Property Purchase within the Creswick License Area

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ECR MINERALS plc

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

Property purchase within the Creswick License Area

ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and development company focused on Australia, is pleased to announce that its 100% owned Australian subsidiary, Mercator Gold Holdings Pty Ltd (“MGA”), has purchased a property at 35 Brewing Lane, Springmount, Australia (the “Property”), subject only to the payment of the completion monies. The Property is located within the Company’s existing 100% owned Creswick license area.

It is anticipated that monies will be paid, and completion will occur, on or around 27 September 2021, and further updates will be provided at that time.

Highlights:

• The property consists of 16 acres, within the 45 square kilometre Creswick license area in Victoria, Australia
  • The property is held over three titles
• The Property will provide a base for activities across the license area as ECR advances its drilling programmes and, when appropriate will be the site for development for the mine decline
• The purchase price of the property is AUD500,000, which is to be settled in two tranches, consisting of a AUD$$50,000 deposit which has already been paid and the balance to be paid on 27 September 2021. The purchase will be funded by the Company’s existing cash resources. The Group has £4,222,940 in cash after paying the deposit. This is the equivalent of USD5,824,631.

Craig Brown, Chief Executive Officer commented: “Following the positive progress of the drilling programme at Creswick, we are pleased to announce the purchase of the Brewing Lane property (subject only to payment of the settlement monies) which sits in our existing license area. Following completion we intend that the property will provide the Company with an operational base and, in future, can be developed as a site for the decline access to existing, and potential, vein mineralisation.

“Earlier this year, we reported strong results from the [ongoing/current] drilling programme at the Creswick license which has continued to delineate gold mineralisation along strike, with all assayed holes returning gold (see announcement dated 19 July 2021). Of particular significance are holes CSD003 and CSD004 which returned 9.93 g/t and 23.58 g/t gold, respectively.”

“I remain enthused by the pace of developments at Creswick, Bailieston and our other assets, and look forward to receiving the remaining assay results at Creswick and reporting on progress.”

The property was purchased from a private individual.

MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS (EU) No. 596/2014

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:

ECR Minerals plc	Tel: [phone]
David Tang, Non-Executive Chairman
Craig Brown, Director & CEO
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Website: www.ecrminerals.com
WH Ireland Ltd	Tel: [phone]
Nominated Adviser
SI Capital Ltd	Tel: [phone]
Broker
Nick Emerson
Novum Securities Limited	Tel: [phone]
Broker Jon Belliss
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Public Relations
Tim Blythe

ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR’s wholly owned Australian subsidiary Mercator Gold Australia Pty Ltd (“MGA”) has 100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick gold projects in central Victoria, Australia, has eight licence applications outstanding including two licence applications lodged in eastern Victoria. (Tambo gold project). MGA is currently drilling at both the Bailieston and Creswick projects and has an experienced exploration team with significant local knowledge in the Victoria Goldfields and wider region.

https://mercatorgold.com.au/

ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary LUX Exploration Pty Ltd (“LUX”) which has three licence applications covering 900 km2 covering a relatively unexplored area in Queensland, Australia.

https://luxexploration.com/

Following the sale of the Avoca, Moormbool and Timor gold projects in Victoria, Australia to Fosterville South Exploration Ltd (TSX-V: FSX) and the subsequent spin-out of the Avoca and Timor projects to Leviathan Gold Ltd (TSX-V: LVX), Mercator Gold Australia Pty Limited has the right to receive up to A$2 million in payments subject to future resource estimation or production from projects sold to Fosterville South Exploration Limited.

ECR has earned a 25% interest in the Danglay gold project; an advanced exploration project located in a prolific gold and copper mining district in the north of the Philippines, which has a 43-101 compliant resource. ECR also holds a royalty on the SLM gold project in La Rioja Province, Argentina and can potentially receive up to US$2.7 million in aggregate across all licences.