Holding(s) in Company

Holding(s) in Company

ECR Minerals plc

ECR MINERALS plc

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

AIM: ECR

US OTC: MTGDY

HOLDING IN COMPANY

LONDON: 10 MAY 2013 - ECR Minerals plc advises that it received notification on 9 May 2013 from YA Global Master SPV Ltd (“YA Global”) that as of 8 May 2013, YA Global was the beneficial owner of 56,282,006 ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1p (“Ordinary Shares”). This equates to 5.03% of the issued ordinary share capital of the Company, which consists of 1,118,623,551 Ordinary Shares.

ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

ECR is a mineral development company with, among other interests, the right to earn a 50% interest in the Itogon gold-silver project in the Philippines; 100% ownership of the Sierra de las Minas gold project in La Rioja Province, Argentina; and a substantial minority stake in THEMAC Resources Group Ltd (TSX-V: MAC), which is focused on the development of the Copper Flat copper-molybdenum-gold-silver porphyry project in New Mexico, USA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT:

ECR Minerals plc Tel: [phone]

Paul Johnson, Non-Executive Chairman

Stephen Clayson, Director & Chief Executive Officer

Email: [e-mail]

Website: www.ecrminerals.com

Daniel Stewart & Company plc Tel: [phone]

David Hart/Antony Legge