Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ECR Minerals plc

ECR MINERALS plc

(“ECR Minerals”, “ECR” or the “Company”)

AIM: ECR

US OTC: MTGDY

DIRECTOR DEAL

London: 29 November 2011 - ECR Minerals plc announces that on 28 November 2011 it received confirmation that Fair Choice Ltd, a company controlled by Michael Silver, Executive Chairman of ECR, has purchased from a third party convertible loan notes of the Company totalling £125,000 in principal amount. The transaction was effective as of 22 November 2011. The convertible loan notes bear interest at 10% per annum and are convertible at any time into new ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1 pence each (“Ordinary Shares”) based on a price of 1.1 pence per Ordinary Share. If not converted, the loan notes are to be redeemed on 17 October 2013.

In addition to the convertible loan notes that are the subject of this disclosure, Michael Silver is beneficially interested in 17,716,406 ordinary shares of the Company, representing approximately 2.94 per cent of the Company’s total issued share capital.

For further information please contact:

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Michael Silver, Chairman
Patrick Harford, Managing Director
Stephen Clayson, Director & Chief Financial Officer
Luca Tenuta, Non-Executive Director
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Website: www.ecrminerals.com
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Daniel Stewart & Company plc					Tel: [phone]
Oliver Rigby/Tessa Smith
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Old Park Lane Capital plc
Michael Parnes					Tel: [phone]
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Blythe Weigh Communications
Ana Ribeiro					Tel: [phone]
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Barry Kaplan Associates
Larry Kaplan					Tel: [phone]