VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Sept. 6, 2016) – Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSX VENTURE:SSV) (OTCQB:SSVFF) (FRANKFURT:SEG1) (SSE:SSVCL) (“Southern Silver”) reported today that final permits have been received and crews have mobilized for the next phase of a fully funded exploration program on the 100% controlled Oro project, New Mexico. The program includes a trenching program over some key target areas, followed by a 1200-metre reverse-circulation drill program scheduled to begin in mid-September on the Stockpond gold target. Eight to ten holes are planned for this phase of drilling, which will test the area within and around a previously outlined 500m x 500m gold-in-soil anomaly and mineralized outcrop exposure where rock-chip samples returned up to 4.8g/t Au. The dimension of the gold anomaly coupled with the sampled grades underscore the project’s potential for the discovery of a significant bulk-tonnage, intrusive-related, disseminated oxide-gold deposit.