Sibanye-Stillwater confirmed that it has received notice from the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU), that it intends to embark on a secondary, protected strike at Sibanye-Stillwater's South African Platinum Group Metals (PGM) operations, starting from morning shift on Tuesday, 22 January 2019. In terms of the Labour Relations Act (LRA), Act 66 of 1995, secondary strikes are permissible in support of a protected strike, but within constrained parameters and such strikes are not automatically lawful or reasonable and as such legal advice will be sought. The secondary strike called by AMCU is in support of the ongoing strike at the gold operations, which commenced on 21 November 2018.