Publication of Research Note

Publication of Research Note

ECR Minerals plc

AIM: ECR
US OTC: MTGDY

ECR MINERALS plc

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

PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH NOTE

LONDON: 28 NOVEMBER 2016 - The directors of ECR Minerals plc (the “Directors”) are pleased to announce that Optiva Securities Ltd, the Company’s joint broker, has published a research note on ECR entitled Victorian Gold: new Board, new direction, new opportunities. This follows a recent site visit to the Company’s projects in Australia by Optiva’s mining analyst Phil Swinfen.

The research note may be downloaded from the ECR website: http://www.ecrminerals.com/investors-media/research-notes

Hard copies of the research note will also be available from ECR’s stand (number G7) at the Mines & Money London 2016 exhibition from 29 November to 1 December 2016, and from ECR representatives at the investor presentations being given by ECR in London on 28 November and 30 November 2016. For further information about these events, please refer to the Company’s announcement dated 18 November 2016.

It should be noted that the research note is published by Optiva, not the Company, and that Optiva is solely responsible for the contents thereof. Persons downloading the research note from the ECR website are advised to read the disclaimers on page 26 of the research note.

ABOUT ECR

ECR is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia has acquired 100% ownership of the Avoca and Bailieston gold projects in Victoria, Australia. ECR has earned a 25% interest in the Danglay epithermal gold project, an advanced exploration project located in a prolific gold and copper mining district in the north of the Philippines. An NI43-101 technical report was completed in respect of the Danglay project in December 2015, and is available for download from ECR’s website.

ECR’s wholly owned subsidiary Ochre Mining has a 100% interest in the SLM gold project in La Rioja, Argentina. Exploration at SLM has focused on identifying small tonnage mesothermal gold deposits which may be suitable for relatively near term production.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

ECR Minerals plc	Â	Tel: [phone]
William (Bill) Howell, Non-Executive Chairman
Craig Brown, Director & CEO Ivor Jones, Executive Director
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Website: www.ecrminerals.com
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Cairn Financial Advisers LLP		Tel: [phone]
Nominated Adviser
Emma Earl / Jo Turner
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Optiva Securities Ltd		Tel: [phone]
Joint Broker
Graeme Dickson
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Vicarage Capital Ltd		Tel: [phone]
Joint Broker
Rupert Williams / Jeremy Woodgate
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Blytheweigh		Tel: [phone]
Public Relations
Tim Blythe / Camilla Horsfall / Nick Elwes

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