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Johannesburg - Pay talks between Northam Platinum and NUM at the Commission for Conciliation, Mediation and Arbitration on Friday proved inconclusive, the mining company said.
"Northam has indicated its willingness to continue with facilitated talks, and is encouraged by the union's positive reaction to the recommendation of further discussions," the company said in a statement.
National Union of Mineworkers members went on strike at the company's Zondereinde mine, near Amandelbult, on Sunday.
They were demanding an increase of R2 100 for core workers, such as rock drill operators, and R2 000 for non-core workers.
The union rejected the company's revised wage offer of a 7.5% increase for non-core category two to eight employees, and 8.5% for core employees in the same categories.
In categories nine and 10, the company revised its offer to seven percent for non-core workers and 7.5% for core workers, and the living-out allowance to seven percent. The company was proposing a two-year wage agreement.
On Tuesday, the union marched to the company's offices at Zondereinde urging the board to probe factors contributing to the wage strikes at the company.
The company said the union's demands equated to wage increases of between 22% and 43%, and an increase in the living out allowance of 69%.
In addition to the basic wage demands, all the other demands would increase the company's wage bill by 61%.
