OSU.L Regulatory News (OSU)

13 Mar 2006 14:20

European Minerals Corporation13 March 2006 EUROPEAN MINERALS CORPORATION 13 March 2006 Issues of Shares European Minerals Corporation (the "Company") announces that it has issued anaggregate of 179,688 common shares in connection with the exercise of stockoptions at US$0.50 per share and Agent's compensation options at Cdn$0.75 pershare. Application has been made for these shares to be admitted to AIM and it isexpected that they will be admitted on 15 March 2006. The Company now has in issue 197,247,099 common shares of no par value. Disclosure of shareholding The Company received a notification on Friday 10 March 2006 that investmentfunds under the management of Charlemagne Capital (IOM) Limited have increasedtheir aggregate holding to 36,216,703 common shares of no par value representing18.36% of the issued share capital. For further information please contact: Graham A Potts - Company SecretaryEuropean Minerals Corporation22 Grosvenor SquareLondon, W1K 6LFTel: +44 (0) 20 7529 7508Fax: +44 (0) 20 7491 2244 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange