Santacruz Silver Mining Ltd. is pleased to announce the closing of its prospectus offering announced on January 23, 2013 through a syndicate of underwriters led by Canaccord Genuity Corp. and including Raymond James Ltd. and Cormark Securities Inc. The Company issued 19,000,000 common shares at a price of $1.85 per Common Share for gross proceeds of $35,150,000. The Underwriters also exercised their over-allotment option to acquire an additional 2,850,000 Common Shares for additional gross proceeds of $5,272,500. Including the proceeds from the exercise of the over-allotment option, the total gross proceeds of the Offering were $40,422,500. The underwriters received a cash fee equal to 6% of the gross proceeds of the Offering, as well as 1,311,000 warrants, each of which is exercisable to purchase one Common Share for a price of $1.85 for a period of 24 months. Canaccord was issued an additional 60,000 Common Shares as a corporate finance fee.