Private key is null when accessing via code, why?

I have a certificate installed on my machine and when I go to view it, I see the message "You have a private key that corresponds to this certificate" however, when I try to access that private key in code, it is null. I use the following code to get my certificate:

var x509Certificate = GetCertificate(StoreName.My, StoreLocation.LocalMachine, "CN=SomeCert");

Where:

public X509Certificate2 GetCertificate(string storeName, string storeLocation, string subjectName)
{
     var store = new X509Store(getStoreName(storeName), getStoreLocation(storeLocation));
     X509Certificate2Collection certificates = null;
     store.Open(OpenFlags.ReadOnly);

     try
     {
          X509Certificate2 result = null;
          certificates = store.Certificates;
          return getCertificateResult(certificates, subjectName, result);
     }
     finally
     {
          if (certificates != null)
          {
               foreach (var cert in certificates)
               {
                    cert.Reset();
               }
          }
          store.Close();
     }
}

And:

private static X509Certificate2 getCertificateResult(IEnumerable certificates, string subjectName, X509Certificate2 result)
{
     foreach (var cert in certificates.Cast<X509Certificate2>().Where(cert => cert.SubjectName.Name != null && cert.SubjectName.Name.ToLower() == subjectName.ToLower()))
     {
          if (result != null)
          {
             throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("There is more than one certificate found for subject Name {0}", subjectName));
          }
          result = new X509Certificate2(cert);
     }

     if (result == null)
     {
          throw new ApplicationException(string.Format("No certificate was found for subject Name {0}", subjectName));
     }
     return result;
}

I get my certificate back fine, however when I try to access the private ke