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Drilling/Production Report - Replacement

 

ECR MINERALS plc

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

Correction - Initial Drilling Success of ‘Phase two’ Drilling at HR3.

In the ECR Drilling announcement released at 0701GMT on Friday 26(th) November
2021, a typographical error was contained in the paragraph detailing the Maori
Anticline. It was stated:

“The Maori Reef has been intersected midway between BH3DD009 and the
historical workings by an historic percussion drill hole named BLP136.
BH3DD009 intercepted 1m @ 34 g/t Au from 44m depth.”

The corrected statement reads:

“The Maori Reef has been intersected midway between BH3DD009 and the
historical workings by an historic percussion drill hole named BLP136, which
previously intercepted 1m @ 34 g/t Au from 44m depth”

All other details remain unchanged. The full announcement containing the
correction is below.

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

Initial Drilling Success of ‘Phase two’ Drilling at HR3.

ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and development company
focussed on gold exploration in Australia, is pleased to update shareholders
on its initial successful results from recently commenced ‘phase 2
drilling’ within HR3 at Bailieston, Victoria, Australia.

ECR Minerals plc has 100% ownership of the Bailieston Project (EL5433), which
is operated under its Australian wholly owned subsidiary Mercator Gold
Australia Pty Ltd (“MGA”).

ECR Chairman David Tang commented: “We are pleased with the excellent
results from hole BH3DD009 at HR3. As this intensive drilling campaign
continues, so our understanding of the Maori Anticline continues to grow. With
a clear picture of the HR3 goldfield structure starting to emerge, it is
tragic that Craig Brown is no longer with us to see these latest developments.
I do know that all employees and directors at ECR and Mercator Gold are
working hard to ensure that Craig’s vision for ECR’s flagship projects
come to fruition. We look forward to sharing further assay results and data
with shareholders as they are released by the labs.”

“It is our intention to appoint a new CEO in due course, and in this regard
our search has already begun. In the interim a committee of directors,
including myself, Trevor Davenport and Adam Jones will continue to drive the
business forward."

SUMMARY:


 * Following receipt of the necessary permissions, drilling has re-commenced
within the HR3 Goldfields utilising two diamond drill rigs.

 * Initial results have been received with the first hole completed, (BH3DD009)
returning 0.7m @ 28.06g/t Au from 52.7m depth from the Maori Reef.

 * Gold values correlate well to high arsenic and antimony (stibnite) pXRF values
- proof of their importance as pathfinder elements within the Bailieston area.

 * Drilling highlights the importance of the Maori Anticline as an important
up-coming target.

PHASE TWO DRILLING HR3

Whilst drilling at Creswick and Cherry Tree ‘HR4’ mid-year, MGA submitted
plans to government authorities requesting permission to drill from additional
sites within the HR3 goldfield area. After meeting regulatory requirements,
permission was granted early October 2021. Once drilling at nearby Cherry Tree
and at the Creswick tenements had completed, drill rigs were mobilised to HR3
to commence phase two drilling. Drilling is being undertaken by two diamond
drill rigs, one by a contractor and the second rig being MGA’s owned and
operated ‘Midas’ drill rig. The contract rig is currently drilling broad
holes perpendicular to the strike of the main mineralised systems throughout
the HR3 goldfield and has approximately 250m of drilling to complete.
Follow-up drilling is being undertaken by the ‘Midas’ drill rig and will
continue to the end of the year.

A total of twelve drill sites have been approved across HR3. The sites have
been well planned to ensure optimum drill coverage across the remainder of the
goldfield. Particular focus will be directed at gathering structural data by
use of diamond drilling to reconstruct the central and eastern mineralised
systems known as the Scoulers and Maori Reefs. Extensions to the north and
south of the goldfield boundaries will also be drilled. Drilling will also
delineate structures drilled by previous historic percussion drilling during
the 1980’s period.

To date, a total of 1478m of ‘phase two’ drilling has been completed at
HR3. Between the two drill rigs, good meterage has been drilled (up to 80m per
shift). Geological logging and interpretation will continue to the end of the
year. A summary of drilling locations and their progression is shown in the
link below;

Figure 1
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BH3DD009

Phase two drilling commenced with BH3DD009 across the central portion of the
Maori Reef. Drilling was targeted to follow up the down-dip of an historical
Reverse Circulation drillhole intersection which returned 1m @ 11 g/t Au.
BH3DD009 was successful in drilling mineralisation between 47m and 56.7m depth
and the best intersection was 0.7m @ 28.06 g/t Au from 52.7m depth.

Drill core is routinely analysed for pathfinder elements during geological
logging using an in-house pXRF unit to trace pathfinder elements associated
with gold mineralisation. pXRF results are not used for reporting resources,
only for tracing the pathways for gold mineralisation fluids. Plotting of
antimony (Sb) and arsenic (As) pXRF results correlates spatially with the
initial high-grade gold intercepts. A similar zone of high Sb and As has been
identified in other drillholes on the same section as BH3DD009 and on the
projection of the Maori Reef structure (see fig 2). Gold assay are pending for
these drillholes (BH3DD010 and BH3DD011) and whilst the XRF results can not be
relied upon, we are anticipating good results.

The following is a link to a section sketch showing the main geological
features of BH3DD009 and the spatial association of antimony and arsenic.

Figure 2
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MAORI ANTICLINE

Drilling and subsequent 3D modelling of drillholes BH3DD005, BH3DD006 and
BH3DD007 earlier this year revealed a moderate south plunging fold to exist
underneath and along strike of the Maori Reef workings. This has been termed
the Maori anticline. Observations show the historic mined portion of the Maori
Reef coincides with the projected up-dip of the anticline near surface. The
Maori Reef has been intersected midway between BH3DD009 and the historical
workings by an historic percussion drill hole named BLP136, which previously
intercepted 1m @ 34 g/t Au from 44m depth. These observations show the
significance of the anticline. The drill rig is currently being set up to test
this unexplored gap of the Maori anticline.

A long-section looking east through the anticline is shown in the link below;

Figure 3
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Table 1. Summary of initial drill intercepts containing reportable levels of
gold greater than 1 g/t Au for BH3DD009

BH3DD009
 From (m)  To (m)  Grade (g/t Au)  Interval (m)  
 47        48      0.6             1             
 48.2      48.8    0.40            0.6           
 48.8      49.1    1.70            0.3           
 49.1      49.6    2.49            0.5           
 50.5      51.5    0.61            1             
 51.5      52.4    1.08            0.9           
 52.4      52.7    1.90            0.3           
 52.7      53.4    28.06           0.7           
 53.4      54.2    1.14            0.8           
 54.2      54.6    0.93            0.4           
 54.6      55.1    0.46            0.5           
 55.1      55.7    0.77            0.6           
 55.7      56.7    0.25            1             
 57.7      58.7    0.17            1             
 58.7      59.2    0.14            0.5           
 59.2      60.2    0.43            1             


FUTURE WORK

The initial results for drill holes BH3DD010 and BH3DD011 are due shortly.
Samples from these two holes are currently being processed at the laboratory,
and we expect to deliver regular drilling updates in the run up to the
Christmas period. While these results are still early in the campaign, the
identification of the Maori anticline and its association with high-grade gold
mineralisation will now be the main focus for the next drilling campaign.

Early observations of HR3 drill cores are revealing exciting structures that
appear to correlate across the HR3 goldfield. Re-construction will be key to
identifying gold mineralisation patterns. A 10cm solid antimony vein was
observed in recently drilled BH3DD019 around 143m depth, and is on trend to be
on the northerly strike of the Maori Reef at depth. MGA’s Bendigo-based
geology department will continue to gather and assimilate project data.

REVIEW OF ANNOUNCEMENT BY QUALIFIED PERSON

This announcement has been reviewed by Adam Jones, a director of ECR Minerals
plc. Adam Jones is a professional geologist and is a Member of the Australian
Institute of Geoscientists (MAIG). He is a qualified person as that term is
defined by the AIM Note for Mining, Oil and Gas Companies.

MARKET ABUSE REGULATIONS (EU) No. 596/2014

The information contained within this announcement is deemed by the Company to
constitute inside information as stipulated under the Market Abuse Regulations
(EU) No. 596/2014 (MAR). Upon the publication of this announcement via
Regulatory Information Service (RIS), this inside information is now
considered to be in the public domain.

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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 (EL5433) and Creswick (EL6148)
projects and has an experienced exploration team with significant local
knowledge in the Victoria Goldfields and wider region.

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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.

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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.



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