ECR MINERALS plc
(�ECR Minerals�, �ECR� or the �Company�)

AIM: ECR

US OTC: MTGDY

Exercise of Warrants

LONDON: 18 SEPTEMBER 2013

ECR Minerals plc announces the issue and allotment of 300,000,000 new ordinary shares of the Company at a price of 0.2p per share pursuant to the exercise of 300,000,000 share purchase warrants. Subscription monies of �600,000 have been received by ECR in respect of the exercise of these warrants.

A total of 392,500,000 like warrants were granted by the Company in connection with the redemption of convertible loan notes. Of these, 355,000,000 warrants have now been exercised, and the remaining 37,500,000 warrants will expire on 25 September 2013 unless exercised by that date.

Pursuant to this announcement, application has been made for 300,000,000 new ordinary shares of the Company to be admitted to trading on AIM. This is expected to occur on 24 September 2013. Following admission, ECR�s issued ordinary share capital will consist of 3,221,629,313 ordinary shares.The new ordinary shares will rank pari passu in all respects with the ordinary shares of the Company currently traded on AIM.

The total of 3,221,629,313 ordinary shares may therefore be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the FCA�s Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

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. The Itogon project is an advanced exploration project located in a gold and copper mining district on the island of Luzon in the north of the Philippines, and benefits from an extensive historical dataset.

ECR also has 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-goldsilver porphyry project in New Mexico, USA.

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FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS

This announcement may include forward looking statements. Such statements may be subject to a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. There can be no assurance that such statements will prove to be accurate and therefore actual results and future events could differ materially from those anticipated in such statements.

Accordingly, readers should not place undue reliance on forward looking statements. Any forward looking statements contained herein speak only as of the date hereof (unless stated otherwise) and, except as may be required by applicable laws or regulations (including the AIM Rules for Companies), the Company disclaims any obligation to update or modify such forward looking statements as a result of new information, future events or for any other reason.