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Golden, Colorado  ‐  (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)  ‐  September 7, 2017 – Golden Minerals Company (NYSE American and TSX: AUMN) (“Golden Minerals”, “Golden” or “the Company”) is pleased to announce the start of a new drill program at its Santa Maria silver and gold project located near Santa Barbara in Chihuahua State, Mexico.
The drill program targets extensions of the vein deposit described in the previous Preliminary Economic Assessment (“PEA”) and resource update reported March 30, 2017.
Drilling commenced August 25, 2017.  Two holes have been completed to date, SM17‐01 and SM17‐15, both with visible mineralized intercepts. These two holes bracket the western and eastern limits of the strike extent of the vein currently being tested.  Assay results are pending and initial results are expected to be available early in the fourth quarter 2017.