TORONTO, ON–(Marketwired – August 17, 2016) – Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX: EXN) (TSX: EXN.WT) (OTC: EXLLF) (“Excellon” or the “Company”), Mexico’s highest grade silver producer, is pleased to announce that it has commenced an initial 25,000 metre diamond drilling exploration at its 100%-owned La Platosa property in Durango, Mexico, where the Company has been mining since 2005.