liab   3 638 682 3 235 642 2 042 303 1 832 236 1 119 260
                                                  Ord SH Int  - 1 847 501  - 61 900  193 139  119 279  106 986
       RATIOS
       Ret on SH fund  - 1.23  - 28.54  - 6.79  - 41.77  - 13.62  Minority Int  14 336  842  362  - 8 200  - 11 429
       Ret on Tot Ass  - 2.98  - 16.74  - 6.98  - 39.10  - 16.05
                                                  PER SHARE STATISTICS (cents per share)
                                                  EPS (ZARc)  - 165.44  - 23.67  9.47  1.55  8.38
                                                  HEPS-C (ZARc)  - 165.70  - 12.64  7.00  0.13  0.01
                                                  NAV PS (ZARc)  - 171.14  - 5.66  17.92  10.29  10.26
                                                  3 Yr Beta     2.20  1.37  0.46  0.20  0.01
                                                  Price High     24    63    69   69    24
                                                  Price Low       7    17    9     9    10
                                                  Price Prd End   8    21    65   36    10
                                                  RATIOS
                                                  Ret on SH Fnd  194.21  - 4.13  0.53  0.14  0.73
                                                  Ret On Tot Ass  - 236.31  - 0.08  0.04  0.01  0.06
                                                  Int Cover      n/a  0.28  1.58  1.24  1.67
                                                  Current Ratio  1.25  3.78  8.07  2.85  2.78
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