European Minerals Achieves First Gold Pour on 22 December

    FOR:  EUROPEAN MINERALS CORPORATION

TSX SYMBOL:  EPM
AIM SYMBOL:  EUM

December 27, 2007

European Minerals Achieves First Gold Pour on 22 December

Governor of Kustanai Oblast attends gold pour ceremony

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM--(Marketwire - Dec. 27, 2007) - European Minerals Corporation ("EMC or the Company")
(TSX:EPM)(AIM:EUM) is pleased to report that on 22 December, 2007, the first gold was poured at its
Varvarinskoye gold/copper project in Kazakhstan.

The gold pour was attended by the Governor of Kustanai Oblast, Mr Sergey Kulagin who has been a frequent
visitor to Varvarinskoye and a constant supporter of the project throughout its development. Governor Kulagin
was welcomed to site by Bert Kennedy, President and CEO of EMC, Saken Ashirbekova, General Director of EMC's
Kazak operating company, JSC Varvarinskoye ("JSCV"), Howard Nicolson, Technical Manager of EMC, Bakhrom
Dzaldov, Process Manager of JSCV, who has overall responsibility for plant commissioning, and Alan Baker,
Project Manager of JSCV.

Governor Kulagin addressed the workforce and emphasised the importance of the Varvarinskoye project to the
Kustanai Oblast and congratulated everyone on the success achieved.

In thanking the Governor for attending the gold pour, Mr Kennedy once again paid tribute to all employees and
contractors who have been responsible for the achievements to date and reiterated EMC's thanks and appreciation
for the support and assistance which JSCV has received from the responsible Kazak State Agencies.

Project Update

All process plant construction and mine infrastructure is now complete. Mechanical commissioning of the process
plant has been successfully concluded and ore is being crushed and introduced into the plant. This "hot"
commissioning phase will continue throughout the Christmas and New Year holiday period with further gold
production during the commissioning phase.

Commissioning of the flotation circuit will commence in January 2008, with the objective of building up daily
throughput tonnage of ore in both the gold leach and copper flotation circuits until the process plant reaches
its design rate of 4.2 million tonnes of ore per annum. The Company expects to reach this initial annual
throughput rate during Q2 2008, assuming no delays are experienced in commissioning.

Bert Kennedy, President and CEO commented today:

"The Company has met its target to pour gold during December 2007. However we do not underestimate the
challenges remaining in completing the commissioning over the winter months. So far we have consistently met
our construction and commissioning targets and we remain confident that our staff will once again meet the
remaining challenges successfully.

We are on target to reach the initial annual throughput rate during Q2 2008, a remarkable achievement given the
difficulties we have overcome and in light of the challenges the whole mining industry faced in 2007. We will
complete our evolution to a commercial mining company in the coming months and although I paid tribute on site
to everyone concerned with the financing and development of this project I would like to do so again here."

About Varvarinskoye

The Company regularly updates its website at www.europeanminerals.com with photographs illustrating the
progress at site. We invite you to visit the site to gain a visual impression of the project progress since the
start of construction.

Additional information with respect to Varvarinskoye including the "Varvarinskoye Gold/Copper Project Bankable
Feasibility Study" dated November 2004 and the independent estimates of current estimated mineral resources and
reserves can be obtained from EMC's filings on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

Bert Kennedy, the Company's President and Chief Executive Officer, is the "qualified person" (as such term is
defined in National Instrument 43-101) responsible for the technical and scientific information in this press
release.

Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains or refers to forward-looking statements. All statements, other than statements of
historical fact, that address activities, events or developments that the Company believes, expects or
anticipates will or may occur in the future are forward-looking statements. Such forward-looking statements
include statements contained in this news release regarding targets, estimates and/or assumptions in respect of
future annual production of gold and copper, timing of completion of "hot" commissioning and commencement of
operations and future operational plans and objectives. These forward-looking statements reflect the current
expectations or beliefs of the Company based on information currently available to the Company. Forward-looking
statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual results of the Company
to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements, and even if such actual results
are realized or substantially realized, there can be no assurance that they will have the expected consequences
to, or effects on the Company. Factors that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from
current expectations include, but are not limited to: the grade and recovery of ore which is mined varying from
estimates; capital and operating costs varying significantly from estimates; inflation; changes in exchange
rates; fluctuations in commodity prices; delays in the commissioning of, and the commencement of operations at,
the Company's Varvarinskoye Project caused by unavailability of equipment, labour or supplies, weather and
climatic conditions, delays in the delivery and installation of plant and equipment or otherwise; termination
or suspension of the Company's debt facility; and other factors. Any forward-looking statement speaks only as
of the date on which it is made and, except as may be required by applicable securities laws, the Company
disclaims any intent or obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new
information, future events or results or otherwise. Although the Company believes that the assumptions inherent
in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future
performance and accordingly undue reliance should not be put on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty
therein.


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Bert Kennedy
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