ECR Minerals PLC - Directorate change

1 August 2025

ECR MINERALS PLC

("ECR Minerals", "ECR" or the "Company")

Directorate change

ECR Minerals plc (LON: ECR), the gold exploration and development company focused on Australia, announces that Mike Whitlow has stepped down as Managing Director, effective immediately, to focus on his other business commitments.

While Mr Whitlow will no longer serve on the board of directors of ECR, he will continue to support ECR as a consultant, ensuring a seamless transition and providing ongoing strategic guidance.

During his tenure, Mr Whitlow played a key role in revitalising the Company's investor relations programme, successfully leading three fundraising efforts, and overseeing several drilling campaigns, most recently at the Blue Mountain project in Queensland, Australia (the "Blue Mountain Project"). With the Blue Mountain Project advancing towards potential commercial production and, subject to further sampling and testing across the project area, the Blue Mountain Project is expected to be ECR's first revenue-generating asset. Mr Whitlow's continued involvement with the Company will be invaluable as ECR integrates new projects into its portfolio of operations.

As ECR expands its operations, the Company plans to strengthen its management team with additional experienced professionals in the coming months.

Nick Tulloch, Chairman of ECR, commented: ''I extend my heartfelt thanks to Mike Whitlow for his transformative contributions, first as Chief Operating Officer and later as Managing Director. Since joining in September 2023, Mike has been instrumental in turning ECR around from a challenging position to a company with a robust portfolio of high-potential natural resource opportunities, particularly at the Blue Mountain Project. His leadership in revitalising our investor relations has been pivotal, and we're delighted that he will continue to support us, both in a consulting capacity and as a significant shareholder."

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ABOUT ECR MINERALS PLC

ECR Minerals is a mineral exploration and development company. ECR's wholly owned Australian subsidiary ECR Minerals (Australia) Pty Ltd ("ECR Australia") has 100% ownership of the Bailieston and Creswick gold projects in central Victoria, Australia, has six licence applications outstanding which includes one licence application lodged in eastern Victoria (Tambo gold project).

ECR also owns 100% of an Australian subsidiary ECR Minerals (Queensland) Pty Ltd which has three approved exploration permits covering 946 km² over a relatively unexplored area in Lolworth Range, Queensland, Australia. The Company has also submitted a license application at Kondaparinga which is approximately 120km² in area and located within the Hodgkinson Gold Province, 80km NW of Mareeba, North Queensland.

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), MGA 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 Australia also has approximately A$75 million of unutilised tax losses incurred during previous operations.