VANCOUVER, BC–(Marketwired – February 22, 2016) – Almaden Minerals Ltd. (“Almaden” or “the Company”) (TSX: AMM) (NYSE MKT: AAU) is pleased to announce partial assay results from Almaden’s Ixtaca Zone exploration and development program at the Company’s 100% owned Tuligtic project, Mexico. Drill hole TU-15-457 was drilled into limestone hosted mineralisation in the core of the updated PEA pit, between holes on section 10 + 500, in order to better define the high grade zone and to provide additional metallurgical sample material for the final stages of the Company’s ongoing Pre-Feasibility (“PFS”) metallurgical program.