VANCOUVER, BC – January 3, 2020 – SilverCrest Metals Inc. (“SilverCrest” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that SSR Mining Inc. (“SSR Mining”) has elected to exercise its Shareholder Participation Right pursuant to an agreement between the Company and SSR Mining dated November 28, 2018 (see news release dated November 29, 2018). Accordingly, SSR Mining has agreed to purchase 1,819,074 shares of SilverCrest for aggregate proceeds of C$13,242,859 at the same price of C$7.28 as the bought deal public offering announced by SilverCrest on December 3, 2019.