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29 Sep 2006 10:37

European Minerals Corporation29 September 2006 EUROPEAN MINERALS CORPORATION LONDON, England, 29 September, 2006 Trading Symbols EPM (TSX), EUM (London AIM) Announces the Appointment of Timothy Hanford a Non-executive director European Minerals Corporation ("EMC" or the "Company") announced today theappointment of Mr Timothy Hanford as a Non-executive director of the Company. Tim Hanford is co-head of FPK Capital, the financial services focused privateequity investor, which he co-founded in 2006. Mr Hanford previously worked atDresdner Bank as a member of the Institutional Restructuring Unit's ExecutiveCommittee and Head of Private Equity. Until 2002 Mr Hanford worked withCharlemagne Capital and prior to that as a Board Director of Schrodersresponsible for structured finance, based in Hong Kong and Tokyo. Mr Hanfordholds an MS from Stanford University's Graduate School of Business, where he wasa Sloan Fellow, and a BSc in Chemical Engineering from Birmingham University. Mr Hanford currently holds 50,000 common shares of the Company. Tony Williams, Chairman of EMC commented "We are extremely pleased to have Timjoin us. He brings significant additional experience to EMC and we look forwardto his contribution". Investor Information: United Kingdom Tony Williams Chairman or Bert Kennedy President & CEO Tel: +44 (0) 20 7529 7508 North America Keith Schaefer ir@vanguardsolutions.ca Vanguard Shareholder Solutions Inc. Tel: 1.866.448.0780 Website: http://www.europeanminerals.com The following information is provided in accordance with paragraph 17 andSchedule 2(g) of the London Stock Exchange AIM Rules: TIMOTHY JOHN HANFORD (Age 42) a) has held within past 5 years the following directorships/partnerships: Current Vitae Trading Company Limited Former Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Limited EVP Holdings Limited Kleinwort Capital Partners Limited Song of Roland Limited Fixed-Odds Group Limited J Henry Schroder & Co Limited b) has no unspent convictions in relation to indictable offences; c) has not had any bankruptcy order made against him or entered into anyindividual voluntary arrangement; d) has not been a director of a company which has been placed intoreceivership, compulsory liquidation, creditors' voluntary liquidation,administration or which has entered into any company voluntary arrangement orany composition or arrangement with its creditors generally or any class of itscreditors, at the time of or within twelve months preceding such events; e) has not been a partner of any partnership which has been put intocompulsory liquidation, administration or entered into partnership voluntaryarrangements, at the time of or within twelve months preceding such event; or f) has not been publicly criticised by statutory or regulatoryauthorities (including recognised professional bodies) or ever been disqualifiedby a court from acting as a director of a company or from acting in themanagement or conduct of the affairs of any company. This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange