Americas Silver Corporation announce production results for fiscal 2017. For the fiscal year 2017, Consolidated silver and silver equivalent production for 2017 of approximately 2.1 million silver ounces and 4.7 million silver equivalent ounces, respectively, resulting in a 14% decrease in silver production and 4% increase in silver equivalent production compared to 2016.

Guidance for 2018 is 1.6 - 2.0 million silver ounces and 7.2 - 8.0 million silver equivalent ounces at cash costs of negative $10.00 to negative $5.00 per silver ounce and all-in sustaining costs of negative $1.00 to $4.00 per silver ounce. The Company assumed $17.00 per ounce silver, $1.35 per pound zinc, $1.05 per pound lead, and an exchange rate of 18.5 Mexican pesos to USD for these guidance estimates.

The company drilled seven holes at the Zone 120 deposit in the fourth quarter of 2017 following the success of the spring 2017 drill program. Drill highlights includes Hole SR-415, containing 23.4 meters grading 259 g/t silver, 0.40 g/t gold and 0.5% copper (345 g/t silver equivalent) and 7.2 meters grading 335 g/t silver, 0.23 g/t gold and 0.55% copper (413 g/t silver equivalent); Hole SR-402, containing 16.9 meters grading 138 g/t silver, 0.23 g/t gold and 0.43% copper (204 g/t silver equivalent); and Hole SR-409, containing 2.0 meters grading 920 g/t silver, 0.40 g/t gold and 2.36% copper (1,218 g/t silver equivalent). The Board has approved a $4.0 million exploration program for the Cosalá Operations property, with the majority to be spent on expansion and in-filling drilling of the Zone 120 deposit.