Day: March 13, 2018

Marc Prefontaine, Chief Executive Officer of the Company, commented: “On behalf of the Board of Directors, we would like to welcome Etienne to the Orla team. Etienne has extensive industry experience and market understanding, which will help guide the Company through the next phase of its development, and I look forward to working with him to execute on the Company’s strategic initiatives. I would like to thank Paul Robertson for his dedication to this role since 2015, including his oversight of two significant acquisitions for Orla.”

Joseph F. Conway, Interim President and Chief Executive Officer of Primero added, “We are very pleased at the overwhelming support by our stakeholders for this transaction with First Majestic. It provides our shareholders an attractive immediate premium as well as retaining exposure to the high quality, long-lived San Dimas asset that they invested in, with the benefit of a significantly reduced stream. Our debentureholders will also benefit by being paid out at par plus accrued interest.”

The research report dated March 2, 2018 entitled “Southern Silver Exploration Corp. (TSXV: SSV/FSE: SEG1 /OTCQB:SSVFF) – Initiating Coverage: Significant Resource Expansion in Durango, Mexico” was written and produced by FRC’s Vice-President and Head of Research, Siddharth Rajeev, B.Tech, MBA, CFA, as an independent analysis of SSV’s activities and progress.

Plata Latina Minerals Corporation advises that it has entered into a debt settlement agreement with Mr. Gilmour Clausen, the Chairman and major shareholder of the Company. Pursuant to the Agreement, the Company agreed to issue 6,976,845 common shares to Mr. Clausen, representing approximately 10.35% of the current issued and outstanding common shares of the Company, at a deemed price of $0.045 per share based on the 15-day volume weighted average price. Post to the debt conversion, Mr. Clausen’s holdings of the Company’s common shares will be approximately 27.10%. The debt relates to a promissory note of CAD $250,000 entered on May 5, 2015, bearing interest at 10% per annum.