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Sirius Minerals Plc

09 July 2015

9 July 2015

Sirius Minerals Plc

Option Exercise

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY) ("Sirius" or the "Company") announce the receipt of Exercise Notices in relation to 1,250,000 share options granted to a former employee in August 2010 and 25,000 share options granted to the Company's previous convertible security investor in August 2013.

The Company shall issue and allot 1,250,000 new ordinary shares of 0.25p per share at an exercise price of 4.5p per share and 25,000 new ordinary shares of 0.25p per share at an exercise price of 19.5p per share ("Ordinary Shares"), raising a total of GBP61,125. The monies will be used for general working capital purposes.

An application has been made for the Ordinary Shares, which will rank pari passu with the Company's existing ordinary shares, to be admitted to trading on AIM with admission expected to take place from 8am on 10 July 2015.

Following the issue of the Ordinary Shares, the Company's issued share capital will consist of 2,176,276,813 ordinary shares. 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 Conduct Authority's Disclosure and Transparency Rules.

For further information, please contact:

 
 Sirius Minerals Plc 
  Investor Relations            Email: ir@siriusminerals.com     Tel: +44 845 
                                                                     524 0247 
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 Joint Brokers 
  Liberum Capital Limited       Clayton Bush                      Tel: +44 20 
                                                                    3100 2222 
 Macquarie Capital (Europe)   Ken Fleming,                        Tel: +44 20 
  Limited (NOMAD)              Nick Harland,                        3037 2000 
                               Nick Stamp 
 WH Ireland                   Adrian Hadden                       Tel: +44 20 
                                                                    7220 1666 
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 Media Enquiries              Jos Simson, Mike                    Tel: +44 20 
  Tavistock                    Bartlett,                            7920 3150 
                               Emily Fenton 
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 Warrant Trading Enquiries 
  Liberum Capital Limited       Simon Smith                       Tel: +44 20 
                                                                    3100 2171 
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About Sirius Minerals Plc

Sirius Minerals is the potash development company focused on the development of the York Potash Project in the United Kingdom, which has the world's largest and highest grade deposit of polyhalite, a multi-nutrient form of potash containing potassium, sulphur, magnesium and calcium. Incorporated in 2003, Sirius Minerals' shares are traded on the London Stock Exchange's AIM market. Its shares are also traded in the United States on the OTCQX through a sponsored ADR facility. Further information on the Company can be found at: www.siriusminerals.com.

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