VANCOUVER, British Columbia and TORONTO, Jan. 12, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — First Majestic Silver Corp. (“First Majestic”)(TSX:FR) (NYSE:AG) (Frankfurt:FMV) and Primero Mining Corp. (“Primero”) (TSX:P) are pleased to announce that they have entered into a definitive arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) whereby First Majestic will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Primero (the “Arrangement”). Under the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, all of Primero’s issued and outstanding common shares will be exchanged for First Majestic common shares on the basis of 0.03325 of a First Majestic common share for each Primero common share (the “Exchange Ratio”).