HILTON HEAD, S.C., Dec. 20, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Silver Scott Mines Inc. (OTC: SILS.pk) is pleased to announce the execution of a 10 year extendable surface land agreement for exploration within more than 4000 hectares held by the company, and within which up to 100 hectares is permitted with high impact work including mining. The agreement that was recently completed allows the mining activities within the 100 hectare tract in mineral concessions held by the company. The community vote was unanimous in favor of the proposal which included a .7 of 1 percent production royalty and a 5 year review process with the community. This completed agreement allows the company to move forward with drilling of the gold bearing oxidized mineralized zone and further detailed assessment of production with a technical report in 2012. In addition the concession application announced in Sept. 30, 2011, was recently granted two concession titles totaling 11,563 has. of the 12,000 application.
The Quitovac mineralized zone is a disseminated to vein bearing gold zone hosted in gneiss and schist that is located in Northwest Sonora state of Mexico near the community of Quitovac. A historic inferred gold resource was reported at 112,125 oz. of gold by Santa Cruz in 1997. That report and resource calculation by Santa Cruz stated an average grade of 3.14 g Au/tonne. This resource calculation was done prior to implementation of standardized resource calculation procedures and methods established by Canadian government in NI 43-101. This reported resource is historical by definition and does not meet the currently established methods and should only be utilized for informational purposes and not relied on as factual.
For further information please contact:John RyanSilver Scott Mines, Inc.301 Central Ave. #384Hilton Head, SC 299261.843.290.8930 phone1.843.842.7248 fax