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: 1 MAY 2013 - ECR Minerals plc advises that it received notification on 30 April 2013 from YA Global Master SPV Ltd (“YA Global”) that as of 29 April 2013, YA Global was the beneficial owner of 78,828,006 ordinary shares of the Company of 0.1p (“Ordinary Shares”). This equates to 7.04% 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