Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ECR Minerals plc

ECR MINERALS plc

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

AIM: ECR

US OTC: MTGDY

DIRECTOR SHARE PURCHASE

London: 19 July 2012 - ECR Minerals plc announces that it has been informed of the purchase today by Paul Johnson, a non-executive director of the Company, of 1,000,000 ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1 pence at a price of 0.46 pence per share.

Paul Johnson is now beneficially interested in 9,587,500 ordinary shares of the Company, representing approximately 1.19 per cent of the Company’s total issued share capital.

For further information please contact:

ECR Minerals plc				Tel: [phone]
Patrick Harford, Managing Director
Stephen Clayson, Director & Chief Financial Officer
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.ecrminerals.com
Daniel Stewart & Company plc				Tel: [phone]
Paul Shackleton/Tessa Smith/David Hart