Drilling Update – Black Cat Gold Prospect, Australia

Drilling Update – Black Cat Gold Prospect, Australia

ECR Minerals plc

13 February 2019

ECR MINERALS plc

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

Drilling Update – Black Cat Gold Prospect, Australia

ECR Minerals plc (LON:ECR), the precious metals exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that drilling at the Black Cat gold prospect in the state of Victoria, Australia, has commenced and the first two holes have been successfully completed.

Composite samples representing 4m downhole lengths will be compiled from the Black Cat drill cuttings and sent to be assayed for gold. After receipt of the assay results, composites which have returned anomalous gold grades will be re-sampled on a metre by metre basis and this second set of samples will be sent for assay. Assay turnaround time is estimated to be 2-6 weeks.

Further information in respect of this drill programme is available in the Company’s announcement of 4 February 2019, which can be viewed at the following link:

https://polaris.brighterir.com/public/ecr_minerals/news/rns/story/w1mok9w

Black Cat Photo Gallery

It is also the Company’s intention to provide site photographic images for the Black Cat gold prospect drill location and drilling process on the Company’s website.

The images may be viewed at the following link:

https://www.ecrminerals.com/black-cat-gallery

MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS (EU) No. 596/2014

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations (EU) No. 596/2014 (MAR). Upon the publication of this announcement via Regulatory Information Service (RIS), this inside information is now considered to be in the public domain.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

ECR Minerals plc		Tel: [phone]
David Tang, Non-Executive Chairman
Craig Brown, Director & CEO
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.ecrminerals.com
WH Ireland Ltd		Tel: [phone]
Nominated Adviser
Katy Mitchell/James Sinclair-Ford
SI Capital Ltd		Tel: [phone]
Broker
Nick Emerson

ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

ECR is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia Pty Limited has 100% ownership of the Avoca, Bailieston, Creswick, Moormbool and Timor gold exploration licences in central Victoria, Australia and the Windidda gold project in the Yilgarn Region, Western 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 Argentine subsidiary Ochre Mining has 100% ownership of 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.

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