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: 20 July 2012 - ECR Minerals plc announces that it has today been informed of the purchase today by Stephen Clayson, a director of the Company and its Chief Financial Officer, of 182,000 ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1 pence at a price of 0.669 pence per share.

Stephen Clayson is now beneficially interested in 182,000 ordinary shares of the Company, representing approximately 0.02 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