Director/PDMR Shareholding

Director/PDMR Shareholding

ECR Minerals plc

ECR MINERALS plc

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

AIM: ECR

US OTC: MTGDY

DIRECTOR DEAL

London: 27 March 2012 - ECR Minerals plc announces that it has been informed of the purchase today by Fair Choice Ltd, a company controlled by Michael Silver, Executive Chairman of ECR, of 500,000 ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1 pence at a price of 0.92 pence per share.

Michael Silver is now beneficially interested in 18,534,181 ordinary shares of the Company, representing approximately 2.59 per cent of the Company’s total issued share capital.

For further information please contact:

ECR Minerals plc		Tel: [phone]
Michael Silver, Executive Chairman
Stephen Clayson, Director & Chief Financial Officer
Luca Tenuta, Non-Executive Director
Email: [e-mail]
Website: www.ecrminerals.com
Daniel Stewart & Company plc		Tel: [phone]
Paul Shackleton/Tessa Smith/David Hart
Old Park Lane Capital plc		Tel: [phone]
Michael Parnes
Blythe Weigh Communications		Tel: [phone]
Matthew Neal/Tim Blythe/Paul Weigh
Barry Kaplan Associates		Tel: [phone]
Larry Kaplan