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Highlights on the Fifth Week of May, 2018. Mining and Exploration News in Mexico

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By Jorge Cirett

During the 22nd week of the year (May 28th to June 3rd, 2018), at least 20 press releases were announced by companies working in Mexico. Six companies updated on exploration advances, with two companies reporting quarterly reports. Four companies announced financing rounds for an aggregate of $9.8 M. Four companies disclosed news on drilling near resources and development while two reported on property deals. ON MEXICO ISSUES, the Dolores mines in Chihuahua saw its activities reduced due to security issues on access roads. ON EXPLORATION, In Sonora, Colibri released drill results from its Pilar project; Azure disclosed high-grade Au-Co drill intercepts from its Sara Alicia property. ON MINING, Impact Silver and Starcore International presented Q1 reports. ON FINANCING, Telson Mining graduated to Tier 1 issuer on the TSX. Four companies (Prime Meridian, Prospero Silver, Camrova and Minaurum) conducted financing rounds to raise up to $9.8M, with Minaurum heading the pack with $7 M. ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, SilverCrest Metals released high-grade results from drilling a new vein on Las Chispas, in Sonora. Orla Mining released a PEA on Camino Rojo, in Zacatecas. Alio Gold released drill results from its Ana Paula project in Guerrero. Excellon Resources disclosed high-grade drill results from its Platosa mine in Durango. ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES, Sonoro Metals acquired another claim for its Cerro Caliche project in Sonora. Prime Meridian signed a LOI on the Parral Mining project with Eclipse Mining.

ON MEXICO ISSUES

  • The Dolores mine in Chihuahua reduced its operations due to a security incident on its access roads. The state government later vowed to maintain free access.

ON EXPLORATION

  • Sonoro Metals Corp. optioned the 20 hectare Tres Amigos mining concession (see below), contiguous to its Cerro Caliche project in Sonora. The concession contains a quartz vein system commonly sheeted and stockwork quartz veining in the host rock that is part sedimentary rock and part rhyolitic intrusive rock.
  • Prospero Silver Corp. started drilling at the Buenavista project in Durango. This is the fourth project to be drilled under the terms of a second round of strategic investment from Fortuna Silver Mines Inc.. The 3,000 m program is to test at least four drill ready zones: Buenavista South Stockwork, Buenavista NE Dike/Vein, Camaleon Vein and the Pajaro Stockwork. These targets occur within the lower portion of a strong high-level argillic cap, and drilling is to test for a deeper preserved epithermal zone.
  • Colibri Resource Corp. released results from 16 reverse circulation holes from its Pilar project in Sonora. Highlighted results include 10.5 m @ 0.28 g/t Au; 22.5 m @ 0.31 g/t Au; 12.0 m @ 0.52 g/t Au; 6.0 m @ 0.79 g/t Au; 52.5 m @ 0.20 g/t Au; 19.50 m @ 0.27 g/t Au; 40.5 m @ 0.73 g/t Au. Colibri is now drilling the final 900 m of the 3,000 m phase 1 program.
  • Azure Minerals Ltd. disclosed results from stage 2 drilling at its Sara Alicia property in Sonora. The campaign comprised 1,127 m in 13 holes. Highlighted intervals comprise 3.75 m @ 8.08 g/t Au; 5.90 m @ 5.5 g/t Au; 3.65 m @ 8.41 g/t Au; 19.6 m @ 8.65 g/t Au; 8.8 m @ 6.2 g/t Au and 3.65 m @ 1.19% Co, 24.95 m @ 0.31% Co, 9.5 m @ 0.48% Co, 16.2 m @ 0.32% Co. “The high-grade cobalt mineralisation is hosted within a shoot of massive and semi-massive sulphides that outcrops near the top of the Sara Alicia hill and plunges at a shallow angle towards the northwest.”
  • Almaden Minerals Ltd. reported drilling results from the Tano zone, about 1.2 km SW from the pre-feasibility study pit of its Ixtaca project in Puebla. Highlighted core length intervals comprise 28.9 m @ 0.36 g/t Au, 23 g/t Ag (including 6.3 m @ 0.79 g/t Au, 29 g/t Ag; 17.5 m @ 0.43 g/t Au, 7 g/t Ag; 4.6 m @ 1.35 g/t Au, 72 g/t Ag; 89. 5 m @ 0.83 g/t Au, 2 g/t Ag (including 40.0 m @ 1.45 g/t Au, 3 g/t Ag; 26.0 m @ 1.93 g/t Au, 4 g/t Ag; 1.0 m @ 27.50 g/t Au, 58 g/t Ag).
  • Auxico Resources Canada Inc. discovered three historical mines on its Zamora property in Sinaloa. A 1982 government report included all the rehabilitation work done in the property, including a map recording all historic workings within a 1,000 by 600 m grid. Sampling in the El Tacomate, El Arroyito and La Campeona returned 0.2 m @ 0.7 g/t Au, 107 g/t Ag; 0.9 m @ 1.9 g/t Au, 413 g/t Ag; 0.30 m @ 10.1 g/t Au, 942 g/t Ag.

ON MINING

  • Pan American Silver Corp. Initiated steps to reduce activities at its Dolores mine in Chihuahua, following security incidents along access roads to the site. Ore stacking to the leach pads and the processing plant are operating at normal level, and the mine site remains secure. The company is to maintain personnel at levels necessary for site security and reduced operating activities.
  • Impact Silver Corp. released financial results for the quarter ending on March 2018. Silver production was 213.2 K Oz during the period, resulting from milling of 46.6 K tonnes milled @ 160 g/t Ag. The net loss for the quarter was $0.5 M, and the company has a $3.8 M cash position.
  • Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. reported first quarter operating results from Veta Grande in Zacatecas and Rosario in San Luis Potosi. At Veta Grande 34.9 K tonnes were processed @ 142 g/t AgEq, to produce 32,413 Oz Ag (47% recovery), 56 Oz Au, 109 tonnes Pb, 118 tonnes Zn. At Rosario, 13,410 tonnes were processed @ 232 g/t AgEq to produce 15,689 Oz Ag, 79 Oz Au, 25 tonnes Pb, 331 tonnes Zn. A 6,000 m surface drilling program is ongoing in the Veta Grande vein, and a 3,000 underground drilling program on the Armados vein. At Rosario, the 350 tpd production rate is expected to be achieved by end of Q2.

ON FINANCING

  • Telson Mining Corp. has been approved for graduation from Tier 2 issuer on the TSX Venture Exchange to Tier 1 issuer (Campo Morado, Guerrero).
  • Prime Meridian Resources Corp. is conducting a non-brokered private placement to raise proceeds of up to $1.5 M (Parral Mining project, Chihuahua).
  • Prospero Silver Corp. completed the second and final tranche of its previously announced private placement financing, raising aggregate gross proceeds of $1 M (Petate, Hidalgo; Buenavista, Durango).
  • Camrova Resources Inc. closed a non-brokered private placement, raising CAD$226 K (Boleo, Baja California Sur).
  • Minaurum Gold Inc. closed the final tranche of its previously announced oversubscribed private placement, raising $1.38 M, for total gross proceeds of $7.08 M (Alamos Silver, Sonora).

ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • SilverCrest Metals Inc. announced drill results and discovery of the Babicanora Norte Vein on the Las Chispas property in Sonora. The vein is 300 m north of the parallel Babicanora vein. Highlighted true width (TW) results comprise 1.4 m @ 9.11 g/t Au, 1,033 g/t Ag; 1.3 m @ 5.19 g/t Au, 726 g/t Ag; 1.2 m @ 4.71 g/t Au, 593 g/t Ag; 1.5 m @ 23.96 g/t Au, 2,081 g/t Ag; 1.4 m @ 1.33 g/t Au, 141 g/t Ag. Mineralization consists of a 0.5 to 1.5 m wide banded quartz-argentite-pyrargyrite vein, proximal to a rhyolite dyke and measuring 200 m long by 100 m high, with an average width of 1.4 m @ 8.47 g/t Au, 879 g/t Ag, remaining open in most directions.
  • Orla Mining Ltd. released the results of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) on its Camino Rojo property in Zacatecas. The new mineral resource estimate includes measured and indicated mineral resources of 9.65 M Oz Au, 102.4 M Oz Ag (354.9 M tonnes at 0.85 g/t gold and 9 g/t silver) and an inferred mineral resource of 1.82 M Oz Au and 16.2 million ounces of silver (65.2 M tonnes at 0.87 g/t gold and 8 g/t silver). The PEA is based on near-surface oxide and partly oxidized material that can be processed by heap leaching, on an 18 K tonnes per day operation (tpd), recovering 67% Au to produce 97.5 K Oz Au per year. The feasibility analysis is expected during the first half of 2019.
  • Alio Gold Inc. disclosed drilling results from its last four holes at its Ana Paula project in Guerrero. The highlighted intervals comprise 34.5 m @ 0.89 g/t Au; 53.7 m @ 1.03 g/t Au; 41.0 m @ 1.40 g/t Au; 64.5 m @ 1.24 g/t Au; 37.7 m @ 1.14 g/t Au; 19.8 m @ 1.49 g/t Au. Several of those intervals come from a hydrothermal breccia south of the proposed pit.
  • Excellon Resources Inc. released drilling results from its Platosa mine in Durango. Highlighted core length intervals from the 693, pierna and rodilla mantos include: 5.3 m @ 1,1153 g/t Ag, 8.2% Pb, 3.4% Zn; 5.4 m @ 649 g/t Ag, 3.3% Pb, 3.9% Zn; 7.9 m @ 594 g/t Ag, 0.9% Pb, 1.4% Zn; 2 m @ 2,148 g/t Ag, 19.2% Pb, 9.7% Zn; 6.7 m @ 870 g/t Ag; 13.3% Pb, 12.4% Zn.

ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES

  • Sonoro Metals Corp. optioned from two private owners the 20 hectare Tres Amigos mining concession, contiguous to its Cerro Caliche project in Sonora. The option increases the land holdings under option to 1,455 hectares. The $130 K option, which is payable on nine equal ($14.4 K) cash installments over 48 months, is to provide Sonoro with a 100% interest in the property.
  • Prime Meridian Resources Corp. signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Eclipse Mining Services Pty Ltd. for a 70% interest on in the Parral mining project in Chihuahua. PMR will earn a 30% interest by issuing CA$500 K in shares to Eclipse, US$200 K in shares to a shareholder of Eclipse, and cash payments of US$800 K as follows. A payment of up to US$185 K on completion of an initial 43-101 report, a further payment of up to US$750 K (plus 7% annual interest) for repayment of the loans made by Eclipse for development of the project and advance the balance of the required $US800 K cash payments toward the development capital of the project. PMR may earn a further 40% on the project by investing a further US4.0 M investment, or by financing the development of the processing plant input capacity to 500 tpd within 36 months of the date of the LOI.

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On the picture below, kaolin workings on a shallow epithermal system in Guanajuato. Picture by Jorge Cirett.

IMPACT Silver Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial and Production Results

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IMPACT Silver Announces First Quarter 2018 Financial and Production Results

VANCOUVER, May 28, 2018 /CNW/ – IMPACT Silver Corp. (“IMPACT”or the”Company”) is pleased to announceits financialresults for thethree monthsendingMarch 31, 2018.
Fred Davidson, Presidentand CEO, stated, “Silver prices reached its recent high in January 2018 at USD$17.54 an ounce but fellas the quarter progressed as the US dollarand interest ratestarted increasing. Nonetheless inQ1 our shares outperformed sector peers largely dueto our exploration successat our sizable 357km2 land package, 5,000+ underground workings,and high potentialexploration targets. The Company
continues to believeits marketcapitalization remains undervalued given our production and exploration potential.”

Telson Mining Corporation Declares Commercial Production at its Campo Morado Mine as of May 15, 2018, and Generates US$7.7M Cash Flow in Final Month and a Half (April 1 to May 15, 2018) of pre-production

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Telson Mining Corporation (“Telson” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture – TSN.V) is extremely pleased to announce the start of commercial production at its 100% owned Campo Morado Mine (“Campo Morado” or the “Project”) located in Guerrero State, Mexico, with over 60 days of operational steady state production at 75% of management’s targeted mill capacity of 2,500 tonnes per day, achieving zinc recoveries and concentrate grades within management’s expectations.

Highlights on the Third Week of May, 2018. Mining and Exploration News in Mexico

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By Jorge Cirett

During the 20th week of the year (May 14th to May 20th, 2018), at least 17 press releases were announced by companies working in Mexico. Seven companies updated exploration advances, with only one company reporting a quarterly report and one other a round of financing. Two companies disclosed news on resources and development while four reported on deals and company issues. ON MEXICO ISSUES, No relevant news. ON EXPLORATION, In Sonora, San Marco was awarded the Espiritu concession, and Millrock begun a new drilling campaign at La Navidad. In Chihuahua, Endeavour Silver released drill results from its Parral properties; VVC Exploration commenced a new drill campaign at its Samalayuca project. In Coahuila, Discovery Metals presented rock sample results from three prospects within its Minerva project. In Sinaloa, Kootenay optioned the Copalito property. In Jalisco, Evrim commenced a third phase exploration campaign at Cuale. ON MINING, Starcore International presented a quarterly report. ON FINANCING, SilverCrest Metals announced the closing of a $17.25 M financing. Mexus Gold paid a $183 K debt. ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT, Mag Silver presented an advance on development of the Juanicipio project in Zacatecas. Minera Alamos completed the second phase of bulk leach testing at its Santana property in Sonora. ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES, Marlin Gold and Golden Reign signed a LOI pursuing a business combination. Kootenay Silver optioned the Copalito property in Sinaloa. Argonaut Gold informed on the state of affairs of the legal battle to resume blasting at its La Colorada mine in Sonora. Leagold received clearance from the Mexican government to complete a business combination with Brio Gold.

ON MEXICO ISSUES

  • No Relevant News.

ON EXPLORATION

  • Endeavour Silver Corp. disclosed drilling results from its Parral properties in Chihuahua. At the San Patricio vein system 8,846 m of core drilling have been completed over 1400 m of strike length. “Three mineralized areas were intersected, of which the largest and central zone now measures 600 m long by 250 m vertical (starting 150 m deep) by 1-3 m true thickness, still open to the south and at depth”. Highlighted true width (TW) intercepts include 2.1 m @ 303 g/t Ag, 0.05 g/t Au, 0.4% Pb, 0.5% Zn; 1.0 m @ 678 g/t Ag, 0.22 g/t Au, 3.5% Pb, 0.9% Zn; 3.0 m @ 689 g/t Ag, 0.24 g/t Ag, 1.6% Pb, 1.1% Zn; 1.6 m @ 293 g/t Ag, 0.27 g/t Au, 3.5% Pb, 7.6% Zn; 2.3 m @ 1,660 g/t Ag, 0.72 g/t Au, 6.5% Pb, 14.4% Zn. Metallurgical recoveries from core samples with flotation and leaching tests include 47% Ag from Sierra Plata (oxide), 98% Ag on El Verde (mixed), 95% Ag on Remedios-Argentina (mixed), 94% Ag and 93% Au on Palmilla (oxide) and 91% Ag and 86% Au in Cometa-San Juanico (mixed).
  • San Marco Resources Inc. announced it was awarded the Espiritu 2,712 ha SMR concession in the recent mineral concession lottery by the Mexican government. The property is less than 30 km SE from San Marco’s Chunibas and 1068 projects in the Sahuaripa district. “Espiritu SMR overlies a window of pre-mineral cretaceous volcanic and sedimentary rocks intruded by Laramide age granitoids”. Previous operator in the area, Kootenay Silver Inc. stated: “An extensive area of polymetallic vein, stockwork, breccia and gold-copper porphyry mineralization”. A porphyry copper setting and a vein and stockwork zone of precious and base metal mineralization are separated by a major fault. Selected drill hole intercepts include 48.0 m @ 0.19 g/t Au, 0.1% Cu; 220.5 m @ 0.14 g/t Au, 0.15% Cu. San Marco is preparing to do a first-pass ground validation and prospecting.
  • VVC Exploration Corp. commenced the third phase of diamond drilling at its Samalayuca copper project in Chihuahua. VVC expects to drill about 3,000 m in the next 180 days.
  • Kootenay Silver Inc. optioned the Copalito project in Sinaloa (See below). “The Copalito Project covers a gold and silver epithermal vein system comprised of numerous veins, with individual veins currently traced over strike lengths up to 2 kilometres. Veins vary in width from 0.5 to 10 meters at surface and grade from background to highs of 7.2 gpt gold and 1,620 gpt silver in grab samples”. Vein textures indicate a low or intermediate sulfidation vein system.
  • Millrock Resources Inc. is beginning a second round of drilling at its La Navidad project in Sonora. The target in the project is orogenic gold mineralization, bulk mineable run-of-mine oxidized deposit. The 1,650 m program aims to drill 150 – 250 m in depth in seven holes, testing areas of gold soil anomalies that now are supported by gold anomalies in trenches. The strongest anomalies occur in folded, faulted metasedimentary rocks of Jurassic age, in close proximity to diorite and monzonite dikes. An induced polarization survey has identified low angle structures conducive of orogenic gold deposits. A 1.4 km of trenching on 16 trenches has been completed, with multiple intervals of anomalous gold, like 18.0 m @ 0.56 g/t Au, 24.9 m @ 0.32 g/t Au, 18.2 m @ 0.20 g/t Au, 10.9 m @ 0.38 g/t Au.
  • Evrim Resources Corp. commenced a third phase exploration at its Cuale high sulfidation project in Jalisco. The program includes 3,000 m of drilling, following on discovery trenches 1 to 4 from La Gloria zone, where trench 1 returned 1.67 g/t Au over 263.7 m and trench 4 returned 13.61 g/t Au over 106.2 m. “The soil survey has already commenced and will be followed with up to 650 metres of trenching at La Gloria and surrounding targets to extend the known footprint of outcropping gold mineralization”. A 40 line-km controlled source audio-magnetotellurics (CSMAT) is planned on potential mineralization under shallow cover. A 3,000 m program is expected to commence on July.
  • Discovery Metals Corp. disclosed assay results of 152 samples from its Minerva project in Coahuila. “Minerva encompasses Ag-Pb-Zn mineralization hosted in skarns, mantos, chimneys and breccias”, similar to La Encantada mine 30 km to the East. The mineralization is located along the margin of a polyphase granitoid intrusive body, with ample zone of shallow gravel cover. At La Tercia prospect, channel samples returned 0.8 m @ 30 g/t Ag, 2.3% Pb, 4.6% Zn; 2.0 m @ 249 g/t Ag, 6.9% Pb, 0.1% Zn; 4.0 m @ 37 g/t Ag, 1.6% Pb, 0.2% Zn; 0.6 m @ 3.8% Pb, 0.4% Zn; 0.6 m @ 84 g/t Ag, 5.8% Pb, 0.2% Zn. At Concordia samples returned 0.8 m @ 1,775 g/t Ag, 14.5% Pb, 40.3% Zn; 0.7 m @ 51 g/t Ag, 2.6% Pb, 0.4% Zn; 0.4 m @ 11 g/t Ag, 0.4% Pb, 25.8% Zn. At Mina Minerva results include 5.1 m @ 39 g/t Ag, 0.4% Pb, 2.0% Zn; dump @ 229 g/t Ag, 30.5% Pb, 5.7% Zn; 0.8 m @ 143 g/t Ag, 9.7% Pb, 5.3% Zn; 1.0 m @ 41 g/t Ag, 2.0% Pb, 16.4% Zn.

ON MINING

  • Starcore International Mines Ltd. announced production results for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2018. During the quarter 71.9 K tonnes of ore @ 1.69 g/t Au, 40.6 g/t Ag were processed on its San Martin mine in Queretaro, resulting in the production of 4,140 Oz AuEq. Mill recoveries averaged 88.4% Au, 57.4% Ag. Also during the quarter the Altiplano facility received 373 tonnes of concentrate containing approximately 805 Oz Au and 26,813 Oz Ag.

ON FINANCING

  • SilverCrest Metals Inc. completed its prospectus offering for gross proceeds of $17.25 M, including the exercise of the over-allotment option in full. The company paid the underwriters a cash commission of up to 6% of the gross proceeds of the offering. The proceeds are to be used on the preparation of a preliminary economic assessment (PEA) at the Las Chispas property in Sonora, as well as continuing exploration in the several targets it contains.
  • Mexus Gold US. announced the payment of $183.3 K due to JMJ Financial, closing the current outstanding debt agreement prior to the expiration date (8 Hermanos, Sonora).

ON RESOURCES AND DEVELOPMENT

  • Mag Silver Corp. presented financial results for the first quarter of 2018. Underground development rate has intensified, and exploration drilling is now utilizing directional drilling to infill and expand the Deep Zone, which remains open to depth and on strike. The company funded advances on the Juanicipio project in Zacatecas, mainly by “cash calls” by the operator (Fresnillo PLC). At the end of the period the company had $152.7 M in cash and cash equivalents.
  • Minera Alamos Inc. has completed the second phase of its bulk testing heap-leach activities at its Santana project in Sonora. The initial phase used coarse crushing (<3”) and the second phase involved fine crushing (<1.2-5/8”) and agglomeration of the same mineralized material prior to leaching. The recoveries from the second phase were faster and consistent with those of the first phase of leaching, with 190 Oz Au recovered from 9,000 tonnes of material over a three month period, representing 0.65 g/t of recovered gold.

ON DEALS AND CORPORATE ISSUES

  • Marlin Gold Mining Ltd. and Golden Reign Resources Ltd. entered into a non-binding letter of intent (LOI) together with Wexford Capital LP, pursuing a business combination of Golden Reign’s San Albino-Murra property in Nicaragua, and Marlin’s La Trinidad mine in Sinaloa. Golden reign plans to acquire all Marlin shares. Upon completion of the transaction Marlin shareholders will own approximately 45% of Golden Reign shares, while Golden Reign shareholders will own 55% of the shares.
  • Kootenay Silver Inc. entered into an option agreement to acquire a 100% interest on the Copalito Ag-Au project in Sinaloa. The seven concessions 3,700 ha project can be acquired by making staged payments over a 4-year period, totaling US$985 K, with the vendors retaining a 0.5% NSR. A finders fee of C$10 K and 100 K common shares have to be paid.
  • Argonaut Gold Inc. reported that the Judiciary court hearing with respect to the company’s explosives permit for its La Colorada mine has been rescheduled to June 4, 2018. The company also appealed the Judiciary court’s original decision to temporarily suspend the explosives permit to the Collegiate Tribunal, requesting to re-instate the explosives permit so the company can blast material while the judiciary legal process continue. Argonaut estimates it has sufficient ore to continue operations until the end of July, at the present rate of 12,000 tonnes per day (tpd).
  • Leagold Mining Corp. received clearance from the Comisión Federal de Competencia Económica (COFECE) with respect to Leagold’s acquisition of Brio Gold Inc. “COFECE approval was the final government agency approval required before completing the acquisition, which is anticipated to occur on or around May 24, 2018”

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On the picture above, opaline silica from a shallow epithermal system in Guanajuato. Picture by Jorge Cirett.

Alio Gold Reports First Quarter 2018 Results

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VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 09, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Alio Gold Inc (TSX:ALO) (NYSE AMERICAN:ALO) (“Alio Gold” or the “Company”), or the “Company”), today reported its first quarter 2018 results. Production results were previously released on April 11, 2018.  The Company will host a conference call at 11:00am EDT today to discuss the results and the details of the call can be found at the end of the release.

GREAT PANTHER SILVER REPORTS FIRST QUARTER 2018 FINANCIAL RESULTS

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GREAT PANTHER SILVER LIMITED (TSX: GPR) (NYSE American: GPL) (“Great Panther”; or the “Company”) today reported financial results for the Company’s three months ended March 31, 2018. The full version of the Company’s unaudited condensed interim consolidated financial statements and Management’s Discussion and Analysis (“MD&A”) can be viewed on the Company’s website at http://www.greatpanther.com or on SEDAR at http://www.sedar.com. All financial information is prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”),
except as noted in the Non-GAAP Measures section of the MD&A. All dollar amounts are expressed in US dollars (“USD”), unless otherwise noted.

LEAGOLD REPORTS Q1 2018 EARNINGS AND AISC MARGIN OF $14.5 MILLION

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Vancouver, May 2, 2018 – Leagold Mining Corporation (TSX:LMC; OTCQX:LMCNF) (“Leagold” or the “Company”) reports Q1 2018 gold production of 51,003 ounces (oz) at its Los Filos mine at AISC of $1,039/oz and resulting in an AISC margin1 of $14.5 million. Los Filos is on track to deliver the 2018 production guidance range of 215,000 to 240,000 oz at an AISC of $875/oz to $925/oz, as the annual mine plan sequence schedules lower production and higher AISC/oz costs in H1 2018 and higher gold production with lower AISC/oz costs in H2 2018 (see Figure 1). The Q1 2018 AISC of $1,039/oz was under budget for the period. In H2 2018, the mine plan includes higher grades and lower strip ratio, and operations are also expected to benefit from improved leach pad management which includes the agglomerator and overland conveyor extension.