VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, May 23, 2013 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Endeavour Silver Corp. /quotes/zigman/8257 CA:EDR +2.14% /quotes/zigman/31426/quotes/nls/exk EXK +2.72% reports the results of its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (AGM) held yesterday in Vancouver, BC.

Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business, including the election of each director nominee. A total of 45.2 million votes were cast representing 45.4% of the issued common shares as of the record date for the meeting, as follows:

                                                  Votes      Percent      Percent

        Director                 Votes for     withheld          for     withheld

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        Ricardo M. Campoy       32,230,890    1,151,340       96.55%        3.45%

        Bradford J. Cooke       32,090,600    1,291,630       96.13%        3.87%

        Geoffrey A. Handley     32,215,936    1,166,294       96.51%        3.49%

        Rex J. McLennan         32,967,389      414,841       98.76%        1.24%

        Kenneth Pickering       32,721,736      660,494       98.02%        1.98%

        Mario D. Szotlender     19,893,981   13,488,249       59.59%       40.41%

        Godfrey J. Walton       32,639,598      742,632       97.78%        2.22%

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Shareholders voted 99.50% in favour of the implementation of an Advance Notice Policy for the nomination of Directors. In addition, shareholders voted in favour to appoint KPMG LLP as auditors, and to authorize the Board of Directors to fix the auditor’s remuneration for the ensuing year.

At the Board of Directors meeting following the AGM, Geoff Handley was re-appointed Chairman of the Board and Chair of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee; Rex McLennan was re-appointed Chair of the Audit Committee; Ricardo Campoy was re-appointed Chair of the Compensation Committee; and Ken Pickering was appointed Chair of the newly established Sustainability Committee.

ENDEAVOUR SILVER CORP.

BRADFORD COOKE, CEO and Director

About Endeavour – Endeavour Silver is one of the fastest-growing silver mining companies in North America, with a proven track record of organic growth and strategic acquisitions. Since start-up in 2004, Endeavour has posted eight consecutive years of growth in production, reserves and resources. The organic expansion programs now under way at Endeavour’s three operating silver mines in Mexico combined with strategic acquisition and exploration programs should help Endeavour achieve its goal to become the next premier senior silver mining company.

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        Endeavour Silver Corp.

        Meghan Brown

        Director of Investor Relations

        Toll free: (877) 685-9775 or (604) 685-9775

        (604) 685-9744 (FAX)

        [email protected]

www.edrsilver.com        

SOURCE: Endeavour Silver Corp.