Great, no pressure then cp??? ;o)

RNS Number : 5095S

Sirius Minerals Plc

22 November 2011

22 November 2011

Sirius Minerals Plc

("Sirius" or the "Company")

Shaft Design Specialists

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY), the globally diversified potash development group, wish to announce the appointment of mine shaft design specialists Alan Auld Engineering Ltd of Doncaster, England to develop lining design and sinking concepts for the York Potash Project in North Yorkshire, England.

This world-class potash project will involve sinking new shafts to well over 1,000 metres through highly varied strata and will require a shaft lining which can withstand high hydrostatic loadings, as well as being able to accommodate strata subject to deformations and time dependant creep.

Alan Auld Engineering is a world class engineering and mine support company specialising in the design of deep shafts and tunnels for mine access. The company is well known for its shaft design work for salt and potash mines around the world and is very active in a number of current sinking and relining projects. Alan Auld Engineering is probably one of the most experienced deep shaft designers in the world and brings state of the art knowledge to this exciting project, including experience in the fields of ground freezing and recent developments in shaft sinking technology, having worked with German machine supplier Herrenknecht AG in the development of a mechanised shaft sinking system.

In addition, Alan Auld Engineering are developing innovative concepts for low-profile, low visual impact mineheads and shaft headframe sub-structures. As Sirius looks to reduce the environmental impact of the York Potash Project, Alan Auld Engineering will provide vital input into those designs and planning concepts.

Sirius is still collecting the necessary data upon which to base its decision on the exact location of the minehead for the York Potash Project, but in the meantime is keen to advance all design and other matters that would be common to any shaft whatever its location.

Chris Fraser, Managing Director and CEO of Sirius said:

"The design and construction of the shafts for the York Potash Project are of critical importance to the successful rapid development of the project. Alan Auld Engineering is a world leader in this field and is currently developing new lining concepts to enable the implementation of the innovative and potentially transformational Herrenknecht shaft sinking systems.

"Given the location of the York Potash Project, we recognise that minimising the visual impact of the ultimate minehead location will help maximise our chances of continued community support. Alan Auld Engineering is one of the firms leading the world in these designs and will be an important partner for Sirius going forward."

In auction -8.3%

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Just bought a few back @25

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In the money already, skinny!!!

(off topic - Is TCSC one you follow? Not heard of it myself before today.)

Harry - I'm out already (by limit) +10% less costs.

On edit - Harry no neither had I - but its now on the "to research" list :-)

Another stonking day volume wise.

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No - I had to go and look at a camera for my daughter earlier, so just left a sell order in +10% - which as much by luck as judgement, got filled. So now just watching again.

RNS Number : 5912S

Sirius Minerals Plc

23 November 2011

23 November 2011

Sirius Minerals Plc

("Sirius" or the "Company")

Issue of Equity

Further to the issue of 900,000 share options to a former adviser in October 2010, Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY) announces that it has received an Exercise Notice in relation to these options. Therefore, the Company has issued and allotted 900,000 new Ordinary Shares of 0.25p per share ("Ordinary Shares") at 6.0p per share raising a total of GBP54,000. The monies will be used for general working capital purposes.

Application will be made for the 900,000 new Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing Ordinary Shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM and trading in such shares is expected to commence on or around 28 November 2011.

Following the issue of the Placing Shares, the total number of shares in issue and the total number of ordinary shares in the Company with voting rights will be 1,033,477,755. This figure may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculation by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change of interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Service Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please visit the Company's website www.siriusminerals.com. Alternatively please contact:

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Worth a read in a quite market - Sirius Minerals

In Auction.

Director Dealings and Timing of Chemical Assay Results

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY), the globally diversified potash mining company, were notified today that Scrimshaw Nominees Pty Limited as the trustee of Scrimshaw Family Trust, of which Mr RJ Scrimshaw is a beneficiary, has today purchased 1,000,000 of the Company's 0.25p ordinary shares ("Ordinary Shares") at an average price of 23.65p each. Following this transaction, Mr Scrimshaw has an indirect beneficial interest in 13,500,000 shares representing 1.31% of the Company's issued share capital.

The Company also confirms that the chemical assay results on its first hole at the York Potash Project are due to be received and released to the market next week. The next hole (SM2 at Howlett Hall) is approaching coring depth with the preliminary results expected within a few weeks of coring commencing.

As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 1,033,477,755 Ordinary Shares. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury. Therefore the total number of Ordinary Shares in the Company

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That reads very nicely. If only I had more spare cash..........