Temporary trading suspension

22 April 2015

Sirius Minerals Plc

Temporary trading suspension  

The Directors of Sirius Minerals Plc (AIM: SXX, OTCQX: SRUXY) ("Sirius" or the "Company") announce that the Company has been granted a request that its ordinary shares be suspended from trading at 7:30am tomorrow (Thursday 23 April 2015). 

This is pending the outcome of the Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council ("RCBC") planning meeting, details of which were announced on 15 April 2015. The suspension has been requested because the decision will be taken at a public meeting during trading hours on Thursday 23 April 2015 and the Company is under obligation to ensure that the market is updated in an orderly fashion. 

Trading in the Company's shares will resume as soon as practicable following the RCBC committee decision being announced.

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About Sirius Minerals Plc

Sirius Minerals is a potash development company with properties in the United Kingdom (North Yorkshire) and the United States (North Dakota). Its primary focus is the development of the York Potash Project 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.