http://www.newsfilecorp.com/release/22223/Defiance-Secures-Surface-Rights-at-San-Acacio#.V7xesyjhDIU

Vancouver, British Columbia–(Newsfile Corp. – August 23, 2016) – Defiance Silver Corp (TSXV: DEF) (OTC: DNCVF) (“Defiance”) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement with the Fraccionamiento Rural Sauceda de la Borda that grants Defiance rights to carry out exploration within all of its mineral concessions underlying the Fraccionamiento lands. Defiance now controls surface rights covering both the 1.2km of vein strike length that hosts the San Acacio deposit along with over 4.4 km of vein that has yet to see modern exploration.